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druxey

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  1. I think it would be safe to go with shelving in any and all of the areas that you mention, Jim.
  2. Looks like you've had a fight there in the last photo! Did you use rubbing alcohol to unglue or just carve away the plank?
  3. And my best wishes this holiday season to your crew, Siggi!
  4. I don't think much aiming was involved when using a carronade - it was a short range, wide-spread anti=personnel weapon, Simply point it in roughly the right direction, No finesse required. Love the deck of cards, but shouldn't the image on the back of them be of, ahem, a deck? Happy if modified holidays!
  5. Lovely work there, Some Idea! I might suggest you attach a piece of wood to the top of the support to form a protective 'T' over those vulnerable counter timbers.
  6. Yes, a classic palindrome, Frolick! Another example; 'evil rats on no star live'.
  7. As this is a complex job, I wonder if you have a ship model club in your area (wherever that is!)? If so, you will have access to a lot of experienced folk who can help you at your shoulder - covid permitting. They can show you what to do, which is easier than corresponding here. However, if that isn't possible, we'll try our best to assist online.
  8. A lovely little model. Apart from the maker's name, I think that there is perhaps an unconscious joke in there. There is a sect who believe in a literal 'translation' of the living to heaven at the Second Coming . They would be hoisted up by a (fictitious) hook-like bone at the base of their spines called 'the bone of Luz'.
  9. I think that the example shown is more mid-1800's than earlier.
  10. Footropes are under the jibboom, as Henry has said. You can just see a pair of these knotted ropes under the jibboom in the photo. The illustrated ropes are hand lines or manropes.
  11. The acrylic 'glass' looks like antique mica now: the effect looks nice, actually. Nice splice as well.
  12. Why not, indeed? "Never make a thing simple if you can make it complicated." (Thanks, Dad! It was one of his favorite sayings. He was an engineer. Need I say more?)
  13. Welcome back, Ben! Nice to see your Peggy once again.
  14. Your Babbage/Tennyson analogy is an excellent one that I'd forgotten. Thanks, Steven!
  15. Gary: your model is an absolute gem! Such impressive work at that scale. Terrific! I'm looking forward to your next creation.
  16. I'm sure that in practice the actual masting, sparring and rigging varied a little from the ideal, especially in wartime with shortages. As long as you are reasonably close, no-one will fault you!
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