Louie da fly Posted October 6, 2016 #151 Posted October 6, 2016 Very beautiful, very elegant. I'm not sure your future trireme will be as pretty. Steven Robin Lous, mtaylor, EJ_L and 2 others 5 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht
donrobinson Posted October 6, 2016 #152 Posted October 6, 2016 Your ship is looking great, and you have my favourite drink !! cobra1951, EJ_L, Robin Lous and 1 other 4 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus
Robin Lous Posted October 6, 2016 Author #153 Posted October 6, 2016 (edited) On 6-10-2016 at 10:36 AM, Louie da fly said: ..... I'm not sure your future trireme will be as pretty. Steven Robin Edited September 19, 2017 by Robin Lous cobra1951, CDW, zoly99sask and 4 others 7 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
Robin Lous Posted October 7, 2016 Author #154 Posted October 7, 2016 The whole tholepin affair came to an end... ...and placed the rudder attachment pins. The weathered bronze test strip.... I treated 4 swaps differently and left them outside for a week to let the weather and salty sea breeze do it's thing. This one I like most. I burnished the copper. Dipped in oil and burned it with a blow torch. Some green oxide starts to appear already, but it needs a little bit more outdoor time I think. I'll get it right soon! So, what's next? The centre top deck railing! And with it...the additional deck support beams. Also gave the oars some thought.... The nice Dusek tutorial video... Great!...but ....I want the paddle blades a bit wider and maybe teardrop shaped (undecided). The 2mm x 2mm rod works fine, but I think the blades will be a bit too narrow. My "simple" solution....glue 1mm x 2mm strips to where the blades will be. Sand down to the desired size and shape...teardrop or straight. A bit more work, but hey! I'm used to that by now. Okey...that's it for now....I worked very hard to get this done, so tonight I take an evening off! Thanks for watching...and more soon! Robin Daniel Dusek, mtaylor, FriedClams and 7 others 10 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
cobra1951 Posted October 7, 2016 #155 Posted October 7, 2016 Bronzing looks great on that copper sheet Looks like some hard repetitive work coming up on those oars mtaylor, CDW, Robin Lous and 1 other 4 Quote Bob Current Build HMB Endeavour - Occre 1:54 Completed Builds Section Deck Between Gun Bays - Panart 1:23 scale....x 2
Robin Lous Posted October 8, 2016 Author #156 Posted October 8, 2016 Thanks Bob, I don't think it will be a painful experience to make the oars, even though I need about 60. I'll start making small batches of about 5 per day before I continue with the part of the build I'm working on. When I spread it out, it won't become slave labour...I hope. With the trireme (170+30 spares) build on the horizon...I think I'm condemned to this daily routine for a long time now. More soon....including oars! Robin EJ_L, CDW, Daniel Dusek and 2 others 5 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
EJ_L Posted October 8, 2016 #157 Posted October 8, 2016 I have to hand it you making all those oars Robin. I need to make four for my launch and I've been putting them off. Then again, I'm currently carving bits and sheave holes in 1:100 scale so I guess we all enjoy torture in some form. Robin Lous, mtaylor, CDW and 1 other 4 Quote "A Smooth Sea NEVER made a Skilled Sailor" - John George Hermanson -E.J. Current Builds - Royal Louis - Mamoli Royal Caroline - Panart Completed - Wood - Le Soleil Royal - Sergal - Build Log & Gallery La Couronne - Corel - Build Log & Gallery Rattlesnake - Model Shipways, HMS Bounty - Constructo Plastic - USS Constitution - Revel (twice), Cutty Sark. Unfinished - Plastic - HMS Victory - Heller, Sea Witch. Member : Nautical Research Guild
Torbogdan Posted October 9, 2016 #158 Posted October 9, 2016 I think you should be very pleased with your build! It looks really, really good. I´m very impressed! mtaylor, Robin Lous and cobra1951 3 Quote Built ships http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13384-the-pinta-by-torbogdan-dusek-shipmodels-172/ http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13673-hanse-kogge-by-torbogdan-dusek-ship-models/page-5#entry458535
cog Posted October 9, 2016 #159 Posted October 9, 2016 With the trireme (170+30 spares) build on the horizon...I think I'm condemned to this daily routine for a long time now. Whilst you are busy for the bireme, you could actually continue with some of those required for the trireme, if you go on to 135 you are 1/3 on the way for the larger one cobra1951, Robin Lous, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
Mike40 Posted October 9, 2016 #160 Posted October 9, 2016 This is a beautiful build Robin, especially considering the small scale of a relatively small vessel. Nikiforos, EJ_L, Robin Lous and 1 other 4 Quote Mike, an American living in Norway Current build: Galley Washington - 1:48 - Scratch POF - NRG plans
