Dan Vadas

That might still happen Jan .
 
Danny

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

You could have printed and glued the seat again (and again) till it was as perfect as you wanted it to be?
The bike is already looking like one !
 
Jan

My reasons for simple paper models are twofold.😄

really nice job so far Danny........I see the non ship builds have been separated from the other threads.   neat idea   

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

That might still happen Jan .
 
Danny

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

Thanks for the "heads-up" Jan. I've downloaded all the remaining five motorbikes, I'll decide later if I make another (or all of them ).
 
The front fender took a fair bit of work, some delicate cutting and edge-gluing :



 
A few hours work in the fender braces :


 
This sub-assembly is finished for now :

 
Danny

Hi all,
 
After finishing HMS Hood I've decided to do something a bit different this time. A change is as good as a holiday, as they say .
 
This is a free download of a Card model - a vintage Yamahe YA-1, the first bike that Yamaha made. This won't be a comprehensive Build Log, but I'll post pics as I complete certain significant sub-assemblies.
 
The kit is not particularly good (different to what I'm used to might be more appropriate), as they would have you use Tabs throughout the build. I'm cutting them off and edge-gluing instead. The instructions are VERY good for a card model, every step is highly detailed.
 
First thing (and I'm following the instructions with this one ) is the Headlight :



 
No clear lacquer has been applied yet. It will "hide" the unsightly excess glue marks when it's on. Next things are the front shock absorbers. The "rubber" boots took a while to make :



 
The Headstock comes next. Some of these parts are a bit tricky to work out how they fold at first, but I'm quickly getting used to it :




 
Updates will follow when I have something substantial to show.
 
Danny

Cut a flat angle in the end of a toothpick and lick it. This works well for parts that are a bit small for tweezers.
 
Use one or two tiny drops of PVA glue to position the part, allow to dry for a few minutes, then apply CA glue. A sewing needle with the end of the eye ground off, held in an Xacto handle, makes neat work of applying a small amount of CA.
 
Danny

That might still happen Jan .
 
Danny

That might still happen Jan .
 
Danny

Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 296 – Crojack Yard 1
 
The lower mizzen sail was a late development, but common on the fast clippers.  Its unique name, crossjack, more commonly "crojack", pronounced "crojick", was devised to distinguish it from the lateen yard of earlier days, previously called the mizzen yard.  The term crossjack may have derived from the run of its braces.  These ran forward toward the center in a V to pendants on the mainmast – rather than aft to belay at the sides.  Other than that, the yard is much like the other two lower yards.  The first picture shows the yard with its bare copper banding and part of the truss assembly installed.
 

 
Since the mizzen carried no studding sails, this yard had no boom irons – a welcome omission to the modeler weary of making these complex metal fittings.  The next picture shows the yard temporarily mounted by its truss.
 

 
Once returned to the bench, the jackstay stanchions, 28 gauge copper wire eyebolts, were pushed into the holes atop the yard.  Before blackening all this copper, holes for the various eye bolts were center-marked and drilled.
 

 
Drilling the small yardarm bands requires care, since each has three holes.  In the next picture the ironwork has been blacked, the jackstays slipped in and the yard again mounted temporarily.
 

 
Blackening of the ironwork, using liver of sulfur solution while rinsing the yard under running water was discussed earlier.  The next picture gives a better view of the truss.
 

 
With the mounting shown above, the length of the length of the chain sling assembly may be measured and the hole for the mast eyebolt drilled.  The sling assembly consists of a yard eyebolt, a shackle, chain and a mast eyebolt.  In the next picture, this assembly plus other rigging has been added to the yard.
 

 
The standing rigging on these lower yards consists of the chain sling and the 4½" footropes with their 4" stirrups.  The topping lift pendants and one of the reef tackle blocks suspended from the yardarms may be seen in this picture.  Less visible, but also present, are the chain sheets for the lower topsail yard and the central iron sheet block.  Before setting this yard, blocks for all the running rigging will be added – next post.
 
Ed

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

Thanks for the "heads-up" Jan. I've downloaded all the remaining five motorbikes, I'll decide later if I make another (or all of them ).
 
The front fender took a fair bit of work, some delicate cutting and edge-gluing :



 
A few hours work in the fender braces :


 
This sub-assembly is finished for now :

 
Danny

Hi all,
 
After finishing HMS Hood I've decided to do something a bit different this time. A change is as good as a holiday, as they say .
 
This is a free download of a Card model - a vintage Yamahe YA-1, the first bike that Yamaha made. This won't be a comprehensive Build Log, but I'll post pics as I complete certain significant sub-assemblies.
 
The kit is not particularly good (different to what I'm used to might be more appropriate), as they would have you use Tabs throughout the build. I'm cutting them off and edge-gluing instead. The instructions are VERY good for a card model, every step is highly detailed.
 
First thing (and I'm following the instructions with this one ) is the Headlight :



 
No clear lacquer has been applied yet. It will "hide" the unsightly excess glue marks when it's on. Next things are the front shock absorbers. The "rubber" boots took a while to make :



 
The Headstock comes next. Some of these parts are a bit tricky to work out how they fold at first, but I'm quickly getting used to it :




 
Updates will follow when I have something substantial to show.
 
Danny

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

Denis, the MT-01 or the MT-10 will be my next card model bike . Edge gluing isn't easy - you generally have only a 0.25mm edge to glue. Sometimes I might laminate an extra piece inside the join to make it a bit easier.
 
This kit has three stages. The first one is now finished. Here's a particularly tricky piece to cut and fold :

 
The seat is one of the most difficult pieces I've found so far, owing to the multiple curves. It hasn't turned out quite as well as I hoped, so it's going to get sanded and painted. I used sanding sealer to fill in all the joins :


 
The frame has a lot of tube rolling involved. Where it needs extra strength there's an internal support :


 
Stage one finished. I haven't permanently attached the steering/front guard assembly yet, as it's rather difficult to hold the frame with it in place while I'm fitting the engine, seat etc :





 
Danny

Thanks for the "heads-up" Jan. I've downloaded all the remaining five motorbikes, I'll decide later if I make another (or all of them ).
 
The front fender took a fair bit of work, some delicate cutting and edge-gluing :



 
A few hours work in the fender braces :


 
This sub-assembly is finished for now :

 
Danny