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  1. druxey
    Nice going, Dan. Small point: top and butt is not quite the same thing as anchor stock. In the former the 'arms' of the pieces are of unequal length, usually 2:1 ratio, whereas the latter has equally tapered 'arms'.
  2. druxey
    Congratulations on completion of a years' work, Dan. Andrea looks great. I hope that your client is very happy with the end result.
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    Daniel: I'm sure Livesay means towed, but the term lowered from made me think about how the boats got into the water.
  4. druxey
    Interesting kludge on the cam frame! Your note about available widths of deck planking is interesting as well, Glenn. And your work is impeccable, as usual.
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    Davits aside, look at the Turner sketch of December 1805. In the foreground is an anchor and capstan. Are these at the end of a dock that Turner is standing on to make his sketch? And what is the spar above them? Livesay's note reads: "Victory Decr 1806 had two boats lowered from astern during the whole Action" (my italics). Question: how were they lowered, or did he simply mean that they were towed astern?
  6. druxey
    Good to see you back at the workbench, Robert. Lovely work, as ever.
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    Le sabord flottant has vanished! Where will it reappear? Coming along nicely, John. Bon appetit.
  8. druxey
    Check out watchmakers' tweezers on eBay. I've collected a variety of shapes that can do things that would be impossible with fingers alone.
  9. druxey
    Ah! Now I understand why the companion ladders are the S-shape they take. It now makes sense. Lovely progress. What is the box that looks like a ticket booth?
  10. druxey
    Daniel: I got a 'Fehler' notice when trying your url.
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    Neat solution, Michael!
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    Many of us know all about age and arthritis. I find a selection of watchmakers' tweezers invaluable. Regardless, your work is terrific!
  13. druxey
    I agree that properly proportioned belaying pins on models are the exception rather than the rule! My own workaround was to make the pin in two parts: the straight shank and the contoured handle. The handles have short pins for insertion into the rack. Of course Remco's and your own solution to turning small diameter parts is far more elegant!
  14. druxey
    I would defer to an expert such as John Harland. I retract my statement of 'bogus'! Thanks also to Robin for his observations on French contemporary models. I'll go back to my corner now.
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    This painting in the RMG (misidentified on their web site!) shows ensign and jack clearly. The correct description is given below: An 18th-century Royal Naval brigantine, flying the red ensign, a Union jack at the bow and the pendant of a ship on independent command. It is off the coast, which can be seen on the far left. The ship is a two-masted, square-rigged 10-gun sloop of war in port-broadside view, with a figurehead at the bow. The mainmast carries a lateen driver, furled to the lowered lateen yard. To the left, three officials are being rowed out to the ship, where men on deck prepare to meet them. Two other vessels in full sail can be seen in the distance to the left. The painting has been signed and dated 1752. Cleveley was a professional shipwright, who worked in Deptford Dockyard, as well as a painter. He was an early exhibitor at the Free Society of Artists in London and two of his three sons, John Cleveley the Younger and his twin brother Robert Cleveley, also became painters.
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    Lovely, simply lovely!
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    Quarter davits are, I believe, an early 19th century development, so I agree with Dan's comments. I am completely puzzled as to why a kedge anchor would be stowed in the mizzen chains (awkward!), far from the apparatus for raising or lowering anchors, never mind the stowage of their cables. My feeling is that this is bogus.
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    Yup, exactly. The link is a long tapered triangle with an almost closed circle around the bolt. Incidentally, your bolt heads look a little large. Take a view of, say, photos of Victory in Portsmouth to see the proportions of links to bolts.
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    Nice going, but check the shapes of the toe links.
  20. druxey
    Is there no end to your talents, Michael? Nice watercolour sketches! And you have 'spare time'?
  21. druxey
    Ouch! Major surgery. But I have to agree that it looks nicer.
  22. druxey
    Theoretically the dummy panes were black, but in a model that looks far too stark. I use a mid- to dark grey color. Then it doesn't visually 'jump' in the finished model. If you put card over the cabin aft as a temporary quarter deck, you can judge from the appearance of the other lights about how dark to go.
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    Were you going to darken the central dummy window 'panes', Toni? And the bad news is that the acanthus swags were usually carved, not painted. Anyway, it's great to see your progress.
  24. druxey
    Ensigns appear to be about 2/3 the length of the staff that they were flown on. If you know the length of the staff, that will give you the depth of the ensign. You already have the length/breadth ratios, so.... Check contemporary paintings to confirm this.
  25. druxey
    A drawplate for metal is not quite the same as for wood. You need a Byrnes' drawplate that is specifically designed for the purpose. The difference in performance is like night and day.

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