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Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 12-18-2012, 08:21 AM
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Posted By inverin1969
Re: Tricing lines and trip lines for rudders

Thanks, your picture was helpful!
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 12-16-2012, 08:06 PM
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Views: 290
Posted By inverin1969
Tricing lines and trip lines for rudders

I'd like to have my Pitcairn Island longboat model to be displayed in rowing mode, not sailing mode. When rigged for rowing, steering would be accomplished by a steering oar, and the rudder would be...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 11-05-2012, 05:20 PM
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Posted By inverin1969
Gaff rigging diagram

Members,

I'm modeling a 1930's era Pitcairn Island longboat, and need some help with the rigging of the mast and sail. A couple of images of the type of boat I'm modeling should be attached, if I...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 05-16-2008, 08:35 AM
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Views: 959
Posted By inverin1969
Re: Ferriby boat

Thanks for the links, I'll check them out!
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 05-15-2008, 11:59 AM
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Views: 959
Posted By inverin1969
Ferriby boat

Fellow modelers,

I'm considering a scratch-built, 1/24 scale model of the Ferriby boat from the English Bronze age. My interest was prompted by the Ships-in-Scale article about this boat from...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 10-28-2006, 10:54 AM
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Posted By inverin1969
Re: insights from old boats

My paternal grandparents were from Inverin and Spiddal, which is one of the reasons why I use that name. Cold, wet, rocky country, but with a beautiful view of Galway Bay and the Aran Islands.

JMN
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 10-20-2006, 10:33 AM
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Posted By inverin1969
insights from old boats

List members,

I recently received from a fellow ship modeling list member a series of (somewhat sad) digital images of a deteriorating lifeboat. I realized, while looking at the photos, that many...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 10-13-2006, 09:27 AM
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Views: 721
Posted By inverin1969
Re: interior of wooden pulling lifeboat

Richard,

I have joined that group, and have posted my request for images there as well. Thanks for the tip. I used some of their links a few years ago to get information about Royal Navy uniforms...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 10-12-2006, 08:22 AM
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Views: 721
Posted By inverin1969
interior of wooden pulling lifeboat

List members,

I am beginning construction of a 1/24 scale 36' pulling lifeboat, and have a question for the group. Would any of you have information about, or pictures of, the interiors of British...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 08-20-2006, 09:21 AM
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Views: 1,318
Posted By inverin1969
Re: completed Irish curragh model

I used a thin, split pigskin, designed for the lining of a leather jacket or coat. The thickness scaled nicely, and the dark brown, finely grained surface gave the right impression of a heavily...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 08-18-2006, 09:07 AM
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Views: 1,318
Posted By inverin1969
Re: completed Irish curragh model

Winston,

When I inherited my father's shipmodeling tools after his death in 2002, I decided to take up the hobby myself, with my focus or niche being small, open boats of historical significance,...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 08-17-2006, 10:22 AM
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Views: 1,318
Posted By inverin1969
completed Irish curragh model

Shipmodeling friends,

I have just uploaded new images of my recently completed 1/24 scale, scratch-built model of a 5th-century ocean-going Irish curragh, with Brendan The Navigator at the helm. ...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 03-15-2006, 08:42 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 680
Posted By inverin1969
Re: duckworks

Thank you very much. "Duckboards" may even have been the term I originally read, but then simply remembered incorrectly as "duckworks". Your response is much appreciated.

JM Norton
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 03-14-2006, 07:38 AM
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Views: 680
Posted By inverin1969
Re: duckworks

Please don't spend any more time on this thread. I can't remember where I heard or read the term "duckworks", and from what I have learned from reading and talking with folks here on the coast of...
Forum: Scuttlebutt - Members', post your messages here... 03-02-2006, 09:41 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 680
Posted By inverin1969
duckworks

Could anyone provide me with a good description or definition of the term "duckworks"? As far as I can tell, the term refers to a flat platform of planks or wooden strips that provides a relatively...
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