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DocBlake got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks Pat and everyone for the "likes"!
I turned some barrels and buckets awhile ago to fill out the detail for the two battle stations.
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DocBlake got a reaction from VTHokiEE in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks Pat and everyone for the "likes"!
I turned some barrels and buckets awhile ago to fill out the detail for the two battle stations.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Ondras71 in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I fit the rails to the bulwarks and clamped them in place. I then drove a couple of little yellow nails to keep them aligned during the glue up. I used 15 minute Bob Smith Industries Epoxy. The photos show the curvature of the rails upward and inward moving aft. There is no poly on the exterior of the model, nor on the main deck or inboard bulwarks. That's why the colors look so washed out! The poly will resuscitate the wood!
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DocBlake got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks, Pat. Those are holes drilled in the trucks and darkened with pencil lead!
I finished up the main hatch by adding the eyebolts and rings to the covering boards. Both are made of .032" diameter brass rod, blackened with Brass Black.
The eyebolts are made with a jewelry making tool known as a "looper". The rings are annealed brass rod, using a torch, which is blackened, then wrapped around an appropriate sized drill bit and cut free with a wire cutter.
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DocBlake got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I'm back at it, and started working on fitting the battle stations to the model. I'll show two long gun emplacements just as Jeff's plans call for. Then I realized there was a mistake on the plans! Jeff calls for the guns to be 12 pounders. Granado originally carried eight 4-pounders. The carriages I've built previously are too low for the gun ports!. I decided to scale the long guns Jeff designed for his Battle Station plans and scale them as 4-pounders. I like the style of these guns, also. I get tired of the saw tooth pattern on the brackets of classic English cannon carriages!
The first two photos are the 4-pounder carriage that were too short. The others are the final long guns for the model. No cap squares yet!
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DocBlake got a reaction from Canute in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I have been spending some time building the removable pit housing for the mortar pit. This was a removable structure that protected the mortar from the weather when not in use and also provided protected storage space. As I worked, I realized that the housing would obscure too much detail on the mortar and bed, so I decided to stop construction and move on to something else.
The boarding steps in Jeff Staudt's plans are cut from a single piece of wood, and I didn't really care much for the design, so I used my own design!
The treads are 3/64" thick boxwood and the risers are 7/64" boxwood. The ends of the risers are cut at a 60 degree angle and the tread overhangs the riser on three sides. Rather than try to glue the treads to the risers and get the overhangs perfect, I left the treads oversized when I glued up each step. I then marked them to the proper length and "cut" them to size using the disk sander. Rounding the tread corners finished the job. There are 5 steps per side.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Canute in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks, Pat. Those are holes drilled in the trucks and darkened with pencil lead!
I finished up the main hatch by adding the eyebolts and rings to the covering boards. Both are made of .032" diameter brass rod, blackened with Brass Black.
The eyebolts are made with a jewelry making tool known as a "looper". The rings are annealed brass rod, using a torch, which is blackened, then wrapped around an appropriate sized drill bit and cut free with a wire cutter.
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DocBlake got a reaction from mtaylor in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks, Pat. Those are holes drilled in the trucks and darkened with pencil lead!
I finished up the main hatch by adding the eyebolts and rings to the covering boards. Both are made of .032" diameter brass rod, blackened with Brass Black.
The eyebolts are made with a jewelry making tool known as a "looper". The rings are annealed brass rod, using a torch, which is blackened, then wrapped around an appropriate sized drill bit and cut free with a wire cutter.
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DocBlake got a reaction from WalrusGuy in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks, Pat. Those are holes drilled in the trucks and darkened with pencil lead!
I finished up the main hatch by adding the eyebolts and rings to the covering boards. Both are made of .032" diameter brass rod, blackened with Brass Black.
The eyebolts are made with a jewelry making tool known as a "looper". The rings are annealed brass rod, using a torch, which is blackened, then wrapped around an appropriate sized drill bit and cut free with a wire cutter.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Ondras71 in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I'm back at it, and started working on fitting the battle stations to the model. I'll show two long gun emplacements just as Jeff's plans call for. Then I realized there was a mistake on the plans! Jeff calls for the guns to be 12 pounders. Granado originally carried eight 4-pounders. The carriages I've built previously are too low for the gun ports!. I decided to scale the long guns Jeff designed for his Battle Station plans and scale them as 4-pounders. I like the style of these guns, also. I get tired of the saw tooth pattern on the brackets of classic English cannon carriages!
