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Time for a update. Most of the building has been completed and it now looks like a boat. Grandson if now getting excited as it taking shape. The thin strips are a little fragile on the joins. So I added some fillets to strengthen the joints. Superstructure is now complete. Again a few scraps to the joints to reinforce the areas. The console is as supplied with the kit. Nice. The gauges were printed on the coloured instruction manual. With a laser cut aluminium trim. Seats make up using Red vinyl plastic simulated leather. The white was suppled with the kit. Red was a Sample from E-Bay 99p. Brass nails completes the look. Sump deck getting ready to glue aluminium engine hatch in place. The platform on the stern turned out OK after the re bending of the wire. The windows. Instructions say to "glue the glazing panels to the inside of the cabin." Not possible as the panels were smaller than the cabin holes. Purchased some 2mm polycarbonate and cut then out + 2mm bigger. More varnishing this week and next week allowing time for it to dry first. We are going to add lights to this model as I can teach him to solder and he would like the lights. Then Radio and electrics insulation. Thanks for looking.
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Hi Another update on the Build. Deck is now on and fitted with a slight overhang all round, I will seal this and put a "L" shaped stringer to tidy up the edge. Also the hatch sides were added which aligns the deck to the centre of the boat. I added a little reinforcing to the Bow area inside the hatch area. I covered the inside with a fine glass fibre cloth weave and resin. The hatch sides/cabin is put in place and glued only to the bulkhead/access door with a little piece of 3x3 to inside to reinforce the joint. This fit is with No trimming. Quit impressive for a kit. A jig I made up to hold the front cabin roof supports square while the grandson does the gluing. And yes I will use a little strip of cling film to stop the parts and jig from gluing together. Its taking time as he stays with us one night a week. Never rush a nice thing... Thanks for looking. AntonyUK
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Just a few more pictures of the build. I am doing all the preparation work IE fairing and chamfering the edges as per instructions. And the grandson is doing all the gluing. Did not follow the instructions here as I wanted to make it easer fore the grandson to do the gluing. I like this idea of holding the top of the sides with lugs designed into the kit. That's the hull skins on and building lugs removed. So far no modifications have been make to the kit design. Hull bottom view. Side View with stand. I have put a sheet of wood inside the stand as the prop shaft cut out is a very weak area. I am planning to coat the interior with a lightweight cloth and resin. To waterproof and strength reasons. I foresee many collisions in the learning process. Regards Antony.
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Hello again. Been a while since I posted on MSW. I am introducing my grandson into the model boat building. He is 7 years. The model I have chosen for him is the Aero-naut's Diva. Its a nice size and it a functional boat IE with Motor and Radio control. Opening the Box and the first thing I noticed was the two manuals. One with a lot of illustrations and text in German. and the other is in English. (which is quite good). I have already started building so I will start with the minor things I did not like. The shaft tube is 5mm dia that's OK, But the shaft is steel and it just push fits into the plastic propeller.(Not good) The motor I am using is a MFI Torpedo 400 2.5v to 12v. The coupling is a rigid shaft coupling. Now to the Kit. The entire kit is first class with laser cutting at its best. The kit has a cardboard base jig with slots for the tops of the frames to slot into. This was die cut. This was mounted on a scrap piece of 18mm plywood. Started placing the frames into the correct positions and everything fitted with any modifications. I added the motor at this stage as it was easer for him to put the M2.5mm screws through the frame into the motor. I also added a small plate to reinforce the frame made from polycarbonate. With the dry fitting done it was time to do the gluing of the body together. This went well and was held in place by elastic bands until dry. Then we added the chine stringers. These were laser cut and in the correct shape. No trimming only at the bow area were the two chine rail meet.(slight chamfer) Again elastic bands were used to hold this in the correct position until dry. The frames were faired to shape with a small sanding block. and the sides of the boat were given a little pre bending to make it easer to fit then to the boat. That's it so far. Now for the photos. Image 1 is the bow and there are two very small to add to the keel here. They need very precise positioning or the sides/skins will not fit. Image 2 is general side view. Image 3 is Motor mounting mode. Image 4 is general rear view.
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Hi. Well its a nice conclusion to the build. Today the Model has been collected after waiting some 18 months for the Covid to calm down. The nice thing is my work area is free again and its time to start researching something else to build. A BIG thanks to all for your support and Comments. Regards Antony.
