augie Posted January 7, 2014 #301 Posted January 7, 2014 Very crisp! Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
Rustyj Posted January 7, 2014 Author #302 Posted January 7, 2014 Very crisp! Thanks Augie, That’s one of the pleasures of a Jim Saw. It allows me to do things I could never do before! fnkershner 1 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
Rustyj Posted January 9, 2014 Author #303 Posted January 9, 2014 Thank you all for you stopping by and the likes. Nothing much to report. I took some cherry and make the channels for the dead eyes. They are also colored using the Fiebings dye. Though there is no tension on these I did insert a pin in them so when tacked and glued to the hull they will be stronger. Heavens knows they will need it as I bump into things a lot! mtaylor, Pete38, Trussben and 9 others 12 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
harvey1847 Posted January 10, 2014 #304 Posted January 10, 2014 FIFTYNINE Rusty!! Happy happy Birthday! enjoy your day! Daniel. Quote In the shipyard: HMS Triton 1773. POF. 1:48. Daniel On the computer: R.A. Principe de La Paz. POF. 1:48. Daniel
WackoWolf Posted January 10, 2014 #305 Posted January 10, 2014 Happy Birthday Rusty. Dam in lest than 6 months I hit 60, and then I count backwards LOL.Best of luck in the New Year. Quote Wacko Joe Go MSW :)
AnobiumPunctatum Posted January 10, 2014 #306 Posted January 10, 2014 Happy birthday, Rusty Quote Regards Christian Current build: HM Cutter Alert, 1777; HM Sloop Fly, 1776 - 1/36 On the drawing board: English Ship Sloops Fly, 1776, Comet, 1783 and Aetna, 1776; Naval Cutter Alert, 1777 Paused: HMS Triton, 1771 - 1/48 "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." Salvador Dali
Bugra Posted January 10, 2014 #308 Posted January 10, 2014 Happy Birthday! Cheers, Bugra. Quote There is nothing that a little sanding can't solve.. Bugra. Current Builds : H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Bugra - 1/48 Turkish Traditional Ship - Surmene Takasi by Bugra - 1:35
Trussben Posted January 10, 2014 #309 Posted January 10, 2014 Have a great day Rusty. Ben Quote Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
AntonyUK Posted January 10, 2014 #310 Posted January 10, 2014 Happy birthday m8 Quote Best advice ever given to me."If you don't know ..Just ask. Completed Mayflower Completed Fun build Tail boat Tailboat Completed Build Chinese Junk Chinese Pirate Junk Completed scratch built Korean Turtle ship 1/32 Turtle ship Completed Santa Lucia Sicilian Cargo Boat 1/30 scale Santa Lucia On hold. Bounty Occre 1/45 Completed HMS Victory by DeAgostini modelspace. DeAgostini Victory Cross Section Completed H.M.S. Victory X section by Coral. HMS Victory cross section Completed The Black Pearl fun build Black Queen Completed A large scale Victory cross section 1/36 Victory Cross Section
michael mott Posted January 11, 2014 #311 Posted January 11, 2014 Yeah I constantly go huh when I measure the plans and it calls for a piece to be ¼” thick x ½” wide! Seems like a normal size to me! The steps look very sharp Rusty. Michael Quote Current builds Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8; Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8; Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8 Other projects Pilot Cutter 1:500 ; Maria, 1:2 Now just a memory Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8 Finished projects A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100 Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.
