-
Posts
25,994 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Everything posted by mtaylor
-
Welcome to MSW, Rusty. Follow what Chris suggested and feel free to ask questions.
-
If you need to be in a padded cell, then so do almost all the rest of us.
- 21 replies
-
- saito
- delta queen
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Thanks for the comments and the likes. I had my "aha" moment on the bow this morning so and filling and shaping the balsa. Now if I can just get the stern right. I've fed the scrap box quite a bit lately figuring that out. i was only planning on doing one planking, Lou. It will be pear up to the gunports and then boxwood above that. Maybe I should just paint all the pieces in wild colors and call it good? Nah... I'll do it right. I must have missed his comment, Carl. No more charred wood for a bit though I do have some waiting to be installed like the false deck which gets planked. Touche'. Lasers are interesting tools. It does take some testing to sort out the cut line as opposed to just cutting outside the line with a saw and sand to spec. The nice thing is that it's repeatable. I've been following some builds on a Polish site and French site. So I see a variety of methods to get to the same place. For a very short period of time, I did think about learning lofting and doing actual frames, then reality set in.
-
Congratulations on the new member of the family, Mike. Well done on the ship. That first photo is pure wonderful.
- 901 replies
-
- hahn
- oliver cromwell
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Greetings from New Jersey
mtaylor replied to EricWilliamMarshall's topic in New member Introductions
-
nubie question regarding string and knots
mtaylor replied to EricWilliamMarshall's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
There is a site for knot tying with just about any knot you'd want. Once section is for nautical knots: https://www.animatedknots.com/ -
Well, the is filled with balsa except for the area in front of bulkhead #1. I'm going to hold off until I get most of the sanding done as it presents a few challenges that need to be sorted and having things close will help me out. Once sanded, the forward area filled and sanded, I'll move on to the interior and laying out the gundeck ports, etc. Here's pics... ugly but ready for various instruments of destruction to be used.
-
Good work on the boat, Jack. Coming right along.
- 51 replies
-
- artesania latina
- titanic
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Looks superb, Nenad. You are doing a beautiful job.- 4,151 replies
-
- cutty sark
- tehnodidakta
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Welcome to MSW, Pieter. I agree, the best way to get help and improve skills is to open a build log.
-
Thanks for the likes and the comments. I hope to have a photo update this weekend. Thanks, Pat. It's an interesting approach. The laser I love as everything is precise and no sawdust!!!!!! I came across a few challenges... mostly my own doing. The 3mm lite ply was not a good choice for the false keel. Even braced the thing still had some flex. So, instead of just filling in the bow and stern ends with balsa, I'm filling in the whole hull. For the most part, it's just 1/4" thick blocks of wood to hold the bulkheads and also, once sanded to shape will give me a solid surface for planking. The fore and aft areas are pretty much solid balsa due to the radical shaping.
-
I've been looking at his log on the scenery, etc. Very impressive.
-
Welcome to MSW. What Chris said will work. If your friend is up to it, have him post a log of the Schnellboot.
-
Welcome to MSW. Looking pretty good from here. If I may make a comment or two.. the bulwarks seem bit thin looking that gunport openings. The other thing is the cannon smoke. The smoke would go with the wind and not consistently move towards the stern. It also seems that from the side views of the cannons firing, looking at the smoke the barrels would have to be pointed downwards towards the water. Nothing serious there but that's what caught my eye.
-
If you have a small hobby lathe for metal, turn your own pedestals. If not, check around there are hobbyists and even some small shops that will turn them.
-
Peter, Are you using 3-ply birch.. the so-called "Lite" plywood? Check around with some hobby shops as I've seen 5 and 7 ply wood in small thicknesses. I'm using 3 ply Lite on my latest build and the backbone is 1/8" and it's very flexible. I've had my moments where I wished I'd bought the 5 ply for that part.
About us
Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research
SSL Secured
Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured
NRG Mailing Address
Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917
Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)
Helpful Links
About the NRG
If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.
The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.
The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.