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A pretty sophisticated set-up. Great if you are making large numbers of spars. However, for the small number most models need....
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Those sails are fascinating! They would be less likely to blow out in a strong gale than conventional Western sails. -
Nice clean work, Andy! Don't get me started on thrown out archives. I once worked for a Toronto company - no longer in existence - whose library was assembled in the 1900-1930's time period. There were art books galore (it was an advertising company) and mementos of folk who once worked there. Canadian readers will recognise The Group of Seven, many of whom had been employed as illustrators there. All were thrown in a dumpster in the mid 1980's....
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I'm no expert on the details of these pumps, Jim. However; There appears to be a shut off valve both at F and to the left of G. The tubes to the limber strakes seem to be for flushing or emptying the bilges when required. There would be no logical reason to have a blind end to them. One variation (left side) has the tube simply pointing down to the bilge to flood it when turned on, and the other version (right) has a two-way diverter. Note also the second valve down the tube nearer the bilge end on that side. When there is water in the bilges, it can be drawn up by suction in the usual way that brake pumps work using flapper valves.
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Cruizer-class Brig-Sloops of the Royal Navy
druxey replied to molasses's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Often the upper strakes of planking below the wale were top and butt or anchor stock as well. No easy to see, but: https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/83495.html as well as the Cruizer class planking expansion you mentioned. -
I don't cut those small bevels: I run a small sanding stick along at an angle to knock off the sharp edges evenly.
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Presumably this is what you are thinking of: https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/86635.html
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Beautiful, Mark. Are the stepped edges of planks bevelled off or not? Hard to tell on the photos.
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Yes, Carol took my isopropanol bottle. However, I had another one stashed away, (not for medicinal purposes only) heh heh!
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Keith, it's obvious - now! With all due respect to your talents, I agree with wefalck: those lateral supports take the eye away from the model. Perhaps lower them or even substitute clear acrylic would make them less obtrusive. I hesitate to be critical of your superb work, but....
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I'm sure that you will complete her rigging to the same standard - or even better!
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Steel wire or hemp rope on Thames sailing barge circa 1940?
druxey replied to bolin's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
A caveat to Bob's post: in the early 1940's steel was in great demand for the war effort and would have been in short supply for other purposes. In London, for instance, miles of iron railings were torn up to be recycled for the war effort. -
Nice clean workshop, too! Decent work benches with drawers, 6' 0" drafting board with rail machine, good lighting....oh, and a very nice model as well!
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Another delightful subject! Thank you, Javier.
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Interesting that the French lugger was commanded by 'Lewis Sutton" - a very English name!
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Looks like nice quick project, Chris. We'll see how this unfolds - I mean, folds!
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Lapwing 1816 Revenue Cutter
druxey replied to iMustBeCrazy's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
The passage may perhaps have been first class, but I doubt that the accommodation was! -
I don't think shellac is a good sealant as it is moisture sensitive (think white rings from glass condensation on a French polished tabletop).
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Nice progress, Paul. BTW, love the old-fashioned brass weights!
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Lots of progress! I was going to remark that the (first photo) belaying pin looked as if a strict diet would help, but your last photo has a much better proportioned one on the right.
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Nice going, Toni, but are you aware that on naval vessels the moldings were applied over the planking? (It'll be easier to fit the planks without having to also fit them between the wale and molding!)
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