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  1. Tim Moore
    Lyle: yes I’m just using the sails in the kit - thought about creating something thinner but after doing this first one I think these should work fine. I didn’t age them - They are a bit off white anyway and I want the contrast with the ship which in my version is mainly dark stained components. I’ll let you know if I change tack after doing a couple more of the larger ones.
  2. Tim Moore
    First sail is up as a blizzard rages outside. Many thanks to Landlubber Mike I found his post from 2013 on furling sails very useful. I’ve rigged this one with all the blocks and lines in place so it looks like it could be hoisted. For a first go I don’t think it’s too bad. The gaffsail looks slightly problematic though I may have to get more creative there.
  3. Tim Moore
    You should be a happy camper! Really lovely and clean piece of craftsmanship, great looking model you’ve created.
  4. Tim Moore
    So that’s all the timber all done with the gaff and boom now on. Regrettably the admiral just visited the workshop and casually suggested I put proper looking furled sails on the Bounty. Great. She tossed that remark off as if it should only take a few extra minutes.
  5. Tim Moore
    Fore and mainmast now complete. That’s 7 of the 9 yards installed and fully rigged. Just the mizzenmast yards left to do. I’ll take some better pictures with the proper camera when I’m finished this stage. The rigging gets to be routine as you go along, except of course for all the previously installed ropes increasingly getting in the way of everything you’re trying to accomplish.
  6. Tim Moore
    Executing the concurrent installation of the parrel assembly, chains and loop rigging necessary to connect the main yard to the mast is a bit complicated. Possibly the point where a % of model shipbuilders go mad and think, hey she looks pretty good without all these stupid ropes all over the place, maybe I’ll call it a day.
  7. Tim Moore
    Thanks Jeff...really nice work you are doing on the Lively, Standout colour scheme and some fine details. I notice you are also doing a plane or two - I’m concurrently building a wood spitfire which is a nice contrast from the Bounty work.
  8. Tim Moore
    The main yard on the Bounty is almost a model unto itself with all the fiddly attachments. Just about ready to hang from the mainmast now. Checking the parts list I am now at number 709 out of 856. Much of the remainder is running rigging for the sails, which I’m not sure yet I will install or not. Concerned it may look a little cluttered with them. I’ll perhaps install the first couple after I finish the yards and associated lines and see how I feel about it.
  9. Tim Moore
    Hey thanks for all the suggestions from everybody...yes I’ll mark all the panel lines on and make a tool as suggested for scribing. Surface should hold firm the with the thick primer I put on but I’ve made a test piece to experiment with first, see what works best.
  10. Tim Moore
    Thanks guys! Yes I’m pretty pleased how it turned out given it’s a bit of a dodgy balsa frame under there. The technique of painting on a slightly thin paste of plastic wood on top of thin balsa or plywood really works. I used a white primer to show up any defects but it’s pretty clean overall. I’d like to figure out a way to define panel lines on the fuselage - not sure yet what would be the best approach on wood. If anyone has ideas let me know. I have some 2” metal tape I thought about using to create panel effect but may be tricky to lay flat on such a rounded body.
  11. Tim Moore
    Back on the Bounty in the winter shipyard - just a few yards left to rig up then I can launch her and get started on a Moore presentation of Fifie which I’m keen to get going on. The new workshop is working great, really good light for working and good music setup in here. I really wonder how people without hobbies like ours are managing their sanity in this pandemic.
  12. Tim Moore
    All primed, sanded smooth and ready for painting and final detailing - waiting on a paint and airbrush delivery which may take a bit of time since the brush is on backorder until February. Going back to the shipyard in the meantime to finish off rigging the last yards on the Bounty.
  13. Tim Moore
    The interior is looking terrific Lyle. Meticulous and unique work, really well done. Going to be a great Bounty.
  14. Tim Moore
    Interesting! So this model building is definitely in your blood. Before ships I started out with all sorts of planes as well. Did one or two of the rubber powered Guillows, and then a massive u control flying wing with a 0.35 gas engine which I struggled to get off the ground. Then I got cocky and scratch built a smaller plane of my own design, which strangely flew better than any of the kits. After that I decided to quit while I was ahead, called it a day on planes and started shipbuilding.
  15. Tim Moore
    The kit has tissue for covering the frames, which you would then cover with dope. I decided to try covering with a wood skin instead, to make a better display model. I flew the one I made according to kit directions many years ago with the rubber apparatus. This one will just be for display but it is still very light - the plywood skin on the wings is only 1/32” basswood. You’d need an engine to get it up I imagine.
