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  1. druxey
    Wow! That set me back on my heels. I'm sitting on a small fortune, then. "Rich, rich, I tell you; beyond the wildest dreams of avarice!!!" Well, not quite. Thanks for that, Allan.
  2. druxey
    Structure was modified for the fire deck and various hatches/vents on deck, but otherwise no skimping on construction. If you are interested buy either: Fireship, The Terror Weapon of the Age of Sail by Peter Kirsch, Naval Institute Press/Conway or The Fireship Comet by David Antscherl, SeaWatchBooks
  3. druxey
    OK, I'll take that back, then!
  4. druxey
    Some fireships were, indeed, old clapped-out vessels. Others, like the Comet pictured above, were purpose built as fireships. And yes, they were decorated as other warships were. Clive (post #2) is correct.
  5. druxey
    If I can add another 2c worth: I'm bothered by how far forward the tip of the sheer rail is . If you look at post #475 (page 15) and drop a vertical line from where the bowsprit and jibboom emerge down, it falls almost the length of the figure behind her feet. I'm not convinced that the profile above is quite there yet. Any comments, anyone?
  6. druxey
    Roger; if you look at photos of Mary Rose's deck planking, it's a jigsaw puzzle. Granted, it had been repaired over the years but, like Vasa, the shipwrights minimized wastage back then. I think in British naval yards things became more formalized by about 1700. Certainly contracts and Establishments will tell you more. Parallel planking and nibbed waterways were even later, as powered circular saws replaced handsaws and sawpits.
  7. druxey
    Excellent, Richard. Looking forward to seeing your hull grow.
  8. druxey
    If you only took eight months to get this far on a hobby-time basis with a young family as well as work, I'm impressed! That's a major achievement for a first fully framed hull. The pay-off will be as you sand everything to a fair surface.
  9. druxey
    I don't think my stock is 'military grade'. However, it is beautiful stuff. I shudder to think what my ¾" sheet must be worth now....
  10. druxey
    As nice as any scrolls I've seen!
  11. druxey
    Like Mark said, Joseph. Welcome!
  12. druxey
    Nice paint job on the main rail!
  13. druxey
    Thanks, ClipperFan. Now, if I were retired....
  14. druxey
    $250 a sheet for ¼" for Baltic birch ply? I must be sitting on a fortune! But I digress. Looks like a good start, Allan.
  15. druxey
    Someone else can add those details. Thanks for your very helpful input, ClipperFan.
  16. druxey
    Here's the image:
  17. druxey
    Clipperfan: The only way I can draw that to articulate properly is if her elbow is higher and forearm more horizontal, which will obscure her face in side elevation. Is that your take on this?
  18. druxey
    After some PM's with ClipperFan, try this version on for size:
  19. druxey
    Looking good, Richard. Toni's advice is sound if you haven't faired inside yet.
  20. druxey
    Please read Longridge's Anatomy of Nelson's Ships or Goodwin's Sailing Man of War, Don. Either will inform you more comprehensively than any brief answer here. However, briefly; every timber on a ship had a structural purpose. The beams of a ship need a lot of reinforcement that planking alone simply would not supply.
  21. druxey
    I still own and use an identical palm plane, also made by X-Acto. It has a little less red paint on it now, though....
  22. druxey
    Ah! Memory lane.... My very own first tool was probably an X-Acto knife. I recall having a small set in a wooden box with the small and large handle. Before that I used my father's tools, some of which I still use today.
  23. druxey
    That's one way of doing it!
  24. druxey
    I interpret the right hand holding the bunched drapery, so is mainly hidden under the drape. Am I wrong?
  25. druxey
    More like this?

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