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Bernhard got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
The masy and sails next.
making the mast is easy cutting to lenght and drilling holes is always easy.
I made some fitting for the mast to hold the boom and a stay to keep the boom under tension.
I did decide not to have a washer on the deck but a nice shiny NZ 2 cent to hold up the mast.
That is now also the name of the boat, " 2 Cents".
The sails are made of drafting paper and are in place.
I could not resist to get the boat in the water and did try an maiden voyage.
She goos very good, but with the wind very strong this week-end we took in some water du to no seat in the hatches.
The hatches where only taped into place with making tape.
She is vast and a joy to sail.
on return i sealed the hatches and made nice brass screws to seal it.
Hope fully next week i can try it out better and start having fun with it.
Cheerio
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from kees de mol in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
The masy and sails next.
making the mast is easy cutting to lenght and drilling holes is always easy.
I made some fitting for the mast to hold the boom and a stay to keep the boom under tension.
I did decide not to have a washer on the deck but a nice shiny NZ 2 cent to hold up the mast.
That is now also the name of the boat, " 2 Cents".
The sails are made of drafting paper and are in place.
I could not resist to get the boat in the water and did try an maiden voyage.
She goos very good, but with the wind very strong this week-end we took in some water du to no seat in the hatches.
The hatches where only taped into place with making tape.
She is vast and a joy to sail.
on return i sealed the hatches and made nice brass screws to seal it.
Hope fully next week i can try it out better and start having fun with it.
Cheerio
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from qwerty2008 in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
The masy and sails next.
making the mast is easy cutting to lenght and drilling holes is always easy.
I made some fitting for the mast to hold the boom and a stay to keep the boom under tension.
I did decide not to have a washer on the deck but a nice shiny NZ 2 cent to hold up the mast.
That is now also the name of the boat, " 2 Cents".
The sails are made of drafting paper and are in place.
I could not resist to get the boat in the water and did try an maiden voyage.
She goos very good, but with the wind very strong this week-end we took in some water du to no seat in the hatches.
The hatches where only taped into place with making tape.
She is vast and a joy to sail.
on return i sealed the hatches and made nice brass screws to seal it.
Hope fully next week i can try it out better and start having fun with it.
Cheerio
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from kees de mol in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
The keel post is made and finished next is to place it into the lead bulb with resin to hold in in.
I must say the for my first build this is going very well, but I find the going very slow this is one of the things i have to get used to.
That went well and after sanding i did spray it into the final colour.
the contraption is ready to do the same but only into the hull, lots of "do i do it right or wrong" one of the things I looked very precise at is that the rudder and the keel are parallel.
It worked well, I needed only a limited amount of sanding to get the finish i wanted.
I masked the joint sprayed under coat , metallic gray and first clear coat this went well and looked fine.
The final clear coat was a disaster the lot ended up with a crinkle coat, i looked at it and did not know what went wrong!
This has never happened to my all the 45 years fine furniture making, then of course I never sprayed with spray cans on furniture.
It only means more sanding and start again this time it worked very well no change from procedure sinds the last time, and was relieved it looked good.
This a the result of all the hard work and I love it.
Cheerio
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Bernhard reacted to toly.kol in box chisels
decided to make a new box in the old chisels are no longer fit and not very useful on a small table, a new will hang on the wall
решил сделать новый ящик для стамесок в старый уже не помещаются да и не очень удобен на маленьком столе, новый будет висеть на стене
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Bernhard reacted to kiwiron in HMB Endeavour by kiwiron - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:54
I have wanted to do this model since seeing the Endeavour models in Gisborne when i was a boy for Cook's 200th anniversary in 1969.They are over a metre long very impressive up on poles.This model will be 815mm long by 300mm wide,should be enjoyable.
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Bernhard reacted to archjofo in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
Hello,
here I show the continuation of the production of Caronades.
The supports for the gun barrels are made of brass precision casting.
I have the Carronade only temporarily installed to see whether the parts fit.
Later, the brass parts are still blackened.
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Bernhard reacted to archjofo in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
The anchors are made of brass.
to be continued ...
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Bernhard reacted to archjofo in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
Before I start my build log some information about the real La Créole and
the data from which my model will build.
