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While all deck beams can be shaped to the same round up, as a batch it doesn't quite work. At the dead flat the beams are rectangular in section, but become increasingly parallelogram in section as one proceeds fore and aft, due to the rising sheer of the deck. Therefore the beams fore and aft need to be a little deeper to allow for the bevel top and bottom.
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Swan-Class Sloop by Stuglo - FINISHED - 1:48
druxey replied to stuglo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Coming along nicely!- 475 replies
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HMS Euryalus 1803 by rlb - 1:48 scale
druxey replied to rlb's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
If I may suggest making but not attaching tehe knee of the head until after planking the bow. The 'nose' will get in the way of clamping or securing the hooding ends of the planks. Lovely work so far!- 122 replies
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Nice to see you back in the shipyard! I think you are on the mark (pun intended) for the fixed blocks with the degree of tumblehome you are dealing with. For the moldings, how about predrilling them and temporarily securing them with pins rather than clamping them? Of course, you will need to pre-bend the moldings at the bow. Replace the pins with treenails once glued in place.
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Congratulations on a very nice model, Bob! It doesn't matter how long one has been modeling, there's always something new to challenge one. Overcoming those challenges is a satisfying feeling, isn't it? So, what is next, I wonder?
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You are doing fine. It's just the learning curve as you figure out how different materials 'work'. We've all been there or are still there!
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Nice result for your first model. Well done!
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Kits are generally designed so that a minimal number of hand tools are needed. Here is a typical example: https://modelexpo-online.com/assets/images/MS1471 Norwegian Sailing Pram instructions rev 3-29-21.pdf Pages 40 to 43.
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Interesting, Alan. I thought that this might be a typo, but, on checking the other tables in Steel, I see that all ships down to 64-gun size have 4 'extra' deadeyes and four shroud pairs. The 64 has 2 extras and rates below do no have any excess deadeyes. The main top for a 74 shows an outline of the top only and the 36-gun ship shows four slots a side (Plate 5, Volume I).
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A magnificent piece of music, JD! I've had the privilege of singing it (chorus!) a few years back. But I digress.... Carving at such small scale is tough. Do you have good, directional light to work by, Mark? That alone can make a huge difference. A few years ago I invested in a set of miniature carving tools from Mihail Kirsanov. It improved my success rate considerably.
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HMS Discovery 1789 by Don Case - 1:48
druxey replied to Don Case's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
I've seen draughts where the ends of a breast hook come through a deck, but not a sleeper. It's possible that as a merchant ship Discovery was not fitted with sleepers or that the aft ends of the sleepers actually came up through the deck. Sometimes only a Time Machine will give the definitive answer. In the absence of one, you need to be master shipwright and decide.
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