HMS Victory by gjdale - FINISHED - Mamoli - Scale 1:90

[realworkingsailor]

Andy - that's ANOTHER of life's great simple pleasures, try it one day . I was actually referring to the malt you sprinkle on ice cream (or don't you do that in the States?) - also yummy, especially on chocolate ice cream.

 

  Danny

 

Ohh.... I think I get it... (BTW... Canada)

 

Have you ever tried Maple Syrup on Ice Cream?

 

Andy

[themadchemist]

When I was at Schwans Ice Cream we had a Maple Walnut Ice Cream. I love real maple syrup our local university actually has a 1 day class in the spring. At the end you've seen the whole process of tapping collecting then cooking it down to syrup. You get a jar at the end. 

 

Maple syrup is actually high in minerals especially manganese and would be good for the immune system and healing.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=115

[gjdale]

You guys crack me up!

 

Just for the record:

 

I love malt (candy) on ice-cream!

I love single malt scotch whiskey!

I also indulge in Maple syrup on ice-cream!

I even have our "local" version - Golden Syrup - on ice-cream!

 

Now lets put all that together, and we'll have the worlds yummiest (and most alcoholic) ice-cream. . Maybe Sjors could put his clown suit on and hand them around!

[newbuilder101]

Just got caught up on your log. Hope you are recovering quickly and wish you well!

[gjdale]

Thanks for dropping by Sherry, and for the good wishes.

[themadchemist]

A single malt scotch flovered ice cream with maple and golden syrup ripple and malted milk ball pieces ice cream sundae? sign me up. 

 

I remember when I had the final breakthrough on my graduate research, my advisor, Joe, and I went for a single malt scotch. One of the good ones

[gjdale]

Thanks for dropping by Gary and for your kind comments. Re the Hammock netting, I just used what I could get my hands on (after a lot of experimenting). In the end I just went with what "looked" right - I've no idea how accurate it is scale-wise.

[gjdale]

Hi all,

 

Big news - I'm finally feeling human again!!!  And that means - sawdust!!!!!!!      

 

After almost three weeks of being able to do nothing and feeling like s&@%, my body seemed to flick a switch sometime yesterday and today I'm feeling almost normal - dangerously so!

 

So, I'd been thinking about what's next in terms of preparing the yards and decided it would be a good idea to make a small jig to hold the yards while I was working on them.  I can't take credit for the original idea as I found it in my Warrior practicum books.  It showed a picture of one, from which I made my own design.

 

It's pretty basic really.  It consists of a base and a pair of uprights, with two "arms" for supporting the yard.  The base has a series of holes to allow the width of the uprights to be adjusted.  The uprights have a dowel glued into the bottom end for locating in the base holes.  The "arms" are rebated into the uprights and have a slot cut into them to take the yards.  The "arms" are also covered with some velvet drawer liner to protect the yard paintwork while in the jig.  I also made a dummy mast that attaches in the same way as the uprights.

 

The best part was, I got play with a bunch of my toys, er, I mean tools.......including Byrnes Saw, Lathe and Mill - not so much because they were needed - more because I could.

 

Here's a pic of the parts pre-assembly:

 

 

 

One question I do have though is regards to milling.  I'm hoping some of you experts can set me straight on this.  I get confused about direction of cut and/or feed.  I've read about the difference between "normal" cutting and "climb" cutting, but can't get it into my head in a way that makes sense.  Here is a picture of the set-up for how I cut the slots in the "arms" using an end mill.

 

 

It should be clear from the photo the direction of feed/cut that I used.  My question then is, is this the "right" way to have cut, or is this a "climb" cut (and why)?

 

Okay, so here's the assembled jig, complete with yard in place.

 

 

And here it is back on the modelling desk.  It holds the yard at a very convenient height for attaching all those fiddly bits.

 

 

Having been inspired by a recent thread by Janos, I've decided that I'm going to have a go at making some blocks tomorrow.  Along with that, I'll be making a sanding tumbler following Janos's simple but clever design.  I'll post more pics when that is complete.

 

 

[Captain Slog]

Hi Grant,

 

Glad to see you are feeling better and back in the shipyard.  Your Victory is looking fantastic.  Great idea for holding the yards.

 

Slog

[Sjors]

Welcome back Grant !

 

Nice jig you've got there.

How on earth did you get all those holes in one line…..

When I do that it looks if I'm drunk…...

 

[augie]

Great to hear you're up and around and back in the shipyard.  No wonder your ship looks so good ----- you don't fool around.  NICE!

[gjdale]

Welcome back Grant !

 

Nice jig you've got there.

How on earth did you get all those holes in one line…..

When I do that it looks if I'm drunk…...

 

Getting the holes in line was the easy part Sjors. I just drew a centreline, marked out the hole centres, started the holes with a brad point, then moved to the drill press, set a depth stop, and drilled. Easy as.......making coffee!

[Sjors]

When you say it at this way is sound easy Grant.

I'm gonna try it!

 

[gjdale]

Thanks Augie - it's good to be back!

[Micklen32]

That is one beautiful build 

I love the idea of that scratch built lifeboat Grant

I would love to do the Victory one day but we live in a flat and display room is an absolute premium

Once the Mississippi is done that will be about it

Mind you I suppose I could build it and then put it up for sale 

Mick

Edited April 25, 2013 by Micklen32

[gjdale]

Slog,

 

Thanks for stopping by and for the good words (sorry, missed your post earlier).

