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This means completion in sight! Nice work on the case, Maury. What specie of wood is that?- 525 replies
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A deep cut line is necessary for it to be effective. The depth is roughly equivalent to the penetration depth of the dye. Also, I brush dye only to within about 1/16" of that cut-line. The dye spreads to hit the line and then, hopefully, not beyond it!
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I agree with Greg that one needs to be extremely carful with dye. My own strategy for the bow end of the wale was to dye the foremost pieces before installing them on the model. Of course, there will be sanding of the wale after, but the extreme hooding ends of those planks should not need touching up with dye.
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The sail is the complete arm: the vanes are the cross-slats.
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Nice realistic populating work, Dan. Happy holidays to you, too.
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Might it be easier to either invert the hull for these strakes or lie it on its side?
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Your comment on canvas is interesting, HH. It was often painted, sometimes to resemble green patinated copper. Usually the canvas was laid down over wood boards. A real life example is seen on the roof of Prince Frederick's barge in the Royal Museums Greenwich.
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Also: Elephant, 1786, razeed 1819 Marlborough, 1732, razeed 1761 Royal William 1719, razeed c.1756
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That roof section is a marvel of card engineering! And the sculpted pieces are first class as well. Glad also that you are now better, Doris.
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Try card patterns first. Saves an awful lot of wood!
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As my father used to say, "Never make things simple if you can make them complicated!" The original builder must have overheard him. Nice progress, though.
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And a very nice bit of kit that third hand is! The large wood clamp is a nice add-on. But what, pray tell, is the masons' symbol lying on the bench? Another repair job?
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Good question! I actually gave the upper edge a soft-edged 45 degree bevel, as I did for the wale below. At the time, this is how I saw/interpreted the Bellona and other contemporary models' style. Perhaps there were variations depending on the shipyard.
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A masterful restoration of that ladder! Good to see you back at work on Albertic, Michael. Mentioning a BA threaded bolt takes me back.... I still have a pre-war supply of BA nuts and bolts in brass from my father neatly stored in old throat lozenge tins.... But, I digress.
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If it's any help, I used the fully planked contemporary Bellona as my guide for a 64 of 1781: just one black strake, unpainted as shown. Can anyone say that this is incorrect for that time period?
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OK; bring it on, Marcus!
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If you were to reduce the lowest band of planking nearest the bow and adjust the others, you may be able to plank without drop strakes.
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So much ironwork! Beautifully executed, as usual, Ed. You are the iron-master.
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Glad all went well, Mark! You have a beautiful workshop view....
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I agree with Wayne that aggressive wrestling of a plank into place is no substitute for careful spiling. It invites problems down the road.
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Thank you for sharing both your mother's and your own talent with us. That is a lovely photograph of you both with Naiad.
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Have you tried rubber bands or tubing and wedges?
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Catching up with your work. I really like the countersunk square nuts on those carronade bolts. Nice!
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