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Artesania Latina Cutty Sark

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Hi all well I'm on to the gunwale covers (why they are called that I dont know, they cover nothing have nothing to do with guns and what wale's are I've no idea) anyway I've made a jig to get all the holes in the same place.

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Drilled all 52 holes

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Gunwales installed

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Bit annoyed with the instructions (and myself for not checking) they tell you to drill 52 holes @ 1.5 mm but the brass wire they supply is only 1 mm
 
Looking good, Ken.
The gunwales are the last lengths of hull planking above deck and were fitted to strengthen the hull against the recoil of the main deck cannon fire.

It's supposed to be a bastardization of 'Gun Wall'. In it's short form they're also called gunnels.

Your Servant.
Horatio (Kiss me Hardy) Nelson (Dec.)
 
spanner570 said:
Looking good, Ken.
The gunwales are the last lengths of hull planking above deck and were fitted to strengthen the hull against the recoil of the main deck cannon fire.

It's supposed to be a bastardization of 'Gun Wall'. In it's short form they're also called gunnels.

Your Servant.
Horatio (Kiss me Hardy) Nelson (Dec.)
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So why do unarmed vessels have them Ron?
I'll politely decline the kiss, thank you.
Pete
 
Dunno.... :upside:
I was just trying to possibly promote a definitive answer from the members in order to help Ken.....
 
Hi Guys

Just since I happen to know this useless info. The planks forming the wall around the deck of a wooden ship form the BULWARK. On top of this a plank was usually attached to strengthen this wall and to provide stiffening against the flexing of the bulwark due to firing the guns. The shipbuilding term Wale refers to a plank of wood bent around the hull of a wooden ship. Typically the term is used to refer to the somewhat thicker planks that you see usually just above the waterline that strengthen the hull and provide some protection when docking the ship. I guess used in the term gunwale it simply refers to a plank of wood bent around the form of the hull to strengthen it.

Ship nerds of the world unite
John
 
Ken

Apologies very behind on this.

You really have done an amazing job on this. Very well done indeed!!

ATB

Andrew
 
Hi Ken. She looks stunning! Great work this will be a real stunner when finished.
Cheers
Paul
 
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Ok so I'm back on this, first thing to sort is something that's been bugging me since I noticed it in the photos (didn't notice it on the actual thing for some reason) the cowls the anchor chains go into (sorry dont know what they're called) are not the same distances from the hold frame.

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So sorted that (disguising the old hole was a pain but I dont think it notices now)

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Personally I think this is a great kit (I know some people say otherwise) I dont know anything about the other kit as I've not built them but I'm not too worried about accuracy so i not too bothered about whether it's the right hull lines or too wide, whatever.



They give you ample material to build her (up till now since my brother stripped the planking off and I stripped all the decking off) they give you nearly enough to build her twice, i only had to buy 10 strips of decking to finish that off and have not had to buy any of the side planking and still have loads left over the quality of the materials is top notch my only slight complaint is the instructions are quite confusing (that said they give you a full size high quality photo of the finished model so you can measure and check off that)
 
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