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druxey reacted to ClipperFan in L'egyptienne 1799 by Vladimir_Wairoa - 1:48 - POB
@Vladimir_Wairoa
Hi! It's Rich @ClipperFan my apologies for the long absence. Life has been a frustrating series of challenging detours. I agree whole heartedly with Rob's @rwiederrich observation about your impressive woodworking craftsmanship on your current L'Egyptienne project.
I have exciting news and need you to message me your email address. May 31st I finally visited Hyland Granby Antiques, Hyannis Port, Cape Cod, MA. There, my wife and I were invited to see and photo the Athene figurehead from Glory of the Seas. I have 68 photos to share with you. Originally, I wanted to post them but haven't been able to get permission from the owner to do that. I sent them by email to Rob and Michael Mjelde and feel you deserve to get them too.
Meanwhile, if you have any more images of your finished model, I'd really like to include them in the second NRJ article which I'm determined to finish and submit soon.
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druxey reacted to Hubac's Historian in L'Amarante by marsalv - 1:36 - POF
This is all master-class level work, Marsalv. I will try and remember to pick my jaw up from off the floor.
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druxey reacted to marsalv in L'Amarante by marsalv - 1:36 - POF
I decided to finish and fit the frames in the front and back of the model first - these frames require more beveling and I want to get this done as soon as possible.
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druxey got a reaction from mtaylor in FULMINANT by HAIIAPHNK - French stern castle
I agree that high relief rather than 'in the round' would be more likely here.
Your story-telling is as entertaining as your construction notes! I use a single point light source from beyond the piece I'm carving to throw the shadows in the correct direction. Diffuse light or from other directions is not helpful.
Beautifully done!
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druxey got a reaction from mtaylor in FULMINANT by HAIIAPHNK - French stern castle
Beautifully done. Thank you for your comments on tagua nuts. I was given some many years ago but never tried cutting or carving it. Sounds tricky to use.
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druxey reacted to moreplovac in Lе Rochefort 1787 by moreplovac - scale 1/36 - port yacht
A little table addition to bridge the gap between sanding paper and sanded part... just a two piece of plexiglass, glued together for thickness and two holes matching diameter of a sanding cylinder.. suction action of an attached vacuum, keeps the plexiglass very tight...
On the bench.... during action...
All parts are almost done...
Hard to find some hobby time during Euro24...
Happy modelling..
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druxey got a reaction from HAIIAPHNK in FULMINANT by HAIIAPHNK - French stern castle
I agree that high relief rather than 'in the round' would be more likely here.
Your story-telling is as entertaining as your construction notes! I use a single point light source from beyond the piece I'm carving to throw the shadows in the correct direction. Diffuse light or from other directions is not helpful.
Beautifully done!
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druxey reacted to Valeriy V in SS Blagoev ex-Songa 1921 by Valeriy V - scale 1:100 - Soviet Union
Some more details have been added.
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druxey reacted to cotrecerf in SS Blagoev ex-Songa 1921 by Valeriy V - scale 1:100 - Soviet Union
Hello Valeriy,
I recall having looked closely to your electro-forming excursus in your Varyag build log. Apparently in missed the other topic. Thank you very much for your lead.
Joachim
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druxey reacted to Valeriy V in SS Blagoev ex-Songa 1921 by Valeriy V - scale 1:100 - Soviet Union
Thanks Nils!
Yes, this ship was not distinguished by advanced equipment.
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druxey reacted to cotrecerf in SS Blagoev ex-Songa 1921 by Valeriy V - scale 1:100 - Soviet Union
Hey Valeriy,
super good look of the items. Especially the rudder being a quite massive part, looks very convincing. Could you achieve these results with your "hobby equipent" or did you use industrial facilities? If achievable by hobby equipment, would you be willing to share your production secrets of nickel plating with us and describe the process?
I'm always keen on learning from masters.
best greetings
Joachim
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druxey reacted to Valeriy V in SS Blagoev ex-Songa 1921 by Valeriy V - scale 1:100 - Soviet Union
Hello Joachim!
Regarding nickel plating, I wrote everything I could in the topic on Varyag. Look there carefully.
I can say briefly about this process that I learned it from videos from the Internet in Russian. I think that the same videos are available in English and German.
In a search engine, write for example: “nickel plating or copper plating at home.”
This is all quite easy to study and understand on your own. Unfortunately, my weak English will not allow me to tell you the same way as in these videos.
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druxey got a reaction from CiscoH in FULMINANT by HAIIAPHNK - French stern castle
I agree that high relief rather than 'in the round' would be more likely here.
Your story-telling is as entertaining as your construction notes! I use a single point light source from beyond the piece I'm carving to throw the shadows in the correct direction. Diffuse light or from other directions is not helpful.
Beautifully done!
