GrandpaPhil

Thank you very much!  Merry Christmas!

I will admit though, I’ve been pretty much playing a game of make it up as I go along.  I did that with the Prince de Neufchatel too.

It is working though.  I’ve been having a lot of fun.  I’m learning a lot, too.

This is a great learning experience for my next project (either the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Triton or the Winchelsea).

I have the mouldings on the aft section of the starboard side done.  I am getting ready to start the midship portion.

Both of your Tritons are looking awesome!

I round my blocks off with my knife, before I cut them off the strip.

Trying to round them off after the fact is risky in my opinion (to your fingers, I may or may not have cut myself trying to modify previously made blocks).

Welcome!

Thank you all for the comments and the likes!

Merry Christmas to all!

I am using card stock strips to give the impression of mouldings (due to the small scale).  It looks a little whopper jawed (hillbilly for crooked) in the picture, but that is because of alignment issues from merging a kit with the plans from the AOTS.  It should come out well.

Thank you both and Merry Christmas!

Welcome!

I use the card stock method for iron work. It works well for me.

Thank you very much!

I’m debating how I want to make the mouldings, carve from 1/16” stock, or make them from card like I did on the bow?
 

I am leaning towards the card at this point.

Congratulations!  Well done!

And it’s a Baltimore Clipper, which is a great rig to learn on.

I am installing the iron banding that go with the channel eye bolts.

I am making them from poster board.

Starboard side is done.

Thank you all for the likes and the comments!

I have channels on the port side!

The rest are painted and almost ready to install.

I am pinning them to the hull.  This means that I am using steel pins (sewing pins) to reinforce the glue so the channels do not buckle under the stress of rigging.

It’s a matter of personal taste.
 

I like carving.  I didn’t know that I did until I tried it.

Many people like sculpting.  I have heard that sculpey is really easy to work and has minimal shrinkage when baking.  I have the tools and the sculpey, but I haven’t tried using them.  I am going to try it out on my next model.
 

Either way, at worst you are only out a little bit of time and material if the first attempt doesn’t come out right.

If you’ve never tried carving, I would encourage using the learn to carve tutorial here.  It helped me tremendously.

Your Granado is coming along nicely!

I’m sorry to hear about your Christmas plans, but it is good to hear that you and yours are safe.

Well done on the carvings!  

Your Soleil Royal is coming out beautifully!

Welcome!  Sounds like an awesome project!

Welcome!

I have channels with eyebolts.

I made the eyebolts from annealed steel wire.

Congratulations!  Well done!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Well done!

Awesome!