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Ray reacted to drtrap in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Hi Ray, your work is excellent.
May I ask you how have you stabilized the lowermasts on the deck?
Using carpenter's glue, epoxy, cyano or just nothing?
Thank you.
Stergios
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Ray reacted to Beef Wellington in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ray - you've set a very high bar indeed! Love it.
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Ray reacted to jim_smits in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Looks fantastic Ray!
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Ray reacted to mobbsie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Excellent work Ray
Be Good
mobbsie
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Ray reacted to jaerschen in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Very well done Ray
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Ray reacted to capnharv2 in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Thanks so much for sharing Ray. Your work is an inspiration to us all.
Harvey
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Ray reacted to Beef Wellington in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Planking has started, this will be a lengthy process....
I started at the keel to get going, will move up to the upper section and work down in due course. Even though I had shaped the bulkheads, I'm trying to fine tune as I go as it isn't until a few planks start going on that emphasize deviations, and the hull lines becomes much clearer to me as the surface grows.
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Ray got a reaction from mobbsie in HMS Agamemnon by mobbsie - FINISHED - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1/64
Great finish to the journey Mobbsie with a super case I have to display mine ships without cases due to lack of
room Diana will have a shelf in the spare bedroom/computer room. One day you may return to the light side
Be good
best regards Ray
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Ray got a reaction from Keith_W in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from Bettina in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from Blue Ensign in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The lower mast shrouds, ratlines, futtock shrouds, and the catharpins have been completed, also the main part of the bowsprit has been set onto the hull and rigged plus the gammoning has been done, also the rigging at the bow, for the main stay and the preventer stay.
I am now in the process of making the stays,the mouse being the most awkward part to make,I tried tapering some wooded dowel drilling and threading them onto the rope but found serving over them did not work out well, so I am making them by tying thread around the rope, thick first and tapering with thinner rope, coating with PVA and serving,and then serving again when the whole stay is served,they are much smoother that they look in the photos.
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Ray reacted to Beef Wellington in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Mike - the deck is maple, the bulwarks use the kit supplied 'lime wood'. Its pretty nice to work with, think it is very similar to basswood but is a trifle 'yellower' but that doesn't really show in the photos (at least the stuff I got is).
Sjors - the deck already has a single coat of polyurethane for protection, I'm waiting to get the other messy steps out of the way before coming back to put a few more coats on.
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Ray got a reaction from Blue Ensign in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from mij in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from WackoWolf in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from mobbsie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Mouse making method
After trying out several methods I found just building up layers of serving gave the best results with a dilute coat of PVA to set the mouse after finishing the tail, I then continued to the end of the serving from the tail end, I then served the other end i.e. from the beginning to the head of the mouse, the stay was completed by adding the loop at the end.
Mouse on machine
mouse made
stay loop
mouse & loop
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Ray got a reaction from WackoWolf in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The lower mast shrouds, ratlines, futtock shrouds, and the catharpins have been completed, also the main part of the bowsprit has been set onto the hull and rigged plus the gammoning has been done, also the rigging at the bow, for the main stay and the preventer stay.
I am now in the process of making the stays,the mouse being the most awkward part to make,I tried tapering some wooded dowel drilling and threading them onto the rope but found serving over them did not work out well, so I am making them by tying thread around the rope, thick first and tapering with thinner rope, coating with PVA and serving,and then serving again when the whole stay is served,they are much smoother that they look in the photos.
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Ray got a reaction from GuntherMT in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from Barbossa in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from mobbsie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from jaerschen in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from robdurant in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from mobbsie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The lower mast shrouds, ratlines, futtock shrouds, and the catharpins have been completed, also the main part of the bowsprit has been set onto the hull and rigged plus the gammoning has been done, also the rigging at the bow, for the main stay and the preventer stay.
I am now in the process of making the stays,the mouse being the most awkward part to make,I tried tapering some wooded dowel drilling and threading them onto the rope but found serving over them did not work out well, so I am making them by tying thread around the rope, thick first and tapering with thinner rope, coating with PVA and serving,and then serving again when the whole stay is served,they are much smoother that they look in the photos.
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Ray got a reaction from gjdale in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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Ray got a reaction from realworkingsailor in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the lower mast stays have been completed, time to turn my attention to the top masts.
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