michael mott

Very Nice...Very  very nice.

Michael

Dave the ship looks great, the jury rigged eyeglasses are brilliant. I will have to try that myself.

Michael

 

I don´t even have saws for that matter.

Vivian, might i suggest a simple jewelers saw, you can cut through a lot of different materials with them. they accept different thicknesses of blades with all sorts of different teeth spacings.

Use this instead of the scalpel for the hard to cut items and you will save time and blades and be more satified with the results i am sure.

Michael

Good morning all.

Thanks for the information regarding the tar John which would account for the dark look in the historic photographs.

Bedford, and David, your opposite preferences regarding the colour echo my own conflict, it is one of those decisions that I have been putting off for a long time for this very reason.

There are two particular cutters that I really like the look of and they are opposite colours  this one and this one

When one looks at the images for pilot cutters in Google I notice that the contrast between the dark hulls and the sails is much more apparent that the white hulls which is natural I suppose.

This leads to the issue of final display, and this of course is a whole different ball game, I don't think that Judy will want this model filling up half the living room with a full suit of sails raised. The shop will be out of the question. due to more modelwork needing the space.

Hmmm

Michael

Nils I am amazed by how fast you get these parts made and it always looks so clean and tidy.

Michael

Pete I am also looking forward to seeing her under sail.

Michael

 

One of the things I was thinking about was opposed sets - to bridge wider spaces - also laid parallel to the planking.  Maybe a common angle for all, so they could be used interchangeably.   Hmmm.

Good morning Ed, Mark, I have used wedges a lot over the years and yes as you say Ed using them in opposition with equal angles works well and even with different angles it will work equally as well to fill an angled space. 

these wedges were made on the fly as well and are 1/4 inch square maple with the angle simply brute sanded on the disk sander.

Michael

Very nice Tim, looking forward to the final finish.

Michael

Thank you all for you kind remarks and likes.

"To see her on the shore looks so authentic. The primer and paint patches only adds to that! Almost a shame to paint her!"

Sven, Don't think I didn't think about it.

"what a wonderful way to get kids away from the computer and into model building. Also, I'm with Sven. It's almost as if all you need is to paint a weathered waterline and then the ship would be complete;"

Omega, getting the kids to work on the boats was easy they seemed to understand the need to use their hands in a creative way.

I had a bit of spare time this evening after a nap, so decided to give Walter a hand preparing for the final painting of the hull.

I was quite surprised by how long it took to remove everything, it was over an hour and a half, and i had to put my thinking cap back on to remember the sequences of a couple of items especially at the stem.

here are a couple of containers of parts.

Almost ready for some light sanding, then to paint.

I an definitly leaning toward a dark hull like these

here is a link to Classic Sailing

Michael

Mark your tools and workmanship show what a fine craftsman you are. Beautiful work.

michael

Amazing!!!  And  20 tries on the printing the sails, now that is dedication to the cause.

Michael

Good morning Omega, the interior work is simply amazing! actually so is the rest of this model. I am still having trouble getting my head around the scale that you are making this at.

michael

 

I just get new ones, they are way to small to go trough the trouble of sharpening them ( I am to old for that ), also the ones I use all the time I buy in bulk.

Joe I hear you, the drills with the 1/8th inch shaft are much better for us.  I must say though that over 1/16th I sharpen them myself. Sometimes it is a little frustrating, must be the weather on those days. I was drilling through some drill stem on the boat trailer and had to resharpen the 5/16 bit 4 or 5 times and sometimes resharpen because I had not got it right. even after 50 years of practice it still takes a gentle touch, and doesn't always work.

Michael

Richard, thanks for the answer, it makes sense, The Xuron 2193 looks like they will work to cut the needles, the only thought  have is that they look like they work similarly to a shear or a pair of scissors. I would think that something that can cut like a flush cutter would be better for your purposes though.

Michael

My first question is why hard wire?, What is the function of the wire?  The people who repair Pianos would be the best folk to talk to regarding cutter for the hard wire (music wire)

Michael

Excellent modelwork and excellent toolmaking as well.

Michael

Tim what a fantastic job of carving, the lines look super, I look forward to seeing the paint on her.

Glad you are OK re the weather.

Michael

Thank you Greg, Jay, Mark, Bedford, Nils, Grant, John E, Bob, Druxey, Remco, and Mark Taylor for all your positive remarks.

"Two things I take from that are that you have a MUCH easier rig to unship than I do"

Bedford 5 minutes to de-rig, and 20 to re-rig I found out today at the pavillion.

"I asume rigged mast and topsail shall nearly be scratching the room cealing."

Nils the ceiling in the living room is 10 foot 3 inches so it will be about 3 feet shy

All in all the event was very successful, I had a table set up for children to make paper dorys, most of the visitors were young girls and they built 13 dorys during the afternoon, at the end of the day there was a young boy who came, The photographer came around late in the day, so missed the girls in action building their boats.

There was a lot of positive feedback regarding the pilot cutter.

After the event I went outside because there was a bit of commotion on the beach, seems that a boat had been stranded.

Close but still dry.

Now to remove the deck hardware and rigging completely so that I can finish painting the hull. and the rest of the seizings and other rigging details.

Michael

Lovely worktable Alan.

Michael

Pete I will be following along.

Michael

Great to see the progress on the plates Nenad.

michael

Skipjack/Floss part 8

While I was in Edmonton today picking up supplies for the library event on Friday in the village I happened to be next door to the hardwood store..... well I couldn't resist having a look... Dangerous, very dangerous thing to do

This piece of Castello Boxwood fell out of the rack right in front of me.... so I had to pick it up and of course once it was in my hands I couldn't put it down... so I had to take it to the counter, (3.7board feet) where they relieved me of a bit of cash... Shhhhhhh

The wood for the launch is now in hand, it will be fun working with a new wood that i have not used in the past.

September will be here soon enough.

Michael

thank you to one and All for your kind remarks and encouragement, I will be painting the hull within a couple of weeks.

On Friday I will be taking the pilot cutter to the Seba Pavilion (a stones throw from the water) for a local library summer programming activity launch) no not the cutter but I decided not to rush things and try to get a finish paint on the hull for Friday but to see how easy it will be to de-rig and re-rig her, so to that end I dropped the mast with the minimum of fuss by just slackening the shrouds, that's the nice thing about mounting on the deck I did not have to pull the mast out of the hull. the whole operation took about 5 minutes.

My it does look big in the living room.

Michael

Sounds like you are progressing along well, I look forward to seeing the first pieces of wood lay down on the build table.

Michael

Bob the work on the metalwork and the masts looks great.

Michael