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Welcome. You are already well versed in modelmaking!
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In the article the builder is Donald McCabe, not McKay!
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Take or send these images either to National Museums Scotland or the British Museum.
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Welcome to the Canuck contingent here!
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Well, back on topic. It was a fun diversion, though! I'm sure that the full-length columns will be less likely to collapse than the originals, so perhaps it was a fortunate accident. Glad you could save the decorative painted part of the xylokastra. Stupid question: couldn't you find thread in the color you needed without having to make the witches' brew of dye?
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With all due respect, the bow flare-out to the bowsprit seems less extreme in the launch photo than your drawing. Something more like:
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Mots d'heures gousses rames! That takes me back a few years. Chortled my way through it (if anyone doesn't know what the book is about, say the words out loud.)
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From paintings I've seen, I would agree that the yellow ochre was more of a buff color. Of course this is my subjective opinion but, as a designer, I've a pretty good color memory.
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Welcome and thanks for the book recommendation. Another one on the 'want to read' list for me!
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Nice fletchering and bowyering work! It's been many years since I handled a longbow.... Welcome to MSW.
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In the Pitt Rivers Museum online catalog: http://objects.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/PRMUID26082.html Click on any image to enlarge it. Photos are, I believe, normally able to be ordered.
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
druxey replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
I don't believe that fids were ever made of wood.- 993 replies
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Willkommen! Yes, the rabbit hole of fine tools is one that one can dive deep down into, as well as that of ship models. Each is a great excuse for the other.
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
druxey replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
I suspect that the fid would have a beveled bottom surface. To make the slot for the fid other than vertical would invite a split in the wood. Mast stops would probably have been at right angles to the spar. The eyes of the stays would be able to bend sufficiently, as in other vessels.- 993 replies
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No of course it isn't, Rob! I'm sorry if I gave the impression that it was. These are representative vessel types to illustrate various points of practical shipbuilding. They are all generic; titled 'Brig', 'Ship', 'Pilot Boat', etc. However, all have relatively vertical stems.
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It's funny how, sometimes, the things we look forward to with dread turn out to be not such a big deal after all. It's the pieces that one thinks will be easy that trip one up!
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