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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
The Chestree has nothing to do with the anchor, they are fairleads for the Tacks. There should be a hole bored through them from fore to aft for the line to reave through, and another hole bored through the hull adjacent to them that leads the Tack inboard to the Gundeck where it belays on a kevel or huge cleat.The two vertical paralel wooden “fenders” are actually used for Parbuckling casks and barels aboard, the barels role up the ships side and the two wooden tracks give a smooth surface to roll on. Here’s a simplified example of how it works. I scincearly hope the boat dropping off the stores rows out from under when they begin lifting. On a ship the size of Victory it must have been quite a task.
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JerseyCity Frankie reacted to igorcap in Fragment of decor of yacht Royal Caroline
Fragment of decor of yacht Royal Caroline from wood. CNC made
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Amanda by Tblack - FINISHED - RESTORATION
Its eerie how closely this ship restoration resembles one I did last year, the hull in particular looks almost as if it could be interchangeable between the two models, the spars too. Mine had a much simpler rig, her shrouds had no ratlines. Her tops were commercially available white metal affairs and there were fewer deck details. I would wager they are of a similar age.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in Books on model ship building
I believe the topic was book recommendations? ....... the Neophyte Shipmodelers Jackstay by GF Campbell is my recommendation. This slim volume is a good place to start if you want to invent the wheel for yourself and begin learning ship model building from the very beginning. The reason it’s perfect for the beginner is that it has some of the best clear uncomplicated illustrations you will ever see. Plus it doesn’t go down the rabbit hole in any one issue, it stays simple and covers the basics in a straightforward and efficient style. It covers all the necessary topics yet remains uncomplicated. Finally it’s inexpensive and easily obtainable in the secondhand market.
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JerseyCity Frankie reacted to Ab Hoving in Which Rigging book is best?
Nice comparison Jan, but what if you ask me to pay for your diner. Is it allowed to file a complaint about the quality of the food in that case?
I remember I reviewed a book by Peterson for the Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis and made a remark about the trustworthyness of his (beautiful) illustrations. I was working on three cutters in the museum and all three had different details in the rig. Peterson added a fourth version...
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
You should be very proud of this HMS Victory Model, it looks really good. Particularly the color of the ship and the overall texture of the rigging. The colors of the deck hull and fittings are very convincing and look very natural. I know there’s now a lot of push/pull about the historic color of the hull stripes but for me Victory will always have the buttery yellow colors you have selected.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from Piet in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
The Chestree has nothing to do with the anchor, they are fairleads for the Tacks. There should be a hole bored through them from fore to aft for the line to reave through, and another hole bored through the hull adjacent to them that leads the Tack inboard to the Gundeck where it belays on a kevel or huge cleat.The two vertical paralel wooden “fenders” are actually used for Parbuckling casks and barels aboard, the barels role up the ships side and the two wooden tracks give a smooth surface to roll on. Here’s a simplified example of how it works. I scincearly hope the boat dropping off the stores rows out from under when they begin lifting. On a ship the size of Victory it must have been quite a task.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from thibaultron in Phil’s carving log
Painting basswood with Sanding Sealer before you begin to work on it does a lot to combat the fuzziness of the basswood fibers. If you’re like me you’re too cheep to buy better wood to work with but there are still other species of wood more suitable to carving if you look around. For instance older wooden rulers and yardsticks are made of pretty tight grained wood, the older measuring sticks were actually made of boxwood!
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from mtaylor in Phil’s carving log
Painting basswood with Sanding Sealer before you begin to work on it does a lot to combat the fuzziness of the basswood fibers. If you’re like me you’re too cheep to buy better wood to work with but there are still other species of wood more suitable to carving if you look around. For instance older wooden rulers and yardsticks are made of pretty tight grained wood, the older measuring sticks were actually made of boxwood!
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from Mark P in Displaying your NRG membership number on MSW
Who was member #1 I wonder, and what year was that membership launched?
