cog Posted September 18, 2015 #211 Posted September 18, 2015 Nice finish JesseLee. Looks rather smooth ... like you've been holystoning it on your knees ... Canute, CaptainSteve, Piet and 4 others 7 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
Jparsley Posted September 19, 2015 #212 Posted September 19, 2015 Wow nice technique to smooth the planks they look like they are one price of wood Great job You are just as good a builder on the bigger boats as you are with those microscopic ones you build GLakie, Omega1234, Piet and 3 others 6 Quote USF Constellation 1/85 AL Jparsley
DenPink Posted September 19, 2015 #213 Posted September 19, 2015 Hi Jesse Love your workmanship it is a credit to you, well done. Keep up the good work. Denis. mtaylor, Piet, JesseLee and 3 others 6 Quote Complete: Sovereign of the Seas - Mantua 1:78 scale Current build: Euro Model "Royal William" Scale 1:72 HMS "Revenge" Victory Model (Amati) Scale 1:64
_SalD_ Posted September 19, 2015 #214 Posted September 19, 2015 great looking deck Jesse, good work on the nibbing too. Omega1234, Piet, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Sal Nautical Research Guild Current USCG Harriet Lane - Model Shipways Complete U.S. Brig Syren - Model Shipways New York Pilot Boat 'Phantom' 1868 - Model Shipways
JesseLee Posted September 19, 2015 Author #215 Posted September 19, 2015 Thank you everyone for all the kind comments & for all the likes! I changed tree nailing methods. Instead of using toothpicks like I did on the outer hull I went with using a filed syringe needle. I didn't want the tree nails to stand out & look darker on the deck. It worked pretty well, got the results I wanted. I did have a problem with it actually pulling the plug out sometimes & I had to go back over it & fill in where that happened. Gahm, Omega1234, gjdale and 16 others 19 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
GLakie Posted September 19, 2015 #216 Posted September 19, 2015 That method made for a real nice result Jesse! Well done! Gonna have to log that one in the old memory-banks. Piet, JesseLee, CaptainSteve and 3 others 6 Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild
Piet Posted September 20, 2015 #217 Posted September 20, 2015 Fantastic job you did on the deck JesseLee, bravo. Cheers, CaptainSteve, Canute, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)
JesseLee Posted September 24, 2015 Author #218 Posted September 24, 2015 Soaked & curved wood strips for the waterways. Canute, Piet, maddog33 and 5 others 8 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted September 24, 2015 Author #219 Posted September 24, 2015 Made jig for sanding waterway strips triangle shaped. mtaylor, cog, Piet and 10 others 13 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted September 24, 2015 Author #220 Posted September 24, 2015 Sanded waterways to the right shape. _SalD_, maddog33, GLakie and 7 others 10 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted September 24, 2015 Author #221 Posted September 24, 2015 Got all those nicks in the sides filled in & re-painted. Glued waterways in place. The deck got 2 thin coats of golden oak stain. popeye the sailor, lambsbk, maddog33 and 21 others 24 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
GLakie Posted September 24, 2015 #222 Posted September 24, 2015 That's a nice looking deck Jesse! Good job on those waterways. I like the sanding jig you made for that. Cheers CaptainSteve, Omega1234, DenPink and 4 others 7 Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild
_SalD_ Posted September 24, 2015 #223 Posted September 24, 2015 Great looking deck and waterway Jesse CaptainSteve, Omega1234 and Piet 3 Quote Sal Nautical Research Guild Current USCG Harriet Lane - Model Shipways Complete U.S. Brig Syren - Model Shipways New York Pilot Boat 'Phantom' 1868 - Model Shipways
Canute Posted September 24, 2015 #224 Posted September 24, 2015 Jesse, what did you use to cut the sanding jig, a router bit? GLakie, Piet and Omega1234 3 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
JesseLee Posted September 24, 2015 Author #225 Posted September 24, 2015 Thanks George & Sal. Ken, I actually just used a small triangle needle file. Did it by hand. GLakie, Pogy647, mtaylor and 6 others 9 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
Piet Posted September 25, 2015 #226 Posted September 25, 2015 Very innovative on the sanding jig JesseLee. Deck and waterways look marvy. Cheers, mtaylor, Canute, JesseLee and 2 others 5 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)
JesseLee Posted September 28, 2015 Author #227 Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) Thanks Piet! Beginning to build jig for stamping the copper plates... Edited September 28, 2015 by JesseLee Seventynet, GLakie, Ryland Craze and 9 others 12 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted October 3, 2015 Author #228 Posted October 3, 2015 After making the jig somehow glue flowed in & filled one of the small openings that the copper strips slide through. Didn't want to tear it apart & rebuild it so I tried to figure out a way to cut out the opening again. I found this old underwire from a bra I saved out of the dryer a long time ago ( you never know what use you might come up for stuff later on). I filed one end to a very sharp chisel edge. Jabbed it in over & over till it cut through. Worked pretty good! I've noticed that a large majority of my pics have a pinkish hue to them. I've got to do something different with my lighting. I'm using an old aquarium light over my work bench. The old bulb must be emitting more of the red light spectrum. It isn't as noticeable to the eye but the camera picks it up too much. CaptainSteve, mtaylor, Canute and 11 others 14 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
