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Here are the completed ones in a pile. And here is also the cutting tool I made to make them. It needs to be sharpened. Rob
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Now compared to the scale version you can get after market...they do not look the same at all and are slightly shorter to match the scale better.
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They follow the general outline and detail but they keep separating if I make them any slimmer. Here are a row of them before I separate them from their stocks.
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Yeah...reenie weenie Is right...every attempt to make it as thin resulted in disaster....so I made a slight compromise. Here we go...here is an image of one finished in my fingers
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Today I begin the manufacture of the 100 or so custom stanchions that will guard her poop cabin roof and her quarter deck...round about her stern. No after market stanchion will do...because hers are carved a bit differently..... So this means I will fashion a cutter blade that I will use in the lathe to cut each individual stanchion. It will be long arduous work...but I have time and I will post images of the process as I proceed. Rob
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Thanks Pat.....I actually like 1/96...it gives me a challenge because of its size and ...relief.... because ..... I can avoid real carpentry and joinery. I just admitted to my laziness.
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I think the 1/96 version are well improved and will be the bee’s knees. Being cast makes them uniform. Which is critical.
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I like that. Yankee ingenuity
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I finished up the first name board in 1/96 scale....... Compare to my first work-up in a bit larger scale. My second and final attempt is the keeper. Rob
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Thanks for the update.....it's so exciting... Rob
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I use the term lazy as a loose description of my modeling mental prowess. I can do it...but if I can find an easier way then I'm all over it
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Thanks for kinda explaining it. I build my models out of multi-media...utilizing whatever material I can find and that may mean wood, plastic, metal, paper, wax, modeling compound...etc,etc,etc. I made my own draw blades and I cut several example styles for my model of Glory of the Seas. Rob
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Yes...you are right. One thing I do appreciate about 1/96...is you can respectfully forego some detail based upon inability or inaccessibility. I don't expect anyone to view my model with a magnifying glass. One can afford to be more discriminating when the scales get larger. Rob(did I mention lazy)
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Vlad...I'd build in a larger scale myself...but I just don't have any place to house it for public viewing. I will be removing my other Glory from her shelf and giving that to the new Glory. She's next to the brick hearthed wood stove in the living room. I'll put the older Gory in the back bedroom next to my second Cutty Sark.....I guess. By the way...how is your own Glory build coming along? Curious minds want to know..... Rob
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Very nice job Rich....the original in her display looks so tired and shabby....I know that is probably how she looked when removed(Over 50 years after she was placed into commission)...but I'm going to spruce her up with gold paint and brighter lettering. Now about the lettering....because my version is so small..the font may be slightly different...those wings on the G, L and Y might be an issue. We'll just have to see. Rob
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You are progressing so nicely Keith...she looks great. May I suggest you simply glue the bolts to the stay first....then mark out the holes and drill them in the yard. Then place the entire jackstay and bolt assembly into their holes and glue? Just mark their locations on the stay...let them hang by gravity and the place a drop of glue. Once they are all afixed.....mark the holes..drill and place......
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Wood master and almost finished copy...
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I made four...here is the entire family....from beginning to end
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Then I made a mould of it and cast it in light curing acrylic
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I made a mold of the finished name board.....but first the nameboard...
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I finished the final prototype and I made the mold for it , now the castings are next.
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
rwiederrich replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Great work Pat....love how she is coming along. Rob- 993 replies
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Yeah......I’m building the master for duplication and it will be 1/4” smaller then the last one I built. I’m spending ample time carving it to get it right. Just need to make one. Yeah.....
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Mailed out. Not sure how long it will take to travel halfway around the world
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