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JerseyCity Frankie reacted to kurtvd19 in Displaying your NRG membership number on MSW
There was no #1. The numbers were started sometime in the late 90's and were assigned starting at 1,001 in alphabetical order . Numbers have been not been reassigned after a member died or left the NRG - as we have had members come back after several years. A new member is assigned a new unused number.
Kurt
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from pythagoras in Displaying your NRG membership number on MSW
Who was member #1 I wonder, and what year was that membership launched?
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JerseyCity Frankie reacted to src in Enterprise by src - Constructo - 1:51 - or Lessons in Adapt Improvise and Overcome
]Didnt get a whole lot of time to work this weekend. I did manage to start on the gunport hinges. Forming them around the hinge pin to create the barrel was a bit of a challenge. soldering the parts together was far easier than i imagined it would be. I barely touched the flame to the parts and the solder was flowing. I have done a very small amount of brazing in the past and it always took a few seconds to heat the metal. This brass is so small its instantaneous.
I only need 2 pairs, I am going to make several and choose the best. As you can see they vary a bit. Some of the barrels are out of alignment and some of my drilling is off. All in all though I am pleased with how they are coming along.
On the upper left are raw parts off the tree from the photo etching. on the right are "completed" parts. Below is teh kit part I am basing my hinges on and a gunport. I havent decided if I will blacken them or leave them bright and coat with lacquer. Most likely I will blacken them, it will hide the inconsistencies think.
Sam
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JerseyCity Frankie reacted to Katsumoto in Santa Maria 1492 by Katsumoto - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - scale 1:65
**Itching - Stitching**
Hi mates!
The rigging continues, but I'm a bit frustrated about the AL drawings and the lack of explanation. They show only a picture about the rigging, but I have to figure out by myself where the lines goes to from A to B and how to make it work. I really struggle with it, but I'm hanging on and pushing forward into the right direction.
So, from this moment on I focussed on the pre-fab sails. As I soaked them into tea earlier, I'm pretty satisfied with the overall colour. However, I think the SM deserves just a bit more on the quality of the sails. I think it will complement the model and so I choose to "upgrade" the pre-fab sails a bit so they look a bit better.
So, the first sail as it is, soaked in tea...
Time to pull the poor thing apart...
Then put it back together...
I do not have access to a sewing machine so I do this part by hand with needle and thread.
And the result...
1 down, many to go. To bad all the small holes of the previous stitches are shown in the fabric, but I can't get them out... I'll guess I have to live with that...
Until next time,
Peter
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from uss frolick in Happy crew under sail ?
“The days of sailing vessels “ is too broad a term. Also consider that at any given era in history, thousands tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands could be engaged in the same occupation, worldwide. You shouldn’t assume that all engaged in the same endevour would all have the same emotional makeup. You need to be much more specific.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in The Kraken by JerseyCity Frankie - BOTTLE
I decided I would have the head of the kraken as one phase of the construction, the hull of the ship as another. The eight arms would be another phase. The Kraken and the arms of the Kraken will be segmented and have brass pins to aid their reattachment inside the bottle. The first two Kraken heads I made would have fit into the neck of the bottle but they would have made for a small Kraken of reduced grandeur, so I am electing to make a larger more fearsome Kraken with a head that is in two pieces, to be joined with pins within the bottle. The eight arms of the Kraken emerge from the head and I have decided to make THIS element a separate piece too, a piece made up of eight tentacle bases. This piece too will be in two sections in order to fit the bottle, and this part tucks into the “neck” of the Kraken- this is viewed in the second photo below. The rest of the legs and the hull of the ship will likely be suspended in the air above this assembly, which in turn will be bedded in the plastecine clay “sea”. The stumps of the legs will all have brass pins to allow the rest of the arms to fit into place. I anticipate a lot of confusion, multiplied by the number eight.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Pond Yacht Ketch by JerseyCity Frankie - FINISHED - ~1/35 scale - RESTORATION
So this job was completed. Never found out why the old varnish was the way it was. I was able to dissolve enough of the old coat to get the wood to look like wood again, then I revarnished.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Pond Yacht Ketch by JerseyCity Frankie - FINISHED - ~1/35 scale - RESTORATION
The hull is red below the waterline and that red paint is in excellent condition. The rest of the model was varnished. Then something odd happened.
