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  1. druxey
    I had no idea that Seccotine was still available. I remember it (and its distinctive odour!) from my childhood modelling days. Ratlines are usually tied using clove hitches, but at such a small scale your suggestion will look much neater and be a bit quicker! Those shortbread cookies will give you the energy for the job.
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    'Tabled in the meeting edges' clinches the newest illustration as correct for me, Allan.
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    And they are actually miniature Swiss files (about 4 ½" long instead of 6").
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    It appears to be a 'decorative' model loosely based on what was believed to look like the Henry Grace a Dieu. (No-one knows what she actually looked like!) Gunports would never have been placed one immediately under another. It's an interesting memento of your grandfather.
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    Can you make the gratings first, then add the rail and finally slide the gratings into place under the rail?
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    Congratulations on your instant success, Chris!
  7. druxey
    May I add my condolences. Gerald was a master craftsman and shared his knowledge freely. As it was said of Christopher Wren, si monumentam requirat, circumspice; If you need a memorial, look around. His work will endure.
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    Yup, Justin, if you are a conservator you know that only too well!
  9. druxey
    Good morning indeed! Superb work as usual.
  10. druxey
    Now you are making progress!
  11. druxey
    Doomed to make models!
  12. druxey
    If the ink is water-soluble (and most printer ink is!), the water content in acrylics will make things run. Not good.
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    Aren't those pieces of plank an interesting challenge, Mark? Makes a nice change from boring, parallel pieces! Lovely job you're doing.
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    Nicely thought out, Michael.
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    Well, it's all part of the learning curve(s)!
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    In the 18th century there were two types of ballast. The permanent ballast was usually pig iron bars in various sizes. Occasionally old cannon were also used. The ballast was stowed on either side of the limbers (drainage channels) each side of the keelson. Above this was shingle ballast. As you describe, these were smooth, rounded stones - usually from a sea beach, not a river. This was moveable and the lowest tier of stowage (usually barrels) were bedded on the shingle.
  17. druxey
    A fixed yard is another story!
  18. druxey
    Your vinyl solution looks very good, Clare!
  19. druxey
    The yards in the photo are without sails in a lowered position, I think. When raised and sails bent there is more clearance with the shrouds.
  20. druxey
    Lovely work as ever, Michael. Your bench pin has an interesting additional hold-down. Your own custom design?
  21. druxey
    Dan; you wrote: "It's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these." I hope you did not test the boiler to destruction! Nice work on those compound curves.
  22. druxey
    You might consider washes of acrylic paint. As far as I know, this is non-acidic in nature. Can anyone confirm this?
  23. druxey
    You expected regular stud spacing and everything to be truly square? Oh, the naiviety!
  24. druxey
    I'm amazed that this stuff is still around. I heaved the remains of my then ageing and crazed Letraset (I was in graphic design back then) about 25 years ago!
  25. druxey
    Lovely work, Michael.

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