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druxey

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  1. So good to see you back and the considerable progress that you have made. Beautifully done!
  2. Oh, Andrew!! How could you? Thanks for the laugh. That must be the mots 'd'heure oeuf oiel d'eux. But we digress.
  3. Very convincing, Steven! Well done. Oh: and just noticed your mot juste; d'accord!
  4. Don't make the assumption that she's on an even keel in the photo: that will affect apparent relative levels of bow and stern.
  5. The stopper came undone, Chris? That's a new one for me! I'm sorry but I laughed; it was one of those "If anything can possibly go wrong..." things. Anyway, I'm glad it's successfully fixed now. Looks good.
  6. Every ship was slightly different, even in the same class. The 'as launched' plans are accurate for the specific ship, as a record of its actual construction. This would be very useful when it came time to repair the vessel.
  7. We feel your pain, Chris. Is it simply undoing the laniards, swapping the shrouds over and untangling them, then re-reeving the laniards? If so, it isn't that bad, surely?
  8. Welcome aboard!
  9. Whenever glueing a thin wood piece using a glue with water content, dampen the opposite side first to counteract the tendency to bow or cup.
  10. And, if not, the quarter piece would cover and protect the plank ends.
  11. The models may have omitted the rabbetted fashion piece as it is a pain to make (I know this from experience!) It involves a continuously changing rabbet angle on the fore side, and another for the transom planks aft. I'm sure that the real ships were fitted this way, as exposed end grain wood deteriorates rapidly when exposed.
  12. ClipperFan: the usual underlay (again, for naval vessels) was tarred felt.
  13. It appears that merchant practice in coppering (Muntz as you point out) differed from that used by the navy.
  14. Feather out? Do you mean make gains until the planks are flush with each other into the rabbet? If so, that is the correct way it was done. Also, there was a rabbet in the fashion piece to protect the plank ends from rot.
  15. It was common practice (in naval dockyards, at least) to launch, check for any leaky seams, drydock, seal, then copper the bottom. Otherwise it would be harder to detect the source of water ingress and a pain to remove the copper to caulk the offending seam(s.)
  16. You will have as many varying opinions as replies here! I've used all the usual makes mentioned and they are all fine. However, for ease of cleaning and no easily damaged long needles, you might consider Aztek as an alternative.
  17. Hmm. Gives new meaning to the expression 'knights errant'. Looking very good now.
  18. Now you know the meaning of the word 'druxey': rotten to the core. It is a form of wood rot found in the shipyard: spongy white veins inside logs.
  19. Are you reeving the laniard in the correct direction or is your line not 'hardened'?
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