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Restoration & Upgrading of the HMS BOREAS (1774) - scale 1:48

Uwek said:
Hallo Olha,
the fish davit is looking very good - also the cleats for the deck.
But I am not sure, if the HMS Boreas, which was the last of the Mermaid-class launched 1774 had still such long fish-davit and not already the shorter ones.
When I remember correctly they changed this in the 1740s - so maybe you have other sources.....
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Yes - this one is Shorter one!
I filmed a video about working in AutoCAD and that one was Long))))
 
Buenas tardes, muy hermoso tu trabajo me podrias indicar donde puedo comprar los planos del HMS Boreas por favor, yo soy de Chile, muchas gracias
 
Albert Mary said:
I Ohla. Amazing job as usual! Just a thing. I'm a bit puzzled with this breech rope arrangement on Armstrong pattern guns, but I'm pretty sure you did your own researches. Regards!
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Just catching up on this build.... I am also puzzled by the running out and train tackle, I realize there were many exceptions throughout the British Navy, but historian and author Adrian Caruana was very specific that no guns under 32 pounders used a double and single block for these riggings in the 18th century -- The History of English Sea Ordnance, volume II, page 386. He uses a large variety of sources including contemporary Proportions of Stores lists which give the numbers and sizes of gun tackles for various size ships.
Allan
 
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