Landlubber Mike
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Thanks for the painting tip Chris - it worked out incredibly well. Nice updates too - I don't know how you have the time with the twins to work in your shipyard. I haven't been so lucky
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Thanks very much Kevin and Mobbsie! I don't know how much relaxing I can get in having three little girls under the age of 4, but life is good
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Hi Mark, really incredible work - thanks for sharing. On the issue of ebony versus other means of blackening wood, has anyone used any of the ebony stains that are out there? I purchased a small can on Varathane ebony stain (which I believe is pre-mixed with pre-stain conditioner), but haven't had a chance to try it out yet. I believe Minwax offers ebony stain as well. I've been thinking about avoiding the use of black paint on my future builds as well. Can't argue with Chris' results using leather dye on pear though - wow!
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Wow Ian, that's really incredible work! A masterpiece! Just out of curiosity, if you're using solder to join the pieces, will you be able to blacken the solder also? I prefer the look of blackened metal over painted, but always wondered whether the solder could itself be blackened.
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Thanks for the techniques - I like how they turned out. Twins are doing very well, thanks for asking. They are four months now, and not waking up too many times during the middle of the night. Hopefully things get easier soon so that I can finish my Badger and move on to other builds.
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Hi Frank, looking great! Did you use some kind of weathering solution for the wood? The anchor stocks came out very nice. For the anchor puddening, I used the technique in the attached article on anchors. Hope that helps. Anchors.pdf
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Hi Bill, welcome to the Badger club. The kit does make for a nice model. There are a few of us here that are working on or have completed the Badger. I'm just about to the running rigging on mine, but my wife recently had twins, so I am a bit waylaid at the moment. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
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Really nice job John - you're really cranking along!
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I have the Proxxon mini lathe DB250. It came in very handy in building my masts and spars on my Badger.
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Great! I'm a few months from starting my Unicorn, but it will be nice to work on this build alongside yours and Ian's
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Sorry to keep asking you questions, but what kind of paint and color did you use to paint the ship's wheel? It looks fantastic, and well coordinated with the boxwood in your build
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Hey Chris, thanks for the response. For the deck elements, the pear almost looks more red than the planking on the hull which is why I thought there was something different. Looks absolutely gorgeous
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That's what I started using as well. They make removal much easier and cleaner in my experience.
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Amazing work Chris! Just out of curiosity, what are you doing for the red color? Is it a specialty wood? Paint? Dye? Stain?
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Hi Chris! We chatted a bit on MSW 1.0 before the Great Crash. My wife had our twins back in March, so I haven't been able to get to the shipyard much lately unfortunately. Your Confederacy is amazing - the pear looks gorgeous, both oiled and dyed. And the carvings are incredibly good. I've been doing research on my next build, which will probably be the Corel Unicorn and maybe the MS Charles Morgan as a parallel build - after seeing these pictures, I think I'm going to go with pear for the builds Hope you and the family are doing well - hope you're getting some sleep too
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Sorry to hear that. Good luck next time
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Harbor Freight Workbench
Landlubber Mike replied to Landlubber Mike's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Hi folks - thanks again for the recommendation. I received the bench in the mail a week ago and put it together today. One of the drawer pieces was a bit dinged up, but it put together really easily and is of very sturdy construction. One criticism I've read is that the drawers didn't glide very well, but mine seem to glide fine. I'm very happy with the purchase, especially for only costing about $127. I saw that they were running a 25% off sale on July 4th so I would have saved a few bucks had I waited, but all in all, a good deal. Here is a picture of the bench, with a few ship modeling tools and other items on it - Sherline mill, Dremel workstation and Proxxon mini-lathe so far, will likely add some Byrnes tools as well (Dewalt scroll saw next to the bench). It's in my HVAC utility room, so hence a few of the pipes, etc. in the picture Better than trying to explain to the admiral why I'm using power tools on the kitchen or living room table So thanks again everyone!
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The NMM does not have models of the Unicorn and Lyme, but Gardiner uses the Guadeloupe (also spelled Guadalupe) as one of the last of that design ordered in 1757 and launched in 1763. This will likely be the design I go with when I build the Unicorn.
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I've been reading the Gardiner book "The Sailing Frigate." It's an interesting read, as it goes through the history of the development of the frigate, using NMM models to showcase his points. Ian, there's a chapter in the book called "Filling in the Waist" where he opens by saying "The forecastle and quarterdecks were originally entirely separate, but a significant trend in the development of the frigate was the gradual closing in of the waist, eventually producing an uninterrupted spar deck." Using a 1745 model (SLR0475) he notes that "The 1745 Establishment that introduced a longer quarterdeck and a more substantial forecastle also added a broad capping strip over the waist gunwales." http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66436.html Using SLR0315, he notes that "With the 'true' frigate came a broadening of this capping strip into a gangway....From about 1757 quarterdecks were built with short extensions forward at each side, called on draughts 'the fixed part of the gangways', usually forming landings for the steps down into the waist. http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66276.html In remaining years through the early part of the 19th century, you see the gangways raised to be flush with the deck (1782), fixed skid beams under the gangways (1790s) and closing of the waist in 1805 and after.
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Hi Hamilton, just wanted to say you're doing a fantastic job on this build. It's very inspiring as for my next build (the Corel Unicorn), I plan to do a lot of similar kit bashing. Not sure if you finished your transom or not, but one thing you might consider is buying decorative pieces from Cornwall Model Boats - here is the link to decorative pieces offered by Corel that they sell (click on other manufacturers for the decorative pieces they sell): http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/corel-decorations.html The Unicorn kit's transom and stern gallery tops and bottoms are cast metal, bulky and not all that nice looking. I'm thinking of scratching the transom and galleries, and adding the decorative pieces separately.
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Did you win the auction?
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Wow, very nice build - are you adding sails? This ship probably looks amazing in full sails.
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I bought mine on eBay a year ago for $110 or so. It was worth every penny as it made turning the masts on my Badger a breeze. It's the first lathe I ever worked with, so can't really compare it. Blue Ensign on his Pegasus log has a discussion about the DB250 - he seems to like it, and also bought a bed extension for it which I will probably buy down the road as well.
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