Papa

Thanks

48 minutes ago, Jsk said:

the mottled appearance part of the design or is it an artifact of your printer's coverage?

2) Did you print it out on US Letter sized paper, and if so did you find have an issue with margins since it's (presumably) designed for A4 size sheets?

The mottled effect was the result of the printer ink not holding up under curling and folding. Right after printing the colors were excellent. (A photo of a newly printed page is below ) I now know that I should have sprayed the printouts with something. If someone can recommend a good sealant I would be thankful.  I think the mottled look gives the Nautilus an aged look so I am not too unhappy with it.  
the model was designed for US letter size paper so that is what I used 

The hull is finished.  I discovered that what I thought were portholes on the side are actually for the shaft for the diving fins.  See parts marked D1-D7 on the diagram in my first post.  The fins are not shown in the assembly drawings and are barely discernible in the photos.  I finally figured this out by referring back to some websites of the Nautilus. 

Your rigging looks terrific. 

The 1/8" scale  Newsboy kit was my second MS model some 52 years ago.  After several moves it was damaged beyond repair.

The hull is growing slowly. 

On 5/9/2024 at 9:35 PM, ccoyle said:

Now I'm busy trying to make sense of the assembly instructions and diagrams, which leave a substantial portion of the build process to the imagination.

This is what I am finding on the Nautilus.  I found that the JCS card model had much better instructions.  

Latest status.  Note the small round port.  This port (and its mate on the starboard side) are shown nowhere in any of the “instructions” or illustrations of the model.  Moreover, the blue lens is significantly smaller than the marked cut-out and required careful application of black marker to blend in.  Finally, the internal circular support is too large for the actual diameter of this mid section.  I think it is about time to assemble the stand, rather than balancing her on a coffee mug. 

The instructions did not say how one was supposed to use the circular pieces that look like internal supports.  They weren’t even to be printed on card stock.   Eventually I decided to glue them to 1/32 thick bass wood and cut them out.  I inserted the first few after having assembled 4 of the sections.  Now I do them as I proceed. Also if one cuts the windows out as printed there is no gluing surface.  ( discovered the hard way). Reprinted the windows and cut them leaving extra  card around the windows so there was something to glue to.  Hopefully the attached pictures will may some of this clear.  Also to get a better fit, rather than gluing the cylinders and then attaching, I wrapped them around the glue edge to get a perfect fit. 

I decided not to reprint and restart. I am continuing with what I have just being more careful in fitting.  I should have more pictures later today.   It has been a busy week with several medical issues.   There are no directions for the kit, just a few  pictures. So I am just guessing at some of the assembly.

20 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

preshaping and test fitting pieces prior to gluing.

I did that. But perhaps not carefully enough. 

This model is more difficult than it looks.  I am getting some unsightly gaps where the sections are joined.  I am going to reprint the affected pieces and start again. 

Getting the fourth truncated cone to conform to the previous required a few clothespins 

2 hours ago, Jsk said:

, Who's Ron Miller?

From Wikipedia:  Ron Miller (born May 8, 1947) is an American illustrator and writer who lives and works in South Boston, Virginia. He now specializes in astronomical, astronautical and science fictionbooks for adults and young adults.

This link https://www.vernianera.com/Nautilus/ provides a vast catalogue of interpretations of the Nautilus.

The Disney artists designed a great Nautilus, but it was nothing like what Verne described. I guess his wasn't photogenic enough

This is a card model available for download from ecardmodels.com.  It consists of an introductory page, 2 pages showing how the pieces go together (but leaving out a lot of detail) and 7 pages of parts to cut out and assemble.  This is the only model of the Nautilus I have been able to find that is true to Verne’s description in the novel.

So here we go:

28 minutes ago, Glen McGuire said:

mounted

28 minutes ago, Glen McGuire said:

What is that fixture she is mounted on right now?

That’s a keel clamp to hold a ship model under construction.  I will probably just get some brass pedestals but I do like launching way mounts.   

Thank you all for the nice comments. 

Finished.  Just need to add 2 name boards and decide how to mount her.

I managed to get the port side pram hung from the davits.  

Nice work. I am glad that I found this log as I am waiting for my own 14 bis .  This build log will be a great help.  
 

Ron Gove (aka Papa)

My drill bits must be dull. It took about 30 minutes to drill a hole in the pulley at the top of each davit!   I am also adding detail to the prams which were simple castings. 

The rigging is about done. Next up are davits and the boats.  I learned the hard way on the Morgan that installing davits before rigging is an invitation to break the davits.  

2 hours ago, John Ruy said:

Excellent… 👏 Nice work Ron, your hard work has paid off. It’s been quite the journey, Job well done. 👍 

 

John

Thanks.  She has been done for a while. I just neglected to post a photo. 

The Morgan is essentially finished.  One little line to trim when I get around to it.