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Moxis got a reaction from Mirabell61 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 2, 2016

Thank you very much for your comments Nils and Patrick. I am glad that you follow my humble build even when you are such "superbuilders" yourselves!

Matti
Moxis got a reaction from Omega1234 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 2, 2016

Thanks Tom and Patrick!

Tom, hys hys, there are some additives in Finnish coffee which we must not reveal to anybody
Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 2, 2016

Thanks Tom and Patrick!

Tom, hys hys, there are some additives in Finnish coffee which we must not reveal to anybody
Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 2, 2016

Thank you very much for your comments Nils and Patrick. I am glad that you follow my humble build even when you are such "superbuilders" yourselves!

Matti
Moxis reacted to wyz in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 2, 2016

Matti, I'm amazed at how much you've done in such a short period of time. You said you were retired with a lot of time to model, but even so you are FAST. I blink and you have something else made. And it's not just the speed you work at either as the model is turning out really nice. Just what's in that Finnish coffee?

Tom
Moxis reacted to Omega1234 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 2, 2016

Thanks Matti, but ahem....I wouldn't class me in the same "super builder" league as Nils, though. Nils has got quite a few yards on me in terms of superb'ness! But thanks, anyway!!!

Cheers

Patrick
Moxis got a reaction from Omega1234 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 2, 2016

Thank you very much for your comments Nils and Patrick. I am glad that you follow my humble build even when you are such "superbuilders" yourselves!

Matti
Moxis got a reaction from druxey in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans February 13, 2016

Now that the holiday season begins to be on the right side, it is time to continue shipbuilding again. The last structure on deck is the windlass. It was made of different bits and pieces of birch, the "metal" parts are styrene. Gears are milled of birch too, using the dividing attachment at the milling machine. Brass M1 bolts and M1.4 nuts were also used to represent the fasteners that keep everything together.

For the ship`s bell I turned a small piece of round birch dowel which represented the inside form of the bell. This was primed, greased (to separate the cured shell from the form) and covered with the stuff made of epoxy and microballs. When cured the shell was removed from the form, and we had a beautiful thin walled bell which was painted with brass colour.

Windlass and ship`s bell.

Structures located on deck.
Moxis reacted to Omega1234 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 2, 2016

Hi Matti

Lovely work on the windlass and other deck furniture. I especially love the way that you did the ship's bell.

Very nice.

Have a great Year.

Cheers

Patrick
Moxis reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line January 2, 2016

Matti,

I`m glad to have been able to help,
wish you much success with that material, hope we shall see some results in usage with your build logs one day...

Nils
Moxis got a reaction from Dimitris71 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line January 2, 2016

Wonderful Nils. I am going to place my order for these immediately. From time to time it comes needs to build something that looks like made of metal with all the rivets and boltheads, so this is an answer to my prayers. Thanks a lot!

Matti
Moxis got a reaction from Dimitris71 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line January 2, 2016

Hello Nils,
After having joined this wonderful community for a short while ago I have followed your extraordinary build very carefully. All superlatives have been said already many times and I fully agree with them.
However one question has not been answered before, which I have in mind, namely: Which brand of self adhering aluminum tape are you using for plating, and where are you purchasing that?

I remember already 50 years ago when building models of WW2 fighters we used to use aluminum foil with riveting made with small gears dismantled from old alarm clocks, but the foil didn't have this self adhering film. The foil was glued into aeroplane wings and hull with contact glue, but that was a messy and not always succesful method.
So your way to do this seems to be a superior procedure, and could be the way if I ever should need to copy a riveted surfaces at my builds.

At the same time I wish a very best New Year to you, your family and all the colleagues at the forum!

Matti
Moxis got a reaction from druxey in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans February 13, 2016

Thanks for your kind words Omega1234, Mark and Tom!

And again some more deck structures.

