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Michael,

There's also scalehardware which was bought out.  The scale hardware is here:  https://www.modelmotorcars.com/

 

Here's the direct link to the hardware:  https://model-motorcars.myshopify.com/collections/small-parts-hardware/bolts

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

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Mark, Kurt, John, and Grant thanks for the links and kind remarks.

Today I put the canvas covering on the hatch, first I coated the mahogany with diluted Tightbond III then laid some cloth a polyester cotton blend. Then coated it again with the dilute glue I used a model airplane heating iron that is used for shrinking fabric on the wings etc. to set the glue. then trimmed the edges and re-glued the edges to seal them.

 

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I trimmed the underside flush ready for the capture cleats that will run in the grooves

 

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The edges of the canvas will get rounded wooden mahogany capture strips with small brass screw.

 

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Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Very nice work Michael, but we have come to expect that from you :)  That skylight looks like the actual deal, not a model of it.

 

cheers

 

Pat

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Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch)

Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350)

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Thank folks for the kind remarks. While waiting for the paint to dry on the second layer of Canvas on the hatch. I though that a set of belaying pins that were all the same size might be a good idea. the following sequence should be self explanatory.

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The final shaping was done by using one cutter then using some sanding sticks.

 

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Michael

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Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Close up pictures really do expose the flaws....hmmm I laid a second covering of cloth over the first because the paint job turned out a bit rough. so thinking that a second layer would work better if I adhered it with paint it would look better. I did not wand to fold it over the edges again though so trimmed it off.

 

I cut and bent the first mahogany capture strip and fitted it today I like the strip but am not so happy about the cut line visible.

 

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Also I was not really pleased with the shoulder on the belay pins and so reworked them a little.

 

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Compared to the first shaping.

 

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I replaced all the pins on the forward rail, and while setting the ropes I realized that the rail is a bit low and should probably be raised up a foot or so from a practical point for the crew setting the ropes.

 

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Oh the joys of muddling along and learning on the job.

 

Michael

 

 

 

 

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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13 hours ago, michael mott said:

Oh the joys of muddling along and learning on the job.

 

Michael

 

 

I thought that part of the fun of what we do?   Lovely work you're doing so worth the pain. 

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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If what you do is muddling, I wouldn't know what my poor efforts are called ... and for learning on the job ... don't we all ... try at least  ...

 

Druxey, they are toddlers, so it should be the proper height ...

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
Search and you might find a log ...

 

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Well I let the toddlers go and suggested that they spend more time playing before taking on a boys work. The grown ups stepped in and dis-assembled the rail!😮

 

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and while the grown ups were doing that the builder continued with the canvas catch rails.

 

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The builder is taking the evening off to spend time with his wife.

 

michael

 

 

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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I think the builder has earned the break and; happy wife happy life :)  Looking good Michael.

 

cheers

 

Pat

If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!
Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch)

Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350)

Built:          Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)

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On 12/20/2013 at 9:43 AM, michael mott said:
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Excellent clean and precise work, as usual.  I was wondering what the scale height of the fife rail is from the deck.  It looks to be no more than a foot (assuming the belaying pins are about 18" long)..  Would this be a useable height?  I am not familiar with real boats like this, so it certainly could be right.  It just looks strange to me compared with fife rails that I know from earlier ships.

Good morning Dan. excellent question, it has been something that I have been wondering about myself.

I had asked Russ about the rails on his sloop and about the sorts of clearances needed to make things like rails and pins workable. when I did a Google search for fife rails they appear to be all over the map(both literally and figuratively)regarding heights and sizes.

 

The top of the rail on mine is 9 inches above the deck and the pins are also 9 inches long, short perhaps for a ship but long enough I think for this size of boat she is basically 40 foot long, well 42 feet. My cap rail is only 8 inches above the deck as well.

 

The other option is to redo the whole rail and make it higher, I wouldn't rule out that option either.

The more things change the more they stay the same, the height of the pin rail was first raised in 2013 and here we are 5 years later and the last sentence back then has finally come to pass.

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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The changes are still happening I'm going back to the roller reefing boom.

 

For the second time I have used the isopropol alcohol and am impressed by how well it works, after removing the shelf for the gaff jawed boom, I wrapped the mast with some industrial paper towel and soaked it to do a final clean up of the location where the glue was.

 

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It took a little while to find the old goose-neck bracket and I decided to modify it in order to be able to put it on and off without taking the mast down. a bit of annealing and reshaping did the trick.

 

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Now I need to make a couple of retaining bands to finish clamping it back on.

 

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Now I get to rework the way the main sheet is attached.

 

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I feel good about going back to this option.

 

Michael

 

 

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Hi Michael

Lovely work, what make are those  small hand drills?

Regards

Paul 

The clerk of the cheque's yacht of sheerness

Current build HMS Sirius (1797) 1:48 scratch POF from NMM plans

HMS Winchelsea by chuck 1:48

Cutter cheerful by chuck 1:48

Previous builds-

Elidir - Thames steam barge

Cutty Sark-Billings boats

Wasa - billings boats

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Beautiful ironwork (brass :)) on that mast Michael.

 

cheers

 

Pat

If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!
Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch)

Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350)

Built:          Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)

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Hello Paul the ones I have are made by general and are sold as an engraver with a small ball burr. the collar is set to accept 3/32 shaft drills. it uses a couple of AA batteries doesn't have a lot of jam but is handy for a variety of small jobs.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Thanks Kurt but it was the small engraver I was asking about, just ordered one on amazon to check out thanks Michael

Regards

Paul

 

The clerk of the cheque's yacht of sheerness

Current build HMS Sirius (1797) 1:48 scratch POF from NMM plans

HMS Winchelsea by chuck 1:48

Cutter cheerful by chuck 1:48

Previous builds-

Elidir - Thames steam barge

Cutty Sark-Billings boats

Wasa - billings boats

Among others 😁

 

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Kurt

No need to be sorry, it is all about helping each other and sharing.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Again thanks for the interest in this saga.

 

Back in 2013 when i was working on the first mast boom and the attendant fittings, I was perhaps a bit lazy in the way I went about some of the work, looking for shortcuts as to the methods of fabrication.

I bent the clamping strips around the wood of the mast, it seemed like a good way at the time, it did however indent the wood and did not fit as well as it could have.

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Forward to now and I made the choice to rework this goose-neck but not without a struggle. After modifying the clamps to look like this

 

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I attempted three times to make a front part to mate to the rear, and was disappointed with the efforts, because none of them matched properly.

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The original gooseneck was not a great fit ok but not great.

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Step one was to take it apart again since this was silver soldered it meant high heat.

 

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It was now possible to reshape the bands to fit better but I had already been having difficulty with the front pieces so I made the decision to see if i could make a former out of hardwood and use it to form the bands I would test the idea on the front retainer parts.

 

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This worked well enough for one piece so I knew that making a proper form would work for multiples. so I machined one out of steel.

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Once I had made the blank shape I mad a second form but not until I had done some work on cleaning up the mast.  which meant taking it down. I re worked the lower portion and cleaned up the octagonal portion quite a bit.

 

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Now it was time to reshape the rear band parts. so i made a second die to work the back part.

 

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I will break this into two posts the next part will follow right away.

 

Michael

 

 

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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