HMS Thorn by Kevin Kenny - 1:48 scale - Swan-class - David Antscherl practium

[yvesvidal]

I love your Emma C Berry with full sails. It truly changes the look of that little fishing boat.

 

Yves

[Kevin Kenny]

All done so back to making the rest of the trunnels. I hope i can find a case design that allows broken glass to be easily changed. 

[Kevin Kenny]

New base, glass replaced, time to go back to Tobago

[James G]

Looks great, Kevin! I have this kit on my shelf and to do list. My wife and I are heading out to Mystic Seaport in September to check her out along with the other treasures at the museum. Well done.

[hdrinker]

Beautiful, Kevin!

[Kevin Kenny]

Back on the Thorn.

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

  I love the planking with trunnels.

[Kevin Kenny]

First attempt at scuffer ports. I plan to blacken them.

[Kevin Kenny]

This one has no lip on the outside

 

[AON]

Scuffer or scupper?

[Kevin Kenny]

Scupper

Edited April 29, 2023 by Kevin Kenny

[Kevin Kenny]

Outside done

[niwotwill]

Love the wipe on poly. Makes the planks have a finished appearance highlighting how the wood takes the poly and changes the color. Now the trunnels really become part of the visual experience. Very nice Kenny

[Pirate adam]

The scuppers look great.

 

[AON]

Well now, you made that look easy.  

[Kevin Kenny]

 

[Kevin Kenny]

Tool update

 

 

[Kevin Kenny]

Harbor Freight 4” saw blade.

I forgot to say i purchased a 4” saw blade with a 1/2” arbor  for the Jim Byrnes saw and it works great. Its a bit noisy but i can  now make 7/8th cuts when making bulk stock.  It is a bit noisy but works great. At $5.00 how can you go wrong. In the past i used my Proxxon to do this work  but it would struggle when making large amounts of stock. 

[Kevin Kenny]

scuppers complete 

[Kevin Kenny]

This blade was not good. Too few teeth, made a lot of noise. Wasted my $5.00

[Kevin Kenny]

Working on making the moldings. Having a hard time with the scale. Most of my tools , blades, files are too large, but i will get it done but it will take a few attempts. So there will not be another video until I get it right. 

[AON]

A couple guys in the MSON use old hacksaw blades to make their scrapers.

 

Heat it with a torch to cherry red and fast quench in water to anneal it and then file the teeth away and cut molding shapes into them.

Edited June 14, 2023 by AON

[Kevin Kenny]

I am doing all that Alan, its the scale that is giving me the challenge. Also on the Mill its difficult to see the depth of the cuts. Ive made some 10 scrapers so far but not happy with the results. Today i am going to see of i can hook up one of my cameras and blow it up on a monitor to get a better feel for the depth of cut. My Turbo carver is small enough to cut the curved surfaces on the hacksaw blades but my smallest files are useless.

[AON]

I didn't recognize the piece to have been a hacksaw blade. Seemed much deeper than what I use but is probably just camera and scale.

Toni Levine had made a wonderful presentation on making and using scrapers at a MMS or NRMMS Club meeting. I'll check my files to see if I have anything useful from my screen captures. I believe she used a hand held dremel and metal cutting disc.

Get back to you in a couple hours.

Edited June 14, 2023 by AON

[AON]

Kevin

I emailed you five slides from Toni's PPT presentation that I saved for my personal library.

I do not have permission to post them.

Alan

[garyshipwright]

3 hours ago, Kevin Kenny said:

I am doing all that Alan, its the scale that is giving me the challenge. Also on the Mill its difficult to see the depth of the cuts. Ive made some 10 scrapers so far but not happy with the results. Today i am going to see of i can hook up one of my cameras and blow it up on a monitor to get a better feel for the depth of cut. My Turbo carver is small enough to cut the curved surfaces on the hacksaw blades but my smallest files are useless.

Hi Kevin. You could look into getting a set from Artesania Latina and on there site they call them Micro Shapers and comes in 3 sets, A,B,C. I have all three and get good result's when using them. At least look in to them and may save you from pulling out your hair. Good luck Gary

Edited June 14, 2023 by garyshipwright

[tlevine]

Kevin, it is much easier to use a Dremel than the lathe.  I think your biggest problem is the disc.  It is much too thick.  Greg Herbert told me about these; their original use was in a dental lab.  They are brittle, so wear glasses when you are using them.  I can typically get three molding from each disc.

[druxey]

That's a sledge hammer for a finishing nail! Try watchmakers' slotting files and escapement files by hand for the best results when forming scratch molding tools.

[Kevin Kenny]

Thanks for all the great advice. We are not there yet but close with the tools we have. That power point presentation from Toni was invaluable as you will see when the video is done covering this part of the build.

[Anthony Hearne]

i use these at work , theyre very thin but woven like carbon so they don't break very easily, they are quite expensive though, but outlast the thin separating disks by a lot

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