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FriedClams reacted to Jim Lad in Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
Thanks Nils. I'm finding that the rigging of a four master just seems to go on for ever! 🙂
John
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FriedClams reacted to Mirabell61 in Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
a beautiful piece of work John,
it reminds me of back of the course when my "Pamir" was under progress ( rigging and sails) at that stage as yourè doing....
Nils
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FriedClams reacted to Jim Lad in Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
Thanks for your encouragement, Mark!
John
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FriedClams reacted to SaltyScot in Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
She inspires me anew, John. Sometimes it's the journey and not the destination that is important. I am certainly enjoying this one.
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FriedClams reacted to Jim Lad in Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
Thanks for the positive feedback on the sails, Keith. It really helps!
Thanks Paul: I think you're right, but I'm afraid I would really like to see her finished and in a proper display case. Visitors keep saying I must have amazing patience, but sometimes I wonder. 🙂
And a warm thankyou to all those who have attached 'likes'!
John
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FriedClams reacted to Paul Le Wol in Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
John, she looks happy with all of the attention and doesn’t care how long it takes. Beautiful work!
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FriedClams reacted to Keith Black in Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
Look at all that cloth! I love the way you've done the sails, John
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FriedClams reacted to Jim Lad in Herzogin Cecilie 1902 by Jim Lad - Four Masted Barque
A little more progress on the 'Duchess'.
All six yards are now crossed on the mainmast, so that leaves only six more square sails to rig. When I look at the model now, I sometimes think that she's getting towards completion; then I remember ratlines, braces, staysail sheets and deck details to complete and go back to wondering whether she'll ever get there! 😉
John
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FriedClams reacted to Robert in Austin in USS Constitution by Glen McGuire - FINISHED - BlueJacket Bicentennial Edition - 1/96 - Repair and Completion of Construction
Glen, it is, quite simply, amazing. If there’s anything that rivals the quality of the build, it’s your selflessness in agreeing to help a stranger finish a project that his father started. I can never thank you enough (but I hope those bottles of rum are a good start!).
Carson
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FriedClams reacted to Canute in USS Constitution by Glen McGuire - FINISHED - BlueJacket Bicentennial Edition - 1/96 - Repair and Completion of Construction
That rates a double thumbs up from this old aviator. 👍👍
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FriedClams reacted to Keith Black in USS Constitution by Glen McGuire - FINISHED - BlueJacket Bicentennial Edition - 1/96 - Repair and Completion of Construction
Well, that tugs at me ole heartstrings.
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FriedClams reacted to tmj in USS Constitution by Glen McGuire - FINISHED - BlueJacket Bicentennial Edition - 1/96 - Repair and Completion of Construction
Lasting memories have just been made. Because of that model... neither you, nor Carson will ever forget one another! Those two bottles of rum are simply icing on a really great memorable cake!
"Great job, Glen!"
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FriedClams reacted to Paul Le Wol in USS Constitution by Glen McGuire - FINISHED - BlueJacket Bicentennial Edition - 1/96 - Repair and Completion of Construction
A perfect ending Glen 👍
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FriedClams reacted to SaltyScot in USS Constitution by Glen McGuire - FINISHED - BlueJacket Bicentennial Edition - 1/96 - Repair and Completion of Construction
Never say never, Glen What a fantastic way to close out that wonderful chapter.
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FriedClams reacted to Glen McGuire in USS Constitution by Glen McGuire - FINISHED - BlueJacket Bicentennial Edition - 1/96 - Repair and Completion of Construction
Closing out the build log here. My son and I delivered the ship to Carson last night. All the pressure was on my son as he had to hold the model in his lap and not let anything happen to it while I drove the truck. We got it to Carson's house safe and sound (whew!) where he surprised me with two very nice bottles of rum - Chairman's Reserve from St. Lucia and Holmes Cay single cask from Guyana. I thought @BANYAN's Bundy was potent at 37% alcohol by volume but the Holmes Cay is 60%. Whoa! Gonna have to be careful with that one.
Now I've got rum from dang near every corner of the world! I just wish I could share a tipple with all of y'all that took part in this fun journey over the past 8 months. Thank you again!
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FriedClams reacted to wefalck in Pomeranian Rahschlup 1846 by wefalck – 1/160 scale – single-masted Baltic trading vessel
In spite of a week's travel for business, I managed to get done a part:
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The Main Hatch
The main hatch will be shown closed, so I could revert to my usual technique of milling it from a solid piece of acrylic glass. In fact, the piece forms a core and as sharp corners for the recess into which the hatch covers fit is needed, around it strips of 1 mm acrylic glass were cemented. This arrangement was milled to size and shape as shown previously. To make it visually more interesting a quarter-round cove was milled into the outer edge with a 0.5 mm ball-burr. In real life, this would also prevent the wood from splintering, when hit by something during loading.
