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Your best bet may be to follow the other builds. I can understand having the aft most shroud use a block as often that one side or another would be backed off so the lower yard could be swung into the best postion for the wind. A tight shroud would stop that.
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Cleaned up and dyed the oarlocks and then installed them. Also made the cannon (let's call them "popguns" ) mounts and installed them. The only thing left is the sheave and supports on the stern. The catch is I'm tad undecided as there's three distinct types... there's a sheave on top of the stern, or a sheave hanging off the stern to the rear (not onto) or there's no sheave. I'll ponder this a bit longer while I work on the chocks for putting this boat into the hull. I'm also working and tweaking the plans for the barge which is smaller, unarmed (no cannon mounts) and looks essentially like the barge. I put a dime and Pierre into the second picture to give a sense of scale. Here's the pictures. Not perfect but I'm pretty happy with it. So unless I get a sudden "ah-hah.. I can do this better" moment, on the next barge.
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Just a quick update.... this project definitely is not dead. I've been busy with Licorne and also dealing with some real life stuff.
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Accounts of various ships going down do mention that the rafts came off. However, they were usually pulled under (along crewmen too close the ship) and were pulled under by the "suction" of the ship going under the surface. I suspect that when the order to abandon ship was given (if there was time) jumping off and swimming as far away as you could get would be the priority. As for swimming, I don't know if the army did teach swimming in boot camp like the Navy and Marines did.. The Army Air Corp air crews (fighter and bomber) did though.
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Looking good, Steve. Are you sure you want to risk all this detail work and put it in a lake? I'd be seriously nervous myself.
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The commute would be a killer but at least if you flew you'd have coffee and stale snack crackers. BTW, I'm loving this build. I remember seeing the movie or was it apart of the old Disney TV show on Sundays?
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How are you importing, Denis? If using a scanner, spray a sample color onto a piece of scrap plastic or aluminum foil. When you scan, you have the color you need. Many paint programs let you pick a color from the image and use it for "touch up" or even area "fill".
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Horn? I don't recall horns being on those Super Stocks.... but then again, today has been one of the those days where I've been lucky to remember my own name.
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I'm not familiar with this model as there's no other builds listed for it. However, looking at the drawings, the first shroud goes from 79 to the masthead, around it and down to the block at 115. It is tied off at pin 117. The other two... (unnumberd) would be siezed to the deadeye(another part114) (the middle one) run up, around the masthead and back down and be seized at the last deadeye (another part 114). I'm assuming those are deadeyes with a single There are two deadeyes that are unused. If you look at your figure 35, this shows how the shroud would be seized. I hope I didn't misunderstand the question and that my answer helps.
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I hope you'll either add to this log or open a new one for the display, Kevin. The dock will be interesting to follow.
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No problem, Gregory.
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I've noticed from my own model work that scale in a AL kit is subject to the whims of whoever designed the kit. They used to do some good instructions especially in their "beginner" kits but from what I've seen lately... I agree with those building them, the instructions are bad.
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Girona by augustus
mtaylor replied to augustus's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Whoever started this build did a really nice bit of work, Augustus. I hope you can find the answers you seek. You might try posting some pictures with your questions here: https://modelshipworld.com/forum/24-wood-ship-model-kits/ -
Amazing work, Danny. We don't (or at least I didn't) realize how tiny that is until you had it in your hand.
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Gregory, I'd suggest doing a build log as the Gallery is actually intended for finished models and not construction.
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Lou, There's quite a bit on tank battles here: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz You'll have to basically go through quite a few pages as the don't have a search function as such. They have articles on WWI to the present.
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If you can, take a drawing of an appropriate crewman type and scale him down. Paste to a chunk/piece of wood and use that as a reference for things like spacing on the deck planks. Having a "little guy" really does help when we're building. I have one and it took me maybe an hour to make but I just sketched a figure of the right size onto some scrap wood (boxwod) and carved him out. Nothing fancy but it sure does help. As for a windlass, even though the plans don't show one, I would think it would need one. Is there any mention of the number of crewmen? If you have enough, a windlass isn't needed but it sure would make things easier.
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How much tighter would the lines be if you spread them apart to fit the boom? I did that on my Constellation build. Had enough slack to install the boom and everything came out ok. Luckly, I hadn't rigged the other masts to that point yet so boom first and then rig on those.
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Very similar though I think (I'll have to go find my book and check) but I think it was much larger.
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Hello Hellmuht, Your two posts above #16 and #17 aren't showing the images. The image links go to another site that is password protected. Can you upload those images here? Thanks.
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Thanks for looking in and the comments. I think I'll pass on the daisy cutter discussion. Thanks Downer. I'm using the ANCRE plans for this which, while similar, are different. The French longboat has 4 mounts, one at each "corner". See the drawing below. I've never heard that term before for these pieces. But then the Brits have a way with wording. I'll go look that up, Carl.
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Hi Mark, No... it's a line from the drawing program I use to edit and size my photos. <sigh> I try to do better. <hangs head> I thought daisy cutters were that also. They were also artillery shells (mortars I think) with an extension the fuse so they exploded at about knee height. I'm doing a bit of Googling and not finding anything other than bombs and artillery shell. Nothing nautical though.
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"Daisy cutters?" I didn't know that. Seems like an unlikely name for a gun on a boat though.
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