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toms10 reacted to John Ruy in Robert E Lee by John Ruy - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 3/32” to 1’ scale or 1:128 - Steamboat
Boiler Guard and Catwalk…
Boiler Guard constructed of 1/32 materials.
Two Boiler Guards completed ready for paint.
Cutting in Boiler Guards and Catwalk. Nice break from those Paddle Wheels.
Work continues on the Paddle Wheels.
Thanks again to @Cathead and @yvesvidal for the tips On Paddle Wheels.
Onwards 🍻
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toms10 reacted to John Ruy in Robert E Lee by John Ruy - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 3/32” to 1’ scale or 1:128 - Steamboat
Paddle Wheel 2.0…
Progress… 🍻
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toms10 reacted to John Ruy in Robert E Lee by John Ruy - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 3/32” to 1’ scale or 1:128 - Steamboat
Paddle Wheels…
Thought I would share some progress I have made on the paddle wheels. Albeit rough to say the least.
4 of 8 wheels assembled…
Airbrush painted before final assembly.
Determined spoke alignment was not accurate enough to proper alignment of the paddles. (Quite Maddening 🤪)
Spent hours adjusting the spacing to “exactly” 6 mm. Results were minimally acceptable.
Fortunately once the housing is completed the misaligned paddles will not be seen. But, I will know they are there. 😆 There is that OCD, AGAIN!
I plan to leave side panels off to make the engine room and paddle wheel viewable from one side. That said, I will build another set of wheels more carefully and accurately.
We will see how I do before I decide to remake the first one. That is if I don’t go insane. Wish me luck. 🍻
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toms10 reacted to John Ruy in Robert E Lee by John Ruy - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 3/32” to 1’ scale or 1:128 - Steamboat
Hanger Rods with Turnbuckles…
Installed some Hanger Rods with the wire and turnbuckles supplied in the kit. Painting them flat black enamel.
Work continues on the Paddle Wheels.
Cheers 🍻
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toms10 reacted to John Ruy in Robert E Lee by John Ruy - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 3/32” to 1’ scale or 1:128 - Steamboat
Paddle Wheels…
Correcting to 1mm…
Time for paint…
1 of 8 complete…
Onwards. 🤪
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toms10 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Managed to get the planking from the planksheer down to the wale done on both the port and starboard sides. Also got the upper part of the transom planked. Still have some finish sanding to do but I will wait until everything is planked.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Finished planking the bulwarks. I pleased with how they came out. here is a couple of pics of the inboard and outboard sides. At 1:96, these are some pretty small planks. Good thing this isn’t a race 😜😂.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from KJackson in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Managed to get the planking from the planksheer down to the wale done on both the port and starboard sides. Also got the upper part of the transom planked. Still have some finish sanding to do but I will wait until everything is planked.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from archjofo in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Finished planking the bulwarks. I pleased with how they came out. here is a couple of pics of the inboard and outboard sides. At 1:96, these are some pretty small planks. Good thing this isn’t a race 😜😂.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from archjofo in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Hi everyone
i managed to get the main rail installed. Next I will work on the top gallant rail and then start planking the bulwarks.
it is starting to resemble a boat hull! 😁
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from Ian_Grant in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Managed to get the planking from the planksheer down to the wale done on both the port and starboard sides. Also got the upper part of the transom planked. Still have some finish sanding to do but I will wait until everything is planked.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from archjofo in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Managed to get the planking from the planksheer down to the wale done on both the port and starboard sides. Also got the upper part of the transom planked. Still have some finish sanding to do but I will wait until everything is planked.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from Michiel in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Managed to get the planking from the planksheer down to the wale done on both the port and starboard sides. Also got the upper part of the transom planked. Still have some finish sanding to do but I will wait until everything is planked.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from CiscoH in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Managed to get the planking from the planksheer down to the wale done on both the port and starboard sides. Also got the upper part of the transom planked. Still have some finish sanding to do but I will wait until everything is planked.
