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Good job on the binnacle! I love your bell solution. Imo the bell gains a lot when it is reduced in size (as also shown on the plans!).

 

Thomas

Current Built:   Model Shipways  Syren  (US Brig 1803)

 

Last Built:        Anfora (kit bashed)  Ictineo II  (1st steam powered submarine 1864)

 

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cannons and fitting are great Jesse.........any way you look at them.   a grain of sand is a grain of sand,  until you put it under a magnifying glass.......then it becomes a rock!   your doing a super job!

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

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Very nice job Jesse! That bell looks fantastic! Happy Birthday! I hope you have a good one!

-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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I like your solution for the bell.  This is the first I have heard of CA and solder together.  A learning experience.  I wonder if you would give me permission to send this to some club members to be entered into their newsletters.

David B

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Sure David, I've learned so much from others here. I love this community who helps and shares with each other.

 

Jesse

 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, a belated Happy Birthday, brother!  You've accomplished some very good work.

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

 

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Happy Birthday, JL.

:cheers:

CaptainSteve
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The binnacle looks real good Jesse and the bell turned out quite nice too. Great tip on the ca glue. I'm looking forward to learning about soldering. I have done just enough of it to know it isn't all that easy and I expect especially when soldering such small items for models.

Mike,

an American living in Norway

 

 

Current build:  Galley Washington - 1:48 - Scratch POF - NRG plans

 

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My illness is making it more difficult to get much work done at a time but have a little more progress to show....

 

Constructed the companionway. Pretty much by the instruction book. I had a lot of trouble making this because of how thin the walls are. Colored the edges with pencil lead to show the caulking. Couldn't keep the sides straight and square. Finally clamped them around the end of a piece of wood that was the right size to fit just inside the walls and got everything squared up. (The camera angle makes it look off but it's not) This will be added on later after the carronades are rigged into place.

 

Started pre making the tiller. Shaped it and added a wood peg to secure it through the rudder. Dry fitted for now. Will add rings later and glue it on after the two cannons are rigged into place.

 

Jesse

 

 

 

 

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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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your latest update looks great........the structure looks very well done  ;)   good shaping on the tiller too.   makes no difference how fast you go......your aim for quality work is always top notch.   take care my friend.......and take it slow 'n easy  :)

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

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Thanks Carl, Ken and Denis.

 

Alan, thanks for those pics. You can learn from pictures like that even if they aren't exactly the same rig.

 

More progress on deck fittings. Drilled out dowels for the pump drums. Widened the bottom of the drums by gluing a wire around the bottom then filling it in and tapering it with several layers of CA glue. Clipped off pieces from a plastic spray tube from a WD-40 can to make the pump spouts. Made the center post and crossbar from the basswood provided in the kit. Made iron bands on the ends by wrapping with paper strips with CA glue.

 

Following the instructions I made the pump brackets by bending brass pieces, drilling a hole in the bottom and CA gluing pieces of 22 gauge wire I the holes. Painted the appropriate parts black and have them drying for assembly.

 

Jesse

 

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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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Your pump is coming along very nicely! And great progress! Your Syren is the next one leaving me in your wake  :)

 

Thomas

Current Built:   Model Shipways  Syren  (US Brig 1803)

 

Last Built:        Anfora (kit bashed)  Ictineo II  (1st steam powered submarine 1864)

 

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As always, thanks for all the support. Assembled the pumps. Admired how some others added the handles so I thought I'd give it a try. Made mine out of wood and used wire for the handles. Don't know if I should leave the handles on or not. I like the way it looks with them but they also take up a lot of deck room.

 

Jesse

 

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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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Fantastic pumps, Jesse.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

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 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

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CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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