aviaamator

Thank you aviaamator, some photos of work start on the cant frame. A greeting

Hello Alberto.
It is great news to know that you have started with another model.
I would like to get a copy of the plans you are working with.
Thank you very much.

Hello Amalio, the plans to build HMS ANSON can be found by Alex who is the author of these beautiful drawings, he also attends this forum send him an MP and he will surely answer. A greeting

A very well deserved result!!! I congratulate You!!!

So finally, after about 3750 hours, I got to the finish.
Thanks to everyone for watching my log and I would like to invite you to watch my next building log - Le Gros Ventre POF.

Congratulations, Marsalv your model ship Pandora is fantastic.

Brilliant! Congratulations, Marsalv.

Thank you to all for very nice and kind comments🙂.
Last week I took part in the C-class World Championship and here is the result:
 

Shipmodel! This is the water drain part.

Hello,
 
just that you see that I'm still working, now and then 😉
 I finished the inner planking of the gun deck with deck clamps for the upper gun deck and started to build the gun port lids.
 

 

Hello everyone. Already placed the gunwales. I should have done the firing of the poles, but I do not have the drill column at hand, so I have advanced part of the covering of the deck and the cutting of the deck boards. a greeting (Hola a todos. Colocado ya el trancanil. Debería haber realizado la fogonadura de los palos, pero no tengo a mano la columna de taladro, así que he adelantado parte del forrado de la cubierta y el corte de las tablas de la cubierta.  Un saludo) (Hola a todos. Colocado ya el trancanil. Debería haber realizado la fogonadura de los palos, pero no tengo a mano la columna de taladro, así que he adelantado parte del forrado de la cubierta y el corte de las tablas de la cubierta.  Un saludo)
 
 
 

Just to let you all know I have now completed the Albatros as well complete this time with a fully working control stick. Practice makes perfect don't you know ! I still have the Curtis Jenny in my stash to do and have been trying to find a Nieuport at a reasonable price but no luck so far. Sometimes I wish I lived in the US - so much cheaper there.
 
Anyway, a few pics for you.
 
 

Mark I am not quite sure what you mean, but here is a recent shot taken by one of the club members.
 

 
Also I made a new set of Dacron sails from some old sails that were given to me. What a difference in light airs The ten oz canvas ones are good for strong winds but are not good in light air.
 
Michael

There's always a master class in your builds Michael, never get tired of learning from you.

That's our scale!!! Cool!

Hello Pete,
of course, I'll let you know how to cut a brass sheet 0.25 mm thick with a small table saw.

I think that this pictures brings the best explanation.
It works even better with a few drops of cutting oil.
Of course, a saw blade for non-ferrous metals is required.

Shipmodel! This is the water drain part.

Great attention to detail B.E. I found the ears to be a bit of a challenge too, only to be surpassed by the boom holders. 
 
Ian

Thanks Joe,
 
Fulfillment will always be an issue.   I make these kits because I want to build them myself and its just the logical next step to also want to make it available to everyone else.   As a one man shop it will be tough in the beginning to fill orders but that is why I am making this an NRG/MSW exclusive.   This project will only be available to MSW members.   In fact, to buy any part of it you must enter your MSW username in my store.  This will keep orders a bit more reasonable but maybe even drive up MSW membership.   If most buy the starter package and just scratch the rest it wont be that bad to make all of these.   I am actually already starting to laser cut the starter kits and keep them ready.   They will be ready as soon as the plans and instructions are finalized.   
 
I will then work on the rigging plans and instructions after that.  But the rigging plan including templates for all the sails will be available for free as a download here.  Of course everyone can buy the material from me for the masting and rigging but this also gives folks an option to get that stuff anywhere....especially across the pond.   So its a bit of a unique project for me that shouldnt be as difficult to produce as the barge.  That frenzy has ended though and I can easily keep barge kits on the shelf now.  Its just the first six months or so that is crazy.  
 
This isnt going to be a money maker for me.....its going to be a fun maker for me and I am eager to get a group started on our forum.  I am excited to build this in a group with my local club where maybe a dozen of us will get together and actually work on it a few afternoons each month.  If I could find a laser cutter with  enough Cedar or swiss pear on hand that I didnt have to ship to them, I would probably outsource the laser cutting to lighten the load so I can immediately start work on the cross section and Winnie again.  I guy can dream cant he?
 
 

Shipmodel! This is the water drain part.

Shipmodel! This is the water drain part.

Shipmodel! This is the water drain part.

Shipmodel! This is the water drain part.

Its been a crazy two weeks.  My Daughter is all set up at college and a room has opened up for my Mother In Law in assisted living.  I will be moving her in this week so she is all settled by Friday....hopefully.   Which one will get homesick and ask to come home first, LOL.😂
 
Anyway, its been a while since I had an update but I have fallen behind a bit understandably.   I painted the cap rail and inboard sheer strake.  I did this first before adding the knee at the bow below.  I still have some touch up and repainting to do there but you can see the results so far.   I have dozens of more coats of paint before I am going to be satisfied with the finish.   
 

I have also been creating and testing the frieze for the transom.  Here is one such test where a sample is temporarily tacked into position.  The size and shape is good and I am finalizing the color and design.  Its getting close though even though this photo seems a bit washed out because of the lighting.
 

Here is an image of the frieze on the contemporary model. I am not sure yet if I will paint the white border and the edges of the molding on this model.  But we shall see as things develop.
 

In addition i did start simulating the nails in the planking.  I am using 10lb black mono filament (fishing line).  Its going well but will take a good amount of time.  I held the hull up to the light so I could accurately mark the locations for the frames.   I couldnt start work on the interior with the floorboards and platforms until this is completed.   Remember that these are nails and not wooden treenails. I wouldnt have been able to see the frames through the planking with those installed.  So once this is completed I will move to the interior details.   So this project is moving along even though it slowed down getting the two girls set up in their dormitories...LOL.   I will post more details when I get some time to breath.....
 

 

Nice frame factory!
what are those squares in the middle of each frame assembly?