michael mott Posted March 24, 2013 Share #61 Posted March 24, 2013 Sherry absolutely beautiful work on fitting together those stem pieces, Shows what one can do with simple tools. The jewelers saw is one of my favorites and it is really just a smaller version of the coping saw. The older scroll saw looks like a gem. I'm not sure why scratch building is referred to as the dark side. However since you are here use the force..... Michael pythagoras 1 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted March 24, 2013 Share #62 Posted March 24, 2013 Sherry, It doesn't look that dark to me ... you shed some light on this! Show 'em girl! Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbuilder101 Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share #63 Posted March 24, 2013 Anja - Thank-you for your kind comments, they are appreciated! Andy - Thanks for the good wishes!With the 'foundation' I'm trying to be as careful and accurate as I can at the start so I don't run into trouble later...hopefully.That scary looking scroll saw is terrific. The other saw was the scary one! Mark - Thanks for the good wishes as well!You are right - new isn't better in this case.IF I had scratchbuilt a ship before I would have known the enormity of the task at hand and probably wouldn't have started! This way...ignorance is bliss. Frank - Thank-you for the kind words! I like my saw too...a lot. Michael - Thank-you for your generous comments! You spotted the jewelers saw in my photo. I have a fretsaw as well as the coping and jewelers saws...they all are useful depending on the task. But I have to say I love my scroll saw! Carl - Thanks! I will need all the enLIGHTenment that I can find before this build is over...I'm sure. Quote Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted March 24, 2013 Share #64 Posted March 24, 2013 Yup, a confirmed darksider ----- more tool talk! I'm going to need to take a few photos of my Exacto knife and post it on my log newbuilder101, trippwj and mtaylor 3 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbuilder101 Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share #65 Posted March 24, 2013 Augie... As for the Exacto knife...without it my Mayflower probably wouldn't exist. augie 1 Quote Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrieke Posted March 24, 2013 Share #66 Posted March 24, 2013 i ll be looking in too. you have a big job a head of you but thats good because it means a lot of fun. adn the good thing with scratch building is that you dont have to worry about messing up or breakign a part as you can just make a new one as long as you have enough wood in stock Quote Current builds : HMS Bounty, Constructo Pilar Next build : undecided On the Shelf : AL San Juan, Mamoli HMS Victory Builds on hold : Ochre Gorch Fock, Hachette/Amati Black Pearl Previous Builds Gallery : Virginia; King of Mississippi Previous Builds logs : AL King of Mississippi 1/80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted March 25, 2013 Share #67 Posted March 25, 2013 Hey Sherry, I've been sneaking a peak now and then. Sure hope your brother and daughter are doing well!!! All I can say about your work is, - - - how sweat it is! Take Remco's admonition at heart, "treat each part as a complete model" then you can't go wrong. One small piece at a time. Love your scroll saw too. I have a Proxxon and jewelers saws as well, use them a lot for all the small stuff in my scale. Looking forward to your progress. Cheers, 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted March 25, 2013 Share #68 Posted March 25, 2013 Hi Sherry, I like what I see….. Don't tell Anja about the saw otherwise she also want's one….. Quote Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remcohe Posted March 25, 2013 Share #69 Posted March 25, 2013 I guess I tuned in a little late for this build. You certainly go the whole nine yards when you say scratch building. You're even milling your own wood, something I don't dare even if I had the space and the budget to get the tools...... You're off on a very promising start. Remco Quote Treat each part as if it is a model on its own, you will finish more models in a day than others do in a lifetime. Current build HMS Kingfisher MSW 1.0 log click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted March 26, 2013 Share #70 Posted March 26, 2013 looking much better......the keel / bow stem is a work of art! I got an older scroll saw as well.....not too pleased with it, due to limited control. I'd like to get a band saw.....but that's a future wish look forward in seeing more progress .......your doing a superb job! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbuilder101 Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share #71 Posted March 26, 2013 Adrieke: Thanks for stopping by! You're right about scratch building parts, and hopefully I won't have to re-make too many of them! Piet: Thank-you for the good wishes for my family...they are doing better!Thanks for the kind words on the build as well. You're right about Remco's little adage! I always read it when I'm looking at his updates - good advice. Sjors: Thank-you! I'm glad you like what you see!If Anja gets a saw, you could use it too though. Remco: Thank-you for your kind words! I must confess that milling some of my own wood was out of necessity. I can't find the correct thickness of wood nearby, and ordering it would be much more expensive. We already have a workshop with the tools for the job, so it made sense to mill.I have a suspicion that if you milled your own wood it would be perfect. Popeye: Thank-you for the kind comments! Sorry your scroll saw didn't turn out to be all you expected it should be - I was just so lucky with mine. Quote Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbuilder101 Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share #72 Posted March 26, 2013 Another small update. This is just a dry fit again...don't want to fix anything permanently until all the bulkheads have been faired (at least partially) and the decks are cut and test-fitted. popash42, hopeful, Aussie048 and 2 others 5 Quote Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted March 26, 2013 Share #73 Posted March 26, 2013 Sherry, Just one word... niiiiiiiice!!! Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: 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 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted March 26, 2013 Share #74 Posted March 26, 2013 Two words ----- VERY nice. mtaylor 1 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted March 26, 2013 Share #75 Posted March 26, 2013 Looking good so far. Just curious, is this based on the Mantua plans? Quote Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbuilder101 Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share #76 Posted March 26, 2013 Mark: Thanks for the word! Augie: Thanks for the two words! Jeff: Thanks! Yes, I'm using the Mantua plans. mtaylor and augie 2 Quote Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ Posted March 27, 2013 Share #77 Posted March 27, 2013 Sherry: You have made a fine start. The dry fitting, and fairing etc will pay big dividends down the line. Good luck. I will be following along. Russ Quote T'aint a hobby if you hurry Completed projects Cross section model by Russ 1/48 scale Biloxi schooner model restoration 1/24 scale Biloxi oyster skiff 1/24 scale Biloxi schooner 1/48 scale POB Current project Biloxi lugger Captain Roy 1/48 scale POB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mott Posted March 27, 2013 Share #78 Posted March 27, 2013 Sherry I echo the comments above. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted March 27, 2013 Share #79 Posted March 27, 2013 Sherry, I see people writing one word, two words ,I write a few more….. That looks nice, very nice. And your wood looks so clean….. It's a shame to cover it Quote Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted March 27, 2013 Share #80 Posted March 27, 2013 Sherry, You call THAT a SMALL update? I wonder what a big one will be ... Looks pretty solid from here!!! Keep it up Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted March 27, 2013 Share #81 Posted March 27, 2013 I was right!!!! that looks awesome all framed out! splendid job Sherry! you can see the love and effort in it.....a simply superb job! Sjors 1 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbuilder101 Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share #82 Posted March 29, 2013 Russ: Thank-you! When I was building my Mayflower I didn't have everything faired as I should have before starting the planking. This meant scraping and sanding between courses of planks...not easy, and lesson learned! Michael: Thank-you as well! Sjors: Thank-you for the "few more" words. I have lots of pictures so I can remember what it looks like after I cover it up...she wouldn't be very seaworthy if I left her like this! Carl: Thank-you! I guess it wasn't a small update after all...just not many pictures. Popeye: Thank-you! I am pleased with the "framed out" version as well. Quote Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted March 29, 2013 Share #83 Posted March 29, 2013 Hi Sherry, If I understand it right it's not a static model but one where you want to go sailing with it??????? Give me a call and I'll be watching when you do that. O no, no call, send me a post pigeon then…... newbuilder101 1 Quote Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbuilder101 Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share #84 Posted April 14, 2013 Finally found some time to make a bit more progress. Here the lower decks are in place. Aussie048 and Cuda1949 2 Quote Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbuilder101 Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share #85 Posted April 14, 2013 Here the balsa gun blocks are in place. I also added an additional filler piece at the bow. I've also been researching led lighting and am experimenting with placement. They are just loosely in place here until I get the main deck on and holes drilled for them. I used 3mm yellow/orange led lights and 360 Ohm carbon resistors. The light wiring is too large in diameter to fit in the brass tubing for the stern lanterns...but I think I have a great idea for that when the time comes. (stay tuned for that - later on) dewalt57, Cuda1949 and Aussie048 3 Quote Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted April 14, 2013 Share #86 Posted April 14, 2013 Very neat. Nicely done. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted April 15, 2013 Share #87 Posted April 15, 2013 You might want to look into some 3v Micro LEDs. I've used them in a few of my railroad models... they'll go almost anywehere. Very nice work on the construction so far, she's coming along very well. Andy Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper1961 Posted April 15, 2013 Share #88 Posted April 15, 2013 Hey Sherry Looks great so far! I just bought the San Felipe kit from some place in Italy...I have been impatiently watching it's progress via the shipping tracking provided by DHL. It was funny watching the kit go from Italy to Brussels then to Cincinnati..I imagine it will be here mid week...I can hardly wait! Keep up the great work! Cheers Steve Quote Built: Charles W. Morgan - Artesania Latina 1/50 Pilgrim 40 Trawler - Scratch 1/24 RCMP 40' Trawler - Scratch 1/24 Flower Class Corvette - Matchbox/Revell 1/72 Current: HMS Serapis - Aeropiccola 1/60 Future: NEW! Just Added: Friesland - Mamoli 1/75 San Felipe - Mantua/Panart 1/75 BonHomme Richard - Aeropiccola 1/50 Wasa - Corel 1/75 HMS Victory - Mamoli 1/90 HMS Unicorn - Corel 1/75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mott Posted April 15, 2013 Share #89 Posted April 15, 2013 Sherry the progress looks great, Nice clean work. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted April 15, 2013 Share #90 Posted April 15, 2013 nice work Sherry! I've been toying around with the idea of lighting as well........my friends keep bugging me hope to see you planking soon! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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