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No job too small for good work.. Beautiful.- 22 replies
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Couldn´t agree more. Japanese carpentry and woodworking are nearly beyond comprehension. To say nothing of design and sense of harmony. The Western world has a lot to learn. Interestingly, all the bigger Japanese style ship model kits (Higaki Kaisen and Kitamae Bune in 1:72, Hacchoro and Yakata bune in 1:24) by Woody Joe are pretty close, all between 417 and 640 mm in length.
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Thank you for your choice, Clare. Thank you for starting the build of a good old workhorse. Great photos and interesting reading behind the link you give above. I´d love to build this but the scale.. Anything smaller than 1:50 and I´m looking for an Optiloupe.
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Good for you Marcus! Stichting Molens.. I like that.
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Newbie Hull Questions
andante replied to Tollyman's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Re "split" keels construction method: Basically you punch out the lasercut holes or slots in the keel halves and glue the corresponding tenons of the half frames into them. 1-2 tenons in each frame. I have seen better ideas. As for aligning the parts, keel supports etc you´re on your own. Instructions are very brief. -
Newbie Hull Questions
andante replied to Tollyman's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Hello Gary, whoever designed this kit for BB, must have seen too many half hull models. I cannot see major benefits of this building method. Ships or boats are not built like this in real life or have I missed something? I would start by tracing the keel halves and frames, if not included in the plans. Just in case, if something goes wrong - like resulting in a warped keel. Then you can always buy a piece of good aircraft plywood and make your own parts in any way you like. And forget the splitting even. The trickiest part of this process is glueing the hull halves together. Before that you might want to add filler blocks between frame halves - good for strength and for clamping. I´d leave the planking after that. If you don´t rush and plan it carefully, not many cracks will appear. Wood filler is the best, if needed. -
I know the feeling. It´s almost a pity - to go on. Lovely work, Bobby.
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Mooi! Beautiful aak lines as usual. I think you have made a good and rare find. You will get a lot of help from brother Google as well, I´m sure. The kit comes from Authentic Shipmodels Holland, right? Is this the same company as the former Authentic Shipmodels Amsterdam? How would you rate the instructions? Do the plans include bulkheads and bulkhead former? Geluk.
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Thank you sir, I don´t like super glues either. Only, mixing two part epoxies is also a messy job. Suites better for larger parts imo. Epoxy is a fairly new idea. I wonder what they used before, say 300 years ago? Another story.
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Oh well, how do you glue metal to wood? Based on your experience, please give me a concrete example.
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Best glue for paper templates?
andante replied to andante's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Matter of taste I guess. If it sticks well, it will not come off easily. Not a big deal, if some paper is left inside the hull. Ships were not built from paper but not from plywood either. Thank you everyone. -
Please tell me what is your favorite glue when you stick a paper template to a piece of plywood. Like in the picture (from Syren manual). And the paper - does it matter? Years ago, I used rubber cement and transparent paper. Or copy paper.. Now, I don´t really know.
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She really shows her lovely shape! Maybe not a coincidence, if one remembers that the Dutch have been wearing Klompen since medieval times.
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That is mighty nice planking! I wonder how many of these lovely boats have survived, how many restored or converted into house boats. Could you tell a bit more about the old yachts, materials used and their dimensions?
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Hello Ron, When a small boat looks so graceful, who wants to build anything bigger? I thought you´d like to know I still have the early part of your build log on my hard drive. 378 pages in all, 72,6 Mt saved as pdf. Just in case you cannot find your pics.
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Good advice throughout but still no answer to the question in the headline - garboard strake width? The garboard is wider than the other planks, obviously. But how much wider?
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Is the art of wooden boat building a dying skill? Remember what Pete Postlethwaite said in Brassed Off? "This is music, and it's the music that matters."
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So glad to see you here. I´ve been in love with Dutch ships and boats ever since I saw Björn Landström's drawings of a Dutch flute in his famous book The Ship, not to mention my visit to the National Scheepvaart Museum in Amsterdam in the late 70s.
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A nice and easy way to store the strips if we have limited space. Only one thing - the tube does not prevent the wood from warping or bowing. I suppose the best option would be by stacking them horizontally like in the lumber yard. Not so easy in a small scale.
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I was randomly surfing here and found you by chance. Remembered I built a Midwest kit, the Chesapeake Bay flattie long ago. Your lobster build is much more demanding. Very interesting. Love the way the model is raised up on keel blocks on first page. Looks really good. What type of wood is the base? Cannot wait for the finished setup.
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Shinmei-Zukuri Shrine by catopower - FINISHED - Woody Joe
andante replied to catopower's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Is there anything more beautiful than Japanese wood joinery? Of course you cannot see much in 1:150 scale but there is no need for that. It is an easy build and looks quite good. The roof structure of the shrine remains a mystery. What next, maybe a traditional tea house or the Marikoshuku mini house? We´ll see. -
Shinmei-Zukuri Shrine by catopower - FINISHED - Woody Joe
andante replied to catopower's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Hello Clare, found your temple site by chance and instantly ordered a pack from Zootoyz. Precise laser cutting and very addictive. You did it beautifully. Architecture model building can be very relaxing. Years ago I built a Lego architecture set, the iconic Villa Savoye by Corbusier and enjoyed it immensely A lot of round and transparent elements. Domo arigato, Olavi -
You´re doing fine, Marcus. You will be cutting clapboards and tying thatch bundles on the roof sooner than you think. Found a couple of interesting net sites you may have missed. http://www.van-vliet.org/dempseywoodworking/dutchwindmill.shtml https://www.360cities.net/search?utf8=✓&query=dutch+windmill
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