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captainbob got a reaction from John Allen in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
Hi Lawrence, I haven’t done much but I’ll show you where I am now.
On boat number one I added the window plastic and mounted the clearstory windows. I added the prop and rudder, and the steering chain. All that’s left on number one is the steering station and a few chocks and cleats.
On number two I painted the hull white and added the flooring. On the bench in the foreground you can see the side windows for number two and the yellow card stock is the template for the front of the cabin.
That’s it for now.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
So here we are finished. It was fun building these two boats. But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again. One is enough. Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
So what next? I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred. I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them. I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay. She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII. Then there is the Thealka. A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space. And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing. And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
Bob
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
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captainbob got a reaction from mtaylor in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
It was all by accident. A lot of members talk about "wipe on poly" so I went to get some. My admiral is on O2 24 / 7 and cannot stand the fumes from most paints so when I saw the Minwax Polycrylic I had to try it. It's nice on these boats that are normally highly polished, but Its too shiny for most of my boats.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from mtaylor in LENA by IgorSky - FINISHED - scale 1/290 - BOTTLE - steam schooner
What a wonderful chess set. But I don't have tweezers small enough to move the pieces without knocking all the others off the board.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from FriedClams in Dirty Dozen by xken - FINISHED - Abalone Fishing Boat
Fine job, Ken. The museum should be happy.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from FriedClams in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
So here we are finished. It was fun building these two boats. But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again. One is enough. Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
So what next? I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred. I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them. I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay. She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII. Then there is the Thealka. A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space. And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing. And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
Bob
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
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captainbob got a reaction from John Allen in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
So here we are finished. It was fun building these two boats. But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again. One is enough. Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
So what next? I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred. I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them. I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay. She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII. Then there is the Thealka. A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space. And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing. And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
Bob
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
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captainbob got a reaction from John Allen in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
It was all by accident. A lot of members talk about "wipe on poly" so I went to get some. My admiral is on O2 24 / 7 and cannot stand the fumes from most paints so when I saw the Minwax Polycrylic I had to try it. It's nice on these boats that are normally highly polished, but Its too shiny for most of my boats.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from mtaylor in Dirty Dozen by xken - FINISHED - Abalone Fishing Boat
Fine job, Ken. The museum should be happy.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Omega1234 in LENA by IgorSky - FINISHED - scale 1/290 - BOTTLE - steam schooner
What a wonderful chess set. But I don't have tweezers small enough to move the pieces without knocking all the others off the board.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
So here we are finished. It was fun building these two boats. But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again. One is enough. Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
So what next? I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred. I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them. I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay. She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII. Then there is the Thealka. A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space. And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing. And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
Bob
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
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captainbob got a reaction from canoe21 in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
So here we are finished. It was fun building these two boats. But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again. One is enough. Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
So what next? I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred. I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them. I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay. She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII. Then there is the Thealka. A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space. And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing. And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
Bob
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
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captainbob got a reaction from Omega1234 in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
It was all by accident. A lot of members talk about "wipe on poly" so I went to get some. My admiral is on O2 24 / 7 and cannot stand the fumes from most paints so when I saw the Minwax Polycrylic I had to try it. It's nice on these boats that are normally highly polished, but Its too shiny for most of my boats.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from Omega1234 in Dirty Dozen by xken - FINISHED - Abalone Fishing Boat
Fine job, Ken. The museum should be happy.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from KeithAug in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
So here we are finished. It was fun building these two boats. But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again. One is enough. Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
So what next? I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred. I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them. I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay. She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII. Then there is the Thealka. A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space. And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing. And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
Bob
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
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captainbob got a reaction from usedtosail in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
So here we are finished. It was fun building these two boats. But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again. One is enough. Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
So what next? I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred. I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them. I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay. She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII. Then there is the Thealka. A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space. And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing. And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
Bob
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
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captainbob got a reaction from michael mott in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
So here we are finished. It was fun building these two boats. But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again. One is enough. Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
So what next? I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred. I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them. I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay. She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII. Then there is the Thealka. A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space. And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing. And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
Bob
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
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captainbob got a reaction from xken in Dirty Dozen by xken - FINISHED - Abalone Fishing Boat
Fine job, Ken. The museum should be happy.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from John Allen in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
David, I brush on two or three coats of acrylics I buy at the local craft store. I usually buy Americana brand. The blue is Primary Blue. The other boat will chang from white to Tomato Red. And then a couple coats of Minwax Polycrylic.
Bob
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captainbob 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
little update :
bringing all 4 funnels on to same rake and hight. All removeable funnels sit so fine and tightly in their sockets that the stays to go on later will be plain "cosmetic"
Nils
the eyelets in the deck are the anchoring points for the funnel stays
leveling out the funnel hights
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captainbob got a reaction from thibaultron in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
It was all by accident. A lot of members talk about "wipe on poly" so I went to get some. My admiral is on O2 24 / 7 and cannot stand the fumes from most paints so when I saw the Minwax Polycrylic I had to try it. It's nice on these boats that are normally highly polished, but Its too shiny for most of my boats.
Bob
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captainbob reacted to IgorSky in LENA by IgorSky - FINISHED - scale 1/290 - BOTTLE - steam schooner
Thank you, Bob and Lawrence!
Yes, it was fun to try to make these chessboards. I used two different techniques to do this.
Now I need to try to make sets of chess pieces.
Best Regards!
Igor.
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captainbob got a reaction from Omega1234 in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
Thanks Carl, Mark,
You and I will just have to be patient together. I want to see them too.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from John Allen in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
Thank you all for your kind words and likes. I’m kind of taken aback. Usually I build a specific boat from plans and pictures. These two are quite different in that I do not have a specific boat in mind. The hulls are pretty much standard, a little longer, a little narrower. But hulls are hulls. It’s the cabin where the creativity comes in. In every picture I saw the cabin was different. So I had to decide, ‘how many windows do I put in’, ‘are the doors centered or to the side’, ‘do I plank the inside or leave the ribs showing’. And then it’s on to the building. Each piece of wood is held in place and marked. Do I want it this long or should I make it shorter? As someone said in another thread, “The eye knows what is right”. And according to you all, my eye must be fine. I have to admit I am enjoying these builds. And I want to thank you again for the encouraging words that keep this old man going.
Bob
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captainbob got a reaction from IgorSky in Two Edwardian-type launches by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 - SMALL
Lawrence, computers are a pain and sometimes I hate them but then I remember no matter how slow they are we wouldn’t have MSW to keep in touch and have that comradery I need to keep going with boat modeling.
Julie, I love the way you think, It’s like me.
Welcome aboard, Gerhard, I’ll try to keep you entertained.
Now here is where I am now. The saw blade came yesterday so I need to mount that and cut wood for the other boat. For this one I’m moving right along. I built the walls for the saloon. They’re not finished yet but placing them in the hull helps clarify the finished boat.
Bob
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