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Those were spliced on Vulture? I was thinking they would have had the hooks, though that was probably later. Well done on that bit of tricky rigging, Danny.
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Lextin, Can supplex be bleached? I think the gray might work, though.
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Planking question
mtaylor replied to Daydreaming's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Hi Warren, Trust the instructions. Do tick marks down the hull in the middle of the hull (or thereabouts) with each mark being the width of the plank, Count the marks, as that is how many planks you need. Now measure the hull fore and aft and divide the measurements by the number of planks. You'll see that the planks will need tapering even with the sheer. Make sure that the measuring and tick marks are on the wood itself and not by using a ruler or T-square standing proud next to the model. I hope this helps. -
Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Thanks for the tips and tutorials, Nenad. Very insightful and useful.- 4,152 replies
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Nice work, Lou. I also like the contrast. As for the "like" notifications... check your settings in your profile and see if they changed.
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Here's a couple of tricks when the blade only needs honing a bit... Danny Vadas posted (and I can't find it now, naturally) that he strops the blade edge of an x-acto blade against the back side of another one. A version of using a steel. I'm an old tech writer and picked up a trick from the old board and ink draftsman... a piece of typing paper. Before every use, strop the blade on it. Even a new blade. Also works with chisels.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Excellent work, Nenad. I think they look wonderful. Macros and close ups are NOT our friend.. but on your Cutty, they still look great. -
Chidokan, Have you seen this: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/4339-announcing-the-model-ship-world-ship-kit-database-project/ It's a work in progress but an excellent resource. Also, most folks post kit contents very early in their build logs.
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You might be having a browser issue. IE 11 has some incompatibilities. There's been some discussion on this along with copy/paste, etc. here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/47-questionsinstructions-on-how-to-use-and-post-to-this-forumsite-problems-or-suggestions/
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JPett, That looks very similar to the one I have.... http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/414749/Dockyard-Gouge-and-V-Tool-Strop.aspx
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Gary would have to re-load the pictures as no one else has access to that post.
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Wes, Stroll through the Scratch area. There's an assortment of French ships being built or have been built. Frolick, You've noticed that also? :D
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There's a couple of 3D printer topics going on.. one Tools and the other in CAD area. Both are very informative on this topic.
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Wes, Here's a link to the books being talked about in the link Chris supplied: http://ancre.fr/en/ouvrages-de-base-en/9-vaisseau-de-74-canons-1780-traite-pratique-d-art-naval-1780-en-quatre-volumes-base-de-la-collection.html Interesting, it looks like all the volumes are back in print again.
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A fascinating project, Wefalck. I followed the links and your homepage shows a lot of research going into this model.
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And it looks like the price goes up after the first of the year... decisions, decisions....
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I'm thinking Druxey is right on the more men and easier to pump concept. Those pumps had to have been hard work. More men on the pumps would mean they could do it longer before having to rest. I'm still puzzled by the drawings showing dales at two levels. I suppose it's possible that the lower dales let the water out and the upper ones stayed "dry". I'm also wondering if the Navy ordered these boxes in quantity and used the same ones on the upper and lower level.
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The bad thing about the camera is that it sees the flaws that we don't. It's also sometimes the good thing. I thought she was looked great and then you pointed out the issues. Well.. she still looks great and probably more like the original did. A garnish tray? Hmm... make it out of something water proof and you'll and you'll have a gravy boat.
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Michael, From my hot rodding days, it might... maybe... hope... be easier to fabricate it. As I recall, on the machined ones the billet had to be ground on a special crankshaft lathe. No matter what you decide, I can't wait to see what you do and how you do it. This is some beautiful mill work.
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Thanks for the "likes" and the comments. As for the song... 1) Nope, I didn't get to play with the pencils. No bench and no pencils around. 2) No pictures, Grant, unless you have a seeing eye dog. Back to sorting out the stern.... and trying not to pull my hair out.
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Sweet planking.
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You've busy, Harvey. The Connie is looking good. And you have two more builds going on? I don't know how you guys do more than one.
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Journeyman??? I'm just a mere apprentice still. After singing a chorus of "Alice's Restaurant" yesterday and a Thanksgiving meal that couldn't be beat... I got to spend time in the shipyard.. yippiee. I've cut, shaped, and installed two more timbers. Seems that all the curved timbers from port to starboard have different curves and one is canted at about 45 degree angle from the waterline. I'm not sure why. The two finally fitted are for the upper and lower sills for the lights. The top sill timber is also the last deck beam for the quarterdeck. The lower sill is hidden behind the planking. I still need to fair these two before I go much further. There's two more sets of timbers, one is for the counter and the other is for the taffrail to sit on. Anyway, here's the picture I took for my checking as the camera shows more than the human eye (to me anyway). I'm pleased with these two timbers and well turn to on fairing them in and trimming down the lower sill timber.
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Clare, Are these fore and aft pivot guns? If so, as I recall, there are four ring bolts. They would rotate the gun, then attach the tackle to two of the ringbolts to lock down the carriage. I did them as seized ropes, not in firing position. In firing postion, they had blocks. Yeah.. I fudged it royally on that as I didn't have small enough blocks. And that's a crying shame about having to stay in and work in the shipyard.
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