Here's both of Henry's 74's plus Bellona together in 1/500 or double-Ares scale. Top to bottom Bellona-Ganges-Orion, it's surprising that Canada has so
Diamondback Today, 20:54Side note: According to Winfield, the American supersize 74's were unable to open their LD ports in heavy seas. Sounds like a mechanic where they get
Diamondback Today, 19:16How perceptive of you my dear friend. These ship names were done by me a couple of hours ago. Mind reading or what? Bye the way no way was I upset by
Bligh Today, 15:13;Turns out this week is not a good week for me anyway
Early warning for next month...
Resin prints have less issues with overhangs, as long as the lowest point is supported, and the print is minimally stable, but you need to minimise large
Lieste Today, 12:01Do you think this is necessary for resin printers as well? If I am correct these photos are FDM prints. Have not yet received my printer but I am going
DeRuyter Today, 10:34At this scale the 6" length difference on LD is so insignificant as to be a Rounding Error. I'd need to take a closer look at the drawings again,
Diamondback Today, 10:32(But if memory serves, not over wales, the planking is 'just' the normal thickness, so extreme breadth is about 8" more than the 'over planking value').
Lieste Today, 10:24Nightmoss might be interested in this. Yesterday was a windy day so I spent the day cutting mast sets. 7 third rate sets and 5 first rate sets. All of
Volunteer Today, 10:02Quatre frères*(1796) was an interesting shooner. 12 gun under Tripoly flag and 16 gun under US flag as 'Scourge'.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quat...es_(1796_ship)
No I have two and they are going to be USS Enterprise, and Vixen Vol.
if they go well my second wave will be USS Nautilus and Meshuda plus the extra
Henry, if it helps to know Greenwich draughts usually show the decks as dashed lines. Beam is usually over the hull planks, not including catheads.
Diamondback Today, 09:09Here are mine at 1000th scale. As you can see there is hardly a smidgeon between them.
Rob.
Thanks for all the explanations, Henry. Yes, my initial thought was that maybe I had gotten a 1/1200 Canada, but your diagrams match my physical reality.
My schooner build starts here.
Fitting Bowsprit and masts.
Glad to hear everything arrived!
That goo is uncured resin that has failed to be cleaned off. To clarify, after printing every model got
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Also, the French inch and the Spanish inch are not the same, and even Spanish ships from different times do not use the same measure--some are built by
Diamondback Today, 21:03