WASHINGTON GALLEY by yamsterman - 1/48 scale - POF

[cog]

Nice job Mick.

[yamsterman]

Hi Nigel

Thanks for dropping by.

Lots of fun,sawdust and the occasional boo boo!

Hope you're getting eqaulammounts of fun from your triton build......imknow I did!

Cheers...mick

[Canute]

Really nice cutting going on. Excellent joinery.

[Chuck Seiler]

Mick,

   Doesn't the liver of sulfer discolour the wood?

[dgbot]

I am waiting to see the final project and like reading about your progress, Nice Work.

David B

[yamsterman]

Hi Chuck

I've never used liver of sulphur before but reading through various logs on MSW leads me to believe that it won't stain the wood. I will do a test piece first too see how I get on.

Cheers....mick

[yamsterman]

Hi David b

Thanks for looking in. Steady as she goes! Progress will be slow but sure I hope......lots of newthings to learn.....especially with these can't frames and hawse prices........seems to be a lot of info crammed into the frame drawings, may take a while to work out which line to cut too!

Cheers....mick

[yamsterman]

Hi Ken

Thanks for stopping by.

Driving me nuts trying to get things to conform to the plans! Nice learning curve tho!

I have a feeling the cant frames will give me a headache as will those awkward fashion piece's at the stern.

All part of the fun of model ship building!

Cheers....,..mick

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Really intersting jig for the milling job, Mick.

I'll cover your idea for my build. Thanks

[yamsterman]

Hi Christian

Nice to hear my heath Robinson contraption is of some help!

The jig in the picture is mk3. Absolute accuracy is a must otherwise a tinyfraction of an inch or millimetre out leads to a cumulative error. The piece of brass I used as a key was 1/32 x 1\4 a stock price from k& s metals range. The milling cutter was an imperial size of 1\4 inch. All this was specific to this model.....so I would have to make another jig for a different model. The crucial thing was getting the distance from the brass key to the edge of the milling cutter at exactly 9/64 inch.

Once this is done its a quick process to run of a length of moulding.

I hope this makes sense.

Obviously you would have to adapt your measurements to suit.

Cheers....mick

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Mick, thanks for your explanations.

[yamsterman]

EXPERIMENT WITH LIVER OF SULPHUR.

 

THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO CHUCK SEILERS QUESTION AND ALSO TO SATISFY MY OWN CURIOSITY.

 

FIRSTLY I PURCHASED A 1 OUNCE JAR OF LIVER OF SULPHUR GEL (SEE PHOTO)

 

APPARENTLY IT LASTS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME WITH NO DEGRADE

 

BASED ON HOW MUCH YOU ACTUALY NEED THIS SHOULD LAST SEVERAL LIFETIMES!!!!

 

FIRST PHOTO IS OF THE PRODUCT ITSELF

 

THE NEXT SHOWS SOME 1MM COPPER IN A SCRAP OF BOXWOOD. I USED THE GEL NEAT FOR EXPERIMENTS SAKE ,LET IT DRY FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN WIPED IT OFF WITH A CLEAN TISSUE. COPPER WAS NICELY BLACKENED AND THE BOXWOOD WAS STAINED A GREENISH BROWN......NOT GOOD.

 

SECOND LOT OF PHOTOS SHOW SOME 0,6MM COPPER INSERTED INTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOXWOOD BLOCK. THIS TIME I USED A SMALL DROP ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MATCH HEAD AND DISSOLVED IT IN AN OLD MUG OF WARM WATER. THE RESULT WAS A PALE YELLOW LIQUID.A SMALL MICRO BRUSH     (SAME THING WOMEN USE TO PUT THEIR MASCARER ON WITH) WAS DIPPED IN AND WIPED OVER THE COPPER .

NICELY BLACKENED COPPER AND NO GREEN STAINS!!!!

 

LESS IS  MORE WITH THIS STUFF.......IT ALSO STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN....SULPHUR YOU KNOW!!!

 

CHEERS....MICK

 

[cog]

Thanks, Mick. You can keep the smell, but the information is very usefull.

 

P.s. You only need some fat fingers to make typeo's, not just at tablet

 

Cheers,

[yamsterman]

WASHINGTON GALLEY PART 5 . MORE TRANSOMS STERN TIMBERS AND FUNNY BENDY THINGS.

 

HI ALL

 

BEEN BUSY BEAVERING AWAY MAKING LOTS OF SAWDUST.

 

STARTED MAKING THE STERN FRAMING COMPONENTS AND THE REST OF THE TRANSOMS.

 

ALSO DID A PRACTICE RUN WITH THE STERN COUNTER FASHION PIECES,THESE ITEMS ARE SOMEWHAT AWKWARD THINGS TO MAKE,I ENDED UP GLUING TWO PIECES OF 1/4" STOCK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO GET THE RIGHT THICKNESS. I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO CUT THESE FROM THE APPROPRIATE SINGLE THICKNESS......MAY BE ANOTHER ORDER TO TIMBERLINE! THE PRACTICE PIECES DONT LOOK TO BAD AND I MAY BE ABLE TO USE THEM......BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE STERN FRAMING GOES TOGETHER AND I CAN PROPERLY TEST FIT THEM. ANYTHING NOT UP TO SPEC GETS REMADE!!!!!

 

I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME PHOTOS TOO SEE WHAT YOU THINK.

