Bitao Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share #121 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/5/2021 at 6:01 AM, dvm27 said: Where you been Alex? The rest of us have been mesmerized by this log for months! All the time, can attract your attention is also my honor! mtaylor, billocrates and bruce d 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitao Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share #122 Posted December 7, 2021 KentM, Jack H, Beef Wellington and 27 others 29 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted December 8, 2021 Share #123 Posted December 8, 2021 Great beautiful work very masterpiece. billocrates, Keith Black, bruce d and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted December 8, 2021 Share #124 Posted December 8, 2021 Your work should be an inspiration to all members. Looking forward to the next progress report. Allan Saburo, billocrates, Keith Black and 3 others 5 1 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitao Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share #125 Posted December 9, 2021 gjdale, dvm27, muratx and 23 others 24 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitao Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share #126 Posted December 12, 2021 ccoyle, WalrusGuy, druxey and 33 others 31 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popash42 Posted December 13, 2021 Share #127 Posted December 13, 2021 so accurate and Beautiful work. well done 😀 billocrates 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitao Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share #128 Posted December 22, 2021 Thank you for your attention and support over the past year! And a merry Christmas to you all in advance! Ainars Apalais, tlevine, yvesvidal and 24 others 21 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted December 22, 2021 Share #129 Posted December 22, 2021 And a Merry Christmas to you, Bitao. Gorgeous work as always, it looks close to being done. mtaylor, billocrates, Bitao and 1 other 3 1 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Idea Posted December 22, 2021 Share #130 Posted December 22, 2021 Once again just beautiful work by you that is so crisp and clean - Happy Xmas bitao 🎄 druxey, billocrates, Bitao and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted December 22, 2021 Share #131 Posted December 22, 2021 Great model and a great build log. Seasons best wishes, bitao. druxey, mtaylor, billocrates and 3 others 5 1 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted December 22, 2021 Share #132 Posted December 22, 2021 A very Merry Christmas, and best wishes for a safe and happy festive season to you and your family also Bitao. Love watching your work. cheers Pat bruce d, Bitao, billocrates and 3 others 5 1 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted December 22, 2021 Share #133 Posted December 22, 2021 Best Holiday Wishes for you as well, Bitao, and thank you for sharing your exceptional work with us.! Greg Keith Black, billocrates, mtaylor and 3 others 5 1 Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitao Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share #134 Posted December 23, 2021 Thank you, friends up there. The ship is expected to be finished within a year (by July 2022) , and although the start-up was delayed by nearly a month due to rework, it should be ready within a year. I hope we can make progress together in the New Year! Merry Christmas to all once again! druxey, mtaylor, bruce d and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitao Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share #135 Posted December 29, 2021 Hello, everyone. This is the 2021’s last update. I’ll see you in 2022. JpR62, muratx, Siggi52 and 28 others 28 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted December 29, 2021 Share #136 Posted December 29, 2021 Bitao, a beautiful end to 2021. I look forward to seeing the results of 2022. mtaylor, Jeronimo, Bitao and 1 other 3 1 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeronimo Posted December 29, 2021 Share #137 Posted December 29, 2021 Hi Bitao, beautiful work. Gratulation. Karl No Idea, billocrates, Keith Black and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giampieroricci Posted December 29, 2021 Share #138 Posted December 29, 2021 wonderful! billocrates, Keith Black, No Idea and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted December 29, 2021 Share #139 Posted December 29, 2021 Fantastic work very very nice No Idea, Keith Black, Bitao and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted December 29, 2021 Share #140 Posted December 29, 2021 Wow, wow and more wow! cheers Pat billocrates, Bitao, mtaylor and 3 others 5 1 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted December 29, 2021 Share #141 Posted December 29, 2021 Just found your thread - beautiful work! John billocrates, Keith Black, No Idea and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeronimo Posted December 30, 2021 Share #142 Posted December 30, 2021 Hi Bitao. I have seldom seen such a clean and perfectly built model. Very good and wonderful work. regards Karl Google Tranlator No Idea, Bitao, mtaylor and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trussben Posted December 30, 2021 Share #143 Posted December 30, 2021 Superb! Keith Black, billocrates, Bitao and 3 others 5 1 Quote Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitao Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share #144 Posted December 31, 2021 Happy New Year, everyone. Thank you for your attention and your compliments. I was going to take a few days off to continue, but I’m used to being in the studio every day, and I’m not comfortable not doing anything. Think of this ship needs to process a lot of columns, slender workpiece on the lathe clamping not