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Once again, beautiful, clean detail. That is one lovely model, Alex! -
Tips on carving? One, Bill Short's book on rotary tool carving methods. Two, Doris' Royal Caroline log here on MSW shows clay sculpting. Three, The Fully Framed Model, Volume II, has a section on carving using hand tools on wood.
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I use a propane torch over a cast iron ladle. Cutting the pewter ingot into smaller pieces and using a small quantity speeds things up. RTV rubber is quite soft, so I recommend an outer plaster retaining jacket to prevent distortion of the casting or leakage between the mould halves. Don't forget to make the vent channels through the plaster continuous with the RTV mould. Please make sure the plaster is completely dry before casting, for safety's sake!
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When I cast (in pewter) I made the mold muzzle up, with relieving vents at the trunnions. I made sure that the pouring vent was large. This helped filling and also provided mass, so that the metal would not solidify before filling the mold. In addition I talcum-powdered the mold to improve metal flow. The first few pours were defective (possibly the RTV mold needed to 'mature'), but after that everything worked perfectly.
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Just discovered this thread: fascinating presentation idea!
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Looks pretty convincing to me! Nicely adjusted. Small point: make sure that the lips of the scarphs in the stem are wider than the rabbet.
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My preferred method is to cut small slices of copper or softened brass tube. Then I flare both sides on a hard block using a center punch. Finally, I chemically blacken the thimbles.
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Very neatly done, Toni. I believe that in real life the rudder sole was higher and angled a bit to ensure it wouldn't snag if the ship touched ground. Your call, of course.
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Brilliant! I don't know of many modellers who would go to the trouble and detail of installing hammock battens. I suppose there will be hammocks as well?
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Unfortunately, Victory's weather decks have been re-laid many, many times. What you see today is very late 20th century and far from original.
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Nicely demonstrated, Chuck.
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Ha! You did it! You made your own tap. Well done, Michael.
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Pen Duick 1898 by Mfelinger - 1:20
druxey replied to Mfelinger's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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I agree with Chuck. Nibbing was a 19th century development.
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I would imagine that, whether the sovereign were present at a launch or not, the Royal Standard would be flown as the ship belonged to 'His (or Her) Brittanic Majesty'.
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Possible, Henry, but still difficult, I would think, given the length of line required. Jud; the crowfoot line was already a very light one (¾" circumference). One would still have the problem of reeving it which may have been done as Henry suggests and hauled taut as Mark described. Thank you everyone, for your responses!
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The bosun's chair would solve the tensioning and hitching off issue all right, Mark. But threading all those fathoms of line without tangling or snarling must have been a nightmare.
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While rigging some crowsfeet - a tedious task allowing plenty of time for thinking! - I began to wonder how on earth this was done in real life. A model maker can do this in the air. In reality this is some 40' 0" or more above the deck and a long way out from the front of the top. Does anyone know how this work was carried out by the old-time riggers? All I can think of was that the tackle was slacked off enough to enable the euphroe to be threaded while the rigger was on the top, but there would be many fathoms of line snaking all over the place and liable to tangle while this was being done. Even so, the tackle fall need to be heaved tight after the crowfoot was installed. The fall line was rigged in such a way as to point away from the top along the stay. How could this be done?
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Yes, that flag bothered me, Clare. That's why I queried it. I can't find any reference to such a design, though. Artist's license?
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Love the accurate details, including those square nuts! Das ist echt!!
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None of the Artois class was named Hercules.
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Thanks for giving that url, Jason. I didn't mention the fine model of Mermaid, as the flags she flies correspond with the Cambridge and Buckingham images.
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Need help identifying this tool
druxey replied to Modeler12's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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Your question aroused my curiosity, so I looked through the NMM paintings of ship launches. Apart from the well-known painting of the launch of the Cambridge, 1755 and Buckingham, 1751, with the flags in the sequence already mentioned, I found that this was not invariable (assuming artists' accuracy!). Royal Sovereign, 1701: (BHC2743) Blue Ensign(?) - fore mast Admiralty Flag - main mast Red Ensign - mizzen mast Sixth rate 1768: (BHC1045) Union Jack - bow No flag - fore mast White Pennant - main mast No flag - mizzen mast Red Ensign - ensign staff A brig of 1839: (BHC3447) Union Jack - foremast Red Ensign - main mast Red Ensign - ensign staff Venerable, 1784: (BHC1869) Union Jack - bow Admiralty Flag - fore mast Royal Standard - main mast Union Jack - mizzen mast White Ensign - ensign staff Nelson, 1814: (PAH9222) No flag at bow Admiralty Flag - fore mast Royal Standard - main mast Union Jack - mizzen mast White Ensign - ensign staff Three decker, c.1830: (BHC1915) Union Jack - bow White Ensign - fore mast Royal Standard - main mast Red Ensign - mizzen mast Blue Ensign - ensign staff I assume that the brig of 1839 was a merchant vessel, not naval. Any other evidence that anyone has come across?
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