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  1. druxey
    Håkan is right; some of the models you see are built by veteran professionals. Take heart; your work so far is excellent.
  2. druxey
    There may be a terminology issue: the fashion piece is part of the framing at the stern, under the planking. Perhaps you meant the quarter piece. That attaches aft over the planking above the wale.
  3. druxey
    The short spar at the right is the gaff for the mail sail, foreshortened. On the jib sails, lowered, I can see what appear to be wood block-like attachments for the halliard. These are Dutch yachts, of course, not English ones.
  4. druxey
    It is a contemporary model with MODERN rigging: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-66339 No contemporary painting shows these spreaders.
  5. druxey
    Curse those ignorant and over-imaginative 'restorers'! It's things like that that really muddy the waters. I feel your frustration in discovering that your 'primary' source is really a secondary and unreliable one. My sympathy, Steven.
  6. druxey
    Spacing looks realistic now, Tim! But observe the line of the channel. It should follow that of the outside planking.
  7. druxey
    Is the difference in measurement due to the fact that the cant frame drawing is a projection one, i.e. drawn at an angle to the centerline, not at right angles?
  8. druxey
    Your mockup (post #112) shows the first deadeye stlll too far forward of the mast.The aft edge of the deadeye should be about level with the fore edge of the mast (see bottom pic, post #114).
  9. druxey
    That's the idea, Tim!
  10. druxey
    Check the position of the channels and deadeyes; usually the first shroud is very nearly abreast of the mast. See: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-86243
  11. druxey
    Well done! Glad this method works for you. It's worked for me for years for not only scuppers but for finishing hawse holes as well.
  12. druxey
    Is that medieval statue hollow, or are those sockets for the hand sections to be fitted that are now lost?
  13. druxey
    Congratulations on a great result after a very long haul! Very impressive photos.
  14. druxey
    Some pins and rails are seen on Vasa's beakhead.
  15. druxey
    Looks very nice, Mark. For drilling scuppers, I start with a very small bit and drill from both sides. Hopefully the holes align, but if not, this can be corrected as one gradually opens out the hole. Again, work from both outside and inside. That way is less scary, for sure, and avoids any splintering out on an exit hole.
  16. druxey
    I believe that Maudsley had such lathes earlier; around 1800. The principle was earlier still: Leonardo da Vinci sketched such devices.
  17. druxey
    A moisture trap in the air line takes care of condensation. The trick with any airbrush is meticulous almost surgical cleaning after each use!
  18. druxey
    Ah, those compound curves and angles! There are always hidden traps to fall into on a ship's stern. Nice work on the moldings; they look excellent.
  19. druxey
    Welcome aboard for the voyage!
  20. druxey
    Can you find a suitable color of bronze in an automotive spray paint department? If the result is too bright, weathering agents can tone it down or modify it.
  21. druxey
    Safe travels! Your footropes and stirrups look very neat.
  22. druxey
    I think part of the issue you have is that you overlapped most of the planks instead of edge-butting them for this model. What do the instructions say?
  23. druxey
    Ah! I see how it aligns now. Thank you, Valeriy.
  24. druxey
    Lovely precision soldering. The offset rudderhead seems rather strange, though.
  25. druxey
    Strange. We see so many posts about damaged models and on repairing them instead of taking a perfectly good model and wrecking it deliberately!

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