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The illustration shows what I meant, Mark: the hook is more rounded than angular.
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Nice toy!
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This is one reason I use a full clam-shell outer plaster jacket: pressure on the mold will be evenly distributed. Clamping from two sides will lead to misalignment and deformation of the RTV mold.
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Thanks, Maury. It looks (from the angle of the photo), that the first band of planking above the garboard might have to taper too much as it reaches the bow rabbet. Hopefully that isn't the case! Also, that an angle might appear forward of the third strake away from the garboard.
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Glad the new scheme is working out, Maury! Perhaps move the threads up slightly at the bow as shown?
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Looks good, but I thought that the 'hook' for the main stay collar was a rounded off rather than angle-tenon shaped.
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You are producing a silk purse from a sow's ear, George! (It's an old English expression.)
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Depends on the kind of lighting you want, Richmond.
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I recall tilt shift lenses in the old 4 x 5 and 8 x 10 plate cameras used for architectural work. Expensive toys! Nice blade from our dealer of choice, Lee Valley.
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Well, that was an interesting way to solve the problem. Nice, clean result. Well done.
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Le Soleil Royal by Nek0 - 1/72 - Marc Yeu
druxey replied to Nek0's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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Unfortunately talk of mutiny makes me think of the film Battleship Potemkin by Eisenstein.
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It's a matter of personal taste, Carl. I mainly use the perspective correction feature for architectural photos. I like verticals to look that way!
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There is a pull-down menu for reducing/eliminating lens distortion on programs such as Adobe Photoshop. It lists a huge variety of specific manufacturers and their lenses. I don't know whether this includes ultra wide-angle lenses.
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Looks like your inner line became the outer!
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I'd like to pick up on an earlier point about color (post #1687). Specifically, the comment about Turner's paintings. As we know, Turner was obsessed with the effects of light and atmosphere. Now, what he was recording was a perception of color. Objects have a specific color, called local color by artists. Depending on the quality of light falling on an object its apparent color as we perceive it changes. For instance, think of a 'red' ball. Its surface properties will reflect the red wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and absorb the others. So, the ball appears red under white light or red light. Both varieties of light contain the red part of the spectrum. However, shine green light on it and it will appear dark brown. Very little light is reflected as the red portion of the spectrum is missing in green light. So, Turner was playing with color as it is perceived under different lighting conditions. He was not concerned with ship modelers 200 years later! Which color in his paintings is 'correct', then? Neither and both!
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Lovely work, Isidro. The differences in the way Spanish ships were constructed and worked is interesting as well.
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There may be traces of RTV deposit or talc on the surface of the casting, Mark. I cleaned the surfaces of my castings with isopropanol, then a 400 grit 3M/Scotch-Brite abrasive 'spider' wheel (radial bristle disc) run at slow speed in my rotary tool. I can't speak for the shelf life of Jax chemicals. Perhaps the manufacturer has specs on that.
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Definitely lights to the galley forward of the 'box' and a deck below. See the Brittania draught excerpt for the relative relationship of these two features.
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And there you go! Repeat...repeat...and repeat. Well done, Mark. To blacken the metal you will need pewter black - copper blackening agents don't work well.
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Or, more directly, use the surplus as the heating system!
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