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Jesse the hardware mfgs that make door knobs and such out of brass, put a coat of lacquer on the finish to protect it. You might try that on the copper plating. I would try it on some left over plates to make sure it doesn't damage anything. Just a thought. Your ship looks amazing.

 

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Shaped the pintles & gudgeons. out of a flat brass strip. Drilled holes for pinning to ship. Figured out a way around the soldering. Since the glue wasn't holding the pins on the pintles I made a much longer pin & inserted them up into the wood with CA glue. They are pinned in the notch in the rudder & come straight down laying against the pintles. It looks just like it was attached to the pintle & no one can tell that it goes past the pintle & up into the wood. I did add some CA where they touch in the bend of the pintle. This works well & is very sturdy.

 

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 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

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks guys. It almost stumped me....... almost

 

I had these super tiny b brass nails from years ago. I wish I could remember where I got them. There are not enough to finish nailing the gudgeons to the stern. The heads on these are much smaller than anything else I have so I am now in the process of painstakingly filing down bigger nail heads to this much smaller size. Need about 15 more. I think I drilled way too many nail holes.

 

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 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

 

 

 

 

 

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It might be tedious, but the effect is well worth it Jesse.  Really nice work on the pintles and gudgeons.

Cheers,
 
Jason


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Thank you Jason.

 

Jesse

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 Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways

 

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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

 

 

 

 

 

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Nice job on the rudder Jesse. If you're looking for those little nails/rivets, you could ask Dirk/Dubz where he gets those small rivets he uses all the time.  :)

GEORGE

 

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That looks amazing!

-Elijah

 

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It might be tedious, but the effect is well worth it Jesse.  Really nice work on the pintles and gudgeons.

Ditto. 

Might be too many nails, but looks good anyway.

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Brilliant way to work around the "no solder" issue.  The results are what counts JesseLee.  It's looking really very good.

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

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Saw that I had forgot to make the upper hinge parts at the top of the rudder in the black painted area. Made that & got it all on. Al nails are in & rudder is on.

 

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 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

 

 

 

 

 

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Outstanding, Jesse.

Mark
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Good catch! I like it!

-Elijah

 

Current build(s):

Continental Gunboat Philadelphia by Model Shipways

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Completed build(s):

Model Shipways Phantom

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?showtopic=12376

 

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Glued the letters for name on. I think I got them spaced a little too close together but they are on & I'm not going to undo them. 

 

Attached a few eyebolts & rings

 

Painted the figurehead. The instructions left it like unpainted wood. I asked Chuck about it & he said it most likely was painted as other figureheads were so this is what I came up with.

 

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 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

 

 

 

 

 

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Jesse -

 

I think your letters look GREAT - straight, centered, and evenly spaced.  I hope I can do as well.  I like your choice of paint colors for your figurehead.  She certainly looks like a syren :) (anatomically correct) .  And she looks very much like the real figureheads I remember from nautical museums.

 

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I agree with Gary Jesse!  The letters look fine and the figurehead looks better painted, rather than left natural.  :)

 

Cheers

GEORGE

 

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Letters look fine JesseLee.  Yup, figure heads should be painted and your choice of colors is just great.

 

Cheers,

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)

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Thanks guys!

 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

 

 

 

 

 

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Wow! Amazing work! The figurehead looks great! :)

-Elijah

 

Current build(s):

Continental Gunboat Philadelphia by Model Shipways

https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/15753-continental-gunboat-philadelphia-by-elijah-model-shipways-124-scale/

 

Completed build(s):

Model Shipways Phantom

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?showtopic=12376

 

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I have put the sweep port lids on. Used the photo etched brass parts supplied for the hinges. Don't have any blackening solution so they are painted black. Used the cast metal pieces for the decorative carvings over the stern ports. Played with different tan & brown acrylic paints to make them look like wood. I cannot however get the quarter badges painted to look like wood. I have tried for almost 2 weeks, even taking it all off 7 starting over 3 times. I just cant seem to make it work with them like it did with the decorative trim so I am starting to see if I can build them with wood. Working on the window frames. This is very slow work & is slowing me down a lot. Will still keep trying with the paint too in case I'm not able to duplicate them.

 

 

 

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 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

 

 

 

 

 

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