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ancre Le Fleuron by cabrapente - FINISHED
druxey replied to cabrapente's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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Ah. You're back. Welcome.
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I was also wondering if a mock set up for the gaff strop and some tension on it would shape the wire to the 'V' it should be.
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The suspense will be unbearable! Looking good, Ben.
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Bullseyes are not really blocks as such. They are circular 'doughnuts' of wood to lead lines fairly though. The circumference has a groove for the bullseye to be lashed to a relevant point such as inside a shroud.
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The captain supplied his own furniture: so there was no 'standard' issue. The only things in a brig's cabin might be a rudder trunk, or casing with a top for a chart table, if the rudder di not go up through the deck above.
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Sorry to read about all your rigging troubles, Bruce. I guess that the shellac prevented the dilute wax from being absorbed properly by the line. Too bad that you have to start over, but I'm sure the re-work will be better than the original!
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Nice to be entertained by a less serious build, Farbror! Tak.
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Coming together nicely, Allan!
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A drill is not a good choice: it revolves too rapidly. The blocks simply stay on the periphery due to centrifugal force and don't get tumbled.
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The truth may be that different shipyards had slightly different styles of building.
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Do I need to loft frames?
druxey replied to bandk's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Think of lofting as plotting a graph, and it gets less daunting. Each bulkhead is like a slice of bread from a loaf. The waterlines and buttock lines cross each 'slice' at defined points. Join up the points, plotted at the correct heights or distances out from the centreline and, ta da! -
Nice blog: thanks for the url. I'm enjoying the research that you are doing into this vessel.
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Holding a square workpiece in a three jaw chuck is a good way to drive yourself crazy. If you don't have a four-jaw chuck (and most of us don't), try making the chuck end of the workpiece octagonal and then rounding it off. Now chuck it - rather than after turning it! You might improve your success rate this way.
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Nice. I particularly like the hooks. Are you going to tone down the breeching line and paint the handle of the quoin to look like wood?
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B.E. is correct: the plugs are tompions or tampions. And I also agree with his comments on the breeching: it was either looped around the cascabel or a cut splice was used. Otherwise, lovely work as usual, Gary.
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Ed: this was solvent based sealer, not acrylic.
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The yellowing is caused, I think, by exposure to light. This happened on wood finished with a light coating of sanding sealer. Under an area covered by a temporary support, the wood remained white. This happened in just a few years. Now, 13 years after construction, the holly is almost indistinguishable from freshly cut Castello box in colour.
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ancre Le Fleuron by cabrapente - FINISHED
druxey replied to cabrapente's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
The drawing shows transition from round to square section on the masts. -
Door hinges
druxey replied to src's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
I love 'useless' trivia like that, Scott and Allan! -
Well done, Mitsuaki. The headwork is the most challenging part of a model from this era. Your kit-bash version is terrific.
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Nice work on the tricky part of the framing. You commented that some modelers might not like the color of Jarrah: it only has to please you! I find it quite attractive in the photos. What is the finish you have on it? Looks very shiny.
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Door hinges
druxey replied to src's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
That is an interesting factoid about the origin of the HL hinge, Scott. -
Even so, holly will darken with time. After a decade or so it will look more like boxwood.
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