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trippwj
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trippwj got a reaction from hamilton in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
VERY nice work, Hamilton!
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trippwj got a reaction from texxn5 in USF Confederacy by Augie & Moonbug - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Dinner looks great - and the start on the Confed is very nice as well!
Newly landed here in Maine this week - odds about 1 in 50 million of finding something like this (and no, I did not find it...). Live, but looks half-cooked! Donated to the Lobster Research Institute.
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trippwj got a reaction from mtaylor in USF Confederacy by Augie & Moonbug - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Dinner looks great - and the start on the Confed is very nice as well!
Newly landed here in Maine this week - odds about 1 in 50 million of finding something like this (and no, I did not find it...). Live, but looks half-cooked! Donated to the Lobster Research Institute.
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trippwj got a reaction from riverboat in USF Confederacy by Augie & Moonbug - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Dinner looks great - and the start on the Confed is very nice as well!
Newly landed here in Maine this week - odds about 1 in 50 million of finding something like this (and no, I did not find it...). Live, but looks half-cooked! Donated to the Lobster Research Institute.
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trippwj got a reaction from augie in USF Confederacy by Augie & Moonbug - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Dinner looks great - and the start on the Confed is very nice as well!
Newly landed here in Maine this week - odds about 1 in 50 million of finding something like this (and no, I did not find it...). Live, but looks half-cooked! Donated to the Lobster Research Institute.
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trippwj got a reaction from Script in USF Confederacy by Augie & Moonbug - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Dinner looks great - and the start on the Confed is very nice as well!
Newly landed here in Maine this week - odds about 1 in 50 million of finding something like this (and no, I did not find it...). Live, but looks half-cooked! Donated to the Lobster Research Institute.
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trippwj got a reaction from lb0190 in USF Confederacy by Augie & Moonbug - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Dinner looks great - and the start on the Confed is very nice as well!
Newly landed here in Maine this week - odds about 1 in 50 million of finding something like this (and no, I did not find it...). Live, but looks half-cooked! Donated to the Lobster Research Institute.
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trippwj got a reaction from Kevin in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Continuing to progress very well, Kevin. Enjoying the build - and hope you had a wonderful birthday!!
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trippwj reacted to the learner in HOGA (YT-146) by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:96 - SMALL - Navy yard tug
I was on the YT150 in the mid 60's in Norfolk. this might help you if you want to build a model! the attached set of plans are of the Woban class which the 146 was. The 150 was built at the Defoe shipyard
ytb142plans 1.pdf
ytb142plans 2.pdf
ytb142plans 3.pdf
ytb142plans 4.pdf
ytb142plans 5.pdf
ytb142plans 6.pdf
ytb142plans 7.pdf
ytb142plans 8.pdf
Defoe Shipyard
Hoga.pdf
A set of pictures of 146
YT145 and 146 shortly after launching
YT146 fighting fire on the USS Nevada
You can download and use scaleprint to scale the plans and use the the bulkhead drawing , I have not been able to find a set of line drawing either
Hope this helps!
Woyot YTM 150 history.pdf
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trippwj reacted to texxn5 in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Is this where we need to be????????
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trippwj reacted to texxn5 in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
I'll repeat the process again today especially for you Augie....these guys slept in the same bay hours before I ate it.....these people catch their own lobsters and then cook them for you.... These pictures show the place, Waterman's Lobster Shack, the Bay, Spruce Head Bay, and the boat in the background is what caught them, also some "lobster pots"
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trippwj reacted to texxn5 in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Slow internet here, so I missed one or two thinking they had uploaded.
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trippwj reacted to texxn5 in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
I'm now in Camden, Maine. Managed to get there and be at the beginning of the Windjammer Festival. There are 18 Masted Schooners in port. Saw the last one coming in and being moored. Will add pictures. Here are pictures of Thursday's meal of the day, followed by last night's meal of the day. Then some pictures of the ships.
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trippwj reacted to texxn5 in USF Confederacy by Augie & Moonbug - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Boy, having no internet to speak of for the last week has put me on the back row looks like. Perhaps Augie, you could be bribed with tonight's dinner for a front row seat???.....
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trippwj got a reaction from Sjors in Emma C Berry by trippwj - Model Shipways - Scale 1:32
Well, pretty well along with the unpacking and initial decorating. The boss lady has gotten pictures and curtains hung, nice display of our fire helmets put up in the stairway landing (with the exception of my Dad's Commissioner helmet and her Lieutenant helmet (given to her as a gift by a local fire chief she worked with so she would outrank me...), the rest all saved my bacon at least a time or two over the years!), nautical books mostly unpacked and on the shelves and workshop is also set up. Time to start building again!
Have put the Harriet Lane on the shelf for a short time - her next steps are rigging repair and those silly ratlines, and I want to be able to see some progress so have pulled out the ECB. When last we saw her, she had 7 frames raised. Working on the bevel for frame 8 & 9 and should be able to get them raised this weekend (well, that's the plan at least. Salmon & Seafood festival here this weekend so one never knows!)
Will post some pictures when I get the next couple of frames installed!
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trippwj got a reaction from fatih79 in Emma C Berry by trippwj - Model Shipways - Scale 1:32
Well, decided to take a break from working with tiny stuff on the Harriet Lane to spend a bit of time on the ECB.
After getting the rabbet carved into both sides on the keel, I started working on frames last night. It took me a bit to get my mind around the geometry of carving the bevels, but once that light bulb started to flicker it suddenly made sense.
Installed Frame 1 last night and frame 2 today.
General view from above the bow looking aft to show the general approach.set up.
The crew is hard at it.
Bow on - the foreman is checking out the alignment.
