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Hi all, continued working on the little stuff...worked up the gun carriages... cut and glued up small bits for the sides, base and axles...

( lousy focus...phone cam)

and painted them all

while I was laying out all the fore deck accessories I discovered a major fubar....I drilled the foremast mounting hole to far aft...it should be where the yellow circle is.   If left where it is the windlass placement will interfere with the gun carriages...guess I should have triple checked.

Plan is to fill the hole with a dowel, the windlass will cover it so hopefully it wont be to noticeable...shezz

Gonna try to chip away at the Hanna while I'm hanging out in the RV...not sue how the pics will turn out as I'm using my phone with just lighting from the dining table but we'll give it a try...

I got the base color scheme laid down...three coats on all but the black....only two needed there

still a little touch up required here and there...started working on the rudder...groves were filed for the pintles and color applied...the pintles themselves are just more of the painted strips with small bits of dowel added

Well that's all for today...may add more tomorrow, gonna depend n the weather 

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Absolutely,  nothing better, just me and the pup during the week and the Admiral joins use for the weekend.  She is planning to work through the rest of the year, we may hit the road after that but we will see

She turned out really nice

SWEET...jealous...she is gonna be nice...Ronnie Sox was my hero when I was a youngling...king of the 4-speed 

Thx much

Testing how I can add updates through my phone...going to be away for most of the summer with limited or no internet access.

pic is just a watercolor I had finished last year and had a pic of on my phone

Thanks Sam

2 minutes ago, DocBlake said:

Thanks for the link!

Welcome

This will be my last entry for a couple weeks heading out of town...

Hi folks...today's update

Decided to work on the belfry, here's a shot of the plan view I was trying to replicate, the curved top being the challenge 

Started by tracing the curve from the plans to a piece of scrap basswood and giving it a ride through the bandsaw...

which left me with  couple bending forms, to clamp around soaked basswood

left it overnight to dry

here's the original piece...unfortunately the bend did not hold and within a few hours was almost flat, so I repeated the process but this time laminated the basswood strip with walnut veneer, this was successful...you can see the completed pieces below

the uprights had notches filed in them to accept the cross beam...

 here's the glue up

and the finished piece...  

the paint is still wet...thus the shine...still have to figure how I want to do the bell, may just turn a chunk of styrene, got plenty laying around

thx to all for the likes 

Thx Sam...I think you will find them useful 😁

Hi Dave

Any stained glass supply place would carry them, but with that said... those stores have gotten few and far between around my area, here's an amazon link for those interested

 Stained glass pattern shears

THX to all participants...a little more to add

Today I was working on the "iron" banding, for this I broke out a specialized tool not used for shipbuilding so much but priceless for glass work, they are pattern cutting shears...three bladed scissors that remove a fixed width of material in the center.   For glass this leaves space in your patterns for the came between the pieces.  I use them here to cut card stock to a perfectly uniform width

here you see some painted black

and applied to the windlass to simulate the iron banding

and here as hinges

Applied poly to the finished deck furniture...still have to build the belfry, pumps, and the Charlie Noble, among other odds and ends

A bit more to add...thanks to all who've commented or hit the like button...much appreciated 

The comings were painted the red ochre mix but the grates left natural, a sure test of my cut-in skills ...the grates were stained with a natural stain...poly will follow latersorry for the lousy focus 

the deck houses and binnacle were painted as well

along with the windlass cheeks

two coats of tallow were applied the the hull bottom...

the rest of the hull paint will be added over the course of the week...I want this stuff to have plenty of time to cure out...this is infamous model shipways paint but thinned with iso and distilled water (50,25,25 ratio), seems to make a difference in how it lays down

Thx...na just a short break😀

THX much gents

Finished the binnacle

Started with a framework of basswood

and added trim made from 1/16 wide strips of walnut veneer 

needs a little more sanding before paint

On 4/22/2019 at 8:19 PM, popeye the sailor said:

I'm still thinking of what color to paint her in

the light blue looks good...

Spent more time on the deck gratings...sanded them and attached the comings

just laying out the deck at this point

ditto

Still have the deck houses to build as well as the binnacle, belfry, and the cheeks for the windlass 

Black Oak with Ruby Starr...dynamite...love old southern rock 

You got red and blue on your engine...throw in a little white and do a patriotic theme 

Here's a shot of a grill insert I did for a friend of my oldest son...mounted in a JK Wrangler

Excerpt from 1962 NHRA rules...Bumpers: Bumpers are not required; however, in lieu of rear bumper, a suitable (permanently attached) push-bar must be installed on the rear of the car.

😀 thanks Sam