Jump to content
MSW Spring Donation Drive

mikec

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    334

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by mikec

  1. mikec
    Hi, is the mainmast and mizzen mast racked back? I am about to work on this and i think the kit has them at 90 degrees. thanks Mike
  2. mikec
    Looks real. I will be following your work as a guide for me. I am just about to start the formast top
  3. mikec
    here is the shipped anchor
  4. mikec
    The treenails on the cheeks were made by drilling and then gluing and inserting pencil leadfrom bic refill lead pencils.
  5. mikec
    more mast pics
  6. mikec
    Thanks for the birthday wishes and the kind comments on my model. Sorry for the long time between posts. I have made progress: I have shipped the anchor, I am very pleased with how the anchor chain turned out. I blackened with gun black solution, it looks very real. I also made the lower foremast. I used B.E's method of manila folder card for the woolding hoops. I use a two in one Teak stain/satin varnish. this stains the card well, you cannot tell that the hoops are not wood, and i love the colour. I noticed in Longridges book, that in plan view, the bibs are splayed out and do not run parallel. I assembled the bibs in two parts and followed long ridges plan. The AOTS book does not show this, but the zig zag splt in the bibs shown the AOTS books lead me to think that the Endeavour bibs would have been splaid out as well.
  7. mikec
    magnifecent work. Worthy of any museum.
  8. mikec
    Great work, I reckon that sketch of Parkinsons is the most compelling evidence of bumpkins.
  9. mikec
    She is looking absolutely magnificent. I have thoroughly enjoyed following your fantastic work.
  10. mikec
    Hi Grant, magnificent job. She looks absolutely amazing. I will look forward to following your next build.
  11. mikec
    thanks for the kind comments and birthday wishes. i will post more progress pics soon, cheers Mike
  12. mikec
    And another...
  13. mikec
    More progress, apologies for the quality of the photos. i will post better ones soon.
  14. mikec
    Fantastic work. The anchors look very very realistic.
  15. mikec
    You have done an incredible job. She is looking awesome. I will be using your pics as a guide when I start my rigging
  16. mikec
    You have done an incredible job. She is looking awesome. I will be using your pics as a guide when I start my rigging
  17. mikec
    I have started scratch building the large cat blocks used to haul the anchor. Here is progress so far...
  18. mikec
    She looks fantastic. Can you please advise what size and make of thread you are using? or are you making your own?
  19. mikec
    thanks Slog, I agree its a tricky little job, and took me a few practice runs to get the technique. I superglued the 1st loop around the ring. This allowed me to pull each loop tightly around the ring, pinching each loop to the ring in place as i went. i applied a spot of superglue after every 4 or 5 turns until finished. I then used fingernail clippers to cut off the ends. A coat of matt varnish then seals the whole thing and gets rid of the glossy super glue. The tan coloured binding are simply "seized" in place. cheers Mike
  20. mikec
    Grant, your boats are incredible. I can't wait to see them in place. It will really finish off your victory beautifully. When I finish my Endeavour model, I will use your log as my guide to building the other boats. Awesome modelling skills Grant.
  21. mikec
    Thanks for all the encouragement guys. I spent the afternoon applying the "puddening" to the anchor rings (quite a tricky little job) and making the two large cat blocks to weigh the anchors....
  22. mikec
    I echo the comments of everyone above. magnificent work.
  23. mikec
    What an amazing model you are scratch building. I am tempted to have a go for mine...
  24. mikec
    Added the "iron " bands to the anchor stock and undercoated in preparation for painting and "puddening" the anchor rings. I took the photo on my plans from AOTS...
  25. mikec
    And here are the fiddly chained eyebolts...

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...