allanyed
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allanyed got a reaction from hornet in Planking-small air pockets in the glue seams,show up as white
Keith,
Another item to consider......if the edges of the planks are not properly beveled, you will either start with gaps as in A, or create gaps when sanding areas like B in the sketch. The sketch is exaggerated for illustration purposes, but at some points of the framing where the curve is relatively severe, this problem worsens.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from mtaylor in Planking-small air pockets in the glue seams,show up as white
Keith,
Another item to consider......if the edges of the planks are not properly beveled, you will either start with gaps as in A, or create gaps when sanding areas like B in the sketch. The sketch is exaggerated for illustration purposes, but at some points of the framing where the curve is relatively severe, this problem worsens.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from GLakie in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Ed,
If I have learned nothing else from this build it is that I do not own enough chisels! I use mine a lot, but now see areas where a few new shapes and sizes are needed in my tool box.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from EdT in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
The winter has been especially harsh in our neck of the woods but as much as I look forward to Spring this year, I kind of regret better weather coming as it might be the Siren call to get you out of the house and away from the Y.A. build. Such actions will surely disappoint those of us following your build.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from mtaylor in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
The winter has been especially harsh in our neck of the woods but as much as I look forward to Spring this year, I kind of regret better weather coming as it might be the Siren call to get you out of the house and away from the Y.A. build. Such actions will surely disappoint those of us following your build.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Jack12477 in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
The winter has been especially harsh in our neck of the woods but as much as I look forward to Spring this year, I kind of regret better weather coming as it might be the Siren call to get you out of the house and away from the Y.A. build. Such actions will surely disappoint those of us following your build.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Elia in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
The winter has been especially harsh in our neck of the woods but as much as I look forward to Spring this year, I kind of regret better weather coming as it might be the Siren call to get you out of the house and away from the Y.A. build. Such actions will surely disappoint those of us following your build.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
The winter has been especially harsh in our neck of the woods but as much as I look forward to Spring this year, I kind of regret better weather coming as it might be the Siren call to get you out of the house and away from the Y.A. build. Such actions will surely disappoint those of us following your build.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from GLakie in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
The winter has been especially harsh in our neck of the woods but as much as I look forward to Spring this year, I kind of regret better weather coming as it might be the Siren call to get you out of the house and away from the Y.A. build. Such actions will surely disappoint those of us following your build.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from dgbot in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
The winter has been especially harsh in our neck of the woods but as much as I look forward to Spring this year, I kind of regret better weather coming as it might be the Siren call to get you out of the house and away from the Y.A. build. Such actions will surely disappoint those of us following your build.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Cap'n Jim in Anchors & Davits
Jim,
A complete description of properly rigging and securing the bower and kedge anchors can be found in pages 137 -143 in Volume IV of The Fully Framed Model by David Antscherl. Additional good descriptions can be found in Lavery's Arming and Fitting on page 53-54 as well as Darcey Lever's The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor and James Lees The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War .
There is more than just having a line that goes through the cat sheaves to a block and hook. Once the anchor is raised, it has to be brought up to the hull and secured. Fish davits come into play for this chore. Keep in mind that after 1773, the fish davits were shortened and secured to the fore channels with a shoe. Many plans do not show these very clearly, if at all.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from pilidk in How to build a hull for a cruise ship?
I used to be a member of the New Jersey Ship Modeling club, but I do not remember the name of the member that showed this. You may want to PM Chuck Passaro as he is an active member of the club and may have a recollection, or if not, he can ask the membership. I believe their monthly meeting is tomorrow night. It has been some years since I saw the technique so only the older members may remember.
Good luck
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from pilidk in How to build a hull for a cruise ship?
Philippe
Your solution proves the old saying has validity, where there is a will, there is a way! Great idea that you had.
I have seen some fantastic plastic scratch build models wherein (as I remember his explaining how he did it) the hull was shaped with pine or some such, then some type of opaque sheet plastic (may have been polystyrene) from the local hobby store was heat shrinked around the wooden plug. He did the same for many of the upper works from what I recall and they looked remarkable. Also knocked off a lot of weight when the wooden plugs are removed.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from thibaultron in New Scantling book announced by Seawatch books
Bob at Seawatch Publishing posted the news that the book of scantlings is now available to anyone interested. The Seawatch website gives a good bit of detail but I thought it would be a good idea to let anyone interested know a little bit about the book.
This is not a novel. If you have trouble getting to sleep at night, it will work better than most drugs to fix that problem. BUT, if you are a model builder, especially scratch builders and kit bashers, there is information all in one place that required a rather extensive and expensive library up until now. Over 200 pages of the book are tables of British Naval ship scantlings and dimensions, including:
A.) 1719 and 1745 Establishments and the 1750 modifications to the 1745 Establishment.
B.) 1788 Shipbuilder's Repository and Steel's Elements and Practices of Naval Architecture scantlings for ships from 110 guns down to 10 gun brigantine. Merchant vessel scantlings were not included because there just was not enough room.
C.) Boat scantlings from Steel
D.) Anchor scantlings from Steel
E.) Drawings showing many of the items listed in the scantlings.
I hope this will turn out to be a helpful source to many of you.
Allan
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allanyed reacted to JerseyCity Frankie in 200 sketches of Traditional Pacific Islanders rigs
Found this link on Reddit, looks like13 pages from a sketchbook have been reproduced. http://www.cherini.eu/etnografia/IND/index.html
the root website doesn't translate to English but if you click on the hotlinks there is treasure: http://www.cherini.eu/and I do mean TREASURE, I have not seen so much information on delightful non-Western rigs before.
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allanyed got a reaction from Elia in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Ed,
Collectively we ran out of adjectives a long time ago, so suffice it to say, I love watching each and every post.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from GLakie in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Ed,
Collectively we ran out of adjectives a long time ago, so suffice it to say, I love watching each and every post.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Jack12477 in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Ed,
Collectively we ran out of adjectives a long time ago, so suffice it to say, I love watching each and every post.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Ed,
Collectively we ran out of adjectives a long time ago, so suffice it to say, I love watching each and every post.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from GLakie in HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - 16-gun Swan-class sloop from TFFM plans
Well done once again Danny. I see myself referring to your log down the road as you have provided quite a few detailed "how-to" instructions including the netting technique.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from egkb in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Ed,
Collectively we ran out of adjectives a long time ago, so suffice it to say, I love watching each and every post.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from foxy in Making sails for HMS Victory
Having just seen Blue Ensigns photos, I humbly stand corrected as he has shown it can be done.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from Remcohe in HMS Kingfisher 1770 by Remcohe - 1/48 - English 14-Gun Sloop - POF
Remco,
I just checked in for the first time in a long time as your build came up when I was searching for brick hearth information. I have now spent some hours following your build to catch up since mid 2014. Remarkable workmanship! Thanks for sharing so many clever ideas.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from IgorSky in SHIP'S WHEEL
The above answers your question but I must comment on the drawing you posted. You are right, the quality is a bit off. How can the ends of the line wrapped around the drum both drop from the same side of the drum? Reminds me of some far out designs in Mad Magazine back in the day like the 2/3 tined fork in the attached picture.
Allan
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allanyed got a reaction from qwerty2008 in SHIP'S WHEEL
The above answers your question but I must comment on the drawing you posted. You are right, the quality is a bit off. How can the ends of the line wrapped around the drum both drop from the same side of the drum? Reminds me of some far out designs in Mad Magazine back in the day like the 2/3 tined fork in the attached picture.
Allan
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