 

CHEERS.....MICK

 

P.S. ANY PHOTOS OF PLANS ARE OBVIOUSLY COPYRIGHT OF THE N.R.G. AND JEFF STAUDT.

[cog]

Master carpenter at work ... He tells us it doesn't look to bad ... That's some awsome wood work you did mate ... very impressive, and it's only the beginning of the build ...

 

Cheers,

[mtaylor]

 I quite agree with Carl... on ALL points.  You're holding out on us Mick.  We know you're one of the masters.

[yamsterman]

Hi Carl

Yep you're right about thefat fingers! Not so sure about master carpenter.....maybe a journey man?

But thanks for the accolade! Plenty of time yet to drop a complete clanger!

Cheers ....mick

[yamsterman]

Hi mark

Thanks for the high praise! Still regard myself as a learner......I look at some of the work on this site and words fail me.....if I can emmulate some of that standard of work I shall be a happy bunny.

It's a good job Bob at timberline was generous with the timber order!!!!

Cheers....mick

[yamsterman]

WASHINGTON GALLEY PART 5

 

HI ALL

 

TODAYS EFFORTS WERE MAINLY CONCERNED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THE AFT CANT FRAME (N0 22).

ALL PARTS WERE CUT OUT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE LINES AS INDICATED ON THE PLANS,CAREFULLY GLUED UP,AND THEN THE RESPECTIVE BEVELS CUT.

 

ATTACHED PHOTOS SHOW THE RESULTS.

 

IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE LOWER WING TRANSOM NEEDS TO HAVE ITS ENDS ANGLED SLIGHTLY IN ORDER TO FIT FULLY AGAINST THE REAR FACE OF THE CANT FRAME.

 

CHEERS.....MICK

 

THE OPTIVISORS ARE A RECENT AQUISITION.......I CAN NOW SEE WHAT IM DOING!!!!

[Canute]

Nice frames, Mick.    And a smart move to go for the optivisor; can't have too much light and adequate magnification.

[yamsterman]

Hi Ken

Thanks for looking in. Those cant frames are proving a nice little challenge.....and the optivisors are a godsend especially with all those lines converging so closely together!

Cheers....mick

[cog]

So, the master carpenter is as blind as a bat ... ... it is increadible you still manage to make such crisp and tight fitting pieces, mate ... you must have a very sensitive touch ... ... in all honesty, the only thing I ccan think of why you use the visor ... because your eyse get tired from squeezing ... so far you haven't shown any indication you needed it !!!

 

Again some very nice work ... am learning a lot from you and your build!!

[yamsterman]

Hi Carl

Lol!!!! Despite wearing glasses for reading I was still having trouble seeingall those converging lines! And for a measly £10 they are a godsend. Tight joints help.....less glue to fill the gap! The touch is less sensitive today as I ran a lovely sharp liogier needle rasp over my index finger!....no damage done but time for a coffee...as a small aside I made frame 22 today....the last half frame...the previously made aft cant frame butts up against this one at a slight angle.....we will see how accurate I have been when it comes time to commit to glue a bit later today!

Still a journey man mate....when I get to the level of ed tosti,Dan vadas,Johann,Alexandria,j k Lee to name but a few then I think master might be a worthy title.....till then I am a paduwan.....grasshopper etc!!!!!!

Cheers......mick

[yamsterman]

WASHINGTON GALLEY PART 6........FIRST FRAME IS RAISED!!!!

 

HI ALL

HAVING MADE THE LAST HALF FRAME AFT I DECIDED IT WAS PERHAPS WISE TO RAISE THIS FRAME FIRST

THE SINGLE AFT CANT FRAMES LEADING EDGE BUTTS UP AGAINST THE REAR FACE OF THIS FRAME SO IT MAKES SENSE.

 

I CAN THE WORK TOWARDS MIDSHIPS WITH THE REST OF THE AFT HALF FRAMES. I MAY THEN SWITCH MY ATTENTION TO THE FORWARD CANT AND HALF FRAMES AND THE DREADED HAWSE PIECES.

 

MIDSHIPS FRAMES ARE FROM ( 6 FRAMES FORWARD OF DEADFLAT AND 6 FRAMES AFT OF DEADFLAT) ALL THE SAME BASIC SHAPE WITH NO BEVEL. THE HEIGHTS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT,TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SHEER,AND SOME HAVE RECESSES FOR THE GUNPORT SILLS AND SWEEP PORTS.......BATCH PRODUCTION TIME!

 

SO THATS WHERE I AM AT THE MOMENT.....TIME FOR A CELEBRATORY SNIFTER

 

PHOTOS OF THE FRAME RAISING FOR YOUR DELICTATION

 

CHEERS........MICK

 

 

[Omega1234]

Hi Mick

 

A milestone-raising the first frame!

 

Well done!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[yamsterman]

Hi Patrick

It's nice to see a ship slowly emerge.....only another 40 frames to go!

Cheers....mick

[Chuck Seiler]

[Canute]

Well done, Mick!

[Chuck Seiler]

Mick,

 

    I was looking at your previous posts and the part where you are working on piece 5 (wing transoms) caught my eye.  At first it appeared you were going to alot of trouble to make a simple piece.  As I looked closer, I noticed it was a compound curve...significantly so, it would seem.  Hoping the plans and/or the monograph went into more detail, I consulted those.  No luck.  Am I just being thick, or is this a difficult piece?

 

    Could you go into a little more detail as to how you made it? Does anyone else have any input?.

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Looks really good. Your work is very accurate and precise.