Ryland Craze

Making your models come to life...
 
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Yes I have them but just havent had time to print them.  Soon I hope.
 
chuck

These look great, Chuck!  Have you seen any 3D printing plans for the 32-pound carronades with the elevating screws?  I have seen one other company that has created those, but always curious to see options.

The finished name board on my model of Billy is 1/64" birch ply so it really doesn't matter how Billy's original name board was constructed as I won't be trying to replicate the wrinkles/bubbles. It's purely the opinion of each individual viewer and each opinion is as good as the other.  
 
 Go ahead, yuck it up, Roel.   Making the wheels will be like making butterfly wings but that task is much less daunting in my mind than making the arches. The arches have me pretty intimidated right at this moment but I need to commit or be committed.  

Thank you, much appreciated, Bob.

Well Tom you made it to the black list lol, I will add your name to my list right under Keith's lol.
 Your sign looks great, that bubbling at the top may be vener lifting off because of  moisture,  but your's is  great. Go with that.
Bob  M.  

Speedwell will not change at all from Chuck's designs, I will literally be producing what Chuck designed, with only slots changed to take into account the metric rather than imperial sizes - and materials that I use like pear.

This is the VM plan for next year. Waiting to hear back confirmation.

I attended the IPMS model show at Telford this year and last year. Bit disappointing regarding age groups this year but last year was surprised to see many young and ladies at the show. One surprise this year was a new wooden kit ship manufacturer with a USS Constitution. Sailing ships have a very poor turnout at that show with only approximately three built examples.

Congratulations on the new premises. 

Thank you for all the good wishes, very much appreciated! It is nice knowing that there are no more restrictions to expand.
 
This is where we shall be based:
 
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BAjBq12Xsvdvwee88
 

Thank you so very much, Tom. Brother, I've missed seeing you about, I hope all is well. 

Thank you to everyone for the likes, for your helpful suggestions, and for your patience during the name board discussions.
 
 
 Name board 1.0
 
 Name board 2.0. Lettering was washed with heavy watered down white paint. 

 
 And finally name board 3.0. The letters are hand painted with acrylic craft paint. I know there are thousands upon thousands upon thousands of folks that can do ten times better than I on this lettering on the name board but this is the best I can do. I'm done trying to do any better, I'm calling it done with 3.0, no mas. 

 
 Please believe me when I say this looks a lot better at normal viewing distance than in a close up photo. 

 
 The penny for size comparison. Most of the lower case letters are 0.10" high, some a bit smaller. 

 
 Enough procrastination, on to the arches. 
 
 Again, thank you for your patience, your support, and for being part of the journey 
 
    Keith
 

The Triton Downloads area is now FREE....everyone should be able to enter the Triton forums and see and post and download the plans.   
 
Chuck

I received a battleship kit around age 7 or so (Revel Missouri) which I destroyed; I think I also probably sniffed too much of the interesting model glue.  The thing that really spurred my life-long interest in building was the positive reinforcement I received from people regarding the "models" I made from cardboard; mostly fairly crude representations of Star Wars vehicles.  The cardboard was free, there were no toxic glue fumes, and I honed my skills for a good while before eventually getting another plastic kit in which I was able to build a respectable model.   
 
Alan

I’d probably start with a plastic kit. Or even a LEGO kit. Or build a wooden kit together with him. Or all three. 
 
The Lego Endurance is a great model. Don’t know if he is interested or good at legos. It is a ship. And a cool looking one. I built it. Maybe you and he could work on it together. When my sons were his age, my job was to find the pieces. 
 
Neither of my boys took to plastic kits like I did as a kid. But between the two of them, we probably spent well over $20K in Legos over the past 25 years. They still ask for them sometimes and they’re in their 20s. 
 
I once got a wooden plane model as a kid and I started it and never finished.

I have a couple 8 yo grandchildren, boy(s) and girl(s). They like to look at my models but aren't ready to "craft." Two of them like art and draw; either of these two MIGHT be a candidate to entice...later. I'm giving only my direct experience, your mileage may differ!
I would suggest 10-12 yo is a better time to introduce model making. My bias is to start with a plastic kit. Close supervision and involvement is obviously mandatory, even at 10.
 
Thus far, I have many "fans and appreciators" but no "takers." The bright ones easily see the complexity and deep commitment of what Grandpa does and understandably show hesitation. I'm O.K. with that: a child's youthful impressions will last and may turn to interest and engagement in future decades...

Amazing development of your business. Well done. 

Excellent News. Just waiting for the moment I can order your next new kit, HMS Surprise with all the bells and whistles !
 
ECK

Congratulations!

Bravo.
A big step in your development and good news for us 😉

Congratulations Chris and good luck with the latest venture 

Two steps forward, one step back....
 
Progress has been a little slow but I'm still moving in the right direction, just.  
 
I've bent and fitted the gunport patterns to the bulkheads as per the instructions, no issues there.


 
The only point of note is that the instructions make a point of stressing that the gunport patterns should only be trimmed at the stern end.  I found that I needed to take some material from the bow end otherwise the notch in the gunport patterns which should sit on bulkhead 7 wouldn't sit at the correct location.  Even after taking some material off the bow end the notch was still sitting towards the stern (see photo below):

 
The first planking has now started and will probably take me a couple of weeks to complete at the rate I work  
 
One word of warning is that the bowsprit step (part 72) which is fitted into bulkhead 1 is very susceptible to damage.  I snapped it off when fitting the gunport patterns whilst fitting a clamp.  The clamp was supposed to be sat on bulkhead 1 and the bow.  Unfortunately the clamp rose up the bulkhead and moved to the bowsprit step.  As I tensioned the clamp the bowsprit step obviously couldn't take the force and snapped.  However, it was quite easy to fix and repaired well.  Unfortunately the same thing happed again when I was fitting the first plank.  I couldn't believe how stupid I had been.  So now I'm not going to repair it the second time until all the planking and sanding is finished.

Geoff
 
 

It is AK11180  Imperial Blue, acrylic. The red is AK11092 Matt Red acrylic.
 
The wood colour is Admiralty paints AP9119W (walnut). Not sure why I said oak and I have updated my post accordingly.

Use the "CONTACT US" feature on the web site.  She has no stock and I looking to see who wants what when available.  When you say extension table to you mean the larger table top?  It is a replacement for the stock top that comes with the saw and includes the fence to fit the larger table top.
 
I talked to Donna on Wednesday and she does monitor the website Contact Us area. 
Kurt