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Nice work. The light behind the rudder head.. would that have been a deadlight on the Vulture? I've seen some ships with deadlights and others without.
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Bit of trivia I thought I'd toss in... the first battle of the American Revolution between the French and English was June 17th, 1778. The last, as mentioned was June 20th, 1783. June 17th -- 1778 HMS Milford (28) took Licorne. HMS Arethusa (32), Samuel Marshall, engages French frigate Belle Poule (32) in the Channel Licorne was taken after a chase by Milford and forced to fall into line under Keppel's flag. At no point was any of the British admitting they were at war, but after two days, the French captain fired a broadside (of 8-pounders) at the America (74) and dropped his colors. The battle involving Belle Poule is well-documented but occurred miles away from the English squadron and Licorne.
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If I recall, a rebuild was considered to be restoration usually after battle or a storm. It was put back to it's "original" or last known configuration. A Great Repair was removing planking, replacing frames as needed, reworking stern and quarter galleries and generally "modernizing" the ship. It's possible I have that backwards..
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Guys, Hate to raise this issue but I count 4 Unicorns here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Unicorn All from the 1700's. Plus there several French ships that the English captured (French: Licorne) to further add to the confusion. The captured French Licornes were also called in some places "Unicorn". The trick here is to figure out which "Unicorn" Corel has and which the rest have. I know there's some issues because I went through a bit of turmoil with this for my Licorne since it was captured by the Brits and the lines taken off. In these cases, it was which "Licorne" became which "Unicorn/Licorne"? and which ones were French?
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Kats, Popeye said it all. Finish 'er up and go for your dreambuild.
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Daniel, Sweet work on the guns. So tiny, yet so perfect. I'll be waiting with everyone else to see what stories will be told.
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Anthony, Have a look at this link: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/2593-cutting-scale-timber/
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What a great tip, Maury. That should work on the bigger builds also. You might think about putting that into the tips and tricks section.
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Augie, Looking really really special. The word "majestic" fits very well. Hope the fishing is good while you're waiting for your line.
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Tim, Pedestal placement looks good and the rake with her bow high shows her lines being built for speed. One can almost hear the engines roaring....
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Well... at least everyone is having a ball... Post some pictures Sjors. They will take everyone's mind off things.
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ancre Le Fleuron by cabrapente - FINISHED
mtaylor replied to cabrapente's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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Beautiful work, Rusty. Love the wood choices.
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Thanks for explanation, Ray. It is pleasing the way you did it.
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I know that's wood, but I had to look several times... even enlarged. It looks fantastic, Tim.
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Thanks Russ, NenadM, and Juergen. Russ, You forgot: "and it's fun". The intimidation factor is always self-induced with me. Didn't take long to get over that. Juergen and NenadM, Feel free to use anything you find here. I found on MSW (and I think one was found on DDM) all the "special" tools I'm using.
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Bob, I'm enjoying this type of planking so far. Like I said, this is my first single-plank hull. But so far, so good. Plan is still... go up to the caprail line with planks, chain wale, and any decorative plank.. I think there's one.... then head south and do the garboard strake, the wales and then fill in the blank area. Yup... simple. Uh.. treenails? I'm not going to as from my view 1:64 is too tiny to see. Those 9" inch hull planks I'm using are only 1/8" in real life.
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Thank guys. Ah.. the pressure.... the carvings... YIKES!!!!! One plank at a time... one strake at a time.. Yup... grunt work followed by liquid refreshment... I like it!!!!
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