Papa

I see a ham radio station in the background in one of your pictures. Are you also a licensed ham?

Ron Gove

W1GOV 

Leesburg, VA

Nice job

Fantastic work. Amazing craftsmanship and patience. 

The product specifications at Amazon say the assembly time for this kit is 24  hours. That has to be wrong by 2 orders of magnitude. 

Amazing job as usual Dan.

I’ve used the ShipWrightShop for rigging and other stuff. Amazing is that their shipping for small stuff from the UK to US is cheaper than Model Expo (Florida to Virginia)

 http://www.shipwrightshop.com/shop/contents/en-uk/d6_Static-Ship-Fittings.html

Nice camouflage!  I remember making a tank model as a teen but I have no recollection of the brand.

They have been spoken for and are no longer available 

I purchased these booklets maybe 50 years ago  from the old Model Shipways company when they were in Bogota , New Jersey. 

If anyone would like them, message me with your mailing address and they are yours free of charge.

As you are interested in the Pacific Northwest lumber world, check out the old yellow box Model Shipways Forester. She’s a 4 masted lumber schooner. I’ve always wanted to build her myself but I have too many kits stacked up now. There is one on eBay today with a $29 current bid.

Planking is now underway.  I had a bad time with the bow as the plank shear broke into many pieces during earlier stages of the build. I patched it up as best I could and continued.  However, once i started planking I could see that my repairs we not good.  The port and starboard sides were quite asymmetrical. I had to rip out all of the planking around the bow, repair the asymmetry and start planking again again.  Looks much better at the bows now.  A bit of filling and sanding to do still. Ready to start the planks below the wale.

Stunning build. Amazing what can be done with card.

I think Black Sea is a new Capt Black blend

4 hours ago, Jaager said:

Is Briar available as solid blocks or billets?  Apart from the grain pattern, it might make for hardy blocks.  Did the wood handle like it would work for that?

 

 

 

 

Briar wood is sold in blocks in a variety of sizes. Google pipe making.  It is very hard with a tight grain so it might be good for blocks.  Need someone with experience in block making to try.

Vermont Freehand sells blocks from a variety of sources. From $3 to$1000 on their webpage

4 hours ago, Bob Cleek said:

Beautiful "star" figuring at the junction of the stem and bowl!

Yes! I was quite pleased with the grain pattern.

5 hours ago, CDW said:

What kind of tobacco will you use to break it in?

Black Sea by Captain Black. I ordered it online and it came today just in time for my first smoke.

Captain Black Premium Edition introduces Black Sea. Mellow Burley tobaccos, combined with sweet Virginias and soft smooth Black Cavendish tobaccos makes for an excellent smoke. Yet Black Sea sets itself apart with the addition of smoky Latakia tobacco. A wonderful marriage of sweet and smoky. Captain Black, Black Sea is tin worthy and should be enjoyed often.

It’s finished. Far from perfect but I think it came out pretty good for my first attempt.

18 hours ago, CDW said:

Hey, that's coming along real nice. Good job!

Thank you. It’s been a fun project and I will get to use it when I am finished. Unlike a square rigged ship LOL.

Trying to get the final shape symmetrical and smooth.

Gorgeous workmanship. Wish I could do as nice a job.

2 hours ago, Cabbie said:

This is the on I want to do, as with you Harry I like the ships but this has hold of me.

AArrrrggghhh one of these days, can't justify it but.....

 

https://www.modelerscentral.com/model-kits/occre-model-kits/san-francisco-cable-car/

That is a nice looking model, and I think a reasonable price.  To preface my next statement: we used to have a Labrador retriever who would try to look out of all the windows of our Jeep at the same time which entailed some chaotic bouncing around. Now, when I look at model kit sites and catalogs I want to “build all the kits at the same time” planes, trains and automobiles! Once a model builder always a model builder.

Ron Gove

Pipe is shaping up. This is not easy. The wood is very hard and I am not an experienced carver

If you have an interest in pipes, these folks seem to have quite a selection:  TobaccoPipes.com.

I have not done business with them but I get frequent emails; I don’t know how I got on their mailing list.

12 hours ago, CDW said:

Does the kit come with everything you need to make the pipe? Never seen a do it yourself pipe kit before this one. Pipes used to be popular, now I never see anyone smoking a pipe around here. I think pipes are cool, and if I smoked again, might try a pipe. Been a lot of years.

Yes, it does. Even sand paper and a tape measure. It’s a “Man Crate”. Google them. They have tons of interesting DIY stuff.

I’ve done several POB models successfully  without filler blocks. Seems just like a lot of extra work to me. To each his own.