Jack12477 Posted May 19, 2017 Share #211 Posted May 19, 2017 Jud, the USS The Sullivans is at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park on Lake Erie in Buffalo NY . It's been there since 1977 along with the Cleveland-class cruiser USS Little Rock and submarine USS Croaker. All three ships are open for tours. She's also listed as a National Historic Landmark, and is on the National Historic Register of Historic Places. Omega1234, Piet, SawdustDave and 3 others 6 Quote Jack "No one is as smart as all of us" - Is ón cheann a thagann an cheird The craft comes from the head --------------------------------------------- Current build: US Constellation Non-ship builds: USCG UH-65A Dolphin M16 Multi-gun motor carriage diorama M4A3 Sherman Tanks dioramas 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II JSDF Light Armor Vehicle Figures: The Last Bridge: Raider Reaper Edge of Universe: Ianis The Last Bridge: Vadim with cart Completed build log(s): 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne, Willie L Bennett 1888 50 ft Gaff-rigged Ice Yacht Scratch Build The Sullivans (DD 537) Liberty Ship SS John W Brown USS England (DE 635), Artesania Latina Titanic Lifeboat Gallery: Swift , Armed Virginia Sloop, Santisima Trinidad Captain's Launch , 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne Other: Rhinebeck Aerodrome Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share #212 Posted May 19, 2017 Thanks DDude / Jud.... Good to hear from you Pete. Hope all is well with you these days. Prime shop time has been disrupted since returning from "Baastin" due to an intensive yard work project. After completely ignoring my lawn last year whilst fighting my ear infection, I have a lot of catching up to do. The hurricane did a lot of damage to my turf throughout, especially around the trees and landscaped areas. All this comes in the form of large "wash-out" areas and dead spots.Then, of course, there's the weeds! So, the painful solution is top soil dressing.... 40 pound bags of rich black top soil spread around my entire yard (front / sides / and back). Since I can only work outside during early morning and late evening hours due to 90 degree heat here in N.C..... followed by cold showers and long rest periods, the Constitution progress has had to suffer. What little time in the shop has mostly been creating pinrails and quite a large number of belaying pins from tooth picks. I just finished raking out bags number 250 this morning (each bag handled three times).... looks like about 60 more bags will about do it. Racing to get seed spread into the new soil before the rain comes this weekend. Piet, Canute, Jack12477 and 3 others 6 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye2sea Posted May 19, 2017 Share #213 Posted May 19, 2017 That is the USS Cassin Young ( DD 793 ). Regards, jud, mtaylor, Omega1234 and 3 others 6 Quote Henry Laissez le bon temps rouler ! Current Build: Le Soleil Royal Completed Build: Amerigo Vespucci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jud Posted May 19, 2017 Share #214 Posted May 19, 2017 1 hour ago, popeye2sea said: That is the USS Cassin Young ( DD 793 ). Regards, Thanks Henry. that bed spring radar was bothering me, wrong for the Fletcher's I knew, could not see the twin 5" 38 that must have been aboard the Cassin which would have confirmed she was not what I thought. Still set me off on a search allowing me to discover a video I enjoyed, and was correct for the Fletcher's,' 2100 class', as we called them. No fore-aft below decks passageways was one of their faults, to rough for 01 level use, you stayed where you were. jud Omega1234, Piet, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye2sea Posted May 20, 2017 Share #215 Posted May 20, 2017 I was on a Forrest Sherman class of DD. Only about 10 or so years younger than Cassin Young. That midships passage helped a lot. Regards, Omega1234, jud, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Henry Laissez le bon temps rouler ! Current Build: Le Soleil Royal Completed Build: Amerigo Vespucci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSGerson Posted May 20, 2017 Share #216 Posted May 20, 2017 Just catching up as I was doing one of my visits to Mom (she turns 99 June 5). I really like your supports on top of the pedestals. I never really liked those simple U-supports (brass or otherwise). They just seemed to me me that they put too much stress on the keel. That added shoulder appeals to my engineer side. I graduated many, many years ago as