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Hmm... a wooden submarine. Interesting. Paint it yellow and sing along.
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rail function
mtaylor replied to MESSIS's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
That's an interesting photo, Messis. But I'm not sure that rail was actually as the photo shows. There's an opening in the rail in the photo but the drawing indicates it's a continuous rail. Hmm.... Popeye2Sea... there are no hammock cranes. In that period, the French didn't use hammocks. The crew basically slept where ever they could.. on the deck, on the cables, barrels, etc. stowed in the hold, just about any place available. But.. definitely not on the quarter deck or in "officer country". As for the plan, that one is from the "inside" looking out. -
Have a great one, Dan. I hope the weather gets nicer. This is one impressive build. The range finder is interesting looking at the pictures. Appears to be tarp hanging from it. Is there any side view to show how high it is above the "walls" (for lack of a better word)? Since it had to rotate, there must have been some sort of column underneath it holding it up. There should be a hatchway, I'd think, to get in for servicing and possibly operating it. There also should have been two.... one forward and one astern as the Navy always like "backups" as well as have 100% coverage.
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rail function
mtaylor replied to MESSIS's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
I've checked with my French ships plans and books. If you look at (and there should be one) a top view and compare it to the side view, it's a wooden railing with metal stanchions (the pieces that look to be a "U"). One end of the "U" has and smaller "u" on top to hold the rail. It appears that the other end is set into a hole in the bottom of the rail. Boutriot's The 74 Gun Ship makes note of them as the rail and stanchions being removable when to allow better handing of the ship's boats. That "s" shaped bit you're referencing is probably pined (?) or inset to the deck and rail and keeps the whole thing from wobbling. I'm just not sure what kind of hardware (bolts? screw? wooden pins?) would be used to assemble it. Sadly, there are no detailed plans I can find for this thing, just similar drawings. -
Love the photos from down low and looking up. Looks like the big one not the model.
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Another chapter in "Down to the Sea in Shoes" perhaps?
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Hobby saw with larger table top
mtaylor replied to ONEVW's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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Question about table saw technique
mtaylor replied to jdbondy's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
One suggestion to add to Bob's advice. When making a blind cut, move the wood super slow otherwise the sawdust will build up in the cut. -
Sam, I can't answer that. There should be some dimensions in the part description. If not, send them an email.
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Thou hast done this vessel most proud, sir.
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There's quite a few planking tutorials in the data base (Chuck's is one of them) which you can find here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-framing-and-planking-articles.php. A total of four. Start with the Hull Planking for Beginners at the top of the page. BTW, the database has quite a few topics if you click the link (upper right hand side).
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You might even give some thought to metal pins, Sam. I bought some that do look better (more in scale) but they do need painting. I think I got them from Model Expo or Ages of Sail. I bought the brass not the cast white metal.
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I remember the phrase from racing days.... "It's easy to become a millionaire in racing. Start off as a multi-millionaire."
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I'm happy it worked out for you, Alan.
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The only caution I have is that if you photocopy the plans, double check them as photocopy machines never, ever copy at exactly 100%. Even enlargements and reductions can be off.
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IIRC, the straight 6's could be beefed up for many low dollar classes. The flat heads were always popular up until around '65 or so (maybe earlier). Even the JC Whitney catalogs had hop up kits and parts for them. As for the sponsor ship decals... for the average racer on the local track they weren't a factor. Only the national events has sponsor money to give out and that was only if you were in the top three. So a lot of guys just didn't bother. The big Chrysler motors were always in favor because the magic word: "hemi". There were machine shops would take an old Chrysler head and turn it into a hemi head. Not 100% but close enough. Sometimes I miss the old days, other days, not so much.
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but the worthless captain was the first one to jump in a lifeboat Sounds familiar. Seems on the commercial liners, the captain is one of the first ones off these days. The one that hit the rock and capsized a few years ago comes to mind.
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Cool, Denis. I would suspect the tow bar was for towing this beast. Back then a lot of guys didn't have trailers so they threw some street tires on the rear, hooked up the towbar and off the track. Once there, they put on the slicks. The "scarlet" looks more like a Chevy orange from here.
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Here's the method I use... somewhere we lost the "actual" instructions for posting pictures. 1) Type text. Add some spacing (carriage returns) where you want the photos. 2) Upload photos. 3) Put the cursor where you want the first photo. 4) Hit the "+" on the thumbnail. 5) Rinse and repeat steps 3 and 4 as needed.
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Beautiful work, JC. Needs to be hung but a balloon is out of the question.
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Nice work, Denis. And I love your determination and inventiveness to find solutions.
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If you go with the vinegar bath, rinse it thoroughly. I never thought if it for painting metal though as I've only used it to clean before blackening.
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Besides magnificaton, Danny, what are you using for tools? Microsurgical type??? Those are some serously small parts.
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