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  1. gjdale
    Nice to see you making some progress again Sjors.
  2. gjdale
    That is a SERIOUSLY nice planking job Erik!
  3. gjdale
    Boyd, If you're interested in trying your hand at scratch building, I can thoroughly recommend the Bomb Vessel Cross Section (link to my build log below), or you could go for an Echo class or Triton cross section. Noting your aversion to painting, you can "paint with wood" as I am doing. The advantage of a cross section is that it introduces you to all of the skills/techniques of scratch building, without a mammoth undertaking. It's a great way to learn, and you end up with a pretty nice model to boot.
  4. gjdale
    Just fabulous Daniel. Absolutely amazing work. You've really captured the essence of what it must have been like on the gun deck during battle.
  5. gjdale
    The shipyard has been closed for most of the weekend as we mourn the passing of the Shipyard Supervisor, Sam the Chocolate Labrador. After a lengthy battle with pharyngeal paralysis over the last year, Sam was put to sleep by our Vet on Saturday morning. He went peacefully, in his favourite bed in the sun in our family room, with the Admiral and I by his side. We miss him terribly but remember fondly the 13 years of love and devotion he gave us. I thought I would share a few photos of my best mate and shadow for so long. Sam came to us as a one-year-old pup: It didn't take him long to work out that the most comfortable seat in the house was mine. Here he is, a couple of years ago, aged 12: More recently, at the grand old age of 14, he's had a young playmate for company and he's been very tolerant of her: They liked to share the sunshine together: I miss him like crazy, but will always smile when I think of him with those doleful eyes and the tail that never stopped wagging.
  6. gjdale
    The hull is looking just beautiful Nils. Great work!
  7. gjdale
    Just caught up with this log Erik. Beautiful job on the planking!
  8. gjdale
    Just breathtaking Remco!
  9. gjdale
    Serving looks excellent Harvey.
  10. gjdale
    Sorry to hear of the mishap Augie. I'd been wondering how you achieved that nice red colouring on your model - I guess your secret's out now!
  11. gjdale
    Hey Danny, Welcome to the party! Glad to see you made it over. Mark is tending the bar (as usual), and Sjors occasionally drops by with the popcorn, so make yourself comfortable. A cross section of Vulture would be a great project for you. I'll look forward to following your log.
  12. gjdale
    John, It certainly sounds like you're doing everything right. For my own use, I found a 50/50 dilution with distilled water worked best. This may seem a silly question, but are you certain it is "Pewter Black" that you have? I only ask because Jax do a range of patinas, including a brown. Failing all else, you might just have a "bad batch" - can you take it up with the supplier?
  13. gjdale
    I agree with George, Marc - having the right tool for the job brings a whole new degree of satisfaction to the work.
  14. gjdale
    Fabulous work on the rudder Nils, and your prop shaft housings are looking very smooth too.
  15. gjdale
    Glad to hear your mojo is back in residence Kevin. Nice start to the shrouds.
  16. gjdale
    I've been away all week with work, but in my absence the Admiral very kindly cleaned up the hard disk so that I could upload my photos. So here is a slightly overdue update. Upper Deck Planking and Bulwark Lining The upper deck was next to be installed. Once again 3/16” x 1/16” Holly was used for the deck planks, with one edge darkened with a 2B pencil to simulate the caulking. I prefer the more subtle effect the pencil caulking gives. Treenails were fitted using the drill and fill method. The only issue here was that having done lots of testing for treenail filler earlier in the build I was a bit tired and was therefore too lazy to check back through the log to ensure I was using the right one, trusting to memory instead – big mistake! I subsequently used the wrong compound, and then had to re-drill before checking and then using the correct compound. I gave the deck a coat of Wipe-on-Poly to protect it from the inevitable “pink dust” that was about to be created with the Bulwark liner installation. Redheart was used for the Spirkiting and the Bulwark liner. The two strakes of spirkiting are 1/16” thick and the lower strake needs to be shaped to fit against the angled waterway. This was achieved in the same way as the waterway angle, by using a small hand plane. The upper strake was also angled to provide a smooth transition to the 1/32” thick bulwark lining. This upper strake also had to be cut to fit around the lower edges of gunports and sweep ports. After some consideration and discussion with my build buddy (Mobbsie), I decided to install “iron bolts/nails” in the Spirkiting/Lining using the same method of copper nails, blackened with Liver of Sulphur, as shown previously. Here is a picture showing the completed deck and the spirkiting/lining drilled and ready to accept the iron bolts. Once the bolts were installed and blackened, the sprikiting/lining was given two coats of Wipe-on-Poly. The following photos were taken after the first coat had been applied. The lighting conditions don’t really do it justice – it does look a little more red to the naked eye.
  17. gjdale
    Ingenious Nils!
  18. gjdale
    You could always ask that 9-yr old to come back and advise you on the "correct" way to do it John!
  19. gjdale
    Lovely work Bob - that lattice work sure does look delicate.
  20. gjdale
    John, Liver of Sulfer (LoS) will not blacken Brass. It will however blacken Copper. If you use Copper in lieu of Brass, then use the LoS and yes, you can use it in situ without any ill effect to the surrounding timber. It is a good idea to wash of any excess with plain water though. You can see some examples where I've used it on my Bomb Vessel Cross Section build. Birchwood Casey Brass Black is good for blackening Brass, but must be rinsed thoroughly after use. It should NOT be used in situ.
  21. gjdale
    Thanks Carl - been there, done that with a laptop once before. I have no desire to repeat the experience!
  22. gjdale
    Mark - the bowsprit is not the scariest part of that photo!
  23. gjdale
    Sage advice Jack!
  24. gjdale
    We have an external hard drive, bought specifically for this purpose. Just need to convince the Admiral that she needs to move more of her movie collection to it.............. Yeah, I know, good luck with that!
  25. gjdale
    Great looking set of sails there Mobbsie.

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