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I agree that the bolt heads look pretty knobbly, but the knees look nicely fitted. -
I think we all feel your pain as we've have spells of frustration as well! Hopefully things will pick up for you.
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L'Amarante by marsalv - 1:36 - POF
druxey replied to marsalv's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Nice results. You might want to try using a cone shaped rather than bullet shaped top. I find that works much more smoothly. IMG_4813.heic -
That body plan was a trap! Normally projected cant frames are not included. It's a bit small to see, but is there a number designation on that profile? I assume it does not have a number like the other station line contours. That would have been the clue! Anyway, good recovery, wefalck.
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Beautiful! A superb model, Valeriy.
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At scale, the deck plank fastenings would be all but invisible. Nail ends were usually covered by wood plugs that matched the planking.
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You are correct that battens are usually inside pockets. It's a kit simplification. Nice job, Scott. She looks fine.
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Very nice so far, but you might wish to look at how deck planking was actually laid before doing the weather deck.
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Byrnes Table Saw on Ebay UK
druxey replied to No Idea's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
This is wonderful news that Jim's legacy will continue! -
Of course, in the midst of a battle and its confusion, it would be easy to mis-report incidents. But you make a good point in that contemporary source accounts can also be misleading.
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Byrnes Table Saw on Ebay UK
druxey replied to No Idea's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Seems Byrnes' tools are a better investment than the stock market! -
I agree with No Idea; one always regrets things if (in a scratch build) something one is not happy with is not replaced. Just ripping out and replacing something (again!) today.
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First bleeding, now blistering? You are a masochist, Chris! Seriously, that nice looking progress.
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Well done, Brad. That atypical figure was a real challenge to carve, I'm sure. For a first scratch build, that is impressive. Hopefully your next model will take a few years less.
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Good points, Trevor. However, there are compromises on a beginners' level kit. However, if a model-maker can add those refinements to their dory, that would lift the model into another class!
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The model Patrick quotes has a contemporary hull but modern rigging. The latter has some oddities such as the small spreaders at the peak of the headsails.
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A simpler explanation: 'sighting top' was a typographical error for 'fighting top'!
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When I wrote 'deeper' I meant in depth, not width. The sash would be tight laterally, but the depth of the grooves would remain parallel. I'm sure that in damp conditions the sashes would have been sticky! I've seen images of ships with raised 'sashes', but they could equally well have been hinged deadlights.
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Ab: you have opened a large can of worms here! The plans for Fubbs are for the rebuild of the 1720's and differ somewhat from the earlier Stuart classic yachts. As you may know, Effie and I are working on a book covering all the yachts of the Stuart era. There is scanty hard evidence of internal arrangements. The most detailed 'plan' (and perhaps showing artistic licence) are the Vincenzo Coronelli plates of Isabella that include a longitudinal section:
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Lovely work and an interesting technique for producing curved moldings. Matthias. I suspect that the grooves for the sashes became slightly deeper in the upper section so that the sashes would not bind.
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Using oak at scale makes the level of difficulty soar! A masochistic choice.... Looking good, though, Steven.
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Looking good, but the run of your forestay looks too steep. It usually runs out to about a little over halfway along the bowsprit to a closed heart. Lashed to the bowsprit itself by the forestay collar is an open heart (allowing the jibboom to pass through). The hearts are joined by a laniard and the stay tensioned. Also, the mainstay usually runs past the starboard side of the foremast.
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