ca.shipwright

Nice work Darrell. I'm just about where you are on the HMB Endeavour. Things move rather slow now.

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What is the purpose of the upper brass rod and gear on the Syren Serving Machine It looks like the lower gear and handles do all the work. Am I missing something?

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Nicely done.

Nice Canons Jesse!

Beautiful work Dave.

Fantastic job. I am totally entranced with your stand. Is that a map of the world from the Endeavour years?

Regards

Yancovitch,

The GRAND DADDY of all la Couronnes!! Awesome.

Regards

EJ,

Get the Byrnes' table saw and the thickness sander. With those two, you will never again have to buy milled lumber.

There is a log called "Can I Live Without a Byrnes' Table Saw." It has some very interesting comments. It resides in the Tools and Equipment Forum.

Regards

EJ,

Definitely pin them. Glueing end grain is always risky. Just think of the catastrophe when a bit comes up after you installed all those lines on the pins and are doing the last one.

Regards

Great news!

Thanks EJ and Cobr@

Hervie,

It's not sacrilege. But, it is a lost opportunity to develop a skill that will be needed throughout you modeling career. There is nothing more pleasing to the eye than a well planked hull. Well, maybe the rigging.

Regards

Rowan,

I had the same thing. It manifested itself by my missing my mouth with the fork when eating. I had to have surgery. The problem resolved itself. A lot of physical therapy exercising the arm using a resistance band and squeezing a rubber ball brought strength back rapidly. Good luck with your recovery. I look forward to your log continuing.

Regards

?? What size brass pulley would you use for sheaves and cathead in 1:60  scale?

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I haven't tried it, but, it seems like starting with a fat tooth pick or a wooden kabob skewer might make fabricating belaying pins a lot easier than trying to turn down a piece of wood. I will let you know how this comes out.

Regards

Outstanding!!

Regards

Hervie,

Here is a photo of my bent T-pins that are stabbed into the bulkhead to hold the plank. You can turn them so you get pressure on the plank with the bend.

It just doesn't get any better than that!

Snipped off wires. Wow! Some things are really complicated.

Thanks Jesse

Jesse,

Your gratings are beautiful. How did you get the metal corners on the rope locker grating to come out so realistic? This is probably an item that I would have never considered modeling. Way beyond my skill level.

Regards

David,

How did you stain your masts without getting the stain all over the tan bands?

Thanks

Hello again,

Time for another report. Working on Sultana and HMB Endeavour simultaneously means both move kind of slowly.

The last photo was the first of several wood filler corrections. Several followed and now  am within 1-2 mm on the critical measurements. I’m pretty well satisfied at this point until something shows up that will not mate like it is supposed to.

Carved the 1/16^th inch rebate down to the lower wale. Almost got it perfect. Another small touch up job for the wood filler. Painted the hull below the rebate with an acrylic tinted to get the tallow color. Not too bad a match but I may wind up painting the bottom white. Installed the keel, stem and rudder post. I made them out of boxwood. I like the edge-holding property of boxwood more than basswood. Started bending planks using a jig. This is not an easy chore with the 1/8 x 1/16 basswood. The well soaked strips have a tendency to kink in the curve. We’ll work it out. Managed to get the first planks installed P & S; marked the planks as per John’s practicum. Again, the symmetry not perfect but good. A little filler on the seam and all will be well.

I am using the bent T-pins to hold the planks down as the glue dries as shown in the photo. Very easy to do with basswood. Not sure how easy they would be on a plywood bulkhead. They work well with double planked hulls as well because you can pin them anywhere on the 1^st planking.

In the photos, it looks like Sultana has a little list to starboard. This is due to the slot in the stand being slightly oversized. Also it looks like there are flats near the stem and stern post. This is filler where final touch up sanded through the paint, an optical illusion.

Amen Yancovitch!

E.J.- I also use your #2 method. I had trouble keeping the eyes the same using the rounded pliers so I switched to wrapping the wire around a drill bit of the diameter I wanted; grabbed the 2 ends of the wire in my right hand and rotated the drill bit with my left hand. Works like a charm. Either way, these are probable the strongest eyebolts you will ever need.

I make 20 of these a day to warm up my fingers for the days work.

Regards

Thanks Kurt-

I actually have those Ship Notes Vol. 1. I Purchased them at the Queen Mary NRG meeting years ago.

A clean desk is the sign of a very sick mind.