Dave_E

If your talking about the deadeyes themselves, they will be ok if you can turn them.

I’m in.👍😀

Sweet Bill! Thank you for sharing Brother! 👍😎

See what happens Bill, you put your feet in the picture and your ship building thread got highjacked with vacation and retirement talk. 😂

I’d be fibbing if I said I wouldn’t want to be in your (flip flops) about now. 😎

Hi Dave,

WOW! Simply outstanding! What have you done with all the ships you’ve built? Going to start the Agamemnon?

NICE! 👍😀

NICE! I think Ive seen every plane on that deck in action except one. 😀

Hi Doug,

Welcome to the forum! 👍😀

Now your talkin! 😎

Your choice of CA is not a bad one. Step back 3’ and if you cannot easily detect the issue at hand (and you have the eye for it)… standardize from this moment forward if you wish. My .02 for what it’s worth. The ship is beautiful at this point! 👍😀

47 minutes ago, glennard2523 said:

I have a nice simple method which seem to yield decent results most of the time.

I’d be interested in your process. 

Outstanding Dan! Excellent work and detail. When you start the half hull… do a build log? 👍😀

Looks really good.👍😀

Decided to hang the starboard anchor... no real reason why. I've seen others do this and decided it fits. Now on to the rope coils.

After I took the previous pics, I noticed the lines were not taught on the block and tackle for the anchor, so I tried some shellac magic. It worked. 😁

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18 minutes ago, Roger Pellett said:

Generally speaking what looks most like the real thing is paint. With the exception of the deck, ships were protected from the weather with some kind of coating- white stuff, black stuff, copper sheathing, or anti fouling bottom paint below the waterline.  Topsides were tarred and in later years painted.  Decks were sanded regularly with holy stones or left to weather.

 

Unless done by one of the masters using the woods posted by Allan above, much of the natural wood school of modeling IMHO looks amateurish.  The “walnut” offered in kits is a marketing ploy to convince buyers that they are getting something deluxe.  

 

Roger

Sounds like words of wisdom to me. 👍😀

Hi All,

I’m asking because you all have the answers. What kind of trees were the ships in the late 1700s made of? Different lumber used in Britain versus the east coast of the US? Then… what species of modeling lumber that we can get best replicates the original builds? Wood that will be painted over, I guess in immaterial. I see may fine models of perfection that are built from perhaps wood that will behave and work better during the building process. Is getting a realistic representation of the wood species actually used done with “weathering” techniques?

Dave, your work is simply beautiful! Your sense of humor is a delight to read along the way as well. 😁 Is speedy a 3/16 scale?

Looking good! 👍😀

Tell again what you bought and from where. Thanks.

That little bit of wisdom is going into the notebook. Thanks Fellers. 👍😀

Cannons look outstanding! 👍😀

Have fun! When you get back, tell us where you went. 👍😎

Hi Keith,

I’m going to try and add some rope coils, however that will be after I build a jig and practice. It’s tempting to just throw the other anchor on and the upper mast stay and the swivel guns and be done, but I know I can do some learning and some experience for the Rattlesnake and get a better finish on the Lady.

Thank you Glenn, that mean a lot to me coming from you. 😊