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Hearty congratulations, Rob. She looks fabulous. So, what is next?
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Tom: that is a good question. The answer is that the ensign staff (its proper name) is pivoted at the base. A half-hoop clasp, not shown in the drawing above, is undone, the staff pivoted forward and down, the boom swung over and the staff raised again.
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Welcome, Minnang! There are no stupid questions, as others have already remarked. Nice workmanship on your now-abandoned model. I applaud your quest for authentic subjects to model. You'll find plenty of advice and help here when you need it.
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The outer end is squared aft of the tenon. This is where the bees will seat in their scores. Note the asymmetry of the squared portion.
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Remember to add the squared-off portion at the outer end of the bowsprit! Otherwise, looking good there, Alan. Now, back to sanding....
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Nice work, Crow! And welcome indeed.
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Soon you'll be carving oarsmen in your sleep or, like knitters, while watching TV! Nice progress, Steven.
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Tony: I was recommended this site by a friend recently, and now I'm hooked and visiting each day's new post. There's some other fascinating stuff on there - over ten years' worth!
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There is a wonderful website about central London where new entries are posted daily. Here is today's entry (25th March): https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/03/25/samuel-pepys-at-st-olaves-x/
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Terrific work, especially the scale working hinges!
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As we undergo shut-downs, reading will become more important to us. If you are interested in the Restoration naval period or that of the Dutch Seven Provinces, this book is worthy of your attention. This is a very readable, exhaustive narrative and analysis of the longest engagement between two navies recorded. Mr. Fox has an extensive grasp of the political, social, economic and strategic issues that led up to and culminated in this North Sea struggle for maritime dominance between The Seven Provinces and Britain. The prelude to, development and aftermath of this marathon battle is well illustrated with fleet movement maps. The narrative is accompanied by contemporary drawings and paintings. There are also extensive end-notes and appendices on fleet lists, deployment and armament. An engrossing read and thoroughly recommended, available on-line through Seaforth Publishing, paperback, 2018.
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And those Staedler technical pens of various line widths (hollow tubes with wire) that always clogged when you least needed them to! And don't get me started on Letraset and Linotype machines....
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I suggest that you cut tiny pieces of solder, attach them to the joint with flux, then heat up the joint indirectly with the soldering tip a few mm away from the joint until the solder flows. Much less clean-up! Or use epoxy instead.
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If you use acrylic gesso, it carves and sands nicely when dry. Great progress!
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Brilliant work! I've just been reading Frank Fox' book The Four Days' Battle 1666, and your model photos brings this to life.
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The overall effect of your model is lovely: I'm expecting someone to walk over and climb aboard! Congratualtions on an outstanding result, Geert.
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Sorry, you are quite correct, Chris. That's who I was thinking of! I remembered incorrectly. Bad memory! Bad!
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In this new self-isolating world, we ship model-makers are the lucky ones. We at least have somethign productive to do. Although a nice pint of draught.... Fabulous detail work as ever, Keith.
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Welcome! If memory serves me correctly, there's another ship modeler in Yellowknife.
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Can you cast a few master figures in the rough and then complete them individually? Impressive work on the tholes using hand-held equipment only.
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