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jct got a reaction from Canute in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Thanks everyone for the likes...welcome Ken, I agree it is on the brown side, I'm thinking it will receive a black wash prior to and dry brushing once it's glued in the bunkers, thanks for the input
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jct reacted to Canute in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Nice weathering to highlight the bunker joints. The coal looks appropriately lumpy, but looks a tad brown. May need to add more black. I'm following along because I have one of these jewels in my stash.
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jct got a reaction from dgbot in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Hello All,
An update, since I opened up a few of the coal bunker lids to show the fuel, bottoms had to be added. These were made from card stock and painted a dark gray. This way I wont have to fill each compartment.
With open coal bunkers I thought some light weathering would be appropriate, to accomplish this I called on some armor weathering techniques...first the panel lines were darkened with a wash made of thin gray/black. Once the wash was dry charcoal dust was brushed into the surface to simulate coal dust staining. The dust was made by rubbing a soft charcoal pencil over a sanding stick then picked up and applied with a stiff brush. The finished parts were then shot with a coat of flat clear to seal everything.
The "coal" had me scratching my head for a while, I wanted to make it as opposed to buying. Inspiration struck one day on a trip out to the garage. I noticed the edge of the asphalt paving in the ally was broken into small pieces and it is black and lumpy! So after placing a piece in a plastic bag and pulverizing with a hammer...instant 'coal'. I may have to pick out the lighter pieces and add some color, haven't decided yet but I'm happy with the overall look. This materiel will be added to the bunkers later in the build.
Planking has started...
Pics follow
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jct got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Hello All,
An update, since I opened up a few of the coal bunker lids to show the fuel, bottoms had to be added. These were made from card stock and painted a dark gray. This way I wont have to fill each compartment.
With open coal bunkers I thought some light weathering would be appropriate, to accomplish this I called on some armor weathering techniques...first the panel lines were darkened with a wash made of thin gray/black. Once the wash was dry charcoal dust was brushed into the surface to simulate coal dust staining. The dust was made by rubbing a soft charcoal pencil over a sanding stick then picked up and applied with a stiff brush. The finished parts were then shot with a coat of flat clear to seal everything.
The "coal" had me scratching my head for a while, I wanted to make it as opposed to buying. Inspiration struck one day on a trip out to the garage. I noticed the edge of the asphalt paving in the ally was broken into small pieces and it is black and lumpy! So after placing a piece in a plastic bag and pulverizing with a hammer...instant 'coal'. I may have to pick out the lighter pieces and add some color, haven't decided yet but I'm happy with the overall look. This materiel will be added to the bunkers later in the build.
Planking has started...
Pics follow
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jct reacted to BobF in 18th Century Longboat by BobF - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:48 - Tri-Club
If you look at contemporary long boat models, all the windlasses seem to have a curious conical taper at each end.
I found this too intriguing to pass up, and decided to try duplicating the shape on my lathe. An easy way to chuck up an eight-sided piece in a three jaw chuck is to use a brass sleeve that has a slit cut in it. This allows the sleeve to compress as the chuck is tightened. The only drawback to this is whether or not you have brass tubing suitable for the piece you are working on. The fact that I planned to use this sleeve is also the reason I made the windlass plug as long as it is.
First of all, I needed to center drill the windlass at one end so it could take the tailstock.
The sleeve was then moved to the other end of the piece, and mounted in the lathe.
The only problem I encountered with this procedure, is that I had to be careful not to damage the sharp edges of the four flat surfaces at each end while creating the tapers.
If you go back to the first photo in this particular post, the mortises in the contemporary windlass are offset on adjacent surfaces. For what it's worth, I found that duplicating that on my windlass made any misalignment problems less obvious.
Here are some photos of the windlass and thwarts in position. However, they still aren't glued in place. I'd like to get some other procedures done on the model before I commit to that.
BobF
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jct got a reaction from mtaylor in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Hello All,
An update, since I opened up a few of the coal bunker lids to show the fuel, bottoms had to be added. These were made from card stock and painted a dark gray. This way I wont have to fill each compartment.
With open coal bunkers I thought some light weathering would be appropriate, to accomplish this I called on some armor weathering techniques...first the panel lines were darkened with a wash made of thin gray/black. Once the wash was dry charcoal dust was brushed into the surface to simulate coal dust staining. The dust was made by rubbing a soft charcoal pencil over a sanding stick then picked up and applied with a stiff brush. The finished parts were then shot with a coat of flat clear to seal everything.
The "coal" had me scratching my head for a while, I wanted to make it as opposed to buying. Inspiration struck one day on a trip out to the garage. I noticed the edge of the asphalt paving in the ally was broken into small pieces and it is black and lumpy! So after placing a piece in a plastic bag and pulverizing with a hammer...instant 'coal'. I may have to pick out the lighter pieces and add some color, haven't decided yet but I'm happy with the overall look. This materiel will be added to the bunkers later in the build.
