GrandpaPhil
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Oops. Earlier misinterpretation of the plans.
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The starboard midships portion of the mouldings are done. The 1/16” second from the top part of the trim extends all the way to the bow, but the piece that I used is already painted black, so you can’t see it in the picture, but it is there.
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Thank you both and Merry Christmas to all!
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Thank you both and Merry Christmas!
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I use the card stock method for iron work. It works well for me.
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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.
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Congratulations! Well done!
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And it’s a Baltimore Clipper, which is a great rig to learn on.
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I am installing the iron banding that go with the channel eye bolts. I am making them from poster board.
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Starboard side is done.
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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.
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Cutty Sark by Cuda1949
GrandpaPhil replied to Cuda1949's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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.
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Well done on the carvings! Your Soleil Royal is coming out beautifully!
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Welcome! Sounds like an awesome project!
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I have channels with eyebolts. I made the eyebolts from annealed steel wire.
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