a civil engineer but never practiced as such. What kind of wood did you use? It looks like walnut. Omega1234, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: Model Shipways USS Frigate Constitution Past Builds: Bob Hunt's kitbash of the Mamoli Rattlesnake Model Shipways Typical Ship’s Boat for the Rattlesnake Mini-Mamoli solid hull British Schooner Evergreen Model Airways Albatros D.Va - 1917, The Red Baron's Forgotten Fighter Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share #217 Posted May 21, 2017 16 hours ago, JSGerson said: Just catching up as I was doing one of my visits to Mom (she turns 99 June 5). I really like your supports on top of the pedestals. I never really liked those simple U-supports (brass or otherwise). They just seemed to me me that they put too much stress on the keel. That added shoulder appeals to my engineer side. I graduated many, many years ago as a civil engineer but never practiced as such. What kind of wood did you use? It looks like walnut. Mom 99!! Wow! My Mom would be same age if she was still with us. The pedestals and the custom shaped top shoulder pieces are oak (taken from a piece of hardwood flooring scraps). A mixture of a couple of different dark stains I had laying around. I think one of them was dark walnut. Trimmed poster paper to a snug fit to the hull shape, then traced the shape onto the shoulder pieces and cut out with band saw. Result was very solid base which allows me to handle the ship often while continuing the build. Omega1234, Canute, JesseLee and 2 others 5 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share #218 Posted May 31, 2017 PROGRESS UPDATE.... Since I haven't posted anything lately, I guess this is mainly to say howdy to all, and show evidence that we're still toiling away in the ship yard every day. Since finishing the copper plates and turning her upright on her new base, I began adding most of the fixtures to the spar deck bulwarks, which were created off ship in order to do all those little bolt heads. So here's where we are on that task.... Forward end - both sides: Aft end - both sides.... The belaying pins were turned from the end of tooth pics.... I am still not ready to install these bulwarks at this point because I still need to add a few more planks to the spar deck and fill in the forward decking around the bow area. And.... before doing any of that, I must return to the gun deck area where EVERYTHING needs to be worked on.... beginning with 30 cannon installations. So.... Here I am building cannon carriages because I refused to build a few each week along the way, as planned. Looks like I'll be working on gun deck cannons for a long while. Cheers CaptainSteve, Omega1234, dafi and 18 others 21 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1234 Posted June 1, 2017 Share #219 Posted June 1, 2017 Hey Dave Great to see that you're back to posting again. I was beginning to wonder where you were! Nice job job on the cannon carriages. Cheers Patrick SawdustDave, Canute, Piet and 1 other 4 Quote MY SCRATCH BUILT MODELS ARE: Splendid Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28576-splendid-by-omega1234-scale-1500-mega-yacht/ Majestic Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28483-mega-yacht-majestic-by-omega1234-miniature/ Sapphire Mega yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/21088-sapphire-by-omega1234-1388-scale-mega-yacht-66m-8-inch-hull-length/?tab=comments#comment-639898 Genesis - Supersports Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/18168-genesis-by-omega1234-1300-49m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long-finished/?tab=comments#comment-559026http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14141-shadow-by-omega1234-scale-1300-luxury-60m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long/ SHADOW Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11384-majellan-by-omega1234-luxury-37-metre-motor-yacht-miniature-7-inches-approx/ Majellan Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9261Rainbow-j-class-racing-yacht/?p=273543 Rainbow J Class Racing Yacht Mystic Classic Motor Cruiser Symphony Ingomar Schooner: Scratch build Dorade Schooner: <p> Lennox Restoration Warship http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9577-pandora-cutaway-dockyard-style-miniature/?hl=pandora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share #220 Posted June 1, 2017 Never had to build and rig so many guns in all of my previous builds Patrick. Thirty on the gun deck, then 22 demi's on the