Jump to content
2025 NRG PHOTOGRAPHIC SHIP MODEL CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED ×
Ship Modeler's Handbook - Back in Stock ×

mtaylor

Moderators
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    26,273

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by mtaylor

  1. mtaylor
    What Carl and Alan said... and I'll add "stunning".
  2. mtaylor
    Wasa has those "land-type" carriages, Dave. I'm not sure if the wheels are solid or spoked as the models all seem use a solid disk... At the scale of the kits, it could be easier. The carriages are closer to what you show in post 338.
  3. mtaylor
    Looks fantastic. Seems appropriate.. a hot ship in a hot sauce bottle.
  4. mtaylor
    I've seen a lot bigger ladders (scale wise) that don't look that good. Great job, Igor.
  5. mtaylor
    I did a very crude version done quick and dirty using scrap wood of this milling table for some trim strips... I'll be making a better one. On the climb cutting, a featherboard or as Jay did with the bearings might be enough of a brake to keep that happening. On my crude version, I just used a piece of scrap wood in my hand to act as the brake. Didn't work great but it worked for wanted it for.
  6. mtaylor
    Super looking wheel, Matt. I can't wait to see the step-by-step also.
  7. mtaylor
    Lovely work Gianpiero. How did you cut the square holes in the top of the capstan? Drill and file?
  8. mtaylor
    Just "wow" Danny. So tiny. I guess whatever you work on next will be huge by comparison.
  9. mtaylor
    Learning something new everyday... metallurgy here today. Drill sharpening on another topic. Wonderful stuff for the brain.
  10. mtaylor
    In that case, you're right. Just seems weird in the picture. I finally saw the hinge... that brass thingy. I thought it was part of the other door.
  11. mtaylor
    That door looks like a three-part folding door, Nenad. I'm guessing the middle part is hidden behind the lady/person in black.
  12. mtaylor
    Kenny, Trim the trunnions to the carriage and then you can use paper (I use black construction paper) or brass to make the caps.
  13. mtaylor
    I think the others have said it all. All I can come up with is "Wow!!! That deck pops.". It does all come together and look fantastic.
  14. mtaylor
    I like that approach, Toni. Gives a sense of the decking without hiding things.
  15. mtaylor
  16. mtaylor
    Looking great, Frank. I love the furled sail look. Belaying plans? None? Then I guess you're done? Great job.. what's the next build? :D It's a cutter.. there ought to be a belaying plan somewhere that will work. Although I did see one model where the instructions said: "Rig the ship like the picture on the box"... And I had tossed the box out long before that...
  17. mtaylor
    Dave, I'm not sure the time period will work for "yellow"... I'd go with either natural or <gasp> red ochre. <tosses monkey wrench>
  18. mtaylor
    Looking very good, Gregor. And that miniature Irene looks great also. You should open a build log just for her.
  19. mtaylor
    Everything looks pretty good to me though since it's RC I have no idea what needs to be movable, etc. I love the blocks and serving machine.
  20. mtaylor
    Ouch on the hanging one. Can it be solved with an adjustment? They still look great.
  21. mtaylor
    Charlie, Frolick has a good point... if it's the French foot, it's about 10% (9.7% ? I don't remember exactly) longer which would get the length. But it should be checked against another measurement (a known one preferably) to be sure.
  22. mtaylor
    Frank, You just added more tools to the arsenal... Thanks.
  23. mtaylor
    Excellent progress, Jeff. Looking good. There is a learning curve, isn't there. What I've learned is that the learning curve continues... well... forever.
  24. mtaylor
    Kevin, I agree, from here, it looks pretty darn good. But, if you're not happy.. go for it.
  25. mtaylor
    Lovely work on the shamisen. That's a great detail. Did you tune it? Ok.. I'll quietly....

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.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...