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  1. druxey
    This looks really neat, Sceatha!
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    Always nice to see an unusual subject modeled!
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    Ah! That's why. I could not locate a deck plan for Bellona; it must be filed under Dragon. Thanks, Mark. Definitely grist for further research.
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    Congratulations on laying her keel, Christian. The curtain has risen!
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    I meant if you had a ZAZ number for the plan, Mark! Sorry if I was unclear. I always thought that the outer plank thickness at the stern was concealed behind ( i.e. forward of) the dummy light and munion. Also, unless the captain was extremely obese, the seat would be quite wide enough to comfortably ensconce himself in a seaway!
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    Those counter timbers look a little thick in siding to my eye. Also as per the illustration posted above, usually the counter timbers slope slightly inward.
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    Where did you find out that the outer plank within the quarter gallery was thinner than the outer planking, please? Can you quote the drawing? This is something new to me.
  8. druxey
    That was a small fortune back then!
  9. druxey
    Looking very nice, CP.
  10. druxey
    Quite an achievement, Keith: 96 holes, no drill breakage and no evidence of the drill bit wandering either! Well done.
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    Just stumbled across your log: an interesting hybrid! This is a bit late in the day to mention this to you, but frames normally were set at right angles to the keel, not the waterline. Just for you remember for your next model!
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    Lovely! And those belaying pins look so much better now.
  13. druxey
    I've seen contemporary models with both open and solid balcony rails, Mark. Polyphemus, 64 of 1781 definitely showed a closed rail on the 'as built' draught. Take your pick! The serpentine rails are more graceful though, I think. When it comes to projection drawing, it's much easier to correct one aspect at a time. Trying to juggle and correct for round aft, aft slope etc. at the same time leads to nervous breakdowns!
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    My understanding is that they were usually parallel to the keel and angled upward and in at about 10 degrees or so. This would apply to hawse pieces that are erected parallel to the keel, the usual arrangement. In the photo above, the model's hawse pieces on both sides (which are framed differently) are canted, which would explain the holes running at the same angles as the hawse pieces.
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    Your display of her side through time is very impressive. Congratulations on a very fine job of research as well as painting. The rigged fore chains with stowed anchor presentation looks intriguing. The Augsburg show would have been fun to attend!
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    Knot nice. "It's just a lignin wound"! Again, lovely work on those shields.
  17. druxey
    Posting? Yup. Sense of humor intact? Yup. You must be improving!
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    A good improvement visually, Maury. About beeswax: from my reading, it's a bit of an old wives' tale that has been passed down generations of ship modelers. It is acidic in pH, so eventually.... If you must wax, use Renaissance wax, which is pH neutral.
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    Glad to read that you are improving, Marc. Take it easy while you recover. We can wait for you!
  20. druxey
    Perfect! And that you used real leather at this scale....
  21. druxey
    Very nice cutaway work!
  22. druxey
    On the question of dummy lights (blank windows): The outer lights of the stern galleries were usually blank. The reason for this was that just forward of these dummies in the quarter galleries were the 'seats of office', or heads.
  23. druxey
    Historically, friezes painted on paper and then applied to the ship's side can be seen in a number of contemporary models. Not the full sized ships, of course!
  24. druxey
    Are you rigging in your dreams by now as well? Looking very nice so far, Rob.
  25. druxey
    The hand numbered call-outs look much more in keeping with the model: all hand made! I'm glad you decided not to go with the bingo numbers.

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