Chuck Seiler
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Chuck Seiler reacted to HardeeHarHar in Secret Vessel Morel by HardeeHarHar - FINISHED - Master Korabel - Scale 1:36
Progress is being made…one fiery pipe about ready, little hinges are not easy to deal with! Here she is at present, but a lot of black paint is still needed on the metalwork.
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Chuck Seiler reacted to JerryC in Captain John Smith’s Shallop by JerryC - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:32
While waiting for frame parts, I’m assembling some other stuff. I’m getting the hang of it. There are a lot of subtle locating notches that require attentionI had disassemble this one twice i was aligning the pieces at the top and losing the notches.this one needed to be fixed three timesthis one still needs to be cleaned up and the hoops blackened and fastened. I think I’ll have to go and get some CA for that. I don’t think PVA is appropriate and epoxy would be too messy. I’m thinking of draining it walnut, only because I have a can of it sitting around.
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Chuck Seiler reacted to Bob Cleek in Best paint for wooden ship models
Most of the stuff I know was learned from making mistakes!
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Chuck Seiler got a reaction from Bryan Woods in New member Introduction
Welcome to MSW and model ship building,
As CPDDET said, it is rewarding and sometime frustrating. When working compound curves, the wood often doesn't do what you think it is going to do. Fear not and worry not. Using wood glue, everything is fixable (sez the guy who has unglued most of his models at one point or another). Alcohol is your friend...scotch and isopropyl. ...and you can never have too many clamps.
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Chuck Seiler reacted to No Idea in 1/24th Scale Wooden Barrels - Where from?
Thanks Allen - Le Rochefort was designed and built to move powder from the shallow port to the fighting ships anchored in deeper water.
That is why her hold has very specific design features such as a fully planked interior which was also caulked. The hold deck beams are another unusual feature as I understand it as barrels were normally placed straight on top of the ballast.
She also has water tight hatches and the crew had specific instructions regarding the use of the on board stove.
The main deck beams are not supported by knees but instead uses a deck shelf which is attached to the deck clamp to give it strength. This was to improve the capacity of the hold itself. So moving powder was her main job and was designed to stay as dry inside as possible.
I think that you are correct in saying that the barrels would have been stored on their side and I think this is the way I would like to go.
Luckily I'm a non smoker so its going to be quite a safe ship with its dangerous cargo 🤣
Thanks Mark
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Chuck Seiler got a reaction from oakheart in New member Introduction
Welcome to MSW and model ship building,
As CPDDET said, it is rewarding and sometime frustrating. When working compound curves, the wood often doesn't do what you think it is going to do. Fear not and worry not. Using wood glue, everything is fixable (sez the guy who has unglued most of his models at one point or another). Alcohol is your friend...scotch and isopropyl. ...and you can never have too many clamps.
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Chuck Seiler got a reaction from mtaylor in New member Introduction
Welcome to MSW and model ship building,
As CPDDET said, it is rewarding and sometime frustrating. When working compound curves, the wood often doesn't do what you think it is going to do. Fear not and worry not. Using wood glue, everything is fixable (sez the guy who has unglued most of his models at one point or another). Alcohol is your friend...scotch and isopropyl. ...and you can never have too many clamps.
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Chuck Seiler got a reaction from Keith Black in New member Introduction
Welcome to MSW and model ship building,
As CPDDET said, it is rewarding and sometime frustrating. When working compound curves, the wood often doesn't do what you think it is going to do. Fear not and worry not. Using wood glue, everything is fixable (sez the guy who has unglued most of his models at one point or another). Alcohol is your friend...scotch and isopropyl. ...and you can never have too many clamps.
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Chuck Seiler reacted to Bob Cleek in Acrylic paint tips and techniques
Lucky you! My stash of Floquil has dwindled to nothing at this point. I loved everything about Floquil, including the aroma, except for the Dio-sol thinner. It was pretty costly and I ran out of it before I ran out of the paint I had on hand. I never had any problem using it. I still think it's the best modeling paint ever. I mix my own from tubed artists' oils these days, but I still miss Floquil. I see where some are trying to sell old stock on eBay for as much as sixty bucks a bottle! What made Floquil so good was the incredible fineness of their ground pigments.
For those who never had the opportunity to work with Floquil see: Floquil Paint | Paul Budzik
I've heard that Tru-Color paint, a relatively new brand, claims to be the replacement for Floquil, in terms of accurate colors, at least. I've yet to try it. It's not widely distributed in hobby shops... then again, nothing is widely distributed in brick and mortar hobby shops anymore. See: Tru-Color Paint | When You Need Tru-Color (trucolorpaint.com)
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Chuck Seiler got a reaction from Peanut6 in Secret Vessel Morel by HardeeHarHar - FINISHED - Master Korabel - Scale 1:36
Yowza! How much beer would that thing hold?
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Chuck Seiler reacted to HardeeHarHar in Secret Vessel Morel by HardeeHarHar - FINISHED - Master Korabel - Scale 1:36
Ahhhh, doh! A lot!!