Planking has started...
Pics follow
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jct got a reaction from Dimitris71 in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Hello All,
An update, since I opened up a few of the coal bunker lids to show the fuel, bottoms had to be added. These were made from card stock and painted a dark gray. This way I wont have to fill each compartment.
With open coal bunkers I thought some light weathering would be appropriate, to accomplish this I called on some armor weathering techniques...first the panel lines were darkened with a wash made of thin gray/black. Once the wash was dry charcoal dust was brushed into the surface to simulate coal dust staining. The dust was made by rubbing a soft charcoal pencil over a sanding stick then picked up and applied with a stiff brush. The finished parts were then shot with a coat of flat clear to seal everything.
The "coal" had me scratching my head for a while, I wanted to make it as opposed to buying. Inspiration struck one day on a trip out to the garage. I noticed the edge of the asphalt paving in the ally was broken into small pieces and it is black and lumpy! So after placing a piece in a plastic bag and pulverizing with a hammer...instant 'coal'. I may have to pick out the lighter pieces and add some color, haven't decided yet but I'm happy with the overall look. This materiel will be added to the bunkers later in the build.
Planking has started...
Pics follow
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jct got a reaction from CaptainSteve in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Hello All,
An update, since I opened up a few of the coal bunker lids to show the fuel, bottoms had to be added. These were made from card stock and painted a dark gray. This way I wont have to fill each compartment.
With open coal bunkers I thought some light weathering would be appropriate, to accomplish this I called on some armor weathering techniques...first the panel lines were darkened with a wash made of thin gray/black. Once the wash was dry charcoal dust was brushed into the surface to simulate coal dust staining. The dust was made by rubbing a soft charcoal pencil over a sanding stick then picked up and applied with a stiff brush. The finished parts were then shot with a coat of flat clear to seal everything.
The "coal" had me scratching my head for a while, I wanted to make it as opposed to buying. Inspiration struck one day on a trip out to the garage. I noticed the edge of the asphalt paving in the ally was broken into small pieces and it is black and lumpy! So after placing a piece in a plastic bag and pulverizing with a hammer...instant 'coal'. I may have to pick out the lighter pieces and add some color, haven't decided yet but I'm happy with the overall look. This materiel will be added to the bunkers later in the build.
Planking has started...
Pics follow
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jct got a reaction from canoe21 in Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit
Nice railings Popeye...as Jerry stated no such railings on the Corel kit or plans...I'm guessing their sailors were more sure footed then Billing's
Hey attached are the pics with dimensions, the spacing between them are all the same.
J
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jct reacted to SGraham in Shenandoah 1864 by SGraham - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:50 - American Civil War-era Cutter
As to your question about what I'll build next, J, I've been giving it some thought. I want to try scratch building a water boat, maybe the Aqua Pura that's in one of Chapelle's books. I think I'd like to try building it in lifts. So, I messed around with a sample hull built from lifts. It's a skipjack from Grimm's American Ship Models book. I lofted the lifts, cut them out on the band saw, doweled and glued them together and carved them with a Stanley #63 curved-sole spokeshave. I was surprised at how easy the mahogany and poplar was to carve this way. I didn't get the hull exactly right, but I think I got it close enough to learn what I wanted to learn. So, I'll start a build log on the Aqua Pura soon, I hope.
Anyways, as far as finishing Shenandoah goes, I seem to have run out of steam. Next week is my last week of summer school, and I hope to get some good time in at the bench. It's funny, but I almost seem reluctant to finish the boat.
Steve
Here's the practice hull I carved.
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jct reacted to SGraham in Shenandoah 1864 by SGraham - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:50 - American Civil War-era Cutter
Hey J. Well, I finally finished the case--before I finished the ship, of course. I have the gaff left to go and that's about it besides some running rigging. I've already made the gaff but still have to make the jaws.
The case worked out well except that I made it too tall. I may cut the glass down 2 or three inches. I made the top of the case from some thin poplar. I like the contrast in colors. The case lifts right off the base, but it's really heavy with the glass in it. This makes it pretty exciting to put on and take off--if you're the kind of person that enjoys watching accidents.
Steve
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jct reacted to popeye the sailor in Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit
thanks Nenad.......but I can't do that. but at least now I can juggle
as mentioned, I did do more this morning........should I get back to it, I'll be sure to post it. the poop deck railings are done.
doing a little more at the bow, the pin rail was added and the stops for the gammoning.
the ladders.........the one for the lower aft deck....
