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HMS Naiad 1797 by albert - FINISHED - 1/48
druxey replied to albert's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Nice yokes for the swivels, Toni. Well done. They are a beast to make!
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Looks very plausible, Cathead. Nicely done! I had no idea that the wreck was so deep down. Thanks for posting that photo.
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Don't forget the myriad deadeyes, the various hearts, euphroes, and other assorted odds and ends! I always use the 'just in time' approach as I go: it's much less boring than turning out dozens and dozens of blocks all at one time. I use the same approach for spinning up cordage.
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Rigging a Swan class Sloop, what is needed?
druxey replied to Remcohe's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Check all the information given in Volume IV, The Fully Framed Model, HMN Swan Class Sloops 1767-1780. -
Nice to see the boat deck being re-populated, Michael!
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Beautiful! I was anxious seeing the earlier photos, as a horseman leans forward as the horse jumps, and the Vale painting shows him upright. However - whew! - I see you corrected that in the final photos. Bravo!
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Well, I guess I learned a thing or two today as well!
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Well stayed, Michael! What remains to be done now?
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Coming into the finishing straight.... Good going, Toni.
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Somehow I missed your June 30 post, Eberhard. I had assumed the break was for reasons of business, not a nasty virus. I'm glad to read that you have recovered and can continue your beautiful miniature work. Gute gesundheit!
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H.M.S. Atalanta - Drafting my own plans
druxey replied to Ben752's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Sometimes the stem curve is made of two different radii, which complicates things! If you are lucky, you can see the prick-mark left by the draftsman's compass when he drew the arcs for the stem and rabbet. Take a line vertically up from the point where the straight part of the rabbet begins to curve and look carefully. The other method is to make an arc of the specified radius (13' 7 1/2" in your example) and put the center at different points along the curve and strike several arcs. The intersection of those arcs will locate the center of the curve. -
If it's any help, try to control your breathing while painting small detail. That will steady your hands. Nevertheless, your painted decoration looks beautiful.
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Your work at such small scale is very impressive, Javier!
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Gosh, Michael; we may have stood side by side back then without knowing it! I did exactly the same thing. The treatment of windows - more properly termed lights - was a convention seen on many display models from about 1880 to 1950.
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Beautifully realized, Doris. The earlier the subject, the less information we have. Have you looked at photographs of Vasa's head to see the seats of ease on that ship? Although Swedish, it is almost contemporary to Royal Katherine. That may give you a guide. If I may comment, the Vale painting seems to have the figure and tip of the knee of the head slightly more angled up than in the Sheldon model. You might want to check that.
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I hate making tree-nails
druxey replied to barkeater's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
druxey replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Ah! That is another level of difficulty, then. Either decal or photoetch seem to be the only realistic possibilities for those details.- 993 replies
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