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  1.    Ryland Craze reacted to a post in a topic: Norwegian Sailing Pram by DocTom - Model Shipways - 1:12
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  7. druxey
    Great going - especially the 'fiddly bits'!
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    Lovely work as usual. However, I am curious; Why do you not use a drawplate and split bamboo to make your treenails? It's much more time and labor effective.
  19.    druxey reacted to a post in a topic: LA CREOLE/ LA GUADELOUPE by matiz - 1:48 - by Tiziano Mainardi from Boudriot plans
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  23. druxey
    Good questions. I think you need to do your own research. Look online in the RMG site. Check not only the plans, but contemporary model photos as well. An example: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-66464 Blow up this image. Although lo-res, you can see that the fore face of the bollard timber projects forward of the hawse timbers, above the line of planking - in this case.
  24. druxey
    Freehand drilling? I usually drill an undersized hole, then open it out making any correction.
  25. druxey
    Yes, reaching around is usually fatal! If you can rig a lazy susan to revolve the model instead may help stop that evil habit!
  26. druxey
    My method is to use a long length of wire, and bend one end into a short 'V'. Then thread on the ring. The next step involves holding the two end of the V (inverted so gravity moves the ring out of the way) )in a parallel plier and squeezing the V together using a needle-nose pliers. I then release the ringbolt and, with fine wire cutters, cut the short end at an angle and then the longer end to make a stem. As observed by Gregory, the bolt is partially sunk into the wood. After drilling a suitable hole, I open it up using a miniature jewelers' screwdriver tip held at about a 35 degree angle. This forms a sort of countersink for the ringbolt.
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  28. druxey
    Yes, Caruana was a principal source.
  29. druxey
    It looks like you have found your medium, Aleksandr!
  30. druxey
    Early carronade mounts are a subject in themselves. This was something I delved into some years ago for a 1782 fireship. From the evidence I could uncover in Caruana and elsewhere, the early carronades were mounted on the 'outside principle' and had no muzzle extension to limit blast spread. Also, there were no wheeled trucks on the inboard end of the slide. I'm about to read your pdf and may have some additional comments later.
  31. druxey
    It's clear that you are having too much fun fitting out the accommodation. Well done!
  32. druxey
    Well done, Mark.
  33. druxey
    While the use of wax or modeling clay (Plasticene) is very helpful to work out the problems of a carving in 3D, the process is quite different. In the case of carving, the process is subtractive, while modeling using a plastic material is additive. Sure, one can carve wax and clay, but if a mistake is made , one simply adds more material. Try to do that with stone or wood!
  34. druxey
    Welcome here ! Nice job on the pram. The puzzle under it looks challenging as well!
  35. druxey
    Well done, DocTom. The lessons learned that you stated are both important to becoming a first rate model maker.
  36. druxey
    Great result, but very labor intensive!

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