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druxey

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  1. Sorry about the kidney stones, Rob - nasty. Lithotripsy, perhaps?
  2. Coming along very nicely, PA. After the bow is framed, the square frames will be a walk in the park!
  3. Top and butt was amore economic use and was more likely. Hooked joints were probably only used on larger ships of war for additional reinforcement. I think you would be safe with a (double) strake of top and butt and one strake of butt jointed planks. I'm sure variation occurred between shipyards. In this shipyard, you are master shipwright!
  4. An interesting solution to 'glazed' windows. Any difficulty with static and dust from milling on the plastic?
  5. Thanks for this morning smile, Ab! A wonderful way to recycle. Heer ter Velde is an original thinker.
  6. At least you had a good reference with the grid of waterlines and buttock lines, as well as diagonals.
  7. Looks like serious distortion in the body plan that will need to be addressed.
  8. Congrats, Clare! A 'launching flags' model would be very attractive - especially if in a diorama setting - and not need rigging, for sure.
  9. The lower channel appears to be protective of the chains at dockside.
  10. Lovely work, despite a drafting error - that so easily can happen!
  11. That is lovely! I can almost smell the hot oil and steam....
  12. Everything was standardised! The Fully Framed Model lists and shows these (page 211): Leaguer 4' 6" x 2' 9", puncheon 3' 6" x 2' 8" and hogshead 3' 1" x 2' 4". Construction was also standard. Powder barrels had withy rather than iron hoops, for obvious reasons!
  13. The foot bars are called stretchers. Some are simply vertical pieces of plank that fit into slots on longitudinal pieces each side of the boat or between vertical struts.
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