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Geoff Matson
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Jeff: I can never find good straight dowels. So I make my own. For the Conny they are a strip of poplar wood from Menards. I then cut them to proper size and then sand away. themadchemist: The sanding blocks are made by GreatPlanes and called easy-touch hand sander. They fit good in your hand and are easy to use. I have five of them with grits of 80,100,150,180 and 220. Makes sanding alot easier. -
Nice job Toni. It is nice to see it all come together.
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Geoffrey Thanks for the photos of the island, Looks like this will be an interesting build. Look forward to more posts.
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Thanks Geoffrey, I like the way you spell your name
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Well done Danny, your capstan is truley a work of art.
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Making progress on the yardarms Since I have no lathe here are the tools I use to make the yardarms. I start with a square dowel and sand it down. Here is the yard before painting. Again I used styrene to simuliate the wood battens and iron fittings. Here it is painted The studding sails dowels were colored with Burnt Sienna oil paint.
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Hey Alistair Nice job on the AVS. Glad I found your build log.
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Dave Thanks for your information on this thread.
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Jay I have heard of modelers using a fan blowing to help set the sails to the bellow they wanted. Just a thought.
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Steve Looks like you are having fun with boats. Don't worry about the progress, its not a race. Some parts do take longer than others. I am still playing around with yards and will be for some time to come.
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Jay Sails are looking outstanding as usual. You better put the Conny in a case before she sails away .
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Homemade Rudder Hinges
Geoff Matson replied to lamarvalley's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Your craftsmanship is outstanding, thanks for the post. -
Thanks for taking the time to post your method. Next time I make some rings I will give it a try.
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You know, just because your a moderator now it does not exempt you from modeling So....Make some sawdust and post some progress on your Conny and Kingfiaher
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Again everything is looking great and thanks for working through all those little forgotten parts of build
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Wow Now I actually know a moderator nice going
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Julie is really helpful and easy to deal with. Sure am glad NRG has her
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Wow You are making great progress on the bowsprit. I am really worriedonce I get that far I will surely break something off It sure is fun watching your build knowing what I have to Look forward to. I am experimenting with bending some eyebolts and rod for the jackstays
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I am in the process of making the eyebolts and getting the right rod figured out. Your bullseyes turned out great.
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Thanks for your reply. I think I am going to give them a go.
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Jay I have a question for you. On the plans for the yards they show the jackstays, Eyebolts with a rod thru them spaceds about 3/16" apart. In the practicum it is stated that they did not supply the eye bolts so he decided to leave them off. On the main yard looks like you could put quite few on each side of the yard. While looking ahead I think it shows some of the foot ropes lashed to the jackstays and I think they were also used to stow the sails. Any Ideas from you or the other Conny buiders would be helpful. Thanks
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Chuck Simply outstand work and craftsmanship on the blocks. I will be waiting for them to become available.
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galley
Geoff Matson replied to toly.kol's topic in Discussion for a Ship's Deck Furniture, Guns, boats and other Fittings
What great details! The only thing you need is some bacon for those eggs. Simply outstanding. With a scale of 1/48 you can really add details. -
Everything is looking great. Nice progress. Without a lathe or shopsmith here is all I need to make my yards And yes maybe someday a lathe.
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Nice progress Harvey. Losts of little details on the deck,but everything sure looks good.
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