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  1. druxey
    Nice result for a first wooden boat build, Bob. Every build is a learning process. You'll find the next model will benefit from your experience building this one. Well done!
  2. druxey
    That sounds like what we call 'sanding sealer', Amalio. Beautifully marked out mast wedges and and so accurately cut by hand!
  3. druxey
    Not every ship model shows every detail! Another instance is that scuppers are seldom shown either. They would, of course be present in the actual ship. Remember that many models are stylized to a greater or lesser extent.
  4. druxey
    All I can do is shake my head and keep reminding myself that this model is not at 1:48 or 1:64! Amazing.
  5. druxey
    Channel bends is an alternate name for the channel wale planks.
  6. druxey
    Once you read Longridge, it will all become clear. To explain everything that you need to know would take a book - and it's already been written! But, briefly the analogous timber to the deadwood amidships is the rising wood. It is usually only a few inches high at the dead flat and about 3" wider than the keel. It seems to be omitted from your cross sectional illustration above. However, it was standard in those days.
  7. druxey
    Very neatly done, Siggi! Another way is to glue the blank to a piece of wood using white glue. The advantage is that you can turn the piece in any direction while carving and also keeping your fingers safe. Also, if you slip, it won't harm your model. Soak the piece in rubbing alcohol to free it when you are finished.
  8. druxey
    I think you'll find that after some time, differences in wood color tend to deepen and even out.
  9. druxey
    Nice work on those tricky rails and hances!
  10. druxey
    Buttock lines are seldom seen on contemporary draughts. If you have the knowledge, by using waterlines and station sections you can construct these yourself.
  11. druxey
    Very nicely realised scrollwork, Marsalv!
  12. druxey
    The problem with the carver's bench, above, is that - beautiful as it is - it has insufficient knee room for sitting. It is essentially a standing bench.
  13. druxey
    Impressive as ever, Keith! I have the same question as wefalck.
  14. druxey
    It a appears that a series of cleats are attached to the vertical staging posts.
  15. druxey
    The table Joe posted (#14) is a jeweler's bench. Good for ultra-miniature work, it doesn't have the flat surface area most model-makers need. If you can afford an electric table adjustable of height on a cantilever principle, then that is the best option - particularly if you are a wheelchair user.
  16. druxey
    Source, Mark, is Ch10/65 or CHN 0105 RMG (Royal Museums Greenwich).
  17. druxey
    Um.. why not painted paper or card strips instead of brass?
  18. druxey
    The 'fishhooks' are the numeral 1, as are the green circled numerals.
  19. druxey
    I only woke up to the benefits of parallel pliers a few years ago when I took a jewelry making course. Wish I'd had a pair decades ago! They are indispensable for miniature 'smithing'. Lovely work there. BTW, my capsquares were built up, not cast. Mind you, I didn't need the quantity of them that you require.
  20. druxey
    SeaWatch is the sole distributor, Brian.
  21. druxey
    It's probably water content in rubbing alcohol that softens the wood.
  22. druxey
    Some wood springs back more than other species. Basswood has very little spring-back in thin pieces.
  23. druxey
    It's amazing how, with the planksheer and timberheads, the model suddenly looks more finished - even if it isn't! Lovely work there, Alex.
  24. druxey
    Ad infinitum or ad nauseam, HH? Example of capsquare attached to a 12lb carronade carriage. Admittedly it is at 1:48 scale, but on a carriage that size they are pretty small!
  25. druxey
    OK, oh OCD one: what about the hinge on one end and the square hole at the other?

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