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druxey reacted to MrBlueJacket in Silkspan sails
Yes, we sell true silkspan, lite grade. It does have a "grain" which means it tears differently in one direction vs the other. This is important when you layer several sheets, you must alternate the orientation.
Nic
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druxey reacted to Trussben in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Trussben - 1:48
Completed the Aft Bulkhead and installed the QD beams behind it.
You can see I used the laser cut door handles from Chuck, I think they look much nicer than the normal knobs.
Now on to the next Bulkhead.
ben
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druxey reacted to wefalck in Soleil Royal by Hubac's Historian - Heller - An Extensive Modification and Partial Scratch-Build
She is indeed coming along nicely 👍🏻
Concerning black 'marker' pens: there are now on the market several brands of 'artists' pigmented acrylic brush pens. Being pigment, rather than dye, they should not fade, particularly the black ones, that presumably contain carbon-black as pigment.
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druxey reacted to dvm27 in Soleil Royal by Hubac's Historian - Heller - An Extensive Modification and Partial Scratch-Build
I struggled with silver soldering for some time until I found a system that works for me virtually every time. First off, the mini torch I was using did not generate enough heat for silver soldering. I have since had excellent success with the Blazer Torch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017Z8KD3S?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details. More importantly I switched to silver solder paste from Euro Tools. It comes as soft, medium and hard so you can solder adjacent pieces. Otherwise I use the medium https://beaducation.com/products/silver-solder-paste-medium. I also use Battens Flux on the joint prior to soldering but I'm not sure if you need it with the paste. You only need a speck of the solder on the joint and you have to move the torch the second it flashes. At any rate if you're having unsuccessful solder joints more than 10% of the time maybe give this a try. Also, as Druxey has pointed out, it's best to place the joint on a linear plane.
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druxey reacted to Hubac's Historian in FULMINANT by HAIIAPHNK - French stern castle
Your execution on all of this is outstanding. If I could make one small suggestion: I might consider reducing the almost full-roundness of the globe beneath the wings to maybe slightly less than 3/4 roundness. To my eye, at least, that detail looks a little too full.
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druxey got a reaction from Hubac's Historian in FULMINANT by HAIIAPHNK - French stern castle
Beautifully done. Thank you for your comments on tagua nuts. I was given some many years ago but never tried cutting or carving it. Sounds tricky to use.
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druxey reacted to wefalck in Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht
I gather there various constructional and hydrodyamic factors play together.
Modern freight carriers have a much higher L/B-ratio than these rowing boats. A long parallel midship section is not detrimental to water resistance, but rather encourages laminar flow. If you did cut out that part and stuck together the bow and stern sections, the overall shape would not be so dissimilar to that of the boats of old.
One can only speculate how clinker building developed and Greenhill believes that it originates in expanding dugouts by adding planks while at the same time the dugout mutes into a sort of hollow bottom plank, eventually becoming the keel. This lends itself to smooth curves in (shell-first) planking with large radii. There is strength in flexibility in this construction as we know from experimental replicas.
It is only with plank-on-frame construction that tight bends are possible, leading to a rigid skeleton with a shell around it (certain Dutch vernacular boats are probably the most extreme examples in that respect).
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druxey reacted to KeithAug in Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht
Indeed Gary. In fact a lot more elegant than many modern hulls - particularly on container ships which seem to me to have all the elegance of house bricks. Perhaps our ancestors reliance on oars caused them to minimise the water resistance at low speed.
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druxey reacted to KeithAug in Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht
Yes Eberhard I may have seen that but I can't remember whether I am confusing it with the excellent exhibition on the Sutton Hoo site. I have been to both several times and so plenty of opportunity for me to be confused.
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druxey reacted to KeithAug in Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht
John - I think you have to imagine it as an early experiment in lost wax casting (or alternatively a medieval child's beach holiday)😀. it is now a National Trust site but unfortunately no longer a hole. Very good exhibition though.
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druxey reacted to Baker in Mary Rose by Baker - scale 1/50 - "Your Noblest Shippe"
With the beam for the swivels on the port side also installed and the frames made thinner, time to continue working on the transom.
The clinker planking that was previously installed has been removed. And the intention is to install two stern chasers here, the openings of the swivels will then remain empty.
Applying the same number of cannons as the Anthony drawing is not feasible. A nice drawing to show to a king, but not a practical design in reality.
Several attempts...
And after three attempts it became this.
Finish the holes for the swivels with a beam on top
First i make grooves. This is more work, but positioning the beam correctly is much easier.
And above this beam back to clinker planking. This will provide more strength when the frames are made thinner later.
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druxey got a reaction from daHeld73 in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
Have you considered painting the frieze on paper and then gluing it over the planking? Many contemporary models did it this way. I've found it a lot easier than trying to position the model in a way that isn't awkward - or risky! - while painting the lower counter.
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