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 Registered Member #5646 Joined: Thu Jan 24 2019, 06:15pmPosts: 3 | Hi, just joined after lurking for a bit. Have built some plastic models previously including a couple of the Cutty Sark and a solid hull model from Artesania Latina. After doing some research and checking out build logs etc. I think I will jump in and do a POF Bluenose or possibly the brig Eagle. Any particular reason I should choose one over the other. I did notice the Gene Bodner build practicum indicates to download the Brava Reader to get the plans in the correct scale for the Eagle, but apparently the Brava Reader is no longer free. Is there another method to get the plans in the correct scale? Anyway, looking forward to the build ( which ever way I go ) and I am sure I will be asking for lots of advice along the way. | ||
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| Tim C |
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  Registered Member #4126 Joined: Fri Feb 15 2013, 05:19amPosts: 1102 | Welcome to the site. Later Tim | ||
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| aew |
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aew  Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2699 | Welcome to Model Ship Builder Paul. Most viewers will let you scale your print as a % of full size. As long as you can find a known length on the plan you can check that gives the correct size print. Just do a test print of that area and check the length. If it's wrong, adjust the % print size accordingly and try again. | ||
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| Charles |
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  Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 602 | A big welcome aboard | ||
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| Winston |
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winston Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2271 | Welcome aboard! There is a slight advantage to building the Eagle. The plans are available as a download versus the Bluenose which is a set of plans you have to purchase (only in hard copy). | ||
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| Paulb |
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| Registered Member #5646 Joined: Thu Jan 24 2019, 06:15pmPosts: 3 | Hi, So I have been playing around with the Eagle plans trying to get them to the correct size. I copied the drawings and started playing with the sizing and am having some issues ( already??!!) What I have been doing is printing them off and then measuring the distances between the water lines and buttock lines trying to get them to 1/2 " and 1". I then measure the scale on the drawing where it indicates 10 feet and compare. It seems that if I get the water lines and buttock lines close then the measurement for the 10 foot scale is out. If I enlarge/shrink to get the 10 measurement correct ( ie 10 feet = 2.5 ") , then the other two measurements get skewed. Is there one measurement that should take precedence over the others? Should I be enlarging the three views separately or should I be enlarging the complete sheet with all three views/plans? | ||
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| Winston |
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| winston Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2271 | Personally, I like to enlarge the entire drawing. You are going to find some minor deviations throughout simply because of how the drawings were done (by hand by a non-draftsman at the time). You have to work around them. | ||
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| Paulb |
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| Registered Member #5646 Joined: Thu Jan 24 2019, 06:15pmPosts: 3 | Thanks for the information, Winston. So if I enlarge the entire drawing, should I aim for the 10 foot scale to be as close as possible and just accept the variations on the water lines and buttock lines as they are? I found a program to calculate scale on one of the other web sites and it indicates that for the beam of 34 feet 9 inches at 1/48 - the body plan should be 22.05 mm. Should I use that as a baseline and accept the rest of the measurements as variations? Just out of curiosity, do you happen to have the measurements of what the body plan should be as well as the length of the sheer plan? That way I'll at least know if I am close or not. P. | ||
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| Winston |
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| winston Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2271 | I used the length between the perpendiculars (117' 3") as my guide when I built my model and adjusted from there. | ||
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