The size of that horseshoe made me do a double take. You get so used to things being tiny that when you're presented with the real item it kind of jars you. I looked up the Janus on Wikipedia. They have a really nice Hi def drawing of her.
HMS Thorn. Scratch build Swan class following the books written by David Antscherl and Greg Herbert
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I have the plans and book written by Harold Hahn. I also have lots of plans yet to be purchased from the NMM in UK in preparation for when i start building the model of the Ulysses. She was the vessel which brought my ancestor to trinidad in 1797. He was a mercenary in the employ of the English navy. This is my next project. I will be building this one as Hahn did. This will be quite a big model as i am also building it to 1/4” scale, 40” long before bowsprit . The biggest problem will be finding a space to keep her. Any way that a few years away.
I'd kill for drawings like that of the Discovery1789. Sorry for the hijack Kevin.
These are the reference i could find which depending on which Discovery she was there might be plans at NMM
It's 1789 and I'm sure I've got everything and it's not much. This is one of those "should not be built" ships 
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I exactly feel the same about making plans of the Dutch 2decker.
I have difficulty understanding if the horseshoe and bow clamps are paired on either side of same site. Would need short or offset nails or bolts all the way through. Can anyone enlighten me?
According to Peter Goodwin, Each fish plate was fastened with copper clinch bolts, passing from one plate to the other. The number of bolts depends on the plate, generally between six and ten bolts were used. In some cases, an additional plate was used at the forefoot similar to that employed aft and was set inside the horseshoe plate. See the image below.
There were no words about horseshoe fastening, but I assume it was set in the same manner.
Thanks. Appreciate your effort for our benefit
Another great informative vid Kevin. Thanks
Great video Kevin thank you for sharing.
Always a pleasure to see your vids. A lot of useful information.
Another wonderful video.
may I suggest in addition :
clamp the draw plate overhanging the table.
grip with a piece of folded sand paper instead of the tongs- pull vertically down with more control and less breakages
find some bamboo tooth picks
I find that over time, 6 months plus, the very thin treenails seem to dry out and become brittle.
