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  • Birthday 10/20/1961

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    Rathmines NSW Australia

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  1.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Pomeranian Rahschlup 1846 by wefalck – 1/160 scale – single-masted Baltic trading vessel
  2.    MAGIC's Craig reacted to a post in a topic: Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
  3.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: Tally Ho by vaddoc - scale 1:12 (maybe) - as rebuilt by Leo
  4.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: Hercules by vaddoc - 1:64 - Steam Tugboat
  5.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht
  6.    KeithAug reacted to a post in a topic: Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht
  7.    druxey reacted to a post in a topic: Tally Ho by vaddoc - scale 1:12 (maybe) - as rebuilt by Leo
  8. Bedford
    Looking good, as expected! Thanks for the Micro Kristal Klear tip, I'd never heard of it
  9. Bedford
    Having crewed the 123 year old steam tug Waratah and having been below in the aft accommodation (nowhere near as grand as Cangardas) I can assure you that even in that old girl you could not hear the shaft spinning. I would imagine the only thing that might create a disturbance is the propeller when she goes astern or if it catches air, I imagine it would be very well balanced.
  10.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht
  11. Bedford
    Thicknessers make excellent Christmas presents !
  12.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Tally Ho by vaddoc - scale 1:12 (maybe) - as rebuilt by Leo
  13.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
  14.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
  15.    Dr PR reacted to a post in a topic: Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
  16.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
  17.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
  18.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
  19.    Jim Lad reacted to a post in a topic: Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
  20. Bedford
    John, my ex wife used to do family daycare so there were always kids in the house and one in particular saw my model of the schooner for Port Jackson and straight away commented how cool it was and "can we play with it"? Thankfully it was up high and protected by glass. That particular little demon would have turned her into kindling in minutes.
  21.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
  22.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Pomeranian Rahschlup 1846 by wefalck – 1/160 scale – single-masted Baltic trading vessel
  23. Bedford
    I'm with Wefalk, just the other day thinking we haven't seen Michael for a while and suffering pilot cutter withdrawal. Welcome back Michael
  24. Bedford
    Yes, now that I've seen it I can't unsee it. I guess I was too focused on the details to see the whole properly.
  25.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Gaff sloop of unknown design c. 1910 by Bedford - RESTORATION - SCRAPPED
  26. Bedford
    I just took some more measurements, mid ships, and she's actually out by 20mm! No idea by looking at it without the string line but it's painfully obvious with it.
  27. Bedford
    Well there's news on this one and it's all bad. I've been laid up with a new knee so thinking a lot about this build and today I was well enough to set it up on a table and run a string line down the centre. This was important because if I'm going to put the effort into this then it's going to get a proper deck with the planks following the curve of the hull and joggled into a king plank and if she's not symmetrical that becomes very problematic. I can shave planks here and there to fake it for minor discrepancies but although she looks pretty good to the eye the string line tells a very different story. The hull isn't straight and there is as much as 9mm difference from one side to the other, it's also got a bit of a twist in it. What does all that mean? She'll be scrapped as I'm not interested in the nightmare that would be in trying to make a silk purse out of this particular sows ear. If I decide I really want such a model in the future I have a set of plans for "Altair" and it will be a lot easier to build something straight from scratch than to fix this.
  28.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
  29. Bedford
    Yes my friend, some details are better left unphotographed as that could make them look quite crude compared to your normal standard of work but rest assured the bigger picture will suffice as we know they will be very well built.
  30. Bedford
    I was going to say you need to get the cleaners in before handing over to the owner That's come together beautifully Keith, well done.
  31. Bedford
    You're going all out Mark, really looking the goods.
  32. Bedford
    Love the lamps and definitely better to make them in pieces than try and get complicated shapes like that in one go.
  33. Bedford
    Mate, my son works for such a contractor and hates it, always trying to convince him and the guys that the right way is generally quicker and gives a much better outcome. On the subject of model boat interiors, I met one of Jim Lads compatriots ( a model maker at the Australian National Maritime Museum ) who had been to England and visited the NMM there just as they were using an endoscope to look inside the old admiralty models. These models, as many know, were used instead of drawings to show the admiralty what every deck would look like so they are fully detailed and had not been seen by anyone since the admiralty signed off deck by deck as they were closed up with the weather deck.
  34. Bedford
    Valeriy, that's one I'll file away for future reference, very clever
  35. Bedford
    Vaddoc, I get the need for these figures in the design phase and the fact that you're into them and sharing them is what this forum is all about and I know many will really appreciate your efforts. The Ptarmigan I just built (full size 5mtr sail boat) will have no doubt been drafted similarly but the building of it required simple graph plotting for the shape of the frames and correct spacing of the frames. Everything flows from there bearing in mind the golden rule of boat building, a fair line supersedes any given measurement! This might become apparent in the difference you have found in the width of the stem. I include a picture of what I built without knowing such detail, just to show it's a tad better than the boat you demonstrated above

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