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  1. mtaylor
    There's two words I never thought I hear in the same sentence: "battleship" and "stealthy". I think the early version of "Don't look conspicuous - it draws fire. That's why aircraft carriers are called bomb magnets." had battleship instead of aircraft carriers.
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    Slog, It might be that the hull ones were painted and then the ones on the superstructure were polished but I have no first hand knowledge other than the Navy and Marines like polished brass. Or maybe it's the brass like polished brass? I was on a carrier but all the portholes were painted. This was in the late 60's.
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    I saw something about that, Frolick, but kind of ignored it since it was a stove and not an oven. The stove as I recall had a smokestack that was too large for it (or maybe it was the other way) and the smoke didn't properly clear. The French oven don't have stacks, which is what got my curiosity up There was a French combination stove/oven that did have the stack. http://www.arsenal-modelist.com/index.php?page=accessories∂=13ℑ=6 and http://www.arsenal-modelist.com/index.php?page=accessories∂=14 and http://www.arsenal-modelist.com/index.php?page=accessories∂=33 I guess I should also include the kitchen/fireplace: http://www.arsenal-modelist.com/index.php?page=accessories∂=12 If anyone is curious.. this one of my reference sites for accessories, etc.: http://www.arsenal-modelist.com/index.php?page=accessories
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    Wonderful work, Dave. I never considered using a wood screw for the bell... now you've got me thinking and that's usually dangerous.
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    Careful Vivian, with an offer like that, you'll get all sorts of strange people flying in and all them claiming to be gnomes only taller. :D At least you didn't mention the churrascarias (yummy!).
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    Yes, it was a cluster-goatrope. I've read the dissertation on the Philly and also the Eagle. All I can do is shake my head and marvel at what they did. Men and hardware coming in from all over with different skill levels of the men and different quality of materials. Just amazing that they got anything accomplished.
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    Research is fun. I think if you hate that many holes, then pencil will work best. Is it one for every so much width or two per plank per frame? The pic you posted shows what looks like 4 per plank per frame I think it would carry over the underside... maybe? I guess different design, different builders...
  8. mtaylor
    Go back before it's too.... oh never mind, you got the bug. :D You're doing a great job on bashing this into a frigate and you've picked up two skills needed for wood: patience and attention to detail. Is that sawdust I smell?
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    I'm not going to like that post as 2 out 3 are bad news. Smartphone is good news.
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    By per chance are you using IE 11? That seems to be a pretty typical problem with that browser. If so, you might try rolling back to IE 10 or using Firefox or Chrome.
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    There's a bunch of Constitution builds going on for this kit and it seems to be a common problem. You might check them over and see what they did.
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    A capital sin? Depends. If you're happy than everyone else's opinion won't matter. However, there are differences in timeframe and country. Rigging evolved much like everything else. Also, "captain's choice" and "master's choice" come into play also. Once a ship left the rigging yard/dock, then modifications were made to improve sailing qualities, including mast rake, distribution of ballast and changes to improve line handling.
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    There's some serious modifying going on here... and it all looks great.
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    Ulises, Is the wood flexible in all directions? It almost looks like beech. I read somewhere that what certain manufacturers call their woods has nothing to do with what the wood actually is. Can you post a bigger picture or a close up? Hmm.. go here and click on wood samples: http://www.dlumberyard.com/wood.html Also here: http://www.wood-database.com/ Lastly, there is here... check the "domestic" and "exotic". Good luck.
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    I'm not certain that "all" French ships had ovens but it seems many did. Bello's site shows both the bread and pastry oven: http://www.arsenal-modelist.com/index.php?page=accessories∂=20 The ship I'm building appears to have a small oven and I've seen them in Frolich and on some other ANCRE plans. Operationally, it seems the French did some (quite a few things?) different then the English/Americans as the crew slept on the cabin/berth deck and/or on the gundeck. Hammocks were not apparently common. Also, whereas the English/Americans for the most part had stoves, the French used a fireplace or fireplaces depending on the size of the ship since they also roasted meat as well as boiled their crew's food. Now back to the ovens.... these all seem to be on the lowest full deck or even below it. On one ship (I think I saw in Frolich's book) it was hung from the beams of the lowest deck. So, there was a fringe benefit in that the whole ship smelled of baking bread when in use which, as far I can tell, was daily. So my question (holy cow am I wordy ) is how did they fire this thing? I can't see putting wood in it and lighting it off, especially below decks. Would they have carried hot coals from the fireplaces down to the oven? Carbon dioxide build up in the hold aside, I can't see flames and smoke being allowed from the oven. But I also can't see them hauling hot coals down to it either.... but that seems more likely.
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    Yippee.... room looks good. Sawdust in your future. If I were you, I'd run a shopvac for dust collection. Voice of experience with power tools and wives......
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    What Augie said goes for me too. And I don't see any mistakes on this impressive copper.
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    Lovely work and great tutorial on the hooked scarfs. Enjoy the globetrotting.... will there be fishing involved?
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    Congratulations on a very beautiful ship, Ilhan. It's an exceptional piece of workmanship.
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    Jason, Fascinating place that you've selected and an interesting history. I'm not going to answer as I have no pics of ships to name.
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    Al, Are you pickling it in vinegar or muriatic acid? You might even try running it through some 400 or 600 grit sandpaper before shaping it.
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    Ben, It's possible you need the "embed code" on the video... (iframe width="640" height="390" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/65rGf5-IUpU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen)(/iframe) Note on the code.... use < instead of ( and > instead of ) I suspect you can get that from the video on Youtube but darned if I can find the "embed" button some of them have. Otherwise, copy the code above (in red) and make the () to <> changes and change the 65rGg5-IUpU to the number in the Youtube URL. Disclaimer: I haven't done vids so this is a shot in the dark.
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    E&T, While your work is inspiring and wonderful, your research is humbling. I'm totally in awe.
  24. mtaylor
    Thanks Michael. Yes, I'm very glad I started over. Thanks for that Pat. Where the "loose" comes from is periodically one goes flying off into the nether regions of the workshop.
  25. mtaylor
    Thanks for the comments and the likes. That's a good thing. What I see is a collection of wood sailing along in loose formation. :D Thanks for the reference, Nenad. I remember this from quite sometime ago and had to go back and Google it. Somewhat appropriate, I agree. I'm carrying on.. adding the spacers to the cants and sorting out the hawse timbers. Made a few discoveries in the research trail so I'm gong to think about them a bit before I act. But the timbers have to be in place first.

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