Bill Hime

Fantastic Ulises!

I'll be following for sure! This one's on my bench waiting on me to finish the Endurance by Occre!

Great tutorial! Beautiful work!

Bill

Holy Smokes Dave!!! That "Progress Update" wore me out just reading it! LOL, that describes my ongoing journeys around the house. Always multi-tasking, to my own chagrin

I'm learning a lot here. looking forward to the cross beams and stanchions!

Bill

Hello Gaetan,

Just finished reading through your log start to finish. What a wonderful endeavor! I'm following closely, so much to learn here. This will be invaluable to my future build of the Constitution in 1:24 scale.

Sincere Regards,

Bill

The "chain stoppers" are an interesting detail that almost begs to be modeled out of brass

Bill

Ha! And after you get to Jim Byrnes' place, the real indoctrination begins....and you'll hear a voice say, "shhh, just let it happen"....

Bill

Steve and Dave, Thanks!

Mark,

You're right! And it's a beautiful thing to do something you're compelled to do because it's "greater than you"

Bill

Hey Graham,

Very nice start! I might have missed it, but did you say what scale you are working in?

Bill

7 hours ago, gjdale said:

Hey Bill - so glad to see you back! Sorry to hear the cabinet/furniture shop didn't work out but pleased to hear you're back doing something else you love - helping other people.

 

Can't wait to see you making sawdust again.

 

Welcome home, my friend. 

Great to hear from you Grant! Hope all well Down Under! Thank you, it means so much to come some place where even after a long absence you feel like you're just returning from a long voyage. This is a safe harbor with good friends, and you are definitely one of them!

Bill

Wow!! I've missed so much! I wouldn't know where to start remarking on what I'm seeing here, so I'll just continue to follow and enjoy!

Bill

Doris,

It was actually one of your models that I first saw on Youtube all lit up that inspired me to want to pursue model ship building. It's wonderful and a privilege to watch you work.

Bill 

Matiz,

This is beautiful work! Very accurate milling and hand work from what I see.

Bill

Beautiful work! See you're fussing over details as always ;). Just got back myself. Looks like you're recovering nicely

Bill

Wow....seems like every time I step back in here to continue what I've started, another year has passed since my last post. Well I guess it's not a year yet, just 284 days, 7 hours, and 37 minutes, give or take.

A lot has happened in that time, life is like that. we can't stand still enough for "life" not to happen. long story short, I've closed the cabinet/furniture shop. Turns out, I'm not a very good businessman. I'm even worse at meeting deadlines.

So I'm back working in ICU at the VA. I love being back and love my job. So I have this big beautiful wood shop that is finally going to become the official shipyard. I've got a lot of cleaning and some rearranging to do. I do have my resized plans for the POB II and a good deal of material to work with.

I guess I pick up where I left off...Hello everyone! I've missed being here terribly, hope everyone's well

Bill

Love the boats Tom. Fun to watch them come to life with each piece that's added. really like the approach on the steps for the bowspirit

Bill

Nice work on the deck furniture Karl!

Bill

I just ordered of bunch of fly tying supples.

Good! You'll have something to do while your glue dries

Replank...It's just wood...and the journey is in the build and time spent doing what you love. This is your first ship, I assume there will be more. The experience you gain from doing this right will make the next one better.

This hobby, passion for these ships, requires a great deal of humility. A "Redo" is not a failure, it's another opportunity to get it right...something life rarely affords us.

Bill

I need to stop reading the thread " Can I live without a Byrnes table saw" before it convinces me that I need one.

YES.....You do need one...end of story...That is all for now..

Bill

The more tannin a wood contains the higher it's propensity to react (oxidize) in the presence of UV light. I've not worked with Bloodwood at such small scale.

Managing moisture content of your woods is everything. As I do for furniture, etc.. I maintain color matched pieces together and don't cut them until I'm ready to use them. I think especially for cutting planking/decking, I would cut them 24-48 hours before use. this gives any stress in the grain a chance to relax, but keep them bundled and straight.

I am building a "humidor" for the new shipyard to store my materials while they await to be used in the build  I'll post the construction of the humidor when I start it.

Teak, would be interesting. It has a pretty open grain pattern. I would think as with any wood, a careful selection of the pieces chosen would be worth trying on a larger scale model

Bill

Dave,

What a beautiful build! love the wood choices as well. Also very clean!!! This is an excellent tutorial

Bill

Nice Bill.  Dave (Doc Blake) has been using yellowheart on some of this builds to real nice effect.  I'm considering using it on my Charles Morgan build to represent the ochre areas.

Good morning Mike!

Yellowheart..and Redheart are really nice woods. Their grain is tight and linear. I have ripped down some test planks/decking strips, it is flexible, holds a nice crisp edge. 

Over time they will both fade a bit with a grayish hue. Proper sealing and finishing to really close up the wood's cells can minimize this. The fading is more dramatic if continuously exposed to sun light.

Bill

Pamela,

Best of luck to you. Like your enthusiasm! I too have started a build enlarging the POB II plans from 1:64 to 1:48 scale. I will be following along for sure!

Question; What are you using to cut out all of your parts? And what will be your approach to replacing castings for your new scale?

Sincere Regards,

Bill

My POB II will be Yellowheart  Stay tuned

Bill

Thank you Matle.

I've been building furniture and cabinets for 30 yrs or so. Bitumen is not something I've seen readily available. My grandfather taught me to use tannins, inks and even shoe polish to create aging woods on historical restoration projects.

I'm looking forward to working with it

Here's the link dubz posted above;  http://modelshipworl...men-experiment/

Bill

Hey Bill,

 

This is why spreadsheets were invented my friend! Once you know the conversion factor (1.333 in this case), let the spreadsheet do the heavy lifting and give your brain a rest. Then you can concentrate on what you are bettter at than the computer - making sawdust!

Good morning Everyone!

Grant, Well heck, that sounds way too easy, lol. I just asked my wife if our computer could do a "spreadsheet". She looked at me sideways and giggled. "Of course", she answered.

You would think with all my "higher education", I might have picked that skill up somewhere along the way, lol! 

So I'm getting a lesson on spreadsheets today!

thanks Grant

Sjors!!! Great to have you drop in my friend! Lol, it's in active production! Resizing plans when I can get into town this week for sure. I'm going to throw together a desk/work table for the new shipyard today

I have missed being here with good friends and new friends. You all give me a great deal of peace..

Bill