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Tony Hunt
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Many years ago I acquired this nice big log of boxwood at a woodworking show (it was being sold as a woodturning piece) and it's been sitting in my wood collection ever since, so it's well and truly dry and seasoned. As you can see, it's a bit over a metre long (that's a bit over a yard to my American friends!) and has a few minor curves along its length, plus the stub of a decent-sized side branch at one end. I think it's time to mill it into model-making pieces, but I'm only going to get one go at this so I thought I'd take advantage of the collective wisdom before I put blade to bark! I'll be using a 10" table saw fitted with a thin kerf planer blade, so hopefully I won't waste too much as sawdust. My initial thought was to convert it into shorter and straighter lengths, crosscutting it at the red lines for example. Then ripping it into thin boards. I'd quite like to snip off a short piece first and "take a look inside", perhaps starting with one of the shorter pieces at the top and bottom, which might contain some interesting curved grain for use in parts such as the bilge sections of frames, or curved stems. Should I try to quarter-saw it? Will it make much difference with something as close-grained as boxwood? So many questions, and quite a bit of apprehensiveness! What do you think? Thoughts and suggestions all welcome! Cheers Tony
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Those ventilators are really wonderful. In fact, the whole model is really wonderful!
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What a magnificent model! Guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of any French captain! 😀 Great photography too, as Glenn notes.
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I really admire the way you have reconstructed this vessel in the absence of actual plans. Great work. And your construction methods are novel and fascinating.
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On the topic of museums, I recommend a visit to the Naval Museum in Madrid if you can get there. It still has a superb display of models of all types and sizes. A wonderful place.
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Great problem-solving exercise, and a very impressive result!
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I know! When I first saw them, I assumed they were images from a 3D drawing program!
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PM your address to me and I'll put a couple into the post for you to try, if you'd like. 😀
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Wow! What a wonderful artefact to find while walking along the beach looking for seashells!
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A ready source of boxwood for such figures is old folding woodworking rulers. I know some people think this is sacrilege (and perhaps it is) but if you go to the local fleamarket and find the guy selling old tools and other junk, he will often have some pretty beaten-up ones that are beyond their use-by date. They were made from excellent quality boxwood, too!
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Looking really good Craig! The hull looks nice and fair.
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She certainly got battered. It looks like Lively's gunners really concentrated on the officer country end of the ship if the depiction of the distribution of shot damage to the hull is accurate.
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Lots of great advice above, so many good choices. RED JACKET was a very handsome ship, there is a good article on a model of her in Model Shipwright magazine somewhere. COMET is also a great suggestion, I haven't seen a model of her (although I'm sure there is one). Another beauty is WILD PIGEON, plans are in Chapelle's book.
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HMCSS Victoria 1855 by BANYAN - 1:72
Tony Hunt replied to BANYAN's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Wow Pat, they look really good. So tiny!- 993 replies
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Sander thickness The Hog
Tony Hunt replied to AlainB's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I have a Vanda-Lay Hog sander too, it works fine. I bought a cheap Chinese-made hobby table saw at the local hardware chain, threw away the saw (it was terrible), and used the motor to power the sander. It's worked perfectly for many years. -
I loved MAGIC when I first read the story of your build of her with Jesperson. It's great to now be watching the model of her happening, so many years later!
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Welcome to MSW! I hear it's pretty warm in Phoenix at the moment.
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Lovely model and and a wonderful piece of research to get all the details right.
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Welcome Igor. I'm looking forward to seeing your models.
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An absolute masterpiece. What a pleasure to watch you do your magic, Greg!
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Aha, thankyou. It is planked on the mold, and then it just lifts off. Not really any tumblehome on the hull. Ingenious!
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