From the port bow
From the starboard bow
The span (distance from center line) for each frame is transfered onto this leveling timber (my own term for it - pretty technical sounding, huh?) which then provides a check on the spacing as I clamp the frame.
Frame height is set by measuring the height to the underside of the leveling timber, and verified across the frames by using a level to check for plumb.
Two frames down, about 23 to go! They get easier from here with a lot less bevel after frame 4.
Many thanks!
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trippwj got a reaction from augie in Emma C Berry by trippwj - Model Shipways - Scale 1:32
Well, pretty well along with the unpacking and initial decorating. The boss lady has gotten pictures and curtains hung, nice display of our fire helmets put up in the stairway landing (with the exception of my Dad's Commissioner helmet and her Lieutenant helmet (given to her as a gift by a local fire chief she worked with so she would outrank me...), the rest all saved my bacon at least a time or two over the years!), nautical books mostly unpacked and on the shelves and workshop is also set up. Time to start building again!
Have put the Harriet Lane on the shelf for a short time - her next steps are rigging repair and those silly ratlines, and I want to be able to see some progress so have pulled out the ECB. When last we saw her, she had 7 frames raised. Working on the bevel for frame 8 & 9 and should be able to get them raised this weekend (well, that's the plan at least. Salmon & Seafood festival here this weekend so one never knows!)
Will post some pictures when I get the next couple of frames installed!
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trippwj reacted to gerty in Emma C Berry by trippwj - Model Shipways - Scale 1:32
Nice work Wayne ! & Good luck with the move -
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trippwj reacted to Jaxboat in BOUNTY by samueljr - Mamoli - refit
Wow, Just discovered this thread. Great stuff. Very interesting to see where you will start the renovation.
Re: contact cement, I was always fascinated and perplexed why ship modelers used it . I believe it is based on rubber and as such subject to oxidation and degradation similar to what you are seeing.
RE Admiralty paints: I use them and they brush very well. Haven't tried air brushing them yet. You will find the colors more muted than what you see today based on organic pigments. They are based on inorganic pigments that were available in the 18th century. Jotika initialy overhyped (IMHO) them as authentic which went out the window once they started only selling the water borne versions.
What fabric will you be using for her sail rig? :P (the devil made me do it!)
Best
Jaxboat
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trippwj reacted to NAZGÛL in Wreck Diorama by Farbror Fartyg - The wreck of an old wooden ship
Ah, no problem with the link. I just have a problem with youtube commenters that talk down nice videos. Ive seen to many examples of people -even small kids- showing something they are proud of, and then someone thinks its funny to bully them in the comment field. It makes me sick. But I liked the video.
/Matti
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trippwj reacted to Kevin in Pisces III: A dramatic underwater rescue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23862359
for anyone interested
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trippwj reacted to JerseyCity Frankie in The Kraken by JerseyCity Frankie - BOTTLE
I decided I would have the head of the kraken as one phase of the construction, the hull of the ship as another. The eight arms would be another phase. The Kraken and the arms of the Kraken will be segmented and have brass pins to aid their reattachment inside the bottle. The first two Kraken heads I made would have fit into the neck of the bottle but they would have made for a small Kraken of reduced grandeur, so I am electing to make a larger more fearsome Kraken with a head that is in two pieces, to be joined with pins within the bottle. The eight arms of the Kraken emerge from the head and I have decided to make THIS element a separate piece too, a piece made up of eight tentacle bases. This piece too will be in two sections in order to fit the bottle, and this part tucks into the “neck” of the Kraken- this is viewed in the second photo below. The rest of the legs and the hull of the ship will likely be suspended in the air above this assembly, which in turn will be bedded in the plastecine clay “sea”. The stumps of the legs will all have brass pins to allow the rest of the arms to fit into place. I anticipate a lot of confusion, multiplied by the number eight.
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trippwj reacted to augie in USF Confederacy by Augie & Moonbug - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Sjors --- this is Chuck's way of creating the rabbet....just like on Syren. There will be another plank below that 1/8 x1/16 that I just glued on. Then, when the bulkhead former is tapered toward the keel, it forms a uniform, neat slot which is the rabbet. The garboard plank sits neatly in that rabbet. It's a lot easier to see then to explain so give me a few days and I'll try and post a close up of it. In the meantime, you keep getting better!
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trippwj reacted to captainbob in HOGA (YT-146) by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:96 - SMALL - Navy yard tug
Thanks Wayne,
Yes, that is what I am comparing the kit drawings to.
For anyone interested the drawings at this site are squeezed end to end. The ratio of length to beam is 4:1 that deck looks 2.5:1. The pdf at http://www.hnsa.org/doc/plans/index.htm is correct. The HNSA site also has pdf’s of many more US naval vessels from the 1940’s
Bob
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trippwj reacted to augie in USF Confederacy by Augie & Moonbug - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Today, 29-August-2013, we begin construction.
The first photo summarizes the early steps which are still in progress.
The bulkhead former is supplied in two sections having a combined length of approx. 30". It is necessary to join these and assure an arrow straight backbone. The two lengths were aligned and epoxied together between 2 weighted glass sheets.
The next step was to pre-bend a 1/8 x 1/16 strip around the bow section. This 'rabbet strip', which will carry back right through the stern, is 1/2 the width of the bulkhead former and serves as the basis for the rabbet. This is Chuck's method and I've used it in the past with good success. The pre-wet strip is seen drying at the bow in the photo.
Also depicted is the dry fitting of the laser cut stem pieces. They will be sanded, pre-stained and joined prior to final sanding and tapering toward the bow. As this assembly will be a natural finish rather than paint, the joints have been highlighted in #2 pencil to accentuate them.
I'll pick this up once the rabbet has been carved and the stem tapered.
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