Tom
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toms10 reacted to allanyed in Mondfeld v Lees Masting and rigging
Toys maybe, maybe not, but I think you get my point. If you are going to spend the time and expend the effort to build a model, why not make it as good as possible, be it scratch or bashing the kit by replacing out-of-scale and otherwise inaccurate items like belaying (bowling) pins, gratings, and copper sheathing.
Just one opinion.
Allan
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toms10 reacted to allanyed in Mondfeld v Lees Masting and rigging
David
1. Caldercraft- a toy model ship kit maker. They were actually awarded awarded a gold medal at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 1984.
2 Lees and Monfeld - Researchers.
In the end it is up to you to choose any of the above, but I have never seen kit makers quoted as a source of accurate information.
Allan
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toms10 got a reaction from Ian_Grant in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Finished planking the bulwarks. I pleased with how they came out. here is a couple of pics of the inboard and outboard sides. At 1:96, these are some pretty small planks. Good thing this isn’t a race 😜😂.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from ccoyle in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Finished planking the bulwarks. I pleased with how they came out. here is a couple of pics of the inboard and outboard sides. At 1:96, these are some pretty small planks. Good thing this isn’t a race 😜😂.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from Rudolf in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Hi everyone
i managed to get the main rail installed. Next I will work on the top gallant rail and then start planking the bulwarks.
it is starting to resemble a boat hull! 😁
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from archjofo in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Hi all
i now have the plank rails and stanchions and knight heads installed as I work on the bulwarks. The main rails are made but I still need to fabricate the log and top gallant rails. Once those are made I think I will assemble those off the model and install them onto the stanchions as a subassembly.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from archjofo in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Made a little more progress today. I have all the bulkheads shaped, fit and pretty much fared. They are just dry fit now. I will true them up and glue them in place after I shape the rabbet grooves.
Also managed to get in a evening last night at the Mystic Seaport during their “Lantern Light Village” exhibit. The village center was set up as it would have been in 1876 around Christmas. It was basically lit only by kerosene lanterns with small barrel fires here and there. They even had horse drawn carriage rides. People were dressed in period costumes and playing various roles. Amazingly they never broke character when talking with you about current events…. of 1876. 😁 The Morgan although only partially rigged due to the on going restoration, was a bit “spooky” looking in the to walk around in by lantern light. Here is part of the the village as it was lit up. The Morgan is on the left if you look closely in the dark.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from archjofo in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Hi everyone out there.
I have finally begun my new project, the whaler Charles W. Morgan based right here in Mystic CT about a hour away from me which is a big reason I chose this ship. I am a member of Mystic Seaport and have been on her many times. The last few taking many pictures of things most tourists don’t even look at. 😁. I was able to see her dry docked as well this summer while some restoration was being done to the hull. These ships are MUCH bigger out of the water. Sometimes you just don’t realize how much is going on below the surface.
I bought a set of plans from Model Shipways (1:64 scale) that has 6 pages of very details drawings of everything I should need to get through the basic build. Of course there will be hours of supplemental reading and research to finish it off I am sure. This being my second scratch build I am quite sure I have plenty to learn about.
In between painting rooms other house projects I have snuck in an hour here and there to review the plans and get started on the center keel and bulkheads.
Time to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Tom
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toms10 got a reaction from Rudolf in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Finished planking the bulwarks. I pleased with how they came out. here is a couple of pics of the inboard and outboard sides. At 1:96, these are some pretty small planks. Good thing this isn’t a race 😜😂.
Tom
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toms10 reacted to Charles Green in A Sea of Words and the Patrick O'Brien Series
Cathead's comment reminds me of Mark Twain's observation: "People are like moons. They all have a dark-side they never show to anybody."
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toms10 got a reaction from dvm27 in Charles W Morgan 1841 by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:96 - POB
Finished planking the bulwarks. I pleased with how they came out. here is a couple of pics of the inboard and outboard sides. At 1:96, these are some pretty small planks. Good thing this isn’t a race 😜😂.
Tom
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