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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I've completed bulkhead #2 which separates the hold from the magazine. Before gluing it in place I'll add some clear plastic to simulate the glass in the light sash. There are two gunpowder kegs that will be glued in the magazine.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I've completed bulkhead #2 which separates the hold from the magazine. Before gluing it in place I'll add some clear plastic to simulate the glass in the light sash. There are two gunpowder kegs that will be glued in the magazine.
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DocBlake got a reaction from GuntherMT in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I've completed bulkhead #2 which separates the hold from the magazine. Before gluing it in place I'll add some clear plastic to simulate the glass in the light sash. There are two gunpowder kegs that will be glued in the magazine.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Altduck in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I've completed bulkhead #2 which separates the hold from the magazine. Before gluing it in place I'll add some clear plastic to simulate the glass in the light sash. There are two gunpowder kegs that will be glued in the magazine.
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DocBlake got a reaction from mrshanks in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I've completed bulkhead #2 which separates the hold from the magazine. Before gluing it in place I'll add some clear plastic to simulate the glass in the light sash. There are two gunpowder kegs that will be glued in the magazine.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Having a little fun last night with details. I decided that the stove needed a source of fuel, so I built a little coal scuttle. I sawed one of my powder kegs in half, found the center point of the cut surface, and holding the barrel in the jaws of a pair of pliers to steady it, I used a Forstner bit to hollow out a shallow hole in the barrel's top. I spread some WeldBond glue in there and sprinkled in some coarse black model railroad ballast. The handles are 28 gauge annealed black steel wire. A couple of coats of poly and the coal scuttle was done. Elapsed time: about an hour.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I spent a lot of time on the riding bitt. My first question was whether to leave it cherry, stock with the kit, or make a new one out of rosewood to match the hatch coamings. Believe it or not, the bitt is made up of 11 individual parts (in order to accommodate the sheaves), with some very thin portions that would be a real challenge to cut with a scroll saw. In the end I opted to use the cherry parts and built the bit and fit it to the model. Then I cheated. General Finishes actually makes a rosewood stain! I bought a can and stained and polyed the bitt. I made the mast stub out of cherry and added a boom support made of boxwood to add a little interest.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Bulkhead #1 and beam 6 glued in place.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Thanks for the "likes" everyone. Just finishing up bulkhead #1 which separates the galley from the hold. The wood is pear, holly and rosewood. The hinges are Syren's flat end gun port hinges dyed black.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
The stove has been permanently glued into place. The hatches are positioned in place, and beam #5 is ready to be glued in. I really like the contrast between the rosewood hatch coamings and the grating and beams.
I'm thinking seriously about adding a companionway over the main hatch with the doors open to show the ladder leading below. Has anyone seen one or plans for one? I'll especially need to figure out how to secure the doors in an open position.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
In order to I create a little more contrast on deck, I remade all the hatch coamings in rosewood. I will used boxwood grating in the hatches. I made the Charley Noble (stack) out of brass, blackened it and glued the stove and grease tray to the brick pad. I set the stove in place, along with the stack to test the fit. Perfect. Next is the glue up of the stove and beam 5.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Slow progress. I've installed all the beams, carlings, knees and ledges up to frame 5. Frame 5 is just sitting in place. Because of the bulkhead that will soon be installed, I need to install the stove on it's brick pad next. It's a close fit, and I will likely first make the hatch with the hole for the Charley Noble so that I can glue the pad to the deck and the stove to the pad with epoxy once the alignment of the stack is right. While the long cure epoxy is curing, I'll install beam #5 with it's carlings and ledges, glue the hatch in place and make any final adjustments before the epoxy sets up.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Back from vacation with the family.
I started framing the main deck forward. I also built some wooden crates for the hold as cargo. I'm painting the metal bands on the powder kegs copper colored right now. They will go in the magazine. These little details won't be easily seen once the deck s framed in and partially planked, but they are fun to build, and I know they are there!
