Jump to content
New Publication - Ship Modeler's Handbook - They're back in stock! Thank you for your patience. ×

scrubbyj427

NRG Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,418

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by scrubbyj427

  1. scrubbyj427
    Thank you Gabe, more updates to come, soon. JJ
  2. scrubbyj427
    What program is this in? I’m trying to learn Zbrush right now and wow, what a learning curve involved. Excellent work there
  3. scrubbyj427
    Wow! Just perfect planking. Well done Glenn!
  4. scrubbyj427
    Looking forward to seeing some progress on you Winnie. I used a precut piece of MDF from home depot. It was 12”X 48” and I think I just cut 8” off but it worked well. Welcome to the group Gary. JJ
  5. scrubbyj427
    Looking very nice. Well done.
  6. scrubbyj427
    Lovely work. It looks like you’re working in Rhino using the sketch rendering feature? Looks so crisp.
  7. scrubbyj427
    Definitely level with the deck, I missed that on mine and had to straighten/carve them out late in the game in order to finish out the window frames. If you look way ahead to chapter five, pg.8 you will get a better idea of what’s to come.
  8. scrubbyj427
    Looking forward to seeing more progress.
  9. scrubbyj427
    This is a very interesting subject, when do you plan to start building? I was going to build the Vasa again.. next but this has my attention.
  10. scrubbyj427
    Oh Washington or North Carolina are two of my favorites. Probably my first battleship model as a kid was North Carolina, i would love to build her in 1/96 or even 1/48. I agree on the dreadnaught as well. Ahh too many models and never enough time.
  11. scrubbyj427
    Apologies for my poor grammar but yes, I meant the Yamato’s. I wish I could find the article I read that compares the two but you pretty much summarized it. Nevertheless, I find both classes of battleships fascinating and worthy of the attention they receive. I’ve been casually looking at building a Yamato for years, not sure if I want to build Musashi or Yamato but I’m leaning towards Musashi. These 1/200 kits with all their PE are very very tempting but my heart tells me that the fleet scale 1/96 is the direction I need to go, with where these 1/200 kits are with all the add ons and details they actually aren’t far off in price between the two sizes.
  12. scrubbyj427
    I read somewhere that the Iowa’s were slightly advanced in their targeting and therefore more accurate than the Yamato and musashi and if I remember correctly they had a slight advantage in range. But there is no doubt they were the most powerful battleships ever built, it was also quite a task to finally get them to go down according to us navy pilots.
  13. scrubbyj427
    Your Cheerful and Winnie will look great side by side.
  14. scrubbyj427
    Glenn your cheerful looks great, did you build her Out of AYC as well? No issues with indirect sunlight?
  15. scrubbyj427
    Stunning planking Job Glenn... I want to tear all mine off and replank the Wales down. Beautiful work and right on time with your planking schedule. if your looking to achieve some more yellow tone to the wood I found that WOP coats worked but between coats i lightly rubbed on some watco golden oak oil finish after a fine sand (800 grit) and then applied another coat of WOP until you achieve the finish you want. It will look just like the contemporary models do. After more than a year mine has a nice boxwood like finish to it, AYC is a wonderful wood. https://www.amazon.com/Watco-242210-Danish-Finish-Golden/dp/B000ONVI8Q
  16. scrubbyj427
    Thanks Guys, it’s good to finally cut and glue some wood again. I’ll be back at it in a couple weeks, I’ll finish chapter 7 and move right into guns again.. I’ll probably be lazy and tackle the 6 up front so I can begin chapter 8. I can handle 6 guns without losing my mind lol.
  17. scrubbyj427
    Beautiful work. I love the choices of wood you used in this build, it pulls your eye into every detail.
  18. scrubbyj427
    I snuck some time in to work on my Winnie the last few days, pulled a few late nights but I finally made some headway on chapter 7. I still Need to fine tune the aft deck beam and permanently set my lantern wiring before I can complete the transom. All the beams went together relatively easily, just lots of test fitting. I added some fluted columns to the transom frames, I’ve seen this before on some models and I’ve always liked it but I mainly did it to cover up my lantern wire run up the inner stbd frame and it worked out well. I stole Bens idea and used the laser etched mouldings that I had leftover for the tops and bottoms of the columns....still wish I did that on the outside... oh well. It was really fun to get back to work on Winnie again, I decided to build most of the stove for fun while I waited for beams to dry. Hopefully I can get some more completed in a couple weeks. JJ
  19. scrubbyj427
    Thanks Gabe. If you can get it to print the metal frame that would be awesome, I’d purchase a bunch from you Initially I tried to have shapeways print just the frame and they said it was too small so I just made it a solid. Can’t wait to see your progress. JJ
  20. scrubbyj427
    Joe, if I remember right the transom uprights are actually not as intimidating as they look. If you follow the plans and measure twice and cut once you should line up pretty well on the two outer frames, also the filler pieces in between for the windows are a significant help. Your fore and aft frames will give you your transom frame angles, this is found in the framing plan. if the frames are placed correctly they form the required curve pretty well, once the fillers are in place then the angle can be established by the framing that attaches to the bulkheads. I spent a lot of time on mine and was quite happy with the results, however I did find a small error but it did not affect my model very much in the end. Looking forward to your updates.
  21. scrubbyj427
    Those look outstanding Chuck! I’ve been really focusing on this part lately and how to design it, pouring over contemporary examples and drawings, those look spot on with everything I’ve seen. Simply excellent results there. Not even close to resembling a kit.
  22. scrubbyj427
    She’s coming together nicely Dave. Your planking looks really good. Definitely worth the headaches! JJ
  23. scrubbyj427
    Thanks Chuck. I’ve seen so many variations of lamps that this one is somewhat of a mix of them all .
  24. scrubbyj427
    Beautiful modeling! Will be following with much interest!
  25. scrubbyj427
    I've designed a quick lamp model if anyone is interested. its close to 1:48 but can be scaled in any direction. My thought was to print it clear and paint the metal details on, drill a small hole and inset a micro LED. If anyone prints one id like to see how they turn out, I've yet to purchase a printer. lamp.stl

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...