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FriedClams reacted to Tigersteve in Beavers Prize 1777 by Mike Y - 1:48 - POF - Hahn style
Nicely done!
Steve
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FriedClams reacted to Mike Y in Beavers Prize 1777 by Mike Y - 1:48 - POF - Hahn style
Semi-offtopic. Finished the jewelry box, the build log is here if somebody is interested: http://imgur.com/a/7fNCc
That was an interesting practice, took longer than expected. Totally new skill of turning a non-square non-flat warped piece of wood and making it square, flat and parallel on all sides. Jointing and planing, something not frequently used in the ship modelling!
Also, my standard way of "cutting an oversized part and sanding it to shape later on" does not work on that scale, so there were much more careful calculations and cutting to final dimensions from the first attempt. Well, maybe shaving 0.5mm from some risky pieces with the block plane..
First time I used OSMO Polyx (http://www.osmouk.com/sitechapter.cfm?chapter=82&page=247) as a wood finish. It is surprisingly good - dries fast, easy to apply, the end result is really strong. Will test it on a small scale, might be a good finish for the model. Anybody has an experience with OSMO as a ship modelling finish?
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FriedClams got a reaction from Piet in SHADOW by Omega1234 - FINISHED - Scale 1/300 - Luxury 60m Mega Yacht
Well it doesn't look "pretty rough" to me Patrick - it looks pretty darn nice. So tiny, intricate and crisp. I'm curious - are you using a mix of materials? Some card stock, some styrene? Keep the photos coming.
Gary
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FriedClams got a reaction from mtaylor in Making Fire buckets
Very ingenious Steamschooner - I'm going to file that away.
Gary
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FriedClams got a reaction from mtaylor in SHADOW by Omega1234 - FINISHED - Scale 1/300 - Luxury 60m Mega Yacht
Well it doesn't look "pretty rough" to me Patrick - it looks pretty darn nice. So tiny, intricate and crisp. I'm curious - are you using a mix of materials? Some card stock, some styrene? Keep the photos coming.
Gary
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FriedClams reacted to rwiederrich in Great Republic 1853 by rwiederrich - FINISHED - four masted extreme clipper
What a wonderful holiday Christmas season...I hope and pray all my friends here had a great time with family and friends. I was up to a bit of creativeness apart from my GR build. For Christmas a cousin gave me a brass porthole with the glass intact that came from a 45ft sailboat he purchased in Japan 40 years ago. the boat has been destroyed since then, but he retained 7 of the portholes..one of which he gave me.
So I dusted it off and retained the old chipped paint and oxidized brass and I then added a clock to it and placed it above the whaling section of my nautical den. What a perfect addition to my nautical collection. Here's a couple images for your enjoyment.
I'm in the process of fabricating the 6 crab winches and aft sky light........
Rob
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
For these cutters I will do much of the hull planking in Cherry, the deck in "off-white holly" which has a coloring similar to basswood and considering doing the keel in pear. I'm thinking of doing the cap rail in a tannish wood maybe cherry, maybe beechwood. Any exposed wood should have a tarred look just determining how much exposed wood there should be. Instead of painting the wood outright I might do a composite with stain and paint so the wood peaks through if I can learn how to do that. These ships are somewhat like pilot boats but they are part of the coast guard so I imagine the color scheme was somewhat regimented rather than decorative. I may end up exposing more wood than was historically accurate but that's due to aesthetic appreciation of the wood a shame to have it all buried under paint.
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FriedClams reacted to Cathead in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Should the planks at the bow all taper up to a single point like that? My understanding was that planking lines should lie more parallel to the deck. It's a very Viking look, and a lot easier to plank that way, but I didn't think ships of this period were planked that way. You're laying out something closer to how I did the starboard side of my Ranger, but my port side is closer to how it "ought" to be in my understanding. Also, I wonder if they should taper so much; my understanding was that in traditional practice planks weren't supposed to taper more than half their original width. Of course, I'm far from an expert so am happy to be corrected. What's your thought process there?
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FriedClams reacted to Mirabell61 in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
super built solid hull Charlie,
very nice lines of this cutter...
The deck and hull-planking pencil patterns look very realistic
BTW. thanks for being added to your F-list, tried to send PM a few times, but your postbox seems to have overflow.....
