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  1. druxey
    Those railings and metalwork are first class, Adrian!
  2. druxey
    Just catching up on your progress, Rob. Lovely work indeed! The sea in your diorama looks impressive as well.
  3. druxey
    I believe that in North America these are called Lightning strips.
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    Congratulations on completing the framing, Ben. The idea of omitting fillers in a regular pattern is a good one.
  5. druxey
    If you look at contemporary paintings, ensigns and flags are translucent. The material had a very loose weave, as surviving examples show. You've imitated the effect very well in my opinion, Chuck. Excellent! And the rigging looks great as well.
  6. druxey
    Oooh, nice! Also love the adjustable spanner (wrench) that you made lo those many years ago. Do I assume that the compass will work when completed? Otherwise you might just use brass for the balls (adolescent snigger).
  7. druxey
    If that is a snatch block, the open side should face forward. It's hard to see whether yours do. Coming along nicely!
  8. druxey
    Make sure that the set comes with the tables for setting any proportion you wish. (The photo above shows the paper chart.)
  9. druxey
    Looks pretty good to me. Would the aft end of 'Deadwood 5' have a lip rather than taper to a point?
  10. druxey
    Superb!
  11. druxey
    There you go! Thank you so much for offering to help Steven out, Dick. This is another wonderful way in which MSW can work.
  12. druxey
    Perhaps one of your Aussie model compatriots with a miniature saw could volunteer to cut planking stock accurately for you? (I know that Oz is very strict about importing wood or other vegetable matter).
  13. druxey
    Another thought, Mark: how would an 'all single' framing pattern fit? The station line frames would have an air space in the plane of the station line.
  14. druxey
    Jaager: Fillings between frames to the flooorheads was to provide a level surface to the limber channels and pumps. Otherwise water would pool in the air spaces near the keel and rot out the bottom. This was usual practice in British naval vessels. In merchant ships limber holes were notched into the underside of the floor frames close to the keel for water to drain to the pumps.
  15. druxey
    Persistence will pay off, eventually! Sorry about your sweeping incident, though. I hate it when that sort of thing happens.
  16. druxey
    I think, until marine archaeologists find Royal Caroline, that you are perfectly safe with doubles throughout!
  17. druxey
    Much nicer looking catheads, Maury. Now the crew won't trip over them, either!
  18. druxey
    I agree that ships of the line had the frame bends/filling frames arrangement described, but this does not seem always to have been the case with smaller vessels such as Royal Caroline. I would be cautious about projecting large warship practice on a smaller non-fighting vessel.
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    Very tricky, but a great result, Dan!
  20. druxey
    This is a substantial model! I applaud your intention to restore her well.
  21. druxey
    Lovely work, Ed. Have you tried using curved needles used for suturing?
  22. druxey
    Lovely work as always!
  23. druxey
    Perhaps this will muddy the waters, but I've marked some possible interpretations: 1. Fore Royal Stay 2. Fore Top Gallant Stay 3. Outer Jib Stay 4. Fore Topmast Stays (x 2) 5. Fore Stays (x 2) 6. Fore Royal Stay (starboard side of martingale) 7. Fore Topgallant Stay (port side of martingale) 8. Martingale Stay (chain) 9. Outer Jib Stay (starboard side of martingale)? 10. TBD Outer jibsail downhaul? 11. Fore Topmast Staysail Downhaul (leads aft and through bulwark fairlead at bow)? 12. TBD (x 2) Lead-in of lines 9 and 10? 13. Martingale backstays (x 2) - chain 14. Fore Staysail Downhaul - leads aft over vertical whiskers? Why two?? Are these perhaps man-ropes (hand-lines)? 15. Jib Sheets (aft via cathead whiskers - outer fairlead)? 16. Fore Topmast Staysail Sheets 17. TBD 18. Fore Staysail Sheets 19. TBD (possibly guys but nor extended forward?) I hope this is of some use, or at least food for thought.
  24. druxey
    Beautifully done, Johann. Like Michael, I also appreciate your extended lathe bed idea!
  25. druxey
    Amazingly fine work as usual! Too bad that some of this will be hidden.

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