  16. Tim Moore
    Thanks guys for all the great comments and likes. Finished all the wing underside details. Fashioned some wing fairings from thin balsa and will eventually perfect it with a little sanding and touch of filler. The engine exhaust is a combination of plastic from kit and some aluminium tubing. Was hoping to find a nice aftermarket prop to put on it but with everything locked down here that doesn’t seem possible so I laminated a few pieces of wood and just did a hand carved job instead. This is quite a fun build and it’s a decent sized bird.
  17. Tim Moore
    My son gave me this throwback kit for my birthday, one I had built and flown many, many years ago. So before I get cracking on finishing the last bits of rigging on HMS Bounty I thought I’d do this as a holiday project. Decided to employ my wooden ship skills such as they are by modifying the kit so it will make a reasonable display model to hang in the new workshop. Its a simple kit so I’ll just summarize the process so far. The laser cutting is exceptional and putting together the basic frames is straightforward. You’d normally now just cover this with tissue. Instead I inserted 150 pieces of balsa into the framework and then applied a thin watered down layer of latex wood filler and lightly sanded to give a final form, sort of like a clay model. For the wing, I covered the frame with 1/16 balsa underneath and 1/32 basswood topsides. I’ve nested wheel assemblies into the wing so it will look right flying off the ceiling. I ditched the tail assemblies in the kit and formed a more functional rudder and stabilizer from 1/4” balsa. So now I have the basic form of the Spit, and will work on incorporating more detail before painting.
  18. Tim Moore
    Thanks Yves...yes so fragile. Possibly insane but this is how I decided to cover the fuselage in order to retain the right proportions.....use the framework as a basic form and then fill with balsa I had left over from my Miss Severn. Seems like a lot of work but really after a thousand ratline knots on the Bounty it’s really nothing to write home about. My plan is to use a light skim of body filler over the lot and then lightly sand everything to a final form. I’d like to use this side project to hone my paint skills for my next boat model - maybe invest in an airbrush and all that paraphernalia if it is worth it - something Ive never tried and know nothing about.
  19. Tim Moore
    Thanks Yves, yes the Fifie is on deck, been doing some research into these class of boats just to settle on a colour scheme for it. Slight delay while I finished off a new coffee table for the living room...which is now done. I’ve decided to first do a Guillows 403 Spitfire model which my son had given it to me for my birthday last Christmas, for something different around the holidays. Think I built one of these about 50 years ago! Kit is slightly different now with all the frames beautifully laser cut as opposed to having to cut them out from a printed sheet. So fragile as compared to boat modeling material, will have to take care and not be too ham fisted with my work. Isn’t too complicated so shouldn’t take long. Just a display model to hang in here I think. Vaguely recall destroying the last one in a rubber power misadventure. Think I will upgrade it a bit - cover with balsa as opposed to tissue, and hope I can find some upgrades for a proper propeller and wheels etc.. if anybody has done this and happens to know a source for this please do pass on.
  20. Tim Moore
    Ok after a long hiatus working on various construction projects I’m about to start up again finishing the Bounty here in my new cabin. First step is to figure out exactly where I left off and get back up to speed on the final rigging. And find myself a chair.
  21. Tim Moore
    Thanks guys for the kind comments. Yes I think both of us will be happy in our own workspace since we are together every hour of the day right now! The drafting table is actually my wife’s old drawing board. She thought it was a good fit in there and she was bang on. Presently looking for a recycled drafting stool to go with it. Funny you mention the barn conversion Barkeater - I’m about to start constructing a workshop in a barn for a friend here, just working out a plan for partitioning it off and a scheme for introducing natural light which I think is key to a satisfactory creative space.
  22. Tim Moore
    I was sharing a studio (converted garage) with the admiral who is a potter, but we found that it didn’t really work to best effect for both of us. Serious pottery is a pretty messy business and she needed the extra space I was taking up as her business grew. I was relegated to the basement last year. So after I got back this fall from my latest construction gig up north I set to building a small model workshop for myself just out back, which I’m just finishing. The cabin is a compact 10x14 and is fully insulated and heated with a small 240v system. It houses an electrical sub panel for my level 2 car charging power unit, and I extended the roof to create a carport. This will be my light duty workshop for model building and assorted projects. I’m an architect and builder so my main power equipment (compressors, saws, planers etc) is located in another space. I created one long wall hung 14’ bench on the one side, and the other houses various tables I use. I’ve yet to install the flooring and all my small modeling tools but you get the idea. Shortly I’ll be setting up here to finish the final rigging stage of my Bounty, and then move on to my next victim.
  23. Tim Moore
    Just an outstanding work of art and craft. Really well done Yves.
  24. Tim Moore
    You’re very welcome. Looking good - nice work on planking. Your building board looks pro.
  25. Tim Moore
    Hi Lyle - it goes under the deck at the stern. See photo 24 in the booklet if you have one. It is misnumbered on the index sheet and is actually part #170. tim

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