Bluenose by Nirvana - Model Shipways - Scale 1:64

[mikiek]

Deck furniture looks great Per. Some day we will finish our builds huh? 😉

[Nirvana]

3 hours ago, mikiek said:

Deck furniture looks great Per. Some day we will finish our builds huh? 😉

Mike, I like the timeline, some day.

I have to much going on right now I hardly have time for fun. And FUN is important!😎

[mikiek]

16 hours ago, Nirvana said:

And FUN is important!😎

The doctors orders?  We will both get there one day. Stick with it!

[Nirvana]

Back to my dear Bluenose, working on all deck details.

[Charley54]

She's an elegant looking little thing. Always loved this kit.  I just browsed thru the log, what a journey. Really enjoyed it. Great work

[Nirvana]

Charley54, Thank you for letting me know you browsed through the log and that you enjoyed it.

Well,  you absolutely right about a journey.

Packing the workshop twice and moving. Now located in Centralia.
But yes, she is a joy to work with. I see there are corners to cut in order to make parts. Then again, I don't.
With a new camera I hope to be able to document upcoming logs along with this one better.
I realized pictures and writing down progress is good to have.

Until next update - Happy Modeling!

 

 

[Nirvana]

Just some simple update about deck furniture.

The skylight is coming together, am trying to find thin film for the window. Any recommendation?

 

[CPDDET]

I'm working on the skylight as well. Plan on using Grafix Craft Plastic. Crystal clear .007 thick. Comes in 12" X 12" sheets, 4 to a package.

[Nirvana]

3 hours ago, CPDDET said:

I'm working on the skylight as well. Plan on using Grafix Craft Plastic. Crystal clear .007 thick. Comes in 12" X 12" sheets, 4 to a package.

 

I will definitely look into that, thank you.
And it will last me a lifetime!😆

Edit: On the other hand I do have other ships that may use it too.

[CPDDET]

Still not sure how I will attach it to the painted basswood. I'll test CA but wonder if silicone might work better. 

 

Always something.....

[Nirvana]

43 minutes ago, CPDDET said:

Still not sure how I will attach it to the painted basswood. I'll test CA but wonder if silicone might work better. 

 

Always something.....

Wonder if Elmers school glue would work, it's tacky and will set.

[CPDDET]

As usual, will have to test different methods on scrap material. 

Since the "glass" will be below the bars I sure don't want it to come loose. Might be impossible to fix.

[Nirvana]

I was thinking of gluing the "glass" to the skylight frame. And work upwards, this way the bars has something to rest on.

[CPDDET]

Might be a good solution. I made my frames a bit thicker, 1/32, and drilled holes for the bars. Still have to assemble this. Will try using straight pins for the bars. They are 1/64 diamiter. Wish they were gold instead of silver.

 

Will also try thinning copper wire with a draw plate for the bars.

[Nirvana]

More work has progressed during the last couple of days,
this was tricky to work out. 
But I got it finally.

 

[CPDDET]

Very nice work!

[pwog]

Hi Per, 

 

I just went through your log. Amazing work! I commend your tenacity and look forward to following along.

[Nirvana]

You guys are to kind, it sure can had been done in another and better fashion.

It was tricky to get the height correct for the platform. The support block on the samson post got a fraction to high and made it all look weird.

Had to sand it down and then the support block between the bits I just took the distance from top of the bits down to lower part of platform and glued them together.

Support block for windlass brake beam hasn't been installed yet.
 

[CPDDET]

You worked it out nicely!

[Nirvana]

Regarding the bars on the skylight window, I tried this out using thin thin brass wire.
The inner opening is 14 mm, so I added 10 wires.
With the macro photo none of the strings are straight, but from 2ft / 36cm I have a hard time to tell.
I will try to straighten them out a little more.
My idea of this setup is:

double sided tape - lay the strings down -  matching about 1.5mm on center.

place the frame down on top

 

add glue  - press all the pieces into place, using a cover plate and lots of weight

Will this turn out okay?
Once it's done -  I will know

[Nirvana]

Bonus for you tonight - the progressing full moon.

[bhermann]

Per - do you really Moon us???   Nice image.  On the bars, did you consider trying to file slots in the underside of the frame?  I know they would be tiny, but if it could be done, that might provide a little more purchase to hold the bars in place.

 

BTW, I am no expert on the skylight windows - all I did was paint some black squares on the solid white box to simulate windows, pretty cheesy.

 

Bob

[Nirvana]

Bob, thank you for the constructive comment. You certainly have a good point there.

I am going to to try that idea.

[Nirvana]

On 8/24/2020 at 7:52 PM, Nirvana said:

Wonder if Elmers school glue would work, it's tacky and will set.

Did a try with soft plastic and CA with wood. I am surprised!
It sticks!
I did my trial with the type of soft plastic covering containers from the bakery of your store.
Now here is the question: What type of blue to use?

I am using Vallejo paint, and have several blues.
Guess a sample plate with all the blue has to be done. The blue appears different on clear plastic versus wood. 

[Nirvana]

Creating the skylights involved a lot of light hand work.

I used my shaver type blade of saw, cut down into the frame work and added the brass strings.

 

I used a tine spot of CA to glue them into place.

 

The strings doesn't look straight in close up, 

 

The Proxxon vise became handy here, once glued I used the vise and pressed all the strings into place.

After hand the brass strings looks over-dimensioned. At least at close up.

From a distance it isn't to bad. 

[CPDDET]

Nice job!

I struggled for the longest time with the skylight. 

Dave

[JohnU]

On 8/24/2020 at 2:32 PM, Nirvana said:

Just some simple update about deck furniture.

The skylight is coming together, am trying to find thin film for the window. Any recommendation?

 

Hi Per, Reading through your log tonight. Say this question about glass. There was a guy building a fishing trawler who used real glass slide cover for his windows. It's thin enough to be in scale and can be cut like any glass. He specialized in weathering and even made broken windows from this glass.

John

[Nirvana]

3 hours ago, JohnU said:

Hi Per, Reading through your log tonight. Say this question about glass. There was a guy building a fishing trawler who used real glass slide cover for his windows. It's thin enough to be in scale and can be cut like any glass. He specialized in weathering and even made broken windows from this glass.

John

That's very interesting, do you happen to have a link for the glass?

[JohnU]

Hi Per,

No, he just said medical supply companies. Anywhere they sell stuff for microscopes I expect. I wish I could remember the blog name. I was browsing in the tips and techniques forum under painting and ran across a question about weathering. A responder to the thread said to check out "...., he's the king of weathering" or some such. I'll try searching for it again. He WAS INDEED the weathering guru. He even went into detail about how to do a realistic broken window.

John

 

[JohnU]

Hi Per,

 

While perusing you log I noticed you are using double-sided tape. I see that in other logs too. I've looked all over for a good double-sided tape but they are either too thin and designed for paper or too thick and designed for mounting parts permanently. What tape do you use?

John