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Beef Wellington got a reaction from Martin W in HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64 scale
I'm sure you'll do Chris' kit proud BE...and I also suspect that there will be a number of further enhancements so I'll strap in for the ride.
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from Vladimir_Wairoa in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from BANYAN in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from bruce d in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from egkb in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from LeoM in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from Blue Ensign in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from AJohnson in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from Peterhudson in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from hollowneck in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from tomas1970 in HMS Snake by Beef Wellington - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 64 - First wooden ship build
Here is the method I used to get what I feel to be a consistent top camber on the gratings, despite extensive searching I just couldn't find anything on this site to help. In the end, I took the following approach:
1) Built a small frame and place a thin sheet of bass wood into the frame at what I thought would be an appropriate curvature, I simply glued a thin line along the center to secure it (I know this is really forms a parabola, but it is certainly close enough to circular in the center to pass muster)
2) After putting a fine grain sandpaper on the curve, I then used a couple of spare strips of lime wood to act as 'guides'. Its then just a simple matter of moving the grating back and forth carefully until the curve has taken. The guides ensure that the camber remains centered for consistent result.
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from Heimdahl in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from JesseLee in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from ccoyle in HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794
Happy New Year everyone! Know I have been absent for what seems an eternity, my usually slow pace was additionally impacted by the many hurricanes and storms that hit the US earlier this year, our basement had some water damage that put an end to ship modelling activities until it was sorted....which it just has been. Luckily, no damage was sustained to any models, but, I did lose a number of kit pieces and wood strip supplies that were stored in cardboard boxes. Luckily nothing terminal. Decent maple strip now needs to be even more carefully husbanded but hoping I will have enough to ensure consistent material on the remaining planking.
The holidays provided an opportunity to get back into it and finally was able to complete the quarterdeck planking. Very slow and intensive, but I am happy with the result and the fact this is task at least is done. The pictures below show the deck without any tidying up and show the slight differences in plank thicknesses and pencil lead smudging, so next step will be to clean all of this up. The forecastle planking will require a slightly different approach and planning, but there are some additional things to finalise first which can wait for a future post.
Cheers
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from mtaylor in Confederacy by Realworkingsailor - Model Shipways - 1:64 - Frigate
Great to see you back at it Andy, your Confederacy is looking very nice, the blue will make for a nice change.
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from hollowneck in Confederacy by Realworkingsailor - Model Shipways - 1:64 - Frigate
Great to see you back at it Andy, your Confederacy is looking very nice, the blue will make for a nice change.
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from realworkingsailor in Confederacy by Realworkingsailor - Model Shipways - 1:64 - Frigate
Great to see you back at it Andy, your Confederacy is looking very nice, the blue will make for a nice change.
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Beef Wellington reacted to mtaylor in HMS Sphinx 1775 by mtaylor - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64
Just a short update and how I solved a minor but irritating issue.
The instructions have us install the channels and then knees. The issue I had was getting the channels installed at the proper angle and all of them having the same angle from the hull as the instructions have you install the channels first. I finally removed them, cleaned up the mess and decided to do it backwards. Installed the knees first and aligned them with to the proper placement. Then installed the channels and am very happy with the result. Onwards!!!!!!!!!!
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Beef Wellington reacted to realworkingsailor in Confederacy by Realworkingsailor - Model Shipways - 1:64 - Frigate
I can't quite remember when exactly I bought this Confederacy kit, probably sometime around 2012 or 2013. It sat for a long time in the closet, virtually untouched, except for the manual. I think I may have the most well read manual out there, (With tongue firmly planted in cheek; I think MS could do a little better job on the binding, it wasn't really designed to stand up to the rigours of repeated readings 🤪).
I finally started started picking away at this build some four or five years ago, between other projects. Progress has been largely sporadic, with more than a few backwards steps being taken. On many occasions the self-critic took over and the kit was shelved for months (or most recently for almost two years). For many reasons (of which, the above is just one), I've avoided a build log until now. I'm at a point where I'm satisfied with my progress so far, and I hope that the worst of the back stepping is now over.
I have completed the planking from the wales upwards and I'm now in the process of adding the first beaded moulding strips.
The starboard side mouldings have been added, and the port side is in progress.
If things look a little wonky with the stern light window frames (cills and lintels), it was due to an unfortunate incident involving the large nose of a curious young german shepherd, that decided to investigate the stern, while work was being done on the other end of the ship. The interloping nose went undetected until the work required a shift in position... I'll leave the rest up to your imaginations.. but suffice it to say, it wasn't pretty. Pieces where quickly gathered up, and splintered wood glued back together. Before the time comes to attach the transom, everything will be revisited and correctly re-aligned.
