Jump to content

Ian_Grant

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,954

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Ian_Grant

  1. Ian_Grant
    Yes the Heller instructions are truly terrible. I found your build log; you sir now have a new follower!
  2. Ian_Grant
    Jeff, looking good so far! I'm always pleased to see another Heller Victory being built, it is a very special kit despite its shortcomings in rigging instructions. There are several Victory logs on MSW, the most recent by BILL97. You would be well advised to read through his log as you progress; there are many faults with the Heller instructions especially pertaining to rigging and some things you need to add to, for example, the quarterdeck in order to be able to rig properly in later stages. But rather than detail all these for you here, the information is all in Bill's log. I have a few general recommendations, in the meantime. 1) Forget Heller's deadeyes, they are impossible to rig without a groove around their periphery. Buy some after-market wood deadeyes. 2) For rigging, a copy of "The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships" by C. Longridge is indispensable. It contains detailed info for each rigging line including rope and block sizes and has many many helpful diagrams. 3) Brass etch parts are available for this kit. I highly recommend the chains and stanchions. Heller has no representation for the chins beyond loops of thread and their stanchions have no eyes so are difficult to rig. Looking forward to reading about your progress.
  3. Ian_Grant
    Never heard anyone mention about them leaning forward. Are the aft edges of your decks properly aligned with the transom ends of the hull halves? Are the masts mating with the steps at the keel? At any rate yes, you'll have to correct them by filing. Foremast should be vertical, mainmast slightly raked, mizzen a little more so. There is a known issue with the mainmast openings; one of the them is out of kilter I think it was the middle or quarter deck. This needs to be filed. You are wise to be checking alignment as you go! A
  4. Ian_Grant
    But you are now?
  5. Ian_Grant
    Funnily enough, there are chunks of mica just lying on the ground all around our cottage. There was once a mica mine in the hills across the other side of the access road. Every time we dig a post hole we find more. The kids used to be fascinated by it, peeling it apart endlessly. I used to joke about going into production of capacitors. If ever EV batteries need mica, we'll be RICH!! 😆 LATER EDIT: Was at the cottage this weekend; here are a couple of pieces of mica I picked up. The one in my left hand is small, but so thin and clear you can hardly see it in the shot.
  6. Ian_Grant
    Bill, If you furl sails the clewlines and buntlines remain attached and disappear into the folds. There are examples of this here on MSW. Don't forget the bowlines if you want to be detailed! Yes, I omitted sails but I didn't want to simplify the rigging too much, lest ship handling appear simple to the viewer. The clewlines I attached to the sheet lines which they would have met with at the corners of the sails anyway, as is common practice (this is what Longridge has drawn in his large running rigging diagram). The buntlines I passed through their blocks on the yard, then hitched to the yard. Similarly, I rigged the bowlines and bridles, with ends hitched to the yards. Also common practice.
  7. Ian_Grant
    Glen, maybe you could split the hull not along the keel line but to one side of the mast holes. Might be harder to conceal the join though.
  8. Ian_Grant
    Good approach to it, Glen - like NASA testing a new rocket in baby steps. I have to ask - how will you press the hull halves together and get no glue squeeze-out in the mast holes?
  9. Ian_Grant
    Looks great Bill! Now you get the pleasure of trying to paint those darn lanterns. 😉
  10. Ian_Grant
    Yes, it's a shame how gaming has taken over. A friend who used to teach high school Auto Mechanics says in the old days (70's) boys arrived having a rough idea of what a differential did; now they don't know which way to turn a nut to tighten it. 🙄
  11. Ian_Grant
    Fine looking engine lathe you have there!!
  12. Ian_Grant
    You can get adhesive vinyl lettering in various colours and sizes, made by BECC. In fact, "Cast Your Anchor" near you in Toronto carries some.
  13. Ian_Grant
