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- Birthday November 15
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Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
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Spin and fly fishing;
Violin and fiddle (you need to understand the difference to get this);
Wood carving;
Reading historical/fiction;
Use to do a lot of sailing and hunting when I was much younger.
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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dvm27 reacted to a post in a topic: St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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druxey reacted to a post in a topic: St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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I was told to laminate tight bends with multiple thin strips. Make the pieces wider because they will wander. Steam and bend them as an assembly without glue. Allow for spring back. When dry, glue them together and clamp. When cured, sand the edges to proper width then assemble on the model.
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tlevine reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
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tlevine reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
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Glen McGuire reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Perseus by Thukydides - 1:64 - POB - Sphinx Class 6th Rate
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Perseus by Thukydides - 1:64 - POB - Sphinx Class 6th Rate
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I offer the two images below showing the end face of the steps were square to the bracket and not to the centerline of the carriage assembly. On the Victory photo, the end face of the step would not be seen if it was square to the centerline, so it must be square to the bracket face. the carriage construction photo... square to the bracket face. I suspect the carriage drawings were simply easier to complete square to the centerline with a tee square... but easier to cut square to the bracket face. They would have enough of a necessary challenge cutting the cannon pivot trunnion and the axle pockets square to the centerline so why make things more difficult then they need be. ?????
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I am reading in Those Vulgar Tubes ( by Joe J. Simmons III) that when two or three levels were involved the seats were offset and by the late 1700's they had a flushing mechanism utilizing a water tub located on top of the quarter gallery. They do not describe or show how the soil tubes were run or located. Goodwin's Sailing Man of War, pg 199 has a photograph of the Foudroyant port quarter under gallery restoration and you can see the "flushing pipe" and "cistern" but doesn't seem to discuss it at all in the text on pgs 199-203.
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Excellant work! I believe the officers seats of ease had a discharge tube connection running down to the pointy ornate bit on the underside of the quarter gallery Dumping directly into the water. I remember reading about gawkers getting too close to the Bellerophon When Napoleon was held onboard and getting a surprise.
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: HMCS Bonaventure by NavyShooter - 1/96 scale - an RCN fitting out
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: HMCS Bonaventure by NavyShooter - 1/96 scale - an RCN fitting out
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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AON reacted to a post in a topic: St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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I would prefer to learn from someone else's mistakes except I just don't seem to remember them as well as those I make myself. Since I told one person (and the cat is out of the bag), I have gotten past my damaged pride and so can tell everyone. I got to a point where I could actually put a gun on the gun beam and see it poke through the gun port. The problem was it didn't. The deck was too high. (note the past tense) I double checked my scale on the 3D gun models and compared to the 3D printed guns. Perfect. I double checked the dimensions of the model to the reference material dimensions. Perfect. I checked the height of the deck.... and there it was. I had measured from the underside of the keel to the top of the deck beam, not the underside. This made my clamp location too high, hence the deck being too high. I tore out the gun deck, and since lowering the gun deck makes the gap to the orlop deck too small... I tore it out also. Sanded everything yesterday and recalculated and proved the new deck height today. Orlop and gun deck clamps going back in today, then I get a "do over". Up side: I guess I am not a novice in this area of the build anymore so my results should be more pleasing to the eye. Now I am away until after my "new" anchor cable riding bitts are installed.
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Swan class 3D model in progress
AON replied to dvm27's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Excellent! BZ- 139 replies
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