Tigersteve Posted August 28, 2017 #61 Posted August 28, 2017 Nice work! Steve Elijah and alde 2 Quote Current: Mayflower- Model Shipways Completed: Lowell Grand Banks Dory- Model Shipways English Pinnace- Model Shipways 18th Century Longboat- Model Shipways
hamilton Posted September 3, 2017 #62 Posted September 3, 2017 She's looking great, Al! hamiton alde and Elijah 2 Quote current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780); Admiralty models Echo cross-section (semi-scratch) previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit); HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS Greyhound; Fair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851); Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch); Off-Centre Sailing Skiff (scratch) under the bench: MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy
alde Posted September 4, 2017 Author #63 Posted September 4, 2017 Thanks for the kind words. I should get the deck finished up in a couple of days then I'll start on the deck houses. Elijah and hamilton 2 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
alde Posted April 14, 2018 Author #64 Posted April 14, 2018 It's been a long time but I'm back at it. I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to get the shipyard more organized and have a ways to go before I'll be happy with it. I'm going to have way more modeling time now and plan to take full advantage of it. I managed to get the deck done and finished with water based stain and wipe on poly and install the stanchions for the bulwarks. The bulwarks were soaked and clamped to the stanchions with cloths pins and will be ready to attach tomorrow. It's not much but it's progress. Here are a couple of pictures. Landlubber Mike, Tigersteve, yvesvidal and 4 others 7 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
Landlubber Mike Posted April 14, 2018 #65 Posted April 14, 2018 Really nice work Al, well done! alde 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
alde Posted April 14, 2018 Author #66 Posted April 14, 2018 Thanks Mike. It’s sure nice to be at it again. Landlubber Mike 1 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
alde Posted November 15 Author #67 Posted November 15 (edited) It's sure been a long time since I posted on this build. After my wife had her stroke, it was the last thing on my mind. I'm getting ready to pick it back up. In all this time I've lost some parts and 2 sheets of the plans. The nice folks at Model Expo replacement them with no questions asked. The hull fell off a pretty high shelf and has some damage that needs to be fixed. Since it will need a re-paint I'll take to opportunity to go with the yellow hull. It will be a good model to get my mojo back and get my mind occupied with something positive. I'll start posting regularly as soon as I get it on the bench. I have an Armed Virginia Sloop kit to build next and then Chucks beautiful Cheerful kit. If all goes well I might get started on the Winchelsea next year. I'll have to see if I feel like my skills are up to it. I'm so glad to be in a position to get back at it and be among friends here on the forum. I see we have lost a couple of good people since I was a regular and that really saddens me. They were good people always with a kind word and willingness to help. Edited November 15 by alde ccoyle, Paul Le Wol, Haliburton and 1 other 4 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
alde Posted November 17 Author #68 Posted November 17 The repairs have started. It's going to take a little time to get back into the flow for sure. I need to get back to an organized workbench to. I will work on better tool storage and keeping a clean work surface. Here are a couple of pictures of how it looks right now with some repairs done. yvesvidal, Haliburton, ccoyle and 2 others 5 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
Jim Lad Posted November 17 #69 Posted November 17 Good to see you back in the workshop. John Paul Le Wol 1 Quote
alde Posted November 17 Author #70 Posted November 17 52 minutes ago, Jim Lad said: Good to see you back in the workshop. John Thank you John. It's lifts my spirits to be back among friends and back on the bench. Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
alde Posted November 27 Author #71 Posted November 27 Color change is done and some work on the deck houses. I sure don't have the fine craftsmanship that some of you guys have. I hope it's something that will come with practice and learning. And how do you guys keep your work area so neat? yvesvidal, CiscoH, hamilton and 3 others 6 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
Jim Lad Posted November 27 #72 Posted November 27 She's looking very nice, Al! As for the tidy desk, there's an old saying - "A tidy desk; a tidy mind - take your pick!" 🙂 John Paul Le Wol and alde 2 Quote
