Erik W
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Erik W reacted to Nirvana in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Looking sharp!
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Erik W got a reaction from Archi in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Got the cap rail done. One of the challenges with this kit has been working with such a poor wood quality. Sanding the cap rail was like sanding shredded wheat. My next build may be something scratch built. At least I'll be able to pick the quality of the wood.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Dimitris71 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Got the cap rail done. One of the challenges with this kit has been working with such a poor wood quality. Sanding the cap rail was like sanding shredded wheat. My next build may be something scratch built. At least I'll be able to pick the quality of the wood.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Archi in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, and "Likes" folks. It helps keep me motivated with you in my corner.
David, For the unpainted portion I'm going to finish the wood with a pre-stain, followed by 1 part Minwax Golden Oak + 3 parts Minwax Natural, followed up with Wipe-on-Poly. For the red I'll be using a bottle of Polly Scale Railroad Acrylic - Soo Line Red. I like the deeper shade of red of this paint. Polly Scale paints are great . . . sadly they have been discontinued. I'll be leaving the portion below the waterline unpainted.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Dimitris71 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, and "Likes" folks. It helps keep me motivated with you in my corner.
David, For the unpainted portion I'm going to finish the wood with a pre-stain, followed by 1 part Minwax Golden Oak + 3 parts Minwax Natural, followed up with Wipe-on-Poly. For the red I'll be using a bottle of Polly Scale Railroad Acrylic - Soo Line Red. I like the deeper shade of red of this paint. Polly Scale paints are great . . . sadly they have been discontinued. I'll be leaving the portion below the waterline unpainted.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Canute in 18th Century Longboat by MikeB4 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/4"=1'
Thanks Mike. It's interesting to see how MSW can have a bunch of people build the same model, get impressive results, yet have each turn out as a distinctly unique individual model. Since you're a handful of step ahead of me, I'm following your build closely!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from mtaylor in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, and "Likes" folks. It helps keep me motivated with you in my corner.
David, For the unpainted portion I'm going to finish the wood with a pre-stain, followed by 1 part Minwax Golden Oak + 3 parts Minwax Natural, followed up with Wipe-on-Poly. For the red I'll be using a bottle of Polly Scale Railroad Acrylic - Soo Line Red. I like the deeper shade of red of this paint. Polly Scale paints are great . . . sadly they have been discontinued. I'll be leaving the portion below the waterline unpainted.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Ryland Craze in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, and "Likes" folks. It helps keep me motivated with you in my corner.
David, For the unpainted portion I'm going to finish the wood with a pre-stain, followed by 1 part Minwax Golden Oak + 3 parts Minwax Natural, followed up with Wipe-on-Poly. For the red I'll be using a bottle of Polly Scale Railroad Acrylic - Soo Line Red. I like the deeper shade of red of this paint. Polly Scale paints are great . . . sadly they have been discontinued. I'll be leaving the portion below the waterline unpainted.
Erik
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Erik W reacted to rafine in Cutter Cheerful 1806 by rafine - FINISHED
Summer is vacation time (although my family always asks what retired people take a vacation from ). As a result of the travel, progress slows considerably.
I do have some new work to report. I've done the planking of the counter and the transom. The first step was to trim down the outer stern frames. I did this with a #15 Exacto saw blade initially, and then sanding sticks. The planking of both areas went relatively quickly and easily, with some shaping and bending of the planks.
Next will be the fashion pieces and painting the counter.
Bob
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Erik W got a reaction from MikeB4 in 18th Century Longboat by MikeB4 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/4"=1'
Thanks Mike. It's interesting to see how MSW can have a bunch of people build the same model, get impressive results, yet have each turn out as a distinctly unique individual model. Since you're a handful of step ahead of me, I'm following your build closely!
Erik
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Erik W reacted to MikeB4 in 18th Century Longboat by MikeB4 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/4"=1'
Eric,
Your doing a fantastic job with your build.
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Erik W got a reaction from MikeB4 in 18th Century Longboat by MikeB4 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/4"=1'
Mike,
Your build is looking great. It's very crisp and clean.
