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ISSUE 25 for December 2024 is now available
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This was the first meeting of the new season, again conducted virtually via ZOOM. It was quite the success with 21 people in attendance from North America and beyond, and five great presentations.... David talked us through a 39 image slide presentation of his completed scratch build 28 foot American Cutter he had started last season (presented in April). The actual boat it replicates was recovered by the Austrians from the Italians after the battle and is presently located in a museum in Venice. David had a copy of the original drawings and photographs to work from to complete this scratch build. The material is Costello boxwood except for the tholes which are pear. A PDF of the complete package of his images is available here:
Alan presented his Made Main Mast (circa 1786) for a 74 gun British man of war, with Top platform and Cap. He began with research to understand the various smaller pieces assembled into a large diameter mast, created a 2D drawing and then a 3D model to better vizualize it then started cutting, turning, gluing and shaping. The material is Costello boxwood except for the TOP platform is 3 layers of 1/32" yellow cedar glued cross grain into a ply assembly for strength and to reduce any tendency to warp. The metal hoops are card stock or bond paper blackened with a permanent marker, and the rail stanchions are bamboo. The faux bolts are black monofilament fishing line. The leather coat on the cap is natural brown packing paper. A PDF of the complete package of his images is available here:
Joe, joining us from Rochester NY, present his refit of the schooner Laura Goulart that he completed for a neighbour. The model needed cleaning and complete re-rigging. The hull was cleaned and refinished and the sails washed and mounted. The restoration took Joe about 70 hours. A PDF of the complete package of his images is available here:
Robin, joining us from the UK, presented his kit build of Leonardo da Vinci's arial screw, an air ship (helicopter) design of 1480. As he could not attend due to a family commitment this was presented by Ron reading Robin's prepared script. It is a laser cut kit which was quite a fun build and prooved to be something fresh and new for the club to see. it consisted of the base, central column, lower upright arms, lugs for the tensioning ropes and a capstan assembly to manually drive the helical screw. The helical screw wing is a precut parchment/canvas material attached to the spars with clear nail varnish. A PDF of the complete package of his images is available here:
David of Toronto gave an exquisite presentation of his scratch build of the Toronto steam ferry Trillium. You can visit his web page to learn more about this amazing build. At the bottom of his page are two short videos of the working engine and paddle wheel! The site address can be copied and pasted into your search engine: dnelson.ca/Trillium.htm
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