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Nice work, Chris. It's always good to see something a little different modeled.- 179 replies
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An appropriate reply would take a lot of electrons to answer your question in detail. Might I suggest a good volume on building a model like a full-size ship. Some suitable books: The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships, Longridge HMS Euryalus 1803, Volume I, Yedlinsky The Naiad Frigate, Volume I, Tosti The Fully Framed Model; HMN Swan Class Sloops 17670-1780, Volume I, Antscherl
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Well, the photo of Victory's stern shows that the paint job is still not right! The lettering of 'Victory' is in Perpetua, a typeface from the 1920's. Since that photo was taken it has been repainted in Clarendon - a Victorian design from about 1845! So, a degree of scepticism is justified. All the restoration team need have done was studied painted contemporary models' sterns to get that detail right. Obviously, they did not!
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How, I wonder, would those contrasting hull shapes do on stability tests?
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Also note that bulwarks and carriages are NOT red! What is the date of this painting?
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A point source of light, whether the sun or artificial, will always show up any defects! Also just catching up. Very, very nice so far.
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Perhaps the pillars rest above carlings when the beams at different levels do not coincide vertically.
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Ah, those days long past of Letraset! I think the aged remains of my stock (in my graphic design days) went out about 25 years ago....
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Can't answer your tech problems, but welcome!
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Coming along quickly! I use acrylic matt medium to seal material from bleeding or fraying at the edges when cut. As it dries clear, no worries.
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I am shocked, shocked I tell you! I suppose that there is an algorithm that filters 'naughty' words indiscriminately on this site. Of course a**e is a legitimate nautical term.
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One observation: No matter how good the instructions, diagrams and photos may be, they are useless if you don't read them!
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This (word) hulc is pronounced like that dignified name?
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I thought that a bodger was a person who made rustic furniture, usually chairs. But we digress - yet again! Back to business: you seem to be quicker and quicker at carving out and painting your figures. I love the latest ones astride the yard!
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Welkom, Daniël!
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Borked? What a lovely word for a bad situation. Yes, if the paint has not dried after several days, it's definitely borked, shot, dead - whatever you want to call it. Perhaps you can retrieve the situation using solvent or paint stripper to get the mess off your model. Experiment ofn a small area first, though. The least aggressive solvent that will move it is the best. Is there a reason you would not use a universal spray primer?
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Yeah, I'm picky that way!
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Alas, my trusty OED was not helpful on this point. Nef comes from the Latin nave, and can mean a hollow space, hence the nave of a church. There seems to be no specific meaning in ship type. Hulc, was apparently a specific ship type, given in a list of other ship types in the 1480's but, frustratingly, gives no definition of the type either! Sorry, ladies and gentlemen.
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'Tain't a 'rudder hole', it's a helm port!
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There would be a need for slots to prevent frictional wear on the lines. Whether there were sliding covers in 1760.... where is that Time Machine, please? Your illustration isn't quite complete, as the center turn of the line is nailed securely to the barrel. (See my sketches.)
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Is this to be a Snark or Boojum? I look forward to the Incredible (in the original sense of the word!) Hulc.
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