Montanes by mtdoramike - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:70 scale - next donation project

[mtdoramike]

Now this looks a lot better than it did.

 

mike 

[mtdoramike]

Got the cannon lashed down and started framing the life boat.

[mtdoramike]

I got a little more work done on the Monte, like the chain plates, lanterns and rubbing strakes. There was a piece of thin plywood that I didn't care for the color of the wood, so I decided to paint the pieces brown. I would have rather left them natural, but it wasn't meant to be. I was a bit disappointed in OcCre's choice of wood for the Plywood though.

 

 

 

mike

[mtdoramike]

started on the railings today. Debating on leaving them the white or light color wood or paint them brown? I haven't totally decided yet.

[toms10]

HI Mike,

It is coming along nicely.  I vote for brown or even black railings.

Tom

[mtdoramike]

I decided to go with brown railings.

 

mike

[mtdoramike]

Installed the rudder and chains.

[toms10]

Nice job Mike.  I really like the way the stern looks.  What did you use for the lettering?  It is very crisp.

Tom

[mtdoramike]

Thanks Tom, I ordered 5mm vinyl lettering from Cornwall Ship Models from England.

 

 

mike

[donrobinson]

Nice work Mike, that must have been quite the job getting the rudder on. Looks great

[mtdoramike]

hahahahahaha, You are right Don, the rudder was one of the hardest things that I had to do on this ship model. Fortunately, I have done so many of them, I knew enough to know that it was going to be a little tough. So I waited about as long as I could. Getting the rudder sanded down, plated and installed along with the chain was about a 6 hour day. Now on with the masts and then the rigging. I will start with the Bow sprit. For the actual masts, I use a building board, which I mount the mast to in order to build it from the bottom to the top. I then hang a plumb bob from the ceiling of my building room where I have a hook installed that when the time comes to install the pre-made masts, I place the ship model on the floor which is perfectly flat. I then install the mast using the plumb bob as a guide to get them straight and even with each other.

 

mike

[CDW]

You must have been a surveyor at some time in your life, Mike. Great idea with the plumb bob.

[mtdoramike]

I have gotten the bowsprit and masts pretty much lined up after drilling out the holes with a 3/8" spade drill bit. some of the walnut dowels have a few curves in them but not as bad as a snake. I think I will be able to use them after cutting off the worst parts of the masts, which I'm glad because I wanted to be able to leave them natural wood color.

 

 

mike

[mtdoramike]

While cutting out the hole for the bowsprit, I got a bit carried away with the rotary tool. But no big deal, I'll just cut out a (what I call a yoke or collar) to cover up the boo boo.

[donrobinson]

Nice repair, looks like it was meant to be there

[mtdoramike]

Been working on the bowsprit. Yep, that is a piece of wire holding them together until I can get it adjusted properly and glued down then lashed with twine.

 

 

mike 

[marktiedens]

That is one l-o-n-g bowsprit - looking good.

 

Mark

[mtdoramike]

hahahahaha, yep Mark it sure is and at 49 inches long with that bowsprit sticking out so far it will be a challenge just to keep from breaking it off.

 

 

mike

[mtdoramike]

I spent a few hours on the Monte today and got quite a bit of work done on the Foremast and the Bowsprit.

 

 

mike

[toms10]

Mike,

Very nice.  That bowsprit would put any unicorn to shame!

Tom

[mtdoramike]

I got a little more work done on the mast. They are not installed as yet, but getting there.

 

 

mike

[mtdoramike]

I'm continuing to go up with the mast. Here is my make shift sander that I use while making the mast and spars. I used this setup on the Victory as well since I sold most of my modeling tools several years ago when I got out of the hobby for a while. Yep, it's a Craftsman belt sander clamped upside down to my old Black and Decker workmate.

 

 

mike

[toms10]

I see patent pending.   Necessity is the mother of invention.  Every tool is multipurpose if you stare at it enough.

Tom

[mtdoramike]

hahahahahaha yeah and I was staring at that bugger for a while. It's not as good as my bench top 36 inch belt/disk sander was, but it does the trick in a pinch for sure. I've had that old work mate for about 40 years. It's not like the newer ones, this one weighs a ton and not that cheap metal ones they sell today.

 

 

mike 

Edited November 2, 2016 by mtdoramike

[mtdoramike]

Up with the mast we go.

 

 

mike

[mtdoramike]

I'm currently working on the chain plates. I wrap the deadeyes in brass wire and then twist it. I then slip it into the hole in the chain plate board, cut it off and then bend the end up into a hook. Then I take one of the long length eye bolts that I found some time ago at Hobby Lobby and hook it into the fashioned hook on the deadeye. I then cut eye bolt to length bend it, drill a small hole into the hull and slid the end of the eye bolt into the figure 8 fastener and then into the hull with a spot of glue. I then nail the bottom of the figure 8 fastener. It seems to give me the best and cleanest finish as far as the chain plates go. 

 

 

 

mike

[mtdoramike]

Isn't this a beautiful piece of wood. I dust the display board off every now and then and spend probably 15 minutes just admiring the beauty in the wood. I might have spent close to $40.00 for that piece of wood, but it was well worth the price.

 

 

mike

[mtdoramike]

One side of the chain plates are done. I don't think I have ever built a ship model with as many dead eyes as this particular ship model has.

[toms10]

Ahhhh... the ratlines are a callin'.  Counting clove hitches in your dreams.  

Tom

[mtdoramike]

Yep, tons of them. Dreams heck, more like nightmares

 

 

mike