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jablackwell reacted to Tecko in Wardell Bridge and boat by Tecko - 1:72 - diorama
Thank you @BANYAN, @oneslim, @John Allen, and @mtaylor for your 'likes'.
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Decided to build another boat using the leftover stern sections from the kit. This boat will be a Buoy Tender, called CLEM-PETER, named after the two museum members who had built a diorama showing the different types of buoys and navigational signages around the Port of Ballina. Their display will be replaced by this Bridge and Boat(s) diorama.
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jablackwell reacted to fnkershner in US Brig Syren by fnkershner - Model Shipways - 1:64
So 11 days since my last post. After playing with parts from Chuck & 3D printing. I got back to the primary subject. The tree nailing is now done! Both on the bulwarks and the deck. The coppering is done as well! I cannot say enough thanks to Jim. His jig worked like a charm. I am working on the rudder now. But I have run out of eye bolts. It looks like Model Expo did not include enough in the kit. The note is off and the replacements on the way. I ran out while rigging the Carronades.
In the mean time here she is -
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jablackwell got a reaction from Nirvana in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell reacted to svein erik in US Brig Syren by svein erik - Model Shipways - 1:64 - 18 gun brig
Hi
yes, I just get the rigging blocks from syrenshipsmodellcompany today
and as always its a beauty 😄
so am still waiting for the castello boxvood from wood project source 😳😡
so I can start the planking
Svein.erik
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jablackwell got a reaction from Overworked724 in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
The gun port lintels are complete. Now to sanding.... stand by!
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from Nirvana in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
The gun port lintels are complete. Now to sanding.... stand by!
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from Dutchman in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell got a reaction from JpR62 in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell got a reaction from fnkershner in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell got a reaction from Gahm in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell got a reaction from Richvee in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell got a reaction from Ryland Craze in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell reacted to Richvee in Kate Cory by Richvee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - solid hull
Thanks Steve.
John- Honored to have you watch. And thank YOU for your KC log. I might still be trying to figure out a way to build a tryworks if it wasn't for your log.
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jablackwell got a reaction from Richvee in Kate Cory by Richvee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - solid hull
Fabulous work on your build of the KC. Mind if I pull up a chair and enjoy the rest?
~john
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jablackwell reacted to svein erik in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
You getting there, Nice progress
am still waiting for the castello boxvood from wood project source I orderd before it close
its been over a month😲
and I orderd also all the rigging blocks from chuck about 5 days ago and its now in Oslo
ready to be shipt to Stavanger , thats wat I call service😊
Svein.erik
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jablackwell got a reaction from Peter Bloemendaal in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell got a reaction from svein erik in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell reacted to Richvee in Kate Cory by Richvee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - solid hull
I don't have a lot of time over the summer for modeling, but I managed to make the masts this past summer.
Decided at this point to start the standing rigging of the foremast and bowsprit. (in an attempt to put off carving the whaleboats even longer )
Added the davit and bearing post on the port side for the waist boat. This davit goes on the outside of the hull. details are sketchy so it was a a best guess as to how to portray it.
Which brings me up to date on this build. I guess uit's time to dive into the whaleboats. I don't want to add the iron davits other than the one above until I have the whaleboats done at least to the point where I know the davits will line up over the hoisting eyes on the whaleboats.
These whaleboats are the old machine carved that came with the original kit way back when. There's a lot of sanding, filing, and chiseling to do to get the walls to 1/32". The process has begun.
I guess I can always take a break and start stepping the main mast.
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jablackwell reacted to Richvee in Kate Cory by Richvee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - solid hull
While doing research on tryworks and trying to figure out how I was going to make this, I ran across this site, namely, jablackwell's Kate Cory build log. His log, along with Thomas Lauria's great site, and texxn's C.W. Morgan added a wealth of information for me. it was after discovering all these places on line that I truly realized how much I had to learn, and how much better I needed to get.
So the tryworks were built. I used the metal pots that I still had from the original kit. The brick was a thin plastic sheet of model railroad "S" scale brick wall, that I painted. The rest is wood sheet and strip wood I had from various kits, and steel wire for the slide rod for the oven doors.
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jablackwell reacted to Richvee in Kate Cory by Richvee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - solid hull
A little background before I start this log. I played around with models of all kinds when I was young, but this was my first effort at a "quality" model as a result. (The term "quality" is up for debate )I am in the middle of this build. I started it back in the late 80's. The hull was shaped, sanded and topsides painted. Plankshseer, rails and decking added and painted.....And there it sat as life went on. Bought a house, raised 2 kids, and late summer of '17 I dusted it off, and started adding rivets to the strip copper for the hull. Little did I know these strips should have been cut into plates. I simply simulated the plates by using the ponce wheel to run vertical rivets every 15mm.
After the copper, I started on the deck work. Hatches and companionways, wheel, skylight, galley.
Next up was the tryworks.
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jablackwell got a reaction from russ in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell got a reaction from Jack12477 in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
Made more headway this afternoon given the lousy NH weather we are having today.... expecting some 12-18 inches (30 to 45cm) of snow.... So... what better that work on the model?!
- Sanded down the sills and lintels, and everything held together. Nothing broke, so I am happy.
- Trimmed the gun port template and taped that into place.
- Marked all the little bits that make up the vertical walls of the gun ports.
- Set the mini chop saw fence to cut the gun port walls and chopped slew of those then started to glue them in.
- By the way: I am LOVING my new Dewalt finishing sander. It has saved me a ton of time, and is delicate enough to get it done safely.
- Some images follow....
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jablackwell got a reaction from Dutchman in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
The gun port lintels are complete. Now to sanding.... stand by!
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from Tom E in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
The gun port lintels are complete. Now to sanding.... stand by!
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from fnkershner in US Brig Syren by jablackwell - Model Shipways - first POB build
The gun port lintels are complete. Now to sanding.... stand by!
~john
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