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Hmm.. interesting. I looked at the ANCRE monograph for the L'Hermione frigate, There's 8 cannon and 4 carronades on the upper deck. No shot triangles which seems to be normal for French frigates. The gun disposition per ANCRE was 4 carronades and 4 cannon aft and 4 cannon forward.
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Too bad you can't find a maintenance manual for one of the those. It would have exploded views and probably more info than you would want.
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Count me in with my coffee cup also. I've read the histories of the many battles and all seem to mention the men and the morning coffee. I didn't realize they had coffee maker as I thought it would have boiled coffee at the squad (?) level.
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Welcome to MSW, Rusty. Follow what Chris suggested and feel free to ask questions.
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CDW- Thanks for the Sprue Brothers link. I just ordered decals for my CH-53.... Yipee!!!!! Denis, I'm not sure they had them on the bottom of the wing. I could be wrong though.
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If you need to be in a padded cell, then so do almost all the rest of us.
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Thanks for the comments and the likes. I had my "aha" moment on the bow this morning so and filling and shaping the balsa. Now if I can just get the stern right. I've fed the scrap box quite a bit lately figuring that out. i was only planning on doing one planking, Lou. It will be pear up to the gunports and then boxwood above that. Maybe I should just paint all the pieces in wild colors and call it good? Nah... I'll do it right. I must have missed his comment, Carl. No more charred wood for a bit though I do have some waiting to be installed like the false deck which gets planked. Touche'. Lasers are interesting tools. It does take some testing to sort out the cut line as opposed to just cutting outside the line with a saw and sand to spec. The nice thing is that it's repeatable. I've been following some builds on a Polish site and French site. So I see a variety of methods to get to the same place. For a very short period of time, I did think about learning lofting and doing actual frames, then reality set in.
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Congratulations on the new member of the family, Mike. Well done on the ship. That first photo is pure wonderful.
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Greetings from New Jersey
mtaylor replied to EricWilliamMarshall's topic in New member Introductions
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nubie question regarding string and knots
mtaylor replied to EricWilliamMarshall's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
There is a site for knot tying with just about any knot you'd want. Once section is for nautical knots: https://www.animatedknots.com/ -
Well, the is filled with balsa except for the area in front of bulkhead #1. I'm going to hold off until I get most of the sanding done as it presents a few challenges that need to be sorted and having things close will help me out. Once sanded, the forward area filled and sanded, I'll move on to the interior and laying out the gundeck ports, etc. Here's pics... ugly but ready for various instruments of destruction to be used.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Looks superb, Nenad. You are doing a beautiful job.- 4,151 replies
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Didn't the "flak" cars on the trains have two mounts of 2 to 4 guns each? Plus ammo, some armor on the mount?
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Welcome to MSW, Pieter. I agree, the best way to get help and improve skills is to open a build log.
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Thanks for the likes and the comments. I hope to have a photo update this weekend. Thanks, Pat. It's an interesting approach. The laser I love as everything is precise and no sawdust!!!!!! I came across a few challenges... mostly my own doing. The 3mm lite ply was not a good choice for the false keel. Even braced the thing still had some flex. So, instead of just filling in the bow and stern ends with balsa, I'm filling in the whole hull. For the most part, it's just 1/4" thick blocks of wood to hold the bulkheads and also, once sanded to shape will give me a solid surface for planking. The fore and aft areas are pretty much solid balsa due to the radical shaping.
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I've been looking at his log on the scenery, etc. Very impressive.
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Amazing detail and work, Danny.
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Welcome to MSW. What Chris said will work. If your friend is up to it, have him post a log of the Schnellboot.
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Welcome to MSW. Looking pretty good from here. If I may make a comment or two.. the bulwarks seem bit thin looking that gunport openings. The other thing is the cannon smoke. The smoke would go with the wind and not consistently move towards the stern. It also seems that from the side views of the cannons firing, looking at the smoke the barrels would have to be pointed downwards towards the water. Nothing serious there but that's what caught my eye.
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If you have a small hobby lathe for metal, turn your own pedestals. If not, check around there are hobbyists and even some small shops that will turn them.
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Peter, Are you using 3-ply birch.. the so-called "Lite" plywood? Check around with some hobby shops as I've seen 5 and 7 ply wood in small thicknesses. I'm using 3 ply Lite on my latest build and the backbone is 1/8" and it's very flexible. I've had my moments where I wished I'd bought the 5 ply for that part.
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