Hello Pebbleworm, I do thank you very much for your great idea, ENJOY.Just a thought, but that hinge looks a little like an e-clip. There are tiny ones available:
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Hello Jim, Yes I do believe that would work, sounds good. ENJOY.Hello Lawrence. I believe you have a milling machine, and if this is the case you may want to try the way I would do, I made a hand scetch (sorry, I am not a draftsman). In my opinion, it shouldn't be too difficult. The difficult part to find a suitable brass piece and end mills.
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hope you understand what I mean. If you have any questions, do let me know. Good luck!
Thank you UWE, you are very helpful. I have not been on the German form for some time, I used to follow Daniel when I was building my HMS Victory, he has a ton of great ideas, ENJOY.I was looking at one of my favorite model building log of his building of his Creole
I produced the hinges with cut and file out of a copper plate
RE: Französische Korvette "La Créole " 1827 - 7
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Hello Uwe, This sounds very interesting and it sure would make things very handy. Would you have any idea as to the cost of a single Photo Etched sheet, just curious. I do have to be a bit careful as I am retired and living on a pension, ENJOY.Yes - this is a typical element for photo etching - if there is nothing already available from the market,
it would be a good subject for a a small number production of a modeler producing photo etched parts on demand.
Maybe in scale 1:36 and 1:48 one plate with a bigger number of normal hinges for gunports, plus hinges for oar-ports, small hinges for the ventilation ports and in addition one or two pair of horse-shoes for the keel - great would be also the running arabic numbers for the water-level markings at the stem