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Hello members, finally feeling better so I figured I’d post a short update ,
I have received my book
and found some some very useful info in it , I am glad I purchased this book it is packed full of historical drawings and old photos of the. Logoda , and it’s whale boats. I also started receiving some drawings on the vessel so I will begin figuring them out so I can start making saw dust this weekend. She is going to be a nice size model at aprox 23” long 30” tall and 7 “ wide.
I hope to get started this weekend .Glad you looked in ,
Derek C
- mtaylor, russ, Roger Pellett and 3 others
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Looking good , I'm pulling up a seat as well .
- thibaultron, Canute and mtaylor
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Great video ,thanks for sharing
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Hello fellow MSW members
After finishing my Cross section build I wasn't sure what my next project would be . While looking at different boats i started thinking back to when I was young .I was born in New Bedford Massachusetts,and as a kid I can remember visiting the Whaling Mueseum . https://www.whalingmuseum.org/ and they always had such great stuff on display and in the Bourne building was a massive display of the vessel "Lagoda" . As a kid I couldn't wait to get to the vessel to explore it .My grandmother lived maybe a mile away from the museum so we would go visit several times a year. I contacted a member from the museum and she was very helpful in sending me the information on the Lagoda,and how to purchase the plans for the vessel. So without hesitation i called and purchased them as they only had the one set left .
Now I will impatiently wait for them to arrive. Here is a link to the " Lagoda "if you would like to check her out . https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/current/lagoda
Thanks for checking in on my new adventure.
Derek C.
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Thanks Tom
i appreciate your kind words and for following along on my build . I’m fighting of a bit of pneumonia right now . Once I get feeling better I will start thinking of my next project. . I still have a bunch of wood left , so you will see more of it popping up.lol
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Today I finished The base and mounted my cross section. This was a real fun build, and I learned so much from building it. Thanks to the members that followed along with my build and gave me words of wisdom , encouragement and kindness.
Here are the photos of the finished Project.
Thanks again for following along
Derek C
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Thanks Mark and G.L.
G.L.
If you do it in tin that will be interesting I have never seen anyone do that , so I would be excited to learn this technique.
I got The other one done as well here they are side by side close enough I believe.
She is coming along nicely I started the rigging of the guns today .It was my first time using Chucks rope and it is great stuff !
He has a customer for life .
Here is a few pictures of how she is looking I hope to have to get the rigging of the guns done this week .working a little bit each night after work .
Thanks for checking out my build !
Derek C
- Pete38, mtaylor, shipcarpenter and 4 others
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Good afternoon fellow modelers
I was getting ready to rig my cannons this morning and once I got a good look at the cannons I made in the beginning of my log one did not match the other so I decided to fix the one the was a bit to large. It wasn’t to bad ,but to me was obvious. Well I ducked it all up and it turned out looking real bad .. Here is what it looked like before I butchered it.
Here is what it looked like after the butchering .
when I made these I used paper and super glue .
I had picked up some brass rod a few months ago and decided today was going to be the day I tried my hand at making a couple cannons out of it to replace my experiment gone wrong.
I started by cutting grooves in the rod with my file to mark the rings of the cannon .
then i I started filling the shape of the end of the barrel.
I do not own a lathe and quickly realizing this was going to be a time consuming project I decided to use my little drill press to speed up the process . I chucked up my piece of brass and using my files started shaping.
After a little time and patience this is what I came up with.
i am pleased with the way the cannon turned out . Now I will try to replicate it . I will post results of the replicated cannon later today .
i hope lol
Thanks for looking in.
Derek C
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US Brig Niagara by Tom E - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale
in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
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Tom she’s coming together nicely bud the lines of the hull look great.