NMBROOK
-
Posts
2,305 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Reputation Activity
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in HM Schooner Ballahoo by egkb - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64 Scale - First Proper Wood Build
Thanks Ollie & Nigel.. I shall put a coat on the deck now ! Ollie I think I'll leave the Tree Nailing alone for this build though I like the putty solution ( it does sound tempting ) I could make a mess of the rather nice finish.. next time !!
Thanks also for the advice re gluing onto the painted deck.. this will deffo be followed ! it was kinda bugging me there for a bit.
Right Next Up Painting The Deck !
Will be out of the house shortly (am cooking a 'scratch built' Lasagne etc for a friend then hitting the Cinema for the Tom Cruise Emily Blunt latest offering)
Hope ye all had a great week-end.. it is still going on over here, what with a Bank Hollier Monday tomorrow and all !
Stay Well
Eamonn
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from tkay11 in HM Schooner Ballahoo by egkb - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64 Scale - First Proper Wood Build
Hi Mate
My vote goes for varnishing (I assume this is what you mean)before fitting out.You may find more than one coat is require with a little rubbing down in between to achieve your desired finish.This is nigh on impossible to do with things in place and not end up with a deck that looks like the North Sea.Another factor is that unless you spray very thin coats of poly,it will form a small radius in the internal corners and everything will loose it's sharpness and definition.
I use a small burr in the Proxxon to abrade areas that fittings stick to making sure I go into clean timber.The epoxy bond is more than adequate and pinning is only required on stressed,vulnerable,items with a small gluing surface or larger items.Things like hatch combings,I find it unnecessary.I generally use Tamiya tape to 'mark' the outline of the fitting preventing any mishaps and marking the deck.
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in HM Schooner Ballahoo by egkb - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64 Scale - First Proper Wood Build
She looks fabulous mate!!!Can't believe I have missed two updates,but haven't been on here much this week My advice would be to save treenailing for the next build.I personally feel you are too far on to use any methods I would use.For the 'drill and fill' method,this would have been best employed before wales and trim on the hull and to tackle the deck will result in spoiling your paintwork.You could try pencil,but this always just looks like what it is.Don't want to sound a party pooper,but similarly don't want to advise you to do something that runs the risk of spoiling your great work due to access problems.
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from mtaylor in Name the Ship Game
In answer to your question Eamonn,nope.I did have to google it myself to check as I only know the name .Thought this may be a little fun as all JMSDF ships are like flower class corvettes,they all look the same Prompt,evil laugh stroking of white cat
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in HM Schooner Ballahoo by egkb - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64 Scale - First Proper Wood Build
Hi Gang, I have another wee update to Ballier !
The Timber Heads are in place and painted (photo below)
Thanks B.E. , Ollie , Jason , Bob & Dee_Dee for the kind words and all the Likes too !
Yea I have a pretty wide smile on the ol' face over here in Ireland, as much relief as anything to have gotten past the major construction phase relatively unscathed.. it is sooo true what I have read here on MSW that problems on wooden boat builds can be fixed fairly easily! thankfully
Still a bit of Clean-Up work required on the paintwork, but not too much.. the Rudder will be set free from it's wooden surround shortly and installed.. but that will be a few days away yet as work gets in the way again.
Question Time.. Tree Nailing ! it is almost time to give the Deck & Bulwarks some freckles .. any suggestions folks (I see a lot of methods on here, but if anyone has a sure fire way of doing them I would be only too happy to try!! )
Stay Well Folks
Eamonn
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in HM Schooner Ballahoo by egkb - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64 Scale - First Proper Wood Build
Okey Dokey.. Photos as promised ('cos I'm nice like that you see )
Cap Rails in place (bit of a faf there as they didn't fit so I had to lengthen them slightly.. about 5mm .. Oh and did I mention the weird asymmetry! well it reared it's head again, so a bit of cap rail nudging was required to make it conform to the bulwark shape !! am beginning to think it was there from the very beginning. Oh Well, 'tisn't so bad really )
Painted all the new stuff and inside the gun ports (needs to have a 2nd coat at least, and I may end up cracking open some of my mighty filler stock to smoothen them off.
That's us up to date folks, thanks for looking in on Little 'ol Ballahoo.
Stay Well
Eamonn
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
I'll cancel my Ferry Ticket in that case Nigel I could almost do a Thesis on Hyuga Class Carriers now Worry not Bud, I've had that kinda issue with search engines before (one of the reasons I post a lot of Irish vessels, at least I have an idea of what they actually look like..)
Right here's a right Doozy, particularly as there were only a handful (about 7 !!) ever made but the Class will do, that said the Class is very specific!! They are still around today, but are in a very sad state I'm afraid.
Have Fun .. Oh by the way thankfully they are not Japanese..
Eamonn
2nd By The Way any suggestions Tips re Faux Tree Nailing for Ballahoo? Anyone ?? If you do could you pop over to my Ballahoo Log, Link Below there somewhere..
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
You are infact correct Eamonn,as I have double checked everything,but the pic I clicked on listed this vessel as JMSDF Kunisaki which is an assault ship,following my link further did lead to the shipmodel page with the pictures you have been looking at.Further investigation on Kunisaki shows a stern door obviously not present on my pic.
