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Paul, David McGregor's 'The Tea Clippers' has a couple of pages about the ship and small hull lines, deck plan and sail plan, although the deck plan has been entirely reconstructed using available evidence. It might also be worth your while contacting the Melbourne Museum (Australia) as they have the Cyril Hume model of Thermopylae. This is a link to the Hume model in Melbourne: http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/397490/sailing-ship-model-clipper-Thermopylae John
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Cat Head dimensions
Jim Lad replied to BANYAN's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Pat, I think the answers to both your questions is somewhat along the same lines as,"How long is a piece of string". It's strange that there aren't other clear contemporary illustrations of this important ship. If all the evidence that you have so far indicates that the design of the catheads was upward sloping, then why not use the design of other contemporary naval ships as the basis. As for the whisker booms - merchant practice was for the booms to be on the after side of the cathead with simple thumb cleats for the rigging to pass over. They were generally just long enough for the head rigging to clear the clutter around the forecastle. Not much help, I know, but there comes a time when you have to stop beating your head against a brick wall and just build the model. The art of good research, of course, is to know when to stop beating and start building. John -
I wouldn't have expected anything else, Alexandru! John
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Harriet McGregor by Boccherini
Jim Lad replied to Boccherini's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
That looks very nice work, Grant. John -
Tom, The Mermaid was a Government survey cutter working on coastal surveys in what was then a very remote corner of the world. They only needed weapons to protect themselves against possible attacks from people in canoes or lightly built coastal sailing craft. John
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Old furniture is a great source of model making timber, Antony. The junky style of second hand furniture shops is also a great way to pick up good timber. John
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I haven't any information on the actual number of guns she carried, Ollie, but she wouldn't be heavily armed. Even some of the English revenue cutters, which went to sea expecting to have to fight heavily armed smugglers, sometimes only carried two or four carronades. I think sticking with the number of kit supplied guns, would be fine. John
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Ollie, Guns were needed in the north as defence against Maccassan pirates or to put the 'frighteners' on any native peoples who were encountered and proved to be unfriendly. John
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It's great to see more progress, Russ! John
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Bob, 'Standard camber' is 1/4" per foot of beam, but how many ships were built with 'standard camber' is another question! John
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Ollie, King was an experienced naval officer; King commanded the Mermaid; King painted your picture - I wonder whose interpretation of the Mermaid you should trust? John
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I think my brain is starting to hurt keeping up with these three! John
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Excuse me Popeye, but we'll have no drinking on unlicensed premises! John
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Moving ahead very nicely, Bob! John
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Thanks Popeye and Michael! John
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Hey, Andy; when I was working full time I was always under pressure, so how come I'm not perfect? John
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G'day, Danny! Just found this log. Mate, you've got a heart as big as Western Queensland to take that on. Good on the old bloke for having a try! As has already been said, if he'd only had a bit of help he might have been able to make a go of it, but it looks like you're turning it into a pretty reasonable model anyway. John
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I think both call for a celebration ,Danny! John
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Thanks, Ollie! John
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Thank you for your support, one and all! John
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