Richard Griffith

nice, very nice

I make strips by attaching he brass to thin plywwod with carpet tape and run that through my Byrnes saw.  No curl nice straight edge,  I-do have to remove the glue. and sand the edge but I get just the size I need.    Duff

Good advice above use your  hand tools and current power tool, then decide what hobs you need help.  For me sanding  neened the most help so I found a mall disc sander/beltsander at a tag sale for $5.00   My local hobby store wanted $65 for the same machine!!)

Hey Aceman I am still interested, I just had a mwdiccl issuue which requied a week in the hosipital,  they pacthed me up well....    I can do the paypal EFT if you are good for rhat.     tnx

Hi Jerry, I'll buy these. 

I live at 63 Trolley Crossing Lane, Middletown CT  06457    (Richard Griffith- legal name)

Let me know the postage cost and your preferred method of payment.   thx           Duff

Hi Jim, your Connie is looking great!

I think you're making the right choices and getting good input from this valuable website.

Just remember, you are making an illusion, so everything you make must 'look right'. just as you did with the coppering (and confirmed by others). Viewing distance lighting, choice of paint, fidelity to scale, and others all affect outcome.

Nice job.                        Duff

nice

very nice

Thank you.  Words are inadequate.  You inspire me and all of us to reach for the heavens.

I have your first two volumes and anxiously await the third. 

Duff

Jean Boudriot's magnus opus The 74 Gun Ship, age 95 Vol 3 outlines the tarring of rope.  Bob and Mike have it right.

USS Frolick has it right: The net on the anchor is to prevent the fore course from snagging on the fluke when the course is hauled inboard, and the stunsil when deployed.       Duff

Hi Mark, Napier also devised a way of spooling the thread.  It is a square board with a nail in each of the four corners around which he wrapped his thread.  It allowed him to immerse the thread in a pan of hot solution so the dye could reach all of the thread.     Duff

Hi Mark, fantastic work, very inspiring.

For rope dyeing, you might consider getting a copy of "Valkenisse" by Rob Napier.  On pages 156 to 158, he reports good results with Pro Chemical & Dye in Somerset, MA.  He also outlined his method. 

BTW, his book is book is a treasure drove of tips and information. This is one of my 'go to' books.  Duff

Wow. Truly inspiring.  Thank you.  

Bazzg, your scale dictates the size. 1/96 is also known as 1/8 inch to the foot.

HMS Victory normally carried a range of different cannons (and carriages to match).

Does this help?

All the best, Mark.  The wood is patient and so are you.  As artists, we do have to tame our minds, to focus on our art.  

Your new project looks very interesting.             Duff

Such clean joinery, such precision, simply magical!  Duff

Hi Patrick, the diluted Tamiya paint will work well on the lines that are already rigged.  Dilute it with rubbing alcohol about 1/3 alcohol.  

I had tried the Tamiya on lines before rigging them on the model but found the line too stiff, but found the Minwax{R} oil stains worked well.

Duff

I cannot recommend the tea treatment because of the tannen.  Tannen will cause deteriation of the fibers.  Instead, use an oil based stain, perhaps diluted 20% .     Duff

Spiced rum and bourbon are my favorite vices...…………..

You can make your own with hard wood and wing nuts to suit any configuration.

Hermoso~!

Druxey said it well, too.          Duff

Paul, the best small table saw is the Byrnes saw A small drill press is very useful, and a thickness sander can not be beat. 

Since you have a table saw, I recommend a quality drill press.   Tool selection depends on your needs and building methods.            Duff

The short answer is YES.  

The preceding comments are all valid. 

Also, power tools as a rule make the job go faster and in many cases more accurate, but that is only after you spend lots of money to get them, and then spend lots of time learning how to safely operate them.  Very find models are made without them, but as Chris says, a Dremel is very useful because you need to drill lots of holes.   Good luck and have fun~!             Duff

Beautiful workmanship, Kortes.  I think the gerbel is your secret weapon.....

What have you used for the black seams in the deck?         Duff

Way to go Mark~!  This hobby is a great therapy and we are 100% with you...…...Duff

Glad to hear you cleared the decks, Mark~!!

I'm looking forward to the Belle as she is gorgeous...………..       Duff

Boudriot shows a similar line page 79, vol 3 The 74 Gun Ship.  (Marquart mirrors Boudriot, pg 210 18th Century Rigging.) The 2 Images do not attach to the corner.  He calls it the leech line.  I did not find anything like this in Anderson.  Boudriot's image seems to show a loop through which travels the leech line, then is attached to the cringle next lower.  

Since it is part of the leech line, it would have assisted in furling the sail.         Duff