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Nirvana
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Nirvana reacted to Stuntflyer in The Hayling Hoy 1760 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - 1:48 scale
The first of seven fore cants was made and installed. I was careful in making sure that it was vertical and at the correct angle to the keel. Rather than using my homemade 90° plywood jig, I now find it easier to align the cants with just two machinist squares and a little hand holding. The trick is to establish the exact angle needed at the foot of the cant and hold it down securely to the stepping line while the glue quickly sets.
Once the cant frame was installed I started to work on the Bollard timbers and hawse pieces. I ended up making three sets before I was satisfied with the shape and fit. Luckily, they don't require using a lot of wood.
Mike
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Nirvana reacted to HIPEXEC in US Brig Syren by Hipexec - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - building as USS Argus
Still working on the side badges and I found some hawse hole liners from another kit. There will be a large percentage of stuff left over from other kits or scratch built by me on this build. It is a poor quality kit.
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Nirvana got a reaction from Adrift in Bluenose by Nirvana - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
28 days later!
Decking complete! Minor touch up needed before proceeding.
Nibbing boxwood is hard.😎
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Nirvana got a reaction from Elijah in Bluenose by Nirvana - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
28 days later!
Decking complete! Minor touch up needed before proceeding.
Nibbing boxwood is hard.😎
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Nirvana got a reaction from Altduck in Bluenose by Nirvana - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
28 days later!
Decking complete! Minor touch up needed before proceeding.
Nibbing boxwood is hard.😎
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Nirvana got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Bluenose by Nirvana - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
28 days later!
Decking complete! Minor touch up needed before proceeding.
Nibbing boxwood is hard.😎
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Nirvana got a reaction from Worldway in Bluenose by Nirvana - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
28 days later!
Decking complete! Minor touch up needed before proceeding.
Nibbing boxwood is hard.😎
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Nirvana got a reaction from fnkershner in Bluenose by Nirvana - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64
28 days later!
Decking complete! Minor touch up needed before proceeding.
Nibbing boxwood is hard.😎
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Nirvana reacted to Jond in Bluenose by genericDave - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale
Dave
Sometimes the trip also confuses. I love your choice of more heart like upper "dead eyes." Bluenose ll has them. I also like the fact you made them.
I chose to use the Walnut premade ones for strength. They are round. I keep looking at the old photo and can't tell for sure if they were round. The bn ll folks also seized the whole wrap and painted it white. I am going to an exodic wood dealer in northern Maine for other projects in the next month and try to get some walnut blanks. I may try. It is an item on the list I may get too.
Cheers
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Nirvana reacted to genericDave in Bluenose by genericDave - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale
Nirvana,
I used some 3/32" thick basswood I had laying around. I think the kit parts were basswood too. I think the problem with the kit parts came from cutting them free (they were laser cut). I didn't get a clean cut when I freed them, so as I was cleaning them up, the wood broke up.
My replacements weren't perfect, but once they got sanded, stained, and tied off they look fine. I made several, even though I only needed two so that I could replace an entire set (and avoid having mis-matched ones next to each other).
Someday I'll start collecting some higher quality wood for making parts like this. I can get basswood locally at my hobby shop, but I'd have to order anything fancier.
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Nirvana got a reaction from Elijah in Bluenose by genericDave - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 Scale
Dave, what wood did you use for the upper shroud blocks
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Nirvana reacted to Kevin Kenny in America by gsdpic - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1/48 scale
She is coming along very nicely
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Nirvana got a reaction from mtaylor in Modifying/jigs for the Syren Serv-o-matic
Perfect, thanks for those ideas as my Serv-o-matic should be arriving any day.
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Nirvana got a reaction from mtaylor in Practicum
Oh heaven!
I just figured out the search engine......
Once you have entered the "search word" and clicked search,
down below you will have various option of how you search can and will be used.
I tried that with Bluenose and instead of having more than 1000's of answers I had some 60+ all related to Bluenose build logs.
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Nirvana reacted to Kevin Kenny in America 1851 by Kevin Kenny - FINISHED - Constructo
Yes i plan to copper the bottom so no one will see the local Mahogany
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Nirvana reacted to Kevin Kenny in America 1851 by Kevin Kenny - FINISHED - Constructo
New word " Fantastly"
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Nirvana reacted to Kevin Kenny in America 1851 by Kevin Kenny - FINISHED - Constructo
I am in the process of gathering imformation about coppering the bottom. This will be my first attempt at coppering so any advice would be appreciated.
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Nirvana reacted to Kevin Kenny in America 1851 by Kevin Kenny - FINISHED - Constructo
The coppering has started
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Nirvana reacted to Kevin Kenny in America 1851 by Kevin Kenny - FINISHED - Constructo
Coppering complete. Video to follow.
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