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  1. druxey
    Michael, what I have are these. The set must be vintage if not antique, and are in excellent condition, as you can see.
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    Um, from the way everything is set up and lit, I'd say that was shot in a studio in a partially mocked up 'shed'.
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    Gaetan: I agree that a top-grade set of dividers such as the one in your pictures can be very useful in certain circumstances. My own decimal set, with rack and pinion, also have the points cranked to a right-angle, so that you can lay the dividers horizontally. However, for most model-making applications the radiating scale and tick strip are more practical, I find.
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    The seat caning job is very impressive Michael. Would the corners of the hatch be rounded off ? (I know, it would spoil the crisp lines of your dovetails!)
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    Nice work, Remco. Yes, every inch of space was well used in these small ships.
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    My, but you do like tinkering, Michael! Nice concept.
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    Made masts in Sweden in the early 1600's were very different from Steel's British practice of 1800, Henry. My suggestion is to study photos of the Vasa's masts to see where the joints appear. The inside construction, being invisible, will be unimportant, as long as the joints are in the correct places on the surface of the mast when you've competed shaping it.
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    Are you referring to the counter, seen in figures 32 -33? Or the area aft above the propeller?
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    It would be better not to use lead for a number of health related reasons, as well as the possibility of the cast lead pieces turning to lead salts later on. I recommend taking a mold in RTV rubber from your master pattern and casting with lead-free pewter. All you need is available through such companies as Micro Mark. Please read up on metal casting techniques. You need to have risers to allow air to escape and observe other safety precautions.
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    A washer! Brilliant and simple. Terrific idea, Remco.
  11. druxey
    Do a few each day and watch the 'done' pile grow!
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    It's difficult to appreciate how small the scale and model is in the photos, unless there is something else in the picture to compare it to. The rigging at this scale is very, very impressive!
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    For certain hull forms, one can control the shape better with closer spaced frames, particularly at the bow and stern. Also, there is greater area to land and attach planking to. However, as already mentioned, it's all a matter of taste.
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    I assume the transom issue was simply not taking the bevel on the top edge into account? She's looking good so far!
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    Aren't those lodging knees fun? Nicely done.
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    Mini electrical transformer wire can go down to extremely fine gauges.
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    From the sublime to the ridiculous in scale, Michael. You excel at both ends of the spectrum!
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    I agree with Mark's posting. This holds for British 18th century grating dimensions. I also read somewhere that the hole size had to be less than the size of a shoe heel.
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    I think you are on track with your keel/false keel joints, except you might wish to shift the joints of the false keel aft. The first section likely to touch would be aft, so that might be shorter. As the false keel joints do not contribute to the structural integrity of the ship, it's not critical to stagger them exactly half-way between the keel joints. I'd keep any keel taper to the cant frame areas as well. Good stuff, Joss P.S. Some of us like history: those that don't will skip it anyway!
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    Just came across your impressive log, Stelios. It's always refreshing to see something more unusual as a subject.
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    Microcrystalline wax is much better than beeswax for rigging as well. Enjoying your build log very much, Mati, since I discovered it!
  22. druxey
    Thanks, Gary. Ain't this all fun? Then there's Hornet's planking scheme, direct from the builder's yard: ZAZ5119. And on it goes….
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    Thanks, Gary. I'm sure that there were variations on the theme as you describe. I suspect that the upper deck, exposed to weather, wore more quickly than the lower gun deck. This might explain the layout on Tremendous. ZAZ7908 shows long planks in an undated 74, obviously earlier than 1800. On a related note, Montague, 1779 has wonderful drawings of part of her side planking that needed replacement. These drawings were obviously done as a record in the shipyard at the time. Go to the NMM site: 'Collections'>'Search'>'Montague 1779'.
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    My understanding is that on gun decks the planks were laid in shorter pieces, often top and butt, under the where the trucks ran. Worn pieces could then be replaced without lifting a 24' 0" or 28' 0" long plank.
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    While I've had proportional dividers in my kit for years, I confess that I've very rarely used them. I use a drawn proportional radiating scale on paper. Much cheaper! Just find the spot along the converging outer lines that equals the space you want to divide up - in regular or irregular fashion - and mark off the divisions on a strip of paper at right angles to the radiating lines. The marks are then transferred to wherever you want them. (The example shown is for dividing a square into an octagon.)

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