Jack12477

Well done Alan

Especially since I had no extra material to make new ones. They barely gave me enough to make those eight. 

Voile ! After an hour plus soak in acetone, everything disassembled without any problems. Flipped everything over including the bands, dry fitted for now till all the acetone evaporates out of the wood. Thanks Andrew and Edward for catching that.

I have to flip the brass bands. Even tho I cut them to the lengths called for in the instructions, they don't mate on the underside. 

I guess I'll tackle it after breakfast 👨‍🍳🥓🍳

@AJohnson @Edwardkenway Thanks for the Eagle  eyes. You're both right they are inverted. Unfortunately they are not dry fitted, but attached with CA. I hope I can unglue them without destroying anything, especially the brass bands. They only gave me enough strips to do the anchors. 

Well  I'm back ! 🙋‍♂️  Finally got thru all the cataract surgeries, follow-ups, new reading glasses, et al.  I've  been trying to get all the deck "furniture" assembled, fighting with vague instructions and even more vague photos.  The Veritas shooting plane and board are certainly helping true up the cut ends, also "The Bug" Hold and Fold tool from The Small Shop has been very useful in bending the brass straps for the anchors. Some overall photos of the furniture, just randomly placed for photos. 

The Bug 

The Veritas Shooting Plane & Board

I'm in too !

Don't forget Syren Ship Model Company ! Chuck has scale rope also.

Deja Vu New York ! 

Gary, @Morgan , that stove looks very similar to a Petite Gaudan/Godin (sp?) parlor stove we installed in the Saugerties Lighthouse in 1990 after we finished restoring it.  Ours was wood or coal fired, produced an incredible amount of heat.  

Ian, same thing happened here in NY state with our license plates, must be we use the same company 🤔 😒 😂 

The shooting board has a bench hook on the underside. I recommend getting the shooting plane/board package as well as the miniature work table with bench dogs.

Some photos of my setup

Yes, they show it being used with those plastic triangle you get at any drafting store or even Michaels

Diorama is coming along nicely. Looks real

39 minutes ago, Jaager said:

That was a step up from a coal burning furnace that required blackgang work from an inhabitant.

We had one of those  monsters in our house during WWII. Remember following my Dad into cellar one time when he went to stoke it for the night. As soon as he opened the door to furnace to shovel the coal in, the air rushing in caused the fire to roar, scared the daylights out of me,  I think I was 5 or 6 then.  Scared me so badly, I would never go in cellar when it was running.  He converted to a Delco oil burner as soon as the war ended.   

The bearded guy in the red union suit dropped this off the other night. Got a chance to play around with it. Works very smoothly, attaches nicely to the Veritas mini work table. Workmanship is superb as always. Well worth the investment

2 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Sister site?  I didn't know we had one.

Me either ? 

5 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Nice job Jack!!  Really well done!

 

I think the technique you used to prime the figure is called Zenithal Priming or Zenithal Highlighting.  I just came across the technique on a miniatures video myself.  I need to try it!

Thanks! 

I followed this guy's technique

A little side diversion.  From the Post-apocalyptic series by Master Box, Raider Reaper in 1:24 scale. A really simple figure kit to assemble, it’s more about painting figures. I used Vallejo paints. After assembly I sprayed the figure with Tamiya's rattle can Fine Light Grey primer, then after drying I airbrushed it with Vallejo black primer. After that cured overnight, I airbrushed it again with Vallejo white primer, except this time I held the figure so I was spraying straight down with the top of his head pointed straight at the airbrush, leaving a white over black misty finish. (Sorry, no pictures, I was following a YouTube video on the technique). 

Results follow:

Same weather down here.   We're waiting for real winter to arrive. Our favorite winter sport. 😁😁😁  Yes, that is the Hudson River ! 

21 minutes ago, Captain Shaun said:

fumes of extremely toxic phosgene and hydrogen chloride.

The two gasses used in World War I.  

36 minutes ago, Roger Pellett said:

Shortly after moving to NYC she mentioned that she was going “upstate” for the weekend. ................  It was  Fishkill.  

1 hour ago, Roger Pellett said:

there is no “Central New York,” only “The City” and “Upstate”.  It’s nice to know that another distinctive region exists. 😆

 

Yes, there's several regions, Southern Tier, Western NY, Niagara Region, Finger Lakes region, Mohawk Valley Region,Capitol Region, Upper/Mid/Lower Hudson Valley, Adirondacks Region (the real "Upstate" 😉😊) also known as The North Country; and then there's "Downstate", basically everything south and east of Tappen Zee Bridge (Westchester, Manhattan, Long Island), or is it Spuyten Duyvil, I can never remember which!  😉😊😇

41 minutes ago, ChuckP said:

Hi Jack,  so long as it is not Oswego I am good with it.  Take care.

Is the lighthouse encased in ice yet ? 😉😉

Welcome !  

1 hour ago, ChuckP said:

We are near lake Ontario in the middle of snow country

Up near Montague?  I'm originally from Rochester. Have a daughter in Buffalo. Who will win the Golden Snowball Award this season ? 🤔