Senior ole salt
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Fantastic!! beautiful, very well done. Are you gonna do at least one crew? The model railroad guys have a variety of scales. I'm sure you can get one doing something appropriate on a sailing vessel. S.os -
I can see the Pilgrims impatiently waiting to come aboard. Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing. S.os
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Interesting home made dremel saw.....
Senior ole salt replied to JPZ66's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Thanks Joe for posting this link. It just goes to show that modelers are an ingenious lot. S.os -
Wow, Never thought the long boat could be so decorative. Any King or "nobleman" would be glad to be rowed around in one. Great build Chuck. Thanks for showing and taking the time to post such thought out and clear images. ( a skill in itself) S.os
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That's one fine looking model. Congratulations. S.os
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Well I found, at least for me, the ideal hunk of wood for my weathered looking display case base. It was 12"x3'. Now 8 1/4 W. by 28" L by 7" H. I think it's cherry and surprisingly sound under all that grey. I had to rip 45o cuts all around to reverse the pieces and glue them back on to preserve the weathered look. The short ends needed a veneer of 3/32 glued back on. The boat is elevated 1 3/8" by means of a 6/32 FH steel bolt in a brass sleeve. I reinforced the inside of the bilge and drilled and tapped it to receive the bolt. The floor board will cover the bolt end. I had on hand an imitation Sperm Scrimshawed whale tooth that I decided to be in the display. I drilled into the base and tapped it out to receive a 2".. 10/24 steel bolt, which holds it erect on the base. A local plastic shop cut the pieces for the case (not shown). I glued it together with little trouble doing only one side at a time. Now all I have to do is to finish the model. Mostly the small whale hunting gear and figure a way to impart a grungy look to the furled sail. Maybe just wipe up the shop floor will do it. S.os
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Beautiful Rus I like the way you spiled in the planks. Just about all ships have fascinating curves,only one other shape beats it. S.os
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An awesome build for sure. Probably better than the real ship. S.os
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Jay that model sure looks great. Have you ever visited Old Ironsides in Boston MA. ? S.os
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Whale boat eye splice
Senior ole salt replied to Senior ole salt's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Yes I did Jay. I went to specialized lumber store that saves old barn siding and the like. For 25 bucks I got a great deeply weathered and gray hunk of siding. It measures 1"X 12" X 3'. It even has a few nail holes in it. I'm going to cut it to size *8" wide by 28 ". The rip will be a 45o that will enable me to put the beveled piece ripped off glued on the other side thus preserving the weathered appearance. This piece will project higher than the base forming a lip in which the plexi glass case to fit into. I all ready assembled the case but had the plexi glass dealer cut the pieces. I will post the case when finished along with the still incomplete model. All those little whale hunting gear takes time to assemble. Thanks for asking S.os -
Progress on my whale boat is coming along. Will work on my case tomorrow. I was wondering about methods of making the furled sail look "grungy". I can imagine this kind of sail received a lot of abuse other sails of the period didn't experience. Any hints ? Thanks S.os
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Fascinating video Vivian.Thanks for posting, a keeper for sure. S.os
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Sails looking good from where I sit. S.os
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Thanks mark for your suggestions. They are good ones for sure. My intention is to have it look like it is ready to hunt whales. That is one harpoon at the ready. Also to enable the viewer to have some eye candy and to see the various boat gear, which is quite numerous. The oars will have to be in the locks but the blades extended past the gunnel. To give the viewer a sense of scale, the ships cat will be somewhere in the boat stalking a rat (also aboard) this will give the viewer a reason to scan the innards of the boat. I'm thinking this will add a little fun to the display. If I build the Bounty's launch, the beach idea would be a good one as the good captain Bligh did land on the great barrier reef and also on the Island of Tofua. S.os
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Fantastic build. I also admire your diligence in photographing your progress and sharing here. Thanks S.os
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Been thinking about the case for my model Whale boat. I like the look it has on an old beat up looking board like where I took this image: It will be elevated by plain brass posts as the instruction book suggested. Has any one here tried this approach in displaying their models ? If so do viewers agree with this kind of "look" ? Thanks S.os
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Thanks Jay for this informative post S.os
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Nice job. I like the way you took the time with the ratlines. Thanks for sharing. S.os
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Greatgalleons, I notice the base the model is secured to seems small. Are you going to make a case for the model ? If so I guess you'll attach the model to a bigger base. S.os
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Whale boat eye splice
Senior ole salt replied to Senior ole salt's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I read the posts here about dad's and others here that did real time in the service of the US. My father also served in WW 1. He never talked about it. I only got snitches of conversation of my dad talking with other WW 1 vets at VFW functions. I was only a kid and shooed away. But I remember talk about who got gassed and lost buddies. All that service and yarns lost when my dad died.. After my own retirement, not in the service but as a carpenter I had time and determined that my grand children and great grand children should hear of my adventures, and service time yarns ( in the USN ). I've posted these stories on the internet and got just about 184,000 "views" Here is a link for Navy buffs. It's about Boot camp back in 1948. http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?61697-J-Dillon-11-years-on-a-27-footer-WOW!!!/page19 Scroll down to post 906 or thereabouts. There are other Navy yarns mixed in prior pages mostly funny experiences. some have cartoons, images of all kinds and even paintings I've done. I have even gotten replies from ex Navy chiefs. Thanks all for the opportunity to share with others. S.os -
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Senior ole salt replied to Senior ole salt's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Yea Floyd, I remember those can's. They positioned themselves right off the carrier's stb. quarter. Did your dad operate with the 6 th fleet in the Med in the 1950's? S.os -
Fantastic work. All the Captains ( crew too) of Old Ironsides in "Fiddlers Green" must be smiling now to see the care and detail you are taking. Keep up the good work. S.os
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Senior ole salt replied to Senior ole salt's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Scoot , That's a good book to learn a lot of boating & seamanship stuff. For knots I also like "The arts of the sailor" by Hervey Garret Smith. He had a nice becket in it. So I made two to put on my sea chest. It looks great. Good project for winters like we're having in the NE US. S.os
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Whale boat eye splice
Senior ole salt replied to Senior ole salt's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Ok guys, here's a video on how to make an eye splice: I might add that for synthetics at least 7 tucks are considered ample. For manila or organic material 3 tucks are ok. Practice first and get it down pat before any attempt at miniature splices for model making. S.os
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