Milling a quarter-round cove into the coaming of the main-hatch
The cover was assumed to be in three parts, each planked with short lengths of plank. The cover is made from a tight-fitting piece of bakelite paper into which the planks were engraved, as was done for the deck-planks. Making hatch and cover in separate pieces allows to paint it with sharp edges. The cover will be simulated to be natural wood.
The main-hatch with the cover inserted
Eventually, the hatch will be fitted with clamps for the battens to tie-down the canvas cover. That will be done at a later stage to avoid damage during fitting the part into the deck.
To be continued …
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FriedClams reacted to druxey in Pomeranian Rahschlup 1846 by wefalck – 1/160 scale – single-masted Baltic trading vessel
Thank you for the photo of your Frankenmill, Eberhard! You made me smile.
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FriedClams reacted to wefalck in Pomeranian Rahschlup 1846 by wefalck – 1/160 scale – single-masted Baltic trading vessel
Well, it's a vintage milling machine that never was: https://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/tools/micromill/micromill.html. The key mechanical parts came from antique watchmaking lathes.
https://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/tools/micromill/MF-V1.mp4
The miniature vice is shop-made: https://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/tools/attachments/attachments.html#Micro_vice
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FriedClams reacted to druxey in Pomeranian Rahschlup 1846 by wefalck – 1/160 scale – single-masted Baltic trading vessel
That is a fascinating looking vintage milling machine!
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FriedClams reacted to wefalck in Pomeranian Rahschlup 1846 by wefalck – 1/160 scale – single-masted Baltic trading vessel
In between business-related absences from home, I managed to progress a little bit ...
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Cabin Skylight
As noted previously, the cabin skylight is a somewhat perilous position, but nevertheless contemporary drawings and some old models indicated, that they were of relatively lightweight construction. The actual construction is somewhat conjectural, but it seems that the hatch was covered by frame into which glass-panes were insert. Over this, there is a shallow roof-like structure with protective iron bars. In this arrangement, the glass-panes are not actually insert into the roof-like structure, but are at some distance below. The effect is, that even in the event that the iron bars are bent, the glass would not be touched. It also conceivable, that in the Baltic not real glass was used, but rather muscovite, which would be obtained by trade from Russia. In the event of very bad weather, the roof-like grille presumably could be replaced by a plain hatch cover.
Milling to shape of the acrylic glass core for the cabin skylight
This structure was built up in my preferred way, that is around a core of acrylic glass. It was milled to size from scrap piece of acrylic glass. For the ‘glass’ surface, I was able to use one of the original - as manufactured - surfaces, so no polishing was required. The high-speed milling with a fly-cutter a low feed-rate left almost transparent surfaces.
Milling to shape of the acrylic glass core for the cabin skylight
Milling of the recesses for the laser-cut frame parts
The parts for the roof-like structure were produced again with the laser-cutter from Canson paper. The structure was to be designed in two parts, namely the frame attached to acrylic core and the two roof halves with the grilles, to allow painting. During painting the horizontal pane will be masked off and the roof halves painted separately.
In order to ensure equal spacing of the ‘bars’, the roof was built up from three layers with the middle layers having notches. This layer was lacquered onto one of the outer layers and the ‘bars’ attached with drops of varnish – quite a fiddly bit of work and I am not entirely satisfied with the result. In the past, I made such parts from surface-etched brass and this seems to have worked better, but I didn’t want to set up everything for etching just a couple of small parts.
Basic structure of the skylight, waiting to be painted and finally assembled
I prefer to defer painting to the late stages of the building process in order to avoid handling the painted parts as much as possible, so construction of the skylight stops here for the moment.
To be continued …
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FriedClams reacted to Paul Le Wol in Steam Schooner Wapama 1915 by Paul Le Wol - Scale 1/72 = From Plans Drawn By Don Birkholtz Sr.
Hi Gary,thank you very much. Good to hear from you.
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FriedClams reacted to Danstream in DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk VI by Danstream - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/48 scale - PLASTIC
Dear all,
just to let you know that I just finished my model and posted it in the completed non-ship models section. If you wish, you could also use the link below in my signature.
Best regards,
Dan
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FriedClams reacted to Siggi52 in The Gokstad Ship 900 AD by Siggi52 - 1:50
Hello,
after I build the last days toggles in all variations, I build today the rudder. Tomorrow I will start then with the tiller.
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FriedClams reacted to Siggi52 in The Gokstad Ship 900 AD by Siggi52 - 1:50
Hello,
today I build the two blocks, a one and a two sheave, for the halyard and two of the shroud pins. The thicker part of them is still a little green, so the rest has to wait a little longer.