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I am about to complete this model. I am working on the 
s now. There are three (3) more I have to complete. A lot of details here. Not the best, but it will have to do for now.
s now. There are three (3) more I have to complete. A lot of details here. Not the best, but it will have to do for now.
Good work on the anchors
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Just curious, is there any literature on anchor history? I mean how the anchor design came to be, and how they were made! How did they figure on how many anchors needed for a ship? How did they figure how heavy or large they needed to be for a particular vessel? What, why and how was the wooden cross beam made and for what purpose?
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Questions about anchors could just DRAG out for a long time, or could just be a short hold tight subject.
here are the answers to your questions:
en.wikipedia.org
www.newworldencyclopedia.org
www.britannica.com
en.wikipedia.org
Anchor - Wikipedia
Anchor - New World Encyclopedia
www.newworldencyclopedia.org
Anchor | Mooring, Dropping & Retrieving
Anchor, device, usually of metal, attached to a ship or boat by a cable or chain and lowered to the seabed to hold the vessel in a particular place by means of a fluke or pointed projection that digs into the sea bottom. Ancient anchors consisted of large stones, basketfuls of stones, sacks filled
www.britannica.com
Sea anchor - Wikipedia
https://delmarsystems.com/web-stories/historical-timeline-of-anchor-developments/ something to watch....here are the answers to your questions:
Anchor - Wikipedia
Anchor - New World Encyclopedia
Anchor | Mooring, Dropping & Retrieving
Anchor, device, usually of metal, attached to a ship or boat by a cable or chain and lowered to the seabed to hold the vessel in a particular place by means of a fluke or pointed projection that digs into the sea bottom. Ancient anchors consisted of large stones, basketfuls of stones, sacks filled
Sea anchor - Wikipedia
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Thank youhere are the answers to your questions:
Anchor - Wikipedia
Anchor - New World Encyclopedia
Anchor | Mooring, Dropping & Retrieving
Anchor, device, usually of metal, attached to a ship or boat by a cable or chain and lowered to the seabed to hold the vessel in a particular place by means of a fluke or pointed projection that digs into the sea bottom. Ancient anchors consisted of large stones, basketfuls of stones, sacks filled
Sea anchor - Wikipedia
The Belle Poule (even though) is a great kit. I think some of it is over-thought. For instance, I will talk a bit about the s. The Brass Straps are "Formed" with an angle since the anchors are not a straight part. Then the Brass Straps also have PRE-preforated scores or scribes on them of WHERE the straps are to be bent.
In other words, the kit should have just provided several plain straight strips that you can form on your own.
So, Why? Well, there is NO way to be able to sand off the CHAR and to form the anchors in such a fashion that the brass strips will WRAP like they should.
On thes - the instructions have you filing or sanding a TAPER on each side - therefore, it is practically impossible to take a brass strip that has already been ESTABLISHED to fit. They should have just given (like I said) straight brass strips to mold and shape like you want.
And this is not all, the kit has many things that are so pre-formed and pre-shaped that if you over or under sand or file, then its not going to work. The parts must fit exact. these are frustrations that I have encountered. Now, like I said, this kit is good and I would not want to discourage anyone as it is a very good learning mechanism for higher and more advanced kits or scratch building. I do not believe this kit is for those starting out.
s. The Brass Straps are "Formed" with an angle since the anchors are not a straight part. Then the Brass Straps also have PRE-preforated scores or scribes on them of WHERE the straps are to be bent. In other words, the kit should have just provided several plain straight strips that you can form on your own.
So, Why? Well, there is NO way to be able to sand off the CHAR and to form the anchors in such a fashion that the brass strips will WRAP like they should.
On the
s - the instructions have you filing or sanding a TAPER on each side - therefore, it is practically impossible to take a brass strip that has already been ESTABLISHED to fit. They should have just given (like I said) straight brass strips to mold and shape like you want.And this is not all, the kit has many things that are so pre-formed and pre-shaped that if you over or under sand or file, then its not going to work. The parts must fit exact. these are frustrations that I have encountered. Now, like I said, this kit is good and I would not want to discourage anyone as it is a very good learning mechanism for higher and more advanced kits or scratch building. I do not believe this kit is for those starting out.
I am using Wolfram Zu Mondfeld book "Historic Ship Models" as the method to rig the anchor end.
Very nice! Is the anchor painted or blackened?
It is Blackened. Took about 3 coats of the Casey's Blackening to get it right. I have a grinder with a wire brush to get contaminants off with so Caseys will adhere to it better.
Great idea - wire brush away oxidation before blackening.
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Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Still hard for me to fathom how they got the big anchors up and tide to rails when you had all the rigging at the channels so close.
November 22, 2023 10:20 PM
I can't believe that I am now wrapping up this Belle Poule. Not too much to say other than I am glad it is finished -- LOL.
Here are the rest of thes in place. I don't have much comment about why the others are just lashed or strapped to the sides - but what do I know.
On image #4, no, the cannons will not blow the anchor rings off - they are all clear - just angle of camera.
I can't believe that I am now wrapping up this Belle Poule. Not too much to say other than I am glad it is finished -- LOL.
Here are the rest of the
s in place. I don't have much comment about why the others are just lashed or strapped to the sides - but what do I know.On image #4, no, the cannons will not blow the anchor rings off - they are all clear - just angle of camera.
Now to take final pictures - coming soon !!!
Great job, looking forward to pictures!