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3d printing crew figures
AntonyUK replied to highlanderburial's topic in 3D-Printing and Laser-Cutting.
Hi. I also have purchased a 3D Printer (Elegoo Mars pro. ) I have used the printer for Model making components (Not ship). Hero Forge is by far the best Figurine shop I have seen. So many choices of kit. clothing. posture. and the list is endless. With the Figurine's available I will be putting some on my Ships as well. And being scalable they will adapt to any model I build. Regards Antony. -
Hi and thank you all for your reply's. This model was built for the Plymouth Education and resource people. They will use it as a display Hopefully for the Mayflower 400/401 as I think this years celebrations have been put back a year. Its been a Fun build all the way through. And had a lot of help with obtaining plans and books relating to the build. Its been a interesting concept build a cross section of this type. The wife thinks I should do a cross section at the same scale with all the timbers in place.. No mast. Regards Antony.
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Hi. Hi Robert. Did not check the post since October. Its been a while but she's all finished and turned out as I expected. Just a little tidying of the edges and clean the dust off and she's ready to go. Been a interesting build with Help from a lot of people from all over the globe. Thanks for looking in. Regards Antony.
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Hi David. Thank you for your kind words. I like building the unusual ships. Its somewhat more challenging when there is little known about the ship. Must post a update next week... Have been working on the Mayflower but not Posting... BAD me.... Regards Antony.
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Hi. Welcome to MSW. Your build is looking good and will give you a nice little model when completed. Like Mark said.. Dry fit everything. Then check it again. Slowly using sand paper on a block that span's the minimum of 4 ribs. And checking with a plank to get the angles correct. Do not press to hard on the block or it will damage the ribs/Bulkheads. Like I said Slowly but surely. Have a look at the link below...If it works. Fairing the hull and other bits Regards Antony.
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Hi. Thanks for the likes and comments. Sea Hoss.. Kind of name I like Hi Nils. How are you doing ?? I like the new family member Casper. Has he started picking up bits of wood and running with them ?? .. HE will. Building a Half Model has its challenge's. As you can imagine. Thanks again for looking in. Regards Antony.
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Hi. Another update on the build. The stern section. The Tudor Rose is a wood carving from E-Bay.. More timbers to be added to this area later on. The Beak area. as you can see in progress at the moment. Ladders are not glued yet as I have more work to do in the deck first. Not 16 century and a tad small... OK he is 5' 1" high.. Easy solved. Not a lot to say.. Sorry but that's me. Regards Antony.
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Hi Nils. Just catching up on MSW and I come across your build. As per normal you are making a excellent job of the build.. and I love the clinker hull. (Note to self....You gotta try this one day). Regards Antony.
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Hi. Another update. Lots of work done this time. The hedgehog. There is nothing more to be said about that picture. Treenails in but not cleaned up at this stage. Again treenails are in but not sanded at this stage. Started on the beak. And timbers onto the side of the ship. Gunports laid on top of the planking. With cling film to stop excess glue getting onto the ship. The get the correct curvature doing it this way. And they are way oversized at the moment. Started on the upper transom (Not shown the pictures as it is drying at this time.) All going well and will start constructing the rest of the decks next week. Thanks for the likes. And comments. Regards Antony.
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Hi. The photos as promised.. The planking is glued and as yet no work has been done to finish it off. I will just sand and clear seal it after completing the tree nailing. (With 4 coats of clear Danish Oil) The Stern area with lots of stealers 1 length had 4 stealers in it .. Another shot looking forward/ The Bow area. The internal works to date. Stern to Bow. Another shot Bow to Stern. A closeup of the stern area. A Shot of the lower stern area (Transom) As you can see I use miniature self tapping screws to hold the planks in place then they are removed ready for tree nailing. The screws are quite long as it helps to hold them in place while fitting them. The holes are predrilled and so far I have has NO splits in the planking. Its NOT the screw head that holds the planking in place.. Its the thread. Lots on Ebay listed as Micro self tapping screws. from 1mm upwards. Will show more progress as the planking continues upwards. Regards Antony.
