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KevinR reacted to greatgalleons in Niagara by greatgalleons - FINISHED - Model Shipways
finished hammock rails are pictured on page 17 of this build
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KevinR reacted to greatgalleons in Niagara by greatgalleons - FINISHED - Model Shipways
started on the hammock rails / stanchions. drilled a hole in the bottom of stanchions for a small piece of wire to attach to the main rail,
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KevinR reacted to jwvolz in Prince De Neufchatel by jwvolz - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Hi everyone, new guy here, my name is Joe. I've been lurking for about a month and thought it was time to post the build log of my 95% completed Model Shipways Prince De Neufchatel. This is my fourth wooden ship build, with MS "Elsie", Mamoli "Portsmouth" and Corel "Unicorn" being the others.
I started this way back in 2000, and it has languished off and on in my attic while I've built plastic aircraft models and such. I've been re-energized to complete it and have accomplished a lot over the last few months. Since I haven't completed a build since 2000 my wooden ship skills are a bit rusty, but it's slowly coming back.
I've made a number of changes, right or wrong to the kit, most obviously changing the kit carronade carriages out for scratch sleds; just think it looks better with carronades, and more likely as well...
I see a lot that I would do differently if I were starting over today, but that's all for the next build.
Meanwhile, here are some photos of where she stands today. Standing rigging is nearly complete, with a few back-stays, and one side of the topmast ratlines to go. A few running lines are up.
I'm really looking forward to being part of what seems like a great group here at MSW.
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KevinR reacted to freewheelinguy in HMS Bellerophon by freewheelinguy - FINISHED - Victory Models - Semi-scratchbuilt
Thanks all for the kind words and like clicks.
Alan, no other pics on figurehead, but here's link that may have interest for you
http://memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/churches/st_anns/maitland.htm
Mort, I have purchased my train ticket to the event (no room for Billy), but now life gets in the way which may cancel my attending. Found an abnormality is my resent nuclear stress test last week, so waiting for scheduling date. Won't know, if another stent is required, until they go in for another look see. If it's done soon, won't interfere. I'm hoping and looking forward to seeing MSW members again.
Glenn, I remember when you mentioned you weren't going to rig her and I thought what a shame. Now that decision looks good to me as well. Copper tape doesn't look the best, but does speed the process up.
Grant, plans are researching tea clipper ship. Time for a change from the warships.
Happy modeling,
Len
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KevinR reacted to old salt in Name the Ship Game
Thank you.
I knew the Sweetgum, in her day.
Now Try this one.
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KevinR reacted to molasses in Name the Ship Game
Welcome aboard, Ted, you got it.
She is now in Panama's National Maritime Service with the name SMN Independencia (A-401) since 2002. She is used primarily as a tender for Panama's fleet of coastal patrol vessels. Here's a recent photo of her:
By the way, this is the tenth mystery ship in a row I have posted that at one time or other in their history had the name Independence going back to Atzmaut (Hebrew for Independence) and the 12th including the USS Independence, the United States' first ship of the line (posted by me), and the Texas First Navy cutter Independence (posted by Kevin from Hampton Roads) in recent months. The latter was the ex-US Revenue Cutter Ingham that was the source of the Coast Guard's motto Semper Paratus - Always Ready. I think this is a good time to end the string of Independences.
Your turn, Ted.
You coasties don't always get the recognition and respect you deserve - thank you very much for your service.
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KevinR reacted to Tarjack in Holding tool for holding small parts
what does the gross motor modeler if he wants to produce parts that are so small that it can no longer hold it in your fingers ?
1 He curses : * ohnowhatthef............ *
2 It clamps the part in the vise .......... a 10th of a second later .............. crunching ..............* ohnowhatthef........*
3 He holds the part convulsively with the tweezers ............. 2 10ths of seconds later ............ pling ............ *sowhatthehel....*
4 He reads this report carefully .................................
For my mini-blocks at the Royal Yacht Caroline , I needed a device to the tiny blocks 2 x 3 x 1,78 mm (with wheels ! ) To process .
The existing watchmaker Hand vices was too rough .......
Take two strips pear wood 7.5 x 4 x 100 mm connect with screws
At the ends of each milling a notch , filing, carving . The notch is adapted to clamp the workpiece , not crushed.
Then prepare the workpiece
Well , the workpiece can be processed (without crunching or pling )
And here is the result. A block 1.7 x 2 x 3 mm with washer
Hand vices To prepare the Special I (incl. Search the screws, etc. ) used about 10 minutes
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KevinR reacted to DRW-FJ40 in Snipe by DRW-FJ40 - FINISHED - Dumas - Small - 4th in my intro to ship modeling
Well, I've committed to planking it. Which is a good thing because some of my joints aren't as clean as I had wanted but I had already decided on the planking so I wasn't being as careful as I should have.
