J T Lombard

Geoff how do you measure the dia. of your line & how do you determine the correct scale (dia.) to use for each application?
 
best regards
 
J

Ahoy shipmates, I have been back in the shipyard after a lay off with the man flu.  I have completed fairing the hull and adding some filler blocks to the stern area.  This completes chapter 1 of the practicum.  Next chapter planking the hull.
 
The pictures show the progress up to this point.
 
Also whilst I was dying a slow miserable death with no sympathy from the MRS the postman came through and delivered the paints I require to complete the model and hide the multitude of mistakes that I am bound to make along the way.  Next stop the hardware store for some filler to fair the hull after planking and then there should be no more interruptions for supplies until the ship is completed.  Fingers crossed, famous last words etc...
 
Yours aye, Jason Wright
 
Never give up the ship.

Remco
 
I see an occasional reference to TFFM. What is TFFM?
 
regards
 
J

Remco
Thanks for explanation of TFFM.
 
regards
 
J

Remco
 
I see an occasional reference to TFFM. What is TFFM?
 
regards
 
J

OK in an effort to make the pictures reveal themselves I have reposted them, then I am diving into the shipyard to make some saw dust.
 
Yours aye, Jason Wright
 
Never give up the ship.
 
 

During this time of Thanksgiving, May I Wish All A very Happy and Joyous Thanksgiving! We have much to be thankful for, and one of those is that I am very thankful for all of my friends here at Model Ship World for all of your support and assistance during my tenure at MSW. God Bless you all.
 
John

beautiful pictures. Much better.
 
J

beautiful pictures. Much better.
 
J

And three  more....
 
Dimitris

Thank you Nils for your nice words and also for the likes. I' m thinking of proceeding with the masting and rigging so as to ensure  that i will have more space for my big clumsy hands!! :)
 
So after 1 year i managed to get back my olympus from my young brother, and finally manage to take some decent photos as  requested...
 
 
Kind Regards
Dimitris

It may be a while before I can post more pictures of my progress. I need to take time out to do a bit of house cleaning.
One thing that constantly irks me is that the supply of lines are helter-skelter. I have some wound on pieces of wood and others in envelopes. They are never where I am looking for them.
 
I made this little rack to hold twelve spools. Some dowel and scrap wood did the trick. I still have to transfer the running line you see on the scrap winder to one of the spools. Labels will be along the bottom to identify what they are.
 
One set is for the standing lines (espresso color), one for the more common running line sizes (GO for golden oak), and the one on the bottom is for spools of sewing thread I use for whipping. The slots in the end allow me to remove them if I want to change spools.
 
I still have other rope and lines in some envelopes but those are the ones I don't use often or are short left overs.

This area of the forum was a great resource for information on where to buy various types of wood. Let's rebuild that information using our collective knowledge and experience. I've given credit in parenthesis to those who have contributed the name of that source.

Sources of milled wood (Australia):
Modellers Shipyard (Shazmira) - A limited selection of sheet and strip stock. They also have kits, tools, and other supplies. Ships internationally.
 
Sources of milled wood (Germany):
Arkowood (TRJ) - A bit on the expensive side, but good for smaller quantities. All major wood varieties, including swiss pear, box, lime.
Massivholzwerkstätten Horschig (Redshirt) - Good assortment of wood, high accuracy and good price.
 
Sources of milled wood (UK):
Hobby's (AntonyUK)
JoTiKa (Marsares)
Cornwall Boat Models (Marsares)
The Model Dockyard (Marsares)
 
 
Sources of milled wood (USA):
Ocooch - Good source for milled sheetwood of all species but no Boxwood, swiss pear or holly.
Syren - sheets and strips of milled Boxwood, Alaskan Yellow Cedar and Swiss Pear.
Itasca - Mainly a source for basswood. Their "Half Price" wood is still of good quality and excellent value. $20 minimum order size. 20% military discount.
National Balsa - Another source for basswood, Maple, Cheerry. More expensive than Itasca, but they have a greater range of sizes and have lots of dowels.
tallships_model_builder (themadchemist) - An eBay store with several items targeted towards model ship builders (eg. Deck planking and sheet wood). May be willing to cut custom sizes for you.
http://www.northeasternscalelumber.com/shop/index.php?PHPSESSID=fbf4aea8bc5623641aa53ab405ec4c6a - Northeastern Scale Lumber
 
I'm adding my list of US suppliers of lumber.  Given the market they may or may not have the wood you want.  IF they do have it, order it, don't wait as they will run out.  
All Righteous Woods Bod Nosen Colonial Hardwoods, Inc. CookWoods Dyes Exotic Wood, Birdseye Maple, Curly Maple & Tiger Maple Bell Forest Products Gilmer Wood Company Griffin Exotic Wood--High Quality Exotic Woods Groffslumberr hearnehardwoods.com- Inlay Banding, Ebony and Holly Wood Products Kettle Moraine Hardwoods, Inc., Hartford, WI Midwest Products National Balsa Wood Co- Balsa wood, Basswood, Mahogany, Architectural Models, Model RC Aircraft, Savox Servos Ocooch Hardwoods - Supplier of Thin Wood for Scroll Sawing, Carving Blocks, Intarsia wood, Plywood for scroll sawing, and more. Rare and Exotic Lumber in Maine - Rare Woods USA Rare Woods USA Rockler.com S.H. Goode & Sons Workshop Specialty Wood Exotic Lumber Exotic Woods - Keim Lumber The Wood Database Tropical Exotic Hardwoods Welcome to the World of Hardwoods Wood Project Source - milled wood sheets and strips and wood carving blocks woodcraft.com- Woodfinder® Marketplace Woodworkers Source for Imported, Rare, Specialty, Exotic Woo    
Sources of rough lumber (Australia):
Trend Timbers (1492) - Local, imported and exotic timbers.
Anagote Timbers (Jim Lad) - Local and imported timbers. Named after a pet goat called Anna.
Australian Furniture Timbers (BANYAN) - A wide selection of timbers. Avilable in 1 meter lengths.
 
