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Excellent work. I used to live in the St. Louis area and the landing/Arch area was a favorite place to visit. I do have a question... there's no records/archives for Eads? I find that surprising that the US Government has required drawings, etc. for every boat, ship, armament, etc. since just about Day 1. It's possible they do have them stashed somewhere as they have over the years found a lot of records mis-recorded or received but were never recorded so it possible they have them but they'll never see the light of day again. Or maybe in private hands? One more curiousity.... was t the Navy or the Army that contracted for the ironclads?
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Ouch... makes me wince just thinking about it. I hope it heals well and it's good that the Admiral pushed you even if slows you down during the healing period.
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Iron Mast Cap Orientations in Steam/Sailing Ships
mtaylor replied to BANYAN's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Relooking at those photos... I'd have to go with what Keith says. The idea of the one on the left just hits me wrong as the iron would only make full contact at the side of the masting but not the fore or aft side. I think that would create some wear/tear/stress isseds. -
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Welcome back home, Aiken.
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Admiral Frank came out looking great as did the rest of the crew.
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Good save, Jack.
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I hope you start feeling better Jerry. When you're ready to start building, just add to this topic. It should be an interesting project.
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The "best" way to clean is to use Q-Tips (cotton swabs) and saliva. Wet the bud and gently brush. It's slow but it works incredibly well. From what I've read here on MSW even museums use that method. Oh... don't stick a dirty one in your mouth to add more saliva. The dust etc. can be very nasty to your body.
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All three of my browsers are the latest/greatest. I just threw me that it works on IE but not on Chrome since both are Chrome. Not a big deal. Two out of three ain't bad.
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Hmm.... all those blokes in the audience of the lecture are wearing facemasks. I guess COVID has been around a lot longer than we think. LOL.
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That quote and the one about "treating each part as a model and by the end of the day, you'll have build more models than most will in a lifetime".
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I'd say "start small"... no masts and then build from there. Model Expo offers a 3 kit starter package just for this purpose. Plastic and wood basically are two different skill sets, so give it some thought, start simple. Use the resources here at MSW also. One of the best resources is a build log for each model. And above all else, have some fun and enjoy the process.
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Andreas, I find hull planking very tedious and slow going so you're not alone on this. Many of us feel lucky to get one or strakes done a day. I do think Chuck has a good solution. Give it some thought and
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Sort of like "3 Dog Night" but with cats instead of dogs.
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Trademark News
mtaylor replied to hollowneck's topic in NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD - News & Information
Thanks for the announcement. I didn't realize that the trademark was a done deal until I saw this post. -
Happy New Year back at you, OC. And let's hope that it's a better than one has been.
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Maybe it's my old OS but I'm not seeing that arrow. I do see a bar across the very bottom of the page showing what "folder" I'm in and "new posts" and "mark site read". Screen shot below. I'm on a PC, so it's no biggy for me to scroll.
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HMS Granado by ir3 - CAF - 1:48 - POF
mtaylor replied to ir3's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1501 - 1750
I'm going to suggest that you open a log of your own. I too am very happy to hear that including the new parts. Sometimes models are like cats.... we have to out stubborn them. -
Exactly. I had a friend who said two things every artist needs.... a critic and gun. When the critic says it's finished, he uses the gun on the artist.
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I'll give it shot..... Below decks, some cannon were stored with barrel raised and lashed to the inner planking which left the gunport open if need be for fresh air. It could also have been run out of the port or pulled in with (in the later case) the port being open or closed. And.... the guns could have been turned sideways to give more room on the deck. For the two decks you mention, stored either run in, run out or turned sideways. Captain's discretion applied as to how they were stored.
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