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Or, in addition to what Crackers suggested, check out the Theses and Dissertations database (http://nautarch.tamu.edu/academic/alum.htm). There's a lot of useful information as well as some that are just plain good reading.
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Great looking dories, Martin.
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Thanks again for the wonderful comments and support everyone. One of the previous problems I had was no definitive reference points. This led to more than a few errors in the heat of battle... err.. building. I'm adding some things to the frame drawings... the cutline is being defined as are the wale locations, gunport, and deck clamps. Hahn defines these on his framing diagram but then suggests that we cut up his plans and use them to mark up the hull... I'm planning on "nicking" gently the frame at some of these points such as cutline, wales, putting in a nub to mount the deck clamps on, and as before, pre-cutting out the gunport area. I've also marked the frame drawings with lines at the outside/bottom edge of the build board so I don't make the frames over long. The frame in the pic doesn't have any gunport work but is representative and I still have another 54 frames to do... Lastly, I've mounted the framing diagram (since it has 95% of the reference points I need) on a piece of Masonite. When I'm done verifying each frame, I'll glue a strip of wood to overlay the baseboard line. This will give me a positive reference point when using the EdT Measuring Tool. Again, I know I had some issues getting the bottom end dead on the line for the base board consistently. For those who haven't see it, it's a great tool for transferring reference points from plans to the build. It came from Ed's Naiad build. Mine is made from boxwood with some brass fittings and a steel thumbscrew.
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I agree.. it'll be worth it in the end.
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What else can you do, Sjors? Come to the darkside.
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Have a look at Seawatch Books. They have his books, the TFFM series. Alternately, there's the Swan Class builds going on... Dan Vadas' and Toni Levine's builds come to mind.
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Drazen, I would think that coamings around all the gratings would be commonplace. Otherwise, in heavy seas that water will want to go through the gratings into the ship.
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Mike, Yes, it's built upside down. Also, Hahn didn't do plans with ledges, knees, etc. He wanted to build ships and left out a lot of the details. Others, he stylized, like the framing. His framing method is faster and more wasteful of wood than others. I think the last point is the major one... the method of making frames.
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Fake lenses? And no cross-hairs either? Seriously wonderful work, Piet. It's one thing to make the stuff look good and it's another to make it look good and actually work. You're doing the look good and work part and it's great.
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Nice work on her, Rob. Seems like all we do is glue... sand.. sand.... sand... check... curse... sand... sand.. Will Le Salamandre be a parallel project?
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David, I changed it for you. If you ever need to change it again, go to the very first post and hit "edit" then hit "use full editor". You can change the title there.
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Pat, It's ok to like it... I'm happy with the decision. Current thinking is that I'll line it with plastic and make into a window planter...
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Stan, I'll be here for this build. Looks like you're getting her sorted out. As for the gun.. it's a "pivot gun". There's a wheel at each corner of the base and the whole thing rotates on the track. There's a pin in the center of the base that secures it to the deck. My Constellation has two of them but they are of a much later era than the one yours has.
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Sherry, The repair is invisible. Great job. And, I love the way you did those carvings, so much so, I may steal that idea for my ship.
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Dan, Impressive companionway. Jeronimo's BHR has one. I think the Le Fleuron builds also have them. Crackers is correct... French ships but think it's only frigate and above. Assorted links: http://modelisme.arsenal.free.fr/jacquesmailliere/index.html http://gerard.delacroix.pagesperso-orange.fr/sommaire.htm http://modelisme.arsenal.free.fr/artdumodelisme/galeriegb.html There's a couple of forums that I visit but I'll need some time to run Google Translate to find the info.
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I have several different sets of the Dockyard brand from Woodcraft: http://www.woodcraft.com/category/5/1001138/2001361/DOCKYARD%20Micro%20Carving%20Tools.aspx We might as well have topic on these little jewels since sooner or later, we all want to carve. Or maybe not all of us.
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Are you using sanding sealer first? I understand that will cure a lot of basswood problems as far as staining. As for "preferred" wood for bending.. depends on a lot of things. Any of the common building woods... pear, swiss pear, boxwood, cherry, etc. will take a stain and bend. But again, it depends.. thickness of the wood for bending and to some extent how the color of the stain will look over the color of the wood selected. Some woods need a good soaking and heat to help bend. Others, not so much. Not much help but you'll have to give some more info one what you're looking for.
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Eric, That's some nice work you're doing. Unless I hear back in the next day or so, I'm going to move this to the Kit Build logs area and retitle as appropriate. I think it will work better there than in the discussion area. Will that work for you?
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Gun port lids and sweeps, on small vessels
mtaylor replied to Stockholm tar's topic in Wood ship model kits
Removable port lids don't seem to be that rare. The split lids on 1854 Constellation and others had the top lid being removable. The lower one just hung down the side. While these are not the same as those under discussion, it might be relevant. Xebecs use a single side hinged lid per port and some were removable, others not. And then there's my current headache...err... project.. Had lids as built in 1755 but after the rebuild it seems the lids disappeared. Which gives rise to another question.. could lids have been "captain's choice"??? -
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mtaylor replied to Maury S's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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New log is here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/5339-licorne-by-mtaylor-pof-316-french-frigate-hahn-version-20/
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Yep, back on this old horse. Seats are available but we'll have to wait on Sjors for popcorn.
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Here's the seemingly mandatory history: This ship caught my attention the first time I saw the plans because it had a white flag. Laughed a bit until I researched it. But then the lines caught my eye. She's a 32 gun, frigate of the 8 pound gun class. A bit of history... built 1755 in Brest. Not too much in the way of history available except for some highlights: 1756 - Carried troops to Quebec. 1757 - with Marsaint's divsion on the 21 Oct. A "most bloody conflict" with the British off Santo Domingo. No ships lost on either side, but a high casualty count. 1762 - expeditions against British shipping and the Sale pirates. 1778 - she was part of a small fleet in company with Le Belle Poule, Hirondelle and Le Coureur. They ran into Keppel's squadron. Licorne as surrounded and captured. La Belle Poule had a famous two-hour duel with the British and escaped to a nearby bay. For the next five years it was known as HMS Licorne in the British Navy. 1783 - Sold out of the service. From the plans, it appears to be a good beginner scratchbuild. Clean lines, minimal carving. Some things from the Hahn plans needs changing such as the mast caps and the cannon rigging. I'm still researching via Boudriot and Frolich. I'm planning on completely planking her, but that may change.
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