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  1. Sailor1234567890
    Is that a functional rifle?
  2. Sailor1234567890
    I can't for the life of me figure out how the number of guns on a ship are counted. A 74 gun ship has many more than 74 guns. Victory, a 104 gun first rate, has many more than 104 guns. Which ones are not counted in the reckoning? I know bow and stern chasers are not included but that still doesn't balance things in my count. Thanks, Daniel
  3. Sailor1234567890
    That looks like something I'd catch both hands an elbow and probably a shoelace on. Hopefully you're more careful than I and don't have to redo those spreaders. They look great.
  4. Sailor1234567890
    Wow. Simply.... WOW!
  5. Sailor1234567890
    Ed, I have a solution to the "space available" problem you mention above. Make the book bigger.
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    A full pic of YA so far would be nice as well if it's not too much trouble. TIA
  7. Sailor1234567890
    Very nicely done.
  8. Sailor1234567890
    The lower the limber holes are, the better they'll do their job. If you make the holes 3 inches above the bottom, there will always be 3 inches of water between that pair of frames. Best practice is to place them on the bottom so ANY water flowing at the lowest point will drain to the pumps.
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    Wayne, in your image above, I notice that the lower stuns'ls are hoisted to the end of the Stuns'l boom while the topmast stuns'ls are hoisted to the ends of the yards. Does anyone know why this is? I'd expect that hoisting them all out to the ends of the booms would provide space for a wider sail so more sail area. The drawback would be the stresses on the boom of course....
  10. Sailor1234567890
    Limber holes, or the limber passages are what those notches are called. I know in some vessels, they'd put a chain through it and if the limber holes got clogged, a yank on the chain back and forth a few times would often be enough to clear any offending detritus.
  11. Sailor1234567890
    It could pass for full scale if there weren't tools and hands in some of the images.
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    I've been looking at Pandora's Jeer bitts lately and I can't figure out how they were used. There's the two blocks at the bottom of each upright, the lower and upper cross member... but how is something made fast to it? There are no belaying pins but I suspect the lines would have been too large for belaying pins. Kevels? I don't see any there. Does anybody know how the Jeers would have been used and how things would have been made fast? Or was it made fast elsewhere? Thanks for your help guys. Daniel
  13. Sailor1234567890
    I've always called those things cable compressors.
  14. Sailor1234567890
    I still say her tour in 1927 or whenever it was. As mentioned, for safe navigation. But just a guess. Glad someone else's guess (if it was a guess) is close to mine. Thanks Henry. Daniel
  15. Sailor1234567890
    I saw video of L'Hermione with chains as well. A nod to modernity and practicality, likely some legality in there as well. I would guess before her world tour though. I may be wrong, it was after all just a guess.
  16. Sailor1234567890
    Do you indicate what is speculation based on current practice vs what is known fact for the ship in your drawings Ed? Thanks, Daniel
  17. Sailor1234567890
    Glad to hear she's moving forward. Any pics of progress or is summer golf season keeping the dockyard shuttered?
  18. Sailor1234567890
    Exactly what Steve said. Build them to detail inside, leave the covers off and place the lifeboats right side up with the boat between them upside down. Shows off the lapstrake planking of it and the insides of the lifeboats. Also keep the other boat on the forward house upright with no cover. Make sure the best lapstrake is the boat that ends up upside down and the others all have great interiors.
  19. Sailor1234567890
    I second hearing the backstory as well as continuing with her. If you don't like the results when you've completed her, you'll have the practice on a whole project and could start her over again either from scratch or from a new kit. Keep going.
  20. Sailor1234567890
    I love the idea of using wood from my land in my projects. Great for a model, not so great at 1:1 scale boatbuilding. I can use stuff that was on my dad's property for small parts though. He's got some bigger trees than I do. I do however make sure to plant plenty of trees. I have my favourite kinds of trees and planting them is something I always try to do but if not, I make sure to put in a few maples each year. They grow well where I am and even if they're not the kind of wood I will use, they will replace the ones I take as far as oxygen creation and clean air is concerned. Gotta do our part for mother earth.
  21. Sailor1234567890
    Looks awesome. Question.... Why !:56 scale?
  22. Sailor1234567890
    Now we're talkin'. Looks awesome.
  23. Sailor1234567890
    I have a french book about sailing ships of iron and steel from France in the 1880s-1930s. There are a few images of brace winches there as well. I'll see what I can do about that for you but I don't think Jarvis winches or anything even remotely like them was in use back then.
  24. Sailor1234567890
    The Jarvis brace winch was not invented until I believe the mid 1880s so in 1855 it was most certainly NOT included in the deck gear on board. The photo in post 64 shows a Jarvis brace winch, two halyard winches, and a pump in the back just by the mast. I don't believe any winches like either of those would have been fitted to her in 1855. I don't know what types of mechanical assistance was available in the time she was built but I suspect you have more searching to do unless the ones you pointed out for mining are close enough to what was there.
  25. Sailor1234567890
    Looking great. Have you decided on the shape of the nameplate on the transom? I find those little tabs either end are not quite right for the ship. Something rounded and shorter? Maybe something with some curlycues in it? Not sure but the long squared off ends don't quite look right to me. The font however looks pretty good considering it's Times New Roman and hadn't been invented when this ship would have been built.

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