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SawdustDave
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SawdustDave got a reaction from usedtosail in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Thanks Tom, Pat, and Piet (and all the visits from friends).
As you would expect, the starboard side went considerably smoother. Here's the single shot taken this morning before I begin working on the unfinished inboard bulwarks in the bow and stern area.
Such a pleasant morning for taking her outside for this shot.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Canute in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from reklein in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from fnick in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Thanks Tom, Pat, and Piet (and all the visits from friends).
As you would expect, the starboard side went considerably smoother. Here's the single shot taken this morning before I begin working on the unfinished inboard bulwarks in the bow and stern area.
Such a pleasant morning for taking her outside for this shot.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Piet in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Thanks Tom, Pat, and Piet (and all the visits from friends).
As you would expect, the starboard side went considerably smoother. Here's the single shot taken this morning before I begin working on the unfinished inboard bulwarks in the bow and stern area.
Such a pleasant morning for taking her outside for this shot.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Thanks Tom, Pat, and Piet (and all the visits from friends).
As you would expect, the starboard side went considerably smoother. Here's the single shot taken this morning before I begin working on the unfinished inboard bulwarks in the bow and stern area.
Such a pleasant morning for taking her outside for this shot.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from CaptainSteve in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Thanks Tom, Pat, and Piet (and all the visits from friends).
As you would expect, the starboard side went considerably smoother. Here's the single shot taken this morning before I begin working on the unfinished inboard bulwarks in the bow and stern area.
Such a pleasant morning for taking her outside for this shot.
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SawdustDave reacted to Piet in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Well done Dave.
Cheers,
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Piet in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Piet in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PROGRESS....
It's been a while, so I took a couple of shots of the current stage of progress on my attempt to frame out the beak structure.
The cat head carvings....
Somewhat disappointed at the details after painting them, but I'm going with them.... these were cut off and glued to the cat heads before installing.
I'll come back to them in my next posting.
Then there's the framing out of the beak structure.
I am really embarrassed to admit the number of "do-overs" required to get to this stage.
Ready to add the top rails and panels and then begin adding the white edge trimming.
Grating and heads installed....
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Farbror Fartyg in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from tasmanian in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Boat oars....
The oars are a bit of a challenge, with well over thirty of them needed for the four boats.
After several attempts at turning the long oars on my lathe, following Ken's method, I must confess complete failure.... decided to take a different approach.
I ripped several strips of bamboo to the exact width of the oar blade and marked off the handle length..... two oars per strip.
Then I set my small table saw blade to rip each side of the handles up to the blade marks.... then removed the outside material, leaving the handles.....
(as seen in the third strip below).
It then became a simple matter of rounding the handles down and then start pulling them through a draw plate to get the scale size.
The blades were then very easily shaped with sanding boards.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from shipcarpenter in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Launches progress......
Just one quick shot of the completed launches before I set them aside and move back to the mother ship.
Still need to create oars and a few minor details.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from tasmanian in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PINNACE....
Just a single progress shot as I'm about to add the remaining 6 thwarts, rails and rowlocks.
My plan is to move on to the two whale boats and bring them to this stage before working on all the finer details.... knees, cleats, rudder, etc
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SawdustDave got a reaction from tasmanian in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
GIG completed....
Decided to complete the Gig first because it appeared to be the more difficult details.
I'll be moving to the Pinnace next....
Looks as if we're gonna be building launches for quite a while.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from CaptainSteve in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave reacted to BANYAN in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Very nice work Dave
cheers
Pat
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SawdustDave got a reaction from BANYAN in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from mtaylor in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave reacted to usedtosail in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
That looks stunning, my friend. Nice work.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Tigersteve in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from usedtosail in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Geoff Matson in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from yancovitch in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from marktiedens in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
PORT SIDE COMPLETED....
I decided to completely finish the port side head rail structure before going to the starboard side.... primarily because I was not sure how I would approach the white edge trimming.
The second photo includes the cat head, installed, but not completed (the rigging of the eye bolts have not been done)
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