I've used Minwax Golden Oak stain for the planking above the wale, with some Polyscale acrylics that I had kicking around, for the black wale and the red gun ports.
Andy
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Beef Wellington reacted to realworkingsailor in Confederacy by Realworkingsailor - Model Shipways - 1:64 - Frigate
Thanks everyone for the likes and comments!
I've had a browse through your log. Your build is looking pretty good too. Best of luck with the planking!
That's about all anyone can do, really. I guess I got lucky, she didn't try to eat any of the pieces (unlike poor BE with his Sphynx...)
A small update to share. I've decided to deviate a little with the colour scheme. This goes against what I've read about the prototype's possible colour scheme (hopefully I don't get sent to boat-jail for blasphemy🤞).
I've gone with a dark blue for the area of the hull between the mouldings:
The official name of the colour is Polyscale "C&O Enchantment Blue". I think it compliments well with both the Golden Oak stain as well as the red from the gun ports; Polyscale "NYC Pacemaker Red" (I know, I'm using "railway" colours, but they're what I have on hand).
I had thought to return to black for the QD bulwarks, but I've since decided against that, and I think I will leave them as is. I think the black would have muted the dark blue too much. On to paint the port side.
Andy
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Beef Wellington reacted to realworkingsailor in Confederacy by Realworkingsailor - Model Shipways - 1:64 - Frigate
Still having some issues uploading photos, (same error message keeps popping up... frustrating), but I've managed to get two pics uploaded today. Before Christmas, I wanted to post an update as I had completed the first belt of planking on the port side. After a little debate with myself whether or not to start the first belt on the starboard side (and a pause for Christmas), I'm still not sure what I want to do with the reveal on the starboard side, so in the spirit of giving myself more time to think about it (aka procrastination), I have now completed the second belt on the port side. As it is now, I'm going to finish off the port side planking before returning to the starboard side.
I'm managing between two and three strakes a day (provided I've made enough pre-spiled ones for the bow). Slow but steady work.
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year, and a safe and prosperous 2022.
Andy
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Beef Wellington reacted to Bitao in NAIAD 1797 by Bitao - 1:60
Happy New Year, everyone. Thank you for your attention and your compliments. I was going to take a few days off to continue, but I’m used to being in the studio every day, and I’m not comfortable not doing anything. Think of this ship needs to process a lot of columns, slender workpiece on the lathe clamping not only trouble, and the processing of the Camber Chamfer seems to be incorrect, manual file repair efficiency is too low to achieve uniform specifications. So I spent two days to design and make a fixture that can be easily repaired by hand with a file or used as a clamping tool on a milling machine. The upper and lower two sides of the clamp seat are respectively provided with V slots of different sizes to fit the square wooden strips with 1.5-14mm side length. The chucks can be used up and down interchangeably, and the other two chucks are designed with a limit to prevent uneven force from crushing the corners. This allows for Chamfering, octahedral and taper machining of slender strips. If you have a better suggestion, please give it to me, I can improve it. It also provides better reference for other players.
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Beef Wellington reacted to mtaylor in HMS Sphinx 1775 by mtaylor - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64
I hope everyone is having a great Christmas. Quiet here with a layer of ice and snow.
After fighting with PE.... and winning, I'm at this point. Horseshoes, fishplates, and rudder gudgeons all mounted.
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Beef Wellington reacted to chris watton in Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates
Happy Christmas!
Over the past few weeks, I have, amongst many other things, been working on trying to make small boat hull shells. I know that some have trouble making these with the small planks, and I thought they may make a nice alternative to the wood hull versions. Only the small boats, though.
What I have done is produce hulls for a 14, 16 and 18 foot cutter (66, 75 & 84mm long), with 2 versions for the 16 foot, a standard and a slightly slimmer version for small decks (27.5 and 23.5mm widths).
These are 3-d printed in SLA resin, so no mould separation lines and every hull is printed from the same master file, so they are always the exact same. I have tooled them so the supports are all on the flat stern board, and any slight support stumps are easily sanded off by simply rubbing the stern on a flat piece of sand paper.
For now, only the slim 16 foot boat (not shown) has laser cut pear seats and oars, with the others being just the hull - but I figured it is the hull most would have problems with planking, the rest is easy. The planks are clinker and scale thickness, too.
These will be available very soon, with the 14 and 16 foot versions being perfect for the fishing boats, and the 18 footer being for almost everything else.
ETA - the three hulls shown are not the final versions.