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In the old days you had to be either short or tall - nothing between! Three stretcher positions are a positive luxury. -
Great progress, Sal. Nice solution to making and installing the stay tackle. I'd caution you about using CA on rigging, though. Eventually it make the lines brittle and they will fail. Use either PVA (white glue) or acrylic matt medium.
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Not too dissimilar to my Meccano ropewalk! However, mine is powered by a superannuated (and noisy) electric drill. Lovely work on the hull and spars, Michael.
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Well done! Not only have you gained valuable experience, but three very nice models as well. At some point you might wish to protect your models from dust and inquisitive fingers with cases.
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Lovely work, as always. I note the issue of the sides aft spreading a little (post #1102). I have had this problem with framed models as well. In one case I had to install three threaded rods permanently across under the poop deck level with the beams, the nuts concealed under the outer planking and friezes. Best wishes for the holiday season to yourself and the ship's cat!
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Stepping the mast with a plum bob...two questions.
druxey replied to HardeeHarHar's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
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Are you sure that those are the broad planks and not the sheer planks? They look much too long.
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The problem is that the rig of a New Testament era Alexandrian grain ship was very different from an 18th century man of war! A semi-swamped boat, even a small one, would have considerable weight. How this was wrestled aboard (in a storm, yet!) would be hard to imagine. An attempt lower it, once bailed, can be imagined with a pair of lines, presumably with some kind of block and tackle that were then cut away.
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Make sure that the garboards just overlap the bottom.
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Welcome aboard, Tyler. You will find plenty of resources on this site. There are tutorials on planking, for instance. (More > Planking techniques) Check out other build logs and then start one of your own.
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Scale rose lashings! Whatever next? Amazing.
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"Unbleached titanium" is simply a marketing name. It was first produced accidentally. A batch of titanium white was slightly contaminated with yellow ochre. Rather than throw it all out, the colorist simply labelled it 'unbeached' and it sold well! So it is now regularly available.
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!!!!! is the only comment I can make to those photos. A builder's style model at that scale today is most unusual.
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What is a year or so between posts, Clare? Seriously, nice to see you and Wolf back. I like your technique on the steering spokes. Looks good at small scale.
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Yes, those are for the stretchers, as Chuck has said. The double set of wiggly lines are a carriages for a small set of steps which presumably turn slightly.
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A great recovery and well deserved recognition, Jake!
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Instead of tallow-based white stuff, a pitch-based black compound was used on some ships instead.
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I suspect that the 'only to the waterline' version was for new ships on the ways. It would be far easier to paint the white stuff using the lower edge of the wale as a guide later on. Also, there was 'black stuff'....
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Look at contemporary paintings: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-11926 https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-12537 https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-15235 https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-12551 Then take your pick!
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HMS EURYALUS by Matiz - FINISHED - scale 1:56
druxey replied to matiz's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
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It takes a little time to learn how to coax wood into the shape that you want. Obviously you are learning fast! And we all need to use a little rubbing alcohol from time to time, no matter how many years we've been at it.
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Well done, Sal!
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Good progress! Had you considered using a drawplate for forming treenails?
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Nice to see some progress, however incremental, Marc. When my daughter was young, no model-making occurred for ten years. You are doing much better than that.
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