I feel a little annoyed with google but will hand the helm over to you Eamonn as you named Ise first.My fault for not checking out the pics correctness beforehand and picking a rather spurious choice of vessel
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Righty Then wot about the Izumo Class boats? A-ha ! Alan Partridge style..
E
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
No mate,sorry This cat is getting heavy now
BTW two ships in Izumo class,Izumo and other one not named yet,not due for completion until 2017
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Am Hating you right now Mate.. Right Then Japanese Carriers 101 here I come
E
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
In answer to your question Eamonn,nope.I did have to google it myself to check as I only know the name .Thought this may be a little fun as all JMSDF ships are like flower class corvettes,they all look the same Prompt,evil laugh stroking of white cat
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
is it a Hyuga Class Helicopter carrier Nigel.. though I think the photo must be reversed as the 'Island' is on the Stbd side normally..
Stay Well
Eamonn
-
NMBROOK reacted to realworkingsailor in Name the Ship Game
ahem... cough..flagonthestern...cough cough.....
-
NMBROOK reacted to rafine in Frigate Essex by Rafine - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Kitbashed
Thanks so much Nigel, Augie and Jan for your kind comments and also to the "likes" for your continuing interest.
Nigel, I don't think I could face 100 guns. The 26 on the gun deck were quite enough. Of course, I still have some to do on the quarterdeck.
Bob
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Well Done Nigel.. Suirbheir it is !! that's it, I taking a photo of a pedalo in the local duck pond next time.. or an RNLI Lifeboat.. evil laugh !!
Eamonn
OK Bud you are up next..
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
Sorry mate,is it Suibheir? First immediate port of call was Irish Customs vessels and I recognised the Revenue class from my rc boat interests.Somebody does or did produce a kit/semikit of this class.
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
All Righty Then.. Give this one a lash and see how ye all get on !
Identifying marks etc removed (Her name for example would just would make it way too easy ) Though somehow I don't think it will take toooo long
Stay Well Folks
Eamonn
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from MartyB in Deck planking - simulation of caulking
I thought I would post a couple of pics as this thread has popped up again.Having taken on board all the different methods employed by everyone,I feel I have come up with a new alternative .I developed this for my Mordaunt build to be used on both deck hull and keel.The fact the model will be finished in Shelac immediately precludes the use of any type of marker as the alcohol or meths base will dissolve this and cause it to smear.It is time consuming,but I feel gives a thinner sharper line than using black paper.I opted to use black tissue paper as not only is this much thinner,it allows doesn't run the risk of weakening the joint like paper.I do propose to post a tutorial on it as there are some differences to the paper method.The part laid deck in the picture still needs more scraping to the finished level,but gives an impression.The deck is pear with a max plank width of 5.7mm(the planks are tapered)
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from trippwj in 177x ships - British vs US design, what are the differences?
Interesting stuff,unfortunately i can't comment on British vs American designs having not researched American construction techniques.I can say though that through everything i have read,the consensus is that French naval architecture,at least in the 17th and 18th century was vastly superior to the British.The French constructed light,agile,highly maneuverable ships,whereas the British lost out through over engineering of everything.It was the difference in training of the crew that made up for the shortcomings of British designs.To my knowledge,Britain had been importing some of their timber as far back as the 17th century.
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
NMBROOK got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in The pirate who is buried in a church
Not wishing to hijack this thread,but skull and crossbones heavily feature on the tomb of George Mackenzie in Greyfriars Churchyard in Edinburgh.I will leave anyone to google this to reveal the history behind this man who had a reputation for torture.Incidentally recommend this graveyard for anyone visiting Edinburgh on holiday.The Harry Potter books were written in a cafe by JK Rowling a few hundred yards from here
Kind Regards
Nigel
-
NMBROOK reacted to rafine in Frigate Essex by Rafine - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Kitbashed
A minor milestone -- work on the gun deck is complete. I have made, installed and rigged the last four guns, added their deck ringbolts and made and installed the jeer capstan, the second of the three required capstans. I also tied the line for the main course tacks to their bulwark cleats.
The guns were done the same way as all the others (very glad to be done with them). The capstan was done in boxwood, with a pear cap The pawls (stops) were also made from boxwood, painted black and added to the deck.
Next up will be the deck framing for the gangboards (midship decking).
Bob
-
NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Thanks Slog.. It was just a guess (but it looked right ) Am in work shortly so if you want to post another question then please go ahead (to keep things running along smoothly as it will be much later this evening before I can do so.. it is 8.15 am here at the moment)
Stay Well
Eamonn
-
NMBROOK reacted to druxey in What do you think of this method of planking?
Sorry, folks, but I respectfully beg to differ. The planking runs at the bow don't look right to my eye. The garboard strake runs too far up the bow, causing crowding further up the bow (if it were the right way up!). See my sketch for what I think would be closer to the way it was done. Others have already commented on the plank butt scheme, which seems random to me. However, ultimately the result has to please the builder.
Our Emblem ®
