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SawdustDave
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SawdustDave reacted to NenadM in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Nice work Dave. If you wish, I'll send to you my working ants
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SawdustDave reacted to Omega1234 in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Hi Dave
What a wonderful gesture. I know surgeons get paid a lot of dough, but you can't put a price on health and well being.
I reckon he'd be pleased as punch to receive it!
Cheers
Patrick
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Piet in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
It looks like I'll be playing with gun carriages for quite some time.... then rigging them in their positions on the various decks.
Meantime I plan to begin building Chuck's 1:48 scale cutter "Cheerful".... back and forth between the two projects as best I can.
Quick explanation.... I am building the Cheerful as a special appreciation gift to the amazing surgeon who accurately diagnosed my illness and took immediate aggressive action to combat the raging attack of the deadly fungal infection that developed within my ear. He continues to manage my ongoing treatment, and calls me at home after hours two or three times a week to inquire about how I'm feeling. This is one very special man indeed.
Only his staff knows about this plan and they have all been sworn to secrecy.
Hopefully, my treatments will be wrapped up in about three months and I can surprise him with the model on my final visit.
Least I can do to thank a man for saving my worthless old hide.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from JesseLee in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
It looks like I'll be playing with gun carriages for quite some time.... then rigging them in their positions on the various decks.
Meantime I plan to begin building Chuck's 1:48 scale cutter "Cheerful".... back and forth between the two projects as best I can.
Quick explanation.... I am building the Cheerful as a special appreciation gift to the amazing surgeon who accurately diagnosed my illness and took immediate aggressive action to combat the raging attack of the deadly fungal infection that developed within my ear. He continues to manage my ongoing treatment, and calls me at home after hours two or three times a week to inquire about how I'm feeling. This is one very special man indeed.
Only his staff knows about this plan and they have all been sworn to secrecy.
Hopefully, my treatments will be wrapped up in about three months and I can surprise him with the model on my final visit.
Least I can do to thank a man for saving my worthless old hide.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Canute in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
It looks like I'll be playing with gun carriages for quite some time.... then rigging them in their positions on the various decks.
Meantime I plan to begin building Chuck's 1:48 scale cutter "Cheerful".... back and forth between the two projects as best I can.
Quick explanation.... I am building the Cheerful as a special appreciation gift to the amazing surgeon who accurately diagnosed my illness and took immediate aggressive action to combat the raging attack of the deadly fungal infection that developed within my ear. He continues to manage my ongoing treatment, and calls me at home after hours two or three times a week to inquire about how I'm feeling. This is one very special man indeed.
Only his staff knows about this plan and they have all been sworn to secrecy.
Hopefully, my treatments will be wrapped up in about three months and I can surprise him with the model on my final visit.
Least I can do to thank a man for saving my worthless old hide.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Erebus and Terror in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
A couple of minor developments....
Two new carvings - (Crown and Fleur 'de Lis).... will create moldings from these masters as the plans call for quite a few of these figures throughout the ornamentation.
Then there are these two little lanterns I just finished that will sit atop the two side roofs of the portico.
Once again, using stiffened nylon string to create some of the fine detail.
The mesh came from my boneyard.... not remembering what it was originally used for.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
It looks like I'll be playing with gun carriages for quite some time.... then rigging them in their positions on the various decks.
Meantime I plan to begin building Chuck's 1:48 scale cutter "Cheerful".... back and forth between the two projects as best I can.
Quick explanation.... I am building the Cheerful as a special appreciation gift to the amazing surgeon who accurately diagnosed my illness and took immediate aggressive action to combat the raging attack of the deadly fungal infection that developed within my ear. He continues to manage my ongoing treatment, and calls me at home after hours two or three times a week to inquire about how I'm feeling. This is one very special man indeed.
Only his staff knows about this plan and they have all been sworn to secrecy.
Hopefully, my treatments will be wrapped up in about three months and I can surprise him with the model on my final visit.
Least I can do to thank a man for saving my worthless old hide.
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SawdustDave reacted to Piet in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Hi Dave, glad you settled on unpainted oak for the carriages.
Cheers,
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SawdustDave got a reaction from mtaylor in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Not to worry Patrick.... My little shipyard elves will knock 'em out in no time.
Greg.... Could use a production line for sure.
Maybe the little elves can come up with something tonight.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from barryww in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Chuck - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - kit prototype
Plans and bulkheads arrived today.... they look great. I'm really looking forward to working at 1:48th scale. Can't wait to get started.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from mtaylor in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Chuck - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - kit prototype
Plans and bulkheads arrived today.... they look great. I'm really looking forward to working at 1:48th scale. Can't wait to get started.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from JesseLee in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Not to worry Patrick.... My little shipyard elves will knock 'em out in no time.
Greg.... Could use a production line for sure.
Maybe the little elves can come up with something tonight.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Stuntflyer in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Chuck - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - kit prototype
Plans and bulkheads arrived today.... they look great. I'm really looking forward to working at 1:48th scale. Can't wait to get started.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Canute in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Not to worry Patrick.... My little shipyard elves will knock 'em out in no time.
