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SawdustDave
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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 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 BANYAN 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 usedtosail 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 Tigersteve 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 Geoff Matson 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 JesseLee 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 Canute 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 jay in Cutty Sark by NenadM
That is great news Nenad.
I don’t know how you have managed to do the work you have done up to now without clear vision.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from CaptainSteve 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 reacted to alde in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
I think the carheads look great Dave. Especially for the scale. I bet once there on the ship you will be perfectly happy with them.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from yancovitch 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 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 Omega1234 in Cutty Sark by NenadM
That is great news Nenad.
I don’t know how you have managed to do the work you have done up to now without clear vision.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Piet in Cutty Sark by NenadM
That is great news Nenad.
I don’t know how you have managed to do the work you have done up to now without clear vision.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from cog in Cutty Sark by NenadM
That is great news Nenad.
I don’t know how you have managed to do the work you have done up to now without clear vision.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from mtaylor in Cutty Sark by NenadM
That is great news Nenad.
I don’t know how you have managed to do the work you have done up to now without clear vision.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from tasmanian in Cutty Sark by NenadM
Excellent details on such a tiny launch Nenad.
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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 Farbror Fartyg 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 Geoff Matson 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 usedtosail 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 Piet 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 JesseLee 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 tasmanian in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Spar Deck Guns Installed....
Although still much to do before moving on and celebrating, the guns are all installed with partial rigging.
Now working on the short tackle rigging seen here....
Note, I had to find a way to attach the bulwark hooks since I had made a strategic mistake by adding the belaying rings as I was building the bulwarks.
The biggest problem being that the pin rails are blocking any possible access to several rings.
My solution - instead of using tiny hooks to attach the blocks, I went with a length of black beading lines which can be pulled through the rings, securing each with a touch of CA gel, and then snipped off.
Seen here, the top photo shows the assembly, and the bottom photo shows the tackle sets after wrapping. Note the measurement jig used to control the exact length of each tackle set.
And here is the installed tackle....
Obviously, I have not began fitting the rope coils, which will be the last task to polish off the guns.
Also note that I have not begun working on the out haul tackle for the eight guns not affected by the cut away sections.
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