spar deck. This is gonna take a while..... no hurry. Cheers keelhauled, CaptainSteve, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1234 Posted June 1, 2017 Share #221 Posted June 1, 2017 8 minutes ago, SawdustDave said: Never had to build and rig so many guns in all of my previous builds Patrick. Thirty on the gun deck, then 22 dime's on the spar deck. This is gonna take a while..... no hurry. Cheers Yep! Can't argue with that, Dave. Totally understood. Take your time and there's no need to rush. Cheers Patrick Canute, Piet, SawdustDave and 2 others 5 Quote MY SCRATCH BUILT MODELS ARE: Splendid Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28576-splendid-by-omega1234-scale-1500-mega-yacht/ Majestic Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28483-mega-yacht-majestic-by-omega1234-miniature/ Sapphire Mega yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/21088-sapphire-by-omega1234-1388-scale-mega-yacht-66m-8-inch-hull-length/?tab=comments#comment-639898 Genesis - Supersports Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/18168-genesis-by-omega1234-1300-49m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long-finished/?tab=comments#comment-559026http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14141-shadow-by-omega1234-scale-1300-luxury-60m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long/ SHADOW Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11384-majellan-by-omega1234-luxury-37-metre-motor-yacht-miniature-7-inches-approx/ Majellan Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9261Rainbow-j-class-racing-yacht/?p=273543 Rainbow J Class Racing Yacht Mystic Classic Motor Cruiser Symphony Ingomar Schooner: Scratch build Dorade Schooner: <p> Lennox Restoration Warship http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9577-pandora-cutaway-dockyard-style-miniature/?hl=pandora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg the peg leg sailor Posted June 1, 2017 Share #222 Posted June 1, 2017 I agreed with Patrick. Take your time and enjoy your efforts. Havagooday Greg Quote "Nothing is impossible, it's only what limitations that you put on yourself make it seems impossible! " Current log : The Royal Yacht Royal Caroline 1749 1:32 by Greg Ashwood:... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share #223 Posted June 2, 2017 Build a carriage - turn a long gun..... build/turn.... etc, etc.... Actually, after wood carving, my second favorite "sawdust thing" would be turning wood. Seen here, the next 24 pound long gun turned in hard rock maple - I don't suggest you try this with any of the softer woods like the dowels we use to create our masts and spars. The big challenge is getting that little ball down to size before the turning pops out of the lathe. So far, I'm batting about 500 on that. If all goes well, this is how each turning should come off the lathe.... Cheers coxswain, riverboat, russ and 12 others 15 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted June 2, 2017 Share #224 Posted June 2, 2017 Nice turning Dave, with a coat of paint who would know they were wood cheers Pat SawdustDave, Piet, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share #225 Posted June 3, 2017 Yep. JesseLee, Canute, Piet and 2 others 5 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg the peg leg sailor Posted June 4, 2017 Share #226 Posted June 4, 2017 I agree with Pat. Bloody great turning mate. 1 down and how many attempt till all is done? If it was me I will probably get 1 out of 60, till I'm satisfied or the breakages will dive me crazy. Have you thought about casting and do multiple copies? Havagoodone Greg Quote "Nothing is impossible, it's only what limitations that you put on yourself make it seems impossible! " Current log : The Royal Yacht Royal Caroline 1749 1:32 by Greg Ashwood:... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share #227 Posted June 4, 2017 On 6/3/2017 at 8:28 PM, Greg the peg leg sailor said: I agree with Pat. Bloody great turning mate. 1 down and how many attempt till all is done? If it was me I will probably get 1 out of 60, till I'm satisfied or the breakages will dive me crazy. Have you thought about casting and do multiple copies? Havagoodone Greg Casting long guns.... Yes I did play around with casting these 24 pounders Greg. It can be done, but my experience was another train wreck. Injecting the two part mix into the mold and then removing the casting to find air voids and imperfections was very frustrating. Part of the problem being that my "Smooth