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Words are not easy at times, most of us experience what you are at the present time. Cherished memories help us through these moments of deep loss, both now and in the future. My condolences to you and your family. Michael -
Chippy? Patrick, Nils, Steve, and Grant, thank you for your encouragement, Thanks to all who added a like. Today I painted the posts and knees for the winch, I used some "Polly Scale" model railroad Reefer White, it has a nice dull sheen to it not quite flat and not gloss. I left the side that the chain winds on plain wood, it will get some linseed oil on it a little later. I have also begun re assembling other pieces of critical hardware in order to put the mast back up. After a year I am having to do a little deep remembering..... you know how that goes. I am struggling with the issue of do I colour the brass or leave it brass. I am tempted to mostly just let it naturally tarnish, with those elements that would normally remain bright because of their normal use. While waiting for the paint to dry I also embarked on an organizing journey of 3 1/2 years of pictures of this build and set up some new categories for the folders, so instead of them being in just date order folders I am grouping the photographs into the relevant areas of the construction elements. A few of the folders for instance; Blocks, Frames,decks, mast and spars, painting, etc once they are relocated into the general categories it will be much easier to find specific images instead of searching through the dates.... did I make that in May 2013 or was it Feb of 2014 if you get my drift. Michael
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Dan again the model details are very interesting. Your comments about our eyes filling in what we perceive to be actually there, is one of the most intriguing aspects of all our work building models, in both this and other areas of model work. I believe that it also applies to many other aspects of art both visual and written. We often forget what incredible gifts we humans are endowed with, not the least our incredibly creative minds. Michael
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Thanks for your patience. my last posting was a little rushed as I had to nip into town with Judy before the stores closed. By bringing the boat into the house it will stay in a more consistent temperature because the house heating is controlled by thermostats and the workshop is up and down in the winter months because i use a wood-stove out there. My thoughts are to add a light to the lower portion of the cut down cabin. I think a classic angled light that is similar to the one in this picture Also I am going to work the sides of the cabin in Mahogany with a couple of opening portholes. Michael
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Well finally the cutter is back in the foreground of my mind, I have moved the boat into the house and have set up to work on her over the winter. The first task was to deal with the cabin which was bothering me. so now I can think about finishing the side walls. Michael
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Mike What a great job on the deck work. The soft curves attribute to your skill and craftsmanship. Michael
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Hi Nils you could have fooled me. Nice touch on the glass in the portholes, both a sence of glass and some depth without looking flat. Michael
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Dan I am enjoying all the details and research that you are chronicling in this build, beautiful work all round. Michael
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Shop-made filing-machine
michael mott replied to wefalck's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Very Nice work Wefalck, The inserts are a great Idea I am going to steal that for my own filing machine which is a larger Do-All commercial one. Michael -
Ivan I have just finished reading through this whole thread, and the side comments about why different people choose to use the woods they do. so to bring us back to your question. You ask what are our suggestions. As has been pointed out by a few, woods vary a great deal depending on where they grow. You make the point that you use Swiss pear, boxwood, walnut which grow near you. we are not all so lucky to have dense fine hardwoods growing locally. With respect to visiting the local carpenter to see the sorts of woods he uses. Where I live the local carpenters throw spruce and fir 2x4's together to build houses as fast as they can before the wood winds into a propeller. Fine cabinet work is of the plywood and moulding attached variety. There are a couple of hardwood stores that sells rough lumber in the city 50 miles away. I just happen to like processing my own wood and have been doing so for 40 years, and also salvage old furniture when the wood is appropriate for a project. My local woods i.e. native ones are Aspen, Hawthorn, Pin Cherries, Saskatoon berry, Poplar, Birch, Willow, Spruce. Lodge-pole Pine. imported or non local varieties include Caragana, Lilacs, Apples, Mountain Ash, Elm, the non local varieties are generally not readily available unless you happen to be where some pruning is happening. I particularly like the color and density of the wood from white lilac, I pruned a 4 inch tree 30 years ago and am still using small pieces from it. sometimes I find a particularly dense piece of Spruce or Fir, these are generally from areas that are high altitude and very slow growing or starved for water. Michael
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Hi Danny like Jesse I just went through the entire build. The finesse that you have demonstrated with all the aspects of this remarkable model attest to your skill and craftsmanship,. It is indeed a joy to vicariously build a model like this because I am confident that is the only way for me regarding the ships in Bottles. Again exquisite work and model. Michael
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E& T Absolutely incredible! I am always impressed with work that is accomplished with simple tools and hand worked methods in these days of ever improving modern ways of doing things. That said of course where would we be without the fine blades and files that we like to use with our hands. Credit where credit is due. Again really fine workmanship oozing with integrity, clearly demonstrated by your sequence of photographs. Michael
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Gaetan, I think that you are in fact using a free machining Brass, Yellow brass is gummy and I find it comes off in curls of swarf similar to the steel curls.and is more difficult I find to get a good finish. That said it could be just me and my way of working. Most of the good brass that I use creates the fine chips like yours. Michael
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Well, that turned out rather nicely. My own thoughts regarding the odd change on the white finish, I wonder if it was due to sunlight with the model sitting on a windowsill, condensation and heat, repeated cycles. Michael
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Congratulations Leo. Michael
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ancre Le Fleuron 1729 by rekon54 - 1:24
michael mott replied to rekon54's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Wonderful work Recon, your updates are always so inspirational. Michael -
Patrick hope everything went OK today. I can only imagine what your ordeal has been like, and have no wish to have the real experience. wishing you a speedy recovery. Michael
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Mike, your ring of wood looks very nice. I have a concern though that with time the ring might fracture because of the difference between end and face grain. i think it would have a lower chance of distorting if you made it from segments of vertical or quarter sawn grain the stresses on the ring would then be equal around the perimeter. There is a potential for the wood to move in a more uneven way when it is made from a solid piece. Michael
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Congratulations on your success, a beautiful model and a gold medal. Michael
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The hull plating is creating the right "Atmosphere" for your hull Nils it looks great. Michael
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Hello Jon I will definitely come along for the ride, I do like this scale although a tad lager than my preferred one of 1:8. A wonderful subject for a model the deck configuration seems uncannily familiar Michael
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Mike, Wow! what a superb job with the deck planking. I would be extremely happy to do such a fine job. I am looking forward to seeing how it looks with the caulking. I wish I had used the same method on my cutter. Michael
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