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The mold is almost done. I cut out the lifts and glued them together then sanded and shaped and sanded some more. I'm in the process of cutting in the slots for the stem, keel, and stempost. The first figure shows how I jigged up a sled on the saw and cut the slot using a 1/16" dado washer. MM doesn't do dado blades, you add an appropriate washer next to blade and since the washer is cut on an angle, the blade is angled and cuts a slot. The rest of the pictures show the mold with the slots cut and being cleaned up. There's still more work on the mold before I start laying the frames. It's a fun but nerve-wracking process (to me at least) as I'm in unknown territory here.
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Using chisels for turning brass
mtaylor replied to tkay11's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Tony, Just an FYI.... all the cannon on my Constellation (except the two deck Parrott rifles were made using a Dremel and files. The Parrotts were done in lathe. The only reason I used the lathe for them was because I didn't have one when I started making the cannons. -
Using chisels for turning brass
mtaylor replied to tkay11's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Tony, A couple of thoughts from outside the box.... 1) Use files instead of a cutting tool. 2) If you insist or need to make a cutting tool, get a small bench grinding stone and mandrel and use the lathe chuck. -
Nice rigging work, Hamilton. You really are on the downhill run at this point... or maybe it's downwind run, to keep things nautical.
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Bob, No need for pots and pans. Those two lids on top are for the kettles.....
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Three definitely has a weathered look that I like, but I'm partial to number 2 as it seems to blend well with the red and white paint. It looks "newer". -
That makes two of us, Mobbsie. I've only seen it in books. It should be fun and interesting now that I've sorted out what's to be done.
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Nicely done. I like the way you have it displayed to set off the details.
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Nice to hear you're ok, Ferit. New accommodations can be a good thing. I hope there's room for Berlin at some point.
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Lovely work on the stove, Bob. Looks like it's ready to take a load of salted beef and dried peas.
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Thanks for the comments. Hmm... now I am pressured by all the confidence expressed. B.E. Frolich actually cuts the frames from a slab of wood. I just feel I know my limits at this point so I'll be doing the best I can at this point. I may try Chuck's method if this fails. Sjors, I'm building the small boats that go onto Licorne's deck. I'm still waiting on the wood for the framing. I'll be posting pictures even if this is a failure, although I feel pretty good about how it's going. Thanks Nigel. Frolich, Bello and some of the others that I reference do beautiful work and I'm studying how they did it. I like the idea of the solid piece shaped and I can see having two as he shows.. one aft and one forward at the bow. I have the mold lifts cut out and glued together so today will be spent shaping it. For the mold, I'm using basswood since the experts said to use a "soft piece of wood". After shaping, I'll coat it with a couple coats of diluted white glue, some wipe-on poly and then furniture polish. But gotta' get it shaped first.
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Piet, It just keeps getting better and better. As for slats needing touch-up.. where????? Building this sub is one thing.. to add the working details is whole other matter.
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Thanks Michael. That's just about where I figure it needs to be to follow Gaetan's plans.
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<Pendant mode on> The 1888 Cup Races on TV??????? I didn't think you or TV was that old. <pendant mode off>
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Thanks for the encouragement, guys. Thanks for the tip, Dan. Actually, I'm using the lifts to make a mold. I'll add the frames, keel, and planking to it and then remove it from the mold.
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Wonderful pictures, Daniel... thanks for letting us see them. As soon as I can figure out how to register, I'll look at the ones in the link.
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Robbyn, I hope it all gets better... mom, job, houses... Things don't always go the way we want them and so it goes. What I've learned is that character isn't built by trials and problems, it's revealed. You have a strong character so take a deep breath, follow your priorities. We'll understand.
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You're too late with your warning, Sjors. At least one Dutch word has become pretty common around here.
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Thanks again, Gaetan. That pretty much answers my questions.
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This ship's boat business is giving me serious pause for reflection. I at first thought: "Well, I've got a couple of the ME low-budget ship's boat kits...." But they are too generic and not right. If I'm going to do this, I'm going to do it right. This first pic shows the kit boat with a new keel I thought I'd use... So it's in the scrap box... I dug through Frolich's book, re-examined the plans, and also looked at the Bonhomme Richard plans. Seems the French pretty much standardized what boats and sized them accordingly. I dug some more on the best way to do this... Frolich, Bello, various builds here on MSW, etc. Ah-ha!!! Lifts! After scaling the plans appropriately for all three boats, I generated a set of lifts for the longboat. The barge and cutter will follow if this works. The other alternative is to generate a series of bulkheads/frames like Chuck designed for his boats but I'm trying the lifts first. The one thing that I'll change between the plans and the build is the framing wood dimension. The plans show the frames to be 1/32" X 1/32" (~0.5 mm).. I've tried but I can't cut wood that small, so I'll be using 1/16" X 1/16"(~1 mm) for the frames. Here's where I am now... cutting out the lifts on wood of the appropriate thickness. There's also a small pile of cherry cut to the frame size and a wide strip for the keel, etc. Now to go see where this path leads....
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Thanks, Gaetan. I'm assuming (probably incorrectly) that the boat's chocks were not very tall? What I'm trying to figure out now is how tall the chocks were.
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Anja, Congratulations on the new position. Taking care of work, home, family is more important than a hobby. We are a patient lot as we wait for glue and paint to dry so we'll wait for when you can get back to the modeling bench.
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Sjors, Now that's the way a workshop should look... Like it's being used to work on things!!!! Remember that a clean workshop is a sign that nothing is being done.
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Thanks Robin.. I'll look into those. Bava, There is a "main" ladder behind the main mast and just in front of the mizzen. However, it goes (eventually) to the quarterdeck so it's probably an "officer only" ladder. The ones that are problems are the 3 with the red arrows. Where the boat sits blocks the one in the middle (a pole ladder) and the one to the left which is dual ladders coming up through twin hatches. The main hatch seems to be the one in the middle as it's largest hatch on the ship.
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David, There's one build: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1916-friesland-by-aj-mamoli-scale-175/page-1?hl=friesland
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