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 Thought it was a sprue at first glance, a closer look, after reading other posts I look a second look and agree its the stock.

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Well I made a Flemish Coil, had about 6 feet of cotton rope with my leather tools, about a 1/4 inch diameter rope we call cloths line rope, Kind of wimmpy and you can twist it with more turns than you could twist  hemp rope before it starts to kink. The cotton rope quickly formed spirals instead of hanging flat. A firmer rope would have looped back on itself and kinked before the coil was halfway unwound.. Small scale test, but the rope did just what I expected it to do. Kind of like winding a line on a spool then holding the spool and taking the line off the end, instead of unwinding, same effect.

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Going to have to make one up to see how much kinking and  knotting happens when ran out from the outside of the coil without unrolling that coil in the reverse of how it was made. Believe the line would need to to be returned to the state it was in before the Flemish Coil was made, then flaked down in order for it to run cleanly through a block. I will find out.

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When we were trying to record the sounds of a 40 MM Bofers firing, Mt 46 aboard the Harnett County LST 821 in RVN, we did not get much, the concussion at the mount would make a splat sound as the shock wave tried to destroy the mike.  With the recorder at Mt 46, a good recording of Mt 41 firing could be obtained, of course that would be a little over 200 feet away. Kind of disappointing not being able to record the gun sounds such as feed pawls, empties going down the casing guides and other sounds that a Mount Captain should be listening to.

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Cabin and gun-deck lights good. Unless you make smoke and have a report with your cannon lighting, to me it would say, has good understanding about fiber optics, can produce some very fine work on models but hasn't a clue about gunfire. Being an Old Gunners Mate my opinion may be a tad bit bias.

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She did have what looks like a Cruiser hull, some of those ships had provisions to quickly install Barbette's and Gun mounts and provide for ammo storage. Think Britten went through a period of auxiliaries being quickly converted from peaceful use.

Speaking of tampions, when you forget to remove them before testing the firing circuit on a duel propose 3"50 gun, and fire the test primer, the tampions take flight. That causes memorable foul words to be expressed by the gun boss.

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Once heard on the 1-MC on the Helena, CA 75, think it was in 62: All hands Forward go Aft. All hands Aft go Forward. All hands Amidships, direct traffic, hehehe. The rules for the use of passageways and ladders was strictly enforced during emergencies and going to General Quarters which involved all hands being on the move at once. Those rules were simple, travel forward and up on the Starboard side, travel Aft and down on the Port side, the necessary travel from side to side was at your own risk, topside it was the gun crews crossing center-line on the run. As crowded as those old warships were, it makes good sense to have some movement rules in place to keep the flow moving up and down ladders and the direction of traffic on all decks, those rules probably were extended to the flow of seamen on all masts and shrouds.

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The rule for a fortnight might be changed to 48 hours which should attract a different type and greater  participation. It's not the names that interest me, what I enjoy most, is pondering what the vessel was designed to do, the time and area where used. Summaries could be required after the final naming, they are interesting and often trigger further research.

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If I understand what you are saying, you make two separate coils to get the one Ballintine Coil that will run off of the top without kinking. Do this by putting a twist in the line while forming each turn of the first coil, that twist comes out of the line as the Balleintine Coil is formed starting at the bitter end on deck. Think I can see how that would work but will need to try it.

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Maybe it was coiled on deck with the end at the bottom, bound up with marlin and hung up out of the way until it was needed. Doubt that it was left on deck to tangle and rot.

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Go your local Farm Supply outlet and look over the needles in the Vet supplies. You won't need the syringe because you can make the handle. Maybe you will want several, one straight, one at 30° or 45° and another at 90°. You should be able to cut the end by using a cutoff wheel then polish it using fine emery paper.

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I used to wonder why cut lumber was painted on the grain ends when wandering around a sawmill. Read a post on this forum that stated that waxing or painting the end grains, limited or stopped splitting caused by drying out to quickly. Sounds logical to me.

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6 pins and 12 halyards? Missing a pin rail or is there  a routing problem?

The cant frames will be radial to a radius that shifts with each frame.

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Have one in the shop, it is about 18" long and I use it to pick up dropped nuts, bolts and washers mostly, from places my hand won't go. Once you get a grip it holds firmly. If hobby size has the spring toned down it should work well without marking the part, mine would mark wood and plastic well. Maybe using a magnifying glass and a small file and some crocus cloth  the gripper could be smoothed out with rounded edges.

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Looks like a buoy tender or an early salvage boat, inland waters only..

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Probably black with some white bands painted on the chain at 100 foot or 10 fathom intervals. Connecting links might be painted red, don't remember the details, but anchor chains were marked so the length out was known.

My 1964 printing of the American Merchant Seaman's Manual states that the merchant service and navy use two different standards of markings but go's on to say that those actually handling the ground tackle may have their own marking system. Wire wraps as well as paint were used to mark the anchor cable,"chain".

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I would suspect humidly change. Different species of wood used on the 1st planking and another on the outside may expand and contract differently. The extreme temperature changes you note will cause moisture changes in the moisture suspended in your work space. If it is moisture changes effecting the two planking differently, that might cause the glue to fail because of the shear forces setup between the different woods as the moisture changes.

Will keep watching this to find out for sure what is really happening.

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The foot ropes are not hung from a hole in the center of the yard for a good reason, they are suspended over the rear of the yard on the side used by the top-men do their sail handling. Staying on the yard to do their work, is the reason, climbing a rope ladder will quickly show you why, your feet end up out in front of you and leave you hanging from your arms. Keeping your feet to the rear and resting your body on or over the yard can't be done with your feet out under the yard where they would tend to go if the foot ropes were hung directly under the yard, might be able to keep yourself from falling, but you would do little sail handling. Some good methods about how to make the foot-rope hangers and stirrups are noted in this thread, also in a past post there was explained a good way to hang them. On a model it may make no difference to you where and how you hang them, just as long as it is close, your call.

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Those hand held devices also make it easy to drill a small hole and withdraw the bit frequently so the bit can self clean itself and cool. Those were the reasons given in articles I have read encouraging their use. I still need to do that.

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Not an invisible ship but her appearance today, need a photo of how she was.

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Prop looks great, now  how are you going to balance it so it doesn't vibrate?

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I can see some advantages with having the rear side of a mast with the fiber intact and running full length, not shortened by tapering.

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One walking beam, so dependent on rudder, can't slow or reverse one paddle wheel as an aid to maneuvering. That observation does not help identifying her.

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