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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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As for copper plating, there's quite a few photos of the USS Constitution when it was last in dry dock. Might be another good source to see how that looks.
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Kevin, I've seen some photos from the NMM where they have the ship much like what OC shows but instead of walls and all the timber, there's keel mounted on the beam and one line of side supports down both sides of the hull that intersect the ship about where the second one up touches the ship. There's at least one I remember of the Victory displayed this way.
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Use the search button at the top of this page to search in this (Paining...) sub-forum. There's a lot of ways to do this and everyone seems to have their favorite.
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Hi Stickyfinger,
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I'm with the others on this. If you didn't, when you apply the stain, wait a bit and wipe it off with cloth. Some of what's showing in the picture looks like it "puddled". But yes, the finishing forum can give you a lot of help in this area.
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The painting is from the 1600's I believe. The reference to the 1744 la Renommee would be correct for that time period. French builders/designers made lots of changes even from ship to ship in the same class. Some changes were applied to other ships, some weren't. I've run into that problem with my Licorne. Originally looked similar to Renommee (8 pdr frigate). It was reworked heavily and ended up looking closer to Belle Poule. The masting at the rebuild was, shall we say "unique". The masting sizes were the same as la Venus, an 18 pdr of 1782. Oh.. no port lids on it either.
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Essentially, just start a log. Your choice if you want to add pics and text from before where you are now.
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HJX, I'm not sure about the licensing on the carvings. If the carvings are done from historical drawing is one thing. If done from a model kit, there probably would be. Then again, with all the PE parts for steel navy ship models, is there a license fee paid? I have no idea. You might ask this of Chuck as he probably could tell you.
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As I understand it, French frigates of the 1700's only had a port lid on the very first port which didn't have a gun in place. That port was used for anchor handling. As for the rest of the ports, they used bucklers if the weather dictated such. There are some other details different in the frigates from the ships of the line. The ports on the ships of the line with the nail heads. I wonder of the inner planking the carving was on was rather thin, more like a backing to hold the carving? Then the nails would be there to hold the backing on. I note that there's no drawing showing how the carving was affixed to the port. Come to think of it, I've never seen any details on how any carvings were affixed to the hull.
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Wonderful wedding pictures and thank you for posting them. Here's to much happiness for both of you.
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