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  1. druxey
    Question: would there have been anchor chain used at that time, or rope line?
  2. druxey
    Lovely result, Mark. Aren't those planks fun? Folk think that topside planking is just straight parallel strips of wood. You know better. Well done.
  3. druxey
    Second line: "Main (indecipherable word, possibly 'Mail') above deck 24" Although 'Mail' does not make much sense! Perhaps 'Mast'? Any other ideas, anyone? If it is a mast, the measurements must surely be in yards/inches, not feet/inches.
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    Yes, if the head ain't right, it will look wrong! Best to start over if that happens....
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    Very good and methodical, Michael!
  6. druxey
    Ah! So you are returned, Matrim. Welcome back. Your audience is getting settled. House lights down, curtain up!
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    The photo doesn't look as if it's gnash-worthy, Eric! Great progress.
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    Congratulations on completion and a Happy, healthy New Year, Dan. I liked your PhotoShopped trickery photos!
  9. druxey
    Ah, that Emmet! There was also a well-known English cartoonist of that name.
  10. druxey
    Beautifully executed, as usual! Your barrels are particularly nice, as the joints between the staves are not too obvious.
  11. druxey
    Thanks for that alternative view, Gary!
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    Clever as your wife replacement is, I think I'll keep my wife! Seriously, that is a lovely job you are doing, Keith.
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    Bolsters appear to be about an inch or two thinner than the arm of the cheek that they sit on, Gary. See: https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66299.html https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66463.html
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    Another thought: larger scale, but with topmasts sent down, or in the process of rigging the lower masts only?
  15. druxey
    I've had a Byrnes thickness sander for some years. It is an invaluable help. More recently I was gifted the disk sander by a very good friend. Up to that time I had thought the latter an unnecessary luxury. Was I ever wrong! It has proved most useful indeed.
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    Happy New Year. Terrific work as usual!
  17. druxey
    Welcome aboard Emmet. Isn't emmet a dialect word for ant?
  18. druxey
    Without a higher resolution image of the area in question, I can't say, Paul. I agree with you about the heating stove for the Great Cabin. If she was a part-time anchor hoy, she would have avery bluff bow and a large davit projecting forward. But, with the missing bow end of the plan....
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    I'd beg to differ with Chris, so you are back where you started! Remember there were no Sherwin Williams' stores back in the day. The shipyards or whoever mixed paint as needed. The quality of the pigments were not standard, nor were the formulae for mixing. So, there would be all kinds of variation. Whatever you choose, no-one can say that you are wrong!
  20. druxey
    Because of the position of the square 'thing' on deck, I'll say it is the galley chimney. It happens to be in line with a bulwark mounted cleat, presumably for the fish davit. (The former inboard fixture is in red ink, the outboard in black). Nice subject!
  21. druxey
    I've occasionally done that as well, Harvey. Perfect mark-out is essential!
  22. druxey
    The melting issue when turning acrylic could be one of two things. Use the slowest speed possible and a sharp pointed tool bit. A wide cutting bit and/or too fast a turning speed creates enough heat to melt acrylic. Anyway, she is looking very good, Pat!
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    Terrific work as always, Doris. A happy and healthy New Year to you.
  24. druxey
    A cheaper (but not cheap) way to slot tiny screw heads is using a watchmaker's screw slotting file. I've a selection of these, and they are very useful for other purposes as well, such as cutting fine profiles in scale scratch molding tools.
  25. druxey
    Well, deadeyes were triangular back then, so the lathe won't help!

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