Robin Lous Posted October 9, 2016 Author #161 Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) Thanks guys! Busy with the centre deck railing. The plan.... Where it will happen... What happened today (so far).... This took me 6 hours! For one side only. Much of it was measuring. The short posts all have the same lenght, but the long ones, I had to measure one by one. I don't own a milling table (yet ), so it took time to cut all the recesses with a fresh X-acto blade. The cap rail will be stained with "cherry" (or Hennessy for intimi) wood stain. The rest oak wood stain. I'll do that tonight and perhaps there's time left to start putting it together. So, maybe another update late tonight...otherwise tomorrow. Will also show the oars with the wider blades...straight and teardrop. Sooooo....more soon, Robin Edited September 19, 2017 by Robin Lous BLACK VIKING, Mumin, cobra1951 and 9 others 12 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
WackoWolf Posted October 9, 2016 #162 Posted October 9, 2016 Take your time, don't rush, we will be here for when you do the next post. Your doing an excellent job. mtaylor, Robin Lous, EJ_L and 1 other 4 Quote Wacko Joe Go MSW :)
Robin Lous Posted October 9, 2016 Author #163 Posted October 9, 2016 You're right Joe, I do take all the time it needs, so in a way...I'm not rushing, but eager to get something done I tend to glue myself to my desk chair and keep going until it's done. That's not rushing, but it's not good either. I can make stupid mistakes because I'm too tired to think straight sometimes....not to mention my eyesight....not to mention the Admiral giving me "the look". So...I call it a day! but...but...I did finish the staining! More tomorrow! Robin zoly99sask, WackoWolf, EJ_L and 4 others 7 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
CDW Posted October 9, 2016 #164 Posted October 9, 2016 I am not happy about you having the eyesight issue after you've been working too long on the small items, but glad to know I am not the only one who has that problem. After a rather short time, I have to get up and do something else for a while as the strain to see small modeling items makes my vision very blurry. And this happens even with all the great magnification tools being used. The problem is directly related to the small size. The smaller the objects, the less time I can spend in one sitting. EJ_L, WackoWolf, Nikiforos and 2 others 5 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700
cog Posted October 9, 2016 #165 Posted October 9, 2016 The Admiral .... yes, like an egg timer ... with a sledge hammer So you find the perks of wooden boat building. It's not as quick as it's plastic counter part. The eye problem, well you're not the only one. I recently bought something to aid me with very detailed things, and still I tend to get screwed eyeballs ... and headaches - the latter is something I've been dealing with all my life, so it's second nature. The pain in my eyes ... it helps to take short periods off but it stays a pain in the proverbial hiney Keep it up, I'll take a Napoleon to drink to your health mtaylor, cobra1951, EJ_L and 3 others 6 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
Robin Lous Posted October 10, 2016 Author #166 Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) Thanks guys. Looks like we all suffer from the same eye issues. Nothing we can do about, so let's make the best of it. Just had an UPS guy at the door..... A parcel! I got a parcel! look what I got! Sturdy box, well packed...nice! Yay! my trieres! Wow! even though it's only 12 cm longer...it will dwarf my bireme. That's a lot of oars, seats and tholepins to make...oh dear! Thanks Daniel! From ordering to my doorstep in 8 days. And that's with custom alder wood hull planks and the cheapskate delivery option. Really very impressive! I'll try my best to do this kit justice. Looking forward to start working on it. but...I finish the bireme before I start. Robin Edited September 19, 2017 by Robin Lous Torbogdan, EJ_L, cobra1951 and 5 others 8 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
cobra1951 Posted October 10, 2016 #167 Posted October 10, 2016 Really very impressive! I'll try my best to do this kit justice. Looking forward to start working on it. but...I finish the bireme before I start. Robin If you don't get overrun by temption :) Robin Lous, mtaylor, cog and 1 other 4 Quote Bob Current Build HMB Endeavour - Occre 1:54 Completed Builds Section Deck Between Gun Bays - Panart 1:23 scale....x 2
cog Posted October 10, 2016 #168 Posted October 10, 2016 but...I finish the bireme before I start. Yeah, right ... in your wildest dreams ... Robin Lous, mtaylor and cobra1951 3 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
EJ_L Posted October 10, 2016 #169 Posted October 10, 2016 Excellent! Your bireme has been very educational to watch come together and I am looking forward to watching those triremes come together for the same reason. Red, mtaylor, Robin Lous and 2 others 5 Quote "A Smooth Sea NEVER made a Skilled Sailor" - John George Hermanson -E.J. Current Builds - Royal Louis - Mamoli Royal Caroline - Panart Completed - Wood - Le Soleil Royal - Sergal - Build Log & Gallery La Couronne - Corel - Build Log & Gallery Rattlesnake - Model Shipways, HMS Bounty - Constructo Plastic - USS Constitution - Revel (twice), Cutty Sark. Unfinished - Plastic - HMS Victory - Heller, Sea Witch. Member : Nautical Research Guild
