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  1. druxey
    Un autre chef d'oeuvre, Gaetan??? And that that scale! It's too bad that each time you double the scale, the volume of wood required multiplies by a power of 4. We await the laying of the keel ceremony....
  2. druxey
    Nice link, Alan.
  3. druxey
    Yes, the cross-section of a plugstock rudder is circular. The stock plugs the hole!
  4. druxey
    Taking shape nicely, Russ!
  5. druxey
    The stay collar should loop around behind the gang of shrouds rather than over them. As the stay tightens, the shrouds will be cinched in slightly. As Chuck says, avoid that strap!
  6. druxey
    Nice to see you back with progress, E&T. Lovely work as usual.
  7. druxey
    I doubt we would have spotted the flaws if you hadn't circled them!
  8. druxey
    Interesting. However, gun ports were never placed one above the other on different decks.
  9. druxey
    That's a lot of add-ons required for a top of this era! Beautiful as usual, Ed.
  10. druxey
    Lovely work as always, Albert.
  11. druxey
    Very impressive and crisp detail, bobo!
  12. druxey
    Wait a minute, Maurys: the original Grice drawing shows a plugstock rudder. The center of rotation is such that the round c/s rudderhead passes through a circular hole in the counter!
  13. druxey
    That rudder only needs about 15 degrees each way: more helm than that and you have a brake!
  14. druxey
    I suggested the centerpunch for consistency of 'strike'.
  15. druxey
    I don't know whether this will work at your scale, but I cut short lengths of tube, just a little wider than the thickness of the thimble, and flare each end with a centerpunch (light spring setting!) on a steel surface.
  16. druxey
    Well, Mark, it's nice to know you haven't entirely forgotten either the model or us!
  17. druxey
    Nice progress and good thinking ahead!
  18. druxey
    Bee-utiful!
  19. druxey
    Other correspondents have beaten me to the draw. An additional note: proof diagonal lines always form smooth convex lines, unlike waterlines that frequently have reversing curves.
  20. druxey
    Though not well defined, the port stop is shown, as indicated here. Stops were generally present on the port sides and lower sills.
  21. druxey
    The railing is looking very good. You are best likely to match paint colors under good daylight if you can.
  22. druxey
    No forgiveness required, Michael. In the color photo of Atalanta posted above you will see the black timberheads (for hitching lines to) below the roughtree rail. This was common before belaying racks and pins were more universally adopted. This was necessitated by the closed in and built up bulwarks.
  23. druxey
    Joss: the standard and extension were generally smaller, along the lines of the image I've taken the liberty of drawing over. The narrow 'wear' strip along the fore edge was made to be easily replaceable. Feel free to ignore my suggestions!
  24. druxey
    Michael: those protruding timbers are formed into timberheads. I suspect that on the port side Toni will add these as separate items.
  25. druxey
    Sweet!

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