Sailor1234567890
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Anchor cables are chain? Must be an upgrade that nobody knew about. I can't imagine her rudder was even looked at before designing this kit. Her sternchasers are as crooked as the price they are asking for this model. Everything about it is off.
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Ed, "Abaft" is actually nautical speak for "behind" more so than "closer to the stern". As in, the mizzen mast is abaft the mainmast. Be default this will put the mizzen closer to the stern but I don't think that is the intent of the word. Petty nuances I know. A ship is not abaft another ship however, it is (as we all know) astern of her. The admiralty and indeed any sailor of the day (today as well) would refer to this roundup as "Camber". I have not read Steel however it sounds like he is using incorrect terminology and his incorrect terminology is throwing everyone off. Unless I am missunderstanding the use of the term "round up". Round up would mean to anyone in Nelson's navy or today's sailors to come up into the wind. A vessel will round up into the wind before dropping her anchor. I'm a bit of a stickler for terminology as it's so important to us at sea to use the correct terminology for everything. It avoids mistakes and ensures we're all refering to the same thing. Makes things challenging when "floors" are not something you walk on and "ladders" look like staircases. I have seen this a few times and hope this clears things up a bit for many. Love your build as well as this one. Truly you are both masters of your craft, Cheers, Daniel -
Great work. What's next in the build list?
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Awesome.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
Sailor1234567890 replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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Any updates? Bettina, do you have a log as well? Trying to find as many LN logs so I can see what I'm getting into and hopefully learn from them all.
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I have no experience in wooden ship modeling however have a pretty good understanding of ship construction and some experience boatbuilding full sized. I think I'm going to lean a bit toward the Lady Nelson for now. Bash her into Witch of Endor.Not that she'd take much to change her since little is known of Hornblower's escape craft aside from 10 guns, some oar ports and a ring bolt for Lt Bush to hold the base of his wooden leg while at the tiller.
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Any progress? I think I've settled on this kit as well for my first foray into wooden ships. I want to bash her into Hornblower's Witch of Endor. Shouldn't be too hard since there really is very little detail about her in the book other than the fact that she's a 10 gun cutter.
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34ft Danish Cutter by adamdt
Sailor1234567890 replied to adamdt's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
Adam!!!! Noooo.. Sell? Really? I haven't sailed her yet. And I found her for you, whatever Pauline may say. When will you sell? Any chance of sailing her when I'm there feb-may this year? Daniel -
Cutty Sark by NenadM
Sailor1234567890 replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Are the lengths of your planks close to scale? they seem close but maybe a bit shorter? -
Awesome. She's looking just stupendous.
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Maybe Scottish Maid is not the best kit for a first build then……
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"Marking where the planking strips will go" is properly called "lining off". It's an art form to a certain extent. Takes a keen eye to get it right. Clinker or lapstrake is even more difficult to get right than carvel because the planks are so much more prominent. Great to practice on the inside layer. You'll have some experience with doing it and an idea of how the planks will react to the bends asked of them as you line off the second layer. Looking good. Thinking long and hard about this kit as a first wood build. You say the instructions are vague though…….
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Looks good to me.
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Is she double planked or single?
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Beautiful work.
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I see. i like that.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
Sailor1234567890 replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Still intrigued with the short planks. Should turn out fine though.- 4,152 replies
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I think HMY Britannia was one of the prettiest single stickers ever. The king was an avid racer. She truly was a masterpiece yacht. Of all that type of boat, she's the one I'd want to build.
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Beautiful job there. Looking great.
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Well professional or not, your work is awe inspiring. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
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Any wide views of the model lately?
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The planking looks great so far.
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Guess we'll have to wait a bit more then. No chance of examining any boom structures while you're away this time is there? Or would they even be applicable to your build?
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