HMS Triton Cross Section by Rusty - FINISHED - 1:48

[mtaylor]

Thanks Rusty for the info.  I have a small sample and after seeing your use of it, I'm thinking this wood could be very useful.

[st george]

I do like the look of that Red Heart. Where do you get it?

[Rustyj]

Thanks David. I get all of my wood from Jeff Hayes at Hobby Mill.

 

http://www.hobbymillusa.com/

 

 

[Rustyj]

I was able to get the fenders made and installed. With the moldings in place that would

require cutting notches into the fenders and getting them to fit the curve of the hull too.

Hmmm seemed a little difficult to me. Then I remembered Chuck (thanks again!) had

us cut the molding away and just slide the fenders in place. Then I just had to sand

them to fit to the hulls contour.

 

 

 

Fit was good and it took a fraction of the time and no waste, oh ok I messed one up

and threw it in the scrap heap, but to me that is no waste!  

 

 

 

 

[Paddy]

Thanks for sharing that with us Rusty. Great idea and well worth remembering.

[gjdale]

Very nice Rusty. Thanks for the tip.

[Trussben]

Nice work Rusty,

 

Funny how you remember things from the Confed build, I'm not installing my trim until much later on as I don't want to waste my boxwood.

 

Ben

[Rustyj]

Thanks Paddy, Grant.

 

Ben, There was so much I learned doing the Confederacy and I still look back at

the practicum every once in a while.

 

Here I’ve started making the entry step. I first cut the angle for the bottom portion

and then made a second cut forming the tread lip.

 

 

 

They were then cut to length and the sides trimmed to match using a xacto knife and files.

 

 

Now I just have to finish making them, 18 total are needed.

[rafine]

Looking great as usual, Rusty. Pretty soon, with all the progress on Triton, you're going to have to turn your attention to your other two projects.

 

Bob

[Rustyj]

You're right Bob. With less available modeling time during the summer

 

I've been giving the Triton the majority of that time.  

 

[rjt]

this may be a slly question, but what is Par Marfin please? I have tried to 'Google it' without succes.

 

regards,

Rob (Oxfordshire UK)

[rjt]

Aha, problem solved......found it.....(Pau Marfim)  a major typo    

[Rustyj]

Hi Rob all I can say is        . Typing was never one of my strong points.

 

I went back and hopefully made all the corrections.

[Rustyj]

Well all of the steps have been made and attached to the hull. The back of

each step had to be sanded to fit so the tread was level. I did them one at a time

so I didn’t mix them up. To keep the steps in an even row I clipped a ruler

to the hull and used it as a stop.

 

 

 

Then while I was working on the Triton the Admiral called to me and wanted

me topside. Being the good mate I jumped to, set the cross section down and

went to see what was up. Upon returning to the shop I looked at my work bench,

and mind you I have a mastiff that can put her head on my desk with all four feet

on the ground and regularly does, and almost had heart failure…………...

 

 

 

 

I tipped toed over, gently picked her up and placed her squarely back away

from the edge. Needless to say I didn’t do anything more that night. I figured

I had used up every bit of luck I had and only bad things could happen!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[russ]

The steps look great. You did a wonderful job making and installing them. The stop clipped to the hull is a good idea.

 

Russ

[Pete38]

Very nice job on the steps.Put this one away in my notes for further reference for when I get to them

 

1. Place ruler for stop for steps

 

2. Always place build AWAY from the edge of the table 

[gjdale]

Very nice Rusty. Good tip with the ruler - thanks for that. And a lucky escape too..........

Edited July 10, 2013 by gjdale

[Trussben]

Close one buddy!

[Rustyj]

Thank you all for you kind words. The ruler was what was at hand

but any flexible straight edge will do.

 

Ok the nerves have settled a bit. I guess I can start working again.

 

I've wandered back to the gun carriages. I cut them out of Bloodwood.

Just because I had some and wanted a little color variation.  

 

 

 

[Paddy]

Looking good Rusty. Love that Bloodwood.

[rjt]

Looking good Rusty, I lost all my MSW stuff (downloads etc. that is) after the the big crash + my own sytem had a 'melt-down'.  So now it's back to 'square one' for me.  I'm hoping to make a start on the Englsh Pinnace kit soon, it arrived in the mail a couple of days ago.   

 

All the best,

 

Rob (UK)

[Rustyj]

Thanks Paddy

 

Hi Rob Yes the great crash of 2013 did touch us all. I learned I hadn’t saved as much

of my work as I though I had and having a system melt down to boot would have

been terrible. Well we all just start over where ever we can.

 

Good luck with the Pinnace. It’s a wonderful kit.  

[Boccherini]

Rusty,

the gun carriage components are looking very nice. Were the sides shaped individualy, or did you shape a block then cut the sides from it?

 

Regards,

Grant.

[Rustyj]

Thanks Grant.

 

They were done individually as I did not have a block big enough. I set the

table saw blade for each cut level and the cut 5 blanks progressing from

lowest cut to highest. The extra one was for an oops moment.  

 

[Boccherini]

Re the "oops moment", this project has taught me to always make several more of everything that is required. The times I didn't, meant having to set up heights and jigs etc., all over again. It's a valuable lesson. Good to see you're on top of it.

 

Regards,

Grant.

[Rustyj]

Hi Grant, Oh I've had so many oops moments and there wasn't always an extra piece made.  

 

Well I've assembled the carriages and painted the barrels.

 

Sorry Ben but I stopped at ten coats of paint.

 

 

 

Next it’s time to do some iron work and soldering!

[augie]

The guns look terrific with that bloodwood, Rusty.  Don't let 'he of the 20 coats' give you any grief.

[Trussben]

10 coats looks plenty good from here Rusty.

 

ben

[rafine]

The guns look great, Rusty. I agree that 10 coats seems more than enough.

 

Bob

[Rustyj]

Thanks Augie, Ben and Bob.

 

Hey if you add the two together I came up with 20 coats!