 

Mick - thanks also for stopping by and your kind words. There will be more scratch built boats to come, using different techniques. Just need to finish off the yards first. And there is always room for one more model - you just need to decide what else to get rid of to make room!

[Micklen32]

Mick - thanks also for stopping by and your kind words. There will be more scratch built boats to come, using different techniques. Just need to finish off the yards first. And there is always room for one more model - you just need to decide what else to get rid of to make room!

Well.  The telly's staying.  May have to build a big shelf 

Mick

[gjdale]

Now you're talkin'

[Trussben]

Good to see you back up and running again Grant, Very nice work on that Jig - I'll remember that one for future rigged builds.

 

ben

[themadchemist]

Nice to see you feeling well enough to do "yard" work. Interesting jig. Good to see you back up a running.

[gjdale]

Thanks Ben and Keith,

 

I'm feeling positively dangerous today. Off to make a block sanding tumbler now, and if time permits I'll have a crack at some blocks as well.

[mobbsie]

Hi Grant,

 

Welcome back to the shipyard my friend, take care and try not to over do it.

 

Nice jig, did it take you long to knock up. Might give that a try myself, If I ever get that far.

 

Mobbsie

[gjdale]

Thanks Mobbsie. That little jig ended up taking most of the day to make, though having done it once, I could probably repeat it in about one hour.

 

Spent most of today making a block tumbler. Well, four of them actually. Decided to try making one each of three different grades of sandpaper, and one "spare". Once I had the design aspects worked out, I could see that it would be easiest to do them using a "production line" method. Again, it has taken a lot longer than I first anticipated and when play was halted this evening at the Admiral's orders, they were not yet complete. However, things have been working out according to plan/design and it won't take long to finish them tomorrow. I'll post full construction techniques and photos tomorrow.

 

Had to take time out this afternoon for a review by the ENT surgeon. The good news is that he's very happy with progress and has given me the all clear to resume all aspects of a normal life The bad news is that this includes returning to work on Monday

[Shipyard sid]

Hello grant

THanks for for posting. Cracking build I have to help me. I love the jig, simplicity in its self. I will need one In a years time. I have slowed my build down a bit, its the less haste thing, I am starting to rush things, it's easy to see. Anyway keep up the good work and keep enjoying it. DAVID

[rafine]

Good to have you back, Grant. I look forward to seeing the work product of that neat looking jig.

 

Bob

[gjdale]

Thanks David. I hear what you say about not rushing. It is very tempting to do so, especially as you near the end. Diverting into some little side projects like these jigs is a good way to force oneself to slow down a bit and avoid that temptation.

 

The other thing I did last night was to spend several hours poring over different reference texts and plans trying to make sense of the fitting of the various blocks for the Fore Lower Yard. My primary source was of course Longridge, but he wrote this section of the book in a way that is very difficult to follow. By cross referencing with Antscherl's TFFM Vol 4, I was able to decipher most of what Longridge wrote. While TFFM is written for a sixth rate, there was enough similarity for me to start to get the picture. I also cross refernced against my Warrior Practicum, which is based primarily on Steel. Again, while I suspect this text contains some errors, there was enough commonality/similarity to help sort the jigsaw puzzle. I also cross checked these against the kit diagrammatic plans and was pleasantly surprised to find them to be very close to correct (now there was an unexpected outcome!).

 

In studying all of this, I made up a spreadsheet with the names of all the blocks and their actual sizes. Antscherl provides the formula for the three dimensions of a block, and so I used this in the spreadsheet as well. The advantage of doing this is that I could simply enter the one principal block dimension and then let the computer do the work of calculating the remaining dimensions and converting all of the real world sizes (in inches) to my model scale of 1:90 in mm. Part of the reason for doing this was that I wanted to have a go at making some of my own blocks, and now I have all the dimensions I need to do so. Again, somewhat surprisingly, the kit instructions were generally close in the block sizes indicated. That is good news for anyone else doing this kit and not wanting to go to the same trouble that I just did.

 

Antscherl also gives a suggested order or sequence to fitting the various blocks, so I entered this into the spreadsheet as well, and re-sorted by sequence number to produce my very own personalised rigging guide.

 

I plan to have a crack at making blocks over the weekend (hence the need for the block tumbler). Will let you all know how that goes.........

[gjdale]

Thanks Bob,

 

Your message dropped in while I was posting my last message.

[augie]

Can you give us an idea about your block tumbler?

 

Oh,  you need another doctor    .  You need a week at home to verify your 'normal' status !

[mobbsie]

Hi Grant,

 

As Augie suggested I would ask for a second opinion, another week is'nt too much to ask is it.

 

Seems you have your yard plans sorted mate, in a couple of weeks I am taking Anja and Sjors down to Portsmouth to have look at Victory so if you need any photo's just let me know what you want.

 

Hope the block tumblers go well mate and I look forward to seeing how you made them.

 

mobbsie

Edited April 27, 2013 by mobbsie

[gjdale]

Augie, Mobbsie,

 

I'll reveal all on the block tumbler tomorrow (after a successful functionality test of course). The design is based on that posted by Janos a few days ago in his thread on making blocks. I've made some mods to the construction process, but it's basically his design.

 

Hmmmm...... Yep, could certainly do with another week off to recover from my recovery!