Jim Lad
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Very elegant, Meredith!
John
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Tom,
in a word, yes.
In a ship with double topsails and/or double topgallants, the lower of the doubled yards would also be fixed.
The course lifts are the only running lifts - so that the yard can be trimmed or canted out of the way when necessary when the ship is in dock. The fixed lifts on the hoisting yards are only there to steady the yard when it's in its lowered position.
John
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Nice, Andy; very nice!
John
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Well, nobody came with any better idea than mine
Lots of expertise on this forum, mate, but not on Japanese sailing ships!!
You're still making great progress.
John
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You've made very fast progress, mate! She's looking really good.
John
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Very neatly done, Andy!
John
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Ed,
You mention merchant ships not being built to strict rules like Royal Naval ships, but their builders had to follow the requirements of the major marine insurers if the ships eventual owners were to be able to insure their ships and cargoes. It may be helpful for you to explore the role of classification societies in the U.S. at the time Young America was built. In the British Empire at the time ships were built to Lloyds rules (whose first register had appeared in 1764), but as the American Bureau of Shipping didn't appear until 1862, I'm not sure what rules were followed in the U.S. when Young America was built.
Lloyds rules are quite specific as to the required construction methods and I assume that American insurers were equally finicky about how ships that they insured were built.
Just a thought.
John
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Aha! Hoga takes shape!
John
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Chuck,
In the last photo, the light coloured line looks a perfect match for slightly worn Manilla rope and the dark one looks great for Stockholm tarred standing rigging.
Do you makes right hand rope, or only left handed?
John
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Tom,
That photo from the starboard quarter really shows of the beautiful sheer.
John
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By the look of the rot in that tree it looks like you were lucky to get it down safely before it decided to get itself down!
John
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Pat,
Nice to see photos of your model on exhibition in Melbourne!
John
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Very nicely done, Daniel!
John
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You can do it, Bob - no worries!
John
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Oh! You mean you're building a ship here as well, Augie!
Very nice looking deck, mate. I'm still really surprised at just how well basswood comes up!
John
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Nothing like your own mould formed ply panels, mate!
She's really coming along nicely - you deserve another can of splashback/heat shield!
John
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Tom,
On a model like that, you probably need to be more concerned about the character of the model rather than exact scale.
John
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That looks a really useful piece of equipment, Tim.
John
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Our Emblem ®
HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - 16-gun Swan-class sloop from TFFM plans
in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Nicely done, Danny.
Just how fast does that Rapi-Bond set, and is it chemically stable?
John