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  • Birthday 10/20/1961

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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
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  6. Bedford
    Eberhard, while I have no knowledge of the vessel type you're building I have sailed on Bark Endeavour which has a skylight in the deck just forward of the wheel and while it doesn't interfere with the operation of the wheel it does have a wooden grate over it. I know a lot of ships had wooden grates for the helmsman to stand on to give better grip on a drier surface so maybe that's the answer.
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  9. Bedford
    I hear you John but as I often say, "It's not the mistake that matters, it's how you deal with it" On my Royal Caroline build I swung around with the vacuum cleaner and broke the shrouds away from 2 dead eyes on the port mizzen shrouds. Walked away for over a year while I built my full size sail boat but recently decided the best fix was to completely remake that whole shroud assembly.
  10.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
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  14.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
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  19. Bedford
    This might be useless info in this case since you don't want to buy new stock but something to keep in mind. When I made the 1:8 scale Tammie Norrie I used 0.8mm birch ply for the strakes. You can cut it with a decent pair of scissors and get perfect edges. That model suffered a warped backbone too but it's the fix that matters.
  20.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
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  22. Bedford
    Another beautiful Ranger there Mark, she's coming together very nicely, but then I've seen your other one so no surprises there!
  23.    FriedClams reacted to a post in a topic: Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
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  25. Bedford
    Ah yes, the mindless tedium of ratlines! She's coming up very nicely John
  26. Bedford
    I think a lot of us have been brought undone by the water content of PVA, I know I have, had to pull the bottom off my mahogany runabout model and redo from scratch! These things keep our minds active, figuring out solutions is an important skill.
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  28. Bedford
    Another master class, and she looks like an interesting ship to model
  29. Bedford
    Always a joy to see how you bring these tiny masterpieces together and I'm pleased to know I'm not the only one with a black hole around my work table, I've got a tiled floor and small pieces still disappear!
  30. Bedford
    That's the beauty of being a volunteer John, they can't really push you either way and they sure can't sack you. Do it in your time mate!
  31. Bedford
    Poetic licence my friend, yes they are on her in the period you are modelling but they weren't original. Only you and a handful of us will know. I can see why they were added though, she would have been a bit roly poly I imagine.
  32. Bedford
    She's really looking the goods John
  33. Bedford
    Ah, but this is how we learn. Especially useful for those wise enough to learn from the mistakes of others.
  34. Bedford
    I was talking to someone just the other day who's doing that, can't remember who though. It will be a great trip, enjoy the sailing!
  35. Bedford
    Thanks, she looks quite "salty" doesn't she. It is truly written that "A fair line supersedes any given measurement"
  36. Bedford
    Vaddoc, you know I admire your work so please don't take this as negative criticism, it isn't! I think we can make life hard for ourselves sometimes, like all the trouble you went to in order to get the deck profile printed. All I do is plot out the relevant points and draw it. You can use pins at all the mold stations and run a fairing batten (a length of thin section flexible wood strip) around them. This not only shows you any station points that are wrong but gives a guaranteed fair curve to the hull. I've just built a full sized sail boat this way and it's very accurate and symmetrical.

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