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Hello Julie, A friend of mine commented that for a 1931 boat the admiralty charts should be in black and white. I replied that I was building Altair as she is now and the yellow, blue, green and black charts were more correct. As for being up to date - not quite - they are from the first decade of the century. Have a happy new year. -
John, Im assuming its stowage for the cooking gas. Cant see what else it might be. I thought my grating technique was fairly standard - I have borrowed it from somewhere but can't remember quite where. The slicing off of a number of identical gratings seemed fairly obvious but of course is only applicable to long narrow shapes if using a slitting saw. Have a Merry Christmas.
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Thank you John. Immediately in front of the deckhouse is a square box which on the plans is referred to as the "gas box". On top of the gas box are stowed 3 demountable gratings. The use of the gratings isn't immediately apparent but I wonder if they form part of the companionway. I find that small boxlike features are most easily formed on the mill and this is the approach I took with the gas box. By slotting out and inserting the frame features i can get a reasonable representation of the panelling. The grating construction followed the fairly standard approach taken on other MSW builds. In this instance the gratings are small and I decided that hole sizes of .040" square were as small as I could go and still maintain definition. This scales somewhat larger than on the original. Planks were thickness sanded to .080" before being slotted .040" deep by .040" wide. They were then glued in a sandwich using PVA. Finally .060 wide gratings were sliced from the sandwich - 3 in total.
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Just catching up Mark. The hull looks beautiful. You should be very proud. Merry Christmas and on behalf of many members, thank you for your dedication to MSW and the encouragement and advice you provide.
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Glasses for detail work (changed by mod)
KeithAug replied to Bob Blarney's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Hello Bob Several years ago i switched to optician prescribed vari-focal lens glasses. These are made with the focal length is graduated from top to bottom of the lens. The bottom of the lens allowing for close up work and the top of the lens allowing for distance viewing. They work well once you get used to moving your head (rather than your eyes) to view near and far objects. Some people find this more difficult than others and some abandon vari-focals because of it.The ones you are looking at appear to be vary-focal glasses. That said eyes are complex things and its unlikely that you will get an off the shelf product that is a great match for your particular eye. -
A couple more deck features have been developed Just aft of the deckhouse is a rather complicated little structure referred to on plans as the engine hatch. The hatch is composed of 5 separate elements. On the port side is a sliding hatch leading to a set of ladders. On the starboard side front is a deck hatch and immediately behind this is a skylight (not yet made). To the rear of this is another low hatch. On the deck to the rear of the sliding hatch is a panel for the sailing instruments. The sailing instruments are obviously a retrofit since Altair was originally constructed. The whole of the hatch has the feel of being designed by committee. Towards the stern is a small structure called the steering hatch. Quite a nice little box.
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John / Michael Thanks for the comments and thanks to others for viewing and liking. It does fell like she is starting to come together.
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I find that time flies by and many jobs get in the way of boat building. Never the less I have made a bit more progress. Many of the skylights are now in place (but not yet glued). The mushroom vent for the galley skylight is made and as per the original it opens vertically by means of a screw. Most of the skylights are part finished with the window frames painted with poly, the bodies however are only sanded as yet. I also assembled and glued the side walls of the deckhouse and fitted the roof (not yet glued). I was pleased with the accuracy with which it came together.
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Very nice detail Michael. Must get round to making a 3rd hand.
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A little more progress - now most of the windows ready to be mounted within the the outer part of the frames.. The profiling of the skylight frames is quite noticeable and I wanted to reproduce this. The sanding dust is making it look a bit messy. To get a clear view of the detail needs a bit of experimentation with the light.
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Nils, I'd be interested to know why the ship has a stern anchor. Have you any history on this? Love the aft deck detail.
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Thank you Julie. Being patient helps, but a good dose of obsessive compulsive disorder is also an advantage.
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ancre La Salamandre by tadheus - 1:24
KeithAug replied to tadheus's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Nils At what level of detail do you personally stop? I ask because I find it very difficult to decide and was wondering how others deal with the dilemma. Thanks for all the photos and keep them coming - much to admire and learn here.
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Julie Thats the trouble with rasps, they sometimes develop a mind of their own. You need to reprimand it. The trouble is its probably male and hence prone to flights of fancy. I think cutting back the offending area to get a surface for gluing and then adding a fillet is probably the way to go.
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Looking good Julie. What is in your mind for the small section of hull at the top rear of the rudder?
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Skylight Windows. I think I have made hard work of making these and many of you will have improvements to suggest. If you do feel free to advise. One of the key elements I wanted to achieve was to set the protective brass bars within the frame and have them separated from (not sitting directly on) the window acetate. This reflects the design on the original. This had to be done while minimising the thickness of the window frames so that it looks to scale. The window are 1.1 x .980 inch and I wanted them less than .100 inch thick Because I needed to make a number of matching frames I made a simple jig. This was cut from one of my wife's chopping boards. (To clarify I have one wife and she has a number of boards I find one is more than ample)!!!! As yet she has not discovered the theft. I find nylon chopping boards make ideal jigs particularly if they are to be used while gluing components. The glue does not adhere to them and the glued and dried components are easily removed. The first layer of the frame is built from .040 inch thick mahogany. Slots of .025 inch wide and deep were accurately cut into the mahogany to take the brass bars which are cut from .024 inch wire. The side strips of the frame was then cut - .100 inch wide. The fist (top layer) of the window was then assembled in the jig from 7 separate pieces and glued with PVA. The second layer of the window is constructed from .018 inch thick by .100 inch wide mahogany. The strips for the top and bottom of the window were glued in place (PVA) to reinforce the 1st layer. The brass bars were positioned and fixed with CA glue. Then the bars were closed in place by edge strips in the .018 inch mahogany. The final layer forms the recess for the acetate and is .040 x .040 inch in section. Having cut all the components and with a bit of practice assembly time for each window is less than 30 minutes. The acetate was cut to fit - at this stage it still has its protective covering. Many more lights still to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Michael, John, Mark. Thank you for your continuing interest and kind remarks. One of the great things about MSW is the support everyone gets from fellow builders of exceptional skill.
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I continued with the skylights - taking care to get them square. Ribs and skirts were added. I didn't think that any below deck detail would be visible through the small skylight windows, so I didn't do any. I was a bit worried however that the lighter woods on the inside of the hull might look a bit odd so I decided to clad the inner spaces in darker wood. The 5 skylights are now in position but not painted or fixed. I'm hoping they will come up really well after a few coats of poly. Fingers crossed that the joints will show up well. I think I'll have a go at the windows next. I have a few ideas but it all seems a bit complicated and fiddley.
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