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  1. mtaylor
    Nice..... I think you've got it. I agree with Popeye.. you're not a dummy but very logical.
  2. mtaylor
    True...no mention of money. But, let's not get philosophical...
  3. mtaylor
    Take care of the eyes, Sherry. The ship and tutorial can wait.
  4. mtaylor
    On a different note, I am finding things out by inference.. such as the rudder on Belle-Poule wasn't tapered (fore and aft but is top to bottom) but had the turbulence grove. Hahn shows Licorne with no groove but nothing on the plans for fore-aft taper (only taper he shows is vertical).. His build appears to show a fore-aft tapered rudder. I'm going to follow Belle-Poule on this...
  5. mtaylor
    This may be one of things where "close counts". At the scale I'm building at, 1 or 2 inches won't matter on planking or anything wood. I notice that they do the rigging area a bit different and it's just one measurement. But, I do like answers to mysteries but with this, it may not be possible.
  6. mtaylor
    So Pat will have to stop by my place to pick up the leftovers and Mario wants to place an order.... Hmm.... when would I build? And here all along, I thought I retired so I wouldn't have to work.. what could I have been thinking? Pat, I'm not sure there will be leftovers. I always find I short myself when I do this....
  7. mtaylor
    Page 95. Gaetan. I believe the discussion on measurements is on page 63. The computer hiccupped after I typed into the translator and I haven't redone it yet. The only version they have of this is French which is why I'm hammering away at a translation via Google Translate and several on-line dictionaries. Thanks for all your help Gaetan. You're a model saver! Thanks Augie. I wasn't aware of that.
  8. mtaylor
    Thank you for the comments and likes. I found some time to make about a dozen more plank clamps from wooden clothes pins (pegs to those who prefer the mother language). I lined the ends with some sandpaper after changing the design slightly. I have planks in the water and planking starts tomorrow. There's a few places I need to touch with sandpaper and also re-do some reference lines that seem to have disappeared...
  9. mtaylor
    It's the ANCRE La Belle-Poule monograh, Gaetan. From their website: Author : Jean BOUDRIOT & Hubert BERTI I'm assuming the pouces/lignes are the French inch which, and I might have mistranslated it, are the "old" pouces/lignes. If I measure the figure in the plans, he's larger than the figure in the other two monographs I have from them. So it's possible that the 195/100 is the comparison. although some others are of the form: 8 lignes - 37/100e or 1 pouce 1/2 90/100. Very different to my brain. I'm only trying to sort this out to get the rigging right... so I guess close counts.
  10. mtaylor
    Thanks Mark.. Yes, the pouces are in "French Inches" which was explained as "about 10% bigger". Hmm... I'll have to see if that centimeter reference will work.
  11. mtaylor
    Pat, This looks to be fun.. and the research and memories will a big part of it. I'm pulling up a chair also.
  12. mtaylor
    Just stunning, Gaetan. Your carvings are magnificent.
  13. mtaylor
    Another question... Gaetan helped with this (for which I'm very grateful) but there's a sticky question in the back of my head. In the monograph, there's dimensions listed (monograph is in French and I'm using Google to translate it) in the following form: "un diameter de 6po. - 34/100e" I understand the "the diameter is 6 inches" part but not the 34/100e part. Can anyone shed some light? Neither I nor Gaetan had seen this before. I'm concerned this might be something vital and not just a restatement of the dimension.
  14. mtaylor
    Here's some proof of life: In the plastic bin... ebony and swiss pear for the main wales. Ebony for the chain wailes and stern planking. I'm going to laminate pear and ebony for the top strak of the main wales. Next to the right, is the swiss pear for the rest of the wales (10 stakes) then swiss pear for the bulk of the hull planking, then there's the planking for above the wales and the upper works. The strips on the bottom are for the garboard stakes and some spares for a bit of spiling. The planking is made from pre-made strips and also from billets as not all the pre-made stuff was usable. The planking pile doesn't look so intimidating now. I'm going to make about dozen so more planking clamps today. Anyway, that's the plan. But we all know about the best laid plans of mice and men....
  15. mtaylor
    You might snoop around here: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/academic/alum.htm There's all sorts of info. Some big, some not so big and some small ships...
  16. mtaylor
    Nice going, Denis. You could also use Fimo (I think that's the modeling clay... may have mis-spelled it.).
  17. mtaylor
    Thanks for the link, Greg. I didn't know they went THAT small...
  18. mtaylor
    Very nicely done, Denis. You seem to like the big multi-deckers.
  19. mtaylor
    Lovely rope, Paul. Are you making this yourself? If so, what kind of ropewalk?
  20. mtaylor
    Just magnificent.... If only I had the room to go big...
  21. mtaylor
    Have a safe trip, Fam. You "brick" is looking fabulous.
  22. mtaylor
    Yep. (short answer). It's eating the wood for the kerf and thicknessing takes it's share. On that, I thicknessed the planks to 1/32 (they were slightly thicker) and then cut in 1/8 wide using .20 kerf blade (230 teeth). It seems to be accurate. I spot check about every 4th plank or so. The key is to make sure everything is locked down on the saw. I'll be starting the blade eater (ebony) later this week....but luckily, it's only the two 'larger' sizes. For those, I bought billets and cut them into planks on the full size saw. I'll be running them down to what I need for wales, railings, and a few of the smallest size for planking the stern above the counter. It will either be a PITA or fun.. not sure yet.
  23. mtaylor
    Beautifully stunning, especially that stern shot. I'm wondering the same thing as John about why beams first and then clamps.
  24. mtaylor
    Apparently, they're made by Gunze Sangyo and are a lacquer based paint... Here's some links: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/18/t/114013.aspx http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=142542\ http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234946027-mr-color-paints-in-uk-or-alternative/ http://www.heavyarmourstudio.com/InstructTools3.html (about halfway down the page.) There's lots of forum posts but no real info than apparently it's good stuff.
  25. mtaylor
    I think Bob's problem with dust is that he's got a full-size table saw. The bottom is open unlike our modeling saws which are basically a box.

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