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I use SilkSpan and dilute acrylic paint. Weathering should be relatively easy, and all painting done before shaping the sails. I've found, painting flags the same way, they can subsequently be wetted and shaped. No starch required! -
...and, you're off to the races with it! I guess it wasn't so bad after all?
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Original Rigging for Cutters of 1763: with a Jib boom?
druxey replied to Gregor's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
For a start, the figures you you read as '0' are in fact the old script way of writing '8'. It appears sort of sideways on. Hence, not 22 10, but 22 18, etc. A yard is 3' 0", so 22 18 translates as 67' 6". 'Excl' is, as you say, excluding. I believe that the length of the mast head included the tenon, (but not the tenon at the heel of the mast) but need to check that. One needs to dig a bit to answer the other questions you have. Normally poles are integral to topmasts in lieu of a topgallant mast, or (as in your illustration) is the extension to the topgallant mast, but not to lower masts. The exception might be a one-piece mast. It is possible that this is what was intended. If that were the case, the mast is a single stick, perhaps the part above the stops being called a topgallant rather than a topmast. Does any of this help? -
That seems to be your answer, although I like the typically French comment; "It should be noted that these could equally be used to hoist barrels of wine.”
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Very, very impressive rigging techniques!
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That drawing shows a trunnion-style carronade, rather than the lug type, on a light carriage.
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Which magazine are you referring to, Tasmanian?
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No date, but probably the late 1790's. It was apparently experimentally used in Wolverine, ex Rattler, in 1798. (Text, page 207).
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The nearest carriage I can find is in Caruana, Volume II on page 208. It has a two-part trucked (wheeled) carriage. All four trucks are 6" in diameter. The lower part, 4' 0" long, is wedge shaped, higher at the aft end. The upper part, also wedge shaped but with the narrow end aft, can slide up this inclined plane. This part has conventional steps. The illustration shows a 24 lb carronade mounted. This non-recoil carriage was invented by the same Captain Schank that invented the sliding keel.
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I'm sorry to read of your situation, Mark. I hope that things will improve for you sooner rather than later. In the meantime, my best wishes to you.
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Dowmer: actually many contemporary models show the figure with head turned to starboard to a greater or lesser degree (lions excepted). It's later half-length ones that look straight ahead. So the casting resembles the original model quite closely, except that the head there is tilted as well as turned.
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It is very doubtful that Victory of 1765 had brass ordnance. The previous Victory of 1737 certainly did - she was fully armed with brass - but all that was lost when she went down. (Perhaps this has created the confusion, with two ships of the same name?) Very few guns have been salvaged: most are on the sea bed. The cost of brass vs iron was considerable, and the government was not about to sink large amounts into more brass!
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Sorry to read of your family concerns and hope the outcome is favorable, Ab. Lovely evocative work yet again; those figures on the jacht are delightful, especially the gentleman smoking a clay pipe!
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Yes, I use Humbrol; but any enamel paint will work. I've not tried acrylic paint, so can't speak to that.
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Very impressive paperwork. Congrats on completing what was obviously a very challenging model, Dan. So, what's next?
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You could also try a little sanding sealer on the end grain before using dilute paint. That should stop bleeding. Unfortunately, this trick won't work for stain, as sealer will block it!
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I agree with Y.T. Paint the paper or card to match the wood color.
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Mastermind game board by nikbud - FINISHED - Wood
druxey replied to nikbud's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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One way to avoid carving up your fingers is to mount the blank piece on a backing block of wood. I use PVA glue to hold it. That way, fingers are well out of the way and one has good control while carving. When the complete, I soak the carving and block in isopropanol (rubbing alcohol 99%) to release it.
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You really should consider writing the book as well, Tom! it's a great yarn you are spinning.
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Mastermind game board by nikbud - FINISHED - Wood
druxey replied to nikbud's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Yes, Mark, the lead was usually carried over the bolster or naval hood in a sort of semi-circular tongue shape. The outer edge of the bolster was usually radiused off, which is not shown in your Bellona hawse hole photo. above. I found that, using a flat sable brush, I could paint the port edges quite neatly by putting the brush against the surface to be painted, then drawing the brush toward me in a single movement. That way, no paint should land on the outside of the planks. On the rare instances it did (usually due to an overloaded brush!) I waited for the paint to dry, then scraped it carefully off with a scalpel blade. See the photo and judge for yourself.
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If the floats are identical, you could always make mold of it and cast the second one in resin.
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A lovely model of an ugly character!
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