ccoyle
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Welcome aboard! An advantage of ship models is that they tend not to be involved in disastrous crashes resulting in fits of uncontrolled sobbing. They do occasionally induce crying, just not by crashing!
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Trimmed down the plank ends and dry-fitted the stem post, keel, and stern post. These three pieces all get veneers later.
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Well, it was MLK Day here in the US, and I had the day off. So over the course of several sessions, I managed to get all of the finish planking on, except for another layer that will need to be added to the wales. Here it is in its rough state. It will need some sanding and a little filler here and there, plus a couple of plank ends broke and will need repair. But its a milestone, to be sure. As you can see, the kit design uses planks that overlap the bow and stern; these will need to be trimmed, creating slots for the keel and stem post.
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I've moved this to the scratch-builds section. It might be kind of a gray area, since the printed parts are kinda the equivalent of a kit, but I figure since you had to print everything yourself instead of having it all neatly provided in a box, it leans more towards scratch than kit. P.S. I lived in Santa Rosa, California for four years when I was a kid, and our family made many day trips to Bodega Bay during that time.
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Wow -- creating your own one-of-a-kind laser-cut parts set is pretty impressive, at least to me. I'll be interested to see how this progresses.
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Absolutely yes I would. I really dislike repetitive tasks, though we must often push through them in our hobby.
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There are 13 planks below the wale on each side. So far I have done five on each side. Fortunately there is no spiling to do, but there is still the monotony of bend, glue, repeat. I max out at about four planks per session before boredom sets in.
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I got a Serv-o-Matic for Christmas. Not this past Christmas, mind you -- Christmas of 2023. I intend to put it to use for Phoenix.
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Good luck on this project!
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Welcome aboard! As you can see, I'm here in the Upstate. I don't fly fish, but I have used ultralight spinning gear to fish the Saluda River up this way.
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Welcome aboard!
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scissors, shears, cutters for rigging
ccoyle replied to palmerit's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Believe it or not, I've had the best luck with the scissors on my Swiss Army (Victorinox) Pocket Pal. -
I think you are missing the main point I was trying to get across in the other thread. The issue there was not the use of the gallery but rather the use of the build logs area. The function of the build logs area should be self-evident: it is an area in which members create logs of their builds in progress. Showing images of a finished model by itself, without any log of the build process, is not a build log and sidesteps the intended purpose of the build logs area. Members go to build logs expecting to see how a model is built. Making use of the gallery is entirely optional. A modeler who finishes a build may exhibit images of the finished model in his or her build log, in the gallery, or both. There is no requirement that images of finished build log subjects be displayed in the gallery only. The question of the functionality of our gallery is a subject that can be discussed, but the questions of when to use the gallery versus using a build log is not at all difficult.
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'Helpfulness' is not a gallery criterion. 'Build logs' depict models being built; the gallery is for displaying finished models, regardless of quality. Thanks!
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Fantastic model! But since this is a finished model and not a build log, these images should be placed in a gallery album. Thanks!
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Need AL HMS Bounty rigging instructions
ccoyle replied to Willem Basson's topic in Wood ship model kits
@Willem Basson I have split your query into a separate topic and moved it to the proper area. Also, please don't post your email in the open forum -- you can arrange to send it via private message if necessary. Cheers! -
Welcome aboard! Your schooner looks lovely!
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Beautiful!
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Welcome aboard!
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Great introduction and start!
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