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pete48 got a reaction from dgbot in Buzzards Bay 14 by pete48 - FINISHED - 3/4" = 1' scale - SMALL - L.F. Herreshoff design
I am hoping to get some work done on the Herreshoff today ( I will post pics later ) I have been doing Pre- work for the 1/2" scale Volvo pond Yacht with the Volvo that I started, I then ( after planking with Balsa ) Realised that I wanted to do some water testing at the smaller scale to help with rudder and keel configurations, So I started another and will be using Basswood for the planking, Here is where I am at with that project
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pete48 got a reaction from Jack12477 in Buzzards Bay 14 by pete48 - FINISHED - 3/4" = 1' scale - SMALL - L.F. Herreshoff design
Thank You, Piet, I have a few more to make, I am thinking of adding a boom vang. I can see the committee boat, so the end of this build is getting close
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from Engelmann in Buzzards Bay 14 by pete48 - FINISHED - 3/4" = 1' scale - SMALL - L.F. Herreshoff design
Thank You, Elijah, I spent a lot of time pondering, and making ( lots of trial and error ) more up to date looking blocks, I am pleased with how these look
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 reacted to flying_dutchman2 in Cape Cod Catboat by Marcus Botanicus – FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters – Scale ¾”=1’
Template of roof and the wood roof.
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pete48 reacted to flying_dutchman2 in Cape Cod Catboat by Marcus Botanicus – FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters – Scale ¾”=1’
Finished up the cabin
Planked the outside combing with basswood strips.
Planked the inside of the pilot house with mahogany strips.
Completed
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pete48 got a reaction from Canute in USCG Pequot (WARC-58) by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:96
Nice work on the Wheelhouse Bob, Looks good
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from Omega1234 in USCG Pequot (WARC-58) by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:96
Nice work on the Wheelhouse Bob, Looks good
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from Omega1234 in Buzzards Bay 14 by pete48 - FINISHED - 3/4" = 1' scale - SMALL - L.F. Herreshoff design
Thank You, Piet, I have a few more to make, I am thinking of adding a boom vang. I can see the committee boat, so the end of this build is getting close
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from mtaylor in USCG Pequot (WARC-58) by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:96
Nice work on the Wheelhouse Bob, Looks good
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from Piet in Buzzards Bay 14 by pete48 - FINISHED - 3/4" = 1' scale - SMALL - L.F. Herreshoff design
Thank You, Piet, I have a few more to make, I am thinking of adding a boom vang. I can see the committee boat, so the end of this build is getting close
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 reacted to captainbob in USCG Pequot (WARC-58) by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:96
As we say each part is a model of its own. So I made the model of the pilot house. As I’m typing this I realize I still need to add the navigation lights. But here are the pictures.
Bob
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pete48 reacted to mtaylor in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
A beautiful prop there, Keith. Nice work, indeed. Nothing wrong with watching paint/varnish dry. I do it early then read MSW and sometimes take a nap... although naps lately have been impossible due to dog seeing me doze off decides suddenly that it's play time.
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pete48 reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Many thanks Gerhard and Steve,...
Gerhard,
unfortunately I have no other pics of these other winches on the boats deck, I`m adding an outcut of the appropriate boatsdeck`s length, but also there is no hint for the possible ussage....
Steve,
I also thought of that explaination Steve, but in an emergency case there would have to be several boats swung out and and lowered simultaneously and each single boat having fore and aft line, and what in case of lack of steam (explosion in Boiler rooms or so)
Nils
click on to enlarge !
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pete48 reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Update
the winches are coming together quite well. Have meantime made out another two slightly different (narrower) looking winches on the boats deck, of which I unfortunately do`nt know the function....and there are only two of them on the entire boatsdeck
The status of the 6 cargo winches....
Nils
this pic is borrowed from the St. Petersberger "Qvartett KWdG"
Perhaps they have some relation in order to hoist the lifeboat lines or so..... Does anybody know ?
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pete48 got a reaction from Nirvana in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Hi Mark, I have been using Epifanes varnish with good success ( it does take about 10 hours in between coats )
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from mtaylor in Buzzards Bay 14 by pete48 - FINISHED - 3/4" = 1' scale - SMALL - L.F. Herreshoff design
Thank You, Piet, I have a few more to make, I am thinking of adding a boom vang. I can see the committee boat, so the end of this build is getting close
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from Nirvana in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Hi Keith, I could not agree more with everyone, Beautiful deck
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from Nirvana in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Wow Keith, You have been busy, The Deck looks Fantastic, Well done
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from mtaylor in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Hi Mark, I have been using Epifanes varnish with good success ( it does take about 10 hours in between coats )
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from Elijah in Buzzards Bay 14 by pete48 - FINISHED - 3/4" = 1' scale - SMALL - L.F. Herreshoff design
Thank You, Piet, I have a few more to make, I am thinking of adding a boom vang. I can see the committee boat, so the end of this build is getting close
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 got a reaction from Jack12477 in Buzzards Bay 14 by pete48 - FINISHED - 3/4" = 1' scale - SMALL - L.F. Herreshoff design
Thank You, Elijah, I spent a lot of time pondering, and making ( lots of trial and error ) more up to date looking blocks, I am pleased with how these look
Best Regards,
Pete
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pete48 reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Today I had to find something to amuse myself as watching varnish dry isn't a very stimuating pass time (it has dried finally after 24 hours).
I thought I would have a go at making the propeller. I have not made one before and the fall back option was going to be to buy one. I don't however like buying fittings as it always feels like cheating.
This is what I did.
Firstly to make the blades I cut 3 identical strips of brass .040 inch thick. The 3 strips were fastened together using double sided tape as I intended cutting out all 3 blades at the same time. A paper template was fastened to the brass strips again using double sided tape . Confidence / experiences was low so I marked out 6 blades. The pin in one of the photo's gives an idea of scale.
I din't need the reserve set of 3 blades as the first lot turned out ok. The small peg at the bottom of each blade was to locate / fasten them in the hub.
The hub was turned on the lathe and 3 equi-spaced holes were drilled around the circumference to take the pegs on the blade. Each blade was given a slight curvature by bending it around a bar - using the vice to apply the pressure. The whole lot was then assembled and soldered together.
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pete48 reacted to mtaylor in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Keith,
I've been using Wipe-on-Poly lately but in the past I used spray on. I've not tried any of shellacs or varnishes.
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pete48 reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Mark / Pete - thank you. The deck varnish is still tacky some 18 hours after application so I don't think I am going to be making much progress today. Modern oil based varnishes don't seem to dry as quickly as they seemed to when I was younger. I keep thinking I should try water based varnishes which claim to dry much quicker. I wonder what you all use?
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pete48 reacted to Piet in Buzzards Bay 14 by pete48 - FINISHED - 3/4" = 1' scale - SMALL - L.F. Herreshoff design
Yup, blocks are looking mighty great. ummm tiny
Cheers,
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