Jump to content
Supplies of the Ship Modeler's Handbook are running out. Get your copy NOW before they are gone! Click on photo to order. ×

druxey

NRG Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    13,133

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by druxey

  1. druxey
    Two Ontario suppliers: A&M Woods, Cambridge Exotic Woods, Burlington
  2. druxey
    On a 64 gun ship there were seven turns of line around the drum, with the center turn nailed to the drum. There were then 3 1/2 turns possible to either side. I once worked out the geometry of this arrangement and it allowed the tiller to turn almost exactly from one end of the sweep to the other, allowing maximum helm each way.
  3. druxey
    Happy New Year to you also, Dave. Apart from practical problems making ebony treenails - I wouldn't. It would look as if your model had the pox! The contrast in tone would be much too great. As for using ebony on the wale - you're a braver man than me. Looks nice, though.
  4. druxey
    You are experiencing what is called cumulative error. If each 3/16" plank is slightly under width by even a few thousandths of an inch, the second strake will be off by double that amount, the third triples it, and so on. Bevelling may be part of your issue. And then it shows up and bites you! It's unfortunate, but it's happened to all of us and is part of our learning experience. You may be better off cutting your planks slightly over-width from sheet material and sanding them down to fit the edges accurately to your mark-out. Yes, more time-consuming, but it makes things right.
  5. druxey
    Beautiful work as usual! The metalwork looks very neat indeed.
  6. druxey
    That makes sense as the marines' red uniform coats would make very visible targets.
  7. druxey
    Often we overthink solutions to problems, and when we come to fix them, they are simpler than we thought they would be!
  8. druxey
    until we?
  9. druxey
    Adding the quarter deck beams makes your model look much closer to finished - assuming you are not going to spar her! Looks great, Toni.
  10. druxey
    When in doubt, follow your Pegasus draught. The Mylar draught is based on Atalanta.
  11. druxey
    Check out the planking tutorials on this site.
  12. druxey
    May we see photos of the other completed model, please? It looks more interesting than the wall!
  13. druxey
    Interesting looking corner joinery! I'll be interested to see the real thing, Mike.
  14. druxey
    That's right, Christian. That is the sequence.
  15. druxey
    Some photo-processing software (such as PhotoShop) has the ability to compensate for the specific lens you are using and to correct for barrel or other distortion issues.
  16. druxey
    You are making great progress, Gerald, as well as giving us insight into your thinking through the various processes you've developed. Much appreciated! Every best wish for the coming year to you.
  17. druxey
    Well on the way to closing the gap now, Ben!
  18. druxey
    The transoms are scored on to the sternpost and inner post. The knee is then scored on the inner faces of the transoms once they have been faired.
  19. druxey
    Yes, Christian. On this draught the sternson knee (extension of the keelson), extends up to the underside of the wing transom.
  20. druxey
    Looking very nice, Chuck.
  21. druxey
    Thanks for the kind compliment, Dave. Glad you like the book.
  22. druxey
    An interesting strategy: I hope this works out well for you. I suppose another possibility is to not glue one side of the spacers so that the frames 'float' with any dimensional change.
  23. druxey
    Good to see you back. Polish with what, Michael: pumice or rottenstone? The repairs above looks great!
  24. druxey
    The method Mike describes is how planking is often carried out on full-size hulls. I'd be reluctant to do this on a model hull for, unless one is extremely precise to the mark-out, one might end up with a skinny or fat space to fill. Or, worse yet, a wiggly strake of planking.
  25. druxey
    Amazing! It almost looks like an authentic, legitimate Lorch! Well done, wefalck.

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...