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Quite an achievement, Keith: 96 holes, no drill breakage and no evidence of the drill bit wandering either! Well done. -
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.
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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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druxey replied to allanyed's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
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. -
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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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!
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Perfect! And that you used real leather at this scale....
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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.
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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!
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Are you rigging in your dreams by now as well? Looking very nice so far, Rob.
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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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It would be interesting to know how that hull form performed under various sea and wind conditions. Lovely work, Adrian!
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The triple sheaved block looks to function rather like a deadeye. I knew that you were copying Byzantine shield images, but had to congratulate you on how neatly you were reproducing them at such a small size.
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Ayieee! Those tops are small! It's interesting how you need to make things up as you go along to get around structural obstructions. What, I wonder, are you saying to your younger self?
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Yes, Mark. The foremost munion is an odd triangular shape to fill that gap. The carved work hides this awkward junction. Also, it looks like the upper rim (in your mock-up) should be further inboard so that the munions slope in a bit more as seen from ahead.
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The quarter gallery lights are parallel top and bottom as well as the sides which are also parallel. Any inequality is taken up at the forward end and hidden under the canting livre. Yes, there are books that describe all this! Hint: the curve of the lower and upper sills are identical, simply the upper one is shifted in and aft by the rake of the gallery.
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The trick in every situation is to use a solvent (starting with water!) that does the trick without damaging surrounding paint or finishes. Looks like you hit it right.
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Yes, the deck transoms are rabbeted for the plank ends.
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