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Chuck Seiler got a reaction from mtaylor in Captain John Smith’s Shallop by JerryC - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:32
You are never going to let me live that one down, are you?
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Chuck Seiler got a reaction from thibaultron in Captain John Smith’s Shallop by JerryC - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:32
You are never going to let me live that one down, are you?
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Chuck Seiler got a reaction from mtaylor in Captain John Smith’s Shallop by JerryC - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:32
Can you just unglue the cant frames?
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Chuck Seiler reacted to JerryC in Captain John Smith’s Shallop by JerryC - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:32
Yes, I did unglue them, but I was unclear about the process and tried to shape the pieces with files and sandpaper. I should have fixed the jig.
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Chuck Seiler got a reaction from thibaultron in Captain John Smith’s Shallop by JerryC - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:32
Can you just unglue the cant frames?
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Chuck Seiler reacted to JerryC in Captain John Smith’s Shallop by JerryC - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:32
I figured out where I went wrong. When I put the main jig together, there was a tight fit between the tabs and the slots. Not a real problem, just required a little adjustment, mostly just sanding the tabs a little.
on the jigs for assembling the cant frames, the bottom narrow legs were too thick to fit in the form. So, I opened up the slots in the jig. Bad idea. With the legs fit into the jig, the frames didn’t line up with the center pieces.the legs were too low to mate with the center pieces. When the new pieces arrive, I’ll need to block up the slots in the jig.
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Chuck Seiler reacted to ccoyle in Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (Graphic Novel Version)
The original is in no way a 'novel' -- it is a well documented historical treatise. It doesn't sound like you have read it, in which case your comments seem unduly harsh.
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Chuck Seiler reacted to JerryC in Captain John Smith’s Shallop by JerryC - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:32
Well, I’m stuck now. I sent an email to Pavel to see if I can get some new parts to fix my problems with the can’t frames. Until I hear back from him, I’ll be making barrels and decking and lee boards. Just a bump in the road!
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Chuck Seiler reacted to JerryC in Captain John Smith’s Shallop by JerryC - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:32
There’s trouble in river city, and I don’t mean pool. These frames just don’t have enough can’t to fit in the jig. All the rest of the frames look good. I’ll be doing some debonding and see if I can salvage them. I should have paid more attention to Ohla’s video, would have saved me the aggravation!
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Chuck Seiler reacted to druxey in Newport Medieval ship
Nice update article and video on this vessel:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-64151535
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Chuck Seiler reacted to Louie da fly in Newport Medieval ship
That's good news, and it looks like their current reconstruction is much more like the examples from contemporary pictures than their first version. But there's really not very much of her left. Here's a reconstruction model of the existing remains.
Here it is compared with the proposed reconstruction:
I'm assuming that what they'll display is the existing timbers, with some sort of framework showing the shape of the rest of the hull, as in the models above. And they're even talking about the possibility of building a full-sized reconstruction and sailing it on the Usk river. It would be nice if that could be done, but at the moment I'm not holding my breath . . .
I see they're still going with the flat stern, which I'm not so sure about, though I'm aware they justify this by the shape of the aftermost frame. The ship is believed to have been built in 1449, and carracks of this period are always shown as round-sterned in contemporary pictures. The earliest representation of a flat-sterned carrack-style ship I'm aware of dates to 1511.
Having said that, ignoring the stern for the moment, the proposed shape does look good.
Steven
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Chuck Seiler reacted to DelF in brass black
Like you I use Brass Black, with equal success. The only slight modification I'd make is if you need to blacken a large number of small components such as hooks or eyebolts. If these clump together in the solution the treatment can be patchy. I've found that putting the components and solution in a small container with a tightly fitting lid and shaking vigorously obviates any problem. I used to use the canisters that old film rolls came in, but now I've got some even smaller bottles that my wife used to have for washing contact lenses. I've blackened upwards of 100 small components at a time using this method.
Derek
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Chuck Seiler reacted to Roger Pellett in Unboxing 15th century wooden boat by thibaultron - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - 1:48
I am NOT criticizing the quality of the kit or the enjoyment that casual hobbyists might get from assembling it. I am criticizing marketing it as Santa Maria Boat. If we don’t have reliable design information for Santa Maria, even less is known about the small boats that she may or may not have carried. There is some scholarship coming from the excavation of the “Red Bay Galleon” found in Newfoundland. Accurate drawings exist for one of her whaleboats and a more typical small boat called a “Barca” has been excavated but I have been unable to find anything published about this boat. These boats are also 100 years later than the boat in the model kit. A c1570 Spanish whaleboat unfortunately has nowhere near the marketing appeal as Santa Maria.
Roger
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Chuck Seiler reacted to DennisL in Question on on-line company Model Monkey
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to follow up on my previous question about Model Monkey as a vendor. I ordered 2 sets of 8 carronades to replace the castings for the Brig Syren from Model Shipways.
The carronades arrived in good shape (after only 3 days from order!) and are quite detailed and paint up nicely. Very happy with the order. Thanks again for everyone that responded.
Dennis
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