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I just posted on the wrong forum... and deleted it. will try again. There is no way of know exactly how she looked as built. I've looked at sketches and paintings, even as a prison hulk, and the detail is not there. (edit: I should mention that sometimes the details disagree) If you should find something please send me a copy or link to it. The Elephant and Goliath were built in the same time frame as the Bellerophon. I intend to build her with the railings as without them it seems incomplete and less graceful.
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Good morning Peter following are both the Elephant and the Goliath that were built at the same time as the Bellerophon. One has the railing over the gunports, albeit different from you post. The other is open. Both are somewhat different from your posts. These are from the NMM.
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Mike I understand and agree completely. I have two logs here of cherry wood that I have been eyeballing and keeping out of the fire heap for 2 years. If you can do it so can I! thanks. Alan
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We all see "the light" after the fact. (pun intended) Possible marrying slots may have reduced the weight by eliminating the blocks. Thinner would definitely lightened it. Is it too late to regroup? I can see you have got some expense invested in it already.
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Some bad news yesterday at my eye checkup. Apparently my eye problem is "re-occurring"... yes it is back. I will possibly need regular injects forever. On average the time frame is 5 years. Some "seal up" permanently quicker than average. Only time will tell. Next injection is on the 20th of this month.
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I installed all the chocks, checked my gunport height markings and then cut the gunports out as one side was exposed and I could get a saw blade in there. I did make a wooden gunport opening template that the outline was traced from. I will have to rethink the way this is done as the assembly is not the strong and wobbles as the saw teeth grab in. I can see some advantages to building upside down with the head of the timbers glued to the building board. I buggered my next frame that would be installed and will have to remake it to move forward.
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Adjustable height table.
AON replied to Ulises Victoria's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Lift tables are fantastic for modeling. Lee Valley Tools has just offered a kit. I had built my own having solicited ideas on this forum I opted for wheels to make it mobile so I could walk around it and a section of the top that the model is being built on tilting up to 60° forward and backwards so I could more easily access the underbelly of the frames and the inside. Links below in my signature line to my table and my very early stage build. If you go to the near the end of my posts in each you will see the end result as built and being used. -
I've been away for a few months busy with work around the house, spring yard work, dethatching the lawn (what a delightful time that was). My needles are done and my eyesight seems normal, no need for a magnifying glass to read print anymore. I had been down to the playroom during my absence from the forum but that was for unrelated items except for my reclaiming the rolling base of a broken office chair to make a mobile side table for modelling that you'll see in a photo below. I am back to fitting chocks between frames and those located on the underbelly are easier inserted from above and inside. To do this comfortably I lowered my modelling lift table and tilted the table top. This work wonderfully. I am so delighted I built my modelling table with these options. I have two frames on the go in assembly and they both get thicker in their sided dimension at the gunport. I've decided to build these as normal and add the thickness to the area needed after... but before glued to the deadwood. Hope to post this in the next week or two.
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I was taught 3rd angle projection, views unfold like the sides of a box. When I get views made opposite to what my brain thinks makes sense it takes a moment to recognizre it and then a bit longer to plug into thinking backwards... like driving on the wrong side of the road even though the steering wheel is right there in front of me as a constant reminder.
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De Zeven Provinciën 1665 by Dražen - Scale 1:45
AON replied to Drazen's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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welcome to the group!
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Thank you Kevin. Some very useful tips in every one one of your videos.
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Yikes. I had that happen to me and the timing was disastereous. Hope your timing does not fair badly.
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Funnily enough as I approach retirement I find I reminise the simpler times when I started my career at a drafting table and tee square with my pencils, sanding pad, eraser, compass, triangular scales and french curves. It was a less stressful time and took real talent to create the perfect engineering drawing. With CAD anyone can draw a straight line. It annoys me to no end that they insist on making them 20 short straight lines instead of one single long continuous line. Kids these days....
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get started??? what are you waiting for?
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Saturday 28 JAN 2017 It has been I while since I posted any progress... it goes rather slowly. I've been putting more hours into a paper for work than into my model... plus I am getting injections in my left eye to correct a condition with my vision. It has affected modelling and my day job. I spend hours reading engineering drawings and documents. I have branch retinal vein occlussion caused by macular edema. I have a fluid build up (bump) at the back of my eye very near the focal point that causes lines and print to pull together. I occasionally still see a fine black dot due to my last (first) injection. Two more to go and hopefully the fluid pocket is gone and things reshape back to near normal or better yet.. normal. Modelling isn't a race but it does keep calling me downstairs.
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