Dan Vadas

Sure can Richmond. However if you can find laser-cut bulkheads for your kit it makes short work of a very time-consuming job.
 
Danny

Probably a combination of things. I use a sanding stick fitted with 120 grit paper, and do my final sanding by running the stick downwards rather than horizontally. To clean up thickened edges use a sharp scalpel. I've never bothered with wicking CA on the edges of bulkheads. Practise makes perfect, you'll get better at it every time you do it .
 
Danny

Here is a link to Paper Shipwright, who have free downloads. And another from them of HMVS Cerberus, which was my first card model. Turned out fairly well. It comes in a printed version, which costs GBP 8.50, or a free download which you can print out yourself.
 
Danny

Sure can Richmond. However if you can find laser-cut bulkheads for your kit it makes short work of a very time-consuming job.
 
Danny

Probably a combination of things. I use a sanding stick fitted with 120 grit paper, and do my final sanding by running the stick downwards rather than horizontally. To clean up thickened edges use a sharp scalpel. I've never bothered with wicking CA on the edges of bulkheads. Practise makes perfect, you'll get better at it every time you do it .
 
Danny

Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 309 – Foremast Top-hamper 2
 
I mentioned in the last post that the topmost pole mast and the two upper yards were to be installed with most of the rigging fitted at the bench.  The first picture shows the assembly erected on the topgallant crosstrees.
 

The two forward stays – the royal and the skysail – have been threaded down through the bowsprit, but most of the other lines are dangling in a tangle - as yet unconnected.  The running rigging lines – clew-lines, buntlines, leechlines, and skysail sheets – all of which are quite long - are coiled to avoid a real tangle.  The next step was to run the standing rigging lines to their connection points to clear some of the mess.  In the next picture the lifts on the two upper yards are rigged and the backstays for the upper mast sections have been run – but not yet connected.
 

The arrows point to the royal standing lift, the royal backstay and the skysail backstay on the port side.  In the next picture the skysail sheets below the royal yard have been run and the clew-lines for both yards are being rigged. 
 

These lines serve to pull the yards down on the lifts.  Arrows point to the clew-lines that attach to the chain sheets.  All these lines pass down through the fairleads in the top and belay on the main deck rails.  Once the yards were held down, the halyards were passed through their mast sheaves and secured to their central sling bands on both yards.  In the next picture the arrow points to the dangling royal halyard chain that runs down from the mast sheave, and will eventually be connected to a tackle to the deck.
 

 
This picture also shows the royal shroud pairs.  These run from the masthead down through holes at the ends of the crosstrees and are seized to eyes on the topgallant mast band in the lower part of the picture.  The next picture shows the upper mast backstays connected to the deadeyes on the starboard channel
 

Starting from the skid beam and working aft, the channel connections are – the wire for the standing end upper topsail halyard, the two topmast backstays, the tackle block for the skysail halyard, the topgallant backstay, the royal backstay, and finally the skysail backstay.  The deadeyes and lanyards on these standing lines decrease in size down to 6" diameter and 1 1/2" rope size, respectively.  The lanyards on the last three backstays will be tied off later once the tensions are set – and the mast made vertical.
 
The next picture shows the bunt and leechlines rigged on the royal yard. 
 

 
The skysail has only lifts, halyard and clewlines.  Except for the truck at the top of the mast, some neglected ratlines on the topgallant shrouds, and a couple dozen rope coils on the pin rails, the foremast rigging is now complete.  Braces are being saved for last.  The next two pictures show the mast at this stage.
 

 

This was a lot of rigging to sort out.  I hope the descriptions are not too confusing.  On the remaining masts I will use this same process, but leave off the clew, bunt, and leech lines  to be done in place.  Coiling these small cotton ropes results in a lot of fuzz when they are untangled and stretched out.  I had to replace a couple. Rigging these in place reduces this problem.  I have also begun treating cotton lines with diluted pva to further reduce fuzz.  More on this later.
 
Ed

Yesterday I did the searchlight platforms (almost)
After some considerations, and as suggested by a rather experienced cardboard builder on a german card-forum, I decided to do some surgery: first the inner column, and next the second layer on the bottom end.
the column turned out slightly too thick, but acceptable.

The second layer went OK, but I think the whole part is slightly too long. Some surgery needed on final fitting...
Next I startedthe second platform. It was not untilthis picture that I discovered a small mistake: again some surgery is needed. Only question remaining: on which side ? Time will tell 

 
Jan
 
 

Thanks David, Jan and Nils . Jan, I've seen the Ferraris before but I can't remember the site they can be bought from. Do you know what it is?
 
This is the front suspension, steering and handlebars. The top bracket has not yet been glued in, as it needs to go through a tube at the front of the frame to enable the steering to turn. I actually made a mistake with the previous bike, gluing it in this stage, and had to cut it apart again. Lesson learned :





 
Danny

Thanks David, Jan and Nils . Jan, I've seen the Ferraris before but I can't remember the site they can be bought from. Do you know what it is?
 
This is the front suspension, steering and handlebars. The top bracket has not yet been glued in, as it needs to go through a tube at the front of the frame to enable the steering to turn. I actually made a mistake with the previous bike, gluing it in this stage, and had to cut it apart again. Lesson learned :





 
Danny

Thanks David, Jan and Nils . Jan, I've seen the Ferraris before but I can't remember the site they can be bought from. Do you know what it is?
 
