Long9Ron
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Long9Ron got a reaction from Saburo in TRITON Cross Section bbrockel
Hi Bob
Nice work. I like your idea of the extended False Keel to hold everything in place. I'll be watching your progress.
Ron
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Long9Ron got a reaction from FrankWouts in Royal Louis 1780 by Ulises Victoria - FINISHED - Mamoli - Scale 1/90 - French 126-gun ship
I saw your build and have decided to follow it, but I'm not familiar with the Royal Louis. Is there a little history on the ship that you can past along? It looks like a beautiful ship to build.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from bbrockel in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
Here are the missing pictures from Post 115.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from lb0190 in Gluing Techniques and Associated Information
If anyone is interested in CA glues, the link below has a lot of information on the different types of glues and the bonding times and materials they can be used on. Look at - The What and How of Adhesives link on that page.
http://www.greatplanes.com/accys/gpmr6001.html
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Long9Ron got a reaction from lb0190 in Gluing Techniques and Associated Information
Good topic Larry. I'm fairly new to MSW also and I too was wondering which glues to use and how to apply them. I will be following this post closely. Thanks for bringing it up for discussion.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from GuntherMT in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
and the last ones that I have for now.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from GuntherMT in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
and more pictures...
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Long9Ron got a reaction from GuntherMT in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
More pictures.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from GuntherMT in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
Here are a few of the pictures that I believe were missing. Just an update for now.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from GuntherMT in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
Yes, I'm back after about two years. I will start to post some pictures as I go along and post any missing ones also.
See you soon. Have fun building.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from GuntherMT in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
I've been busy in the garage making sawdust with my home-built mini thickness sander. I had a setback when the sanding drum broke on me and I had to make another one. You always build a better one the second time around. As I mentioned before the wood is from an old recliner rocker that I ripped to size and then put through my thickness sander.
Thickness Sander
Once I got the wood to the right thickness, I put masking tape on each piece.
I then cut out all of the frames template pieces and then ran some paper glue on top of the masking tape and laid out all of the frame template pieces on each board.
This is the glue that I used. I used masking tape on top of the wood so that after I cut the frame parts out with the jigsaw and sand them to the proper shape, I will be able to just peel the masking paper off and leave clean bare wood. No scraping glue off of the wood I hope.
Here is a picture of all the frames template pieces laid out and glued onto each board ready to be cut.
Closeup of same.
Well that's all for now. Next step will be to cut all of the pieces out and do some sanding and then make the frames. I will post as I go along.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from GuntherMT in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
Thanks for the input Rusty, Pete, Russ and Larry.
Seeing that this is my first build I don't want it to get too complicated with stains and such, so I have decided to go with the natural look for now. I think it looks better myself. More experiments to come in the future. Anyway, I have a few more pictures below. I have made my jig and have mounted the keel. Also made a revolving table from a flat screen TV stand that I had laying around. Keiko the cat wanted to get into the picture. Next step is to find some timber to do the frames. Also, had to reinforce my thickness sander, I had to much vibration in it. The board wasn't thick enough.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from GuntherMT in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
Russ, Grant, Bob and Mark
Thanks for all the nice comments.
I have been busy in the garage making the keelson and trying an experiment on some sample pieces of timber. I was thinking of making the keel, false keel and keelson a darker color. I stained one piece with a dark walnut stain, but I don't know if I like the looks of it. It shows every little grain mark and flaw. Another piece of timber I used Canola Oil (thanks to the Admiral) and it looks very natural, but not as dark as I would have liked. I have loaded a couple on pictures below and would like to hear what you guys think, or if you have any other suggestions for making the timber look darker. Or should I just leave it natural looking, which is pretty light. The camera quality may not be great as it is from my cellphone cam.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from GuntherMT in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
Please be gentle with me as this is my very first build of any kind in 50 years.
Okay, I have made most of my homemade tools such as a wood lathe, drum sander, thickness sander and table saw,
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/126-my-homemade-wood-lathe/
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/449-my-homemade-tools-long9ron/
Now I'm ready to go. Except that I would like to make a mini table saw soon.
So I got some old wood that a buddy gave to me from an old broken down recliner chair. I don't know what kind of wood it is, but we think it may be Oak. I ripped it down to size and put it through the thickness sander and I think it looks pretty good.
I have made the Keel and the False Keel so far. I used the homemade scraper shown below to scrape out the rabbet on the Keel for the Garboard Plank to sit. The Keel shown below is my second attempt, the first one was not good at all because I used a utility blade to scrape the rabbet and made a mess of it.
More updates to come in the future;
Ron
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Long9Ron got a reaction from amateur in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
and the last ones that I have for now.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from mtaylor in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
and the last ones that I have for now.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from mtaylor in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
and more pictures...
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Long9Ron got a reaction from mtaylor in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
More pictures.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from mtaylor in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
Here are a few of the pictures that I believe were missing. Just an update for now.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from Canute in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
and the last ones that I have for now.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from Canute in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
and more pictures...
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Long9Ron got a reaction from Canute in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
More pictures.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from Canute in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
Here are a few of the pictures that I believe were missing. Just an update for now.
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Long9Ron got a reaction from Gabek in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
and more pictures...
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Long9Ron got a reaction from Gabek in H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Long9Ron - Scale 1:48
and the last ones that I have for now.
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