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Seagoing gun carriages did not have iron 'tires' on the trucks: this would have worn the decking rapidly. Only land-based fort guns had iron bands.
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I suppose with limited light, slow exposure plates and before flash photography, it would have been impossible to take a good photo of the interior of a ship.
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Thanks, Joel. The staff at the bow was set through an eyebolt driven on the aft side of the hair bracket. This was usual practice. The hull was not coppered before launching. This way any leaks could be located and caulked before coppering in the dry dock.
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Can you cite your source, Joel? It would be appreciated!
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The correct plank end detail with the square stern fashion piece is delightful, Chuck!
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Is there a better #11 blade handle
druxey replied to roach101761's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
A scalpel handle is the only thing for scalpel blades. Tip: use a pair of pliers when changing blades: it's much safer than fingers! -
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druxey replied to Jaekon Lee's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
With the rabbeted edge rather than a bevel, how do you transition to the gain fore and aft, Lee? Looks like Lee Valley Tools got you! Very nicely done. -
The quoin is the wedge under the rear of the cannon, Siggi. There were 18 pounder guns cast to the Blomefield pattern that were 8' 0" long, but only after 1787, so that isn't the answer, now that I looked it up!
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Usually the guns would be secured with the muzzles hard up against the deck clamps, just above the port openings. (The quoins would be removed to do this.)
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Nice description you hunted down, Ed. So, turpentine was part of the paint formula, but not enough to flatten the finish. Boiling assisted in polymerizing the 'paint oil', which I assume was linseed oil.
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With all due respect to Lees and yourself, Dan; Steel (Rigging and Seamanship, Volume I, page 190) gives the sequence of rigging for topgallant masts as shrouds, standing backstay, then stay. Great job on the jib traveller!
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