JesseLee Posted October 3, 2015 Author #229 Posted October 3, 2015 Making the stamps for the copper plates.... DenPink, GLakie, Piet and 17 others 20 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
popeye the sailor Posted October 6, 2015 #230 Posted October 6, 2015 wonderful progress Jesse........deck looks superb! you've done some very nice work looking forward in seeing how the plate jig works GLakie, Canute, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
lambsbk Posted October 7, 2015 #231 Posted October 7, 2015 I agree Jesse. Keep up the good work. Very nice. Canute, mtaylor, GLakie and 1 other 4 Quote Dave U.S.S. Constitution 1:96 Revell build with fiber optic lighting
bmudry Posted October 7, 2015 #232 Posted October 7, 2015 Great looking build so far! I will be following along as I have one of these in the queue to be built eventually, so it will be nice to take some notes as you go through the process and file them away with the ships binder I have going. kier, Canute, JesseLee and 3 others 6 Quote Current build: MS Sultana; Corel Endeavour Previous builds: MS Phantom Under the bench: MS Syren; MS Bluenose II
JesseLee Posted October 10, 2015 Author #233 Posted October 10, 2015 Started stamping out some of the copper plates Omega1234, jablackwell, DenPink and 15 others 18 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
Canute Posted October 11, 2015 #234 Posted October 11, 2015 Looking good Jesse. Great jig/fixture for the copper plates. mtaylor, dgbot, JesseLee and 3 others 6 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
Moonbug Posted October 17, 2015 #235 Posted October 17, 2015 Just checking out your build - the Syren is one of my favorites. Nice, precise work on the deck. - Bug mtaylor, GLakie, JesseLee and 1 other 4 Quote - Bug Current Build: HMS Pegasus - Vanguard Models Completed Builds - Augie's USF Confederacy AL Santa Maria - Heavily Bashed AL San Juan Nepomuceno AL Swift Pilot Boat Cris Craft AL Stagecoach Ship Blog - The Lehman Shipyard
JesseLee Posted October 18, 2015 Author #236 Posted October 18, 2015 Thanks Ken & Bug! While working on the copper plating I have finally put the cap rails on. I wanted to test the limits some so instead of piecing them or cutting them out to shape I tried soaking & bending 1/4" strips. Not the usual way to try to do that but I just wanted to see if it could be done. It can, took more than one soak & bending. The strips still wanted to straighten out some so I drilled holes & held the rail down in place with wood pegs & glue. Even though I did make this work, I wouldn't recommend it. It did make the wood buckle & it took some wood filler & sanding to make it flat. Then added the smaller molding strip & grooved it using a small triangle file & a folded piece of fine sandpaper. UpstateNY, lambsbk, BETAQDAVE and 14 others 17 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
DenPink Posted October 18, 2015 #237 Posted October 18, 2015 Hi Jesse I was just thinking, have you ever thought about using Flexible Beech. You can bend that wood any shape you like ( well almost ). Denis. mtaylor, Canute, Piet and 1 other 4 Quote Complete: Sovereign of the Seas - Mantua 1:78 scale Current build: Euro Model "Royal William" Scale 1:72 HMS "Revenge" Victory Model (Amati) Scale 1:64
JesseLee Posted October 18, 2015 Author #238 Posted October 18, 2015 Denis, I would love to try it along with some various other wood types but currently don't have the funds for ordering much of anything so I'm stuck with left over scraps from previous builds & whatever I can pick up at the local Hobby Lobby store which is nothing but Basswood which is what I used here. I have heard so many sing the praises of Pear, Holly, etc. & now the Flexible Beech. Ahhh, maybe some day, till then I can dream! Piet, Canute, CaptainSteve and 2 others 5 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
Salty Sea Dog Posted October 18, 2015 #239 Posted October 18, 2015 Hi Jessie! You can make wood strips bend to almost any shape with water and heat. Although probably not the safest (or smartest!) thing to do, I have bent damp wood with a bare light bulb. You need to constantly move the wood slightly in the area to be bent to avoid scorching, and it will become pliable and require very little force to bend in any direction. A safer way is to put a bare bulb inside a thin wall pipe and bend the wood over the pipe. I know folks that have bent acoustic guitar sides this way. It's low tech and works well. If you do the bare bulb, definitely wear eye protection. I've never had a bulb explode, but it could happen. The wood should be damp enough to sizzle and should be re wetted with a spray bottle if it stops sizzling to prevent scorching. The walnut planking on my whaleboat was actually bent that way. Keep up the great work! dgbot, JesseLee, maddog33 and 6 others 9 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there...
dgbot Posted October 18, 2015 #240 Posted October 18, 2015 Your Syren is coming along great I like the way you did the rail. David B Canute, Piet, JesseLee and 1 other 4 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/
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