mtdoramike
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mtdoramike reacted to Dave_E in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Outstanding build! 👍😀
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Beef Wellington in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Well, here is the finished product. This has been one of my all time favorite builds.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from mikegr in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Well, here is the finished product. This has been one of my all time favorite builds.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Coyote_6 in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Well, here is the finished product. This has been one of my all time favorite builds.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Canute in Sprayer for spraying small amounts of model paint....
I picked up a twin pack on Amazon for less than $12.00. I see it is made in the USA, which sold me right away since we don't make that much anymore.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Canute in Sprayer for spraying small amounts of model paint....
Well well well, I'm going to have to look into this as well. The old rattle can paints are starting to get harder to find in my area whether it be Home Depot, Lowes or Ace Hardware.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from AJohnson in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Well, here is the finished product. This has been one of my all time favorite builds.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from clearway in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Well, here is the finished product. This has been one of my all time favorite builds.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from mtaylor in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Well, here is the finished product. This has been one of my all time favorite builds.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Nunnehi (Don) in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Well, here is the finished product. This has been one of my all time favorite builds.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from AON in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Well, here is the finished product. This has been one of my all time favorite builds.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from yvesvidal in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Well, here is the finished product. This has been one of my all time favorite builds.
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mtdoramike reacted to Paul0367 in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
Wow looking good Mike, still pushing out the model ships I see, sad to hear how you came across the ship, I’ve lost both my mother-in-law and farther-in-law and the ship was going to dock with them and to be honest all work stopped for a few years since they passed. The ship just reminds me of them, making it hard to get back to it over the years but the bug has come back and I’ve picked her up again. I hope the Victory you donated to the library is fairing well as she too has been there quite some time now.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Dave_E in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
A fellow modeler reached out to me this afternoon and offered to send me 6 barrels that he created on his 3d printer. We will see how well they will work.
Here is a picture of the barrels.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Dave_E in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
But those brass barrels sure do look good, It really pains me to paint brass.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Dave_E in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
The reason for significant hullo ballast inside the hull has to do alot with weight above the waterline. With this plastic hull being so light, it will require quite a bit of dead weight just to get it to sit appropriately in the water. I have been told by a couple of others that built this model to try and keep it as light as possible from the deck upward and after seeing the weight of all these brass fittings I can see why. I'm going go as though I'm going to use the brass barrels, but if I can find a decent lighter alternative I will go with it. Wish I knew someone with a 3d printer. One good thing, I can always replace them later if I decide to.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Dave_E in Calypso by mtdoramike - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:45 Scale
I can't believe Billings used SOLID brass foir the deck barrels, 6 of them no less. That's one thing about Billings, they don't cheap out on their fittings. But, and there's always a but: these brass barrels weigh a good pound and a half to two pounds, which is way to much weight for any structure above the waterline unless you want to add a ton of ballast weight in the hull. I'm going to replace the brass tuned barrels with 1/2" wooden dowel rod, which will weigh considerably less. We'll see how they turn out, if I don't like them I can always resort back to the brass one's.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from tarbrush in Miss Chloe by mtdoramike - a Pat Tritle design
This will be a build of a pleasure/river/lake boat, which was designed by Pat Tritle of the Miss Chloe. I will be working off of a set of plans that I obtained from P. Tritle. She will be roughly 26-27" in length and Beam will be about 7.5". I put in an order for the wood needed to build the Chloe from National Balsa. I started off by cutting out all of the frames and various parts from the plan sheet and gluing them to card stock type heavy paper in order to make templates for current and future use. I then tacked up the working plans and will stare at them for a few days in order to get prepared for the build.
Disclaimer: I may decide to make some changes here and there, so don't expect a straight from the plans type of build. You may be dissapointed.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from BobG in Miss Chloe by mtdoramike - a Pat Tritle design
This will be a build of a pleasure/river/lake boat, which was designed by Pat Tritle of the Miss Chloe. I will be working off of a set of plans that I obtained from P. Tritle. She will be roughly 26-27" in length and Beam will be about 7.5". I put in an order for the wood needed to build the Chloe from National Balsa. I started off by cutting out all of the frames and various parts from the plan sheet and gluing them to card stock type heavy paper in order to make templates for current and future use. I then tacked up the working plans and will stare at them for a few days in order to get prepared for the build.
Disclaimer: I may decide to make some changes here and there, so don't expect a straight from the plans type of build. You may be dissapointed.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Ryland Craze in Miss Chloe by mtdoramike - a Pat Tritle design
This will be a build of a pleasure/river/lake boat, which was designed by Pat Tritle of the Miss Chloe. I will be working off of a set of plans that I obtained from P. Tritle. She will be roughly 26-27" in length and Beam will be about 7.5". I put in an order for the wood needed to build the Chloe from National Balsa. I started off by cutting out all of the frames and various parts from the plan sheet and gluing them to card stock type heavy paper in order to make templates for current and future use. I then tacked up the working plans and will stare at them for a few days in order to get prepared for the build.
Disclaimer: I may decide to make some changes here and there, so don't expect a straight from the plans type of build. You may be dissapointed.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Miss Chloe by mtdoramike - a Pat Tritle design
This will be a build of a pleasure/river/lake boat, which was designed by Pat Tritle of the Miss Chloe. I will be working off of a set of plans that I obtained from P. Tritle. She will be roughly 26-27" in length and Beam will be about 7.5". I put in an order for the wood needed to build the Chloe from National Balsa. I started off by cutting out all of the frames and various parts from the plan sheet and gluing them to card stock type heavy paper in order to make templates for current and future use. I then tacked up the working plans and will stare at them for a few days in order to get prepared for the build.
Disclaimer: I may decide to make some changes here and there, so don't expect a straight from the plans type of build. You may be dissapointed.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from lmagna in Sprayer for spraying small amounts of model paint....
I picked up a twin pack on Amazon for less than $12.00. I see it is made in the USA, which sold me right away since we don't make that much anymore.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from Keith Black in Miss Chloe by mtdoramike - a Pat Tritle design
This will be a build of a pleasure/river/lake boat, which was designed by Pat Tritle of the Miss Chloe. I will be working off of a set of plans that I obtained from P. Tritle. She will be roughly 26-27" in length and Beam will be about 7.5". I put in an order for the wood needed to build the Chloe from National Balsa. I started off by cutting out all of the frames and various parts from the plan sheet and gluing them to card stock type heavy paper in order to make templates for current and future use. I then tacked up the working plans and will stare at them for a few days in order to get prepared for the build.
Disclaimer: I may decide to make some changes here and there, so don't expect a straight from the plans type of build. You may be dissapointed.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from mtaylor in Sprayer for spraying small amounts of model paint....
I picked up a twin pack on Amazon for less than $12.00. I see it is made in the USA, which sold me right away since we don't make that much anymore.
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mtdoramike got a reaction from lmagna in Sprayer for spraying small amounts of model paint....
Well well well, I'm going to have to look into this as well. The old rattle can paints are starting to get harder to find in my area whether it be Home Depot, Lowes or Ace Hardware.
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