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  1. Sailor1234567890
    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Nice job.
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    I don't doubt you'll figure it all out and she'll be simply grand.
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    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.
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    Looks great. I really do look forward to seeing how the grand old lady looks when you're done with her.
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    We will.
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    Looks good.
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    I've always heard the anchor handling purchase you describe a "fish tackle" to "fish" the anchor up from over the side.
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    Hervey Garett Smith's Marlinspike Sailor will tell you all you need to know about this stuff. Best book on fancy knotwork for beginers I've ever seen. Shows in simple drawings how to do much of what you'll need to know to rig most simple sailing vessels and do some pretty fancy stuff besides.
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    Are those twin companionway hatches all the way aft? I can't imagine why there'd be two of them there. Seems an odd place for them.
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    Looks good. Are you going to stick some sort of cylinders on the side to make the lanter holders? I can't imagine working at that scale.
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    You don't want too much light. At night, just a little glimmer is enough. Much more and you lose your night vision. That's bad. I'm pretty attentive to the light on my bridge and it's hard to keep light down these days because everything is backlit. Computer screens for everything from nav charts to comms gear is lit. Keeping your night vision on a bridge watch these days can be a challenge.
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    Great pun. Light is exactly what two of those things are. The cylinders on either side are to hold a lantern so the compass can be lighted at night. Seems the shape of the glass is different. It's a whold different binnacle (brass thing that holds the compass) You can see in the older image that the binnacle looks a little beat up. It's likely they simply changed it for a similar one that isn't as dented as the original. These things were often lost at sea. The older beat up one may not be the original either. She may have gone through several compasses in her career. While not quite "expendable" they were something that could and did often break or get washed away and would have been replaced by whatever the local ship chandler had on his shelf in the next port she visited just as line, sails and even her boats would have been replaced had they been lost or damaged beyond repair. In the case of sails or boats, there would have been a sailmaker and carpenter on board to provide these items. A compass is a precision instrument and would have been procured from the chandler. Hope this sheds some light on your problems.
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    If that's what the plans show, I'd follow that unless you have research indicating otherwise. I know Cutty Sark had hers arranged that way. Initially stuns'l booms as they are called were all above the yard. This is cumbersome when it comes time to furl sails. They need to be triced up out of the way so the sail can be furled then lashed back in position. By suspending them below the lower yard, they are out of the way. Not sure how many other ships used this method but I know CS did. Several others did as well and your lovely lady may very well be one of them.

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