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Been a while since I posted Busy with gym visits and golf lessons i finally had a go at the tryworks : I had been wondering how to simulate brick mortar but realized the acrylic art paint I was using is thick from the tube so I painted the white in the spaces between bricks and wiped it off the bricks then dry brush with red and brown and some black for soot the bricks under the stacks are just grooves in wood with white and red paint the copper around the pots is art paper painted with acrylic patina color and grey the solder is tin color paint the stacks are plastic square tube that I cut lengthwise and glued to make it rectangle i painted with tin and will be adding black wash and bit of rust dry brush, probably I included a photo of the current state with deck furniture etc sitting there i will return to the davits and also figure out the position of supports for boat deck and tryworks shelter
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Thanks Dave models give something to do once in a while 😉
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Well have not added anything here for a while i am now retired so hope to have a little more time for this i did take some golf lessons so that will cut into modelling time hopefully here is the latest working on making Davits using a sandwich of wood strips to build the curve - the curve is slightly off but close enough will cut the size at top once I determine where the boats sit
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to be honest the actual photos of ship look like the bow is even more square than this model I already had made the stern bigger on this but did not even try to change the bow Thanks , I am working on bowsprit, foredeck and other things at bow then will move on to the chains and deadeyes also other details on deck and masts
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Some more progress recently deck fittings and worked on bow and masts
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Great Idea with the white pinstripe tape I may do that on my CWM too as I find the white lines too ragged Love the whaleboats = have not attempted those yet
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those look excellent! I was trying to decide how to do the whaleboats; maybe I will look at the sandwich method (? I think that is what that is called?) the Artesania kit has terrible whale boats I had discussed 3D printing with my brother and even found a possible design online
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Hey Ian Just went through this topic; very cool! Thanks for the link Glad you didn't ask me for "help" with coding 😀 C++ not really my thing Looking forward to seeing it afloat ...
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I waffled on how to build doors on the shelter and decided to use the plywood scrap from the pre cut parts drew the door pattern and gouged out the panels bit of paint and the roof/deck above and should be ok
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I also had made progress on lower masts a while back and forgot to post
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Job I finally made some progress on the shelters at stern Used the kit walls and added beams for the boat deck got sidetracked with biking and Pak 40 that has been on shelf for decades as you can tell from $10 price tag Anyway posting couple of photos of Morgan
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Interesting topic. I remember reading the Hornblower books as a kid. they were an entertaining romp. I do have the A-M series and read the whole thing every couple of years. Patrick O'Brian was an extremely well educated person and that is apparent in the books with things that go over my head. However, I find the dialogue and the funny asides of Maturin which shows what he really thinks of a situation give me a chuckle. My wife will say 'are you reading those again? I thought so since it is the only time you laugh when you are reading.' (that actually is not true , I do laugh sometimes at other books - Outlander for example)
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74-Gun Ship Gun Deck by Jeronimo - FINISHED
rookie replied to Jeronimo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
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Exquisite work! I really like the base
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thanks Ian I am working on the shelters at the stern and the wheel/tiller the wheel that came with the kit looks like a "Lego" wheel so I am thinking of making one 🤔 Or I may get a wheel kit from Syren ..... Speaking of which I bought the Syren ropewalk and got it but have not assembled it yet Probably do the tiller ropes to practice with it
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I like the 'Crusty Sailor' name better - too bad it was not that
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Hi David They were better when they had a store in Scarborough ; I went there years ago and bought kits, etc Colin
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Based on their diagram with the dimensions it seems the 8mm pins are 2mm diameter at the narrow end it seems to me that is way too thick the bras ones are much thinner ( .5 mm ) and would look better I am interested in these now; I may buy some brass and see
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I have not purchased belaying pins but did buy wood strips last year They are in Toronto and I think are on-line only now
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nicely done Ian, as usual
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Wow thanks will your model looks great i have been adding the lash rail , top rail and finishing my fore and main tops also trying to get the anchor hawse and the decorative bits at the bow there Is nothing in the instructions so using photos of shup tryworks is something I have not done yet - I thought about buying scale bricks on Etsy Colin
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Well some minor progress to report did build the fore top and maintop seen here in photos dry fit to masts that are sitting in holes in hull next up is to finishh the channels I plan to use a shroud on each mast to determine the chain plate angles and get those set up i am also planning a stand but not sure how I want to do it the keel seems too thin for screws I may just sit it on a cradle
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Thanks Wintergreen Speaking of doing my own thing I decided to build the tops rather than use the stamped out parts in kit (plus one of them broke while removing it) I will plank it using the kit piece. As a template In the picture I may cut out thin piece and use .5 mm strips on both sides then cross supports to keep it solid
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