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Piet reacted to JesseLee in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Getting frustrated. Need to pin the pintles. Been messing with it for several days. Don't have a soldering torch. Have a cheap iron but that wont work. CA isn't holding. Cant figure out how I'm going to get the pins to permanently hold.
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Piet reacted to JesseLee in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Thanks everybody!
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Piet reacted to Canute in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Well done on the coppering Jesse. And a happy belated birthday.
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Piet reacted to _SalD_ in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Hi Jesse just catching up. Your plating came out great, nice job. I decided not to do anything with my plates and just let them age over time. For the edges and corners you might want to try a wallpaper seam roller. I used one and it keeps the plates down nicely. Try it on a scrap piece and see if it might help, don't press too hard. Oh, and happy BD.
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Piet got a reaction from Canute in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
A belated happy birthday JesseLee.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
A belated happy birthday JesseLee.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from mtaylor in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
A belated happy birthday JesseLee.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from edmay in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hello John and welcome back! Wow, those boats look splendid on the Morgan, love the different colors on them.
Say hi to Diane for me and cheers,
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Piet reacted to EdT in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB - extreme clipper
HI John,
All the files shown in the last post are Grobet Swiss files. I believe they are all #0 cut (coarse) - if these are the ones you refer to. If not let me know which post and I will be more specific. I use a variety of these. I also use fine cutting rasps by Iwasaki that I like. These are reasonably priced. You can pay anything for a good rasp. I think I got these from Woodcraft.
I usually purchase Grobet files from Contenti, a jeweler's supplier, since they have a broad selection. You will not have trouble finding other sources. Here's a link to Contenti:
http://www.contenti.com/
Ed
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Piet reacted to druxey in Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
Looking terrific, Michael!
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Piet reacted to overdale in Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
Lovely work Michael. Nice to see you (and the model) back again.
Dan.
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Piet reacted to captainbob in Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
Ah Michael, she's as lovely as ever and nice to see you back.
By the way, how's the house hunting going?
Bob
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Piet reacted to shipmodel in Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale - POF
Hi Michael -
There should be a term for that senior moment when I realize that the glasses that I am looking for are perched on my head !!
Outstanding metal work, as usual. When you get all your photos together, it would be great if you could post your lessons here, or maybe even turn them into a book. Just get together with Bob Friedman at Seawatch Books and see what he says. I know I would be at the head of the line to buy it.
Be well
Dan
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Piet reacted to dvm27 in HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - cross-section - from TFFM books
enjoying your Swan cross-section. I think you'll enjoy the relatively simpler construction of the mid-ships area, starting with the V-shaped rabbet. And no spiling required later on during planking.
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Piet reacted to Dan Vadas in HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - cross-section - from TFFM books
Last job for today, I cut the mortices into the keel for the frames. This wasn't totally necessary as they won't be seen later, but I figure it makes it easier to line up the frames at the correct spacing.
Speaking of spacing, I've followed The Framing Disposition plan I got from the NMM. The spacings aren't even on the plan, some are 2 1/4" scale inches different to others, making them LOOK wrong even though they are correct.
Danny
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Piet reacted to Dan Vadas in HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - cross-section - from TFFM books
And another thank you to my new followers for looking in .
No Pat. The ones on the full model are clear enough to see all those details. The cross-section will only get a stub mast to about half the height of the lower mast. I'll detail the section that I fit of course.
Keel
Work has started by making up the Keel.
First I glued on the False Keel. Then I fitted two stainless steel mounting nuts into the keel itself - on the full model these went into the Rising Wood, but that created a few problems with exact placement under two frames to hide them.
The rising wood needed a little bit of scalloping out to clear the tops of the nuts :
I've also cut in the Rabbet. I used a 45° cutter in my Mill, as this section has a straight rabbet :
I managed to JUST cut through to the mounting nut on the port side - lucky that it's the side that will be planked :
Danny
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Piet reacted to marktiedens in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
I have not made any ships for sale - I can`t even give them away,let alone sell them. Sorry, I cannot advise you on this.
Mark
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Piet reacted to RobZorba in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
@Mark / marktiedens@ and @Michael / md1400cs@
Thank you both for reading my newbie build log, and for the helpful links you sent me. I have looked through your own build logs and the quality and skill shown in your work is outstanding. I hope to improve my own skills to be able to produce higher quality models, and for me that goal is as a hobbyist and perfectionist.
But I also have a conflicting motive. I am "training" a couple of Albanian craftsmen who wish to produce model ships (built from kits) commercially. There is tradeoff between quality and cost, and they will be doing this to earn a living. What I am trying to find are ways to improve the "quality" of models bult from standard kits such as those from Billing Boats without adding hugely to the time taken to build each model. Each model must be built to an acceptable standard with a "cost" budget of no more than 400 hours work, plus the cost of the kit and materials used. I believe there is a market for such models in Europe - especially Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Belgium etc, but the selling price needs to be 2000 Euros or less including display cabinet. Here in Albania, craftsmen consider they are doing very well if they earn 3 Euros per hour. The typcal wage for craftsmen is 10 Euros per day.
Have either of you produced ship models for sale, and if so, what is the "tradeoff" between quality and cost (hours worked) that you advise?
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Piet reacted to RobZorba in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
I found a great way to make the "window bars" to simulate leading in the captain's cabin windows. I used a small piece of black mosquito net, the sort that is fitted to double glazing fly-screens. I glued the mosquito net using Cyano (without accelerator) to the front of the perspex, making sure the glued area would not be visible. Then I stuck the perspex windows in place, again using Cyano, making sure the "bars" were vertical.
The 3M LED lighting strips I fitted are a bit too bright, especially in the area of the captain's cabin. It was a dead easy and prewired lighting solution ... but I need to dim the lights quite a bit ... they even shine through the timber of the hull and that's not right! Before I finish the model I will fit a resistor in series with the 12v power supply to limit the current to the 3M lights.
Anyway, now the "window bar" solution is in place I can proceed with the rest of the work on the stern. The paints I ordered will arrive next week, and I'm looking forward to doing some decorating!
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Piet got a reaction from GLakie in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
A belated happy birthday JesseLee.
Cheers,
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Piet reacted to RobZorba in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
Here's my method for bending planks. It's dead easy and requires no special tools apart from a robust triangular file. I lay the plank on a piece of 2mm cork matting below which is my flat and level worktable. I press the vee of the file into the strip, rolling the file slightly from left to right as I do it. The strip curls beautifully and there is never a break. I don't have to soak the planks or do anything else.
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Piet reacted to RobZorba in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
My "ultra quick" Gun Port modification (sorry for some repetition from an earlier post) ... I glued a small square of 3 mm acrylic (safety "glass") to the rear of each plastic gun port frame. I drilled the center of the acrylic to fit the dowel on the rear of the stub cannon.
I will paint an area of the acrylic matt black to simulate the gun carriage. The window frame will be painted red with gold trim. I will paint the canon with an unevenly stirred mixture of Humbrol antique bronze and gunmetal paint. I will stick the completed assembly using Cyano into the gun port openings, using the canon as a "handle" with which to position the frame accurately into position before "kicking" the Cyano with accelerator.
I will cut the remaining openings one at a time, because I want to insert and glue one gun assembly and then cut the next one. This will minimise any risk of hull planking moving out of position.
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Piet reacted to RobZorba in Vasa by RobZorba - Billing Boats - 1:75
Finished the port side cladding planks, and marked the gun port openings. I cut the first opening as a test.
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