HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - 16-gun Swan-class sloop from TFFM plans

[rdsaplala]

I'm speechless, Danny, amazing detail work on those chainpumps, I could almost imagine some exhausted sailors turning those shafts  Even more amazing is your precise wood details on the capstans, it's amazing how you make such intricate parts using tough ebony wood   

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks for dropping in, and the nice comments Robbyn, Michael, John, mhegazi, Grant and Aldo - much appreciated.

 

Horror! Shock!  Danny took a short cut with the rudder tabling!    

 

Not the first, and not the last I guess John .

 

Wait until you see his performing wood worms!!! :D

 

Not to mention my trained Spiders when it comes to Rigging :D .

 

it's amazing how you make such intricate parts using tough ebony wood 

 

It just takes practice Aldo - not to mention a few thousand $$$ worth of tools   .

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

Hi all,

 

Work continues on the Rudder. I've cut the tabled and glued-together Main Piece and Blade to the required angle and shape. I've also glued on the Backing Piece and Sole Piece, tapered the assembly from top (14") to bottom (10") and cut in the recesses for the Pintles :

 

 

  Danny

[Jim Lad]

Very nicely done, Danny!

 

John

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks once again John .

 

The rudder is "Bearded" on it's inner edge to allow it to turn without binding. I marked out the limits of the bearding and sanded the angles in with a cork block and sanding stick :

 

 

  Danny

[gjdale]

Very crisp and precise joinery there Danny!

 

PS. I sent you a PM the other day and its still showing as unread.

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks Brian and Grant.

 

PS. I sent you a PM the other day and its still showing as unread.

 

Better send it again Grant - it's not in my Inbox   .

 

  Danny

[BANYAN]

Very nice work once again Danny,  very clean and well defined edges and bevels.  Now, when you finish with those spiders, reckon they'd survive air transport down my way

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Adrieke]

as long as they dont bite the pilots . remember anything here in oz is poisonois

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks for dropping in Pat and Adrieke.

 

when you finish with those spiders, reckon they'd survive air transport down my way

 

Hmm, maybe I'd better send them down to you Pat - I won't be needing them for quite a while, and they're getting out of practice :

 

 

I could do a better job on shrouds and ratlines than them now :D

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

Pintles

 

I made the rudder Pintles from 1.6mm thick brass sheet. First I milled most of the inside, leaving a thin piece at the bottom for strength while the rest of the work was carried out :

 

 

Then I cut each piece from the main sheet, sanded the angle at the fore end on the disc sander and drilled the holes for the Pins and bolts :

 

 

I filed out the thin centre and silver-soldered in the Pins :

 

 

Next job was to mill the rebates for the straps and recess the fore ends. For a Mill Cutter I ground the point of a 1.6mm drill flat - perfect tiny cutter (note - I only left a very short piece protruding from the chuck so it wouldn't snap off). The last two pics are of a dry-fitted pintle :

 

 

Then I lightly blackened them to simulate bronze :

 

 

And finally another dry-fit :

 

 

  Danny

[st george]

Danny, Great work on the  rudder Pintles. I really enjoy following your build log.

 

David

[trippwj]

Beautiful work on the pintles. Those arachnids sure are out of practice - may need to send them out for an apprenticeship!

[dvm27]

Interesting approach to making these, Danny. They look very good!

 

Greg

[Dan Vadas]

Thank you very much David, Wayne and Greg.

 

Interesting approach to making these

 

Actually Greg, I came up with the idea when I looked at what sizes of brass stock I had (and I didn't have the opportunity to get anything else yesterday). Everything was too small apart from a big chunk of 20mm x 4mm that I'd scrounged up somewhere. So I decided to mill it to the right size and it escalated from there .

 

  Danny

[mtaylor]

Nice work on the rudders and the pintles came out especially nice.  Did you heat treat the bit after trimming it flat on the end?

[RiverRat]

Next job was to mill the rebates for the straps and recess the fore ends.

 

Rebates for pintles? Holycow, I've not seen this before! Is this usually done on the real thang? I can't recall seeing modellers doing this. Seems like a reasonable real-world thing to do though.

 

Brian

[Jim Lad]

Nice work, Danny.  That's a fascinating way to make the pintles, by the way.

 

Waht have you been giving the rigging spiders to drink?  Obviously it's far too strong!

 

John

[druxey]

Those are solid-looking pintles, Dan. Very nicely done.

[gjdale]

Ingenious Danny! Very, very clever indeed.

[lamarvalley]

Now that's a pintle.... Gorgeous!

Those are an actual work of art. Well done Sir!!

 

Randy

Edited May 1, 2013 by lamarvalley

[rth385]

phewwww!!! What more can be said. A true artist.

Keep it going.

Regards,

Russell

[Shazmira]

Okay, I have it all figured out now Danny. I am in need of your mailing address. I will just mail you my Syren kit, and watch you build her...that way I will be assured of getting the result I want

[Trussben]

Amazing metal work there Danny, seriously great talent on that mill.

 

ben

[Geoff Matson]

Danny

 

I was a horseshoer for 30 years and you could work in my blasksmith shop any time

[newbuilder101]

At the risk of sounding repetitive...absolutely terrific. Such a unique way to do the pintles...I will make a note of that.

[Dan Vadas]

Thank you Mark, Brian, John, Druxey, Grant, Randy, Russell, Robbyn, Ben, Geoff and Sherry .

 

Did you heat treat the bit after trimming it flat on the end?

 

No, should I have   ?

 

Rebates for pintles? Holycow, I've not seen this before! Is this usually done on the real thang?

 

Yes Brian, at least on the Swan Class ships. It created a little less drag in a straight line.

 

Waht have you been giving the rigging spiders to drink?  Obviously it's far too strong!

 

Bundy and Coke - maybe you're right .

 

I will just mail you my Syren kit, and watch you build her...that way I will be assured of getting the result I want

 

Whoah Back Robbyn - I already have three other ships I need to finish for someone else   .

 

you could work in my blasksmith shop any time

 

Nah - sounds too much like hard work. Appreciate the offer though Geoff .

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

Spectacle Plate

 

The Spectacle Plate holds the two chains to the rudder. These prevented the total loss of the rudder if it became accidentally unshipped, and could also be used as emergency steering if there was damage to the ships wheel etc.

 

I made this in similar fashion to the Pintles from one piece. Note the thinning of the eyes :

 

 

 

I actually had to make two of these - I measured the wrong part of the rudder the first time and finished up 3mm too short

. It took me about 2 hours to mill, drill and file each one.

 

I also made another lower Pintle - if you look back at one of the previous pics where I dry-fitted the blackened pintles you'll notice that the lowest one is a little short. That's now fixed.

 

  Danny

[Sjors]

Wow Danny,

 

That look tiny….

But again a great job.

I like the idea about the slave into the rudder.

You came up by your self with that or have you seen it some where?

 

[mtaylor]

Hi Danny,

 

I asked about the heat treating since I thought the grinding would cause the bit to lose its temper and not stay sharp.