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albert reacted to druxey in Greenwich Hospital barge of 1832 by druxey - FINISHED - 1:48 scale
Well, some progress to report. The ensign staffs are done. They were made and tapered using the usual square to octagon to round method. The trucks plus a few inches below them are painted gold. I scored around each staff to act as a stop for the paint: it was too small to mask conventionally. For those wondering why the pace has slackened a bit, I've another project to announce shortly.
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albert reacted to Gaetan Bordeleau in Le Fleuron by Gaetan Bordeleau - FINISHED - 1:24
the oven will be completed only with next upper deck
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albert reacted to GDM67 in HMS Naiad 1797 by GDM67 - 1:60 - using Ed Tosti Books
Happy Monday! I am now 130 hours into the Naiad. Not a lot of progress this week due to my building a fort in the backyard for my kids. But in keeping with my Monday posting, here is the view of the stern transoms and filler pieces. You will note that I have begun to carefully fair these sections. At this point, I am just trying to keep things at a pre-finished state, recognizing that the final sand and buffing will come much later in the build.
I feel that I have reached a point in the build where I know it will be successful. I say that cautiously, and what I am trying to say is that I can visualize the rest of the build as it should be. The stern and bow sections were especially tricky and despite this not being my first scratch project, I was still unsure as to how things should go.
In the final sanding, the foot of the cant frames will flow into the cut down of the beardning line for a scale 2".
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albert got a reaction from mtaylor in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glenn, fantastic work.
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albert got a reaction from mtaylor in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
Very nice work.
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albert got a reaction from EdT in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Hi Ed, your clipper is fantastic.
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albert reacted to archjofo in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
Thank you so much for the positive comment and to all for the LIKES
According to my announcement here more pictures:
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albert reacted to AON in HMS Bellerophon 1786 by AON – scale 1:64 – 74-gun 3rd Rate Man of War - Arrogant-Class
Unfortunately my little camera does not have a macro feature
My darling wife was going to get her super dooper do-it-all camera but decided to try the camera on her new fangled do-it-all cell phone.
It is a sad day, her phone camera is better than what I am using.
Yesterday was a beautiful day in southern Ontario, ruined by spring time yard work and summer-izing the snow blower, taking up the yard furniture from the basement. Spent the afternoon flattening the staples.
Today I intended to blacken them as I read on Wikipedia that they were iron. The photo I posted earlier from HMS Invincible (1758) states they were copper as do a number of other sources. One other states they were iron unless the ship hull was copper sheathed in which case the staples were copper to avoid corrosion of the iron.
The entire fleet was not coppered until after 1781. In 1783 a mixture of copper-zinc was used to manufacture the hull bolts to avoid corrosion. HMS Bellerophon was ordered in January 1782 and launched October 1786.
I must decide, today, whether to blacken them regardless for aesthetics, or leave them to tarnish naturally over time as copper.
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albert reacted to NenadM in Cutty Sark by NenadM
Not serious working this days, which were filled with different activities out of workshop
Spring comes, and everything, (including weeds) in homeyard is getting wild
So, get down on your knees, Chief, and worship botany God ...
before
and after
and that is only one of places where is jungle in yard. This Yuka stayed, because it is planted in top of old boiler, and limited to grow anywhere around
At the evening, we visited my father (90) still very connected with his excellent brain and with reality. Three generations ... My father, as specialized engineer was first person who ride first former Yougoslavia nuclear reactor in Vincha
Next is very old historical picture found in family archive, from opening of nuclear reactor, my father is sitting on a control desk, after him is President Tito with top-level leaders of Yugoslavia ( Aleksandar Rankovic, Edvard Kardelj, Mosha Piade, ...
Just to mention, my father is author of famous (in that time) "Mostar appeal" about prohibition of bombing nuclear plants, which later developed to international Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM). He had more than 150 scientific works in matter of nuclear energy, nuclear safety, and environment pollution protection. he is retired more than 25 years from now, and very very old
But still live
Nice family story
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albert got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Hi Ed, your clipper is fantastic.
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albert got a reaction from ggrieco in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glenn, fantastic work.
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albert got a reaction from Canute in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glenn, fantastic work.
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albert got a reaction from Omega1234 in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glenn, fantastic work.
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albert got a reaction from GLakie in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
Hi Glenn, fantastic work.
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albert reacted to ggrieco in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River
This week I finished up the plumbing, reach rods and the other bits that tie the engine to the main shaft. I decided to go with an oil finish for the wood and was able to oil the cylinder timbers, pittman and flywheel. It gets a little tight with all the machinery and I wanted to make sure I got everything before moving on. I'm leaving the throw-out bearings and bearing caps off until the upper works are a little farther along -- I may need to remove the paddlewheels temporarily.
Bronze cam frame bearings and caps added.
Cam rods in to determine the length of the reach rods.
Reach rod handles.
Engine just about complete. The steam exhaust stack will be blackened. Next week, on to the boilers.
Feedwater pump and pre-heater.
Starboard side.
Port side.
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albert reacted to igorcap in Head figure for Oliver Cromwell
I with its model of Oliver Cromwell at the Cup of Kiev in 2013
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albert reacted to igorcap in Head figure for Oliver Cromwell
I did a lot of photos during work.
1st pfoto - test milling of pears
2nd photo shows error of combining parties in turn. I had to change machine coordinate search technique for more accurate processing
3rd photo - final figure after CNC
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albert reacted to igorcap in Head figure for Oliver Cromwell
I finished production of Juno head figure for model Oliver Cromwell in scale of 1:48 from boxtree.
Technological chain of next - 3D model, then CNC milling, then hand finishing.
First time I tried 4-axis milling. It was harder than I thought, but I coped
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albert got a reaction from mtaylor in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Hi Ed, your clipper is fantastic.
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albert got a reaction from Piet in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Hi Ed, your clipper is fantastic.
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