...and the one for the poop deck.
both are now cemented in place
the progress of the deck layout.......
even an overview......thought this was cool
the cleats for the tack lines were added as well.........a real pain trying to drill holes for them. since that was a bust, I cut off the locator tabs and super glued them in place. I hope that doesn't turn round to bite me later. this ship sports a lanteen sail.......block and eye bolts installed, along with a couple cleats.
now it's time I think to figure out the chain boards and the gun port lids. where I've made the modifications to the bulwark railings, it may have an effect on the boards. who knows, I may have to make a set that are a tad bit wider.
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jct reacted to Erik W in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I added the 1/32" molding strips on both sides. I wanted to glue these before I stained the boat, but add the friezes afterwards. What I did then was cut the friezes out with a #11 xacto blade with a piece of blank paper underneath so the piece of paper was exactly the same shape as the frieze. I used removable double sided tape to temporarily attach the piece of paper to the side of the hull. I then used that as a guide on where to glue the molding strips. Once the strips were glued on, I easily removed the piece of paper. The friezes fit in the space perfectly.
Adding the 1/32" x 1/32" molding strip turned out to be a pain in the butt. The kit supplied wood ranged in size between .025" and .040" within the same strip, and was so porous and fuzzy that I broke 4 pieces at the bow. Luckily I had some Northeast basswood strip of the right size in my stash. I used that instead.
Lastly, after much help off line (thanks Mike and Toni), I've tested and chosen the finish I'm going to use. This photo isn't the best, but you get the general idea. I'm going for a look that is a relatively light shade. The hull came out well enough I plan on leaving the portion below the waterline unpainted.
Erik
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jct reacted to Erik W in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
A couple of quick shots. The planking is finished. I have yet to start any sanding, so pardon the rough look!
Erik
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jct reacted to Erik W in 18th Century Longboat by Erik W - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 - First wooden ship build
I'm on the home stretch with the planking. This being my first planking experience, I'm fairly pleased with my results. Most of the imperfections seen in the photos should be taken care of with the final sanding of the hull. I'm learning a lot in the process.
Erik
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jct got a reaction from augie in Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit
Nice railings Popeye...as Jerry stated no such railings on the Corel kit or plans...I'm guessing their sailors were more sure footed then Billing's
Hey attached are the pics with dimensions, the spacing between them are all the same.
J
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jct got a reaction from dgbot in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Hi all,
Pics of the stern deck and seat and the main deck all straightened and in place, work on the coal bunkers continues...
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jct got a reaction from captainbob in Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit
Nice railings Popeye...as Jerry stated no such railings on the Corel kit or plans...I'm guessing their sailors were more sure footed then Billing's
Hey attached are the pics with dimensions, the spacing between them are all the same.
J
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jct got a reaction from edmay in Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit
Nice railings Popeye...as Jerry stated no such railings on the Corel kit or plans...I'm guessing their sailors were more sure footed then Billing's
Hey attached are the pics with dimensions, the spacing between them are all the same.
J
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jct got a reaction from Omega1234 in Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit
Nice railings Popeye...as Jerry stated no such railings on the Corel kit or plans...I'm guessing their sailors were more sure footed then Billing's
Hey attached are the pics with dimensions, the spacing between them are all the same.
J
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jct got a reaction from mtaylor in Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit
Nice railings Popeye...as Jerry stated no such railings on the Corel kit or plans...I'm guessing their sailors were more sure footed then Billing's
Hey attached are the pics with dimensions, the spacing between them are all the same.
J
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jct got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Hi all,
Pics of the stern deck and seat and the main deck all straightened and in place, work on the coal bunkers continues...
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jct got a reaction from Dimitris71 in USN Picket Boat #1 by jct - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/24 scale
Hi all,
Pics of the stern deck and seat and the main deck all straightened and in place, work on the coal bunkers continues...
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jct got a reaction from Piet in Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit
Nice railings Popeye...as Jerry stated no such railings on the Corel kit or plans...I'm guessing their sailors were more sure footed then Billing's
Hey attached are the pics with dimensions, the spacing between them are all the same.
J
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jct reacted to popeye the sailor in Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit
you can say that again Jerry .......I think Anja has the same kit as well {Corel}. more or less, it's just manufacturer's copyright......they cannot be the same. when manufacturers attain the rights to make the kit of whatever ship they choose, they are under agreement to only include so much detail. this was explained to me some time ago........I had asked why the Gothenborg kit did not include cannons. chances are, other manufacturers are given a different set of guidelines, should they want to market the same ship. I found some big differences.......the bulwark railings......the paint and art work {which instead of following the Billing scheme, I chose to follow pictures of the more recent boat}. I don't have too many pictures that show the complete deck......
....the railings seem logical. After all.......we don't want some poor schmuck, whose off on a mead buzz, falling from an upper deck
thanks for the dimensions J.......they will give me something to compare to by the time I'm done......I'll be sick of doing newel posts
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