Pumps, hatch and some sort of cabinets. All made of 1 mm birch plywood and 0,6 mm veneer:

Cargo hatches:

Pentry house and winch:

And everything arranged on the deck but not yet glued:
Moxis got a reaction from hexnut in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 6, 2016

Now that the holiday season begins to be on the right side, it is time to continue shipbuilding again. The last structure on deck is the windlass. It was made of different bits and pieces of birch, the "metal" parts are styrene. Gears are milled of birch too, using the dividing attachment at the milling machine. Brass M1 bolts and M1.4 nuts were also used to represent the fasteners that keep everything together.

For the ship`s bell I turned a small piece of round birch dowel which represented the inside form of the bell. This was primed, greased (to separate the cured shell from the form) and covered with the stuff made of epoxy and microballs. When cured the shell was removed from the form, and we had a beautiful thin walled bell which was painted with brass colour.

Windlass and ship`s bell.

Structures located on deck.
Moxis got a reaction from Omega1234 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 1, 2016

Hello Nils, Patrick, Wyzwyk, Michael and avsjerome2003 and thanks for your kind words. I am glad that you like my humble build.

#wyzwyg: I eat like a horse and sleep like a log, but not in the workshop. I think when you are retired and have nothing else than time, you will stay at the workshop longer than "normal" people. And because wife has her own hobbies, and doesn't have anything against, so why not.

Happy New Year to all of you. I hope Santa has brought you all necessary things to be used at the
workshop.

matti
Moxis got a reaction from wyz in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 2, 2016

Now that the holiday season begins to be on the right side, it is time to continue shipbuilding again. The last structure on deck is the windlass. It was made of different bits and pieces of birch, the "metal" parts are styrene. Gears are milled of birch too, using the dividing attachment at the milling machine. Brass M1 bolts and M1.4 nuts were also used to represent the fasteners that keep everything together.

For the ship`s bell I turned a small piece of round birch dowel which represented the inside form of the bell. This was primed, greased (to separate the cured shell from the form) and covered with the stuff made of epoxy and microballs. When cured the shell was removed from the form, and we had a beautiful thin walled bell which was painted with brass colour.

Windlass and ship`s bell.

Structures located on deck.
Moxis got a reaction from kees de mol in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 1, 2016

Now that the holiday season begins to be on the right side, it is time to continue shipbuilding again. The last structure on deck is the windlass. It was made of different bits and pieces of birch, the "metal" parts are styrene. Gears are milled of birch too, using the dividing attachment at the milling machine. Brass M1 bolts and M1.4 nuts were also used to represent the fasteners that keep everything together.

For the ship`s bell I turned a small piece of round birch dowel which represented the inside form of the bell. This was primed, greased (to separate the cured shell from the form) and covered with the stuff made of epoxy and microballs. When cured the shell was removed from the form, and we had a beautiful thin walled bell which was painted with brass colour.

Windlass and ship`s bell.

Structures located on deck.
Moxis got a reaction from Omega1234 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 1, 2016

Now that the holiday season begins to be on the right side, it is time to continue shipbuilding again. The last structure on deck is the windlass. It was made of different bits and pieces of birch, the "metal" parts are styrene. Gears are milled of birch too, using the dividing attachment at the milling machine. Brass M1 bolts and M1.4 nuts were also used to represent the fasteners that keep everything together.

For the ship`s bell I turned a small piece of round birch dowel which represented the inside form of the bell. This was primed, greased (to separate the cured shell from the form) and covered with the stuff made of epoxy and microballs. When cured the shell was removed from the form, and we had a beautiful thin walled bell which was painted with brass colour.

Windlass and ship`s bell.

Structures located on deck.
Moxis got a reaction from Doreltomin in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans February 13, 2016

Thanks for your kind words Omega1234, Mark and Tom!

And again some more deck structures.

Pumps, hatch and some sort of cabinets. All made of 1 mm birch plywood and 0,6 mm veneer:

Cargo hatches:

Pentry house and winch:

And everything arranged on the deck but not yet glued:
Moxis got a reaction from druxey in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans February 13, 2016

First of all, very merry and peaceful Christmas to everybody! Santa Claus has started his trip to all parts of the world from Korvatunturi in Finland where his workshop is situated. Don`t worry if it takes a little more time than normally, because we have no snow here in southern Finland: http://youtu.be/9LDtPR8xHNg

And again it is time for a short update. I started to make the deck structure. First the rudderhouse, helm, binnacle and skylight.

