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MEDDO got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
So taking a break for the rest of the night but I will be reading ahead to see about the cant frames.
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MEDDO got a reaction from fnkershner in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
First couple of frames placed! Starting to look like a ship!
I should be able to get the rest up tonight. Then start the work on the cant frames which are going to be a bit harder I think.
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MEDDO got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
I have made the keel which is pictured below. It is made by layering up a few pieces which did fit together really well. Because the kit is CNC cut the wood billets need to be shaped quite a bit to get rid of the mill marks but the end result is pretty accurate.
starting the frames with an example of the pieces.
Completed all the full frames. I did leave these fairly rough as I expect to be able to fair the frames down in a later step.
Next step is the half frames!
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MEDDO got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
Got the stern half frames in.
I also was able to start the fairing process. I started at the bow.
Oops I got the keel. The instructions do state that this will happen and will easily be able to be cleaned up by fine sanding and reapplying the wipe-on poly. I think I am going to mask the keel though.
Here is a front view showing the un-faired side and the side I have started.
Here is a full side view for kicks.
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MEDDO got a reaction from fnkershner in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
Got the stern half frames in.
I also was able to start the fairing process. I started at the bow.
Oops I got the keel. The instructions do state that this will happen and will easily be able to be cleaned up by fine sanding and reapplying the wipe-on poly. I think I am going to mask the keel though.
Here is a front view showing the un-faired side and the side I have started.
Here is a full side view for kicks.
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MEDDO got a reaction from druxey in King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855
Interesting. Thanks for bringing this to light. There are so many great resources around/available that we would never find or know about if not for this forum.
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MEDDO got a reaction from Aussie048 in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
Got the stern half frames in.
I also was able to start the fairing process. I started at the bow.
Oops I got the keel. The instructions do state that this will happen and will easily be able to be cleaned up by fine sanding and reapplying the wipe-on poly. I think I am going to mask the keel though.
Here is a front view showing the un-faired side and the side I have started.
Here is a full side view for kicks.
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MEDDO reacted to Ray in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
All the quarter deck guns have now been rigged slow progress due to other comittments and a bout of flu, the only other work has been on some of the deck fittings. I will update on the fitting soon, I will also add the pin-rails, I think they will be fixed to the top of the bulwark below the open rail,I will also fit the cleats plus the eye’s to the rear half of the ship, at this moment I am also thinking the sky light will be painted red ochre and the barricade black as all the wooden components in its construction are different colours.
All the quarter deck guns rigged
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MEDDO reacted to alde in Constitution by patrickmil - Model Shipways - 1/76th
The book The Sailing Frigate: A History in Ship Models by Robert Gardiner shows models of several frigates (British) of that period with no ports. I understand the Admiralty models did not have them to better show the ship design but the book also shows several fully rigged ships with no ports. If this book shows the actual configuration it looks like the ships with an open waist tended to have no ports. This book is a great reference with really nice photos of period models.
Just what you need is another reference to help cloud the issue.
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MEDDO reacted to patrickmil in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
Michael, that's a great story!!! I have an eight year old daughter too and I can actually picture her doing exactly the same thing!
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MEDDO reacted to mtaylor in Ship of the Line - National Maritime Museum publication
Mike,
If it's just plans showing the internals, etc., the "Anatomy of a Ship" books are very good.
There's also Lavery's "Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War 1600-1815"
There's others with some very deep coverage including plans and building instructions such as Antscherl's "The Fully Framed Model: Swan Class Sloops", Ed Tosti's "Naiad" and Yedlinksy's "HMS Euryalus". Seawatch Books has these and others.
For French Ships, there's ANCRE and all their related books.
Basically, you spend large piles of money on books....
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MEDDO reacted to Dimitris71 in Bluenose II by Dimitris71 - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - 1:75 - first wooden ship build
Hello everyone! Just finish the foremast boom and do a little job at foremast gaff. Have a great night. Some photos.
Dimitris.
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MEDDO reacted to AndyMech in USS Constitution by AndyMech - FINISHED - Mamoli - Scale 1:93 - Cross-Section
Well, I decided to work on the yards. First was to add the ribbing to the 2 lowest (and largest) yards. The plans indicated to use walnut 1x2 (mm) to create the ribbing, but I only had enough wood for the main yard. I had to use some 1x4 wood for the upper yard, after splitting it in half to create 1x2 pieces.
These are rough pictures before final sanding. I've also added 3 coats of wipe-on-poly and they will be painted black.
Next, I wanted to construct the topmost yard, as it's the simplest. First though, I needed to figure out which blocks to attach to it. After reading through the plans, it was determined that the kit comes with 3 sizes of single sheave blocks - 3mm, 4mm and 5mm. The 3mm ones go on the highest yard (makes sense), they were pretty good quality.
