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About highlanderburial

  • Birthday 03/02/1973

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    Glenolden, pa
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    Ship modeling, figure painting, bicycling,

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  1.    highlanderburial reacted to a post in a topic: Frigate USS United States 1789 by threebs - 1:72
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  7. highlanderburial
    I love this ship so I wish you joy of it! I will be building one at some point but my build log is a bit full right now! Can I ask where you got your references? I have been trolling both the national archives and the Philadelphia Historical Society to try and get more information on her.
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  15. highlanderburial
    Lag on the project again. I got the 3d prints done. I needed to fiddle with the supports to get it to come out correct. No paint yet but the here is the prototype.
  16.    highlanderburial reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Black Joke by highlanderburial - 1/50 Scale - Scratch-Build By Todd Wardwell
  17. highlanderburial
    That drawing is artwork onto itself. A very cool reference. Thanks for posting!
  18. highlanderburial
    This was an amazing find. This is the reason I come to this site. The sheer amount of first-hand knowledge references and tips are awesome. Thanks for posting!
  19. highlanderburial
    The final build on the gun looks great!!! Plus I love Revenue Cutters.....
  20. highlanderburial
    One of the major stumbling points on the project when I am not able to get down to the shop and work with wood is I wanted a decent pivot gun for the vessel. There really are none for sale that match this time period. On one of the forums here another user posted some amazing pics of a computer drawn version of the exact pivot gun I was looking for. Still there were no actual CAD files I could directly print from so I chipped away at sculpting my own. I finished modeling the gun, carriage and rail (with super challenging chamfer supports). Here are some pics. I have it on the printer right now and will post pics when complete. To be clear the last pic is not mine it is found by putting in a search on MSW for 18 lb pivot gun and you will see the thread.
  21. highlanderburial
    Thanks for your amazing rendering. I was able to build one out in a CAD type program using your pics for a visual. It is on the printer right now and I will take pictures when it is finished. I needed this for my scratch build. Simulating the chamfer deck supports under the rail was tougher than I thought it would be.
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  23. highlanderburial
    I got the initial bulwark planking in place. This was kind of a "do or die" for me on this model. Fortunately this came out well and I will be looking to build the cap rail soon. I also did a lot of lay out work on how the steering gear will work. This ship will have a wheel with drum and block tiller system. I noticed after looking at the plans several times that the cover on the steering tiller seemed pretty wide and oversized. I then remembered that this vessel has a stern launched small boat. This would be a platform that the crew could stand on while prepping the boat and staying out of the tiller swing radius. It also gives the crew a step up to get up to the davits. I also did some more sanding and prepped the hull for the next plank layer.
  24. highlanderburial
    Slooooow progress... Bulwark beams finished and rough transom put in place.
  25. highlanderburial
    I got the channels installed Small jumps! I measured out the pivot gun ring and marked it on deck. I started on the bulwark frames.
  26. highlanderburial
    Slow and steady. I added a slew more treenails to the deck especially near the plank butts. I sanded the nubs down flush. I then took a rag with some thinner and actually got to see what it looked like. There are still several spots that still need some more nails but overall I am happy with the effect.
  27. highlanderburial
    I think I was shooting for around 1 inch treenail heads. The drill bit is a .5 so the nails will likely be a skosh big for hitting .75. I would love to say I was factoring in for the white glue but I think this was the drill head I had at hand...
  28. highlanderburial
    More planks more picks!
  29. highlanderburial
    Yet more deck work at a grueling slow pace. I like it so far though.
  30. highlanderburial
    More planks more progress. Sorry I have been busy outside of the hobby with work and home stuff.

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