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  1. Sailor1234567890
    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 While not quite "expendable" they were something that could and did often break or get washed away and would have been replaced by whatever the local ship chandler had on his shelf in the next port she visited just as line, sails and even her boats would have been replaced had they been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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    I was recently looking at pics of her back in the day. The picture Captain Woodget took of her under sail at sea seems to clearly show her capstan all black. There's another picture of her taken IIRC at Sidney unloading what I would guess would have been wool. Not sure but it also clearly showed her capstan as all black. Also showed her boats with black topsides. There was a neat curly fancy end piece on top of the after end of the forward deckhouse. The stevedores are clearly taking a break, sitting on the rail. I love both these pictures of her. My favourite pic of her is the one in my avatar though. Not sure you can make out the capstan in that one though. Maybe if you could find a decently detailed (large) copy of that picture you would see it. Good luck, that's part of the fun. I love the research involved in these projects.
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    She's a beautiful vessel. Well done.
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    Glad to see there will be progress on the POB while we wait for this one to resume. Rigging eh? Sounds awesome.
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    Can't wait to see the next instalment of this project.
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    I still have a spare 1:96 Revell Cutty Sark for your future builds.
  9. Sailor1234567890
    You know the rules, no pics, it didn't happen.
  10. Sailor1234567890
    Speechless.
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    Ed, how about you treat us to a nice overall shot of her? She's beautiful and I'd like to see her in her entirety. I'm sure others would as well. Keep at her, maybe a launch in late 2015 early 2016? Cheers, Daniel
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    I don't know that she was launched with those numbers. 1869. My understanding is that the plimsol mark and the draught marks were not invented until the mid 1870s or so. If someone knows better please correct me but I doubt she was launched with draught marks. Are you building her as launched or later in her career?
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    I know in Cutty Sark's building contract they talk of planing her hull smooth. Nothing about sanding or fairing as we would think of fairing a hull with torture boards etc today. A ship of the size we're talking about with small tool marks from a plane..... you'd never notice it I don't think. Your work here is incredible. I'm in awe.
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    Incredible the work and patience that goes into these ships. Beautiful work.
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    I think the Cutty Sark Museum sells them. I have a copy from there I think. (My brother got them for me). There are a few sheets. The Millar drawing of her is nicemand goes well with the Campbell plans.
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    Looking good.
  17. Sailor1234567890
    Looking good. Keep at it. You must satiate the masses cravings here.
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    Good progress. Fine detail work like that requires more patience than I can muster.
  19. Sailor1234567890
    Looking good Nenad.
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    Longridge's book will be a huge help. Keep an eye though, he recorded the ship as she was in the early 20th century, not as she was built.
  21. Sailor1234567890
    Nenad, Could you post a pic of her majesty in all her glory so far?
  22. Sailor1234567890
    500 pics and you only saw fit to post 2? I think a thread for some of these pics is in order.
  23. Sailor1234567890
    How about a wide shot of her overall as she is now? She's looking good in this little bits of her we can see though. Kudos.
  24. Sailor1234567890
    Now that is a beautiful ship.
  25. Sailor1234567890
    Sweet. She looks great.

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