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gieb8688 reacted to von stetina in Lightning by von stetina - 1/96 - extreme clipper
The spanker boom and gaff rigged in place. Using the correct different sizes of rigging bring on the appearance of reality. Seeing the blocks in place is bringing the ship to life for me. Just as doing the rigging on my oil paintings brings the ship to iofe for me.
I took a piece of brass tubing and ovaled it out to wrap my coils of line around to be put on the belaying pins. A touch of white glue fixed their positions.
OH! I forgot to tell you, the flying jib boom is made of brass. The wooden one would have broken. I kept bumping the brass one. Next ship at 1/8 scale I'll do more of this.
Bruce
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gieb8688 reacted to von stetina in Lightning by von stetina - 1/96 - extreme clipper
It felt great to finally put on the spreaders. Waiting to put them on until now allowed me to position the length and spread correctly. Putting them on too early could have resulted in a bad fit.
They are made of brass also. Another thing I wanted to mention is the use of bullseyes instead of deadeyes here. This is correct for the period.
Time to spend some time with the wife, I'll post more later.
Bruce
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gieb8688 reacted to von stetina in Lightning by von stetina - 1/96 - extreme clipper
Hi guys,
Here are some pics of the upper masts and most of the stays on. She wasn't a lofty ship as launched. The Brits added more when they took delivery, McKay gave her an extra wide rig instead, with the main yard being 95 feet long. I feel that he wanted to get power this way, maybe to minimize heeling as she was a passenger ship. Any of your views on this would be interesting.
Bruce
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gieb8688 reacted to Kevin in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
still finding my feet again as i well and truly get back into the build
made the spiritsail yard and placed my first line onto the build, hopefully it will still be there tomorrow unless i am told the error of my ways and do it all over again
going by the plans (well that was a stooooopid mistake I drilled the holes but the line fouls the lower cheek so a few holes to patch up - i dont see any other way around it
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gieb8688 reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Many thanks Patrick and Mick,
and all the "like this" button activators...
Patrick,
Thanks for your appreciation, I took her off the board this afternoon and was delighted of the work so far, a straight symetric and light hull like it should be. All the overstanding frame hights will be removed (cut off) and the upper deck stringers put on. The slot places are integrated alrteady when I cut the frames
I am including some pics of this milestone moment....
Mick,
Thanks for your words ,..
For plating I shall use self-adhesive aluminium foil stripes which will be ponced from the rear side to resemble the riveting
Before the plating comes on, there is still some filler application work to be done, and several semi-round rails must be attached to the ouside hull skin.
removed from the board and put on the upper end-cap plank 180° around the stern.
Stb aft view...
stb front view
view into the aft ship hull. The outcuts for the deck stringers can be seen here
the "deck-beam" upper lnes are pre cut, so only the outer sides of the frames need to be cut. In this way the decks will have a positive curvature in width direction
one of the three lock-nut devices for the stand`s pedestal-spindles (through the keel and anchored in the "backbone" )
removing some old hardened glue drops out of the hull
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gieb8688 reacted to tony in Scottish Maid and Bounty by tony - RESTORATION
She is now defuzzed,and I have made a start on sorting out the rigging .
Tony
Current build .Santa Maria-Amati bashed.
Restoring Bounty, Victory, Scotish Maid, Unknown.
Waiting Royal Caroline
Finished Mayflower AL Bashed.
Now longe moote thou sail by the coste, Sir gentil maister, gentil maryneer
Chaucer.
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gieb8688 reacted to tony in Scottish Maid and Bounty by tony - RESTORATION
Thank you gentlemen.
No I don't,both the Bounty and the Victory are del prado so its from whenever they where published.
Yes Bob,I believe its called a Senior citizen moment.
I use different size brushes and a hair dryer.
She is now dusted, and I have now started cleaning the old glue off the pieces that have come adrift.
Tony
current build -Santa Maria-Amati-bashed
restoring -Bounty-Victory-Unknown-Scottish Maid.
waiting- Royal Caroline.