Erik
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Erik W reacted to MikeB4 in 18th Century Longboat by MikeB4 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/4"=1'
I Put together the cockpit.The hinges where a bit challenging I used 28 gauge wire and a material I bought at a hobby store called Bare-metal. It's an adhesive metal foil that comes on a sheet in various colors. I got the one called black chrome and with a little patience it seems to have worked out pretty good. I'm going to paint the cockpit seats and locker in red. I also need to do some paint touch up on some areas where the paint has chipped off.
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Erik W got a reaction from Canute in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, and "Likes" folks. It helps keep me motivated with you in my corner.
David, For the unpainted portion I'm going to finish the wood with a pre-stain, followed by 1 part Minwax Golden Oak + 3 parts Minwax Natural, followed up with Wipe-on-Poly. For the red I'll be using a bottle of Polly Scale Railroad Acrylic - Soo Line Red. I like the deeper shade of red of this paint. Polly Scale paints are great . . . sadly they have been discontinued. I'll be leaving the portion below the waterline unpainted.
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Archi in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm pretty much done sanding the interior. Though with these enlarged photos, I see areas that need more work and cleanup.
I had to include the dime in the last photo because the sanded outer hull is so smooth and monochromatic that the camera's auto focus won't focus on the right place!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from maddog33 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Question. I drilled the two holes in the bottom of the keel to mount the longboat to brass rods on the base when complete. I used a #68 (.031") drill bit. I drilled the hole to the depth of the keel. I was wondering, should I drill it further into the false keel? It seems like a deeper hole would hold the boat better and be less flimsy.
Also, I cut out the bulkheads, This went pretty quickly using a #11 fine tooth saw blade in a small Xacto handle. I was very careful . . . and I don't think I breathed the whole time!! My nerves are a bit frayed, but the boat is undamaged. All I can say is, damn this thing is light!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Dimitris71 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm pretty much done sanding the interior. Though with these enlarged photos, I see areas that need more work and cleanup.
I had to include the dime in the last photo because the sanded outer hull is so smooth and monochromatic that the camera's auto focus won't focus on the right place!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from MikeB4 in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm pretty much done sanding the interior. Though with these enlarged photos, I see areas that need more work and cleanup.
I had to include the dime in the last photo because the sanded outer hull is so smooth and monochromatic that the camera's auto focus won't focus on the right place!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from egkb in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm pretty much done sanding the interior. Though with these enlarged photos, I see areas that need more work and cleanup.
I had to include the dime in the last photo because the sanded outer hull is so smooth and monochromatic that the camera's auto focus won't focus on the right place!
Erik
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Erik W reacted to GuntherMT in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
Really looks great. I love the dime to put it in scale.
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Erik W got a reaction from Mike Y in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm pretty much done sanding the interior. Though with these enlarged photos, I see areas that need more work and cleanup.
I had to include the dime in the last photo because the sanded outer hull is so smooth and monochromatic that the camera's auto focus won't focus on the right place!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from dgbot in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm pretty much done sanding the interior. Though with these enlarged photos, I see areas that need more work and cleanup.
I had to include the dime in the last photo because the sanded outer hull is so smooth and monochromatic that the camera's auto focus won't focus on the right place!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Chuck in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm pretty much done sanding the interior. Though with these enlarged photos, I see areas that need more work and cleanup.
I had to include the dime in the last photo because the sanded outer hull is so smooth and monochromatic that the camera's auto focus won't focus on the right place!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from GuntherMT in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm pretty much done sanding the interior. Though with these enlarged photos, I see areas that need more work and cleanup.
I had to include the dime in the last photo because the sanded outer hull is so smooth and monochromatic that the camera's auto focus won't focus on the right place!
Erik
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Erik W got a reaction from Ryland Craze in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm pretty much done sanding the interior. Though with these enlarged photos, I see areas that need more work and cleanup.
I had to include the dime in the last photo because the sanded outer hull is so smooth and monochromatic that the camera's auto focus won't focus on the right place!
Erik
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