KeithAug
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I am always surprised to find kit parts of such poor quality, I know its driven by price and profits but can it really cost that much to turn out something that is passably ok. I remember kits of 30 years ago and I think that in the main the fittings were better - or maybe my memory is letting me down. Excellent alternatives Richard. -
Eberhard you are quite correct - but in this instance the wall is the incorrect part. It's not terribly obvious from the photograph but I think there is a corridor on the starboard side of the stair. In any event very little of the interior will be visible through the hatch.
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Paul, Pat, Richard, Boris and Mark - thank you all for your appreciative comments, they are most welcome. Also thanks to everyone who visited or liked my work. A bit more progress:- I painted the interior walls but felt they needed a picture. The walls were then assembled around the floor piece. The door got a brass knob. The completed interior was then inserted into the hull.
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I am still on deck houses but this one is a little different as the hatch / doors will be open giving a glimpse of the interior. As usual I started with a sketch, again one square represent 0.1" x 0.1" at model scale. This deckhouse is asymmetric and as before I will build the skylight version. I don't have much detail of the interior but I will build what I think I see through the hatch. A little bit of photo editing gives more detail than is apparent on the photo. I started by building the interior which consists of a floor, door and 4 walls. The walls have a skirting board and a dado rail. The walls and the door are made from 1/32" ply. I constructed the stairway sides on a template that facilitated cutting identical slots for the steps. Using the same template I also cut slots to take the stair spindles. The steps were cut and the stairs were assembled and glued. They are just over 2" long The spindles were .08" diameter and were made by drawing mahogany through a draw plate - they were then drilled and wire was inserted in each end to fix them in the pre-cut slots in the step sides. The handrail was then shaped and attached.
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Rob Get a piece of aluminium rod bigger than 22mm. Turn the outside diameter down to 22mm - buy the blade first and then you can make sure it fits. Drill a shallow hole for the bore and then open it out to O.5" - use the plate from the saw to check that it fits over the small spigot. Then part off the spacer to the width that you want - i.e a couple of thou thinner then the thinest blade you want to use. If turns out a bit thicker than you intended thin it off by rubbing on some emery paper. You could use steel but parting off might be difficult unless you have a larger lathe, brass is also an option but more expensive.
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Very nice between deck shots Paul, looking very realistic.
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Rob - I buy TCT blades from Byrnes - i have not found another good source. For slitting saws I use these from Amazon. As you can see they come in a range of sizes. I don't use less than 0.8mm for slitting planks as anything less tends to deflect and hence bind. I do use down to 0.6mm thickness for cross cutting on thin and narrow wood. I have a lathe so made up the spacer to convert from the standard 0.5" spindle to the 22mm bore of these blades. Jim Byrnes supplies spacers at a relatively modest cost but I don't know about shipping cost. Alternatively I can make you one.
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Very educational insight into this unusual vessel and a lot of fine detail.
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Eberhard - yes only 1mm wide and 1/2mm thick. I think any attempt to punch would inevitably bend the strip but a small scratch might work. I take your point about the slot being the most visually obvious feature. Keith - sorry it went out of stock many years ago. No longer required as the younger generation in the main prefer computer games to model making.
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Nice work Keith - and as a bonus I now know what a Parrot rifle is - Isn’t the internet clever.
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Good to see you back Kees. Lovely work as ever. I hope you are keeping well.
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Eberhard . I did actually think about it but I decided to take the slap dash approach. Thank you Keith, Richard, Pat and John, and of course all my other visitors.
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Rob, are you looking for carbide tipped saws or high speed steel slitting saws, for the latter there are options.
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Thank you Boris and Keith. Mark / Paul thank you for following my exploits with my carbide drill, its an old friend and I will miss it once it has gone. Today was wet so I got on with the protection bars. I also needed to make the hinge straps - these are .04" wide and i decided the best way to make them was to file flats on either side of .04" brass rod. I did this by taking a piece of wood, cutting a slot in it .03" deep and then gluing the rod in it and filing off one side. Then a second slot was cut .02" deep and the rod was flipped over and re-glued before filing off the other side. Thus producing a strip of .04"x .02". The straps were cut to length while still attached to the wood. I also made simulation hinges by soldering wire to the edge of a strip of brass and then cutting off short lengths. The simulation hinges were then glued in place. I needed to add hinges to the previously completed skylights but the hinges for these were only single sided. Once more they were cut to length and glued in place. All a bit of a fiddle but it did successfully fill a wet day.
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Nice little engine Richard, all looking very ship shape.
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You work very nearly and quickly - the build is coming along well. I was looking at Jolie Brise in Lerwick harbour in August 2019, I took a few photos.
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The hull shape looks quite elegant Jon. I look forward to following the build.
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Thank you Richard. Yes Patrick - the same here. Thank god for video conferencing. I am slowly working my way through the deck houses - so this is sort of a repeat of previous posts. That being the case I'll post the photos with a minimum of text. As previously I started with a sketch scaled from the plan and augmented with measurements taken from photos. Each square on the sketch represents 0.1". I made more window frame edge strip. I made more brass edge strip. Another 88 0.6mm diameter holes all drilled with the same carbide drill used for the previous 96 holes - now a total of 184 holes. Is this a record? The edge strips were installed as per previous post.
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Thank you Hubert and Sceatha. Roger - a possibility - but all the other deck attachment points are of the conventional eyebolt type. Thank you for the complements Pat. I sometimes wonder how you manage at miniature scale so I too find your work impressive. As for staying safe its difficult not to be when confined to barracks. I think this is going to be going on for a long time. Thank you Gary, modesty compels me to point out that the mill did all the hard work. Zbip - yes others have suggested this use - although I am not altogether convinced. A short life line attached somewhere near the centre line is a better way of keeping the helmsman on board. Noel - good Idea but it would spoil all the guessing fun. I might try it though.
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Nicely done Richard - tricky little things to make aren’t they.
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Sceatha - an interesting subject for modelling - i look forward to seeing how it develops.
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Magnificent work as usual Gary - loved the recourse to calculation for sizing the otter boards.
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