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captain71 got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Surprise by captain71 - Mamoli - Scale 1:75 - British Frigate
Framing in my gunports. now. Decided to go ahead with the metal. Filed off the frag seems to be fitting ok. Just sitting loose for now.
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captain71 got a reaction from Ian_Grant in HMS Surprise, kit.
Thanks. I'm goin for the Mamoli Kit then. Sounds like the best deal and I haven't heard any complaints. I'm spreading canvas,
Lads.
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captain71 got a reaction from JerseyCity Frankie in In need of shipyard workers or boats crewmembers
I'd like to see your work. Got any pictures ?
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captain71 got a reaction from Jasseji in HMS Surprise by captain71 - Mamoli - Scale 1:75 - British Frigate
Framing in my gunports. now. Decided to go ahead with the metal. Filed off the frag seems to be fitting ok. Just sitting loose for now.
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captain71 got a reaction from zappto in HMS Surprise by captain71 - Mamoli - Scale 1:75 - British Frigate
Framing in my gunports. now. Decided to go ahead with the metal. Filed off the frag seems to be fitting ok. Just sitting loose for now.
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captain71 got a reaction from Eddie in HMS Surprise by Waitoa - Mamoli - Scale 1:75
Looks really good. Your a brave guy, Waitoa. I'm inspired. I'm always scared to move forward. First off. Damn! Makin those gun port boxes must have been tedious.
How far did you set them back from the surface of the first planking? How bout a close up. And finally what size and wood did you use for the finish planks? they look wider than the ones I thought
we use. I have all my gun ports framed in and first planking on but haven't set them in place yet. I'll be adding pics to my log soon. Great job!
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captain71 got a reaction from Eddie in HMS Surprise by Waitoa - Mamoli - Scale 1:75
Thanks Waitoa. Very helpful. Since I have a frame around each metal gunport anyway, I might just go with wood as well. I"ll do some experimenting. The plans and parts are so screwed up, it's kinda of a free for all anyway. Going down to San Diego. While I'm there I'm going to take a look at ship they used for the movie. The HMS Rose replica. Just for fun mostly but I think It will help me get some perspective on how it should look.
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captain71 got a reaction from Eddie in HMS Surprise by Waitoa - Mamoli - Scale 1:75
I have the book Frigate Surprise. Learned a lot and valuable in getting a perspective of how the basic shape should be. Still haven't gone to San Diego yet. Sorry to hear the Rose is in disrepair. I have been to Boston to see The Constitution and Plan to go back in June for the arrival of the Tall ships. Good to see you goin for it and making good progress. I work on mine in short binges then slack off for awhile. I'll post some more photos when I've made some respectable progress. Thanks for the pics and updates. They're encouraging.
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captain71 reacted to Waitoa in HMS Surprise by Waitoa - Mamoli - Scale 1:75
Thanks, managed to get a copy of this from a discount bookshop a few years back and counting myself lucky as it was very cheap. Been drawing some ideas from this and peaking at other more talented peoples' blogs like yours for ideas and inspiration. Thanks for the photos and will have a look. I think I am taking the "bash" concept a bit too far as the photo attached shows. Ending up having to scratch build a lot more than I intended but hoping I end up with a better outcome as a result.
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captain71 got a reaction from Waitoa in HMS Surprise by captain71 - Mamoli - Scale 1:75 - British Frigate
Framing in my gunports. now. Decided to go ahead with the metal. Filed off the frag seems to be fitting ok. Just sitting loose for now.
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captain71 got a reaction from Waitoa in HMS Surprise by captain71 - Mamoli - Scale 1:75 - British Frigate
Back to work. 1 or 2 hull planks a day.
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captain71 reacted to Waitoa in HMS Surprise by Waitoa - Mamoli - Scale 1:75
Hi
HMS Rose is on my to do list. Been based in the U.K. For a number of years but originally from NZ and may take some convincing of the wife to go the LA route just to pop down to San Diego and see a ship. Plans and parts seem to be all over the show so will need to do more scratch building. As it is really a fictional ship I am sure we can fall back on that as an excuse. Will try to do some more this weekend so can post some more.
Rgds
Waitoa
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captain71 got a reaction from Waitoa in HMS Surprise by Waitoa - Mamoli - Scale 1:75
Thanks Waitoa. Very helpful. Since I have a frame around each metal gunport anyway, I might just go with wood as well. I"ll do some experimenting. The plans and parts are so screwed up, it's kinda of a free for all anyway. Going down to San Diego. While I'm there I'm going to take a look at ship they used for the movie. The HMS Rose replica. Just for fun mostly but I think It will help me get some perspective on how it should look.
