San Felipe by newbuilder101 (Sherry) – Scale 1:96

[newbuilder101]

Finally have a small update.

 

For lack of proper tools...I present my labour intensive method of grating construction. Actually, after I made the jig it went more quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I am working on the rubbing strakes/wales - pictures next week - hopefully.

[Sjors]

That looks very good Sherry,

 

Can I order a dozen ? 

And look out with that scalpel....it is sharp !

 

[captainbob]

WOW ! They're made from 10,000 tiny blocks of wood. Oh that I had such patience.

 

Bob

[popeye the sailor]

nice idea........labor intensive,  but nice just the same.   on my United States build,  I came up with a way to make grates.   it turned out to be labor intensive as well,  but there was some fruits to the labor.   the only thing......they all came out the same.  you must be using 1/32 square stock.......what are you doing to keep them from sticking to the jig?

[newbuilder101]

Sjors:  A dozen?!!   I think my little termites can only manage the ones I need for my ship  ...maybe your gnomes can give you some help.    
I have already discovered how sharp that scalpel is! My ship has been christened a few times with blood - and it's not even near being ready to launch!

 

Bob: Thanks! The longer strips are solid and the cross pieces are separate little pieces of wood.........so........only 5,000 tiny blocks.

 

Popeye: Thank-you as well!  
You're right about the 1/32, but it's flat sheet instead of square stock, and I cut the strips.
My husband is a retired pressure pipe welder/fitter and has a stockpile of soapstone sticks - for marking steel pipe. He seems to have found innumerable uses for these little things. He suggested that I sand the stick with very fine paper and rub the resulting powder into the jig surface - works like a charm!   

[gjdale]

I've seen lots of ways of making gratings before Sherry, but never that one! Looks like you've done your usual fine job too. Well done!

[popeye the sailor]

I never thought to do something like that.    sounds like a very useful tip.......please thank him for us all........I'm sure I'm not going to be the only one trying it......Hee.....hee            simply terrific work!

[Adrieke]

i have to say wow again. lots of very fine work and the result is excelent

[newbuilder101]

Grant:

Thanks! I've seen lots of ways of making gratings before Sherry, but never that one!

You know what they say about necessity being the mother of invention.....besides, if there's an unusual way to do something, I'll find it!

 

Popeye: Thanks again! I've already thanked my husband for the soapstone tip. That fine powder does wonders on a sticky drawer too - makes it slide smoothly.

 

Adrieke: Thank-you!

lots of very fine work

Did I mention I think I may be permanently cross-eyed now!  

[popeye the sailor]

STOP IT!!!!!!  STOP IT!!!!  your giving the admiral too many Ideas! :D :D   {she reads some of these comments too}

do you have any tips to keep kids from slamm'in 'em?    doors too?     

[Shazmira]

Wow Sherry, excellent grates. But I have to ask; why do the labor intensive fashioning of your own? Wouldn't it be easier to buy the grates from someplace like Model Expo? Is it a pride thing, so all of this ship is scratch? Or a scale issue? Just curious, thinking ahead to my future dive into the dork side

[newbuilder101]

Popeye:    Okay, okay...don't want to start any trouble!  

 

Robbyn:

the dork side

Hey, wait a minute there! We just seem like dorks because we do things differently.     :D          

Seriously though, thanks! I guess pride does enter into it a little bit....I'd just like to see how much of this can be done from scratch. I will probably buy blocks and rigging line from Chuck, but that's it.....hopefully. The scale was also a factor, at 1:96 these things are pretty small.

[augie]

Incredible...... and innovative.  I'm speechless.

[newbuilder101]

Thank-you Augie.

"Speechless".......I looked at your 2,873 posts and..............not sure whether I should comment on that or not?  (sorry.....couldn't resist)  

[augie]

Makes being speechless all the more impressive 

[texxn5]

Augie speechless.....such an oxymoron....I think not!  Looking excellent as usual Sherry....very nice.

[demonborger]

Do you plan on painting any of it, or will you leave the wood as it is?

[captainbob]

Only 5000.  That explains it.

 

Bob

[giampieroricci]

I read all your topic, Sherry...
I really like your  very precise and clean work!!

 

:)

[newbuilder101]

Augie:  

 

John: Thank-you!

 

demonborger: I am planning to use wipe-on-poly over the natural wood - it's walnut so will darken.
Part of me would like to paint below the waterline white, so it would be more accurate, but the other part of me leans toward the display aesthetics and the look of unpainted wood.

 

Bob:  

[newbuilder101]

giampieroricci: Welcome to my log and thank-you very much!

[augie]

Be interested to see which 'part' of you wins out.  You can't beat natural wood........but then 'white stuff' has a charm of it's own. 

[sonicmcdude]

Nice and clean and on that little scale.

[Shazmira]

Sherry, oops...guess I need to to proof my posts a bit better . Pretty sure you know I meant dArk side, although in all fairness, dork side is maybe not an incorrect moniker either. I am pretty sure my students call me something pretty similar to that when they hear about my hobby .

For pride and aesthetic reasons...good enough for me, and your work is top notch, so you pull it off well! Kudos, for sticking to your own sense of ethics!

[newbuilder101]

Sinan: Thank-you! The scale definitely has its challenges.

 

Robbyn: Yes, I knew what you meant.   Thanks again for the encouraging comments.

[michael mott]

Just catching up Sherry, very nice work on the grates, the hull is not too shabby either!  super job on the planking.

 

Michael

[gjdale]

Incredible...... and innovative.  I'm speechless.

Well, that'll be a first!!!

 

And I note it didn't last long either! :P

[mtaylor]

Sherry,

 

Just amazing work on the grates...  and you managed to make Augie speechless.     

[clipper]

Hi Sherry, just caught up on your build. Lovely figurehead, if you can do that with just a scalpel imagine what wonders you could create with a second hand dentist drill and a few burrs. Wonderful build

Tony

[NAZGÛL]

Great work!

 

 

/Matti