Boccherini Posted January 11, 2014 #312 Posted January 11, 2014 Just caught up with your build....... looking very good, clean & precise. Lathe chucks: get both, you'll use them. Horses for courses. Regards, Grant. Quote
Rustyj Posted January 12, 2014 Author #313 Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Hello all, Thank for the Birthday wishes and the likes. That was very nice. Had a good day and a nice dinner. No work either! So far doesn’t seem any worse than any other. Hey Joe when you get there let me know how it is. I may have to stop counting. Hi Michael, Yes with your projects I would see it not being an eye opener. Hi Grant and thanks for the info. Well I have cut the pedestals for the swivel guns and then notched the channels to fit around the pedestals. Glued them in place and took the pictures……….. Crap the port channel (1st pic) is *$#@ backwards! The notches for the chain plates are reversed! Oh well I guess I needed some more practice making them. Just another head slapping duh moment. Next up while I wait for my brass for the channels to arrive I will be playing around making the optional storage cover for the mortar. It has to be removable so I can show it in either state. Should be fun. Edited May 16, 2014 by Rustyj fatih79, augie, gjdale and 7 others 10 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
Rustyj Posted January 14, 2014 Author #314 Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) Ok we are back on steady seas. The oops has been corrected and onward we go! Edited May 16, 2014 by Rustyj rafine, Paddy, garyshipwright and 11 others 14 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
Rustyj Posted January 16, 2014 Author #315 Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) I’ve been working on the chain plates. I used a brass sheet and old 90 TPI blade on the Byrnes table saw and cut strips for the chain plates. I roughly bent them to shape and will fit them to each individual location as each one will be unique. I chose to paint the assemblies too. For the deadeyes I cut some correct sized dowel to and then using files and sandpaper shaped them. Edited May 16, 2014 by Rustyj fnkershner, Chuck, dvm27 and 12 others 15 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
Timothy Wood Posted January 16, 2014 #316 Posted January 16, 2014 Rusty, I like the idea of using dowel for the deadeyes! I'll have to keep that in mind for later use. Cheers, Tim Quote Tim Current Build: Future Build: BlueJacket - USS Kidd (Fletcher Class Destroyer) Solid Hull BlueJacket - U.S.S. SAMUEL B. ROBERTS, DE413 | Butler-Class Destroyer Escort BlueJacket - 310' Destroyer "The famous "four-piper" of both World Wars" Model Shipways - Pride of Baltimore II (Topsail Schooner) Model Shipways - Willie L. Bennett (Chesapeake Bay Skipjack) Constructo - Pilar (Ernest Hemingway's Fishing Yacht) Sergal - Race Horse (Bomb Ketch) Classic Warships - USS Salem CA-139 (Heavy Cruiser) Resin Kit Pen Duick Schooner - Half Hull (Scratch Build) CSA Submarine Hunley (Resin Kit) Classic Warships - USS Washington BB-56 (Battleship) Resin Kit Blue Ridge Models - USS Alaska CB-1 (Resin Kit) Completed Builds: 18th Century Sea Mortar Endeavour Half Hull by BlueJacket Ship Crafters Scratch Build - Atlantic (Schooner 1903) Half Hull: Winner of the 1905 Kaiser's Cup Race. BlueJacket 80' ELCO PT Boat 1/48 scale Member: Hampton Roads Ship Model Society
Rustyj Posted January 16, 2014 Author #317 Posted January 16, 2014 Thanks Tim. I had some nice beech dowels so it made it easier. Some of the the dowels out there wouldn't be any good and I would have had to make them from my regular wood stock. Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
Paddy Posted January 16, 2014 #318 Posted January 16, 2014 Rusty, without a doubt your work is of the Master Shipwright level. Beautiful craftsmanship! Quote 1st Year Apprentice :mellow: A new member of the NRG as of 8/28/13 Work in Progress - Triton 28 Gun Frigate Cross Section
Rustyj Posted January 18, 2014 Author #319 Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) Thank you for the kind words Paddy. Also thanks to everyone for stopping in and all the likes. The deadeyes and chain plates have been completed on the port side. I left the pin head unpainted in this picture so you could see how it simulates the bolt head. I just have to touch them up a bit, adjust the deadeyes position and then it’s on to the starboard side. Edited May 16, 2014 by Rustyj tlevine, mtaylor, Dubz and 13 others 16 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
