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texxn5 got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Here is a couple of overall shots
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texxn5 got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
These are pictures on deck withe the anchor chains
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texxn5 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hey Popeye......it's happening......actually this is fun ....... I have about 400 bricks looking at me........
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texxn5 reacted to popeye the sailor in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
I can just picture you doing that........
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texxn5 got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Still overviews
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texxn5 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Popeye, yeah man, I already started while I await the mail...thanks for the input though. The bricks are pretty much to scale, and they lay just like real bricks. The mortar is cardboard strips about 3/16" wide set back away from the front edges of the previously laid row of bricks, then it just progresses upwards one row at a time. I'll probably use MS's primer paint to fill the gapsbetween the bricks, since I can't get cardboard inbetween them real easy. Then I'll paint the white and flat red colors. I'm pleased so far, just tedious getting everything straight without the levels and string battens you would use if laying real bricks....
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texxn5 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hi Mark, I had thought about pre painting all of this but I don't know yet......I've started a couple of rows of bricks, and will experiment with a couple of areas before I move too far along. The lower levels won't show as much so it's a good place to play. Some of the sides and back will be covered with wood once the brickwork is finished. The real pictures above show the sides as she is now, and as all references show. Thanks for the advice, and I'll see how it works out.....emmmmm, I love cookies.....especially with ice cream.....like maybe "Cookies & Cream".......darkside temptations.....
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texxn5 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hi Augie, yeah, I'm familiar with that product. I think it's used in model Railroads too. At 1 mm thick I don't know if it would show that much or look much different than the Flat Red paint.....I'll be playing with it. Good idea though, but I have to drive about 15 miles to the nearest hobby shop which is Hobby Lobby...It's 33 degrees here all day so I'm not going to be getting out.....this is your kind of weather....too early for us. If it doesn't get to 45 it wil break a record that is over 105 years old.......brrrrrrrr.......
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texxn5 got a reaction from augie in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hi Augie, yeah, I'm familiar with that product. I think it's used in model Railroads too. At 1 mm thick I don't know if it would show that much or look much different than the Flat Red paint.....I'll be playing with it. Good idea though, but I have to drive about 15 miles to the nearest hobby shop which is Hobby Lobby...It's 33 degrees here all day so I'm not going to be getting out.....this is your kind of weather....too early for us. If it doesn't get to 45 it wil break a record that is over 105 years old.......brrrrrrrr.......
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texxn5 got a reaction from riverboat in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
and the up to date ones
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texxn5 reacted to augie in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
John........I had an idea for getting 'texture' in your bricks. If you have a hobby store nearby, they sell a thing called 'Microballoons'. It's a colloidal (very fine) grade of silicon dioxide (sand). It's white and fluffy. We mix it with epoxy to make a workable paste for certain aircraft applications. I was thinking of mixing some in my paint to give it a stone-like texture. Haven't tried it yet. I know it will thicken the paint as you add it so you would need to thin it out quite a bit.
Just a thought.
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texxn5 reacted to mtaylor in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
John,
You might try painting your bricks and mortar before gluing them in so there's no bleed over. Once glued, weather. As always, test first.
Ah yes.. I sense it.. the force is strong in this one. The darkside has cookies...
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texxn5 reacted to popeye the sailor in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
ohhhhhhhh........what your dooooiiiiinnnnngggg. I thought I could hear a thud behind me.......off in the darkness
the base looks good.......are you going to be standing the bricks on their sides now? what are you going to use to simulate the mortar?
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texxn5 got a reaction from Geoff Matson in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
and the up to date ones
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texxn5 got a reaction from riverboat in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hello Dave and Popeye, I just thought I would share with you what I decided to do. I have been researching this for some time now knowing what I was instore for. I've looked at the Evergreen bricks, model railroad bricks and several others. None would be right especiall in scale and effect. So I decided to make my own bricks and lay them like real ones. I've done this in real life before, and surprised myself. That's what I mean about different hats depending on the job. So I build the framework, cut about 300 bricks from 1mm x 2 mm stock at 5mm lengths using a jig and my Amati Chopper. Then using a Miller Lite box, I cut thin strips of cardboard to use for mortar. It is .65mm thick. I will then fill in the areas between the brick ends to create the affect I want. I'll then paint the mortar areas white, and then the bricks I'll paint a flat red. I'm using copper strip to frame the doors, and I'll construct the cooktop from copper sheet. Here's how it looks right now as I build the brick oven. Thanks for all your suggestions, I greatly appreciate it. This is probably just an area you just have to make from scratch......hmmm, I hate to use that word around here.....