The La Créole was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy. The corvette
carried 4 x 18 pdr guns and 20 x 30 pdr carronades.
Her plans were drawn by P. M. Leroux in 1827. She was launched in Cherbourg in
May 1829. The ship took part in the French invasion of Mexico in 1838, and most
notably in the Bombardment of San Juan de Ulloa before French troops disembarked and captured the city of Veracruz.
There is a fine shipyard model on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris which is shown by many photos in the book of Jean Boudriot (in French).
I use the following sources for building my model of the corvette:
Jean Boudriot - Historique de la corvette 1650-1850: La
Créole, 1827
Now the images of beginning:
To be continued...
Best regards
Johann
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Bernhard got a reaction from IgorSky in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
The masy and sails next.
making the mast is easy cutting to lenght and drilling holes is always easy.
I made some fitting for the mast to hold the boom and a stay to keep the boom under tension.
I did decide not to have a washer on the deck but a nice shiny NZ 2 cent to hold up the mast.
That is now also the name of the boat, " 2 Cents".
The sails are made of drafting paper and are in place.
I could not resist to get the boat in the water and did try an maiden voyage.
She goos very good, but with the wind very strong this week-end we took in some water du to no seat in the hatches.
The hatches where only taped into place with making tape.
She is vast and a joy to sail.
on return i sealed the hatches and made nice brass screws to seal it.
Hope fully next week i can try it out better and start having fun with it.
Cheerio
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from captainbob in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
The masy and sails next.
making the mast is easy cutting to lenght and drilling holes is always easy.
I made some fitting for the mast to hold the boom and a stay to keep the boom under tension.
I did decide not to have a washer on the deck but a nice shiny NZ 2 cent to hold up the mast.
That is now also the name of the boat, " 2 Cents".
The sails are made of drafting paper and are in place.
I could not resist to get the boat in the water and did try an maiden voyage.
She goos very good, but with the wind very strong this week-end we took in some water du to no seat in the hatches.
The hatches where only taped into place with making tape.
She is vast and a joy to sail.
on return i sealed the hatches and made nice brass screws to seal it.
Hope fully next week i can try it out better and start having fun with it.
Cheerio
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from SailorGreg in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
The masy and sails next.
making the mast is easy cutting to lenght and drilling holes is always easy.
I made some fitting for the mast to hold the boom and a stay to keep the boom under tension.
I did decide not to have a washer on the deck but a nice shiny NZ 2 cent to hold up the mast.
That is now also the name of the boat, " 2 Cents".
The sails are made of drafting paper and are in place.
I could not resist to get the boat in the water and did try an maiden voyage.
She goos very good, but with the wind very strong this week-end we took in some water du to no seat in the hatches.
The hatches where only taped into place with making tape.
She is vast and a joy to sail.
on return i sealed the hatches and made nice brass screws to seal it.
Hope fully next week i can try it out better and start having fun with it.
Cheerio
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
The deck looks good, sanding required on the edges and after that I put resin on it.
No water will get into the hull I would say.
After sanding the edges again it looks fine, sprayed under coat on it now it's back to the deck.
I did not made a picture of that but this the result when finished.
Now I will work on the Kiel.
I made a shape of it in balsa and used that for the plaster of Paris mould in 2 parts.
The casting with lead was relative easy, the biggest problem i had was that on that on the cold day was to heat the lead.
checking the weight after that revealed it was only 950 gram but needed 1.3 KG.
My solution was to scrape the mould out to what i thought was the right size.
With the new cast the weight was 1.35 KG.
Lots of filing and sanding later it looked nice an smooth.
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
I am very pleased with the hull.
Now the inside of the hull, these small bits are sometimes a problem, fingers to big and a slight shaking of the hand.
Grr old age creeping up.
All the RC gear is inside and working.
the deck is laying behind the hull ready for glueing.
The deck is made from one lyer 0.8mm balsa and an 1.5 mm thick veneer layer.
I did put resin on the underside of the deck.
almost ran out of elastic bands. now the wait is for the glue to set.
Cheerio from an overcast day here.
PS> spelling mistakes are from speaking 3 languages and some neurological damage.
And hope it is not to bad.
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from hexnut in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
After making the transom and fixing it to the hull it was time to fibre glass it.