rafine Posted January 18, 2014 #320 Posted January 18, 2014 Very nicely done, Rusty. Pretty soon, you're going to have to do those guns and the mortar. Bob augie 1 Quote Current builds on MSW: HMS Winchelsea 1:48: Medway Longboat 1:24 Prior builds on MSW: Schooner Halifax: Lumberyard 1/48 semi-scratch; Cutter Cheerful 1:48; Granado: Caldercraft 1:64; Frigate Essex: Kitbashed Model Shipways kit; Triton Cross Section 1:48; Kingfisher from Lauckstreet kit; Syren: Model shipways kit ;Kitbashed Fair American: Model Shipways;Prince de Neufchatel: Model shipways 1:64 Civil War Picket Boat
Rustyj Posted January 18, 2014 Author #321 Posted January 18, 2014 Hi Bob, Yeah you are right about the cannon and mortar. I did cheat on the swivel guns though. Chuck’s 12 pounders were an almost exact match so I ordered them up and they will do just fine. Plus they are way nicer then anything I will ever make! I will be posting pics of the brackets that hold the swivel guns in a bit to see what people think about the look. Thanks all. Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
Rustyj Posted January 18, 2014 Author #322 Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) OK as I said I have a beta version of the swivel guns. What I'm wondering is if the mounting bracket looks in proper proportion to everything else? Thanks Edited May 16, 2014 by Rustyj WackoWolf, dnputnam, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
garyshipwright Posted January 18, 2014 #323 Posted January 18, 2014 Hi Rusty. It looks good sir but can you show a couple of different view's of it? Looks to be the right size. Gary Quote HMS Montague/Alfred class by Gary B 74 gun ship built in 1779
Rustyj Posted January 18, 2014 Author #324 Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) Thanks Gary, Here you are. Edited May 16, 2014 by Rustyj WackoWolf, dnputnam, fnkershner and 9 others 12 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
Chuck Posted January 18, 2014 #325 Posted January 18, 2014 Who would of thought my twelve pounders would ever be used as swivel guns. They look very good and if your hand was not in that picture to show scale, you would think they were small and the to scale as if on a 1:48 scale model. Chuck Quote Chuck Passaro - MSW Admin Sloop Speedwell - POF scratch Block Island Boat - POF scratch HMS Winchelsea - POB scratch build HM Cutter Cheerful - POB scratch build Royal Barge - POF scratch Medway Longboat- POF Scratch SYREN SHIP MODEL COMPANY
Rustyj Posted January 18, 2014 Author #326 Posted January 18, 2014 Thanks Chuck. I wouldn't have thought of them either except I had your size sheet out when I was ordering those real swivel guns! Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
Trussben Posted January 18, 2014 #327 Posted January 18, 2014 Looks really good to me Rusty, scale looks correct and not too big. And modifying chucks 12 pounders is a nice touch. Ben Rustyj 1 Quote Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
druxey Posted January 19, 2014 #328 Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) They look good. Swivels I've seen have the cascabel or 'button' still on them, with the end of the tiller wrapped around the neck of the cascabel. See: 500 × 329 - uri.edu and 410 × 253 - paulfrasercollectibles.com Edited January 19, 2014 by druxey Rustyj 1 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Rustyj Posted January 20, 2014 Author #329 Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) Thanks Ben and Druxey. Well the swivel guns are drying and the chain plates are all completed so I've started building the optional mortar housing. This is the assembly that would cover the mortar to protect it. I have to make the assembly removable as I want to be able to display it with the mortar raised or stowed. Here are the transverse bulkheads and the mortar carriage set in place for perspective. Here you see the strong back connected to the transverse bulkhead as well as the fore and aft bulkheads. A notch has been cut into these pieces for the canopy and side covers to set into. Edited May 16, 2014 by Rustyj garyshipwright, yvesvidal, gjdale and 11 others 14 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout
augie Posted January 20, 2014 #330 Posted January 20, 2014 Interesting to see this support assembly. I'll wager the whole ship felt it when the mortar was fired. Good stuff my friend! Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
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