Landlubber Mike

Jack, since you have both honing guides, would you say it’s worth getting the Kell guide if you have the Veritas one?

Really nice job Scott!  Love all the details!

Looking great Glen!  Moment of truth coming soon!  Good luck!

Thanks for the review.  I think I pretty much ordered the same items minus the block plane which I already had.  I'm still waiting on a few things.

I'm glad they came out with the miniature honing guide for the mini chisels.  I have had them for a few years but couldn't find a solution that worked.  

Enjoy the tools!

Great stuff there Edward!  Nice job! 👍

Catching up here too - wow!  Great diorama!  I used to paint fantasy miniatures as a teen and can attest to how hard it is to make them look lifelike - you make it look really easy though, fantastic job!

Well done!  Looks great amongst the other treasures on the shelf of glory!

Great job Popeye!  The painting was really well done, first rate for sure.  To echo an earlier comment, what an eye catcher for the display shelf!

Just caught up with your log OC.  Very nicely done!  The figure really brings the model to life!

Thanks Alan, that's great to know!  Thank you!

Just caught up on your log Eric, really nice job so far!  And thank you for sharing your adventures with woodworking tools.  Very interesting!

The Perry looks like a really nice subject to model, and the BJ kit looks pretty nice, especially with that helpful CD.  Personally, I don't know if I would ever do a solid hull (mostly because I would want to use power tools to speed things along but would be too nervous that I would remove too much material), but you are doing a fantastic job!

Thanks Lou, really appreciate the kind words.

On size, you're totally right.  For another comparison, I was looking at the expected lengths of various models in my stash the other day, and saw that the Shimakaze was about 425 ft long.  The USS Gambier Bay, an escort carrier, was 512 feet long.  Not too much smaller.

Slowly making more progress.  I thought once I painted the details that it would be a day or two more of work and then I could get to clear coating and weathering.  Has been a little bit more involved.  I think I'm just about at the point where a few more final details and paint touchups and I can start finalizing the build.  It's amazing how many details there are on destroyers.

I ended up buying a hot wire foam cutter (Proxxon) to be able to cleanly cut foam to make the diorama base.  I need to look into what type of foam board to buy.  I think some use standard styrofoam, while you can also use stuff like expanded foam, builder foam (might be the same as expanded foam), etc.   Not exactly sure what all those are, so need to educate myself.  The great thing about the hot wire cutter is that you end up with clean cuts and don't have bits and pieces of foam all over the place with that nasty electrostatic cling if you use a saw or knife to cut it.  Well worth the money in my opinion, as I hate trying to clean up foam particles that stick to everything but inside the garbage bin.

Looks great to me Glen.  Good luck getting it into the bottle - fingers and toes crossed here for you  

13 hours ago, king derelict said:

Hi Mike

I'm so sorry for the slow response. I used Mig matte clear coat and slightly diluted it with water. It seems to have been working well so far. It hasn't left any discernable edges.

Alan

No worries Alan.  My first try at clear coating by hand with Tamiya clear to seal the edges of the tape worked really well too.  Nice job on your Flower Class!

15 minutes ago, mikegr said:

Sounds like a dream to me😁

They work great.  When you have very small pieces, it's impossible to hold them and avoid getting glue on the tweezers - for some reason in my case, PE likes to stick to everything else - fingers, tweezers, the bench, etc. - instantaneously with CA but not to the model.  I've tried holding pieces along the sizes (tweezers perpendicular to the part), but you have to be very careful about not accidentally increasing pressure or the dreaded ping happens which can lead to an hour searching for the part on the floor.  Been there, done that too many times to count.  🤬

I looked into the vacuum suction devices, but I think these pencils offer a much simpler, cost-effective solution.

7 minutes ago, hollowneck said:

Everyone knows I meant 1775, right?🤣

 

Looking forward to this one Ron, especially with the upcoming sails and diorama.  

For the title, I think you can go back and edit it if you go to the first post.

I just checked since I thought I remembered there were seven whale boats.  See page 23 of the instructions:

https://modelexpo-online.com/assets/images/documents/MS2140_Charles_W_Morgan_Instructions.pdf

Five hang from davits, with three on the port side, two on the starboard side.  The other two hang upside down on the amidships shelter.  I can't seem to copy pictures from the MS website, but there are good photos of how their kit subject looks:

https://modelexpo-online.com/Model-Shipways-CHARLES-MORGAN-WHALE-BARK-164-SCALE_p_1026.html

I don't recall from the Leavitt book whether the number of whaleboats changed during the ship's history.  

Nice job Craig.  For placing tiny pieces of PE like this, if you haven't already, try wax pickup pencils.  They hold the part which just enough adhesion and let the part go when it comes in contact with the surface.  Much easier than tweezers, toothpicks, etc.  They are used by people that do craft work like making jewelry to pick up tiny things like rhinestones.  I used them this weekend to attach the ends to depth charge cylinders that were maybe 2mm across if that.  Really easy.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MF6VLZ5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Very clever!  The Model Shipways kit similarly uses the bread and butter method, but I think there they have something like seven slices of bread.  Looks great!

My table arrived yesterday with some of the accessories.  Rest is to ship next few weeks.  The table is nice quality and should come in handy.

Looking great!  When I finish my Shimakaze I might tackle this kit.  Looks like it goes together pretty nicely.

I bought mine from Cornwall Model Boats.

2 hours ago, No Idea said:

Hi Mate

 

I too use Panavise but prefer this vice

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PANAVISE-8103-Standard-Head-Silver/dp/B0002BC1XQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?adgrpid=55927007751&dchild=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuoL54rvt8wIVFeDtCh0EswsCEAAYASAAEgJZ-_D_BwE&hvadid=259082504851&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=1006500&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=7524682549615227343&hvtargid=kwd-296013458331&hydadcr=7433_1749334&keywords=panavise&qid=1635436527&sr=8-12

 

They make all different vice jaws too. I use the brass jaws for wood and it would just fit into your existing base. 

Thanks - I was just looking at this the other day and was considering this one.  Good to know you like it, thanks!

56 minutes ago, Roger Pellett said:

My Lionel train catalog is called Sherline.  Every time I think that I’m fully equipped, I find another accessory that I gotta have!

Yeah, Sherline is another one.  Always seem to be coming up with cool new accessories for the mill and lathe!