Derek C
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Hello fellow MSW members i haven’t posted in a week , not because I haven’t been working in the shipyard but because what I was working on was kicking my butt !So I thought I’d give a update .I have finished the rigging and started on the sails and I quickly found out that my sewing is the most horrid thing I had ever laid eyes on ! I have posted pictures of what I’m happy with after six or seven attempts . I still have plenty opportunity to screw these up as I still want to add a black seam of thread around the sails and make the anchoring points . I plan on attempting this process today after I apply a coat of clear to the boat I will begin my sewing nightmare again lol
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Hello Philippe
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Oh lol o thanks
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Yea they are nice looking , but I'm in same boat as Kurt. .... I cannot locate them on the site.
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Real nice looking ship that your building
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I made the rudder today, I used a spare I had from the kit version of this boat as a template I started by tracing the template then sanding and filing until I got it to match Then I mounted the rudder and got the stays rigged next I will rig the boom and gaff and start to mock up the sails. I have read that there are a couple different rigging plans for the sails One for a short gaff and one for the gaff in the plans I used for this build. I will do a bit more research on this before I commit to either way.not that I have kept the build period correct using the colored rigging on the stays.
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Lol Tom Dont you hate that feeling , but what ever pops up can be overcome with a bit of thought and planning . Looking good so far
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I cut , drilled and shaped all the 1/8 "blocks I need for the rigging today and for some reason building the blocks went so much better than the dead eyes. I started of with a piece of wood cut to 1/8 " I then cut out pieces to aapproximately the size I needed and drilled the holes for the rigging Then I sanded and filed until I got to the size and shape I was looking for . Then I filed in my grooves. I used a block I had left over from the ms kit to use as a example but now that I went back and saw chucks technique in his log he put two holes in his and they look sweet so I will have to go back and fine tune these I am getting close to doing rigging and making the sails I need to start thinking about acquiring something to make the sails out of . I need to go back and find the forum I got the sail and rigging plans from and see if they mentioned anything about the materials used . If anyone has any suggestions please speak up Thanks Derek
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I made the dead eyes and chain plates, not the best but if I never have to make dead eyes this small again it will be to soon I needed 9 total but I bet I made 20 and got 9 semi successful ones out of them . I started with a small square and cut out the general shape then finished them with sanding and filing. Then I used a small brass nail " the same diameter of the nails I will use to mount them once there done "with the head cut of to form the 1.5 " long piece of 28 gauge wire to make my chain plates . I then twisted th wire until the desired length and added the dead eyes using a drop of glue to secure them into the chain plates. i also finished the gaff and applied the paint . I used white and black to accent pieces of the boat . Trying to leave as much of the natural teak showing . I plan on using a two part clear coat used on autos for the final finish i am pretty pleased with the way she is looking for my first scratch build model
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Welcome to MSW 2beers
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Looks real nice Steve ! Planking with hard wood is difficult I have found out , but yours came out sweet.
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colour of oars
Derek C replied to Snow's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
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Looking good Tom, I guess just wait till you fair the hull and see how that gap will effect your planking but don't look so bad from here
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I have also retained plans for that boat from a website, a few years ago and seeing this post I had to go digging to see if I could find where I filed them lol . I did find them but maybe I lost some because they don't make since to me. I have never done a paper or card model in fact I'm only on my second wood model now , I had done many plastic kits when younger but nothing like what is seen on MSW. When you start your log I will follow along maybe it will help me understand what I have Good Luck Derek
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Le Soleil Royal by Nek0 - 1/72 - Marc Yeu
Derek C replied to Nek0's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
😳 wow ! Simply marvelous Nek0- 205 replies
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I made the bow spirit, and almost finished gaff last night . But with all the sanding I did yesterday . I woke up this morning with a nasty rash between my fingers 😲 Apparently I bit to much of the oil from the wood sat a tad to long on my unprotected skin . So here is a P.S.A. ..... when working with teak be sure to use a good respirator and cover up as much as you can stand lol 😂
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I installed the mast and glued in the last thwart she's coming along nicely
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I got the mast and mast step done . I had a scrap piece of teak that I had broken earlier in the project so I used that to make the mast . I used my pocket knife to get the general shape and size I was looking for then finished it if by hand using 120 grit sand paper and a couple hours of sanding. The teak is very hard and takes time to sand . I guess I could have used power tools but it was a nice day to sit outside and whittle up a mast .
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