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druxey

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  1. Just look at the mess of planks on the remaining upper deck of Mary Rose!
  2. Phil: if you can post an image or images of a drawing and photo what you are trying to build, perhaps we can assist you.
  3. I've just stumbled across your thread and have read up to post #12 so far. Interesting stuff! I'm curious as to what started you on this analysis and critique of Witsen's work?
  4. Good to see your progress, Lynn, as well as your return. Most of us have used the dining table early in our model-making careers and some of us still do.
  5. I'm glad I don't have to decipher that handwriting! That is a huge challenge in itself, without translating it as well.
  6. Lovely progress. I'd be hesitant to use steel or any ferrous metal in a model as it may corrode. Brass rod might be a better idea.
  7. Harriet Lane's armament was of three muzzle-loading Dahlgrens and one Parrott gun. I suppose you could leave them off the model....
  8. I love the double beam arm arrangement at the main mast on that draught!
  9. Clove hitches only look 'right' at much larger scales than the scale you are working at. With scale model work at any size, there are always compromises to make appearance look correct.
  10. Whew! At last the definitive account. I appreciate your consideration of my input, Waldemar.
  11. Perhaps a looser but more accurate rendering might be: This year, out of the iron guns on these ships, five split; all on the ship Noah's Ark.
  12. What a fun float for a pageant! Juggling fish as well.
  13. I'd say your translation here is pretty good, Waldemar! For smoother reading in English I'd slightly change it: This year (ie. 1628), 5 more iron guns were distributed to the ships than last year [, of these]: 1 iron 3½ pounder gun, 3 iron guns were allocated to the ship Saint George, (namely) one 5-pounder gun and two 6-pounders, 1 iron gun was assigned to the ship Sea Wife; a 6-pounder. [also] 1 bronze falconet burst in half in action. 1 small bronze falconet fell overboard in battle.
  14. Whew! I'm glad it was not a longer document.... Perhaps use 'captured' instead of 'arrested', as the latter term is applied to persons, not objects.
  15. Congratulations on a bitter-sweet conclusion to a very fine model, Eric. My condolences on the loss of your father in law. I love the Heaney rendering of Beowolf - thank you for sharing those lines with us. But back to your model: I love the muted color scheme, as well as a crew I wouldn't want to meet on a beach somewhere. To better days ahead!
  16. Close! Perhaps a looser translation that is more easily understood: The White Hound needs twelve 4 or 5 pounder guns. To do this....
  17. Just catching up with you, JD. You've made a lot of progress since the last time I checked in , but that is ever labor-intensive work!
  18. Thanks for the claire-ification! It looked as if the individual cloths were scoops in the photo, prompting my question.
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