dgbot

White collars, massproduction
 

Concerning the application of CA in very small quantities, I use the ink pen from an old drafting set.  For those of you who aren't old enough to remember, imagine making ink drawing by hand.  I have some drawings that my grandfather made in 1898 while in tech school.  The ink pen is infinitely adjustable and allows you to control the gap and provide extremely small applications of either thin or medium CA.  It doesn't work very well for thick CA.
 
Roger, they do make a vapor free CA that eliminates the nose/throat problem.  It acts more slowly and avoids the flash cure and associated vapors.
 
Bob

Nice job of plankng.  A natural finnish will really show it off.  But I am partial to painting myself.  As I did on my model.
 
The model is a littlee rough at the moment because of neglect and my model being tossed into a box, but you can see the paint scheme I use for the the hull.



I will be very happy when I can get back to it and clean it up and repair the rough handling it has.
I have seen these models colored in wood and painted.  But the choice will be up to and what you are comfortable with
 
David B

I would have to go with the transistion from sail to steam along with working craft such as trawlers and freighters.  Unfortunately I have seen most people loking at sails or WW2 vessels such as PT Boats, Destroyers etc.  To keep the costs down decent and accurate plans should be the main component.  The basic materials wil work just fine.
David B

I would have to go with the transistion from sail to steam along with working craft such as trawlers and freighters.  Unfortunately I have seen most people loking at sails or WW2 vessels such as PT Boats, Destroyers etc.  To keep the costs down decent and accurate plans should be the main component.  The basic materials wil work just fine.
David B

Nice job of plankng.  A natural finnish will really show it off.  But I am partial to painting myself.  As I did on my model.
 
The model is a littlee rough at the moment because of neglect and my model being tossed into a box, but you can see the paint scheme I use for the the hull.



I will be very happy when I can get back to it and clean it up and repair the rough handling it has.
I have seen these models colored in wood and painted.  But the choice will be up to and what you are comfortable with
 
David B

I would have to go with the transistion from sail to steam along with working craft such as trawlers and freighters.  Unfortunately I have seen most people loking at sails or WW2 vessels such as PT Boats, Destroyers etc.  To keep the costs down decent and accurate plans should be the main component.  The basic materials wil work just fine.
David B

Nicely done, Matt. I really like your work with the cherry. That's a great looking hull; great lines.

I am in love.  That beauty would be perfect for the Cedar River and Lake Michigan.with me and a rod. for something to catch.  Gorgeous.
David B

Your attention to detail is awsome Ed.  I have sen many models over the years and few of them has the little things.  This is one of the first times i have seen a release for the anchor.
David B

Another thing you can do if you have a lathe is to make and arbor ti fit the saw if theblades hole is to big.  I did this for my Preac.  Keeping this in mind take a look at Thurston for the proper blade. http://thurstonmfg.com/plain-metal-slitting-saws.html
David B

Another thing you can do if you have a lathe is to make and arbor ti fit the saw if theblades hole is to big.  I did this for my Preac.  Keeping this in mind take a look at Thurston for the proper blade. http://thurstonmfg.com/plain-metal-slitting-saws.html
David B

Well, it's been a while since I updated this build. I've made quite a bit of progress - the superstructure is now for all intents and purposes completed. With the exception of the whip antennas, which will be added at the appropriate time, I'm now concentrating on hull work. In addition, I've started slowely construction of a kit bash to produce an early 1940's (pre-war) USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) using the Trumpeter 1:200 scale ARIZONA kit as the basis.
 
To continue with this build:
 
The kit hull is a disaster - both forward lower hull and after lower hull are misshaped from the git-go. So, a year or more ago I tackled the forward end adding styrene strips/putty as necessary to achieve a close resemblance to the proper shape. This is shown in the following photos. I have recently begun grinding work on the after hull to reduce down the incorrect shape to it's proper appearance. I am half way done with this having the basic shaping completed on the port side. I will continue the stbd side in June. For a while it looked like another modeler's 3D Modeling design might be a possibility as a replacement for the after 19" of the kit hull. This was not to be, so I came up with a less high tech, but fairly accurate method for hull shaping on my own. While another modeler did a POB replacement for offending areas of the after hull, I am taking a different approach and FILLING the hull interior with Bondo, allowing it to dry completely, then grinding the exterior down to shape using templates at the various hull stations according to the original ship's drawings.
 
The photos (in no order) - completed superstructure showing 5" gun mounts, lower after area modified, lower bow area modified, and another shot of the port side superstructure. My photos are small shots of specific areas, I don't have an overall superstructure on my flash drive.
 
Credits to other's involved, etc: The Mk. 37 and Mk. 56 FC Directors were products of Model_Monkey, 3D printed by Shapeways and available online in his store. He is a friend, fellow vet (USA) and modeler, and we are in cahoots on several other items for ship modelers - I helped his design of the Mk. 56 director. The 5"/38 dual gun mounts are also his products as the kit mounts are incorrect for this class of BB. The ship's ribbon board was a reduced size rendering for me by Mike Gaughan (Cliffy_B on SMF) of Virginia Beach who has a photo program to take and reduce photos to miniatures, retaining all the proper sizes and colors. He is also a volunteer on USS WISCONSIN in Norfolk, VA.  So, here are a few shots of the model:
 
 
 
 

Hello druxey and mtaylor.
No gold, brass metal leaf and metallic spray paint.
Karl

I am in love.  That beauty would be perfect for the Cedar River and Lake Michigan.with me and a rod. for something to catch.  Gorgeous.
David B

Your attention to detail is awsome Ed.  I have sen many models over the years and few of them has the little things.  This is one of the first times i have seen a release for the anchor.
David B

From the article She will be carried on the back of a heavy lift ship.  That would be interesting to see.
David B

I am in love.  That beauty would be perfect for the Cedar River and Lake Michigan.with me and a rod. for something to catch.  Gorgeous.
David B

From the article She will be carried on the back of a heavy lift ship.  That would be interesting to see.
David B

I am in love.  That beauty would be perfect for the Cedar River and Lake Michigan.with me and a rod. for something to catch.  Gorgeous.
David B

From the article She will be carried on the back of a heavy lift ship.  That would be interesting to see.
David B

I use the DRO on both my Sherline lathe and mill and wouldn't be without them. They make life a LOT easier.
 
Here are some pics of a stand that I made for mine. I have a base screwed to each baseboard, so it's only a matter of unplugging the leads and loosening one screw to go from one machine to the other. It takes about 40 seconds to change from the lathe to the mill.
 

 

 

 

 

 

  Danny

Kevin at the scale you are working in using tape for the strakes would be fine but do not scribe the vertical ones.  At this scale it would be overkill and not look good.  
David B

Hi,
 
The rigging is moving along.  I’m beginning to plan the sails.
Thank you everyone for all the likes.
 
Walter 
 

 

 

 

Your attention to detail is awsome Ed.  I have sen many models over the years and few of them has the little things.  This is one of the first times i have seen a release for the anchor.
David B