Jump to content
MSW Spring Donation Drive

mtbediz

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    795

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by mtbediz

  1. mtbediz
    Dear Greg. The photos Jon posted are beautiful. Of course, I cannot do it this well on this scale, I just tried to simulate it. I'll take a close-up photo tomorrow and add it here.
  2. mtbediz
    First of all, thank you very much for your attention and warning me, Jon. Yes, you are absolutely right. I will lextend or remake the ladders. I haven't glued the ladders in place yet anyway. As for the hand ropes, I'm making them because I saw them in your build and in the photos of the ship. Other than that, I don't have any information.
  3. mtbediz
    I do the cuts with my mill. I just attach the side rails properly (with the same angle) onto a piece of wood with double sided adhesive tape and cut them together, then glue the steps. I don't use any jig for that.
  4. mtbediz
    I completed the gun deck hatch's stancions and hand ropes. I made two ladders from the spar deck to the gun deck and since they were still reachable I added stancions for the hand ropes because the beams would prevent me from reaching them later.
  5. mtbediz
    Hi Greg. Yes these are anchor chains. It would be difficult for me to explain how the system works on here, but there is a YouTube video that I like very much and you can find the answers to many questions about historic ships in this video. For the answer to your question, please watch from 18:50 of the video.
  6. mtbediz
    I made the chain pots and fixed them in place. These are where the anchor chains or ropes are transferred across the gun deck and into storage areas. I then hauled the anchor chains onto the gun deck.
  7. mtbediz
    Thank you so much Greg.
  8. mtbediz
    Conny's current situation.
  9. mtbediz
    You are my inspiration, Jon. I am learning a lot from you.
  10. mtbediz
    Thank you Todd.
  11. mtbediz
    I love your build and look forward to your progress.
  12. mtbediz
    That's it for today
  13. mtbediz
    Painted or unpainted, I'm sure your model will look great either way. You are working very meticulously and cleanly.
  14. mtbediz
    The spar deck is slowly taking shape. The unpainted parts in the photos have not been glued into place yet. After making sure that all the parts are compatible with each other, they are painted and glued.
  15. mtbediz
    Chain bitts and stove were glued in place at this stage. Because after this stage, their passage would be blocked by the beams.
  16. mtbediz
    Your build is progressing very well.
  17. mtbediz
    Thanks Jon. The chain provided by the kit didn't feel quite right to me. I think the links are too small, but a chain with 1x3 mm links seems to be closer to the scale. I found a chain of about 3 links/cm in the pictures on a local hobby shop. I think it was made with 3D resin printing. I ordered this, it looks okay but I think I'll have to paint it black.
  18. mtbediz
    Thank you for the information and photos, Jon. Do you have information about the size of the chain?
  19. mtbediz
    Planking looks so good.
  20. mtbediz
    Thank you so much for reminding me of this Jon, I had completely forgotten about that. Now it's time to look for a suitable size chain
  21. mtbediz
    Thank you so much my friend. If I don't have anything better to do, I spend 5-6 hours a day in the workshop
  22. mtbediz
    Even though the repetitive work is a bit tedious, I'm happy with the results.
  23. mtbediz
    When I started building Constitution, I never thought I would go into this much detail. In fact, building the gun deck wasn't even on my agenda. I only intended to do what was stated in the building instructions for the Model Shipways kit. However, while looking at other modelers' build logs, I noticed that a few modelers had also made the gun deck, so I decided to do the same. I am now very pleased with the decision I made. Main beams and supportive beams around the foremast are in progress.
  24. mtbediz
    Daily update. Not much progress, but this is the current state of the model.
  25. mtbediz
    Forward bitts were installed in place. Fabricating and installing of the knees and beams continue.

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...