JOUFF Posted March 13, 2018 #61 Posted March 13, 2018 Very well done Chris, you're right : you've to stop there, the result is very satisfying ! You seem to master the technique, you've to move on ... Patrick mtaylor and johnwie 2 Quote
ChrisLBren Posted March 13, 2018 Author #62 Posted March 13, 2018 Thanks for the feedback guys - its just going to get more difficult from here !!! Interesting article I found re Naval 18th Century Decoration this morning. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.634.2179&rep=rep1&type=pdf mtaylor 1 Quote
Landlubber Mike Posted March 13, 2018 #63 Posted March 13, 2018 Looks great Chris. Didn't you use pear on your Confederacy? Where did you source this pear? Is it swiss pear? mtaylor 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
ChrisLBren Posted March 13, 2018 Author #64 Posted March 13, 2018 (edited) Hey Mike, I did use Swiss Pear on Confederacy - the wood from this flitch of Swiss Pear is lighter which I prefer. Quality wise both batches have been nice to work with. I milled it a year ago and it hasn't darkened yet. I purchased it from these guys - great products and customer service. http://hearnehardwoods.com/ Edited March 13, 2018 by ChrisLBren mtaylor and Landlubber Mike 2 Quote
ChrisLBren Posted March 15, 2018 Author #65 Posted March 15, 2018 Hey Group, I broke out my Proxxon MF70 to try some joints on some scraps- 5 minutes of work and here is the result. Much tighter and SO much easier than chisels with better results. I will need to be using this tool extensively on the keel parts, stem and stern and all of their respective notches - so will be bolting it down on my work bench tomorrow AM. JOUFF, Landlubber Mike, SimonV and 10 others 13 Quote
druxey Posted March 15, 2018 #66 Posted March 15, 2018 Another model-maker has moved over to the Dark Side.... Trussben, paulsutcliffe and mtaylor 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
mtaylor Posted March 15, 2018 #67 Posted March 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, druxey said: Another model-maker has moved over to the Dark Side.... At least it wasn't a laser... that's really the dark side. druxey, Tigersteve, Landlubber Mike and 1 other 4 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)
Mike Y Posted March 18, 2018 #68 Posted March 18, 2018 Milled joints have one problem - they are nearly invisible if not highlighted with a darker colour Welcome to the "how did I managed to survive without a mill" club! mtaylor, paulsutcliffe and dvm27 3 Quote Current build: Beavers Prize - POF 1:48 (Hahn style) Side builds: Schooner Polotsk by Master Korabel 18th Century Longboat by MS Finished: 21ft English Pinnace by MS
Hubac's Historian Posted March 19, 2018 #69 Posted March 19, 2018 On 3/13/2018 at 10:59 AM, ChrisLBren said: Thanks for the feedback guys - its just going to get more difficult from here !!! Interesting article I found re Naval 18th Century Decoration this morning. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.634.2179&rep=rep1&type=pdf Wow - jackpot!! Interesting? To say the least! Thanks, Chris! mtaylor and aviaamator 2 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
AnobiumPunctatum Posted March 20, 2018 #70 Posted March 20, 2018 I hope you have another seat in the first row. Really nice start and I like tollow your build. aviaamator and mtaylor 2 Quote Regards Christian Current build: HM Cutter Alert, 1777; HM Sloop Fly, 1776 - 1/36 On the drawing board: English Ship Sloops Fly, 1776, Comet, 1783 and Aetna, 1776; Naval Cutter Alert, 1777 Paused: HMS Triton, 1771 - 1/48 "Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." Salvador Dali
Heinrich der Seefahrer Posted November 1, 2018 #71 Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) Hy Chris, LaRenommeé is a permanent temptation on my bookshelf. I know her massivly overstretching my technical and craftman's abilitys - but she calls me to be build. So I'll have an interested look in here hoping you find a way to complete her. I'm far far away from your point in the project but started to struggle with the original J. J. Caffieri vs. J. Bodriout redesigned decoration. Thanks for sharing your progress, Heinrich Edited November 1, 2018 by Heinrich der Seefahrer mtaylor and aviaamator 2 Quote "Let's add every day 1/2 hour of modelship building to our projects' progress..." Take care! Christian Heinrich simple, true and inpretentious motto of ROYAL LOUIS, 1668 Sunking's mediter. flagship most decorated ocean-going ship Ships on build: SAINT PHILIPPE, 1693: 1st rang French 90-gun ship - Lavente flagship (based on Heller SR - 1/92 & scratch in 1/64) TONNANT, 1693: 1st rang French 90-gun ship - sister of SAINT PHILIPPE (mock-up/test-object for S.P. - scratch in 1/64) Projects in planing: L'AURORE, 1766: French Pleasure Corvette (after Ancre plans - scatch in 1/64) Some Spantaneous Short Term Projects
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