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Ah... seats still available. Your practice work looks great, Tony.
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Looks like all the good seats are taken. I'll grab one in the balcony, if you don't mind. Nice looking wood and you're off to a great adventure.
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Nice work on the test pieces. Do you have plans access yet?
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Kevin, I've found that always square up the machine tools and adjust/calibrate as necessary. Seems they have a mind of their own when you turn them off and leave the room.
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Dave, Please consider posting the finished photos in the Completed Scratch Gallery. I think they deserve being there also.
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Ah.... You might still check Dafi's Victory. The man has done an incredible amount of research on such items.
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I'll have to do a detailed search... check Dafi's Victory in Kit Logs (it's a very very heavy bash) as I think he covers it. The lid ropes when through the hull above the port and then were secured to overhead beams. I'm recalling (I hope I'm right), that they ropes on some ships were joined into one sometimes before entering the ship and on other afterwards. There was one set of tackle for each port lid.
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Cannon Alignment
mtaylor replied to JohnB40's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
I think the answer is "it depends". Typically, we modelers show our guns all with the same elevation and aligned to the ports. I'm sure when the ship was headed into battle it would have been similar. But once the shooting started (or even before) elevations would have changed based on the gunner's experience and also the training tackle would have come into play. -
Nicely done. Clean, crisp and looks great.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Well.. those are for the emergency steering chains then.... Are those maybe pipes... waste pipes or scuppers of some type? I have no idea.- 4,152 replies
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
There are three of those brackets that I can see in Marc's photo. Could these have been used for a canvas sunshade? Nenad, I think those are eyebolts or rings and bolts for the rudder chains. Here's a link to a discussion on these: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8014-emergency-steering-chains/ -
Hi Fletch, Welcome to MSW. I'd do a search here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/13-ships-plans-and-scratch-research-general-research-on-specific-vessels-and-ship-types/ and here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/5-nautical-history-and-research/ using the key word "Constitution". As I understand it, the Bluejacket is very close to the 1812 ship. The MS is based on the 1929 rework. There are quite a few builds of her. I know of one in particular who's researching and building and might be some help but it's the Revell kit... Force9 is building. Hopefully, others will speak up that might have more info.
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SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful, magnificent. I'm running out of words, Tony as they've all been taken. We'll be waiting for you on the dark side young Mobbsie..
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I'm thinking it's great that you're still with us and even greater that you're thinking about your model. This all great news!!!
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Hi Jack, Try setting up the vacuum cleaner so that it will suck up the dust as you sand. I do this frequently and does keep things clean.
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I used rubber cement and rubbed off the residual glue after peeling off the paper. I still use this method.
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I saw a shop like Grimber describes except they used a damp bedsheet. Not soaking, just sprayed lightly with a spray bottle. I've also seen this used in paint shops for cars.
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Wonderful, Captain. Just wonderful. On the lashing.. the instructions sayeth "lashings or leather". So.. make 'em leather... brown. If rope... not tarred.
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That's a nice pile of wood, Kevin. Time to tune up the table saw and scroll saw I guess.
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There's also some tutorials here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/14-building-framing-planking-and-plating-a-ships-hull-and-deck/ They're pinned.
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How To : Add a Link into a Post
mtaylor replied to Dan Vadas's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
George, I'm guessing that you're using IE 11 with your Windows 8.1, right? If so, try Firefox or Chrome. There's some issues with IE 11 and the board software. -
Sam, I think it's more of the spacers and the frames swelling or shrinking instead of moving when the humidity changes. This could pop the planks off or wreck some havoc with the keel. The spacers are there at this point, only to provide some rigidity while fairing. If I weren't planking completely, they would come out.
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Well, I guess it was good that you were thinking about "the first minutes of the battle" rather than the last minutes. There's less deconstruction to repair.
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