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  1. druxey
    Superb work as usual, Gary. Shrek-like fingers? Watchmaker's tweezers are the answer.
  2. druxey
    The second layer for the spirketting is a kit simplification, as is the waterway and double planking as sketched by John.
  3. druxey
    Welcome. You are already well versed in modelmaking!
  4. druxey
    In the article the builder is Donald McCabe, not McKay!
  5. druxey
    Take or send these images either to National Museums Scotland or the British Museum.
  6. druxey
    Welcome to the Canuck contingent here!
  7. druxey
    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?
  8. druxey
    With all due respect, the bow flare-out to the bowsprit seems less extreme in the launch photo than your drawing. Something more like:
  9. druxey
    As a non sequitur, you must be a bon vivant, Phil. Photo in post #1 seems to have a baguette in the background, and now a brie box in #23. Bon appetit, monsieur!
  10. druxey
    Another classic! My favorite from that was 'Egg Nishner".
  11. druxey
    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.)
  12. druxey
    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.
  13. druxey
    Looking very nice indeed, Mark!
  14. druxey
    Welcome and thanks for the book recommendation. Another one on the 'want to read' list for me!
  15. druxey
    Nice fletchering and bowyering work! It's been many years since I handled a longbow.... Welcome to MSW.
  16. druxey
    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.
  17. druxey
    I don't believe that fids were ever made of wood.
  18. druxey
    Off to a flying start! This looks to be an interesting project in several ways.
  19. druxey
    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.
  20. druxey
    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.
  21. druxey
    Very nice result.I like that you showed the interior mechanism as you have. It would make a great item to show in a full diorama!
  22. druxey
    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.
  23. druxey
    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!
  24. druxey
    Oh, all right, then. Three examples from McKay's The Practical Shipbuilder, 1839
  25. druxey
    'White stuff' or 'black stuff' was used prior to copper plating. As for plank seams, if your model hull is planked, the seams will 'read' through paint sooner or later anyway!

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