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I'm so sorry that you were scammed, Aleksandr. I've tried milling such moldings and still prefer the control of using a scraper that has been shaped from a scrap piece of hacksaw blade. Using a mill sometimes 'eats' the work as one feeds it through! Perhaps this was a lucky accident for you after all.
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To 'read' ships' plans is a study in itself. Without a working knowledge it is easy to get things confused, such as internal/external planking expansion plans. Perhaps it is easier to grasp the difference in longitudinal sheer and deck curves by studying photographs of contemporary models. The sheer of the wales and outer plank is easily seen. The line of ports will follow the sheer of the decks. Usually these cross each other, particularly aft. https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-66344 Orford, 1698 That said, there are exceptions! My current model's deck and wale sheer happen to be identical! (This is a Dutch-built, French designed ship of 1778/9.)
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Drafting Frames
druxey replied to tmj's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Scantlings will be a good guide for any ship of the same size and period. Allan's book is an invaluable source for measurements. -
There are two single frames. the 'dead flat' and 'dead flat 1'. Both are, in fact, dead flat, but the labelling distinguishes them, as well as the fact that the joints are staggered one from another. So, the 'dead flat' starts with a pair of first futtocks and the 'dead flat 1' with a floor, as shown in the framing elevation. There should be a pattern for 'dead flat' as well as 'dead flat 1' which you've posted above.
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An extremely respectable first model! You should be proud. Well done.
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French 64 Gun Ship 1729 by Jeronimo
druxey replied to Jeronimo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Very nice framing work!
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