WackoWolf
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WackoWolf reacted to donrobinson in HMS Kingfisher by rafine - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/48
I know it's been years since this build Bob, But I just found this and would like to say what a beautiful build and amazing work. I have the LSS AVS on my shelf that someday when the skill level is better I'll start. I would also like to add the rigging like you did on your Kingfisher, however, I'll need a few more builds before all this happens.
Have a Good Day
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WackoWolf reacted to rafine in HMS Kingfisher by rafine - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/48
Thanks, Jaxboat. If you have the kit, you should build it. While there are shortcomings, it provides a unique opportunity to build a fully framed model without having to scratch build all of the framing. In addition, there are now so many great build logs for Swans on MSW and the availability of the TFFM books to really inspire and show the possibilities for enhancing the kit. There are so many things that I wish now that I had done. I hope you have a go at it.
Bob
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WackoWolf reacted to RGL in HMS Dreadnought 1907 by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350- PLASTIC
Ah, symmetry
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WackoWolf reacted to wefalck in A Lorch Micro-Mill that never was ...
To to continue: The ball-end lever for the locking bolt was fashioned from a short piece of steel in several steps: first the stem that will be a push-fit in a hole of the bolt was turned;
chucking the material with this stem, then the main part of the lever was turned conical, leaving a part cylindrical for the ball-head;
the conical part was given a waist using the free-hand turning rest;
and finally the ball-head was formed using the radius-turning tool.
The tool-bit in this case was a 2 mm HSS-bit in a special holder that allows to form a sphere with a sharp edge at the stem.
The finished ball-lever
Ball-lever actuated locking pin in place
To be continued ....
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WackoWolf reacted to Omega1234 in WASHINGTON GALLEY by yamsterman - 1/48 scale - POF
That's exactly what I was thinking about the ebony, as well!
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WackoWolf reacted to cog in WASHINGTON GALLEY by yamsterman - 1/48 scale - POF
You can give a twist to almost everything it seems ... Nice work on the ebony. Didn't expect the curvature would be possible .. well done
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WackoWolf reacted to Erik W in The 32-Gun Frigate Essex (Anatomy of the Ship)
I think the price is dictated by demand. I imagine the printing runs of these were fairly limited. I paid $45 for my copy a year ago. I see you can pick up a copy for $40 now. Not too pricey in my opinion for what you get.
Erik
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WackoWolf got a reaction from Canute in Airbrush
And that is just they way they look at it LOL. My passport is like a road map from going back and forth to china over the last 5 year and I have seen all sorts of stuff that you can buy there. I got a heck of a collection of DVD movies from there most of them Blue-ray and they only cost like 2.25 each, all new titles.
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WackoWolf got a reaction from Elijah in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
Beautiful detail work. Thanks for sharing.
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WackoWolf got a reaction from Captain Slog in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
Beautiful detail work. Thanks for sharing.
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WackoWolf got a reaction from FrankWouts in De Zeven Provinciën 1665 by YankeeD - Scale 1:50 - according to drawings by Mr. O. Blom - First wooden scratch ship build
Dam. Now that is a thing of beauty
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WackoWolf got a reaction from baskerbosse in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Thanks for the link. Beautifully build.
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WackoWolf reacted to Robin Lous in De Zeven Provinciën 1665 by YankeeD - Scale 1:50 - according to drawings by Mr. O. Blom - First wooden scratch ship build
Heel mooi Hans!
(translated: very beautiful Hans! )
Robin
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WackoWolf reacted to rdestefano01 in HMS Victory main mast section by guraus - 1:48
What a build! Can I ask how you put the stairway in if the base is solid maple.
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WackoWolf reacted to schooner in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
Mast Houses
The mast houses are made up of 2 stacked laser cut pieces with the holes for the masts and ventilators pre-drilled.
Given the rough faces from the laser cutting and the need to eliminate the seam between the pieces I thought that sanding them smooth would be tedious and might result in rounded corners so I decided to face them with sheet styrene. Doing so gave a nice smooth “steel” finish, sharp corners and a slight coaming along the deck edge.
The details are a combination of kit items, scratch, and after market. Between them they are the anchor point for 15 masts, booms and cranes so there will be a lot of rigging around them.
Next will be the start of adding the 160+ bulwark braces (maybe not tedious but certainly repetitive).
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WackoWolf reacted to schooner in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
Aft Deckhouse
The aft deckhouse went together just like each layer of the main house; 3 wood lifts topped by a laser cut plastic deck, and the sides covered with thin ply.
The deck edge coamings and underside stiffening girders are scratch. One item that will be different from the plans is the large gun tub. Rather than have a solid waist-high shield I’ll install a single strand lifeline, like you can see in the upper background of the photo below, the early Libertys seemed to have that style. Not sure what I will use for the lifeline stanchions yet but they are quite a ways down the road anyway.
Next up will be the 3 crane houses.
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WackoWolf reacted to Piet in HMS Agamemnon 1781 by Hennie - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64
Ah yes, all the do-overs is part of the deal but the final mast looks really very handsome. Splendid work my friend.
Cheers,
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WackoWolf reacted to Old Collingwood in USS Arleigh Burke by rvchima - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1/16" scale - guided missile destroyer
WOW That bottom hull looks so shinny like new.
OC.
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WackoWolf reacted to rvchima in USS Arleigh Burke by rvchima - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1/16" scale - guided missile destroyer
Jud,
Thanks for posting the photo of the USS Ammen. The prop shafts appear identical to the Arleigh-Burke, but the Ammen props have 3 blades while the A-B props have 5. (see below.)
The props in the kit have a metal hub and photo-etched brass blades. I haven't built them yet but they didn't seem nice enough, so I ordered a pair of of 25mm cast props from http://www.model-dockyard.com/. I'll decide what to use when they come.
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WackoWolf got a reaction from livio5@net.hr in De Zeven Provinciën 1665 by YankeeD - Scale 1:50 - according to drawings by Mr. O. Blom - First wooden scratch ship build
Dam. Now that is a thing of beauty
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WackoWolf got a reaction from Jack12477 in Airbrush
And that is just they way they look at it LOL. My passport is like a road map from going back and forth to china over the last 5 year and I have seen all sorts of stuff that you can buy there. I got a heck of a collection of DVD movies from there most of them Blue-ray and they only cost like 2.25 each, all new titles.
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WackoWolf got a reaction from YankeeD in De Zeven Provinciën 1665 by YankeeD - Scale 1:50 - according to drawings by Mr. O. Blom - First wooden scratch ship build
Dam. Now that is a thing of beauty
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WackoWolf reacted to md1400cs in Wasa by md1400cs - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Peter,
This is the book. I was not too clear in my post.
PS: I went through your Lotus build log - brilliant work indeed. Thanks for sharing.
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WackoWolf reacted to wefalck in In need of shipyard workers or boats crewmembers
Can't help with Elves, but the British OO-scale is nominally 1:76, so there may be something suitable in British railway modellers ranges. Have a look here for instance: http://www.langley-models.co.uk/
British OO-scale white-metal figurines don't have the same standard of sculpting as, say, the German Preiser HO-scale (1:87) hard plastic ones, but some of them seem to be quite nice.
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