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I'm sorry for the lapse in my manners, somewhere, Mum is scolding me. Thank you Mark, Pat, and now Keith for the complements and comments and thank you to all for the likes. -
A good day to be dockside as we're being inundated with a late season snowstorm. View out the front porch windows. As things currently stand. I'm about to enter the next phase, deck guns. I've looked forward to this part of the build for what seems to be a very long time.
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
Keith Black replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
I don't think they would have trusted wooden trucks/wheels to bare the weight and survive the stress of firing a 2,800 pound gun? I'm pretty sure the carriage trucks for the 100 pound breech loading Parrott rifle (10,266 pounds) were iron. I think the width of the individual truck would be key in keeping the decking from being destroyed. Wouldn't metal against wood cause less friction than wood against wood? The main weight of the gun is at the rear of the carriage where there are no trucks.- 993 replies
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Whatever it is, it's beautiful! A coat of poly, put a frame around it, and hang it on the wall. One could look at that for hours and not tire of it.
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15' Dinghy by Bedford - FINISHED - 1:1 scale
Keith Black replied to Bedford's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Sorry, I'm way late to this party, just discovered this gem today. Steve, your workmanship is gorgeous and the lines of Miss Caroline are beautiful. Back when I still had my physical capabilities I rowed at least once almost every week. Rowing is a lot like life, the view is always where you've been (the past) the future is somewhere up ahead on a course you hopefully have correctly plotted. A mirror (your's is as beautiful a row boat mirror as I've ever seen) is like trying to see into the future. Take a second, hold one oar out of the water and get a half circle view of where you think you're headed. Of course if you continue with one oar up you'll wind up going in circles, another one of life's moments we all find ourselves doing from time to time. Steve, thank you for the memories, God bless your journey.......Keith -
Gary, Rob, and Keith thank you for the compliments and thank you to all those for the likes. Stack chain work completed. At the rear of the ladders leading to the flying bridge and attached to the aft stack platform are the flying bridge support columns. Ladders and columns attached to the stack platform allow for sliding into place and out as a unit allowing for further deck work as required. Starboard view showing ladder and support column. Forward view underneath flying bridge detail and ole Bob's backside. Views of companionways in place (see previous post)
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Mark, thank you for the compliment and thank you to everyone for the likes. I finally finished the companionways. In this H and H photo, the companionway opening is to starboard, no foot wipe roller. This is the same companionway viewed at the closed end showing the canvas cover rolled up. This is the adjoining companionway opening to port with a foot wipe roller. The companionways were only wide enough for oneway traffic. Because the port side opening has a foot wipe, this makes me believe this companionway was intended for going down and the one that opened to starboard (no foot wipe) was for coming up. My attempt at foot wipe roller and rolled up canvas cover. All the companionways had birdcage covers. Replicating these is beyond my abilities and it's best they be left off than offer up a poor representation. A lot is happening in a very small space. Running the wire for the double stanchions was the most difficult. It's 24 GA and (in hindsight 26 would have made my life much easier) is home run from stanchion opening to stanchion opening. I glued in the front six stanchions and left the two end stanchions loose. I pulled both top and bottom wires completely through all eight stanchions with the two ends left dangling. As I pulled both railing wires taught, the two end stanchions pulled toward the rear of companionway. Once they were within striking distance of their peg holes I then tilted them into position as I pulled the railing wire through the other six stanchions. It would have been nice to have had four hands but I was working in a two finger space. The sense of depth in .1 inches of height still trips my head.
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I bet if you look on eBay you can find the acrylic paint you're looking for. eBay sellers seem to be a lot more flexible in these times than large online companies. Oh, don't use real fine steel wool, you want some scratching of the surface for the poly to adhere to.
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Keith, nice work. About painting aluminum. I found that if I steel wool the piece, wipe it clean with paint thinner and then apply a coat of wipe on poly, paint will adhere easier with no streaking. I use acrylic craft paint so if you're using a different type paint your results may not be the same as mine. Hope this helps.....KB
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Very nice Paul, you need to name this gal the "Rapido"
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Keith, thank you for the kind words. I couldn't agree more. The transitional period from sail to steam, wood hull to iron then steel, smooth bore guns to rifled, and battle tactics that no longer relied on the wind was a rush of change. Naval ships around the world became almost unrecognizable to the old salts who had apprenticed aboard square-riggers only 35 years earlier. What sails they carried would disappear on the horizon forever. I considered that but I couldn't find anything about extinguishers for the time period and none in that sophisticated of a form till much later. That are smiling a lot that's for sure. Yes, I've displayed them fully extended because I think they look really cool that way plus I'll not be doing sails. When the ship was under full sail they would have been fully retracted because the steam engines would have been silent, no sense in burning the sheets.
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Pat and Paul, thank you for the complements and thank you Gary, Mark, and GrandpaPhil for the likes. All the bow elements are in place with the exception of the 60 pound bow gun. Added the support chains to the forward stack(still need to do the aft stack) but needs a turn in the paint shop. The links of the chain measure .05 x .025 inches, twenty links to the inch.Getting the four chains attached to the attachment points and taunt is at the limits of my stubby shaky ole fingers.
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Keith, spot on work as usual........purely a guess on my part but they look like closed fairleads?
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That sounds so good. My wife and I are going into our fourth week of self imposed isolation without having gone to the grocery store during all this time. I'm so tired at looking at the same thing every time I open the cupboards. Gary, your build is a cascade of triumphs and it's such a pleasure to watch the progress.
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In most cases but hey.......our house was built in 1869 so why don't you pack up that table AND your lathe and come on over. We'll find room, hell, for you and that lathe I'll build an addition!
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What size is it? (I ask out of idle curiosity). I've played on several 12's and a couple of 10's. I've seen pictures of 8's but never played on one and I've heard of 14's but I've never seen one. I couldn't see to the end of a 12 these days let alone a 14.
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Hello from Lake Michigan coast...
Keith Black replied to SallyNye's topic in New member Introductions
Sally, welcome. Grass Lake here, between Jackson and Ann Arbor. There are more jaw dropping artist here than you can shake a stick at but they're friendly folk and willing to answer any question asked. Don't, I repeat don't feel intimidated, everyone starts on the bottom rung. Strolling through the build logs is a great pastime in and of itself, finding your niche and joining in will add that much more to your Model Ship World experience......Keith -
Beautiful ship but I can see our snooker playing days are over. That beast is huge, the snooker table is the only place in the house that can accommodate the HMS Cornwall and case.
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OK, I'll be the first to take a bite out of this poisonous apple. It's real pretty but, what in the world is it? And if it's patently obvious to all but myself I'm gonna feel real stupid for the second time today.
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