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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
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I have finished with these images: the ship is currently at this point in the construction...
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
After breathing a sigh of relief noting that the keel has remained perfectly straight, I started the hard work of balancing the exterior of the structure; to do this I'm using the scrapers that, once sharp, working a beauty! Throughout the morning for half of the hull and is not finished yet, in return, my left arm began to creak ..........
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
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Laying of fills.
After attaching all the fills of the upper parts, I had to remove the template of the site in order to place some fills even deeper arriving well beyond the waterline
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
I then embarked on a jogger on the shores of the bow: I must say that I was quite surprised because there is not much to equalize!
I used some self-built tools but the work is much better with the scraper, in particular, I used the curvilinear;
In the picture you can see the treated part, darker;
the test with a strip has confirmed that so far seems to have done a good job!
I started to enclose the ship in the upper part of the oarlocks.
Perhaps the method I used is not exactly orthodox, but it is really effective and clean and the whole thing is tight.
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
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I glued the series of spacers in the middle between the butts of the floor frame and the floor frame means
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
I started to fix the double ribs to the keel permanently.
I wanted, for convenience, to starting with the masters quarters and then join with those already established at bow and stern.
For greater security gluing I used the double coasts of steel nails nailing the madiere the keel after having done a 1mm hole in the center.
After checking the squareness of the coasts, I fixed the spacers on the size of mesh on the template of the site helping with rubber bands (made from under the template) to adhere the coasts of the template itself.
I have to say that already so the coasts do not move except in the upper parts of the oarlocks, but this will solve when I put the studs.
For the moment I want to fix all the coasts, then I will proceed with the keys at the heads of the floor plates.
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
Sorry for my english: I use google translator.........
Implementation of the oarlocks of the hip: work very mangy, angle of cut must be very precise in order to avoid false inclinations of the same.
I also decided to bolt with square ankles from 1x1mm walnut.
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NMBROOK reacted to giampieroricci in L'Amarante 1749 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - 1:30 - French Corvette
after a first scraping:
the stem, that good!
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NMBROOK reacted to fnick in Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 - wood
Hi all
so 8 and a half months later... ho hum here's an update...
To be fair to myself... we have moved house. Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
One big plus side to the house (apart from being bigger and detached and closer to preschools, schools, etc, yes I know very minor items ) is that is has a garage, And part of that has been converted into a dockyard!! Woohoo! It's so good to have a dedicated area for model building. I also had the fun of building my own work bench (just in case you can't tell from the photos...) using slats of a bed we didnt need anymore and an kitchen worktop.
Anyhoo enough talking from me. Here's a few photos. Yes not much of an update (only an extra line of planks) but I don't care it's an update!!
It's good to be building again
Thanks for looking in. Hopefully the next update won't take another 8 months!
Nick
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NMBROOK reacted to mtaylor in MORDAUNT 1681 by NMBROOK - Euromodel - 1:60 - Beyond Bashed
It makes a lot of sense, Nigel. It sounds like you've put a fair amount of thought into this so it should work. As much as I love the color and texture of ebony, it sure is a pain to work with though.
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NMBROOK got a reaction from mtaylor in Cutter Cheerful 1806 by rafine - FINISHED
Wonderfully clean work Bob I don't know about the slow progress,the way you are going,you will have several completed builds under your belt before I have finished one
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from RichardG in Cutter Cheerful 1806 by rafine - FINISHED
Wonderfully clean work Bob I don't know about the slow progress,the way you are going,you will have several completed builds under your belt before I have finished one
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Canute in Cutter Cheerful 1806 by rafine - FINISHED
Wonderfully clean work Bob I don't know about the slow progress,the way you are going,you will have several completed builds under your belt before I have finished one
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to rafine in Cutter Cheerful 1806 by rafine - FINISHED
Summer is vacation time (although my family always asks what retired people take a vacation from ). As a result of the travel, progress slows considerably.
I do have some new work to report. I've done the planking of the counter and the transom. The first step was to trim down the outer stern frames. I did this with a #15 Exacto saw blade initially, and then sanding sticks. The planking of both areas went relatively quickly and easily, with some shaping and bending of the planks.
Next will be the fashion pieces and painting the counter.
Bob
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NMBROOK reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Update for forecastle- and first waist deck,
It all looks a bit rough in the moment, The front waist-deck was made to the card template and can now be removed for planking. Need to check the hights with the little 1:144 figurine
The forecastle deck will need the anchor tubes with suit taylored outlets to the bow sides fitted in, before it is planked( only about 2/3 of it`s area (pics will follow later on )
Nils
my little room for the rough work
I fixed a preliminary,horizontal (loosenable) steel-rail, to which the drawing can be clipped (magnets)
The funnel arrangement in two groups provides the first class dining resaurant and lounges to go over the full width of the ship, this has been well accepted by the passengers, This design had also been adopted for the follower liners of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, and gave an unmistakenable silhouette for identification from the distance
three deck high, and over the ship`s width, the 1 st class dining saloon
the little white figure is used for determining the correct deck-highjts
here the deck curvature can be nicely seen
when clicking on this pic (to enlarge) the hand drawn frame distances on the drawing can be seen. I chose 26 frames over the ship`s length
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NMBROOK reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Thanks Patrick,
in answer to your questions...
the average time for a window like this is 15 minutes, and there are (my Count) 84 of this type, so that makes 1260 minutes = 21 hours
Yes, I have thought of RC Controlling, because the propshafts are functional, but I would have had to add some complicated gear System to the ruddershaft, inside that tail-cone. So I rejected that thought at an early stage already, I also trust that the ship will be much to fragile for water contact. Also I do`nt know how the plating (adhesive gluefilm) would behave in water...
Nils
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NMBROOK reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Build log part 14
preparing for the decks, cutting out card templates, will be using 0,8 mm ply and plank this with 1 x 2mm scaled pine strips, pencil "caulking" at the plank edges
Nils
inbetween I do 2 more windows at a time...
the forecastle card template and half the front waist template (one deck lower). The outer limiting timbers (forecastle sheer) will be shaped to fit the rounded transition from hull to deck
half poop deck template
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NMBROOK reacted to Jeff-E in HMS Victory by Jeff-E - FINISHED - Panart - 1:78 Scale - Bow Section
Hi All,
So we move on to the Upper gun deck.
The false decks were test fitted and adjusted to ensure a tight fit against the walls, the underside was then painted whit as this will form the ceiling of the deck below.
Once dry the two deck halves were glued in place.
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NMBROOK reacted to Jeff-E in HMS Victory by Jeff-E - FINISHED - Panart - 1:78 Scale - Bow Section
After the decks had dried the next step was to plank the inside of the beak head bulkhead and then to paint the walls. This was done before planking the decks so I wouldn't have to mask around the edge of the decks.
You will notice that this deck has it's walls painted with yellow ochre.
The deck planking will be the next job
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