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  1. Sailor1234567890
    I thought you were going to say you snapped the model by accident with the towel. I can't imagine the damage that would cause.
  2. Sailor1234567890
    Can't wait. I have been busy but still have a CS hull for you. I'll look into boxing it up when I get home from this deployment soon.
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    It's a place to keep all the lines connected that otherwise would have been made fast to the sail. Instead of downrigging everything and not having reefing tackles, bunts, clews etc struck below, they fasten them to the monkey face plate and call it a day.
  4. Sailor1234567890
    Copper plates for sure.
  5. Sailor1234567890
    Those chains are likely tops'l sheets. Since there are two, I'd say there's a pair for the upper tops'l sheets and a pair for the lower tops'l sheets but Campbell's I'm pretty sure shows which ones they are. Lower tops'ls for sure though, they were pretty much set when the ship sailed and never furled until she arrived at her destination. They were the first set when sailing and last ones taken in when the weather blew up. I may be wrong but I think some of the big 4 post cape horners didn't even have lower tops'l sheets, they simply shackled the sail to the course yard below it. I may be wrong on that though. There are some interesting details in that image. There's a spectacle plate (also known as a monkey face plate. Has the large ring with two smaller rings on top. It's in the top of the image, just left of center) in there which would have been fitted to the corner of the sail. As it stands, it only has sheets and clewlines fastened to it with no sail bent on. The riveted iron of the mast is clearly shown as well. On the left of the image there's a wooden hook fastened to the forward most shroud of the starboard main gang of shrouds on the outboard side. This was to keep the sheets from dragging in the water. All the way to the right is a spar on the boat boom. There's some sort of fitting on the end which leads me to believe it may be a stuns'l boom. Not sure though, there's not much to go on. It's not a bare spar though.
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    Each ship would likely be a little different, even amongst ships of a class. I tend to think this one has a roof though based on the drawings. I haven't seen a cistern there but I have seen a bathtub below in the quarter gallery lined with lead.
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    There's no doubt that's a roof with carvings on it. Often times that roof would have been covered in lead sheeting as well. Not always and I don't know for sure about this particular vessel but I can't think of any vessel that had a balcony with railing there. There's no access to it and as mentioned before, it's not very conducive to shedding water to have a flat surface there.
  8. Sailor1234567890
    Awesome. That will come in handy for sure. Now that you're done so much small fiddly stuff.
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    That Hispano Suiza was good for about 300 horsepower if I recall correctly. Her hull is indeed covered in rivets. I have a few images of her but can't seem to post them. You have to look closely but if you do, you can see that they are in fact there. I seem to recall seeing an image that shows the rivets well but I don't have it on this computer. Google images might help there.
  10. Sailor1234567890
    The nails you refer to are actually rivets and Baby Bootlegger is studded with them. A close up view of her will show you that she has thousands of little bronze rivets holding her planking on. It's quite beautiful. She's my favourite motor boat. A beautiful gold studded mahogany cigar of a boat. And fast. Her engine is a work of art as well.
  11. Sailor1234567890
    Captain Woodget used to say, "give me a boy and I can rig a ship". I'm sure you'll be able to handle this little task.
  12. Sailor1234567890
    Nice job.
  13. Sailor1234567890
    My wife is descended from County Cavan stock as well. We visited Ireland earlier this year and saw the famin monument in Dublin. The figures walking down the street next to the river. Very moving and very similar to the style of foundry work in Dave's image above. We took several pictures of them but I don't have any here I can put up. Nice work on the model Frank.
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    Thanks, I'll bear that in mind next time I visit my parents.
  15. Sailor1234567890
    That's a better description of how it's done. Exactly what I had in mind as I was trying to describe it. There was some element of going over the side with a rope to support yourself while catting the anchor. Someone had to go hook up and disconnect those falls that were used to put the anchor in position and it meand going over the side to do it. Thanks Ed. Daniel
  16. Sailor1234567890
    They used a pendant from the foremast. It has a tackle on the end of it. Called the Fish Tackle. To fish the anchor from the sea and plop it down on deck essentially. These things weighed thousands of kilograms in the larger ships and could not be moved without mechanical advantage. Or gravity when you pull the lever.
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    From a model building perspective, the figures you just quoted are somewhat stagering. 2 times the volume of ship worth of wood at a scale of 1:24..... That's incredible. Do you accept drop ins to your shop? I drive through Quebec from time to time, in fact, have family throughout the province, and would love to see your work. Cheers, Daniel
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    I thought it was a style thing. The "taste" of the mate would determine the steeve. Could it also be that a bowsprit that has less steeve or downward pointing creates a longer distance between the sprit and the masthead meaning more room for the headsails hence bigger head sails? Just a thought though. They do "look" right and "wrong".
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    Awesome work Nenad. I'm sure there are plenty here who would love to take you up on your offer. I'm one of them.
  20. Sailor1234567890
    Coxcombing on that tiller handle? Is it even possible at this scale? I'd need fingers the size of a 2 year old's fingers to do that I think.
  21. Sailor1234567890
    You mention lining up bolts perfeclty in models but in real life it's not always done. In fact, in real life it's not desireable. Lining the bolts up in real life has the added bonus of creating essentially a "tearaway" line like a stamp sheet has. You're creating a weak spot in the grain. A good builder will try to stagger the bolt holes as best he can to avoid this.
  22. Sailor1234567890
    I don't doubt you'll figure it all out and she'll be simply grand.
  23. Sailor1234567890
    More books is NEVER a bad thing. Amazon it up. I'm also curious about what happes with all that rigging when the boat isn't being hoisted in or out of the water. It would take some time to rig that up each time but if you left it in place, where does it end up until it's needed again. If anyone knows, please pass it on. Inquiring minds need to know.
  24. Sailor1234567890
    Looks great. I really do look forward to seeing how the grand old lady looks when you're done with her.
  25. Sailor1234567890
    We will.

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