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Gripos-kaiki by Giorgos - FINISHED
mtaylor replied to Giorgos's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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Ferit, On the pin rail question, I'm assuming it's the ones on the outboard side atop the bulwarks that's being questioned? What does the rigging plan show being tied off there? If there is rigging belayed there, then they may have used a ladder.... maybe? If nothing is tied off, than it's decoration. The other problem, is that is a kit and sometimes the kit makers take a lot of liberties with scale and placement of items. Come to think of it, I have a few like that on my Wasa... they are high off the deck.
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Very well done and explained, Rusty.
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Should we remind you what Ben Franklin said about visitors and fish? There's your excuse to hideout in the workshop. Use at your own peril.
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Bigpav, Take a look at the articles here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-framing-and-planking-articles.php For materials, what kit it is? Do the instructions say what kind of wood and dimensions of same? The nails should be used only during construction, if then. Some use them as decoration, however. Glue... there's two major types we use... CA and PVA. CA is the superglue stuff and PVA is wood glue. Acetone dissolves CA and isopropyl alcohol dissolves PVA. There's also epoxies but to my knowledge nothing dissolves the bond.
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Juergen, The wales look super. I'm glad that the staining worked out.
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Ronald, What ships or what era are you looking for? There's also Maryland Silver Company which has a large collection of American ships. For French, there ANCRE.
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Nice work on the rigging, Augie. Hope all goes well with the relatives. On the other hand, at least certain folks aren't around either and bugging for pictures.
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Interesting approach to the block problem, Grant. Have you seen Chuck's solution? http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/273-mass-producing-rigging-blocks-with-a-mill/ Seems there's bunch of ways to doing this...
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Nice masting work, Andy.. as for the expression.. here's Snopes take on it: http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/nineyards.asp Yer right, the origins will probably never be known.
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A beautiful and well-executed build and deserves every inch of the display case. Your eye for detail and follow-through really paid off.
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Damn... Daniel beat me to it.. Got to get pretty early around here, I guess,
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Brain, The messenger would not have gone from the upper deck to the lower. All the lower capstan, in this case, would have done is provide additional manpower for the upper capstan as they were mechanically linked. For a good overview of the messenger, take a look at Dafi's Vic build starting about here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/page-9
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Nice work, Joss. Looking forward to the next installment.
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EdT's Naiad is also and excellent reference source. Problem is, there's so many excellent reference sources for techniques around here that one could spend weeks reading and researching and never get any building done.
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Joe, Bigger is better, but like everything else, the concept of "best" is a compromise. My scale of choice is 1:64 because of the compromises. A different set of circumstances and I might be doing ships in a bottle or extreme miniatures. If it goes the other way, I'd love to do a 1:24,
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Good to see you've returned and your doing well. We missed you. Your Syren is looking good and that's great idea to have something else to work on while waiting for glue to dry.
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I think I'll fall back to the "how long is a piece of string".... The term "best" is relative. What's best for you may not be best for me and vice versa. We have scale tall ships here from 1:400 (ships in bottles) to 1:24 for a 74 (I think it's a 74...gotta' check) and it's huge. Each of these is "best" for the person building them.
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Nice deck... no dremel tool for you on this one.... nope... This calls for the real-deal!
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Colin, Outstanding work on the exterior. Love the details.
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Toni, Good catch and excellent fix. If you hadn't told us, we wouldn't have known.
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barrel sizes
mtaylor replied to chrish67's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
Chris, Here's info that might help: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/138-re-post-of-info-on-barrelcasks-sizes/ -
Joe, You are correct. If I were in the market for a table saw, guess what I would be buying?
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Jay, I tried a couple of frames to cut out the individual pieces and build the frames like say, the Triton and the Swan class ships. Ended up doing the Hahn way. I ended up with a nice scrapbox full of kindling for the fireplace. One way saves wood, the other time. On this ship, I choose to save time. Lots of nice woods out there that less expensive than boxwood... cherry and pear are two that look good to my eyes.
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Very nicely done, Colin. What did you end up using for the scroll work? I can't tell from the pictures and I may have missed your saying in the text.
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