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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Elijah in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
Darrell, Beautiful work. Love the spacer jig.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from cristikc in HMB Endeavour by ca.shipwright - Corel - 1:60
Greetings Again.
I can't believe that it's been 54 weeks since I started Endeavour and first posted in this log. Time really flies when you are having fun.
I reached what I consider to be a milestone on the build. All of the masts, spars and tops, mast caps and bow spirt have been fabricated.
I dry fitted all of the components and they seem to fit fairly well. Some, well maybe more than some, touch up will be required. Then its on to mounting the eye bolts and all the rest of the goodies that should be done before stepping the masts. Finally the painting will be completed. I won't admit to how many dowels it took to get this far.
I tried to do the hexagonal center for the main yards on a piece of scrap. This did not go well and I have decided to omit this. I can see where starting with square stock for the spars is definately the way to go. Next time.
We'll take a break. Clean up the shop. And, maybe work on my solid hull Sultana for a bit.
Regards
Photos to follow
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Canute in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
Thanks for the serving machine info. I just could not see what was going on.
Your rigging is looking really nice. I hope I can do the same.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Canute in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
Nice work Darrell. I'm just about where you are on the HMB Endeavour. Things move rather slow now.
A?
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?
Thanks
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Piet in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Nice Jesse.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from tadheus in HMB Endeavour by ca.shipwright - Corel - 1:60
Greetings Again.
I can't believe that it's been 54 weeks since I started Endeavour and first posted in this log. Time really flies when you are having fun.
I reached what I consider to be a milestone on the build. All of the masts, spars and tops, mast caps and bow spirt have been fabricated.
I dry fitted all of the components and they seem to fit fairly well. Some, well maybe more than some, touch up will be required. Then its on to mounting the eye bolts and all the rest of the goodies that should be done before stepping the masts. Finally the painting will be completed. I won't admit to how many dowels it took to get this far.
I tried to do the hexagonal center for the main yards on a piece of scrap. This did not go well and I have decided to omit this. I can see where starting with square stock for the spars is definately the way to go. Next time.
We'll take a break. Clean up the shop. And, maybe work on my solid hull Sultana for a bit.
Regards
Photos to follow
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from BANYAN in HMB Endeavour by ca.shipwright - Corel - 1:60
Greetings Again.
I can't believe that it's been 54 weeks since I started Endeavour and first posted in this log. Time really flies when you are having fun.
I reached what I consider to be a milestone on the build. All of the masts, spars and tops, mast caps and bow spirt have been fabricated.
I dry fitted all of the components and they seem to fit fairly well. Some, well maybe more than some, touch up will be required. Then its on to mounting the eye bolts and all the rest of the goodies that should be done before stepping the masts. Finally the painting will be completed. I won't admit to how many dowels it took to get this far.
I tried to do the hexagonal center for the main yards on a piece of scrap. This did not go well and I have decided to omit this. I can see where starting with square stock for the spars is definately the way to go. Next time.
We'll take a break. Clean up the shop. And, maybe work on my solid hull Sultana for a bit.
Regards
Photos to follow
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from shipcarpenter in HMB Endeavour by ca.shipwright - Corel - 1:60
Greetings Again.
I can't believe that it's been 54 weeks since I started Endeavour and first posted in this log. Time really flies when you are having fun.
I reached what I consider to be a milestone on the build. All of the masts, spars and tops, mast caps and bow spirt have been fabricated.
I dry fitted all of the components and they seem to fit fairly well. Some, well maybe more than some, touch up will be required. Then its on to mounting the eye bolts and all the rest of the goodies that should be done before stepping the masts. Finally the painting will be completed. I won't admit to how many dowels it took to get this far.
I tried to do the hexagonal center for the main yards on a piece of scrap. This did not go well and I have decided to omit this. I can see where starting with square stock for the spars is definately the way to go. Next time.
We'll take a break. Clean up the shop. And, maybe work on my solid hull Sultana for a bit.
Regards
Photos to follow
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Canute in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Nice Jesse.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Piet in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Nice Canons Jesse!
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Elijah in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
Thanks for the serving machine info. I just could not see what was going on.
Your rigging is looking really nice. I hope I can do the same.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from DaveRow in HMB Endeavour by ca.shipwright - Corel - 1:60
Hi Greg,
Duplicating parts is always difficult unless you have a CNC machine. What I do is rough out the parts. Paste a copy of the part from the plans in the correct scale, gang them together, and use a 6 inch disc sander from Jim Byrnes with fine sand paper and grind to shape them. Works great for convex curves and straights. Concave cuts are more challenging. I grind as much as I can using the edge of the sanding wheel and finish by hand. If I wasn't so lazy, I would rig up a drum sander on my drill press and use that for the concave curves.
To Endeavour tops:
All the bottom mast tops rest on the cheeks. The top mast tops appear to rest on the hounds of the top masts. I had to take the hounds off the topgallant masts to get them through tops. Also had to pair down the foot of the top gallants to fit the top. I hope this is correct.
Regards
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from DaveRow in HMB Endeavour by DaveRow - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:60 - First Build Kit
Very nice Dave. I may have to buy a lathe yet.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Elijah in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Nice Jesse.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from mtaylor in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
Thanks for the serving machine info. I just could not see what was going on.
Your rigging is looking really nice. I hope I can do the same.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from JesseLee in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Nice Jesse.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from mtaylor in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
Nice work Darrell. I'm just about where you are on the HMB Endeavour. Things move rather slow now.
A?
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?
Thanks
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from mtaylor in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
Nicely done.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Elijah in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
Nice work Darrell. I'm just about where you are on the HMB Endeavour. Things move rather slow now.
A?
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?
Thanks
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Elijah in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
Nicely done.
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ca.shipwright reacted to 6ohiocav in US Brig Niagara by 6ohiocav - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
STANDING RIGGING – FORE MAST AND JIB
I have been working on the standing rigging of the fore mast and jib for the last 20 days. Here is where I am so far. The fore mast is just sitting in its mast hole.
Most of this time has been spent thinking, planning, and too often, interpreting the difficult rigging plans. It became obvious to me that I had to create a plan of attack, keeping in mind that serving, seizing, whipping and tying collars will always be EASIER if done on the bench rather than on the ship. All of the standing rigging lines in the photos below were prepared on the bench and then systematically added to the masts in a planned order.
Having created this plan in my head, I thought I would share this with my fellow Niagara builders so that we all could wonder why the kit designer failed to do so.
A few caveats. I don’t know if I am doing this correctly. It is my best interpretation of the plans and the written instructions. I have also gone back to my library of Niagara photos. I therefore stand behind this, at least until someone says otherwise. Take your best shots.
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from Elijah in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Nice Canons Jesse!
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from JesseLee in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Nice Canons Jesse!
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ca.shipwright got a reaction from cristikc in Sultana by ca.shipwright - Model Shipways MS2016 - 1:64
Here we are again with another update and some photos.
The first thing I discovered is that it takes a lot more work then I expected to shape the hull out of a single block of wood using the ships lines and templates. It's check, carve, check, carve, check, sand,...... you get the idea.
The included photos show the hull shaping almost completed. Since these pictures were taken I have put a coat of primer on the hull below the 1/16th inch rebate. This will show minor defects that need to be filled and smoothed. Above the wale line won't be as sensitive to the smoothing process since it will be planked.
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