hamilton Posted November 28 #73 Posted November 28 I learned that phrase as - "order in the environment, order in the mind!" This was supposed to be incentive for us kids to clean our rooms....let me tell you it didn't work! Your Glad Tidings looks really great, though, Al - nice finish and beautiful workmanship! hamilton alde, Ryland Craze and Paul Le Wol 3 Quote current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780); Admiralty models Echo cross-section (semi-scratch) previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit); HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS Greyhound; Fair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851); Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch); Off-Centre Sailing Skiff (scratch) under the bench: MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy
alde Posted December 11 Author #74 Posted December 11 (edited) I've been slowly working on the deck houses. I'm pretty happy with the way its going so far. I'm really looking forward to getting to the masts but it's still a ways away for me. It's been fun figuring out the best way to work out assemblies. Edited December 11 by alde CiscoH, SiriusVoyager, yvesvidal and 5 others 7 1 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
alde Posted Monday at 09:40 PM Author #75 Posted Monday at 09:40 PM I have a question for you guys. The kit provides dowels for the masts but they need to be tapered. The instructions suggest planning them to square then octagonal . I have a nice Stanley plane that I never used before so I decided to try it on a cut off first. It went really well. I was able to plane it down to a tapered octagonal then sand it round. When I tried it on the actual mast dowel the first 3 sides went perfectly. The forth side wanted to grab and tear out. Is this because the blade is dull? It was giving me nice curly shavings when it seemed to cut well. BTW, I will be using this method from now on. I think I need to make some kind of fixture to hold the parts though. Is that what is called a shooting board? Thanks, Albert JacquesCousteau 1 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
JacquesCousteau Posted Monday at 09:52 PM #76 Posted Monday at 09:52 PM 9 minutes ago, alde said: I have a question for you guys. The kit provides dowels for the masts but they need to be tapered. The instructions suggest planning them to square then octagonal . I have a nice Stanley plane that I never used before so I decided to try it on a cut off first. It went really well. I was able to plane it down to a tapered octagonal then sand it round. When I tried it on the actual mast dowel the first 3 sides went perfectly. The forth side wanted to grab and tear out. Is this because the blade is dull? It was giving me nice curly shavings when it seemed to cut well. BTW, I will be using this method from now on. I think I need to make some kind of fixture to hold the parts though. Is that what is called a shooting board? Thanks, Albert The same thing happened to me when I tried to taper a dowel with a plane. I think it has to do with the grain direction, which I found difficult to see in most dowels. It worked better for me to plane in the opposite direction on that side. alde 1 Quote Current Builds: Lancha Chilota Coasting Sloop (1:32) [Scratch] Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull Planking Kit (1:48); Midwest Maine Peapod (1:14) Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross Section (1:32); Lake Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32)
vossiewulf Posted Monday at 10:08 PM #77 Posted Monday at 10:08 PM Yes if the wood tears out the fix is to switch the direction of planing. alde 1 Quote Building HM Cutter Lady Nelson 1:64
alde Posted Monday at 11:38 PM Author #78 Posted Monday at 11:38 PM 1 hour ago, JacquesCousteau said: The same thing happened to me when I tried to taper a dowel with a plane. I think it has to do with the grain direction, which I found difficult to see in most dowels. It worked better for me to plane in the opposite direction on that side. 1 hour ago, vossiewulf said: Yes if the wood tears out the fix is to switch the direction of planing. Thank you both. I'll definitely do that next time. I can sure see how useful a plane is now though. I'll eventually have to learn how to sharpen the blade too. JacquesCousteau 1 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
alde Posted 19 hours ago Author #79 Posted 19 hours ago I just wanted to post a couple of proof of life pictures. I planed the spars to a tappered hex then sanded them round. It was really easy and I'll do it that way from now on. It was my first time using a plane. I still need to learn how to sharpen the blade. The cabins are just placed on and not glued. My next challenge is the metal work. It's another thing I've never done before. I have soldered PE and other small parts but I've never really made parts. I'm looking forward to trying it. Paul Jarman, CiscoH, vossiewulf and 1 other 4 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
Jim Lad Posted 13 hours ago #80 Posted 13 hours ago Won't be too long before she's ready to sail away. John Paul Le Wol and alde 2 Quote
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