The Starboard side is mostly O.K. with the varnish intact but not very pretty since there was little surface prep done, no fine sanding.
The Port side and most of the deck and all of the spars are covered with a chalky white translucent coating. I can't make out if its a very thin coat of white paint put on haphazardly or if its a sort of crazing of the varnish.
I could imagine the varnish being ruined by premature sailing of the toy vessel before it was dry? OR I could imagine some solvent of some kind splashing the hull and spars? There is no sharp line of demarcation between the chalky and the not-chalky, but it does run on a ragged line fore and aft down the center of the hull, lapping a little more onto the Starboard side all the way aft.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Pond Yacht Ketch by JerseyCity Frankie - FINISHED - ~1/35 scale - RESTORATION
I have been asked to restore this old Pond Yacht Ketch ( Thought it was a schooner at first!) . Its a solid hull with a full keel with a lead strip attached. A decent amount of work went into the original carving and laying out but not much sanding or finessing of the various parts. No blocks but there are cleats.
Oddly there is no provision for controlling the rudder, it swivels freely with no tiller or even a post piercing the deck and there is no contraption for adjusting the sails, just three horses.
Mostly damage to the model is cosmetic, its not even very dirty. There is a broken boom jaw on the fore and the main boom is snapped in half in the center.
The oddest thing is the condition of the varnish. I would like to hear opinions on what you fine folks think is the issue.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from mtaylor in Transom angle
If your kit came with a plan of the ship you could use a piece of paper carefully folded to check. You need the side view or Elevation of the hull. Maybe it’s on the sail plan too? Put the edge of a piece of paper so it lines up with the lines of the deck, holding it so it won’t slip. Then fold up one corner of the paper till the edge on the folded part matches the transom on the drawing. You can then use this template to test the angle on the model.
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JerseyCity Frankie reacted to uss frolick in The Lynx
The narration is kinda sappy and melodramatic - "some say she has a sole" - "and then she was gone" - perhaps it was produced for kids - but the film of the schooner is just lovely.
Thanks for posting it!
There are only two surviving plans for named, 1812 Chesapeake Bay Pilot schooner privateers: Lynx was one; and the awesome Grecian the other, both Kemp designed vessels. There are many other plans, but none can be tied to any specific vessel. The film ought to have mentioned how they were able to accurately reconstruct the Lynx.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from peveka in Happy crew under sail ?
“The days of sailing vessels “ is too broad a term. Also consider that at any given era in history, thousands tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands could be engaged in the same occupation, worldwide. You shouldn’t assume that all engaged in the same endevour would all have the same emotional makeup. You need to be much more specific.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from Canute in Happy crew under sail ?
“The days of sailing vessels “ is too broad a term. Also consider that at any given era in history, thousands tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands could be engaged in the same occupation, worldwide. You shouldn’t assume that all engaged in the same endevour would all have the same emotional makeup. You need to be much more specific.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from mtaylor in Happy crew under sail ?
“The days of sailing vessels “ is too broad a term. Also consider that at any given era in history, thousands tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands could be engaged in the same occupation, worldwide. You shouldn’t assume that all engaged in the same endevour would all have the same emotional makeup. You need to be much more specific.
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JerseyCity Frankie got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in HMS Sophie by JerseyCity Frankie – FINISHED - brig from Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander - Shadow Box
I wish I had better photo coverage of the intervening stages of this build. I made the sails out of two or three layers of tissue paper that was dipped in Minwax water soluble polyurethane called Pollycrilic which dries fast and transparent. I made forms of clay in the shape of the billowing sails and draped the wet tissue over them. When they hardened they had the belly shape I was after and I painted them and cut them to size and glued them to the model. The inner face of the sails were too smooth since they were in contact with the forms and there were some air bubbles but I disguised them with “patches” of more tissue.
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