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7 minutes ago, toms10 said:

 There is a lot of stuff in these little boats!  

There is! Where's the room for the crew?

Kevin,

the Turbo Carver looks great, but is quite expensive and requires an air compressor besides. Do you think the Foredom could do the same job as well?

Tom

On 7/6/2023 at 1:23 PM, toms10 said:

I got the appropriate number of colored bands on the appropriate oars so there will be no confusion when Moby appears on the horizon. 😜

Tom

Are the oars different lengths depending on where used on the boat?

Tom

On 7/4/2023 at 3:41 PM, michael mott said:

l am amazed at how nice the maple that I cut from the big log 50 years ago still works and planes up with such a lovely lustre. I’m guessing it is because it has been air dried.

Michael 

 

Patina is a word used to describe the finish on copper or bronze exposed to air, but I think that word also works well in describing the finish on that maple. Most attractive!

Tom

Allen,

Yes it’s minutiae, but also important. Thanks for your attention! I will be more attentive to this in the future!

Keith,

I use pear. It seems to match pretty closely.

TB

Moving right along: I think I mentioned previously that I didn't use the metal etched grates supplied in the kit, but made my own. Has a little more depth. Also, finished rigging the cannons and installed the pumps. Again. The kit supplies a dowel for the pumps, but my understanding is they are octagonal in cross section. So I built them that way. Also, the kit pumps have no discharge; easily remedied.

There will be a month's hiatus now as I'm going to Maine for July and away from the shop.

On 6/28/2023 at 9:18 AM, TomShipModel said:

The photograph of the galley on a model looks like a photo in a sales brochure.    Fantastic clean work Michael.

 

Tom

Hard to believe it's a model!

Tom

The back problem is solvable with Diclofenac and sitting down. I've gotten this far and am finishing up the rigging on the guns.

I'm sorry that I painted the capstan, according to the instructions in red; I think the bulwarks in red is sufficient

Boy, have I been absent? I've had a sciatica problem which makes it difficult to stand at the workbench. Other life events, as well,  have taken priority. Consequently, progress has been on hold. I'm coming back, working on the final deck details. Stay tuned!

Tom

Nicely done! Looks good on the water.

12 hours ago, toms10 said:

T.B.

I need to be honest. I cannot claim this as my technique. 
Tom

Maybe not your technique, but you do it so well!

T.S.,

Nicely done. gotta remember your technique!

T.B.

Dan,

Every once in a while I have a good idea. But that's it for this year!

Tom

If you go the styrene way, check out Evergreen Scale Models. Their site shows rod at .75 mm.

Tom,

pictures are all there. Thanks. Harbor Freight? Probably not too expensive and doesn’t take up any work space!

Tom,

what kind of “pencil like hand engraving tool” are you using? BTW, the pictures didn't seem to come out on my computer. Am I alone?

Yes, dear Keith, photographs can be our boon or Bain!

Do you apply it side to side or longitudinally?

2 hours ago, SZKUTNIK said:

We can do it in scale 1/48  - no problems 🙂

Maybe after I take Greg and David’s class this October?

Gary,

we used to keep our schooner at D.N.Kelley & Sons in Fairhaven with many of these draggers as our neighbors. Will this model be “weathered”, or as newly launched?

Tom

16 hours ago, Valeriy V said:

Phil, this is very easy to do.
  First you need to fix the propeller shaft using a template, and then solder the necessary parts on the fixed propeller shaft.
  I show this method in the photographs of Varyag.

Really clever. This log keeps getting more and more amazing!

Seamless. Beautiful!

beautiful result. I wish these were in 1:48 scale. As it is not, I'll have to figure out how to carve them myself!

Davits in, according to the book cover painting. They look very far apart for a small ship's boat. BTW, if there is a boat on the davits, would there also be a boat amidships?

You'll notice, also, that I've started installing rigged cannons. No training tackle. As Ron Neilson (hollowneck) points out: too small and finnicky.

3 hours ago, Chuck said:

 

But having said this, the goal is to have it NOT look like a kit when you are done.  I strive to make my projects look as close to a scratch built model and contemporary model as possible. 

From stern lanterns to ships’ boats to huge frigates, you certainly succeed at your goal. When you have a vision, you are unstoppable!