On" liquids are rather old and have been sitting on the shelf several months. Part A is fine but the Part B has gotten too thick and doesn't mix very well. I managed to get a half dozen usable cannons from a dozen attempts before my mold began to suffer and break down. Hoping the mold I created for the shorter carronades will be more successful. The good news is, as of this morning, I have already created fifteen good long guns on the lathe.... with practice, they do get easier....plus the quality just gets better with each new turning. I may even throw out a couple of the first guns. We'll wait and see how they come out after painting. Canute, Piet, mtaylor and 6 others 9 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted June 5, 2017 Share #228 Posted June 5, 2017 Fantastic progress Dave and those turned cannons came out great. Cheers, Jack12477, SawdustDave, Omega1234 and 2 others 5 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share #229 Posted June 13, 2017 CANNON RIGGING PROGRESS..... After logging over 60 hours since June 1, here is a quick report on the development of gun deck cannons..... Turned, cleaned up, inserted pins, and painted all 30 of the 24 pound long guns. Mounted 15 finished guns onto previously built carriages. Created block and tackle rigging for 15 modules.... now ready for installing to starboard side. A couple of notes regarding the rigging seen below.... Since these guns will be seen from the planned cutaway of the spar deck, I have chosen a couple of trade offs regarding the rigging details.... (GUILTY AS CHARGED) The blocks are attached directly to the carriage with a wire pin - omitting the hook and ring.... and likewise, the double sheave blocks have wire hooks attached directly - omitting the two-piece hook/ring. Seen here, those hooks have not yet been sharpened and bent into their hook shape. Finally, note the ring on the restraining rope is attached directly to the carriage with a single hook attached directly to each end. These trade offs, I must admit, I completely failed in creating the scaled rigging of all those omitted hooks and rings within a reasonable time considering I will be rigging thirty of these cannon installations within my live time (hahahaha) yvesvidal, JesseLee, CaptainSteve and 10 others 13 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted June 14, 2017 Share #230 Posted June 14, 2017 Those are looking really nice Dave. Cheers, Omega1234, Canute, SawdustDave and 1 other 4 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted June 19, 2017 Share #231 Posted June 19, 2017 Looks to be a brilliant solution to pesky problem, Dave. I can't wait to see the final result. Jack12477, Omega1234, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1234 Posted June 19, 2017 Share #232 Posted June 19, 2017 Hi Dave I bet that when you started your cannons, you thought it'd be a long shot (pun intended) that you'd be finding it such a challenge...but, in true fashion, you've done brilliantly well. Great work. Cheers Patrick Piet, Canute, CaptainSteve and 2 others 5 Quote MY SCRATCH BUILT MODELS ARE: Splendid Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28576-splendid-by-omega1234-scale-1500-mega-yacht/ Majestic Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28483-mega-yacht-majestic-by-omega1234-miniature/ Sapphire Mega yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/21088-sapphire-by-omega1234-1388-scale-mega-yacht-66m-8-inch-hull-length/?tab=comments#comment-639898 Genesis - Supersports Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/18168-genesis-by-omega1234-1300-49m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long-finished/?tab=comments#comment-559026http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14141-shadow-by-omega1234-scale-1300-luxury-60m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long/ SHADOW Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11384-majellan-by-omega1234-luxury-37-metre-motor-yacht-miniature-7-inches-approx/ Majellan Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9261Rainbow-j-class-racing-yacht/?p=273543 Rainbow J Class Racing Yacht Mystic Classic Motor Cruiser Symphony Ingomar Schooner: Scratch build Dorade Schooner: <p> Lennox Restoration Warship http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9577-pandora-cutaway-dockyard-style-miniature/?hl=pandora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share #233 Posted June 19, 2017 GUN DECK PROGRESS.... First, thanks Piet, Mark, and Patrick.... and all the mates