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YOUNG AMERICA 1853 by Bitao - FINISHED - 1:72
druxey replied to Bitao's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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Certainly scuppers are a vexing problem. I figured that they had to go between the ports and between the frame timbers, also avoiding any plank butts.
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What specie of wood and what bending method are you using, Mark?
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Welcome and bienvenue! Yes, Herreshoff did some amazing designs. If you ever get the chance, you should try to visit the museum where there are many of his boats, either restored or in process.
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Drafting
druxey replied to mangulator63's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
A few more random thoughts: When I went to purchase my first drafting board (wasit really nearly 50 years ago?) I looked at a 4' 0" one and was advised that 5' 0" would be better in the long run. Didn't that turn out to be too small! I 'upgraded' to a 6' 0" board a few years later. A big, solid vintage board it is - I still use it today, My school (British, public) did not offer any technical courses whatsoever. So I taught myself the fundamentals and then more advanced work such as producing two and three point perspectives from floor plans and elevations. I became proficient enough to be engaged by architectural companies to produce renderings for them. Later, as a theatrical designer, I channelled these skills into both working drawings for set construction as well as accurately render sets from an audience POV. It was gratifying to get feedback from construction and painting crews that my work was the easiest that they ever received to work from. Season's greetings to all readers! -
Hull Planking Question
druxey replied to tomsimon's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Most folk think wood is uniform in consistency, but it is not. While a plank may stay fairly stable in length, its width can change quite a bit, as Bob has pointed out. Try to keep models at a consistent humidity level if you can. Temperature change has a less, but still appreciable, effect. -
Drafting
druxey replied to mangulator63's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Small scans are done at home, but large 24" x 36" sheets are taken to a local architectural reproduction/sign company office where I have the sheet(s) scanned at 300 dpi. The resulting scan is imported into any vector program such as Illustrator or whatever. -
Drafting
druxey replied to mangulator63's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Tim wrote: I'm just curious, does anyone still sit at a drafting board and design and draw anymore? Actually, yes. I do preliminary drafting that way, scan and then transfer to computer. After years at a conventional drawing board equipped with a rail machine, I find it a rapid process to start with. Jaager: I feel for your frustration with Deane. I think that there are errors either in his instructions or in the transcription. There is a small international group researching how hulls were drafted back in the 1680 time period. Slowly the 'shipwrights' secrets are being unravelled! All the evidence points to various ingenious mathematical and geometrical constructions by different designers such as Pett and Deane. -
HMS Sphynx by TBlack - 1:64
druxey replied to TBlack's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Just catching up, Tom. Congratulations on a fine result. Just make sure that the model is not in direct sunlight on the sill there. Heat and light - particularly if uneven on both sides - do horrible things to models. -
I notice quite a jump in date stamps. Is this project still under way?
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Yes, it's best to get back in the saddle, Mark. As others have said, we've all made silly mistakes at one time or another. Onward and upward!
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Nice to see you back on this project, Allan! It has been a while, hasn't it?
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Rasps are good for rough-shaping solid wood hulls. However, if you try to shape a framed hull that way, you will get chip-out of the frames on the 'far' side of the cut. A great way to destroy hours of careful framing! I use my beautifully made Auriou rasps only on furniture related activities.
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Terrific detail: I love the fact you included the drainage/handhold gaps on the entry steps. So seldom seen on models.
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While the above information and personal experience is interesting as well as eliciting my sympathy, we seem to have wandered a long way from chisels and edge tools in general, which is what the original enquiry was all about!
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I absolutely agree with Jim! Buy cheap and repent at leisure. If you can't afford a full set of quality chisels, just buy two different sizes and add to as needed and budget affords. You won't regret it. As for internal frame fairing, I simply use a shallow Pfeil palm gouge, then shaped sanding blocks. Not chisels.
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Part of the issue here is folk like Gary and myself giving you instructions from the cheap seats! Or is that the cheap sholes?
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Don't forget the sholes/soles!
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