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  13. druxey
    Lovely work, as usual. Best wishes for a far better New Year.
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  18. druxey
    Fascinating. The 17th century English fashion paice was set is a similar way and, by the end of the 1600's, the two radius stem was also used, although sometimes in a slightly different way. Usually the lower radius ran smoothly to the keel. In other examples there was an angle at the forefoot as your example.
  19. druxey
    Must have been a challenge to bevel plywood! Result look s very good.
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  21. druxey
    Curious. I've never known real Silkspan to tear like that. It is, in fact, very strong. Are you sure that this was, in fact, SilkSpan?
  22. druxey
    Ah; chip happens!
  23. druxey
    Make sure the blades are sharp enough and take very light cuts to prevent thin bits splitting off. Of course, if there is a flaw in the wood itself.... Linden is lime wood, not boxwood, by the way.
  24. druxey
    You've done a very neat job, but there is basic problem of scale. You mention 1:60, and one can never stitch that finely to be even close to scale, as well as the material is over scale thickness. What youa re doing is also very labor-intensive. Now, if that's the way you want to do it, read no further! A better way, IMHO, is to uses the material called SilkSpan. It is essentially a thin but strong paper product. The overlaps can be easily simulated with acrylic paint applied using a bow pen. The reinforcing edges are glued and rope also applied using white glue or matte acrylic varnish. An example is pictured below at 1:48 scale. Instructions of how to make sails using this technique are available through SeaWatchBooks: https://seawatchbooks.com/products/swan-iv-sail-making-supplement-from-the-revised-and-expanded-edition-by-david-antscherl
  25. druxey
    Sorry, but Miller in his day had a different meaning in his title 'model' - it could mean 'ideal' here or plan, as well as, less usually then, a model as we understand it now. (A 'platt' was also a plan.)
  26. druxey
    The positions of the cleats look fine, it's just that the fore faces as you move away from top center will dig into the rope and fray it in time. As an example, your rule only touches the upper corner of the nearest cleat in the photo. It should touch all the way across its face as seen in the partial plan. If you are still unsure of what I mean, take a turn of string around the bowsprit as a quasi line. The photo (although a different subject) shows rows of these cleats with varying fore angles to their faces. Hope this helps!
  27. druxey
    That is a crazy plank to fit each side, but they look pretty good in the photos. Well done. However, don't the forward faces of the cleats on the bowsprit progressively angle to follow the line of the rope?
  28. druxey
    Did you try to 'massage' the crease out with a blunt wood tip and on a hard surface?
  29. druxey
    My point was that, with the higher sill, as the door hinged inward, the lower corner would not hit the deck. Also, beware of modern models' reliability! Try to depend on contemporary sources which are readily accessible through the internet nowadays.
  30. druxey
    Chapman makes very entertaining reading on his advice to the neophyte hand on his first days on board. Try pages 12 to 16.
  31. druxey
    One assumption in the frame-grabs is that the lower sill of the doorway to the quarter gallery was just above deck level. Looking at contemporary inboard profile plans, the sill was about 12" above the deck. Should the quarter gallery get carried away, it might prevent too much water entering. Form follows function.
  32. druxey
    Prima! Lovely detail work.

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