This is the front suspension, steering and handlebars. The top bracket has not yet been glued in, as it needs to go through a tube at the front of the frame to enable the steering to turn. I actually made a mistake with the previous bike, gluing it in this stage, and had to cut it apart again. Lesson learned :





 
Danny

Thanks David, Jan and Nils . Jan, I've seen the Ferraris before but I can't remember the site they can be bought from. Do you know what it is?
 
This is the front suspension, steering and handlebars. The top bracket has not yet been glued in, as it needs to go through a tube at the front of the frame to enable the steering to turn. I actually made a mistake with the previous bike, gluing it in this stage, and had to cut it apart again. Lesson learned :





 
Danny

Thanks David, Jan and Nils . Jan, I've seen the Ferraris before but I can't remember the site they can be bought from. Do you know what it is?
 
This is the front suspension, steering and handlebars. The top bracket has not yet been glued in, as it needs to go through a tube at the front of the frame to enable the steering to turn. I actually made a mistake with the previous bike, gluing it in this stage, and had to cut it apart again. Lesson learned :





 
Danny

Thank you David and Richmond.
 
The completed rear suspension, chain and it's guard and the lower mudguard :



 
The front mudguard. LOTS of tabs :


 
The front forks. There is a paper tube running the full length, they're quite strong :

 
The front disc brake calipers :

 
The brake and clutch levers. These were a bit difficult to make, but they turned out very nicely :

 
Danny

Thanks David, Jan and Nils . Jan, I've seen the Ferraris before but I can't remember the site they can be bought from. Do you know what it is?
 
This is the front suspension, steering and handlebars. The top bracket has not yet been glued in, as it needs to go through a tube at the front of the frame to enable the steering to turn. I actually made a mistake with the previous bike, gluing it in this stage, and had to cut it apart again. Lesson learned :





 
Danny

Thank you David and Richmond.
 
The completed rear suspension, chain and it's guard and the lower mudguard :



 
The front mudguard. LOTS of tabs :


 
The front forks. There is a paper tube running the full length, they're quite strong :

 
The front disc brake calipers :

 
The brake and clutch levers. These were a bit difficult to make, but they turned out very nicely :

 
Danny

Thank you David and Richmond.
 
The completed rear suspension, chain and it's guard and the lower mudguard :



 
The front mudguard. LOTS of tabs :


 
The front forks. There is a paper tube running the full length, they're quite strong :

 
The front disc brake calipers :

 
The brake and clutch levers. These were a bit difficult to make, but they turned out very nicely :

 
Danny

Thank you David and Richmond.
 
The completed rear suspension, chain and it's guard and the lower mudguard :



 
The front mudguard. LOTS of tabs :


 
The front forks. There is a paper tube running the full length, they're quite strong :

 
The front disc brake calipers :

 
The brake and clutch levers. These were a bit difficult to make, but they turned out very nicely :

 
Danny

Aiee! You are now crowned Tab King.

Wow, I missed this one so far.
You tab-gluing-speed is unbelievable
Before long you will need more tabs and parts to fulfill your needs.
There are some very, very demanding models around (not ships, but cars) These models for instance would keep you at least two weeks from the street:
http://e63papermodel.altervista.org/download.html
(only edge gluing, no tabs at all. They have some unbelievable detail)
 
 
Jan

Wow !!
 
super stuff Danny...
 
Nils

Thank you David and Richmond.
 
The completed rear suspension, chain and it's guard and the lower mudguard :



 
The front mudguard. LOTS of tabs :


 
The front forks. There is a paper tube running the full length, they're quite strong :

 
The front disc brake calipers :

 
The brake and clutch levers. These were a bit difficult to make, but they turned out very nicely :

 
Danny

Thank you David and Richmond.
 
The completed rear suspension, chain and it's guard and the lower mudguard :



 
The front mudguard. LOTS of tabs :


 
The front forks. There is a paper tube running the full length, they're quite strong :

 
The front disc brake calipers :

 
The brake and clutch levers. These were a bit difficult to make, but they turned out very nicely :

 
Danny

Thank you David and Richmond.
 
The completed rear suspension, chain and it's guard and the lower mudguard :



 
The front mudguard. LOTS of tabs :


 
The front forks. There is a paper tube running the full length, they're quite strong :

 
The front disc brake calipers :

 
The brake and clutch levers. These were a bit difficult to make, but they turned out very nicely :

 
Danny

Hi all, this is the start of my latest Card model- a Yamaha MT-01, which was built between 2005 and 2012. As I did with the other Yamaha (YA-01) I built this will be a very truncated Build Log, consisting of pics of the major stages. Here's a pic of how it will look (hopefully ) :

 
I started this one by building the wheels to see if I would carry on with the build. If you saw my YA-01 the wheels were the hardest parts to build, and didn't turn out 100% on that one. This time they turned out a LOT better, not perfect due to the tags, but still good enough to keep going . The design, being mag wheels, was different to the spoked wheels of the YA-01. Here are some pics of the wheels :

 
My method of fitting the last part - a band in the middle of the tyre. I glued extra card between the tags to get them the correct distance apart and stabilise the whole unit, which had significant distortion and stress before I added them :


 
Punching out the cooling holes in the twin disc rotors :

 
The completed front wheel :


 
And the HUGE rear wheel. I'm fairly happy with the way they turned out, so the build will continue :


The two wheels for comparison :

 
Danny

Lots more done. Here is the partially completed frame :

 
And more frame pieces :



 
The start of the rear suspension :


 
Danny