The deck pieces were tricky. For one, you can access the back side of the bottoms & sides but by the time you get to the deck, it's hard or impossible in some areas to get to the back side. Also, the instructions reccomend soaking all these pieces in warm water & forming them to the frames, wrap in ace bandage (that was a good little trick I learned on this build) but I had no problems fitting the sides & bottoms. My deck pieces however had some odd twists to them so I followed the directions here. But I still have a few "waves" I'm not happy with but should be able to hide these flaws with the planks.
I thought I had more veneer sheet stock in my scrap pile than I did. I did find a nice piece of 1/16" maple which gave me an idea and I may try and do a fancy little edge plank on the deck in maple & the rest in mahogany which will make for some pretty contrast on the deck. We'll see.
Here is where I left it last night. I'll fill the gaps & sand and that should make for a nice smooth base to plank on.
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KevinR reacted to JSGerson in Ship’s Boat by JSGerson - FINISHED - Model Shipways
These final shots of the boat show the raw planking complete. The last shot, the boat has been removed from the building jig. The outside has had a preliminary sanding. The planks still hang over the stern and the interior desperately needs to have excess glue removed and sanded. No treatment to the wood surface has been applied yet.
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KevinR reacted to Jim Lad in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
Well, Francis seems to be slightly stalled at the moment. I got hardly anything done last Wednesday due to there being hardly any visitors in the museum. No, that isn't an oxymoron, because there were no visitors the volunteer guides were all bored out of their minds so kept coming to have a chat to the friendly model maker.
At lest I got a couple more square frames on. Here she is at the moment.
John
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KevinR reacted to timo4352 in Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by timo4352 - FINISHED - Midwest Products - SMALL - First time builder
She's done! I decided to go with sails. This first model was supposed to be a learning experience, and I needed to learn how to do sails too!
My first attempt I ruined the sail fabric. This second set I used watered down Elmer's glue to seal the sail fabric. No stitching - just drew in pencil lines. I even went to buy some different fabric, but in the end I used these sails. I'm happy with the outcome. The next model I think I'll sew the sails on.
Now my lovely wife has to get a spot in the curio cabinet cleared out.
Some pics-
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KevinR reacted to steamschooner in John Cudahy by steamschooner - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - Steam Tug
Some cabin work is done as well as some pilot house work.
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KevinR reacted to ccoyle in John Cudahy by steamschooner - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - Steam Tug
We need more non-stick-and-string builds around here. Model on!
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KevinR reacted to steamschooner in John Cudahy by steamschooner - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - Steam Tug
I redrew a set of tug plans to fit the sizes I needed to match up with the John Cudahy's spec's. Basswood was used for frames and planking. Yew wood was used for keel, stem, counter timber, guard timbers.
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KevinR reacted to steamschooner in John Cudahy by steamschooner - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - Steam Tug
I know this is not a stick and string type build, but I enjoy building vessels of local interest. The John Cudahy was built in Ballard Washington in 1900 for the fisheries trade. In 1904 she was sold to a tug firm in Grays Harbor and was rebuild for tug work. Her duties included ship assist and log raft towing. She was sold several times during her stay on Grays Harbor and went thur several changes. She went to work on the Columbia River for a number of years before being sold again. Foss tug bought her and rebuild her completely. Added length, changed to diesel power and renamed her Henry Foss. She was lost in Alaska in 1952. The period I chose to model is sometime after her conversion in 1905 to about 1915.
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KevinR reacted to Senior ole salt in Snipe by DRW-FJ40 - FINISHED - Dumas - Small - 4th in my intro to ship modeling
I like your approach to model boat and ship building, working up to models like the HMS Victory. You're little fleet looks like a great start.
Ahh the snipe. A great little sail boat. I built one right after getting out of the Navy back in 1952.
To make sure I could get it out of the basement I and friends muscled it out just in frame.
I did plank mine and kept the boat for about 7 years until it got too small for a growing family.
S.os
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KevinR reacted to SGraham in Shenandoah 1864 by SGraham - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:50 - American Civil War-era Cutter
A little more got done at the Glacial Progress Boat Works. The first photo is my very first garboard strake. Please enjoy the artistic arrangement of the splinters. The problem I ran into is that the keel of the Shenandoah drops steeply down as it goes toward the stern. This leaves a lot of room to make up for. On the plans it shows a number of stealer planks at the stern. They come all the way forward to amidships. The first stealer sits right above the garboard, which is notched to take it. I decided to try it this way. Here are the results. The planks are too thick at the sternpost, but I'll thin them out at the final sanding. Thanks for reading!