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captain71 got a reaction from Waitoa in HMS Surprise by Waitoa - Mamoli - Scale 1:75
Looks really good. Your a brave guy, Waitoa. I'm inspired. I'm always scared to move forward. First off. Damn! Makin those gun port boxes must have been tedious.
How far did you set them back from the surface of the first planking? How bout a close up. And finally what size and wood did you use for the finish planks? they look wider than the ones I thought
we use. I have all my gun ports framed in and first planking on but haven't set them in place yet. I'll be adding pics to my log soon. Great job!
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captain71 got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMS Surprise by captain71 - Mamoli - Scale 1:75 - British Frigate
Back to work. 1 or 2 hull planks a day.
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captain71 got a reaction from DenPink in HMS Surprise by captain71 - Mamoli - Scale 1:75 - British Frigate
Back to work. 1 or 2 hull planks a day.
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captain71 got a reaction from mtaylor in In need of shipyard workers or boats crewmembers
I'd like to see your work. Got any pictures ?
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captain71 got a reaction from WackoWolf in In need of shipyard workers or boats crewmembers
I'd like to see your work. Got any pictures ?
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captain71 got a reaction from cristikc in HMS Surprise by captain71 - Mamoli - Scale 1:75 - British Frigate
I saw that someone else ran into the same problem that I did with a piece of the bulkhead breaking off while trying to put on the false deck. I tried gluing it back on but there's too much stress and it kept breaking off.
What I did was to glue first then drill a pin size hole through the broken piece at and angle into the main part of the bulkhead. I then drove a needle about an inch into it then cut and ground it off. Good and strong now.
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captain71 got a reaction from cristikc in HMS Surprise by captain71 - Mamoli - Scale 1:75 - British Frigate
Thanks Mayohoo, That looks great. I wished I had researched more, as I have already started the the deck at the 80 mm per the plans around 8 ft.( or is it 10) Kinda metric stupid, bein American n all.
I did get it centered perfectly though, as it laid out exactly to the edges. This is the course I have done so far.
. I need to sqaure off my ends better for the upper deck. I can dress these up with a knife later.
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captain71 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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captain71 got a reaction from mtaylor in In need of shipyard workers or boats crewmembers
People always ask me how long it takes to build one of these fully rigged 18th century type ships. I tell them a couple of years if you do a rush job.
Then I tell them to imagine 50 or so men working to mill, shape and put on maybe 1 hull plank a day. Then I thought to myself " it would be cool to have
50 little ship builders, dock workers, wagons etc . all working on my ship It would kind of put things into perspective as well as helping with the scale of things. So My ship is an 80 foot Frigate at 1:75th scale. The nearest I can find to that scale in figures is HO or 00. but it's not quite right and finding historical sailors and dock workers has been unsuccessful so far. Any Ideas would be appreciated. Then I can have my little guys build for me while I sleep. You know. Like Elves. Right?
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captain71 got a reaction from John Allen in In need of shipyard workers or boats crewmembers
People always ask me how long it takes to build one of these fully rigged 18th century type ships. I tell them a couple of years if you do a rush job.
Then I tell them to imagine 50 or so men working to mill, shape and put on maybe 1 hull plank a day. Then I thought to myself " it would be cool to have
50 little ship builders, dock workers, wagons etc . all working on my ship It would kind of put things into perspective as well as helping with the scale of things. So My ship is an 80 foot Frigate at 1:75th scale. The nearest I can find to that scale in figures is HO or 00. but it's not quite right and finding historical sailors and dock workers has been unsuccessful so far. Any Ideas would be appreciated. Then I can have my little guys build for me while I sleep. You know. Like Elves. Right?
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captain71 got a reaction from WackoWolf in In need of shipyard workers or boats crewmembers
People always ask me how long it takes to build one of these fully rigged 18th century type ships. I tell them a couple of years if you do a rush job.
Then I tell them to imagine 50 or so men working to mill, shape and put on maybe 1 hull plank a day. Then I thought to myself " it would be cool to have
50 little ship builders, dock workers, wagons etc . all working on my ship It would kind of put things into perspective as well as helping with the scale of things. So My ship is an 80 foot Frigate at 1:75th scale. The nearest I can find to that scale in figures is HO or 00. but it's not quite right and finding historical sailors and dock workers has been unsuccessful so far. Any Ideas would be appreciated. Then I can have my little guys build for me while I sleep. You know. Like Elves. Right?
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captain71 got a reaction from Canute in In need of shipyard workers or boats crewmembers
I'd like to have some 1:75 scale 18th century Sailors, Officers and even dock workers. I'm getting a fine run around the internet for things I have no use for.
Any advice on a good supplier? I don't mind doing the painting myself either.
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