mtaylor

Absolutely beautiful, Nils. The full-length pictures really show her off.

Happy Holidays, my friend. I hope you, your children and, of course, the puppy are having a good time together.

Sweet work on the build board, Ben. And the shop looks great except for one small thing... no sawdust.

Looks like your methods work well and have provided me with some food for thought.

Tim, I don't know if these will help. I got pointed to them by another member who remembered them... http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7694-what-does-a-stunsl-boom-do/ http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14911-location-of-stud-sails-stunsl-when-stowed http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9665-studding-booms-how-are-the-lower-booms-attached/

Good questions for which I have no hard, fast answers. I do think the sails would have been unbent so the yards could either be retracted or lowered, though. I do believe the sails were stowed separately, however. I hope someone with more knowledge jumps in.

Thanks again for looking in and liking and commenting... Not a the moment, John. That and the idea of dropping cannon balls from the air... hmm.... Not quite, Michael. There's 58 frames.. so... 116 total. Yikes!!!! I need to get busy. Yep.. Hahn style with extended frames. It's fun though.

I'll go out and check that again. You're probably right about the 8mm and I'm having a senior moment. It might be an earlier model.. I did some Googling and see several different models with the X0 designation. I didn't have issues using it as a drill press, but turning the knob was a bit inconvenient. My biggest issues were power and speed. Speed for the cutting and finish and power as all milling had to be done in very tiny increments.

I believe the booms/stunsail yards would have been left fixed to the yards, for the most part. I have seen some plans where the yards were raised with the sails, however. Sails probably would have been stored in the sail locker after being dried as they were only used in light airs. The locker would keep them out of the weather. If the booms came down, then probably either stowed with spare masts or in the hold. The issues for sorting this out would be time period, country, and ship design/build.

Clarence, Check Ages of Sail. I bought a bell from them and as I recall, they several different sizes.

Beautiful work, Jay. She'll love it.

Hi Chad, It's great to see a refresh of this build and it's great to see you back.

Just "Wow!!!" The oil really makes this section pop into pure eye candy.

That looks like the same one I bought from MicroMark years ago. A bit underpowered and the table is "odd" in that the slots are 4mm and finding hardwae, vices, etc. is a tough thing. Speed is limited to 2500 rpm unless you're willing to risk the bearings by swapping out the drive pulleys. There are accessories such as collets (ER-16 as I recall) but most of the other tooling such as dividing heads, rotary table, even vices are too large for the table. It can be done, but there were times it was a pain to find the tooling to fit. Pity you're not a lot closer... you could have my Micromark machine... Just sitting in the garage while I figure out what to do with it. Disclaimer... I replaced my Micro Mill with a LittleMachineShop Mill. Much happier.

Super looking model, Cees. I enjoyed following your build.

I don't want to "like" this. Sorry about cat and friend. Those things aren't good no matter what time of year. I hope your friend has a full and complete recovery.

Thanks for the "likes", the comments, and the encouragement. I thought briefly (and laughed out loud at the thought) of mounting a couple of Nieuports on top and calling it a carrier. Then the image of what would Nelson have thought?.... It's coming off. Mike, I'm using some ebony I picked up from Wood Workers Resource, I think you're right that there is some areas that aren't as black as the rest and the lighting maybe be playing tricks with the camera and making them more apparent. Now I know what Vader went through... The Deathstar is still down (except at very low power for testing). There's an air leak somewhere that's letting air bubbles into the tube which is a very bad thing. It's not holding me up... I'm waiting for some new tubing and few other things coming in next week.

Just beware of the pirated plans... Model Expo will sell their plans.

If the plans are original (or copies of, even 10 years old), there can be distortion due to things like humidity and temperature.

Dupree, If you haven't yet, check each plan separately for proper scaling and printing size. Use your ruler (and scaling tables) and the scale on the plans. Don't ask how I know this.. but I will say, it was painful.

Congratulations on the promotion, Lextin. Well done. I hope you and your family have a very merry Christmas and a great new year.

Been a bit since the last update. Thanks for following along on this journey of discovery and sawdust and for the likes and the comments. A bit of a minor/major milestone... the ship is in the cradle... YIPPEE!!!!! The next step is start removing the build board and trimming down the frames to the sheer strake(s). I considered pedestals versus a cradle as I didn't want to stress the keel, etc .nor did I want to attempt to put a large baseboard on at this point. The cradle just seems (to me) to be steadier and stronger. I noted that I do seem to get some wobble on my Constellation which is on pedestals. It could be my method of mounting is faulty or just the way it is with them. The cradle is 1/4" mahogany (see photo). After finessing it into position, assembling it and re-finessing, I drilled a 3/32" hole through the cradle and inserted a brass tube of the appropriate diameter. I mounted the cradle into position, and drilled (using the tubing as a drill guide) a 1/16" hole through the keel, frames and keelson. A brass rod was inserted with a light coating of epoxy. When set, the cradles were set into place with more epoxy on the brass rod and in two places on each end of the cradle. The structure seems sound and steady. I tried to design the cradle so as not to hide the lines of her and I think I pretty much succeeded. At some point, the hole where the crosspieces go through the cradle will be covered by a small carving on each. I'm leaning towards a fleur de lis. Anyway, here's the pictures.

Probably closer to the classic: "Oh fudge."?

That was nice of Santa to deliver it early and even help with the unpacking. Looks like a good one too!!!!

Hi Robert, I hope you will consider doing a build log of her. Any pictures from the past work would be welcome and then just continue from here. This looks like an interesting and unique model.