Steve
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KevinR reacted to dragzz in St Roch 605 by dragzz - Billing Boats - 1/72 - new build
this is a new build of the billing boats. st roch 605 1.72 scale this going to be a fun build the boat sits in vancouver iam 4hrs away from there . so here are some pic of the boat kit
and yes its all here in the kit i did a check list of all the parts .ps i took a break and yes iam back
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KevinR reacted to timo4352 in Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by timo4352 - FINISHED - Midwest Products - SMALL - First time builder
Shoot.... another "oops" just occurred to me...
My model is displayed with the centerboard down, meaning the lift bar for the board should also be down - not up like shows in this photo. Something else I should have figured out on my own instead of blindly following the instructions.
It bothers me enough that I'll probably try to remove it and redo it the way I think it should be.
What have you other builders done on yours?
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KevinR reacted to Senior ole salt in Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by timo4352 - FINISHED - Midwest Products - SMALL - First time builder
Another vote for furled sails. Also IMHO, consider the weathered look like a working vessel would have. A yacht should look like a yacht and a working boat should show a little wear and tear.
PS That is an art form in itself especially when successfully accomplished.
At least a lobster pot or two would give an added interest.
S.os
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KevinR got a reaction from timo4352 in BEESWAX FOR SHIP MODEL RIGGING
I have been following this discussion because I am about to start my rigging. The conservative wax sounds good but I thought it was to expensive and not easy to find. I decided to go with the beeswax for the time being and upgrade on later models. i went to Joannes's Fabrics to pick up the beeswax and came across a product called "Thread Heaven", next to the beeswax. It is suppose to Prevent tangling and fraying, won't melt, Acid Free and safe for all threads and fabrics. It was only $2 more, so I decided to give it a try. Has anyone else used this product before?
http://www.threadheaven.com
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KevinR reacted to Bedford in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
Happy to say she remained as dry as a bone throughout the test.
It appears that the coupling on the motor shaft was a bit too close to the motor and under thrust conditions it rubbed on the motor itself causing it to bind up. This led to a high current draw from the motor which in turn burned out the battery lead before any other damage was done, thankfully.
I have re-attached the coupling and replaced the lead and all is well.
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KevinR reacted to Bedford in Maine three-masted schooner by Bedford - 1:54 - RADIO
So, to part two of the sea trial storey.
Sorry the camera was not level but you get that in the bush with only rocks for tripods.
Generally this is at fairly low speed which is more than adequate but she has much more go than that which means she will be able to drive against the wind if I need to. At the end I was heading in and gave her full power but she didn't speed up properly and sounded odd. Keep an eye on it right to the end.
Pay attention to the upper left quadrant at 1:30, that is a platypus, not that you can really see it.
http://youtu.be/IIeqyICrH-4
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KevinR reacted to DRW-FJ40 in Snipe by DRW-FJ40 - FINISHED - Dumas - Small - 4th in my intro to ship modeling
Hello, This is my first build to post on MSW. It's my 4th boat (can't really call them ships yet) in my self desiged ship modeling course. My goal is to start the MS Bluenose 1:64 kit that's been sitting on my shelf for year teasing me... "come on, I dare you, I'll shred your ego into pieces".
The first three were small Midwest kits intended to learn the art of planking. This one is intended to get a feel for rigging. I figured how much simpler can rigging get than a small sailboat?
So the box. from looking at other threads, this seems to be an old sea salt tradition. unfortunately my picture was not taken "fresh" so it's a closed box shot but... what can I say.
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KevinR reacted to DRW-FJ40 in Snipe by DRW-FJ40 - FINISHED - Dumas - Small - 4th in my intro to ship modeling
Here are the three builds I've done so far to prime myself for planking
Midwest large skiff: basics of ship modeling concepts: plank on frame, CA glue & how not to glue your fingers to your boat, reading instructions, basic tools, etc.
Midwest Large Rowing Dinghy, basics 102, introduces multiple planks, yes there are only three per side but technically, that is multiple. If you go by the book, it's also finished natural so you are much more aware of the things you painted over in the skiff.
Midwest Canadian Canoe, This gets into planking more as it pertains to real ship modeling. The first two midwest kits, the planking is pretty much just glued on before any frames are put in (there is a jig). There are 17, 18 per side on this kit and you must bevel, bend and fit each one. Not quite finished but to far along to start a build thread.
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