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Well done to get to the finish line, David - so many don't! One small suggestion: the ensign. Normally wind blows from aft, directing the flag forward. Also a natural fold would improve the look immensely. Just a suggestion - it's your model.- 218 replies
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Looking good, Eric.
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For painting frieze details you need to invest in top quality sable brushes. Try Winsor and Newton Series 9 or Rosemary & Co. Expensive? Yes, but properly cared for they will 'point' beautifully and last a lifetime.
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Very tricky work, very nicely accomplished!
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Good progress, Greg.
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HMS SUSSEX by KarenM - FINISHED - 1:48
druxey replied to KarenM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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Mike: There are no contemporary draughts (I wish!), just a van de Velde painting, a copy of another van de Velde, now lost, and a v de V drawing of 'de fob'. There is also a contemporary model in private hands that is an 'Admiralty' style model that we have identified as Fubbs. The findings of the SYRG will get published, but the manuscript is still in preparation with no date yet set.
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For many years there has been confusion over the different versions of Fubbs. The one you show here is the 1724 rebuild, not the 1682 original Fubbs. The original had a straight cutwater, more vertical stern post and a taller, rounded tafferel. The inboard arrangements were very different than that of the rebuild. That the above statements are accurate is part of the result of several years research by the Stuart Yacht Research Group, a small international group of historians and model-makers of which I happen to be a member.
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The 'Ac' in PVAc stands for acetate and PVA for alcohol. I am unsure of the difference in the properties or pH of each, though. Perhaps someone else can inform us.
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It seems that smaller 17th century ships did not have pintle straps, but the inverted pintles were driven though the keel instead. Several contemporary models in the NMM show this feature. (The photo here is of my current model of 1682, following this design). Presumably earlier ships also were built this way.
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Longridge's book The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships has good plans by G.F. Campbell.
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Well done, Bryan. Looking very nicely done, although you might consider tightening up those rather slack backstays.
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Byrnes table saw saw blade height adjustment problem
druxey replied to Hsae's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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It took me a while to figure out how the fish davit was rigged and worked. The tackle runs aft and hooks to an eyebolt on the main channel.
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Excellent essay by Bob Cleek. However, I find rottenstone is a finer abrasive than any pumice. One gets a lovely velvet sheen when using it on a felt pad with a little water.
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Beautiful and neatly done, as usual! Hervorragende!
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Tedious work? Yes, but the result is very satisfying, is it not? Memo: let pointy things fall unimpeded by attempts to field them! hope you heal quickly, Marc.
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All the grain can be 'disappeared' by repeated sanding sealer and fine sanding. Wood needs to be well sealed over this by a spray of primer. If you use water containing paint, such as acrylic, it can raise the grain again anywhere there is no sealer. Spray rather than brush painting will give an even better result.
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Thank you, Dafi, for confirming that the Implacable capstan with its drop pawls and rim is early 19th century, not 18th.
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The Implacable capstan is a little later than 1779, as it has a drop pawl rim as per the 1796 technical drawing. I believe that this feature was introduced in about 1790. It's curious that the upper drumhead is missing. However, one can see the square tenon at the upper end of the spindle. Dafi's model is a brilliant recreation of a capstan manned and in action.
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Steel 1805, or the Sim Comfort facsimile edition 1977.
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Steel gives all the dimensions of each part of a capstan on Folios XXXVIII to XL. Also, these are given Allan's own book, which he is too modest to mention! It Scantlings of Royal Navy Ships 1719-1805, Allan Yedlinsky, SeaWatchBooks,2014, pages 184-194.
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