Material for rudderhouse is 1 mm birch plywood. Framing is cut from 0,6 mm veneer. Roof was made by scattering thin sand on the roof which was soaked with diluted glue. Then painted with Vallejo colours and weathered with Mig pigments.

Spokes for the helm were turned from dia. 1 mm birch dowel. Other parts are 1mm birch veneer and 0,3 mm brass sheet.

The binnacle stand was milled octagonal from birch dowel. Brass looking parts are resin and styrene. And finally the skylight is made of 1 mm veneer. The black metal bars are 0,25 mm insect needles.

Turning the helm spokes in the lathe:

Rudder house, helm, binnacle and skylight:

And the structure on deck. Not yet glued:
Moxis got a reaction from aviaamator in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 1, 2016

Now that the holiday season begins to be on the right side, it is time to continue shipbuilding again. The last structure on deck is the windlass. It was made of different bits and pieces of birch, the "metal" parts are styrene. Gears are milled of birch too, using the dividing attachment at the milling machine. Brass M1 bolts and M1.4 nuts were also used to represent the fasteners that keep everything together.

For the ship`s bell I turned a small piece of round birch dowel which represented the inside form of the bell. This was primed, greased (to separate the cured shell from the form) and covered with the stuff made of epoxy and microballs. When cured the shell was removed from the form, and we had a beautiful thin walled bell which was painted with brass colour.

Windlass and ship`s bell.

Structures located on deck.
Moxis got a reaction from dj.bobo in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 1, 2016

Hello Nils, Patrick, Wyzwyk, Michael and avsjerome2003 and thanks for your kind words. I am glad that you like my humble build.

#wyzwyg: I eat like a horse and sleep like a log, but not in the workshop. I think when you are retired and have nothing else than time, you will stay at the workshop longer than "normal" people. And because wife has her own hobbies, and doesn't have anything against, so why not.

Happy New Year to all of you. I hope Santa has brought you all necessary things to be used at the
workshop.

matti
Moxis got a reaction from Tadeusz43 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 1, 2016

Now that the holiday season begins to be on the right side, it is time to continue shipbuilding again. The last structure on deck is the windlass. It was made of different bits and pieces of birch, the "metal" parts are styrene. Gears are milled of birch too, using the dividing attachment at the milling machine. Brass M1 bolts and M1.4 nuts were also used to represent the fasteners that keep everything together.

For the ship`s bell I turned a small piece of round birch dowel which represented the inside form of the bell. This was primed, greased (to separate the cured shell from the form) and covered with the stuff made of epoxy and microballs. When cured the shell was removed from the form, and we had a beautiful thin walled bell which was painted with brass colour.

Windlass and ship`s bell.

Structures located on deck.
Moxis got a reaction from Piet in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line January 2, 2016

Wonderful Nils. I am going to place my order for these immediately. From time to time it comes needs to build something that looks like made of metal with all the rivets and boltheads, so this is an answer to my prayers. Thanks a lot!

Matti
Moxis got a reaction from dj.bobo in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans January 1, 2016

Now that the holiday season begins to be on the right side, it is time to continue shipbuilding again. The last structure on deck is the windlass. It was made of different bits and pieces of birch, the "metal" parts are styrene. Gears are milled of birch too, using the dividing attachment at the milling machine. Brass M1 bolts and M1.4 nuts were also used to represent the fasteners that keep everything together.

For the ship`s bell I turned a small piece of round birch dowel which represented the inside form of the bell. This was primed, greased (to separate the cured shell from the form) and covered with the stuff made of epoxy and microballs. When cured the shell was removed from the form, and we had a beautiful thin walled bell which was painted with brass colour.

Windlass and ship`s bell.

Structures located on deck.

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