    Our 2004 Sienna had the spare suspended under the vehicle which struck me as a stupid way to handle it, in road-salted Canada. Apparently there was a crank hidden somewhere under the carpeting near the 2nd row seats, which when turned lowered a "cage" holding the wheel, to the road. Luckily never needed to use it. Colour me surprised, there were two recalls over the years to replace the chain that held the wheel up off the road due to rust causing wheels to fall out. A while ago, I mentioned to my wife that we should get it checked out again, but she replied, "Oh, there's no wheel there any more", which was news to me. Apparently, she was coming home on the 401 from a trip a few years previously, and when she pulled out of her parking spot at a highway rest stop the wheel was lying there. So she just continued on her way and never thought to mention it!! 😆 😆
  14. Ian_Grant
    Thanks Bedford; yes I had worries about two y-harnessed lift servos on one beam moving the same amount in degrees. Not sure of consistency to be expected of a given model of servos. Plus there were the problems of where to mount them. Back to four servos total again, which is easier. I can easily adjust the linkage lengths to make both ends consistent.
  15. Ian_Grant
    Hi Glen, yes as a matter of fact I played with Meccano for years including the Meccano "Electrikit" which had coils powerful enough to induce metal rods to move, thus actuating models. Laid the ground for my engineering career. I still have all my old meccano; I kept it around hoping to introduce my kids to it but of course most kids nowadays are not interested. 😢
  16. Ian_Grant
    Working on a full-size oar beam with the plan to make another mock-up like my first one, but with only one side and all 44 oars. Need to make sure I can build it without oars clashing. I thought more about the lift mechanism and woke up one morning with the idea to have a single lift servo push both ends of the beam up and down, analagous to the aileron hook-up in an RC plane. Took a while to gather parts and assemble as my motivation has gone over a cliff in the hot weather. Speaking of which, I still have not had a single sail on my dinghy at the cottage. Spring was pretty cool and I never had anyone there capable of helping me lift it up and into the water. Finally had a chance two weekends ago on a beautiful windy day. I rigged her, sailed a few yards from our dock, and the tiller extension U-joint broke 🙄. As this boat went out of production in 1980 the U-joint didn't owe me anything! There are no boat parts near the cottage. Fixed it at home but last weekend there was no wind 😭. Anyway here's a video my son shot for me, of the vertical movement. The lift servo on the inboard side of the beam has a link going to each end. These drive bellcranks whose other arms have linkages to linkage horns on the beam. The two bellcranks move in complete symmetry, being driven by symmetric holes in the servo arm. The lift servo is offset from centre so that when I build another identical beam for the other side, the two lift servos will not be opposite each other and so will not interfere.
  17. Ian_Grant
    Thanks Richard. I saw that line on the drawing about the two different scales but I couldn't make any sense of them on the 8-1/2"x11" printed sheet. I guess his actual drawing was much larger, about 400mm across the beam, evidently. Bought some heavy paper to mock up hull bulkheads once I have some proposed cross sections.
  18. Ian_Grant
    I have to ask - is that wheel in front just welded on to give the battering ram some more heft? I can't imagine that it's a spare plus there are no bolts or straps........🤔
  19. Ian_Grant
    Glen, looking forward to being amazed by your miniaturization of this "farm".....
  20. Ian_Grant
    She looks superb Vic! I couldn't do that with non-shaky hands............
  21. Ian_Grant
    Same with my model planes in the 80's oops I meant in the 70's. They always ended up with an oil mess on the nose and at the wing roots. Don't know what it's like now; I've seen some amazing model plane engines ($$$) at the hobby shop nowadays, 4-strokes with valves...
  22. Ian_Grant
    Amazed that that's all the pilot had to sit on - a backless (or nearly so) chair with a lap belt! Not much more evolved than a tractor seat.
  23. Ian_Grant
    Hands of a surgeon....missed your calling..,.
  24. Ian_Grant
    Yet another new note on my SR instructions, along with the recently mentioned bowsprit steeve.........for when I get there.
  25. Ian_Grant
    Looking wonderful already!

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...