Nils
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Thank you sir! You can tell by the design these were built for speed like a dart in the water. I'm thinking of moving the drop planks/(steelers?) down by 1 however overall it looks pretty good. Mind you this hull is 8" so the detailing is smaller than it looks in the pic.
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FriedClams reacted to Omega1234 in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Hey Charlie
Very nice job so far. After seeing the planked lines you've drawn in, it doesn't take much imagination to see just how sleek and powerful these hull's were.
You're definitely off to a great start!
Cheers
Patrick
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
And that's one side done. What does everyone think? You can see I did a few steelers and drop planks for this extreme design was necessary. Also remember the planks get thinner the closer to the deck we go and wider the further down to the keel from like 1/8" to 3/32nd". I think it looks fairly decent and flows well.
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Aaaaand did the planking lines as well. First started by getting the garboard plank laid out then went down from the sheer and up from the keel as so.
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
And here is the side profile, fits perfectly. Little crew dude added
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Today I drew the deck detailing where planks, hatches, masts, windows and pivot cannon will go.
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Then I redrew all the lines. So aside from some minor shaping I plan on doing by the transom, the hull shaping is essentially done for the 31 pounder anyways. Note the lovely curve at the edge of the hull which curves slightly upwards at the bow and stern and note the pencil line on the bowsprit where the deck is supposed to line up. Next up is going to be the beginnings of adding planking lines in preparation for the planking. Crew added for dramatic effect, that guy in the front though... "metaaaaahhllll!!"
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Thanks Mark! And here we have the same approach to the bow. Took a small piece, sanded it down and glued it on removing the excess then sanding and filling. You can see the areas where lighter wood filler was used before I used the finishing filler in natural color. Everything was then polished with a fine sandpaper.
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FriedClams reacted to mtaylor in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Looks like your methods work well and have provided me with some food for thought.
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
And that's about it. I added enough to make the joint perfectly smooth no way of telling there was a piece added. I will do the same for the bow piece shortly. Once you think of wood as clay sculpting, you can add and subtract as much as you want. And fingers of course always work best!
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
For the record I've been using two types of wood filler, the left one is a white powder and dries very hard, good for providing strength when adding to the wood. The second is a soft filler using wood fibers and good for shaping and sanding.
Regarding glue I've come to prefer the instacure for the thin pieces. Water based glues will take a thin strip and warp it the same way one does when plank bending. Which in the case of this process is not desirable. That said, watch out the stuff dries fast with little time for resetting!
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Basic approach was to take a thin veneer sheet of basswood and then sand to create a flat wedge. Glue it on then shape it to become part of the hull.
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Ok guys so here's what I've been up to. Having to make minor corrections to the hull before the planking arrives. So this was my approach, cut out two side profiles one with the keel and one without to fit the hull in. The deck is the dotted line so I made sure to cut the top following that shape exactly. As you can see the bow and stern both need to be built up a bit plus there is a small bulge towards the bow that needs sanding. Easy fixes!
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Ill be updating soon and thank you for the kind words same to you and yours as well. For the moment Im doing minor hull corrections for the 30 ton ship as the bow and stern need to be built up a bit (sagging a bit at the ends) then finalizing the shape very minor stuff until the planking arrives. Crown Timbreyard offers offwhite holly strips which I think look more natural as decking material so excited to do my first plank work and learn from it
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FriedClams reacted to CharlieZardoz in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
Thanks Mark! So far so good he's out of ICU but he has a lot of recovering to do. It's been quite a crazy year for sure.
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FriedClams reacted to Cathead in 19th Century 31-ton Revenue Cutter by CharlieZardoz - Scale 1/64 - building as USRC Active based off Doughty plans and BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit
I'll "like" it as a gesture of respect for the bonds you felt and feel with those important to you. As an obvious cat lover myself, I empathize with your loss. Best wishes to your friend as well; over a decade ago I worked to recover from a serious neck injury that might have changed my life (well, it still did even though I fully recovered).
Merry Christmas or Solstice or whatever else floats your boat (as farmers and land managers, we're partial to the solstice ourselves). I'm looking forward to reading more about your ambitious project whenever life allows you to get back to it.
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