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Simply amazing. I'm waiting impatiently to see all the bits brought together. It should be incredible.
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Attaching / bending Sails to Yardarms
mtaylor replied to fxitgood's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Frankie, Take Hermione with a grain of salt. Besides being new, she's a replica and also French. I've come far enough in my build to realize that there's many things the French did differently. -
Is there a better #11 blade handle
mtaylor replied to roach101761's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Oh... I don't let mine go "blunt"... every 4 or 5 cuts (strokes?), I re-steel it. Seems to work and Danny says used one blade for quite awhile. -
Proof of life... it ain't dead yet... The main wale needs sanding as does the next stake down (up in the photo) but I'll hold off until I get more strakes done towards the keel. Planking on the "gun port stripe" (such that it is) is done. I'm still sanding and need to finish opening all the ports and get them shaped. The bottom photo shows in blue what will be ebony..
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Beautiful work, Piet. I'm agreeing with David. Though I think we would have just glued the door open.
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Is there a better #11 blade handle
mtaylor replied to roach101761's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Phil, You don't "steel" your blades to keep them sharp? I wish I could find it (maybe it was before the crash) but Dan Vadas had a post about using the back of an old blade to steel the one lost it's sharpness. Takes a few minutes and the blade lasts a long time. -
I opted for an office chair (no arms) and a wooden kitchen stool for the tall workbenches. I had some lab chairs where I used to work they just wouldn't go low enough for the desk.
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By the way, Daniel (Dafi) has covered much of this capstan usage in his Victory build log and other topics where he thought things like this through with the help of MSW members and research. He also explores other topics including guns, cabins, meals, and others. It's well worth a look even if you're not building the Victory as it gives insight into how and why many things were done.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
You should have a smile a big as the moon or bigger, Nenad. She really looks great!!!! What tribute to your ingenuity and pushing for making it what you want.- 4,151 replies
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Lovely work, Don. I'm looking forward to any other projects you want to share. Now about that LEE.....
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Nicely done, Popeye. That dash is wonderful and everything is coming together beautifully.
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The capstan being rearward was/is intentional. They would use a messenger rope which ran from the manger around the capstan and back to the bow. The anchor hawse was tied to the messenger when raising the anchor. As the hawse go to the scuttle for the cable tier, the wraps were untied. Where the capstan is allowed it also to be used via pulleys to assist with raising/lowering the yards on the main mast, launching and recovering boats, etc. You have to remember that these ships ARE very labor intensive and so moving gratings, etc. was just part of a day's work.
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mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
I think it's perfect. If you're happy, we'll be happy.- 4,151 replies
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I think Ben did the Constitution for them. He also did the book "How to build First Rate Ship Models from Kits" which well worth the purchase price, IMO.
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Is that a jeweler's drawplate? Hmm... I was thinking you might be drawing the wood through the drawplate the wrong way. One side, the holes are countersunk and one side they're not. Pull through the non-countersunk side and out the countersunk side.
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That is a work of art. Wonderful to look at, and very useful.
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I like that jig, Gaetan.
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Gary, Upper right hand corner... next to the topic title.. labeled: "Follow this topic".
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A very moving story, Chief. Thanks for letting us hear it. I can imagine the emotions going into this build having similar ones when building a model of a CH-53.
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David, I'm glad I could help on the this. Those two ports under the gun deck are either ventilation ports or ports for loading and off-loading stores. If there were ports out the stern on the gundeck, these would usually be indicated. Without seeing the side view with the deck in inner works, it does appear that those ports are below the gundedk. By all means follow the plans on the lids. The Brits often changed things when they took a captured French ship into service. They may have moved capstans, etc. On the ship I'm building, they (according to notes, not plans) the oven was removed but they left the fireplaces since there wasn't room for a Brody stove.
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Phil, So is the one on the HNSA site one of the "real" versions ? They claim it's provenance and include Sim Comfort in their opening statement.
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Tony, They say it's complete as is and I would take them at their word. As for what you're looking for... I'm not sure where to go... Maybe Lee's?
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Maguinilla, Please use English as this is an English forum. If you need translation, there is Google Translation. Por favor, use Inglés ya que este es un foro Inglés. Si necesita traducción, existe Google Traductor.
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