donrobinson Posted October 10, 2016 #170 Posted October 10, 2016 You will have fun with that one Robin, If you are interested there is a new book in the Anatomy Of The Ship series called "The Athenian Trireme" coming out real soon, I have mine or order. Check out Amazon if you wish mtaylor, cog, Robin Lous and 3 others 6 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus
Robin Lous Posted October 10, 2016 Author #171 Posted October 10, 2016 You will have fun with that one Robin, If you are interested there is a new book in the Anatomy Of The Ship series called "The Athenian Trireme" coming out real soon, I have mine or order. Check out Amazon if you wish OMG! that's fantastic! I already own the Olympias book from the Trireme Trust, but it's 99% text (nothing wrong with text of course) and 1% fuzzy sketches and blurry photo's....no plans whatsoever. So this will be more than welcome! Thanks a lot...I'll order it straight away. Robin cobra1951, mtaylor, EJ_L and 1 other 4 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
Robin Lous Posted October 10, 2016 Author #172 Posted October 10, 2016 Uhmmm...it says december 2017 cobra1951 and mtaylor 2 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
donrobinson Posted October 10, 2016 #173 Posted October 10, 2016 Oh really!!!!! I did not see that. Sorry for misleading you. I will check my credit card and may have to cancel Robin Lous, mtaylor and cobra1951 3 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus
WackoWolf Posted October 10, 2016 #174 Posted October 10, 2016 I have a fix seat here. mtaylor, cobra1951, zoly99sask and 1 other 4 Quote Wacko Joe Go MSW :)
Robin Lous Posted October 10, 2016 Author #175 Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) Thanks again...and Bob, Carl and EJ... Of course I underestimated the amount of work, but I almost finished the railing. It went rather well and I think it looks good. With the railing on it shows the humble size of a bireme better. Still need to do the cap rail, but it gives an idea of how it will look now. The planks running along the side of the deck serve two purposes. It looks good...and it hides the plywood of the deck. Also happy with the posts running down to the lower deck. More soon! Robin Edited September 19, 2017 by Robin Lous zoly99sask, CDW, cog and 7 others 10 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
cobra1951 Posted October 10, 2016 #176 Posted October 10, 2016 Looks great and will be even better once it's capped mtaylor, Robin Lous, EJ_L and 2 others 5 Quote Bob Current Build HMB Endeavour - Occre 1:54 Completed Builds Section Deck Between Gun Bays - Panart 1:23 scale....x 2
foxy Posted October 10, 2016 #177 Posted October 10, 2016 That's a fine bit of work Robin. I to have other builds, but better to finish the one you started. Looking good and the grey cells are working mate. I have to use an optimizer some times for my work. Keep it coming. frank cobra1951, Robin Lous, WackoWolf and 2 others 5 Quote
cog Posted October 10, 2016 #178 Posted October 10, 2016 Sturdy piece of work, Robin. That won't budge ... cobra1951, mtaylor, EJ_L and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
Robin Lous Posted October 10, 2016 Author #179 Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) 2 more... a close up of the construction... and with the cap rail on... The rest of the week I work long hours (real work lol), so next update not before sunday or monday. Thanks for all the kind words and...more soon, Robin Edit: on Facebook my sister in law complained about no bottle on these photos. She's right...completely forgot about it. Edited September 19, 2017 by Robin Lous zoly99sask, Modeler12, CDW and 10 others 13 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of."
EJ_L Posted October 10, 2016 #180 Posted October 10, 2016 That is why I position a lot of my pictures so at least part of my bar is in the background. Always have a something to refresh my crew with after a long day at the ship yard and maybe a splash or two for the foreman when no one is looking... Excellent work! You sure are packing a lot of nice details into a small ship. I'm enjoying every update! WackoWolf, cobra1951, Robin Lous and 2 others 5 Quote "A Smooth Sea NEVER made a Skilled Sailor" - John George Hermanson -E.J. Current Builds - Royal Louis - Mamoli Royal Caroline - Panart Completed - Wood - Le Soleil Royal - Sergal - Build Log & Gallery La Couronne - Corel - Build Log & Gallery Rattlesnake - Model Shipways, HMS Bounty - Constructo Plastic - USS Constitution - Revel (twice), Cutty Sark. Unfinished - Plastic - HMS Victory - Heller, Sea Witch. Member : Nautical Research Guild
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