Restoration of Bassett Lowke "Albertic" by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100

[captainbob]

Michael,  For the striping I think you'll do better with a drafting pen.  The kind with a wire floating inside.  I've used both pens and kistka and had better control with the pen.  The kistka is basically the pen without the wire. In fact I use the pen tip without the wire with wax for making pysanka.

 

I like your stay but the difference in size is too noticeable when the two are next to each other. 

 

Bob

[michael mott]

 

Don't panic! Take a deep breath and take things step by step.... You'll be fine.

Druxey

Read these word just before stepping out for a meeting last night.....it's a long story suffice it to say I wound up in emergency, after tripping over a u channel stake in a front lawn cut and peeled back the skin on my shin to the bone.

7 stiches a lot of pain and a lot of deep breaths as the freezing was being done.

 

I'm on some serious antibiotics and will be keeping fairly stationary for a couple of days to let the healing take a good start.

 

Thanks for the tip about the Humbrol paints I will look them up.

 

 

For the striping I think you'll do better with a drafting pen.......I like your stay but the difference in size is too noticeable when the two are next to each other.

Bob, I agree with you on these scores,  I will see how the smaller control wire looks, but will reserve all judgement until I have been able to fabricate the stays with the 34 gauge wire when it arrives.

 

I have some of the type of pends that you mention, and had never thought about using paint in them, so will give this a try.

 

cheers Michael

[Jack12477]

Druxey

Read these word just before stepping out for a meeting last night.....it's a long story suffice it to say I wound up in emergency, after tripping over a u channel stake in a front lawn cut and peeled back the skin on my shin to the bone.

7 stiches a lot of pain and a lot of deep breaths as the freezing was being done.

 

I'm on some serious antibiotics and will be keeping fairly stationary for a couple of days to let the healing take a good start.

 

cheers Michael

 

Ouch, Michael, that's some serious wound. Hope it heals fast. Boats can wait awhile.

[michael mott]

Thanks Jack, yes as long as I can sit at the desk and putz I'm OK yesterday I plotted the positions of all the anchors on the funnel deck so now I can plot all the funnel stay lengths. they are all going to need replacing regardless of the individual few that are OK just so that they are all consistent colour and wind wise.

 

I recall I think it was Bob in Arizona who set up the rigging on one of his boats by working at them off the model, I am going to do the same thing That way I will be able to just insert the eyes at the deck into slightly loose holes with some glue rather than forcing them back into tight holes.

 

I will prepare a dummy funnel deck so that I can access the stays easily at the edges while working them.

 

Michael

[jud]

Shins are sensitive to everything, especially channel iron, barked mine many times in spite of wearing high top boots most of my life, one morning, long after you have given up on their no longer being sensitive, you will realize the pain is gone. Have a set of KOH-O-NOOR RAPIDGRAPH jewel tip from 000 up to 3. Jewel tip for drafting on Mylar, the etching ink we used often was a problem to keep flowing in the smaller pens, have no idea what paint might do to them even with the wire out, rattling that wire is what kept us going. When I needed a circle at a precise location, I used my Drop Bow Compass instead of a circle guide. The Bow Pen side worked well and I suspect that Bow Pens would work better than the expensive, 'and delicate', drafting pens for the needed line work coming up, could probably obtain some at a reasonable price if you don't already have a set, using them would allow for any line width you would need to match existing lines and paint flow I would expect to be much easier to control, also easier to clean.

jud

Edited October 28, 2016 by jud

[druxey]

Oh, no!!! I'm so sorry, Michael. That is the worst place for an injury. Poor blood supply means very slow healing. I do hope there are no complications from this. I'm sorry also for the ironic choice of words in my last e-mail to you. Please take it easy while you heal.

[Jim Lad]

Take care of that shin, Michael - not a lot of depth of skin to aid healing around there!

 

John

[jbshan]

Don't rush things.  I gashed my shin once and had stitches.  I was amazed how much tension there was on them.  All I could do was sit with my feet up, crutches for moving around the house.  You'll know when it's OK to sit up and work again.

[popeye the sailor]

sounds terrible ...........so sorry to hear!   take it easy and heal up.    still plenty of things to do in a sitting position.  

[cog]

Seems it's accident season in Canada, first Allan, now you. Be careful, and take care of that leg. To much inertia doesn't do good either as the blood flow will be slow

[mtaylor]

I'm with the others... not a "fun" injury due to location and nerve endings (not that injuries are fun but this has to be the most painful and the hardest to heal in my experience).  Follow the doc's advice to the letter please.   

[KeithAug]

Sorry to hear about the incident Michael. In similar situations I tend to get a long lecture from my wife which I promptly ignore - and then regret. I agree with Mark "follow good advice" and get well soon.

[michael mott]

Many thanks to everyone for your kind comments and good thoughts.

 

Michael

[Roger Pellett]

Michael, sorry to hear about your leg injury. I hope that you are back on your feet soon. I tried to email you relaxation,not pages of McCaffery's book on spinning wire rope but I got a non-delivery notice. I'll try again.

