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The development of carronade slides is an avenue of research all its own. I recently needed to find details of an early form of slide and found a plethora of different design variations as the Admiralty and Woolwich Arsenal (not the football team!) tried to work out the snags. One of the best sources (you may need to get this through library loan, as copies are rare) is Adrian Caruana's The History of English Sea Ordnance, 1523-1875, Volume II, The Age of the System, 1715-1815. -
The 'light in the bulwark' is a ventilation scuttle. These were fitted with an outward opening lid that had a 'U' hinge mounted sideways. There was one to each cabin. However, these were not shown on any draught that I've seen, only in some contemporary illustrations and paintings. The date of 1809 in your illustration shows that iron knees were already in common use.
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Courage, Alan, courage! Worry will simply render you immobile. Jump right on in. Mistakes - and there will be some, no matter how experienced you are - are usually correctable. Isopropyl alcohol (for dissolving glue, not for consumption!), ingenuity and patience are your friends, in addition to your friends on this site.
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I note that a copy of this sought-after book is currently (15.3.2015) on eBay, item 181691089966
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I second Patrick's remarks, Michael!
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Well, Alan, you have been productive! After you've been reading contracts or 18th century printed matter for a while, you automatically 'tranflate' the long 's' as you go and don't give it a moment's fecond thought. See? Re-makes are as standard procedure for a quality model. You'll be glad you didn't just let it go. Otherwise it'll come back and bite you later on.
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There were also good articles by Mr. Hoving in Model Shipwright some years ago. Specifically, issues numbered 58, 60, 66, 69 and 71.
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HMS Alert 1777 by Jaekon Lee - 1/64
druxey replied to Jaekon Lee's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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I seem to recall an article on capstans in all their infinite variety by John Harland that appeared in the Nautical Research Journal relatively recently. Perhaps you can find the information there.
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Ah... the missing word acrylic gouache! Traditional gouache is simply opaque water-colour and the binder (gum arabic) is readily resoluble in water. Acrylic binder is not. That is why I was confused. Thanks, Ed.
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Thanks for your explanation, Ed. Does gouache, being water soluble, not dissolve as you apply acrylic paint over it?
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I must agree with Gaetan. The scalpel blade is designed only for fine, light work. Many modelmakers use X-acto blades for carving - a mistake, in my opinion. Purpose-made micro carving tools, designed for that job, will give far better service and results in wood. I use #11 surgical blades for cutting card patterns, trimming rigging and other work of that nature.
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The use of cherry is an aesthetic choice - yours, in this case, Gaetan. It sounds as if that judge had a preconceived notion of the 'correct' wood to use, which apparently wasn't cherry! I don't use cherry myself, but love your choice of doing so on this model. So there!
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Ed, could you please explain your rationale for using gouache as a primer? Thanks!
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Coming along nicely, Toni. Good move to make the step functional in case you want to mount a bowsprit or even rig your model. As far as scupper holes are concerned, if you are in fear and doubt, drill blind holes both from inside and out. Drill undersize and gradually open the holes out to spec.
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It's interesting to see that there is torsion between the hearts on actual examples and contemporary models; it's always bothered me that exactly the same thing happens with my rigging!
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Looks very nice, but you might wish to coat the lead with lacquer. This will prevent deterioration into lead salts from contact with air later on.
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I think you have it (clothes) pegged as well as nailed! Your 'messy' c/b is most other folk's neat, Vaddoc. And as far as the skin is concerned, it's always better to have wood to remove rather than have too little!
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I know that the original image is an NMM historic watercolour. My point is that even 'historic' evidence needs to be questioned.
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Impressive work at any scale, never mind so small!
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Sorry Siggi, that wasn't intended as a joke. It was a serious suggestion. There are other examples of different arrangements during time of war, such as snaking between the stays and preventer stays, which was not the case in times of peace. However, I agree what I wrote was a 'vielleicht' rather than 'sicher'! I always hope that someone else can give a definite example to either confirm or deny a theory. Even historic information can be misleading. The example of the cabin you posted probably looked more like my modified version!
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Once again, I'm smiling at the photos of your work. Beautiful.
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Perhaps those cabins were a peace-time arrangement, with some of the armament removed.
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Welcome back, Bill. Good to see you getting going again!
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