My son gave me some very fine fibre glass clothe it felt like silk and is very flexible.
the instructions in the manual are good and easy to follow, it worked out very well.
After this I thought it better to have a second coat on the outside and when dry one on the inside as well.
The next step is messy, putting the faring compound on the hull.
Trying to smear it smoothly on the hull is inpossible.
Sanding after this followed up with a sanding sealer coat.
Till now everything went fine.
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from hexnut in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
Planking the hull took a lot of time, I did 2 plank at the time on each side.
the finish insight.
turned around to peak inside.
Hi Bob,
My intention is to fibre glass the out side of the hull and resin on the inside.
That will keep the water out, the deck gets resin on the bottom and lacquer on the top.
Cheerio from a sunny Paraparaumu Beach.
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Bernhard got a reaction from hexnut in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
Looking through all my pictures i found them lacking, not enough next time better.
I had to make the planks 4 mm wide from 75mm material, what a mission and about 98% are good, not bad.
Slowly putting the first planks on, they are so thin.
I used water proof PVA and pins it worked like a treat.
Its slow going but i expected that.
Thanks ccoyle for sitting on the side line.
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Bernhard got a reaction from hexnut in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
I am very pleased with the hull.
Now the inside of the hull, these small bits are sometimes a problem, fingers to big and a slight shaking of the hand.
Grr old age creeping up.
All the RC gear is inside and working.
the deck is laying behind the hull ready for glueing.
The deck is made from one lyer 0.8mm balsa and an 1.5 mm thick veneer layer.
I did put resin on the underside of the deck.
almost ran out of elastic bands. now the wait is for the glue to set.
Cheerio from an overcast day here.
PS> spelling mistakes are from speaking 3 languages and some neurological damage.
And hope it is not to bad.
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from hexnut in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
The deck looks good, sanding required on the edges and after that I put resin on it.
No water will get into the hull I would say.
After sanding the edges again it looks fine, sprayed under coat on it now it's back to the deck.
I did not made a picture of that but this the result when finished.
Now I will work on the Kiel.
I made a shape of it in balsa and used that for the plaster of Paris mould in 2 parts.
The casting with lead was relative easy, the biggest problem i had was that on that on the cold day was to heat the lead.
checking the weight after that revealed it was only 950 gram but needed 1.3 KG.
My solution was to scrape the mould out to what i thought was the right size.
With the new cast the weight was 1.35 KG.
Lots of filing and sanding later it looked nice an smooth.
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from Omega1234 in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
I am very pleased with the hull.
Now the inside of the hull, these small bits are sometimes a problem, fingers to big and a slight shaking of the hand.
Grr old age creeping up.
All the RC gear is inside and working.
the deck is laying behind the hull ready for glueing.
The deck is made from one lyer 0.8mm balsa and an 1.5 mm thick veneer layer.
I did put resin on the underside of the deck.
almost ran out of elastic bands. now the wait is for the glue to set.
Cheerio from an overcast day here.
PS> spelling mistakes are from speaking 3 languages and some neurological damage.
And hope it is not to bad.
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from captainbob in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
I am very pleased with the hull.
Now the inside of the hull, these small bits are sometimes a problem, fingers to big and a slight shaking of the hand.
Grr old age creeping up.
All the RC gear is inside and working.
the deck is laying behind the hull ready for glueing.
The deck is made from one lyer 0.8mm balsa and an 1.5 mm thick veneer layer.
I did put resin on the underside of the deck.
almost ran out of elastic bands. now the wait is for the glue to set.
Cheerio from an overcast day here.
PS> spelling mistakes are from speaking 3 languages and some neurological damage.
And hope it is not to bad.
Bernhard
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Bernhard got a reaction from michael mott in Sparrow by Bernhard - FINISHED - RADIO - 76 cm long RC sailboat
After making the transom and fixing it to the hull it was time to fibre glass it.
My son gave me some very fine fibre glass clothe it felt like silk and is very flexible.
the instructions in the manual are good and easy to follow, it worked out very well.
After this I thought it better to have a second coat on the outside and when dry one on the inside as well.
The next step is messy, putting the faring compound on the hull.
Trying to smear it smoothly on the hull is inpossible.
Sanding after this followed up with a sanding sealer coat.
Till now everything went fine.
Bernhard
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