The first two photos are the 4-pounder carriage that were too short. The others are the final long guns for the model. No cap squares yet!
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DocBlake got a reaction from Seventynet in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks, Pat. Those are holes drilled in the trucks and darkened with pencil lead!
I finished up the main hatch by adding the eyebolts and rings to the covering boards. Both are made of .032" diameter brass rod, blackened with Brass Black.
The eyebolts are made with a jewelry making tool known as a "looper". The rings are annealed brass rod, using a torch, which is blackened, then wrapped around an appropriate sized drill bit and cut free with a wire cutter.
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DocBlake got a reaction from gjdale in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks, Pat. Those are holes drilled in the trucks and darkened with pencil lead!
I finished up the main hatch by adding the eyebolts and rings to the covering boards. Both are made of .032" diameter brass rod, blackened with Brass Black.
The eyebolts are made with a jewelry making tool known as a "looper". The rings are annealed brass rod, using a torch, which is blackened, then wrapped around an appropriate sized drill bit and cut free with a wire cutter.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Edwardkenway in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks, Pat. Those are holes drilled in the trucks and darkened with pencil lead!
I finished up the main hatch by adding the eyebolts and rings to the covering boards. Both are made of .032" diameter brass rod, blackened with Brass Black.
The eyebolts are made with a jewelry making tool known as a "looper". The rings are annealed brass rod, using a torch, which is blackened, then wrapped around an appropriate sized drill bit and cut free with a wire cutter.
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DocBlake got a reaction from KentM in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks, Pat. Those are holes drilled in the trucks and darkened with pencil lead!
I finished up the main hatch by adding the eyebolts and rings to the covering boards. Both are made of .032" diameter brass rod, blackened with Brass Black.
The eyebolts are made with a jewelry making tool known as a "looper". The rings are annealed brass rod, using a torch, which is blackened, then wrapped around an appropriate sized drill bit and cut free with a wire cutter.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Canute in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I'm back at it, and started working on fitting the battle stations to the model. I'll show two long gun emplacements just as Jeff's plans call for. Then I realized there was a mistake on the plans! Jeff calls for the guns to be 12 pounders. Granado originally carried eight 4-pounders. The carriages I've built previously are too low for the gun ports!. I decided to scale the long guns Jeff designed for his Battle Station plans and scale them as 4-pounders. I like the style of these guns, also. I get tired of the saw tooth pattern on the brackets of classic English cannon carriages!
The first two photos are the 4-pounder carriage that were too short. The others are the final long guns for the model. No cap squares yet!
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DocBlake got a reaction from VTHokiEE in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I'm back at it, and started working on fitting the battle stations to the model. I'll show two long gun emplacements just as Jeff's plans call for. Then I realized there was a mistake on the plans! Jeff calls for the guns to be 12 pounders. Granado originally carried eight 4-pounders. The carriages I've built previously are too low for the gun ports!. I decided to scale the long guns Jeff designed for his Battle Station plans and scale them as 4-pounders. I like the style of these guns, also. I get tired of the saw tooth pattern on the brackets of classic English cannon carriages!
The first two photos are the 4-pounder carriage that were too short. The others are the final long guns for the model. No cap squares yet!
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DocBlake got a reaction from Ryland Craze in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I'm back at it, and started working on fitting the battle stations to the model. I'll show two long gun emplacements just as Jeff's plans call for. Then I realized there was a mistake on the plans! Jeff calls for the guns to be 12 pounders. Granado originally carried eight 4-pounders. The carriages I've built previously are too low for the gun ports!. I decided to scale the long guns Jeff designed for his Battle Station plans and scale them as 4-pounders. I like the style of these guns, also. I get tired of the saw tooth pattern on the brackets of classic English cannon carriages!
The first two photos are the 4-pounder carriage that were too short. The others are the final long guns for the model. No cap squares yet!
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DocBlake got a reaction from mtaylor in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I'm back at it, and started working on fitting the battle stations to the model. I'll show two long gun emplacements just as Jeff's plans call for. Then I realized there was a mistake on the plans! Jeff calls for the guns to be 12 pounders. Granado originally carried eight 4-pounders. The carriages I've built previously are too low for the gun ports!. I decided to scale the long guns Jeff designed for his Battle Station plans and scale them as 4-pounders. I like the style of these guns, also. I get tired of the saw tooth pattern on the brackets of classic English cannon carriages!
