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This should be compulsory reading for everyone's health! Thank you for bringing the subject up again, Gaetan. Bonne nouvelle annee!- 728 replies
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Off to a promising start! Very neat scarphing.
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Getting those carlings to run smoothly is tricky. I use a flexible batten on the beams to mark out the run of them before cutting them in. You might try that. The example here is of the fire ship Comet of 1783.
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That is first-rate work, Mark. Lovely! A happy New Year to you also.
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La Venus- stern decoration
druxey replied to RKurczewski's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
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'Well' done on the pump rhodings, Gary!
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Chuck is absolutely correct in his assessment.
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Neatly done, Ma'am!
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Both lime and basswood are rather soft, basswood more so. It would be more economic for you to use lime as you live in the U.K. You would have to handle this carefully as its soft qualities (as opposed to, say, maple or pear) mean it won't keep such crisp edges and corners. If you can still obtain unsteamed pear in Britain, I'd recommend that. I've used it in the past. It is much lighter in colour and not pinkish-brown, unlike the steamed or so-called 'Swiss' pear wood.
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ROYAL CAROLINE 1749 by Doris - 1:40 - CARD
druxey replied to DORIS's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
You're back!!! And how. This miniature interior work is exquisite, Doris.- 883 replies
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Lovely work, Gianpiero!
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HMS Naiad 1797 by albert - FINISHED - 1/48
druxey replied to albert's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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You are indeed a fortunate fellow, Jim! While I don't own a copy, I have seen this tome. It appears to show the ship's restoration and only fairly reflects her state at that time. It does not show the ship 'as built' or in her various other intermediate appearances. I understand that some of the features of her restoration have since been queried or disproved. That said, it appears to be an excellent and exhaustive document on her 20th century restoration.
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Woodrat is quite correct in his translation, Brian. it does mean 'big belly' or 'fat belly'!
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All the more reason not to use ebony in model work! (As if there weren't enough reasons already!)
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Merry Christmas and beautifully done, Gary. I'm sure that the maple will 'settle down' visually as the air oxidizes the surface over time. Fresh cut wood always seems so bright. Look at the fresh cut surface of any wood and compare it to the outer side that was sitting in the shop to get the comparison.
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Michael: you would need to maintain the geometry of the points in order for the calibration to remain accurate. Elia: the rack and pinion move the pivot unit, so that it adjusts the proportionality. If you need to re-calibrate the instrument, you would need to loosen and slide the points - a fiddly task to avoid doing, if possible! As a P.S., I've only ever seen one other set with this cranked style of point, so assume that they are rare. And, as I noted before, I seldom use them; so they remain fairly pristine!
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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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Another type of clamp
druxey replied to michael mott's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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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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clueless on the stern
druxey replied to ed stein's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Are you referring to the counter, seen in figures 32 -33? Or the area aft above the propeller?
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