This is how she is at the moment
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gieb8688 reacted to wdretired in USS Constitution by wdretired - Model Shipways
Okay I received my Model Shipways kit this morning and this is some huge kit. I have big hands but I think I'll be able to handle working with this one. I've been doing a lot of reading and after getting some definitions straightened out, I think I'm ready to begin. I am really impressed with the quality of this kit. (and I can understand the instructions too). . I'm starting off with some basic photos. . .namely the package as I received it. You can tell I'm not a salt at this because those who have completed a lot of kits don't bother with any photos until they are into the build. . not me, I'm proud of every step. . I might even break the record for the number of photos taken of a build. I built a 10 foot work bench. . installed some good lighting and magnifiers. . then I promptly opened up all the plans in the house. . . my wife was very impressed to say the least. I spent the first 5 or 6 hours laying out the parts on the plans and marking the reference lines, bearding lines, center lines, and rabbet lines on the parts from the plans. . . I read a lot of the helps that are posted on the Model Ship World tutorial page and I must say there are some very smart and helpful people on this website.
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gieb8688 reacted to vaddoc in 24' gaff-rigged ketch by vaddoc - FINISHED - Scale 1:12- exploration - a Tad Roberts design
Thank you both, I will certainly be asking for help very soon. There is no doubt that it is very difficult to get accurate results with just hand tools plus it is time consuming. I decided I needed a scroll saw and a disc sander. I bought the Dremel scroll saw but the disc sanders were just too expensive. The problem was solved when my neighbour gave me a jigsaw, an old single speed drill and a bag full of sand papers, I would make a homemade disc sander!
I put a cap on £15 in term of costs so I used whatever I had in the garage. The end result functions almost flawlessly. I had to find a way to reduce the speed but as this old drill has a universal motor it just needed a £1.5 rheostat. It has a 200 mm plate and it is not rally too noisy. Total cost was around £11.
I had to cut up the old lofting table though to reclaim the MDF. Serves it right for being inaccurate though.
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gieb8688 reacted to Nirvana in HMS Victory by gil middleton - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:72
Gil, I couldn't resist but from the day of the baptizing of your Victory I have some pictures.
Everyone let me introduce the builder of this magnificent ship.
The following four pictures is from his ship and the detailing he put in to this.
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gieb8688 reacted to tony in Scottish Maid and Bounty by tony - RESTORATION
After mutterings from the Memsaab Iv put the Santa Maria to one side and started some more tidying up.This time its the Bounty.
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gieb8688 reacted to tony in Scottish Maid and Bounty by tony - RESTORATION
Iv put the unknown model on hold till I get some information.So Iv started on the Scottish Maid,the only problem is their are some bits missing.Can anybody give me the size of the wheel?
Tony
Current build, Santa Maria- Amati-bashed
Restoring, Victory, Bounty, Scottish Maid,Unknown.
Previous build,Mayflower,AL -bashed
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gieb8688 reacted to tony in Scottish Maid and Bounty by tony - RESTORATION
Every thing is now clear,just got to put it back together.Still don't know what its called,perhaps I should put it on name that ship.
Tony
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gieb8688 reacted to tony in Scottish Maid and Bounty by tony - RESTORATION
I think I hadpressed the wrong button
Tony
current build Santa maria -Amati- bashed
previous build Mayflower -AL.
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gieb8688 reacted to pompey2 in Design and Build a Custom Work Station
I never did get back to show the finished article.
But it all went to plan and I have been using it for a few months.
It does help keep my workbench clear of debris but I still have my hand tools close at hand.
Here are some photos.
The tool tray that sits on the top
The tray lifts off to access a cutting mat below.
It has some fittings to hold the little jig I use for seizing blocks etc.
And the whole thing is low enough to roll under my workbench to keep things tidy when I'm done.
Nick
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gieb8688 reacted to AlexBaranov in HMS Cumberland 1774 by AlexBaranov - FINISHED - 1:36
Фотосессия. С отделкой корпуса при ярком солнечном свете. Снятый на профессиональной камерой. Наконец исполнение соответствуют действительности. И это хорошо.
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gieb8688 reacted to AlexBaranov in HMS Cumberland 1774 by AlexBaranov - FINISHED - 1:36
Я готовлю для изготовления канатов такелажных.
