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Glen McGuire

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  1. Glen McGuire
    Another dumb question from the rookie - do any modelers make builder's plates and put them on their model ship? I don't think I've seen any in the build logs I've followed. And before you suggest it Keith, nope, I'm not gonna put a fully engraved one that's half the size of a pinhead on my next SIB!
  2. Glen McGuire
    That is a very interesting piece of history. Where on the ship would a builder plate like that have been displayed?
  3. Glen McGuire
    I love that!!
  4. Glen McGuire
    Just now getting to look at some of your work. Absolutely fantastic! There's so much I can learn from your build logs. I've got some studying to do!!
  5. Glen McGuire
    Thank you very much, Adam!
  6. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, John. I may get bold and try your hidden hinge technique for the masts on my next effort. I love the way you did that for your Endurance in a light bulb project.
  7. Glen McGuire
    Welcome aboard, Brad! Look forward to seeing your work posted here!
  8. Glen McGuire
    Thank you, Grant! My son has asked me to do a Chinese junk ship. So I'll start toying around with that idea shortly. All those horizontal battens in the sails should make for a new and interesting challenge.
  9. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Mark. Done!
  10. Glen McGuire
    And my rendition of the 1814 Independence is complete! I wish I was better at photography and knew how to take better pictures thru glass like this, but these shots will have to do. Huge, massive thanks to @Keith Black, @mtaylor, @Landlubber Mike, @BANYAN, @gjdale, @GrandpaPhil, @Ian_Grant, @John Fox III, @ccoyle, @Joe100, @Snug Harbor Johnny, @Roger Pellett, @CiscoH, @michael mott, @SUBaron, @AJohnson, @bdgiantman2, @Prowler901 for following the whole build or peeking in along the way. Your encouragement, ideas, and suggestions made the final result so much better than I could have have possibly done on my own.
  11. Glen McGuire
    Awesome dental work, Mark!
  12. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Keith. I bet I spent an hour walking up and down every aisle of Joann Fabrics trying to find that breech rope. The thickest cordage I could find online from modeling sites was 4mm and I wanted something that was 6mm.
  13. Glen McGuire
    With the ship in the bottle and repairs completed, it's back to the display and finishing up the last few things. Namely, stropping the carriage blocks and seizing the ropes. Going from working at 1/500 to 1/12 is certainly a drastic change. I can't just fudge my way thru stuff knowing it's too small to notice! Only a couple of chores left - put the breech rope in place and string up the side tackle. Soooo close!!!
  14. Glen McGuire
    A new word - cascabel! I'd seen it called a knob and a button before but not that. I always learn things from you!
  15. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Mark. I guess that's one of the advantages of working at this scale!
  16. Glen McGuire
    I made a couple of bamboo skewer "way back tools" as in tools that will reach way back into the bottle. It took a while, but I finally got the gaff and mizzen sail delicately positioned in a reasonable spot where much of the sail's top edge was touching the gaff. Holding my breath, I put a dab of epoxy on the tip of one of the way back tools and managed to apply it to the sail and gaff without disturbing the position of either. Whew! As with so many things, it's not perfect, but I think it looks passable. Of course I will see it every time I look at the ship, but like Mark said, there's a lot of other stuff going on so it's doubtful anyone else will notice.
  17. Glen McGuire
    Thanks, Pat. Yes, definitely frustrating but always expected. If the insertion process ever went perfectly smooth, I think I'd have a stroke!! By the way, I just noticed your profile picture and realized that's very similar to what I'm doing for this display base. I went and reviewed your Battle Station gallery images. Well done! Very impressive work!!
  18. Glen McGuire
    Thank you, Mark! You make a good point. Here's what it looks like from a normal view. Not too bad. I will try and do some kind of fix but if I cannot your point is well taken.
  19. Glen McGuire
    Thank you, Grant! I appreciate your confidence in my repair skills. Just wish I didn't have to use them so often! Thank you, Keith. Same comment as above to Grant! Thank you, Grandpa Phil!
  20. Glen McGuire
    What an awesome build! Congrats on a really superb job!!
  21. Glen McGuire
    WOOHOO! I got the wadded up mess of a ship in the bottle and epoxied in place. Actually, it should be a muted woohoo since there are a couple of issues to work out before calling it a win. Somehow I snapped a pull thread that was attached the fore mast. By a stroke of luck, the end of the thread was lying in the neck of the bottle and not buried in some unreachable place on the ship or water (2nd pic). So I carefully CA glue-spliced another thread to it using wax paper on top and bottom to keep it from sticking to anything else. Whew! The next hour was spent carefully untangling the turmoil of threads, yards, and sails so I could begin raising the masts. After finally raising the masts I spotted problem #2 - the thread securing the top corner of the mizzen sail to the gaff was broken (see last pic). That one is hard to reach (and hard to hide) so I'm not sure yet how I'll fix it. I spent another hour working all the braces to position the yards and sails where I wanted them. Next up is sealing all the threads running the the bowsprit and then cutting them off. I gotta do that without cutting all the bowsprit rigging, which is always a problem for me.
  22. Glen McGuire
    Great work with the paint scheme. What is that thimble-looking thing you are using to hold the ship?
  23. Glen McGuire
    How the sausage is made is never pretty, but it's so good when it's done! I'm still in love with that base! Just a perfect complement.
  24. Glen McGuire
    After the epoxy resin finally hardened, I added some texture with acrylic paint and then some whitecaps. This 2-step process for adding water to the bottle was easy and clean. Plus, I like the results. So I believe this will be my technique going forward. All of this means the moment of truth is now at hand. My test smash was extremely tight. It took me 30 minutes to work everything into a position where it would fit, which is about 10 minutes more than I've got before the epoxy sets. Hopefully I'll be faster the 2nd time around. So the next post will either be a thrill of victory of agony of defeat. Time to steady the nerves and git r done!
  25. Glen McGuire
    Also while waiting for the water to dry (that sounds weird doesn't it?), I worked on the base which is supposed to look like a deck with a partial bulwark where the cannon barrel will protrude.

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