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Thanks guys. Keith - the two Cutters will be hung from davits on either side of the stern quarters. I showed the davits under construction in my previous post. -
25' Cutters Ver 2.5 continued Some progress this weekend. I have finally finished painting the hulls and am now able to get on with fitting out. Today I managed to fit the footwaling, aft platform, forward platform, cap rails and thole pins to both boats. While I've kept the same general colour scheme as the other boats, these cutters will be a little less 'fancy', having planked platforms instead of gratings and a generally more 'working boat' feel to them. I got a bit carried away and forgot to take any progress photos, except for these few to show where I'm up to. Next up will be to fit the thwarts, mast steps, mast support bands, and lifting eyebolts. And that will just about see them completed. Maybe next weekend.........
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Hey Rusty, great to see you back at it. This is going to be a great planking job to follow.
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Safe travels Augie. I hope you have a most enjoyable and memorable trip. We'll all look forward to tall tales and true on your return.
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Thank you so much Lawrence, Mike, and Michael.
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Domanoff Rope Serving Machine
gjdale replied to Ensign's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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Gee Jack, Even your "working shot" photos look so well composed! Nice work on the oars, by the way.
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Looking fabulous Kevin. 42 months to that stage is "speed building" in my books!
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The stand looks great Sjors, and a nice touch with the name plate. Coppering looks to be coming along nicely too.
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Beautiful work on those detail pieces Danny.
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Thanks very much Alan, Augie, Sjors, Mobbsie, Ian and Mark, and also all of the "likes".
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Slog - sorry for the bum steer on the Coptic markers, but good to know they have at least been tested now. On paints, you should be able to use acrylic paints, like Winsor and Newton. Buy them in tubes and thin with water (ie squeeze some out and drag some water into it on the palette). Using paints in this way, you can mix your colours to get an exact match, and thinned to your desired consistency. If you're not sure how to use something, it's always worth checking out You tube - I invariably find a few videos of people demonstrating exactly what I'm after. It might not be in our field of modelling, but the techniques are generally the same. Painting is one are where there are plenty of video tutorials. Don't ask me how I know!
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Cutters Ver 2.5 continued.... Only a minor update today. I've been painting the hulls for the last week or so. Decided to break out the airbrush for this job and after six coats of white paint on top of the gesso undercoat, plus one coat of clear Satincote (one more to come), here's a quick sneak peak at the outside of one of the hulls - just to prove that progress is being made As soon as I get another coat of Satincote on the external hulls, I'll move onto the interior, painting that in yellow ochre before proceeding with the fit out. This painting lark is a slow process! In between watching paint dry, I've been working on the quarter davits to carry these Cutters. I've mainly been working from the diagrams and description in Longridge for these. The basic structure is boxwood, with working brass sheaves held in place with a copper wire pin. I also manufactured the cleat for the base of each davit by silver soldering brass wire into a T-section and then cutting/filing to shape. These have been blackened and placed temporarily in place for the photo. The davits will be painted black prior to final fitting. At the base of the davit, I have manufactured separately some brass swivel/hinge plates to attach the davits to the hull - these aren't shown in the photo below, but will be fitted in due course. So here's what they look like (only 3 of the 4 davits shown in the pic):
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Ah, so you finally got off the Chatham Dockyard bus Sjors - exactly a year since we took that photo.
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Nice work Ian. On the question of hook length, I reckon you could afford to halve the length of the shank.
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Lovely Bob, just lovely.
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Great to see son progress Slog. Looking good. Those Pitt Pens look like the answer to your prayers alright. Along similar lines, you might want to try out some Coptic markers, which you'll find in any art supply store. I've no idea if they will be suitable, but the Pitt pens prompted my memory. They come in a really large colour range too.
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Congrats Mark. Take a bow and have an adult beverage or three. She's looking mighty fine Sir!
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More excellent work Mobbsie - and nothing boring about it my friend! Fabulous looking yards, and I love those blocks I just worked out that it was exactly one year ago last weekend that we had a wonderful weekend together visiting Chatham and Portsmouth, and of course Chateau Mobbsie. Still the highlight of the whole holiday for me.
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Yup, wot he said! Looking good Wayne. This is a really sweet looking vessel.
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Thanks Ian for your pictures and descriptions - most informative.
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Brilliant approach to the brickwork Alexandru - I love it!
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Beautiful symmetry there Bob. I haven't tried it myself, but Sculpey might be a good option to try - at least you can put some more on if you take off too much! I know that Brian C used it for his decorations on his Fubbs, and they seem to have turned out very well indeed.
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Good idea to break it up like that Ray - they can become a little tedious! The ratlines look great so far - nice and evenly spaced.
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