Природный решение и, следовательно, естественную текстуру и цвет
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gieb8688 reacted to AlexBaranov in HMS Cumberland 1774 by AlexBaranov - FINISHED - 1:36
work with the hull completely finished
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gieb8688 reacted to AlexBaranov in HMS Cumberland 1774 by AlexBaranov - FINISHED - 1:36
Now the ship is on its "legs"
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gieb8688 reacted to AlexBaranov in HMS Cumberland 1774 by AlexBaranov - FINISHED - 1:36
Наконец, законченная работа на модели корабля. К сожалению (есть причина), я был не в состоянии показать процесс строительства. От меня это мало влияет. Тем не менее, подлежат рассмотрению в силе, я постараюсь, чтобы сделать хорошее фото студию и добавить к этой теме.
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gieb8688 reacted to kruginmi in HMS Druid by kruginmi - 1:48 - cross-section - Hahn
Moving forward as time allows.
Buttoned up the lower hold inner planking:
Big item for me is a self imposed milestone, with the addition of the keel, false keel (purpleheart of course) and garboard strake I have now surpassed the initial build in completeness.
It wasn't a quick redo by any stretch but one I have no regrets for.
I now need to add the 3/32" planks next to the wales and think about painting them black while it is still easy. I also want to get some deck beams in and maybe start getting a main mast prototyped out. Oh, a stand. Alright, a long list of things.
Always a next step....
Mark
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gieb8688 reacted to kruginmi in HMS Druid by kruginmi - 1:48 - cross-section - Hahn
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words...
Finished the 'stuff next to the thickstuff' and added the proposed filler pieces on one half of the ship (between the limber strake and keelson). These pieces are not glued. The one piece missing is where the pump is located.
Next up is the regular planks in the tween spaces and ponder the filling pieces in the meanwhile.
Mark
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gieb8688 reacted to kruginmi in HMS Druid by kruginmi - 1:48 - cross-section - Hahn
Thanks for all the likes and words of confidence. This is just something I have to learn to live with, probably won't be my last!
Focused on getting the thickstuff in the hold. With all the work to define where the futtock joins are (and thus the thickstuff placement) I am a lot happier with the result than the first go round.
Next up is to use add the adjoining layer (3/32" basswood) next to the thick stuff (1/8" basswood). Regular planks will be with 1/16" basswood. I should have the lower hold buttoned up within two weeks. The exterior hull will also be totally planked.
Sure feels good when you cut something for one side of the build and it also fits perfectly on the opposite side.
Stay Building my Friends,
Mark
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gieb8688 reacted to kruginmi in HMS Druid by kruginmi - 1:48 - cross-section - Hahn
Hey, look at me, I can glue a deck clamp!
A long story (with a pretty happy ending so far...): I turned 50 in April and always knew this was going to be a breakout year. Not to linger on the point but after a series of events I was diagnosed with a rare disease (Mommy always said I was special). A few specialists and then a 3 week hospital stay I was back dealing with all the yard and house work that backed up.
But tonight, tonight I returned to the yard and cut and glued a deck clamp.
Well, that went so well I completed the keelson:
Not too much, I know, but a sign of things returning to normal. Now I have to look at a sprint Triathlon in less than 60 days and a lot of training I am behind on so who knows when the next update will be posted, but make no doubt there will be more.
Stay Building my Friends,
Mark
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gieb8688 reacted to kruginmi in HMS Druid by kruginmi - 1:48 - cross-section - Hahn
Thanks Eamonn and all the likes,
Still slogging ahead as time allows. I have attached all three strakes of the wales both port and starboard.
I am still using the extra deep slotted keel jig for holding everything together. I have also opted to skip the frame spacers. Using another deep slotted keel jig I insured correct spacing and glued the wales (freezing the frame spacing) then removed the slotted jig. Fairing has occurred only over the wales area - which was pretty easy. Now that the frame has been stiffened I can easily fair the rest (externally).
Next up will be removing the frame spreaders and then work on the internal fairing.
As is evident in the pics this will not take too much time. Very soon start affixing the thick stuff in the hold.
Stay Building My Friends,
Mark
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