As in take it with a grain of?I just wonder whats with all the salt lately?
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As in take it with a grain of?I just wonder whats with all the salt lately?
and you come across this on some decks were a thick run of planks ran down the middle.
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To give support for the mast probably. Man... look how thick those things are!!! Notice how the one on the left appears to be slightly wider than the one on the right. I am sure Ancre would never draw them this way.
I think that the time spent by builders on their projects should be in pursuit of their own enjoyment of the moment/task. If they choose to get tied up in scale details, whether visible or not from the actual to the build, it is their choice whether logical or not in what they present as their own offering. In that light they would not be wasting their time but investing it by doing what they desire and choose. Just a thought. PT-2You could hardly see the bungs on the Victory Museum virtual tour on YouTube. Would that mean we’d be wasting our time with tree nails since you wouldn’t see them with the scales we’re using?
Dave my question is how do you know that 250 to 300 years ago that the decks of English ships were not white? No you don't see white decks today but how do you know and what reference are you using that says it wasn't so. I know you love doing endless research so should be easy for you.my brother and i had a tree service business so i handled tons and tons of wood and lumber
i will say wood exposed to the weather will turn gray in color as you are seeing in the photos. No matter how much you rub a stone on it or wash it it stays gray. The weathered gray will sand off because it is on the surface but it takes a lot of sanding to remove it. So if you remove the gray you will get to the natural color of the wood and not turn it another color like white. Some woods like cherry do not turn gray it just gets darker.
southern Yellow pine which most North American decks were built from turns a tan with a slight gray tint so tanish gray you could say.
what is never mentioned is on "real" ships if any type of finish like an oil or varnish was applied to the decks or if they were left unfinished.
there are modeling styles that are accepted as correct even though they do not mimic actual ships construction. Like over scale planking or out of scale fasteners.
there are 2 types of scale actual scale where something is done by the numbers and is a "scale reproduction" of the actual item and there is relative scale and that is what we are seeing done on models. how it looks to the eye compared to the overall appearance of the model.
you need a keen eye to see a difference between .062 and .080 but if something should be .062 and you make it .130 well you eye may perceive it as out of scale it looks to big. to heavy or chunky