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  1. druxey
    Looking forward to your progress, Rob.
  2. druxey
    A lot of assembly happening here! Looking terrific, Gaetan. It must be a gratifying stage of construction to see all those components coming together.
  3. druxey
    Seeing those Lake Lucerne paddlesteamer pictures made me smile, Gaetan. They brought back childhood memories. The engine room on these vessels was open, and one could look down from a surrounding gallery and see the gleaming eccentric rods working, as well as smell the hot oil.... One of these would make a beautiful model indeed.
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    Don't post your e-address publicly - it's asking for spam! Send it by PM and delete it from this public forum.
  5. druxey
    Nicely done roband there. For small scales, the simpler version is fine, but you'll impress folk by doing it correctly as you've shown.
  6. druxey
    It's more than likely that the beam layout varied between ships. The plan was specific to Pegasus rather than Atalanta. You've done the tight thing to be your own master shipwright. As for cumulative error, when the Admiralty inspectors come to see the work, the additional length means a larger tonnage. The contract says you are to be paid by tonnage, so you'll profit from this 'mistake'!
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    Yes, that's my understanding, Welfalk. 'Blown plate' is another name for 'cylinder glass'. There was also spun glass, which was disc-like, the pontil mark piece of the disc becoming the cheapest 'bulls-eye' seen in old panes.
  8. druxey
    This is in accord with what I've read elsewhere. Large 'blown plate' aka 'ground glass' was made by grinding and polishing 'broadsheet glass'. This accounts for its expense. Large pieces were principally used in coaches and for mirrors. Nice find, Mark!
  9. druxey
    Looks promising!. And you are right: it takes the to work out the details properly, but it is time well spent.
  10. druxey
    Ca, c'est bon! Felicitations, John!
  11. druxey
    Looking terrific, Greg.
  12. druxey
    It's Saturday. I'm smiling - again! Lovely work, Glenn.
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    They don't represent real dolphins, Siggi, but mythical ones. So - in a way - they are fantastical or imaginary.
  14. druxey
    Torsion would only occur if there are unequal forces acting on both sides of the shell. I've not had any issues of this nature by spiling the planking properly and pre-bending them, so that the shell is stress-free.
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    Nicely rendered dolphins, Siggi!
  16. druxey
    Yes, Pollex, that's the volume I was thinking of! Thanks for providing the information. hopefully, David, you can locate a copy. Try abebooks.com or Amazon. Oh, and the author is Jenson with an 'o'.
  17. druxey
    And look at that wonderful extreme French midships section!
  18. druxey
    I sit corrected, then! Replacing a knee of that type would involve removing decking to get at the bolts.... Thanks for an interesting exchange, everyone.
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    I've no wish to quibble, but the knees, fitted as shown, would be weak. My interpretation is that we are looking at the beam closer to the viewer and the athwartships arms of the knees are hidden. As modified, the illustration shows what was standard wooden ship practice. The bolts would run horizontally through the beam and the lodging knees would interlock with the hanging knees.
  20. druxey
    Rivets imply iron or steel construction, Frank.
  21. druxey
    Lovely work, but usually hanging knees attach to the sides of beams, not under them. Are you sure that this was not the case here?
  22. druxey
    It might be a roof line - or the top of the lead lining against the side.
  23. druxey
    "Ve haf vays of keeping you vertical..." Those supports look like instruments of persuasion! However, they obviously do the job well. Good stuff!
  24. druxey
    I guess I missed all your updates since April until now, Clare.How did you manage to fly under the radar? Anyway, catching up, your model looks terrific. Coming late to the table, I agree that, while Morope looks great, it has those major drawbacks discussed. Syren line behaves in a much more civilized way.
  25. druxey
    Nice smithy work! I like the bolt heads and roves flanking the ports.

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