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HI. After a extensive break from model building.. Im'e back Hi Nick. Yes I will contact you tomorrow . No photos today … But I will post some tomorrow afternoon. Started the external planking with Ash stripes 6mm X 1.5mm Yes small for the scale But the effect is nice. I started from the garboard plank and working up slowly. At the gunwale I will use walnut strips up to the main deck handrail then I will use Mahogany strips. Should look Nice... (NO PAINTING...) All the decks up to the Main deck are completed and will need the small bits adding on model compression. Cannons are made and Rigged ready for installation. That's it till tomorrow. Regards Antony.
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Hi Jo. Just catching up on your build log.. I am most impressed with you build and humour. A first class job on the planking to the hull. But look at the quality of the finished product All the best. Regards Antony.
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HI. A nice man cave And a load of tooling to get the job done A good start on the Victory. Are you using any books for reference ?? Will be interesting to watch the lighting with Fibre optics. Not tried this yet.. So will be watching with interest. Will follow along and I have the kitchen stool on the right booked as my front row seat. One assumes you were a submariner ?? with the Name and the bulkhead door. Regards Antony.
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Hi. Thanks Keith. Yes this is going together very quickly as there has been a lot of planning on how things will be constructed. Also lots of the timber has been pre milled ready for use. Another update. Lots of little bits made since the last post. And main deck is complete. Was done in the two weeks as most of the timber was already prepared and milled. The whipstaff steering was a new thing I have not encountered before. Two pumps of this ship. The other one is on the other side of the ship and will not be visible. Only 4 of these on each side of the ship. The rigging for the guns ready made up. Rudder and tiller arm. Copper will be blackened after making the opposite set of hinges (The ones that fit onto the ship). Whipstaff area. This will also be blackened when finished. I have lost count on the number of different timber types I have used so far. I like to mix the woods types to give a better contrast. The next step will be to plank the exterior of the ship. This will mean removing the ship from its jig and laying it onto a flat surface and clamping it as not to let it warp while doing the external planking. I will use 3 different types of timber on the exterior planking.. Walnut, Ash, and Cherry. Thanks for looking in. Regards Antony.
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Hi Jo. Painting will spoil the look of the boat ..But saying that it might be a option you might take after planking. Advice... Read the instructions and compare with the kit. Test all assembles as many times as it takes to satisfy yourself that you are doing the right thing. It's a nice ship when finished and makes a very nice display. I built a Leudo some time ago. Check my builds below. Regards Antony.
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Hi Mark. Nice start to your build. And a nice ship as well. On planking the planks are also treenailed at each beam. Not just at the ends of the plank. The pencil looks perfect for your deck.😀 Regards Antony.
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Hi Again. Thanks for stopping by. and the kind comments. Had a good 2 days on the deck... Now finished. Carlings and Ledges in place. Not glued at this stage.. Close up of the woodwork. Messy as not yet sanded or fixed. Big jump to Completed Gundeck. just the trimming to do. looking at the underside of the Gundeck. Waterways in place As it is right now. Will trim the deck tonight and install the hatch surrounds. Next is the Main deck. This has a step at the 3/4 of the way towards the stern. Also there are a lot of furniture bits on the main deck. I think 2 weeks might see it through. But we will see. Regards Antony.
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Hi Fernando. Cheap cocktail sticks soaked in dark stain for 3 mins then thoroughly dried. Hole was drilled with 0.6 drill bit. Then glued in place. Dried for a couple of hours then Cut with small side cutters then sanded. BTW The scale of this model is 1/26. Will be using Tulip wood for this deck as I like the hint of green in the wood. Regards Antony.
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Hi. Another update.. Tree nailing the deck and adding the gratings. Drives me nut's treenailing.. All cut off and sanded. Spent a little time this week marking out the beam positions for the second deck. This deck was much easer than the first deck as I did not have any thinking and planning to do.. Hanging knees are glued to the deck beam at this stage. Nothing of this deck is fixed to the hull. Knees have been pined and retested for fit. Will be fixing the beams and the Lodging knees next. and tomorrow I will fit the Carlings. and if time and fitting go well then I will also add the Ledges (already made). Thanks for looking in. Regards Antony.
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Hello Peta. Stunning work. I bet the grandson is missing his Lego ? Or did you purchase it just for rope making. I've got to agree with Quote above. First class. Regards Antony.
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