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  1. druxey
    Funny, that. The first piece - or the first acceptable one - always takes far longer than subsequent ones! Those look really nice.
  2. druxey
    Increase the gaff angle? Slack off the vangs a little before adjusting the peak halliard. The overall 'look' of the model is nice, even if the sails aren't quite the way you'd like them to be.
  3. druxey
    Nice clean result. Can't see any sign of the struggle!
  4. druxey
    Not only great craftsmanship, but also great drafting, Ilhan!
  5. druxey
    That is rapid progress!
  6. druxey
    Bonnets were used instead of reef points, Claire. Neat work on those sails. I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend Ken.
  7. druxey
    Very nicely done. It 'turned' out well!
  8. druxey
    Another time, you might want to consider using SilkSpan....
  9. druxey
    It's nice when earlier attention pays off later in the build, as has happened here. Looking good! Enjoy Crete with your bride!
  10. druxey
    Nice extra tweaks!
  11. druxey
    Ah, the joys and frustrations of reproducing plans!
  12. druxey
    Thanks for your opinion on the hornbeam, Chris! Sorry about the milling 'oopsie'.
  13. druxey
    I've not come across black hornbeam for model-making. How fine is the grain and how well does it cut? And will it bend easily with heat? Certainly the photo makes it look really good. I bet it glues better than ebony!
  14. druxey
    Merciless, perhaps; but it is developing into a lovely miniature!
  15. druxey
    Just truckin' along there. Quite the assembly line.
  16. druxey
    Looking very promising, Greg.
  17. druxey
    To begin with, read one (or more) of the pinned planking tutorials on this site. We've all been there! http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Planking primer.pdf http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Lining Off your hull for planking.pdf http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/NailPatternJig.pdf http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/plankingfan.pdf
  18. druxey
    Thank you for making me smile this morning, Ab! Love the figures animating your model as well.
  19. druxey
    Thanks for keeping us up to date, Keith. Glad the end of reconstruction is in sight.
  20. druxey
    Ditto, ditto! Well done indeed!
  21. druxey
    While the jig solves one problem, it creates another - that of making the throat and end seizings 'in the air'. I use a jig simply to mark the underside of the line where it wraps around the deadeye. After removing the shroud or shroud pair, I can hold things using third hands while applying the seizings. Then I pop a deadeye into the bight (the line has sufficient stretch to do this) and reinstall the shroud over the masthead.
  22. druxey
    As a footnote to Trevor's contributions, Humphries took off the lines of South Carolina, ex L'Indien in 1782. She had been a French design built in Amsterdam. She was heavily armed with 28 39-pounders (continental guns) on a single gun deck. She was extermely fine below water, fore and aft - more clipper-like than a heavily armed warship. As a result, by the time she reached Philadelphia, she had hogged 'amaisingly' (Humphrey's own note). However, she was the prototype for Humphrey's heavy frigates and, noting this deficiency, as well as the extreme sheer of her decks, he built in preventative measures including early diagonal riders.
  23. druxey
    Congrats on your early ambulation as well as the success of the surgery, Bruce. Also on your progress with the model.
  24. druxey
    Interesting bio. It ticks off many of my boxes - Dickens, Babbage and Lovelace, Shute, set design (may harpsichords substitute for organs?), steampunk, and, of course, ship models. You've come to the right place, apparently! Welcome indeed, sheepsail!
  25. druxey
    !!!! That will be a lot of sanding!

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