who keep popping in. I should note that it quickly became obvious to me that the blocks used to rig the long guns seen here, now mounted on the starboard side, are noticeably out of scale....too large. I did consider scraping the attempt but decided, the rigging will never be seen once the spar decking is added to cover about 70% toward the port side. I plan to leave roughly 30% of the spar deck along the port side as a cutaway revealing the gun deck details below. Here's where we are now.... Having said that, since the port side guns will be visible through the cutaway deck, I have spent the last two days working on developing rigging that will be more in scale....i.e., smaller blocks and hooks. The biggest challenge was creating blocks that I could drill the double sheaves into.... solution - hard rock maple. Seen below, the new rigging shows the comparison of the over sized blocks used on the starboard side guns. Note, I also went to a slightly smaller rope, and created hooks from brass wire, which I will paint black. Geoff Matson, usedtosail, Tigersteve and 12 others 15 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg the peg leg sailor Posted June 20, 2017 Share #234 Posted June 20, 2017 G'day Dave Your workmanship on this model is bloody incredible mate. I'm constantly amassed at the details that you shown from the belay pins to the rope coils. So perfect! Havagooday and happymodelling mate Greg Quote "Nothing is impossible, it's only what limitations that you put on yourself make it seems impossible! " Current log : The Royal Yacht Royal Caroline 1749 1:32 by Greg Ashwood:... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtosail Posted June 20, 2017 Share #235 Posted June 20, 2017 The new blocks look much better. Great job. Canute, SawdustDave, Piet and 2 others 5 Quote - Tom - Current Build: Vanguard Speedy Completed: Vanguard Duchess of Kingston, Stove Project, Ships Wheel Project, NRG Capstan Project, Billings Half Moon, Dumas Chris Craft 1938 27' Triple Cockpit Barrel Back, Panart Santa Lucia , Model Shipways Constitution , MS Bounty Launch , HMS Beagle Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share #236 Posted June 27, 2017 GUN DECK CANNONS - UPDATE.... After 150 hours (logged build time), I am happy to report "completion" for the installation of all 30 of the gun deck cannons. Although still slightly over sized, the smaller rigging blocks turned out noticeably closer to scale on the port side guns. "Close enough for horse shoes." as the old saying goes. Haven't decided where I will now begin building out all the gun deck details. Either have some fun with the little furnishings within the captain's study, or go for the bowsprit instillation. Just happy to finally be at this stage of moving forward. Ryland Craze, Tigersteve, Farbror Fartyg and 16 others 19 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg the peg leg sailor Posted June 27, 2017 Share #237 Posted June 27, 2017 G'day Dave Congratulations on completing this milestone. The guns look great mate. Did you say 150 hours? That sounds quite fast, if you ask me. In Australia, instead of saying about the horse shoes, we would say: a blind man would be glad to see the difference! Bloody great job mate! Havagooday Greg Quote "Nothing is impossible, it's only what limitations that you put on yourself make it seems impossible! " Current log : The Royal Yacht Royal Caroline 1749 1:32 by Greg Ashwood:... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share #238 Posted June 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Greg the peg leg sailor said: G'day Dave Congratulations on completing this milestone. The guns look great mate. Did you say 150 hours? That sounds quite fast, if you ask me. I stand corrected Greg..... Looking back in Mid-January, I did log about 60 hours cutting out carriage parts and creating a couple of cannon prototypes. 200 hours actual build time spread over several weeks seems like a lot when everything is so redundant. Cheers Canute, mtaylor and Piet 3 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted June 28, 2017 Share #239 Posted June 28, 2017 Looking very good Dave, 200 hours well spend mate. Cheers, mtaylor, Canute, SawdustDave and 1 other 4 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted June 28, 2017 Share #240 Posted June 28, 2017 WOW!!! Dave ....that is some awesome!! work on those cannons. frank Jack12477, SawdustDave, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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