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  1. druxey
    Ca, c'est bon! Felicitations, John!
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    Looking terrific, Greg.
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    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.
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    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!
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    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'.
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    And look at that wonderful extreme French midships section!
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    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.
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    Rivets imply iron or steel construction, Frank.
  12. 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?
  13. druxey
    It might be a roof line - or the top of the lead lining against the side.
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    "Ve haf vays of keeping you vertical..." Those supports look like instruments of persuasion! However, they obviously do the job well. Good stuff!
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    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.
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    Nice smithy work! I like the bolt heads and roves flanking the ports.
  17. druxey
    Looking good!
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    Good lighting is both a blessing and a curse. Shows up every little flaw! However, I can't see them in your work so far. That is a very nice stand you are building there, GDM67.
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    Try starting with a small block, carved to shape and fitted to the model. You can then wrap paper around it to get the expanded view of the railing.
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    Certainly an exercise in patience, Louie! For not having the best equipment to cut small section wood, those look really good.
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    David: that is a nice winter project for you! I see that you lived in Halifax: do you still have contacts there? If so, they could get you all kinds of information from the Bluenose II folk there. There is also a book of plans that someone drew up on Bluenose (I can't recall the author or title, but it is a large, landscape format, soft-cover production). It gives an amazing amount of detail of both hull and rig.
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    Anthony: Chuck is correct here, as it is the pre-Irish Union flag which was only adopted in 1801, about century after the date of his model.
  23. druxey
    Delightful pictures as always, Glenn. Thanks for this Saturday's instalment!
  24. druxey
    Very elegantly machined!
  25. druxey
    Your model is progressing nicely, Navymast!

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