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    But then the beams do not sit vertically as seen from the sides.
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    One general rule of thumb: Straight regular width lines of planking only came in once powered sawmills were in use.
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    Nice set-up. Question: how do you allow for the sheer and changing angles of the top and bottom of the beams fore and aft?
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  24. druxey
    I learn so much from such conversations on this site!
  25. druxey
    A beautifully rendered end result! The surgery was a bold and successful move. Well done indeed. Flexible room temperature vulcanising (RTV) rubber molds will preserve the smallest detail beautifully. One correspondent asked whether you use mills. The look of a rotary carved surface is never the same as one that is carved using edge tools. The crisp edges are never there. The whole aesthetic is quite different. As for acanthus leaves, if one studies good examples of these, one can then imitate them as well as Aleksandr has.
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    If you are rigging, the masts will stay put without glue. Hint: they didn't glue the masts in at full size either!
  28. druxey
    The cross-chock joints with the bollard timbers are tricky, as the dovetails have to be at the same angle as the steeve of the bowsprit. Good luck with it! Once you try to bend black hornbeam, can you let us know how easy or difficult it is to bend, please? Thanks!
  29. druxey
    Glad to see progress and that you are back at it, Pat. The model looks terrific.
  30. druxey
    If one absolutely has to use nails - which I do not for one moment recommend! - then one needs to predrill a hole just under the diameter of the nail one is using.
  31. druxey
    Nice to see an update and progress, Gary. She is coming along beautifully!
  32. druxey
    Spreading topsides is not a unique problem. Years ago, I had the same issue with a 64-gun ship model. My solution was similar to yours. In this case I placed the rods between the beams and buried the filed down nuts under the outer planking. The rods were invisible in the finished model.
  33. druxey
    Every best wish for success in your new space, Chris!
  34. druxey
    Ship models worth making are not a race against time. The hours you've spent so far shows in the results.
  35. druxey
    Coming along beautifully. Perhaps the external door to the quarter gallery was more for ventilation purposes....
  36. druxey
    Very nicely done. Just catching up on your build, John. Ailing or failing parents are a huge stress, and I empathise with what you and you wife have been going through. It's tough on everyone.

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