Sources of rough lumber (UK):
Workshop Heaven (AntonyUK) - Various sized chunks of exotic wood
Yandles (Kevin)
 
Sources of rough lumber (Spain)
Maderas Barber (ymperivm)

Sources of rough/billets lumber (USA):
Gilmer Wood Company - Mainly Exotic wood and much of it highly figured. The main species of interest for ship modelers will be boxwood, ebony, and holly. $100 USD minimum order for Internet purchases, no minimum for walk-in purchases. Ships internationally.
Cookwoods (mtaylor) - Exotic hardwoods. Ships internationally.
Righteous Woods (davec) - Domestic, imported and exotic timbers. $100 USD minimum order for Internet purchases. Ships internationally.
Tallgrass Custom Wood Productsfff382 (Thairinker) - Domestic hardwoods. Located in Kansas, does not appear to offer shipping.
Woodworkers Source (Sephirem) - Domestic and imported. Lumber is organized based on geographic region that it comes from.
Rare Woods USA (ChrisLBren) - Ships to Continental USA only for online orders, but is free for orders >$100 with conditions.

Sources of rough lumber (global):
A local hardwood store - Usually a great place to buy domestic wood and some exotics. I have seen ebony and purpleheart at Woodcraft.
A local hardwood flooring store (muzzleloader) - Mahogany, maple, cherry and other hard woods. Inquire about sales of remnants at bargain prices.


A note on Gilmer:
This is a local business for me so I am fortunate that I can visit. If you've purchased milled Castello Boxwood for your model then it probably came from here. They told me that they don't have a source for this wood anymore, but in addition to the large stack of wood towering over me they also had a bunch more in another warehouse. The Castello Boxwood starts out as rough 8/4 (2" thick) boards around 6" wide and 7' long. When the stock on their website gets low they pull down a board, clean it up in a planer, spray with shellac to bring out the color, then seal the ends with wax. They told me if I was to buy a board off the top of the stack it would be $30 a board foot (1"x12"x12") but that if I wanted to dig through the stack they'd up the price to $35 per board foot. Indeed, the chunks on their website were about $35 a board foot when I last ran the numbers. Ebony is tricky stuff as it all looks the same in pictures so ask them to select a board with straight grain, if you tell them it is for a ship model they will understand what you need. When I was there last they showed me how to hold the ebony to the light to check the grain for straightness. Also don't be too concerned if the description of Castello Boxwood on the website is "figured" as that is what they listed my piece of wood as and it was actually fairly straight. Not all wood can be sold to customers outside of the USA because of laws to protect endangered species.

My pleasure Bob.  I often rely on the good graces and generosity of fellow modelers to bail me out.  And they usually come through with flying colors.  Glad to hear this thread helped you as well.

Happy Birthday Dimitris!
 
I hope you're having a great day!
 
All the very best.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY"  Dimitris  ...... Have a Good One!!!!
 
Frank

Ron:
Thank you for taking the trouble to adding back in the pictures that were missing from your earlier posts. It really adds to the narrative & just further enhances your wonderful build log. Truly inspirational.
 
best regards
 
J

Less than a week after finishing the AVS, yesterday I got up far too early, and spent the day at the annual model show put on in Phoenix by the local IPMS chapter. The Modelzona show is one of the largest annual shows, this year it had 550 entries, with my ship as the only non-plastic entry.  
 
I entered the AVS into the Surface Ships class that included some pretty amazing entries, including a 1/700 scale Japanese WW2 carrier in the middle of launching a strike, that had 313 little tiny crew figures servicing the planes and manning the guns etc., as well as 4 different entries by a guy who is a professional model-maker as his day job.
 
At the end of the day, the AVS did quite well. I took first place in Surface Ships, and also Best Ship (all ship/submarine classes).
 

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I have a pair, and I don't wear them as much as I should.  Try to remember to put them on when I'm going to be doing a lot of cutting that will obviously place my fingers/hands at risk, not so much for the very fine stuff where I'm not applying much pressure at all.

Spent a little time learning about oars; but could not find any details on how they were stowed in the boats so I used my judgement. Rather than one big bundle I split them into two bundles and lashed to the seats on either side of the tackle.
 
I also documented the process I used to fabricate them for the benefit of other novices like myself. I used the 1/8" square basswood strips supplied in the kit. I would have preferred to use a harder wood like maple for lathe turning since the basswood was stringy and soft. Slow gouging, sanding and patience was needed. Also to help I hardened the live center end of the strip with CA to keep the live center in place.
 
I setup my Sherline lathe to use the gouge cut on the backside and the front cut for the 90 degree shoulder for a reference point when cutting the blade. A picture is worth a thousand words so here are several showing the process from start to stowed.
 














 
Now to finish up some minor details and build a temporary base.
 

Erik,
If you need a material list for upgrade with boxwood I am more than happy to provide with such.
Bear in mind I am heading on three week vacation to Sweden from June 16th.
I know others has the same material list and will help you as well.

Brian:
What a beautiful job. I hope to preserve your build log so I can use it when I get to this kit.
 
again congratulations
 
J Lombard

Brian:
What a beautiful job. I hope to preserve your build log so I can use it when I get to this kit.
 
again congratulations
 
J Lombard

Brian:
What a beautiful job. I hope to preserve your build log so I can use it when I get to this kit.
 
again congratulations
 
J Lombard

Brian:
What a beautiful job. I hope to preserve your build log so I can use it when I get to this kit.
 
again congratulations
 
J Lombard