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texxn5 got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hello Dave and Popeye, I just thought I would share with you what I decided to do. I have been researching this for some time now knowing what I was instore for. I've looked at the Evergreen bricks, model railroad bricks and several others. None would be right especiall in scale and effect. So I decided to make my own bricks and lay them like real ones. I've done this in real life before, and surprised myself. That's what I mean about different hats depending on the job. So I build the framework, cut about 300 bricks from 1mm x 2 mm stock at 5mm lengths using a jig and my Amati Chopper. Then using a Miller Lite box, I cut thin strips of cardboard to use for mortar. It is .65mm thick. I will then fill in the areas between the brick ends to create the affect I want. I'll then paint the mortar areas white, and then the bricks I'll paint a flat red. I'm using copper strip to frame the doors, and I'll construct the cooktop from copper sheet. Here's how it looks right now as I build the brick oven. Thanks for all your suggestions, I greatly appreciate it. This is probably just an area you just have to make from scratch......hmmm, I hate to use that word around here.....
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texxn5 got a reaction from riverboat in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Still a couple of more to show progess
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texxn5 got a reaction from fnkershner in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
and the up to date ones
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texxn5 got a reaction from Blue Ensign in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
and the up to date ones
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texxn5 got a reaction from gjdale in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hello Dave and Popeye, I just thought I would share with you what I decided to do. I have been researching this for some time now knowing what I was instore for. I've looked at the Evergreen bricks, model railroad bricks and several others. None would be right especiall in scale and effect. So I decided to make my own bricks and lay them like real ones. I've done this in real life before, and surprised myself. That's what I mean about different hats depending on the job. So I build the framework, cut about 300 bricks from 1mm x 2 mm stock at 5mm lengths using a jig and my Amati Chopper. Then using a Miller Lite box, I cut thin strips of cardboard to use for mortar. It is .65mm thick. I will then fill in the areas between the brick ends to create the affect I want. I'll then paint the mortar areas white, and then the bricks I'll paint a flat red. I'm using copper strip to frame the doors, and I'll construct the cooktop from copper sheet. Here's how it looks right now as I build the brick oven. Thanks for all your suggestions, I greatly appreciate it. This is probably just an area you just have to make from scratch......hmmm, I hate to use that word around here.....
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texxn5 got a reaction from lambsbk in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
and the up to date ones
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texxn5 got a reaction from Blue Ensign in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Still a couple of more to show progess
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texxn5 got a reaction from Blue Ensign in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hello Dave and Popeye, I just thought I would share with you what I decided to do. I have been researching this for some time now knowing what I was instore for. I've looked at the Evergreen bricks, model railroad bricks and several others. None would be right especiall in scale and effect. So I decided to make my own bricks and lay them like real ones. I've done this in real life before, and surprised myself. That's what I mean about different hats depending on the job. So I build the framework, cut about 300 bricks from 1mm x 2 mm stock at 5mm lengths using a jig and my Amati Chopper. Then using a Miller Lite box, I cut thin strips of cardboard to use for mortar. It is .65mm thick. I will then fill in the areas between the brick ends to create the affect I want. I'll then paint the mortar areas white, and then the bricks I'll paint a flat red. I'm using copper strip to frame the doors, and I'll construct the cooktop from copper sheet. Here's how it looks right now as I build the brick oven. Thanks for all your suggestions, I greatly appreciate it. This is probably just an area you just have to make from scratch......hmmm, I hate to use that word around here.....
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texxn5 got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hi Popeye, thanks for the comments. This is my third attempt to post this one. The last two times I got the text of what I wanted to say and when I went to download pictures AOL lost everything and rebooted....this happens more than I like. So, I will try again. The Tryworks is actually an onboard Whale Oil Refinery. It consists of a Fire Brick Oven with two cauldrons built in over the fire. When a whale is being processed, the blubber is cooked in the cauldrons, there is a workbench for cutting up the pieces, a bench vice, a stone grinding wheel, and then the oil goes into a cooling tank and then into wood barrels to be stowed down below in the holds. Then the scraps go into a copper scrap bin to be discarded later. There is also a Duck Pen as part of it. This is where the masonary "hat" comes into play. As I have said before, it's amazing how many skills or trades we incorporate into these things. Masonry, welding, and soldering hats will be utilized for this one. Here are some pictures of the real one onboard the Morgan in Mystic.
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texxn5 got a reaction from mtaylor in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Starting the Tryworks....
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