Jump to content

druxey

NRG Member
  • Posts

    13,086
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by druxey

  1. Thanks, Wayne! Those two PDF's are very interesting - at least, to me!
  2. The strand issue could be minimized by paint, perhaps, smeared into the conts of the line?
  3. I agree that, at your scale, fiber rather than metal for rigging would be far easier to work and look just fine.
  4. Sometimes the aft upper end of a framed hull like that can distort before being tied together with all the other framing, beams and knees. My first model had that issue as the upper works were only in frame for some years. I actually needed to bury tie rods under the quarter deck beams to pull the topsides into spec'd width!
  5. Kevin: The rule of thumb is one riser depth plus one tread width totals approximately 18". So a six inch rise, 12" tread, etc. (Sorry, you metric folk!) This applies to flights of stairs, within certain parameters. Ladders, being steeper, are another matter. Around 10" spacing seems average.
  6. I agree with Allan; about 10", but slight variations depending on total rise without any uneven step in the run!
  7. A very respectable result for a first outing. That is not a simple model for an absolute beginner. Well done for persisting, Bill!
  8. If I may ask, Henry, what resolution does such a printer run at? It looks to be extremely fine.
  9. Finds keep turning up! Thanks for this, Mark.
  10. I agree with Greg, Kevin: the port side outer timber appears to be (in the photo at least) too vertical. This throws the spacing of the inner timbers and will affect the stern gallery lights. Best check this before you commit to further construction.
  11. Perhaps this style of wheel was never actually used! The model was, after all, only a proposed one.
  12. A curved spoke would provide a little more shock absorption over rough ground.
  13. Thank you for clarifying the early date for reef points, Steven. Why then, I wonder, were bonnets in use until so much later?
  14. Reef points back then? I thought that this was a later invention and that a bonnet or bonnets were used.
  15. I had coffee with a friend for the first time since covid this morning. He quoted from a T.S. Eliot poem that I thought was perfect for you: Bowsprit cracked with ice and paint cracked with heat. I made this, I have forgotten And remember. The rigging weak and the canvas rotten Between one June and another September. Made this unknowing, half conscious, unknown, my own. The garboard strake leaks, the seams need caulking. The poem is called, appropriately, Marina.
  16. Just as well. It would probably have sat here as well, giving me guilt as well as stress! There's more than enough on my plate....
×
×
  • Create New...