Rustyj #661 Posted February 2 Beautiful workmanship Ben! 1 Canute reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
albert #662 Posted February 3 Hi Ben great beautiful work. 1 Canute reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjdale #663 Posted February 3 Now that is some beautiful work Ben - congratulations! 2 mtaylor and Canute reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Y #664 Posted February 6 Can I have a highres version for a wallpaper? A real inspiration! 3 druxey, Canute and mtaylor reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trussben #665 Posted February 8 Thanks Everyone for the likes and comments. Mast Partner layouts glued onto some boxwood blanks to start making them. 24 Ryland Craze, Canute, Valeriy V and 21 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck #666 Posted February 8 That looks fantastic!! You are in groove again. I am so happy to see that. 5 dvm27, druxey, Canute and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trussben #667 Posted February 10 Thanks Everyone Mast partners completed, I was thinking about adding hatch gratings but have decided not to to allow what can be seen of below as much as possible. now to decide on what to work on next. ben 21 Valeriy V, BANYAN, JpR62 and 18 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
druxey #668 Posted February 10 Sweet, Ben! Very neatly done, especially lining up those carlings. 3 mtaylor, Canute and paulsutcliffe reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Kenny #669 Posted February 10 I am just starting the keelson. Any advice? 2 Canute and mtaylor reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trussben #670 Posted February 11 Hi Kenny, I’m not much of a one for giving other people advice, just take your time and try not to accept something that you know is not right. Getting the spacing and symmetry correct can be tough if you want a really good result - I can’t count how many times I remade things on the lower platforms and lower deck - but I’m now happy with my results. One thing I’m doing differently from now on is using Black fishing line instead of copper wire and LOS to simulate bolts, much easier and looks better and more consistent to me. ben 3 Rustyj, mtaylor and Canute reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Kenny #671 Posted February 11 Thanks Ben ive got the five pieces completed starting from the back with only three pieces having to be remade. Now on the stemson and struggling to line it up. Nice idea about black nylon fishing line. 2 mtaylor and Canute reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Kenny #672 Posted February 11 By the way what is LOS? 2 mtaylor and Canute reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Landrotten Highlander #673 Posted February 12 9 hours ago, Kevin Kenny said: By the way what is LOS? Lime of Sulpher - a product used to blacken copper. Best done outdoors, asit stinks to high heaven. 3 druxey, Canute and mtaylor reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AON #674 Posted February 12 LOS = Liver of Sulphur. What I have comes in small "rocks". You mix a very small amount in hot water. The water turns a shade of yellow. You drop your copper part into it and mix it around for a few seconds, take it out, rinse it off to stop the reaction and your done. The part must be cleaned in soapy water, and rinsed off, and then washed off in (rubbing) alcohol to remove all dirt, grim, oil (finger marks) first. After the cleaning you handle the part with cleaned tweezers so as not to recontaminate it. There are safer, easier, liquid products that will oxidize the copper. But the item must still be cleaned. 3 mtaylor, druxey and Canute reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AON #675 Posted February 12 Regarding safer, easier methods of blackening metals... This is a link to the blog page of our local club website. scroll down to our 13th of January meeting and Ray describes what and how. https://modelshipwrightsofniagara.weebly.com/blog Regarding fishing line for faux bolts. I do this also, using black monofilament. It comes in different diameters so you find one closest to your scale. It comes in a spool that will likely do your whole build. I did not invent this but learnt about it here on the forums. I cut off a length (about a foot), rough it up with sand paper so my yellow wood glue will hold (something to grip to), wipe the end and sides in the glue and insert the filament in the predrilled hole. Then I cut it off with scissors and let it dry. I go back and cut it flush with a scalpel. I've tried to remove a couple and it was impossible! 6 Canute, mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Kenny #676 Posted Wednesday at 07:28 PM I had purchased this off one of tje modeling sites, cant remember which one that seems to work sort of good. Not sure what it is but it does not smell. 3 Canute, AON and mtaylor reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
