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What brand is a good head mounted magnifier,light.
Elia replied to kiwiron's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Just an update here - I received an Optivisor for Christmas this year and I really like it. I received with it an additional lens magnification set (#5). The entire device works quite well. It is easy to wear, it has a comfortable headband cushion, and it 's "hood" is deep enough to completely fit over my standard eyeglasses without contacting or disturbing them. Lastly I received the LED spotlight attachment and seems to provide a nice bright spot wherever you aim it. It takes a little getting used to, particularly working with the object at the device's focal distance (versus where I used to hold it). So far I am a happy a camper. Elia -
Chuck, Thank you for passing along the sad news. My condolences and prayers go out his family. Elia
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Druxey, Oh, I like that instrument. I can see the rack in the upper photo. Is that for adjusting the proportional scale? Or is it for calibration? Cheers, Elia
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Very nice Tim. That does look like quite thin plywood. It was worth your redoing it over. It looks very good. Cheers, Elia
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Alfons, Thanks! Yes, I did use the dry transfer letters and transom artwork that came with the Blue Jacket Kit. Those were my first experience with them and I initially had difficulty in learning how to apply them since there weren't any extras with which to practice. Those decals worked well. I think the biggest challenge was that transom decal, which is fairly large, and the need to position it across the curved transom during application. If I recall it moved on me once or twice but worked out in the end. Cheers, Elia
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Michael, Progress on your cutter model looks great. I think the revision to the coaming dimensions will improve the look of the cockpit, and your wood work is as crisp as ever. I love that bent back wicker chair, too. Cheers, Elia
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Bob, Ron, Robert, Michael, Thank you very much for your interest and comments on Arethusa. Thanks also go to those who have looked in and 'liked' Arethusa. With the cove in ship shape and the remediation covered under a nice coat of hull black Arethusa is looking better. I've learned a lesson on that cove - similar future details will just be pin stripe masked! On my Smuggler build I first encountered dry transfer decals and while I had a few minor issues with them I did like their application and look. I gave carving the name and hail in wood the old college try, on test pieces of course, but couldn't get the widths of the components of each letter thin enough for my liking and settled on these. My attempts at hand carving were pretty bad, and using a Dremel with a 1/32 inch diameter bit yielded only slightly better results. Woodland Scenics have many fonts, colors, and sizes, allowing for (at least close) matching to what is known of a ships name lettering. I am happy with the results and they were rather easy to apply. Cheers, Elia PS I soldered and fabricated 13 more ringbolts, the last four lower deadeye strops, and four bullseye strops and eyebolts today - yeah.
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Shipwrights - a little progress on my dearest Arethusa. Third time is a charm, at least for me and the yellow cove. I redid one last section of it on the starboard bow, eliminating the last offensive (to me) waver. Done. Yipee! I have added the ship's name and hail port in the appropriate locations, using Woodland Scenic Dry Transfer letters, and have repainted much of the upper hull black. I have completed the checker board guide installations, the boom buffer, the cleats, the chocks, and the stanchion located ringbolts. I have also installed guide pins for the deck furniture to ensure proper placement and to ensure better retention of the components. It is surprising how much time all of those little elements time. Though not show here in photos I have completed 16 of the 20 double wire strops for the deadeyes, have stained the deadeyes (Minwax Ebony stain), and have fabricated/soldered much of the catheads. I hope to show all of these elements assembled in the not too distant future. Cheers, Elia
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Ed, Young America looks tremendous in those isometric style photos. Very fine work on those last full frames and their interface to the keel, and the notching for the keelson. May you and your family have very happy holidays. Cheers, Elia
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Clare, Your brass etchings look great. You've clearly got a good, repeatable process worked out. Have you given any thought to etching those paddle wheel parts you aren't happy with? Cheers, Elia
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Cap'n'Bob, This is great news! I've seen those plans and have thought that they would make for a well documented scratch build. I'm pulling up a chair next to your shipyard's ways and await your progress. Cheers, Elia
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PopJack, I can't add anything on the finish scheme of Bluenose, but wish you the best with that cove. I finally got mine to an acceptable state after redoing two smaller sections for a third time (!). Cheers, Elia
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Beautiful and precise, Toni. So very, very nice. Cheers, Elia
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Mark, I couldn't agree more. Unless I have a very specific measurement need I use my proportional dividers to transfer dimensions from plans to wood or template, find midpoints been model features, etc. As with most tools paying for quality yields accurate, repeatable results time and time again. Cheers, Elia
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Tim, That is a beautiful hull there! Really excellent work. Cheers, Elia
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PopJack, I ran into essentially this exact problem on my Arethusa build. I didn't scrape the groove for the cove parallel to the edge of the waist. I then used really thin (1/64") masking tape. I painted the cove yellow, after drying applied the masking tape, sealed the edges with yellow, and then applied the black hull paint. My cove stripe wandered too much for my liking. The combination of a wandering cove, and the tape not sitting easily or cleanly down in the cove were the culprits. I went the radical route and cut the outboard portion of the entire strip of wood with the cove in it off and grafted in a new, un-scraped strip. After spackling, sanding and fairing I repeated the process except on the second time there wasn't a groove. It worked far better - but - I might suggest you try cleaning out the groove of paint, filling it will a wood filler or spackle, and then sanding and fairing. I think your model will suffer less damage than if you follow what I did (lesson learned for me). I see Model Expo sells 1/64" wide masking tape. That is the stuff I bought, though I don't think I had purchased mine from them…don't recall. Cheers, Elia
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Symiaki Skafi by stelios
Elia replied to stelios's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Stelios, Very nice mizzen sail. It looks perfect laced to the mizzen mast. Cheers, Elia -
Russ, The deck planking looks very smart and tidy. It is good seeing you make progress on your schooner. Cheers, Elia
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Ed, Excellent presentation. I've thought about highly beveled, sistered frames and the challenge of installing bolts or treenails perpendicular to the frame face - while getting both bolt ends on the frame flat surfaces. Your pictures present that very, very well. Cheers, Elia
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Thank you, Bob. It is good to be active again. Cheers, Elia
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Lou, Blackie, Thank you very much for stopping on Arethusa and for the very kind and generous comments. That yellow stripe by and large runs pretty true. It is quite thin - rather amazingly thin masking tape is the trick. There are a few spots where it wavers just a whisker, but in one location, to my eye, it's somewhat of a doosie. [the more I think and write about it the more I think of redoing it!]. Lou, it was quite some time that I was away from working on Arethusa and it is good to be back working with wood and brass. I look forward to getting the hull completed and starting on the masting and rigging. Cheers, Elia
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Hi Alfons and Padeen, Thank you for stopping in on Arethusa. I hope to make more progress in the coming weeks. Cheers, Elia
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Michael, I'm just catching up after some time away. I'm speechless. Your work is exemplary. All of those details built as would a true boat/ship. The blocks, that compass, and the companionway are stunning. Is this model a prototype for full scale fabrication? Come on, fess up. Cheers, Elia
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Lou, Your Harvey looks tremendous. The revised mast head details are very good. I love the clean work on the channels, chainplates, and deadeyes. (And that hull and bulwark planking is outstanding). Cheers, Elia
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Alfons, Rest assured there are schooner fans here very interested in you Smuggler build! That is beautiful detail work on the bowsprit and jib boom. Very clean and crisp. Those sheaves look very smart in the jib boom, as does all of the ironwork. I like that lower eyebolt 'nut' detail. Sweet. Very very nice sir. Cheers, Elia
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