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Michael, My wife appears ready to call emergency medical technicians... as I sit at my computer, silent, mouth agape, working my way page by page through your build log. I am speechless. This engine and gearbox are outstanding. Truly. I have just a few questions on your design, fabrication, and assembly approach. As all fabricated components have dimensions, and dimensional and positional tolerances, did you conceive a plan for dimensional tolerance management ahead of commencing with the machining of the components? Or are there few enough 'stacks' of components that you can control individual parts dim's/tol's to allow assembly? I am now here and on board for the long haul. With great respect, Elia -
Bob, I've just caught up here - sweet little sloop you've got going! Cheers Elia
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Yacht America by Leo-zd - FINISHED - 1:200
Elia replied to Leo-zd's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Leo-zd, That is very sharp miniature model. Very well done. I am very impressed with the detail and scale you put into it. Cheers Elia -
Sherry, It is great to see another update on your build, and those cannon look great! As one who doesn't own a lathe and has to find alternative processes and materials to what typically would be lathe turnings, i appreciate and applaud your extremely sharp looking 'mixed medium' cannons. Well done! Cheers Elia
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Hi Lawerence, Thank you very much for the compliments. I look forward to seeing your Annie take shape. It looks like a beauty of a ship that will be quite attractive as a model. I thoroughly enjoyed building up the hull and planking my model. While there is a decent amount of spiling to the hull planks, these fishermen have such attractive hull shapes once planked. And there is actually quite a bit of variety inthe shapes - plumb stems, spoon bows, Fredonia hulls, sharpshooter and clipper bows, deep and shallow draft hulls, not to mention jib booms, pole bowsprits, semi-knockabouts, and knockabout rigs... With the cold winter weather upon us my basement shop, my man cave, with the emphasis on "cave", is quite uncomfortable for modeling so right now I'm slowly puttering on the masts and spars. I built a dory I intend to use as a master and cast a bunch of them...but that is progressing slowly too. Cheers Elia
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Beautiful. And always amazing to see. My recent dory (1/48 scale) is about the same length, three planks per side, and your tiny J class looks so so much better. Impressive. Patrick, how wide are those planks at their widest point? Cheers Elia
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Patrick, Another J class?! Too sweet! I too will thoroughly enjoy watching another of your miniature masterpieces emerge. Cheers Elia
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Superb, Bruce. I'm very glad to see your update. The scale of details and lines, and of detailing, are quite impressive. Cheers Elia
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Remco, Beautiful work on the pintles, gudgeons, and rudder. So very nice. Cheers, Elia
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John, Little Francis is looking good. The planking looks nice and flowing. Sweet. I really like the flow of the upper strakes as they run aft, aside of the counter and to the transom. Really clean and smooth. Have fun up in the mountains - nice and refreshing! Cheers, Elia
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Dimitris, Very nice! One question - why apply fiberglass/resin over the hull? Cheers, Elia
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Russ, The deadeyes, strops, hardware, and chainplates look great. I too think once blackened or painted those will look spot on. Very very nice. Cheers Elia
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She is coming alone Figuerres. The ship looks great. I look forward to seeing the standing rigging get installed. Cheers Elia
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Omega, Wow. Congratulations on completing Ingomar! I've just caught up on your build log. The details you've put in at such a small scale are so impressive. It really conveys the feel of the yacht. That little piece of artwork will draw much attention I am sure. Amazing. Cheers Elia
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Ed, I hope you and your family have a very warm holiday. I didn't know that any photos of Young America existed! What year was that taken? (Or estimated?) Cheers Elia
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Eddie, Your Ben Latham looks great and the really the part of a Gloucester fisherman. I love your deck furniture and detail and look forward to seeing your masking and rigging develop. Cheers Elia
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Looking for rigging diagram or photos for Benjamin W Latham
Elia replied to Hog2sail's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Eddie, In plans development of my Arethusa build I put together hand drawn sketches of each of the rigging lines. I initially and solely used Howard I. Chapelle's The American Fishing Schooners' appendices. I then altered them when I obtained detailed photos of a large scale model and also photos of the real ship (a rare luxury). I encoruage you in taking the MS Benjamin Latham plans and try doing the same. You might want to look at the photos of Jim Lefever's model, noted previously (at shipmodeling.net), as that very likely shows what the plans book presents as small sketches. This takes a little time, but in my experience it helped me greatly in understanding the functioning of each line. And compared to a three mast ship-of-the-line it is relatively easy. Cheers, Elia -
Stephan, Looking good. The planksheer and margin plank really helps define the deck planform shape. Very nicely done. The transoms on these schooners are trickier than one might think. The angle of the transom can be at quite a shallow angle with respect to the counter, making for some very long, beveled edges to the transom. I'm sure I made two or three before accepting one. Cheers Elia
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Pen Duick 1898 by Mfelinger - 1:20
Elia replied to Mfelinger's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Matija, Oh! As John noted - a brave move. I understand having to do it - I've had similar decisions in my modeling. I think the run of those deck planks was excellent. What do you do to get the even thin space between the planks? Do you use a thin spacer? Or bevel the deck plank edges? The effect is very sharp. And I too think this is one gorgeous sailboat. Cheers, Elia -
Dimitris, Nice work. Tiropita? Cheers, Elia
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Ed, It is so enjoyable to see your progress in the evening after a day at work. While the entire ship is a masterpiece, the complexity of the stern fascinates me most. The compound geometry of the framing, and the rails and planking, are rather intimidating to me. So very impressive. Cheers, Elia PS I'll keep watching quietly in awe.
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Matija, Super stuff! The dories really catch my eye. I'm working on my first one now. I'm not sure how I'll get 10 to 12 made. Yours look great, and I really like those stacked dories! The overall shots show how it comes together - a real beauty of a fisherman (racer
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Dimitris, Very nice start to impressive ship. Those first planking strakes look good, as does the keel rabbet. I haven't seen a build log of the ship so I'll enjoy watching this develop. Cheers Elia
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Matija, More beautiful work! I like the brailles on the main and fore gaffs, along with all of that rigging. Nice. A great looking model. I too refer to Howard Chapelle's AFS, a great reference and resource for these fishermen. Cheers, Elia
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Matija, That is some wonderful work. From the served standing rigging to the spars and ironwork, i love it all. I really lkke the scale of the rigging/block ironwork on the main boom and others in the photos. I see your main mast chainplates are routed through the monkey rail and not on its outer side. My Arethusa has that same feature - just a little detail requiring some planning. Cheers, Elia
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