Patrick Haw
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Hi Sjors, She's looking great. Those stern decorations are quite something! Patrick
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I'm not sure what to do. I'm leaving in about an hour for the weekend and won't be back until Monday afternoon and won't have Internet access while I'm gone. I don't want to hold up the game but if we don't get confirmation from Spyglass before I go I won't be able to post a new ship until Monday. Patrick
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Are we agreed that it's the Akula, or do I have to wait for Spyglass to confirm before posting the next ship?
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Darn, should have turned the page to read Wayne's post first! Patrick
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Pav, I love that this site keps forcing us to do research! I checked and up until 1924 the basic Russian unit of measurment was the arshin, which is the equivalent of 28 inches. So if the Akula is drawing eleven arshins that means there's almost 26 feet of her under water! Patrick
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She's looking really good Kevin. Long time until I'm even close to where you are! Patrick
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She looks like she's drawing 11 feet in Kevin's picture so she had better be a lot broader! Patrick
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Oh well Kevin, us Victory guys are on top of things at least!
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It's the Russian Akula, built in 1906 Patrick
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Hi Sjors, First time looking at your build and she's looking really good. Well done. Thanks for your comments on my log too, Patrick
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Red Right Returning, history question
Patrick Haw replied to Modeler12's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Oh, and the town was built around the shipyard. Town and ship yard were indistinguishable, especially at night -
Red Right Returning, history question
Patrick Haw replied to Modeler12's topic in Nautical/Naval History
St, Michalels had six shipbuilders producing fast schooners, later known as Baltimore clippers for use by the American military. There was an artillery battery set up by the militia to protect the ship yards. It was a legitimate military target and the British did in fact destroy the battery. -
Red Right Returning, history question
Patrick Haw replied to Modeler12's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Interesting take on the buoys being set to fool the British during the War of Independence, although not truw. Interestingly, the town I live in - St. Michaels, Maryland - calls itself The Town That Fooled The British. During the War of 1812 St. Michaels was a ship building town and so a target for the British. Word was received that the British were planning a night time gun boat raid on the town, so the townspeople hung lights in the trees about a half mile from the town and blacked out the town completely. The British came and bombarded the heck out of the lighted trees, but missed the actual town except for one house that received a wayward cannon ball through the roof. It rolled down the stairs harmlessly, much to the surprise of the occupants. The house still stands and today is called The Cannon Ball House. The cannon ball remains in the house and is transferred with the deed of the house whenever it is sold. -
Haven't posted in a while, but I've been making progress. Having to replace the flourescent light units in the garage ceiling and over the workbench (the entire units, not just the bulbs), stain my new fence, lime and ferilize the lawn, and spend 4 days in Pennsylvania for mother-in-laws 85th birthday got in the way a bit, but things are back on track now. I finished up the middle gun deck and put in the upper gun deck sheet which was a pain to do. I started planking the deck and have installed the inner bulwarks which went in fine after a bit of sanding. At first I started to blacken one edge of each plank to simulate caulking and tried to like the look, really tried. But I just don't like it at all and, to me, it looks too overwhelming at this scale. Fortunately I only did the simulated caulking toward the stern, so it won't show when covered by the quarter deck. I have managed to get a good 4-butt shift going with the planking, so I'm pleased with that. I don't like the Tanganyika wood much, it's too uneven at the edges a lot of the time, but I'm stockpiling Tanganyika sanding dust to mix with wood glue to fill in any gaps. Here's some pics, the deck looks like the dog's breakfast at the moment but I'm confident it will look fine when I've finished and sanded. Cheers, Patrick
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Hello Patrick, I just happened upon your Niagara and happy I did. She's beautiful! Your rigging work is superb. Logs like yours are an inspiration to the rest of us. Thanks for sharing. Patrick
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Oh, I dunno...Sea Witch maybe?
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HMS Trincomalee?
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Hello George and welcome to the community of HMS Victory builders here at MSW. Your ship is beautiful and very well done, I can't beieve this is your first build! How long have you been working on her? When model builders decide to put sails on their models they so often overwhelm the detail work of the rigging, but yours are excellent, very tight and neat. Thanks for sharing your Victory with us. Patrick
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18th Century Warship Color Schemes
Patrick Haw replied to gieb8688's topic in Nautical/Naval History
There were really no "approved" color schmes for 18th century navies. Ships were painted with whatever paints were available, more as protection for the timbers than as decorations. Black, yellow ochre and red ochre were relatively cheap and available so many ships sported those colors. It was really up to individual captains as to how they painted their ships. Nelson, for example, favored the famous yellow and black "checkerboard" paint scheme and, as an admiral he ordered his captains to paint their ships in this fashion. However, at Trafalgar, while many French and Spanish ships were painted similarly, there were also ships painted red or black or other combinations. After Trafalgar the Nelson checker became sort of the standard for British ships. Patrick -
Well, do i feel like a dolt! I've been waiting for some new 1mm x 16mm walnut so I can re-do the gunports and happened to re-read the instructions and realized that the middle and lower deck ports are lined with 1mm x 6mm, not the 1mm x 16mm I used first time around! I have plenty of 1mm x 6mm. Must. Read. Directions. Actually, I've realized I was rushing around trying to do too many things too quickly...gun ports, copper, etc. So I've slowed down and gone back to following the build sequence in the manual. I put a coat of matte finish on the middle gun deck and will be installing the mast boots (when I've made them out of styrene..they split as soon as I removed them from the sheet) and then will install the upper gun deck and plank it, before moving on to the wales, etc. It's a good reality check and hopefully I'll be posting more pictures soon. Cheers, Patrick
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Kevin, Your workshop is coming along just great. I'm jealous, especially with the flat screen TV in there too! Mind you, I can't multi-task, so watching TV and buliding Victory at the same time is probably beyond me! I just listen to music instead. Nothing wrong at all with showing all the workshop rennovation pics. As we all watch each others builds it's great to have some context and to know where they're all beeing built. Funny thing is, all these great workshops and Gil goes and builds his masterpiece on a table in his den!! Cheers, Patrick
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Alexandru, Your ship as not just a model, it's a work of art and an inspiration to model builders of whatever experience and skill level. Thank you for sharing it with us. Patrick
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Actually, I'm on a brief hiatus while I do some more painting in the house. I've marked the waterline and am waiting for the Evo-Stick to be delivered. Still haven't got my darn 1mm x 16mm walnut to re-do the gunports, so coppering will start soon Patrick
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Grant, I've been watching your build from the sidelines and I have to say you have done a marvellous job on her. The standing rigging is very impressive, can't wait to see the yards and the running rigging go up. Patrick
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Hi Derek, Thanks for the advice on cleaning up excess Evo Stick contact cement when coppering the hull. Your guns look good, she's starting to look like a real war ship now. Patrick
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