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Seeing your progress make me smile. Beautiful work, Gaetan. -
Nice to see you back, Matiz! And nice to see progress on your model.
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Nice to see another strake completed, Mark. Sorry to read of your skin issues. Hope all is well now.
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Welcome aboard!
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What a charming subject, Nils! It must be very satisfying working on a model that caught your eye and imagination so many years ago.
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I believe that this was only introduced in the late 1790's.
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Nice! However, Mr. Green needs to re-rig his sheet: the line is fouled.
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Echo by davec - FINISHED - cross-section
druxey replied to davec's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Good things take time. The important things are the journey and completion. Well done, Dave! That is a lovely result. Of course, the question now is, "what's next?" -
I doubt if you'll find any kit of any of those ships. Manufacturers tend only to produce kits of famous ships such as Cutty Sark, Victory, Constitution, etc. I do seem to recall a plastic kit of Captain Nemo's Nautilus. It was made popular by the movie of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Your approach to ships in fiction is an interesting one. You may find plans of similar vessels on which to base your models, though. Good luck with your research, M. Le Consul!
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Launch day for the Falmouth Pilot Cutter is coming up soon
druxey replied to Chuck's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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Brilliant, Dan. Now all you need is oil stains along the road bed!
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Try to avoid contact type cements. They are instant, but allow no adjustment whatsoever. I'd stick (pun intended!) with PVA (white) or aliphatic (yellow) glues.
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The storm was recorded on 14th August. Fly was recorded as 'foundered' off Newfoundland in 1802; no specific date given, but 'spring'. So this could not have been the same event.
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Quick thinking, cool heads and a narrow escape!
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The fish davit is seen deployed on the port side having just fished the anchor there. (The model is a modern one of Resolution of 1777-78).
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For my models, it never takes long to file down two opposite faces of the hex nut so there is some 'meat' left on both sides of the keel. Each to their own....
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It was announced some time ago that the owner, Bob Friedmann, has had some significant health issues. This is the most likely reason for delay in deliveries. I hope that he is continuing to recover and that folk will have some patience. He has been a stalwart in supporting the ship modelling and research community as well as his authors for many years.
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"The model was altered sometime in the 19th century". My suspicions are confirmed! Belaying pins were certainly in use by the 1630's in Sweden. Primary evidence is seen in the headwork of Vasa. See: https://www.google.com/search?q=vasa+head&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwilsfzSv8TnAhUa_qwKHT9qCzYQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=vasa+head&gs_l=img.12..0i24l2.154814.154814..156960...0.0..0.89.89.1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.eAZ-oODLVXU&ei=lf4_XuWSCJr8swW_1K2wAw&bih=1094&biw=1651#imgrc=aiE6P9-LMhO8hM&imgdii=EReBgpq4OggxJM
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Looks like you have absolutely the right mind-set and approach to building. Most 'newbies' rush into things. You are thinking ahead and anticipating - exactly the right attitude. You'll do well!
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15 ½? (One cannon is half in view, upright.) This is an interesting image. Thank you for bringing it to our attention, Bruce.
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Welcome back, Dana! Depending on the hull form, a bulwark rabbeted into it is one approach. Another might be stanchions inset into the hull sides, then planked in some way.
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Those pins on the open rail, regardless, are an outlier. I cannot recall seeing this arrangement on any other model.
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