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My ropewalk is constructed from vintage Meccano gears. It's hard to believe that the funnnel/superstructure is as small as it actually is. Super work, Eberhard. -
Kevin: I took jewelry lessons some years ago and it was the best thing I could have done to learn to work metal properly. I learned how to cast, silver solder, form metal and many other tricks. Bonus: my wife got a cast white gold ring and silver repoussé necklace out of it. You can't lose!
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HMS EURYALUS by Matiz - FINISHED - scale 1:56
druxey replied to matiz's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
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The only 'safety factor' at night is that the coamings are painted black to contrast with the surrounding deck.
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Perhaps a safety-conscious captain might have ordered them rigged with rope 'rails'. Also, the risk of falling down the hatchway was marginally less dangerous than losing your grip on the topsail yard....
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Welcome aboard, John.
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Well done with the mods, Clare. Looks like you never changed a thing - and I mean that in the good sense!
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Should you find a copy, be aware that, due to a printer's error, one frame on the plan set appears twice and one omitted. The missing frame plan is attached here. Good luck!
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Some of those parts are beasts to make. Your secret is safe with us! Looking great.
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Looking good so far! Your previous experience in planking is paying off nicely now.
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Coming along nicely!
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I've made two-part pins as you suggest (but at a larger scale). The handle section simply has a short stub to insert in the rail. I did not have issues with collet 'pinch'. In your case, the lower part could simply be of wire - no turning required.
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My rule of thumb for laying up is that the strands end up roughly 45 degrees to the axis of the rope. If you look at Chuck's line, you'll see this clearly.
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OK, Clare, why wasn't it tiled like the rest of the roof? So, you are going ahead with the modifications. Good for you. I find rubbing alcohol (95%) does a good job of dissolving PVA and yellow glues. The advantage is that the very low water content won't warp the wood. It also evaporates very quickly so that you can continue work using the same pieces in just minutes. Looking good!
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Thanks, Eberhard. So you do in fact have a black hole, albeit a small one, in your workshop! One excellent book on faux finishes is Professional Painted Finishes by Ina Brousseau Marx, Allen and Robert Marx, Watson Guptill, 1991.
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Silly question, Eberhard; you say the completed belaying pin usually shears off cleanly. How did you manage to retrieve it? I find small turned parts fly off forever more often then not - and they are bigger then your belaying pins!
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Amazing what a little practice does! This is quite a challenging hull shape to plank, by the way. The moisture/hair dryer method is a good one for refining the shape and fit.
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The official name for those stoppers are pawls. Nice detail of the rings attached for a rope. Setting them manually would be dangerous! I thought that they were kicked by foot, but this shows that wasn't the way it was done. Thank you for pointing this out, Siggi. It looks as if the end that engages the whelp of the capstan is a solid block.
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Always nice to see unusual subjects modeled! This barge is interesting; do you know why the rudder is so long?
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