 

Long story short he chucks necessary number of strands in his Unimat, loops the free end through a bar that he holds tight, pulls the whole thing tight and turns on the lathe.

 

Roger Pellett

[michael mott]

Hi Roger thanks for the sympathy, I sent you a new PM

 

I understand the principle and have used the same procedure on my rope making machine. I can wind up left hand 3 wires.

Make 4 sets of that then wind up the 4 sets right or left by just twisting them in the same manner. the wire does not wind itself up in the same way as the thread does.

 

I am just waiting for the brass wire to come for the next test.

 

Michael

[IgorSky]

Oh, Michael! I hope that soon everything will be okay with your leg, and I wish you a speedy recovery!

With my best wishes!

Igor.

[Mirabell61]

Druxey

Read these word just before stepping out for a meeting last night.....it's a long story suffice it to say I wound up in emergency, after tripping over a u channel stake in a front lawn cut and peeled back the skin on my shin to the bone.

7 stiches a lot of pain and a lot of deep breaths as the freezing was being done.

 

I'm on some serious antibiotics and will be keeping fairly stationary for a couple of days to let the healing take a good start.

 

Thanks for the tip about the Humbrol paints I will look them up.

 

Bob, I agree with you on these scores,  I will see how the smaller control wire looks, but will reserve all judgement until I have been able to fabricate the stays with the 34 gauge wire when it arrives.

 

I have some of the type of pends that you mention, and had never thought about using paint in them, so will give this a try.

 

cheers Michael

 

Hi Michael,

 

sounds awfull with your shin wound, at least no fracture, wish you a speedy healing process........  

 

Nils

[WackoWolf]

I feel your pain Michael, very sorry to hear of the accident, hope you heal fast. Take things slow, the ship will get done when it gets done. Your health and good being is way more important.

[michael mott]

It was a productive day today, a couple of friends came over and moved the model into the house,(stable temperature). I was getting a little concerned by the temp fluctuations in the shop. It is heated with wood, although there is a heat exchanger for the in-floor but it is not easy to keep it even through the cold which is on its way.

 

I also cobbled together a simple bench as part of the trolley that the model is on when I am up and dancing again in a week or two I will finish off the trolley base with some additional shelving. 

 

 

I also have a place to relax.

 

 

I was thinking if the ship was the same scale as the cutter it would be 76 feet long on the other hand if the cutter were the same scale as the ship it would be only 5 inches long.

 

And it allowed me to clean up the computer desk, so now I don't have to move stuff when i want to type or draw. the Computer on the left is for my drawing it is a stand alone and running XP the one on the right is connected to the web and is running 7 professional.

 

 

Michael

Edited October 29, 2016 by michael mott

[jbshan]

Is there a full moon?  Is that model enscorcelled?  Just asking.

[michael mott]

Had to look up that word Joel.

 

Michael

[jud]

Had to look up that word Joel.

 

Michael

Me to but I am guessing Halogen Lamp.

jud

[Jim Lad]

That's a snug looking den you've got there, Michael.

 

John

[popeye the sailor]

I knew it!   when I saw that bit of bow spirit in the first picture......it was that gorgeous cutter!    sweet little nook you got there!   that's a super dolly/table...if you put a bench on the other side,  you'd be able to turn it around and work without skipping a beat!  jess say'in!  

[michael mott]

The new model space is working out very well, feels very comfortable, and the worry of variable temperature affecting the model is gone.

 

Put a small strip light over the new work area under the ship.

 

The collapsible lifeboats lost all of the small wood cradles except one, I used it as a template and did the first rough shaping of 14 pieces with the jewelers saw. 1 more to go

 

 

I need to set up a small vice next in order to file them down to the final size. then I will separate them all.

 

 

that's a super dolly/table...if you put a bench on the other side,  you'd be able to turn it around and work without skipping a beat!  jess say'in!  

I did think about it Denis but decided to keep it simple. And I am also getting inspired to work on the cutter as well now. I am beginning to see the advantages of having a clean room as well as the workshop for the different types of work.

 

Michael

[druxey]

A clean room? What a novel concept, Michael! Nice work with the jewelers' saw, by the way.

[captainbob]

Looks like a fine living space.  Your boats and a bed.  All you need is someone to bring you meals.

 

Bob

[michael mott]

Thanks for all the positive comments.

 

Inspired by Gerald's machine tools for working on his Clyde model I did a small upgrade to this little holding fixture, I can see further modifications in the wings.

 

 

I needed some better clamping elements and so made some up along the lines of the tiny toolmakers clamps that Lee Valley sells that Gaetan recommended.

 

 

I needed a good way to hold the aft stairs while soldering them back together.

 

 

after removing them this is what I started with.

 

 

after some careful bending with some fine needle nosed pliers I managed to get them back into a reasonable resemblance of their former shape.

 

 

The new holding clamps will allow me to re-solder the steps tomorrow.

 

 

Michael

 

[Jim Lad]

Very nicely done with the ladder, Michael, and those clamps a a huge improvement to the 'spare hand' device.

 

John

[WackoWolf]

I like the clamps big time. What was the name of them?