The first two photos are the 4-pounder carriage that were too short. The others are the final long guns for the model. No cap squares yet!
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DocBlake got a reaction from gjdale in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I'm back at it, and started working on fitting the battle stations to the model. I'll show two long gun emplacements just as Jeff's plans call for. Then I realized there was a mistake on the plans! Jeff calls for the guns to be 12 pounders. Granado originally carried eight 4-pounders. The carriages I've built previously are too low for the gun ports!. I decided to scale the long guns Jeff designed for his Battle Station plans and scale them as 4-pounders. I like the style of these guns, also. I get tired of the saw tooth pattern on the brackets of classic English cannon carriages!
The first two photos are the 4-pounder carriage that were too short. The others are the final long guns for the model. No cap squares yet!
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DocBlake got a reaction from Prowler901 in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I'm back at it, and started working on fitting the battle stations to the model. I'll show two long gun emplacements just as Jeff's plans call for. Then I realized there was a mistake on the plans! Jeff calls for the guns to be 12 pounders. Granado originally carried eight 4-pounders. The carriages I've built previously are too low for the gun ports!. I decided to scale the long guns Jeff designed for his Battle Station plans and scale them as 4-pounders. I like the style of these guns, also. I get tired of the saw tooth pattern on the brackets of classic English cannon carriages!
The first two photos are the 4-pounder carriage that were too short. The others are the final long guns for the model. No cap squares yet!
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DocBlake got a reaction from KentM in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
Thanks, guys!
I need opinions, guys.
On the main rails, on either side of the entry steps and inboard ladders are two stanchions (circled in blue). I assume they have rings at the top to attach lines so that anyone boarding has something to use as a "hand rail" when climbing aboard. Jeff's plans don't include these, and I've not seen them on any of the section models out there. I assume they were removable and made of painted cast iron. Would there also have been ring bolts in the hull where the "X's" are on the photo, to attach the lower end of the hand ropes? Thoughts?
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DocBlake got a reaction from CiscoH in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I fit the rails to the bulwarks and clamped them in place. I then drove a couple of little yellow nails to keep them aligned during the glue up. I used 15 minute Bob Smith Industries Epoxy. The photos show the curvature of the rails upward and inward moving aft. There is no poly on the exterior of the model, nor on the main deck or inboard bulwarks. That's why the colors look so washed out! The poly will resuscitate the wood!
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DocBlake got a reaction from Edwardkenway in Granado 1742 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:32 Scale - Bomb Vessel Cross-Section
I'm back at it, and started working on fitting the battle stations to the model. I'll show two long gun emplacements just as Jeff's plans call for. Then I realized there was a mistake on the plans! Jeff calls for the guns to be 12 pounders. Granado originally carried eight 4-pounders. The carriages I've built previously are too low for the gun ports!. I decided to scale the long guns Jeff designed for his Battle Station plans and scale them as 4-pounders. I like the style of these guns, also. I get tired of the saw tooth pattern on the brackets of classic English cannon carriages!
The first two photos are the 4-pounder carriage that were too short. The others are the final long guns for the model. No cap squares yet!
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DocBlake got a reaction from greenstone in British Capstan circa 1777 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:16 Scale
The capstan bars are held in place in the drumhead bu long ring bolts that pass through the upper drumhead, the capstan bar in it’s mortise and then the lower drumhead, locking the bar in place. The ringbolts are removable to remove the bars and are attach by a chain to some permanently mounted ringbolts around the center of the drumhead. Because the bars will not be removable on this model, the ringbolts are much shorter than they would be. I used .032” brass and a special jewelry-making tool that fashions ring bolts or eyebolts. They are blackened with dilute Birchwood Casey Brass Black. The chain is from Michael’s craft store. The ringbolts attached to the loose end of the chain will be glued in place once the bars are in position.
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DocBlake got a reaction from greenstone in British Capstan circa 1777 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:16 Scale
To assemble the grating, I started by making a quick, simple jig to keep the assembly square. Make sure the sides of the jig are no taller than the the level of the notches for the battens. They should be about 1/16" below the batten level. This helps prevent gluing the grating to the jig! Set the first and last grating ledges in the jig and then glue the first and last battens in place, making sure everything is square until the glue dries. This is the critical step! If the first two ledges and battens are square, so will the grating be. Continue adding ledges, using a spare ledge as a spacer and fitting battens into the notches until the grating is complete. Use a razor saw to remove the ends of the battens. Sand the grating and it’s done!
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