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Catching up with your work. I really like the countersunk square nuts on those carronade bolts. Nice! -
Are these holes aft of the riding bitts? If so, that is the likely solution.
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Sorry to read of your collision with Atalanta. I hope that you were personally undamaged. The model seems to have recovered well!
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Echo by tlevine - FINISHED - Cross-Section
druxey replied to tlevine's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
The mast step there? Why so it is! Looking good, Toni. -
Certainly Halinski looks like a class act. Thanks for the free lessons in card model construction, Dan!
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Alan: TMI = "Too Much Information". Direct pressure refers to keeping pressure on a workshop wound for five minutes to stop the bleeding. Of course, accidents like that never happen! Now, back to the Bellona thread!
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That last sentence was maybe a little TMI, Greg!
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The closer you can bend the plank to its final shape, the easier the process will be. Greg's progressive gluing from the bow rabbet aft is another useful technique. Large rubber bands and shaped softwood blocks often work where clamps refuse to go.
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No so much a band or two, as a collection of whole orchestras! I had no idea that there was so much hardware attached to a wooden main yard during that era. Beautiful work as ever, Ed.
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Another boring comment, Mark: it's all looking excellent.
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You are having altogether too much fun, Tecko. Stop it right now! Seriously, what you are doing is fun.
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BTW a javelin is not the same thing as a spear. As the Major General in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance sang: "I know Mauser rifle from a javelin".
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The spear would have been of metal: wood would not have lasted long under seagoing conditions. I don't have the image I remember seeing somewhere with the wings aft of the legs. BTW, I'm Druxey, not David!
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Starting to look more plausible, Alan! I did see an image somewhere of Bellerophon where he is seated forward (as you have him) and Pegasus' wings are placed aft of his upper legs. If you are interested in more feedback, PM me. Otherwise I'll shut up now.
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Looks like a nice project of an interesting prototype that involves not too much time or materials!
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Ahem. This consideration was already suggested earlier and hjx is absolutely correct!
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Thanks for this important news bulletin, Sam. Lots of smiles here - and I needed them today. Thank you.
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Geez. A lot of cannon shot passed through those frames. It must have been a very hot action! Your battery of cannon returned fire, I hope. They look good.
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Another model-maker has moved over to the Dark Side....
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Just PhotoShop and a bit of experience carving figures...
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Before you go too far down this road, remember that the figure cannot project too far forward and is constrained by the bowsprit above and the lower cheek termination aft (red lines, approximate). Everything would be far more compacted, with minimal projections, such as wings or fully extended arms, to catch and be broken off.
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HMS VICTORY 1759 by isalbert
druxey replied to isalbert's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Incroyable! Very nicely done, isalbert. -
Thanks for my smile today! There is a saying, "Many hands make light work", but in this case it is more like "Many hands make dark work"!
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