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  1. druxey
    I'm afraid I have to agree with Wefalck. I actually have a beautiful pair of 10" dividers - rack and pinion, 110 division scale, with right-angled tips so that you can use the instrument parallel to your work rather than held vertically - and very seldom use them.
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    Rob: Gerald makes all his own tooling and jigs - superbly.
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    I love the attention to detail such as the upper ends of the support pillars, Gerald. It must be nice to have the prototype still available for study! On a slightly different -but related - note; in another thread Cutty Sark is under discussion. I've been wicked enough to suggest that a model of her in frame would be a terrific subject for you. I'll shut up now.
  4. druxey
    Glad to oblige, 'Bigmac'. This arrangement allows the lid to open at right angles to the sides.
  5. druxey
    This is a service knock-about vessel, not a ship with a proud captain willing to spend a bit on his command. She would be, in short, a very Plain Jane. Decorate accordingly!
  6. druxey
    For an example of hatches, see the RMG 'Collections' site and search 'hoy model 1750'.
  7. druxey
    Only most of the kinks, Mike!
  8. druxey
    I suspect that there were no ledges: there are no guns or heavy on-deck items to be supported. It would be unlikely that the hatch covers had hinges: just square lift-off covers with ringbolts in opposite diagonal corners. Rectangular covers had ringbolts for lifting near their short sides.
  9. druxey
    In the case of parallelogram-shaped ports, the lid hinges were arranged to pivot in a horizontal plane. One hinge's axis would be located slightly higher above the upper edge of the port. Thus the lid could open and shut without binding.
  10. druxey
    Usually the sides of the ports were vertical, as you have in 'C'. However, depending on the ship, if there were drag (floating lower at the stern than bow) the ports would appear as if 'leaning' backwards. The frames were normally set upright on the keel, the sides of the frames forming the sides of the ports.
  11. druxey
    Hopefully your vision will stabilize in a good way, Alan. Those aft cants look nice so far to my eye!
  12. druxey
    I'd forgotten to mention the David White series, which was excellent. Well worth hunting down indeed.
  13. druxey
    Pat: In your search (the site's search engine is not the best!), try things like 'diagonal planking model','diagonal planking plan' or even just 'diagonal'.
  14. druxey
    Undoubtedly the Science Museum ship models are all in storage vaults somewhere in England.... I do not believe that they have been 'de-acquisitioned', or this would be public knowledge.
  15. druxey
    I, too, use the small rechargeable butane torch seen in the photo on the right. I have also used an oxy/propane torch with interchangeable tips in a jeweler's studio. For larger pieces this will provide more even heating more rapidly.
  16. druxey
    It would be great if I could persuade folk to bend planks (by steam or dry heat) so that they would be shaped to 'sit' nicely along the hull without need for 'persuasion' by screws, clamps or other devices of torture!
  17. druxey
    Something like this from the RMG 'Collections' site? Object ID SLR2302 Description Scale: Unknown. A midship model showing a proposed method of hull construction with double-rigged iron frames and wooden planking. The model is made largely in wood with a planked hull and wooden frames to the upperworks. Two decks are depicted in frame, the main deck having a large hatch with a wooden edge. The deck beams are composite with wooden beams sandwiched between metal beams and with metal diagonal bracing. The deck below is identical in terms of composition and layout, but without the diagonal bracing. Two slender metal supports run vertically at either end of the section, fore and aft of the hatches, and terminating at the keelson. A paper label has been applied to the edge of the main deck hatch frame marked "15". Date made circa 1864 Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/68261.html#SwHmmpfrbz0IJQCp.99
  18. druxey
    ...aaand - down the rabbit hole you go!
  19. druxey
    Not wanting to put you off, Gemma, but there's an awful lot to learn about naval architecture! One article that is helpful in basics was published many years ago in Model Shipwright. No's 22, 23. I'm PM'ing you information.
  20. druxey
    Looks like an upper and lower piece to the fore deadwood to my eye, Joss.
  21. druxey
    Yes, that Longridge book is a nostalgic one for all the pre-war sources of materials that existed then. Unlike his Anatomy of Nelson's Ships, there is little on hull structure. A framed model of Cutty Sark would be a nice challenge for Gerald Wingrove! How about it, Gerald?
  22. druxey
    Very neatly done, Toni. I like the clerestory lights.
  23. druxey
    Nice to see your progress, Michael. Enjoy using your new micro-torch with that beautifully engineered third hand. Is the torch oxy-propane?
  24. druxey
    Nicely cornered coamings!
  25. druxey
    Isn't the aft piece the fore deadwood rather than a third section of apron?

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