Pirate adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from Stavanger in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from druxey in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from CiscoH in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from dvm27 in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from mtaylor in LA CREOLE/ LA GUADELOUPE by matiz - 1:48 - by Tiziano Mainardi from Boudriot plans
I am super excited to follow along on this one from the start!
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from mtaylor in L'Amarante by marsalv - 1:36 - POF
I am really excited to follow along from the start. Your Pandora and le Gros Ventre logs were both very inspirational.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from Keith Black in LA CREOLE/ LA GUADELOUPE by matiz - 1:48 - by Tiziano Mainardi from Boudriot plans
I am super excited to follow along on this one from the start!
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from Scottish Guy in L'Amarante by marsalv - 1:36 - POF
I am really excited to follow along from the start. Your Pandora and le Gros Ventre logs were both very inspirational.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from davyboy in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from cotrecerf in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from Hartron in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from gjdale in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
I diverted from the steps in TFFM to build the knee of the head. I will work on fairing this piece to the stem and then put it away for safekeeping until the fore cants and hawse timbers have been installed. It still needs to be tapered in both directions and the slot for the gammoning cleaned up a bit.
I used druxey's recommendation of painting the edges of the joints brown before gluing. I like the way it turned out. I am expecting some powdered brown pigments from the Amazon guy today that I will try mixing with glue going forward.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Glued up the keel and false keel. I used black tissue paper between the joints after testing it for color fastness when applying finish to a scrap piece. The black tissue paper comes with a level of frustration that I was not prepared for, but it does end up in a crisp black line between the parts. I am finding tiny pieces of black tissue paper all over the house, as it static clings to everything. Hard to believe it has already taken 11 pieces to get to this point. I am following the steps in The Fully Framed Model, so next up is the lower stem.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
I've managed to cut the scarphs for the keel as well as the section with the boxing joint. It only took me 3 tries to make the section with the boxing joint without messing something up Plenty of good size pieces for the scrap box.
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Pirate adam got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
The fun begins. My references indicate the keel should be built up in 5 segments 13" square. I am using swiss pear for the keel and frames. My plan is to cut the scarphs for the keel on the mill and cut the boxing joint with chisels. We'll see how that goes . I glued a copy of the stem to a piece of plastic to use as a template for shaping both the boxing joint and the stem later.
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Pirate adam got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from allanyed in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from jpalmer1970 in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from Thukydides in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
Knee of the head Mk. II. I messed up the first one when I was sanding the backside to fit the stem. I learned my lesson and made up a sanding block with the same profile of the stem to sand back the second version. This time I used brown artists pigment mixed into the Titebond glue. The lines are hardly visible, but show up nicely when the wood is damp. I will stick to that approach for the rest of the build. The stem, keel, and knee of the head are just on the bench for show and not glued up yet.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from Thukydides in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
I diverted from the steps in TFFM to build the knee of the head. I will work on fairing this piece to the stem and then put it away for safekeeping until the fore cants and hawse timbers have been installed. It still needs to be tapered in both directions and the slot for the gammoning cleaned up a bit.
I used druxey's recommendation of painting the edges of the joints brown before gluing. I like the way it turned out. I am expecting some powdered brown pigments from the Amazon guy today that I will try mixing with glue going forward.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from yvesvidal in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
I diverted from the steps in TFFM to build the knee of the head. I will work on fairing this piece to the stem and then put it away for safekeeping until the fore cants and hawse timbers have been installed. It still needs to be tapered in both directions and the slot for the gammoning cleaned up a bit.
I used druxey's recommendation of painting the edges of the joints brown before gluing. I like the way it turned out. I am expecting some powdered brown pigments from the Amazon guy today that I will try mixing with glue going forward.
Adam
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Pirate adam got a reaction from dvm27 in HMS Crocodile 1781 by Pirate adam - 1/48 scale - POF
I diverted from the steps in TFFM to build the knee of the head. I will work on fairing this piece to the stem and then put it away for safekeeping until the fore cants and hawse timbers have been installed. It still needs to be tapered in both directions and the slot for the gammoning cleaned up a bit.
I used druxey's recommendation of painting the edges of the joints brown before gluing. I like the way it turned out. I am expecting some powdered brown pigments from the Amazon guy today that I will try mixing with glue going forward.
Adam
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