Jump to content

Clark

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    45

  • Joined

  • Last visited

About Clark

  • Birthday 04/07/1955

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Leipzig/Germany
  • Interests
    Ship building of course, books, jogging

Recent Profile Visitors

357 profile views
  1.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  2.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  3.    donrobinson reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  4. Clark
    I bought a similar one (model craft) and did some tests on 1.5 - 2mm planks. It works, but you have to soak the planks intensively before. Clark
  5.    Clark reacted to a post in a topic: Reale De France by fmodajr - Corel - Scale 1:60
  6.    Clark reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  7.    Clark reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  8.    Clark reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  9.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  10. Clark
    Thanks for all the replies. Regarding the voltage problem, we have 230 V in Germany. The one shown is 33 Euro. I ordered it. However, I am already facing the problem that the planks I am working with have to be bended in two directions. I will problably start with a longer test perid when the bender has been arrived. Thanks again
  11.    Clark reacted to a gallery image: IMG_20190622_122342.jpg
  12.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  13.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  14.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  15.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  16. Clark
    Thanks all for the hints and the tips. You convinced me to buy a plank bender. The one of Aeropicola is not available at least in Germany. Does anybody has ever tested the one shown in the picture? Clark
  17.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  18.    mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Plank Bender....
  19. Clark
    Dear Kriss, thanks for the tip. Maybe it may also depend on the wood type. Clark
  20.    Clark reacted to a comment on a gallery image: IMG_0559.jpg
  21. Clark
    IMG_0559.jpg
    Thanks, it looked larger. Clark
  22. Clark
    Dear all, does anybody have experience with soaking the strips for some minutes in hot water (~80°C) and bending them directly therafter by fixing on right plyce of the hull? I read it somewhere in the forum. One simple problem for me: One end (stern) maybe easily soaked, but whats about soaking and heating the other end (bow) when the strip is fixed on the hull. It may be a silly question but I did not got a solution so far. Clark
  23. Clark
    IMG_0559.jpg
    Thats corrrect. Can you put a short comment on the length of the model? Clark
  24.    Clark reacted to a gallery image: ok-13.JPG
  25.    Clark reacted to a post in a topic: Reale De France by fmodajr - Corel - Scale 1:60
  26. Clark
    DSC_0013 (2).JPG
    nice detail
  27.    Clark reacted to a gallery image: DSC_0042.JPG
  28. Clark
    Thanks for the many replies and comments. Just to add my experience with the saw since I bought it several weeks ago: I did a lot of cuts with various types of wood. I mainly used it for making wood filler between frames and for constructing supports in a slipway. Thus no work with the need to be very precise. There were no problems to do straight cuts with a precision of about 0.5 mm in wood pieces up to 20 mm thickness. The only problem I had was doing angular cuts with small wood pieces. I glued the pieces on longer sticks and fixed the miter gauge accordingly. It worked. I would strongly agree that a saw is dangerous. The protection system of the NovelLife is not the best one. Moreover, it sometimes interferes with handling because you cannot hold the wood sufficiently when the protection system is mounted. The speed of the saw can be varied by adjusting the power supply which is comfortable when handling different types of wood. But it probably makes no ´difference when cutting your finger with 12V or with 24V. I did not try it. I would not use the saw for cutting strips for deck planking or hull planking. Clark
  29. Clark started following Reale de France
  30. Clark
    Hi Wefalck, thanks for the tip. I will try the Zaponlack next time.
  31. Clark started following CA-glue for ratlines?
  32. Clark
    Would totally agree that CA is mostly a no go in rigging. However, I used it once on knots when giving a final fixation with 0.25 mm black rigging lines. The knots were then covered with black ink. Applying the CA was a bit tricky. I made the experience that watered PVA also leads to changes in the colour of rigging lines (depending on the type of lines). Clark
  33. Clark
    Tutorials are excellent. Unfortuntely I detected them too late. Clark
  34. Clark
    Bob Cleek, you are expressing what I feel. Adjusting height and correcing postion can often better be done by eye than by caliper. As a control I sometimes asked my my wife to have a sharp look on the ship. But her willingness is declining. Thanks all for joining the discussion Clark
  35. Clark
    Thanks for the rapid reply. I will keep it in mind when starting the planking. I am already enjoying the dry fitting. Clark
  36. Clark
    "In previous posts I mentioned that I had to lower the height of the stern yoke. Well, I lowered it too far! I had to put a temporary shim of about 1MM under the beam in order to properly finish installing the supports and have the correct curve of the beam." Dear Frank, mainly your report induced me to order the reale kit 4 weeks ago. Thanks for the excellent description and the pictures illustrating the progress in a very impressive way. Your efforts and success to work such accurately is an ever lasting motivation. Since I am just beginning to dry fit the frames and the keels, I have a question regarding the corretion of the height of the stern yoke: Was it necessary since it was placed on the deck planking and the thickness of the planking is not incorporated in the Corel-plans? During dry fitting of parts 1-38 (Corel) I could not detect such a problem. Thanks a lot for your valuable report. Clark

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research
×
×
  • Create New...