Greg.... Could use a production line for sure.
Maybe the little elves can come up with something tonight.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from NenadM in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
With the decision to go with natural dark oak trucks, I can move on to assembly of some 34 units that will be seen fully rigged on the decks.
Beginning with a few modifications.....
First, I found that the truck frame sits much too high on the axels. Fairly simple fix.... cut the axel slots deeper.
I set up a little jig on my small table saw in order to re-cut all of the axel slots the exact same depth.... Note the photo below with me holding the truck in place over the saw blade with my left hand is only because I needed to use my right hand for the camera.
Then there is the need to add extended axel tips with pins to the wheels.
I simply drilled out the center of each wheel and shaped a tooth pick to fit into the hole. Using a home made needle drill, I created a hole through the hub and inserted a small section of wire for the pins.
Paint'em black and stick'em on....
I had honestly forgotten just how labor-intensive deck guns are.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from edmay in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
With the decision to go with natural dark oak trucks, I can move on to assembly of some 34 units that will be seen fully rigged on the decks.
Beginning with a few modifications.....
First, I found that the truck frame sits much too high on the axels. Fairly simple fix.... cut the axel slots deeper.
I set up a little jig on my small table saw in order to re-cut all of the axel slots the exact same depth.... Note the photo below with me holding the truck in place over the saw blade with my left hand is only because I needed to use my right hand for the camera.
Then there is the need to add extended axel tips with pins to the wheels.
I simply drilled out the center of each wheel and shaped a tooth pick to fit into the hole. Using a home made needle drill, I created a hole through the hub and inserted a small section of wire for the pins.
Paint'em black and stick'em on....
I had honestly forgotten just how labor-intensive deck guns are.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Omega1234 in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Not to worry Patrick.... My little shipyard elves will knock 'em out in no time.
Greg.... Could use a production line for sure.
Maybe the little elves can come up with something tonight.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from dgbot in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Not to worry Patrick.... My little shipyard elves will knock 'em out in no time.
Greg.... Could use a production line for sure.
Maybe the little elves can come up with something tonight.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from GLakie in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Not to worry Patrick.... My little shipyard elves will knock 'em out in no time.
Greg.... Could use a production line for sure.
Maybe the little elves can come up with something tonight.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
With the decision to go with natural dark oak trucks, I can move on to assembly of some 34 units that will be seen fully rigged on the decks.
Beginning with a few modifications.....
First, I found that the truck frame sits much too high on the axels. Fairly simple fix.... cut the axel slots deeper.
I set up a little jig on my small table saw in order to re-cut all of the axel slots the exact same depth.... Note the photo below with me holding the truck in place over the saw blade with my left hand is only because I needed to use my right hand for the camera.
Then there is the need to add extended axel tips with pins to the wheels.
I simply drilled out the center of each wheel and shaped a tooth pick to fit into the hole. Using a home made needle drill, I created a hole through the hub and inserted a small section of wire for the pins.
Paint'em black and stick'em on....
I had honestly forgotten just how labor-intensive deck guns are.
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SawdustDave reacted to Omega1234 in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Nice job Dave! I certainly don't envy having the workload ahead of you, but it'll be worth it once done.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Canute in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Chuck - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - kit prototype
Plans and bulkheads arrived today.... they look great. I'm really looking forward to working at 1:48th scale. Can't wait to get started.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Chuck in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Chuck - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - kit prototype
Plans and bulkheads arrived today.... they look great. I'm really looking forward to working at 1:48th scale. Can't wait to get started.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Omega1234 in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
With the decision to go with natural dark oak trucks, I can move on to assembly of some 34 units that will be seen fully rigged on the decks.
Beginning with a few modifications.....
First, I found that the truck frame sits much too high on the axels. Fairly simple fix.... cut the axel slots deeper.
I set up a little jig on my small table saw in order to re-cut all of the axel slots the exact same depth.... Note the photo below with me holding the truck in place over the saw blade with my left hand is only because I needed to use my right hand for the camera.
Then there is the need to add extended axel tips with pins to the wheels.
I simply drilled out the center of each wheel and shaped a tooth pick to fit into the hole. Using a home made needle drill, I created a hole through the hub and inserted a small section of wire for the pins.
Paint'em black and stick'em on....
I had honestly forgotten just how labor-intensive deck guns are.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Piet in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
With the decision to go with natural dark oak trucks, I can move on to assembly of some 34 units that will be seen fully rigged on the decks.
Beginning with a few modifications.....
First, I found that the truck frame sits much too high on the axels. Fairly simple fix.... cut the axel slots deeper.
I set up a little jig on my small table saw in order to re-cut all of the axel slots the exact same depth.... Note the photo below with me holding the truck in place over the saw blade with my left hand is only because I needed to use my right hand for the camera.
Then there is the need to add extended axel tips with pins to the wheels.
I simply drilled out the center of each wheel and shaped a tooth pick to fit into the hole. Using a home made needle drill, I created a hole through the hub and inserted a small section of wire for the pins.
Paint'em black and stick'em on....
I had honestly forgotten just how labor-intensive deck guns are.
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