only trouble, and the processing of the Camber Chamfer seems to be incorrect, manual file repair efficiency is too low to achieve uniform specifications. So I spent two days to design and make a fixture that can be easily repaired by hand with a file or used as a clamping tool on a milling machine. The upper and lower two sides of the clamp seat are respectively provided with V slots of different sizes to fit the square wooden strips with 1.5-14mm side length. The chucks can be used up and down interchangeably, and the other two chucks are designed with a limit to prevent uneven force from crushing the corners. This allows for Chamfering, octahedral and taper machining of slender strips. If you have a better suggestion, please give it to me, I can improve it. It also provides better reference for other players. muratx, tlevine, marsalv and 19 others 18 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted December 31, 2021 Share #145 Posted December 31, 2021 Interesting variation on a 45 degree holder or jig. The hold-downs on this are something new to me. mtaylor, Moonbug, Keith Black and 3 others 5 1 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbug Posted December 31, 2021 Share #146 Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, druxey said: Interesting variation on a 45 degree holder or jig Dude definitely has some envious equipment and tools. Bitao, billocrates, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote - Bug Current Build: HMS Pegasus - Victory Models Completed Builds - Augie's USF Confederacy AL Santa Maria - Heavily Bashed AL San Juan Nepomuceno AL Swift Pilot Boat Cris Craft AL Stagecoach Ship Blog - The Lehman Shipyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle17 Posted January 1, 2022 Share #147 Posted January 1, 2022 An imaginative variation of the machinist 'V" block where the hold down always seems to be in the way. Great design of the clamps. It seems easily transferable to a wooden version for those not into machining non ferrous material. Joe Bitao, Saburo, billocrates and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mott Posted January 1, 2022 Share #148 Posted January 1, 2022 Bitao, I have just been catching up with your new build! The work that you do leaves me basically speechless, your ability to solve complex constructions using non traditional methods with creative ways is a great contribution that adds to our collective knowledge. Your strive for continually improving your skills is inspiring. I admire your willingness to start over with work that you are not happy with, in order to reach the desired result that seek. All the best in the new year and thank you so much for sharing a greater level of detail in your methods and tooling, How we work is often as valuable for learning as seeing the end results. Humbly Michael WalrusGuy, Keith Black, John Cheevers and 4 others 7 Quote Current builds Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8; Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8; Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8 Other projects Pilot Cutter 1:500 ; Maria, 1:2 Now just a memory Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8 Finished projects A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100 Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitao Posted January 2, 2022 Author Share #149 Posted January 2, 2022 Dear Michael, I haven’t seen you for a long time. How are you? In the New Year I would like to express my most sincere greetings to you! I have to say, you are one of the most impressive people I have joined this forum. Your metalworking ability and professionalism also let me learn more things. In particular, as the elderly, you are still tenacious to do their own things and excellence, let me be very impressed! As a former gymnast (now a teacher) , no one helped me get more professional knowledge in this area, but I have been trying and working for more than 20 years as an amateur, some basic machining skills. Come here for more than 3 years, appreciate the process of each strong person including you, no doubt also bring me a lot of inspiration and motivation! That’s why I love it here so much and consider it my only home for personal display. Hope that the follow-up still see your wonderful production, also can let me get greater improvement. I also wish you good health and all the best! JohnLea, bruce d, Keith Black and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mott Posted January 3, 2022 Share #150 Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 9:42 PM, bitao said: Dear Michael, I haven’t seen you for a long time. How are you? In the New Year I would like to express my most sincere greetings to you! Dear Bitao for you kindness, and inquiry. I am well and staying safe with my wife Judy, here in a rather cold chilly winter season. My hand has recovered from the surgery, and I am close to finishing an old project that I have been fiddling with since 2004, I am looking forward to getting back to work on my Skipjack Launch within the coming month[s]. There is a lot of interesting detail to sort out on the launch. One of the things that I am contemplating is to complete the launch in a similar way to the way that some of the classic ship models are presented. One side showing the construction of the internal elements and the other showing the external finishes. Michael WalrusGuy, Keith Black, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8; Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8; Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8 Other projects Pilot Cutter 1:500 ; Maria, 1:2 Now just a memory Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8 Finished projects A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100 Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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