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Kevin

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  1. Andy how much of the shroud is served - is it just down to the catharpins
  2. nice to hear that yr ok, i am going trough all my list of pages of topics that i follow, and not heard of for a while and yes please update your build log and please put a profile of your build in the thread that is under my signature, the reason for asking is on page one all the best
  3. Chris at present i am doing the Caldercraft Victory, i doubt i will do another version of the same ship, but i love the work and the investigation you put into this, The Euromodel Royal William is/was to be my next build, but there are quite a lot of new more accurate kits around waiting to be built. Again thankyou for the research you do into keeping the non scratch people happy
  4. Wackowolf LOL - he is not back, i was asking - where is he
  5. then i suppose all the other stays and lines would prevent the yards being pulled together under the weight of the boat, still a big task and made worse in bad weather, with a pitching sea, which brings me back to why on bigger ships, why were they not always carried external to the poop deck, but thinking about it i suppose they would be more liable to damage, from the elements and cannon fire
  6. Decoyman Been a couple of months since i have seen a build progress of your build, just wondered how you are getting on all the best
  7. Good morning everyone nearly a week since i managed any build work on the Victory, but its a bank holiday here this weekend - WITH NO DIY- intentions are to progress the stern/1/4 galleries - and inserting some stern davits, for one of the ships boats, as to which one goes there i may have to puchase a 1/72 scale cutter, not my photo
  8. May 24 1779 Black Prince, owned by Irish and French smugglers, is commissed as an American privateer through the efforts of Benjamin Franklin. 1808 HMS Swan (10), Lt. Mark Robinson Lucas, destroyed Danish cutter (8) at Bornhohn. HMS Astræa (32), Cptn. Edmund Heywood, wrecked on a reef off Anegada in the Virgin Islands. 1810 HMS Fleche Sloop (16), George Hewson, wrecked on the Shaarhorn Sand, off Newark, Elbe. HMS Racer (12), Lt. Daniel Miller, wrecked on the coast of France
  9. nor by me, there are some fantastic looking plastic builds on this site all the best
  10. May 23 1792 George Rodney died 1798 HMS Braak Sloop (14) foundered in Delaware Bay. 1799 HMS Les Deux Amis Sloop wrecked in Great Chine, Isle of Wight. 1809 A Danish flotilla of 20 gunboats, under Lt. Cmdr Ulrich A. Schønheyder, engaged a large British convoy in the "Storebælt" (Great Belt) escorted by 5 ships-of-the-line and 2 frigates. 1811 HMS Sir Francis Drake (32), Captain George Harris, captured of 14 Dutch gun-vessels off Java. HMS Amazon (38), Cptn. Parker, captured the French privateer brig Cupidon (14) 1850 America sends USS Advance and USS Rescue to attempt rescue of Sir John Franklin's British expedition, lost in Arctic.
  11. yes Yon i have come to that conclusion - but i may try, especially the very aft one, Perhaps it is just a whim on my behalf, but wanting to set nearly 30 sails, was always going to make the ship look busy, now the admiral would like my to put royal marines on, and ships crew, an alternative for me - was to possibly think about having the ships boats as part of the name display on the stand - but at present the verdict is out on that hope you are well all the best
  12. May 22 1681 HMS Kingfisher (46) engages seven Algerine pirates. 1798 USS Ganges (24), Cptn Richard Dale, is the first US warship to set sail since independance 1801 Nelson created Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe. 1810 Boats of HMS Alceste (38), Cptn. Murray Maxwell, captured four feluccas, drove two on the rocks at Agaye. 1812 HMS Northumberland (74), Cptn. Henry Hotham, and HMS Growler (12), Lt. Hugh Anderson, drove ashore and destroyed French frigates Arianne (44) andAndromaque (44) and brig Mameluke (18) off Port Louis.
  13. Chris - the last couple of posts between you and Wilz are the reasons why this ship will be a sucess- that's because you are prepared to listen and and adjust, for that alone i am very thankful
  14. its been wonderful following the progress of this prototype, thank you Chris, and everyone who has helped you
  15. May 21 1762 HMS Active (28), Cptn. Herbert Sawyer, and HMS Favorite, Cptn. Pownall, took Spanish Hermione off Cape St. Vincent. 1800 Boats of HMS Minotaur (74), Cptn. Thomas Louis, & consorts cut out a galley La Prima, Cptn. Patrizio Galleano, from Genoa. 1809 HMS Black Joke lugger engaged French Corvette Mouche.
  16. one of the biggest problems with the older boats when dived was condensation, every used to get damp, the wing bilges used to top up, so going anywhere near the surface, invariably caused it to overspill into the working/living spaces. Any bags(grips packed) and stored in the after torpedo storage hatch space, would go mouldy in a short space of time all the best slop drain and sewage, was another story of its own
  17. i like the photo's i posted as it shows where to put the davits, for the strern, if i get chance to work on the build after i get home tonight - ill see if it is feasible for me to put all 3 up there out of the way all the best
  18. i am using this paint set http://www.shipwrightshop.com/shop/contents/en-uk/d107_Admiralty-Paints-Kit-Paint-Sets.html
  19. i might fit it, as i want to move some daviits back there for the boat stowage, i am at present trying to work out what the best arrangement for the poop area, would suit me, oh and to be different
  20. the following photo are even sadder - under a request of freedom of speech a request was made to prove the breaking up od several british warships https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pictures_obtained_to_verify_scra
  21. this is hms invincible being broken up, quite sad http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003673/HMS-Invincible-goes-knackers-yard-No-wonder-topple-Gaddafi.html
  22. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22541019
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