The 4mm and 5mm blocks that the kit provided were, well, here's a photo:
The thought of trying to sand these monstrosities filled me with despair. Instead, I order a batch of 4mm and 5mm blocks from Chuck's Syren Ship Company. I'll have to wait until they arrive before proceeding with the larger block install.
I could, however, use the 3mm blocks and I tied them to the topmost yard and added the footropes:
Andy.
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MEDDO got a reaction from Dimitris71 in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
Close call!!! So, as I am quietly sitting at the desk looking over the next step in the instructions before I goto work, and I see something large fly right in front of my face. It seems my 8yo daughter thought it might be funny to shoot her toy crossbow at me. It is just one of those things you get at county fairs made-up of scrap wood and pvc pipes but the bolt is large enough to knock the ship over and maybe damage it.
It might of just bounced off of the side of the Constitution but verses the Halifax I shudder at the thought. Needless to say we had a wee bit of a conversation about appropriate use of weaponry inside the house hahahaha!!!
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MEDDO got a reaction from mtaylor in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
Close call!!! So, as I am quietly sitting at the desk looking over the next step in the instructions before I goto work, and I see something large fly right in front of my face. It seems my 8yo daughter thought it might be funny to shoot her toy crossbow at me. It is just one of those things you get at county fairs made-up of scrap wood and pvc pipes but the bolt is large enough to knock the ship over and maybe damage it.
It might of just bounced off of the side of the Constitution but verses the Halifax I shudder at the thought. Needless to say we had a wee bit of a conversation about appropriate use of weaponry inside the house hahahaha!!!
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MEDDO reacted to patrickmil in Niagara by patrickmil - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/64th
Here are my finished pictures. I will get these over to the gallery after this post. Thanks again for all of the support along the way.
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MEDDO reacted to patrickmil in Niagara by patrickmil - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/64th
Ben, thanks for the comments and for looking in. All three ship's boats are hung and griped. These last pictures are of the yawl in it's proper spot. At this point, I'm going to call this build completed. Give me a day or two and I'll have the full fledged completion pictures posted to the proper spot and this log. Thanks to all for the support and comments. Next up... The Model Shipways 1/76 Constitution.
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MEDDO reacted to patrickmil in Constitution by patrickmil - Model Shipways - 1/76th
Michael, LOL, the small picture looked like Niagara at first glance. I've got a list of things I'd like to build as well. Al, you're absolutely right, there are worse things we could be doing with our time and money. As far as reference material for gun port lids, I haven't actually read anything credible yet that actually mentions they weren't there, but all of the Corne paintings of show no lids at all. It has been deducted by many folks out there that during her very early years she had lids that were strapped, bolted or latched into place in heavy seas but these were removed and stowed when getting ready for action. I'm toying with the idea of modeling one of the cannons and battle stations in a larger scale once I get this framework completed. The framework feels like it's taking forever because every time it's nice out I end out in the garage with my large honey-do list.
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MEDDO reacted to patrickmil in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
That's very well laid out. I can't wait to see the framing in place.
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MEDDO got a reaction from Jasco in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
Next up the stern frames.
dry fitting
making templates: I simply traced these as I did not want to cut out the plans
template cut out with #11 blade
template on the keel
template traced out
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MEDDO got a reaction from Dimitris71 in Bluenose II by Dimitris71 - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - 1:75 - first wooden ship build
Excellent work! Love the clean neat lines.
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MEDDO got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Halifax 1768 by MEDDO - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/4" scale
Next up the stern frames.
dry fitting
making templates: I simply traced these as I did not want to cut out the plans
template cut out with #11 blade
template on the keel
template traced out
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MEDDO reacted to patrickmil in USS Constitution by Hipexec - FINISHED - Constructo - 1:82
Rich, I have to agree with you on the eagle. I think the closest thing to that scale would be the one from the MS kit. It looks as though it's 1" x 3/8" and isn't that highly detailed either, but it is three dimensional and includes the shield. You may be able to obtain one from Model Expo.
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MEDDO reacted to src in USS Constitution by Hipexec - FINISHED - Constructo - 1:82
Rich, How are your carving skills? Even a so-so carved eagle will look better than the P.E. part they gave you.
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MEDDO reacted to HIPEXEC in USS Constitution by Hipexec - FINISHED - Constructo - 1:82
Anybody know where I can get an nice eagle for the transom? The one provided by Constraucto is pretty lame. I want a 3D one with about 3/4 inch wingspan and 3/8 inch high.
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