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I am playing around with the deadwood assembly for the keel. The deadwood is made up of 4 parts glued together. I plan to blacken the joints between all the parts to simulate caulking, but I also think that some of the component parts of the deadwood can be broken down further than in the kit. For instance, parts SD1 and SD2 were probably each made up of smaller parts on a real ship. I'll simulate this by scoring lines in the parts and darkening the scoring with a pencil to simulate caulking between the parts. Here's a shot from the practicum showing the deadwood, and my proposal to alter it's appearance . What do you think?
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DocBlake got a reaction from Jaxboat in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Hi Keith!
Bob's AVS is not technically out of production, but he won't manufacture a kit unless he has a lot of 8 orders and business has been slow. He doesn't really advertise. If you are interested, I believe he has one AVS in stock right now. As to this Kit: It's quite a bit different from the MS AVS. The kit differs from Bob's previous kits in that the frames are beveled before installation, making the fairing of the hull, both inside and out, muck easier. The 3D parts are quite excellent. The detail is amazing. You'll have a hard time looking at typical MS, Amati, Corel Britannia metal castings and then using them. Photo below of the 3-D printed parts.
PS: If you're interested in selling "Halifax", I'll take it off your hands!
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DocBlake got a reaction from dgbot in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Thanks, fish.
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DocBlake got a reaction from CharlieZardoz in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Having a little fun last night with details. I decided that the stove needed a source of fuel, so I built a little coal scuttle. I sawed one of my powder kegs in half, found the center point of the cut surface, and holding the barrel in the jaws of a pair of pliers to steady it, I used a Forstner bit to hollow out a shallow hole in the barrel's top. I spread some WeldBond glue in there and sprinkled in some coarse black model railroad ballast. The handles are 28 gauge annealed black steel wire. A couple of coats of poly and the coal scuttle was done. Elapsed time: about an hour.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
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DocBlake got a reaction from mrshanks in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I spent a lot of time on the riding bitt. My first question was whether to leave it cherry, stock with the kit, or make a new one out of rosewood to match the hatch coamings. Believe it or not, the bitt is made up of 11 individual parts (in order to accommodate the sheaves), with some very thin portions that would be a real challenge to cut with a scroll saw. In the end I opted to use the cherry parts and built the bit and fit it to the model. Then I cheated. General Finishes actually makes a rosewood stain! I bought a can and stained and polyed the bitt. I made the mast stub out of cherry and added a boom support made of boxwood to add a little interest.
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DocBlake got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Bulkhead #1 and beam 6 glued in place.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Thanks for the "likes" everyone. Just finishing up bulkhead #1 which separates the galley from the hold. The wood is pear, holly and rosewood. The hinges are Syren's flat end gun port hinges dyed black.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
In order to I create a little more contrast on deck, I remade all the hatch coamings in rosewood. I will used boxwood grating in the hatches. I made the Charley Noble (stack) out of brass, blackened it and glued the stove and grease tray to the brick pad. I set the stove in place, along with the stack to test the fit. Perfect. Next is the glue up of the stove and beam 5.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Having a little fun last night with details. I decided that the stove needed a source of fuel, so I built a little coal scuttle. I sawed one of my powder kegs in half, found the center point of the cut surface, and holding the barrel in the jaws of a pair of pliers to steady it, I used a Forstner bit to hollow out a shallow hole in the barrel's top. I spread some WeldBond glue in there and sprinkled in some coarse black model railroad ballast. The handles are 28 gauge annealed black steel wire. A couple of coats of poly and the coal scuttle was done. Elapsed time: about an hour.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
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DocBlake got a reaction from mtaylor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Thanks, fish.
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DocBlake got a reaction from dvm27 in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Having a little fun last night with details. I decided that the stove needed a source of fuel, so I built a little coal scuttle. I sawed one of my powder kegs in half, found the center point of the cut surface, and holding the barrel in the jaws of a pair of pliers to steady it, I used a Forstner bit to hollow out a shallow hole in the barrel's top. I spread some WeldBond glue in there and sprinkled in some coarse black model railroad ballast. The handles are 28 gauge annealed black steel wire. A couple of coats of poly and the coal scuttle was done. Elapsed time: about an hour.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Canute in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Thanks, fish.
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