bruce d Posted October 23, 2022 Share #1 Posted October 23, 2022 Perplexed by which keel clamp to buy? Problem solved! 4 From HOBBIES WEEKLY magazine, May 29, 1937 hollowneck, John Ruy, ccoyle and 9 others 2 10 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...
ah100m Posted October 23, 2022 Share #2 Posted October 23, 2022 Vice (sic)?! mtaylor, thibaultron, hollowneck and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 23, 2022 Share #3 Posted October 23, 2022 40 minutes ago, ah100m said: Vice (sic)?! You can only implement the suggested solution if you, personally, have no vices. mtaylor, bruce d, Jack12477 and 9 others 2 10 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glbarlow Posted October 23, 2022 Share #4 Posted October 23, 2022 Opportunity to crush the keel if leave raised to high or a crushed model if too loose. One of my vices is buying too many vises 😂 DaveBaxt, Dave_E, mtaylor and 10 others 4 9 Quote Regards, Glenn Current Build: Don't know yet. Completed Builds: HMS Winchelsea HM Flirt (paused) HM Cutter Cheerful, Lady Nelson, Amati HMS Vanguard, HMS Pegasus, Fair American, HM Granado, HM Pickle, AVS, Pride of Baltimore, Bluenose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted October 23, 2022 Share #5 Posted October 23, 2022 That might work on a table that top slides apart... but not sure I'd want to do that. Seems like it create lots of issues especially where an Admiral is involved when it's time for dinner. hollowneck, glbarlow, Jack12477 and 7 others 4 6 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted October 24, 2022 Popular Mechanics Shop Notes Special, 1918: Canute, thibaultron, mtaylor and 2 others 5 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...
bruce d Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted October 24, 2022 How they used to make power extension leads: what could go wrong? (Same edition of Popular Mechanics Shop Notes) hollowneck, Ian_Grant, mtaylor and 2 others 2 3 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...
bruce d Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted October 28, 2022 Model Engineer, May 7 1953: mtaylor, thibaultron, BETAQDAVE and 4 others 7 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...
bruce d Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted November 19, 2022 Modern Mechanics, July 1930. Again, what could possibly go wrong? Canute, mtaylor, Ian_Grant and 6 others 2 1 2 4 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...
Cathead Posted November 19, 2022 Share #10 Posted November 19, 2022 Bruce, I'm particularly amused that you're posting all of these above the signature line "stay safe"! thibaultron, michael mott, mtaylor and 8 others 3 8 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted November 19, 2022 Share #11 Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) NEW RULE for MSW modelers: Suit & Tie at Your Bench Edited November 19, 2022 by hollowneck flying_dutchman2, grsjax, Canute and 9 others 2 9 1 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Grace & Peace (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reilly Posted November 19, 2022 Share #12 Posted November 19, 2022 I think I saw that guy mowing his lawn in the same suit 60 years ago... BETAQDAVE, Altduck, Canute and 6 others 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathead Posted November 19, 2022 Share #13 Posted November 19, 2022 "Period Model Boat Manual" sounds like an AI-translated Chinese knockoff of the Nautical Research Journal. thibaultron, bruce d, mbp521 and 4 others 4 3 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted November 20, 2022 Share #14 Posted November 20, 2022 I've seen old model railroader pictures of a gentleman working on a drill press in a business suit, minus his jacket. The jacket is off to one side and he is wearing arm bands to keep his shirt cuffs clear of his work. And he does have on his tie. 😲 Edwardkenway, hollowneck, mtaylor and 3 others 4 1 1 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted November 20, 2022 Share #15 Posted November 20, 2022 When I first started work, the bricklayer I learnt from wore a suit and tie, under overalls. He always looked dapper when going home.😉 Canute, mtaylor, Ian_Grant and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBlack Posted November 20, 2022 Share #16 Posted November 20, 2022 OK. Here I am working on HMS Sophie! bruce d, GrandpaPhil, hollowneck and 13 others 6 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted November 20, 2022 Share #17 Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) The 1972 First Edition of the U.K.'s Model Shipwright "quarterly" publication (actually a hardcover book). In the Twiggy-era late 60's, early seventies, a tie was optional as the fellow on the left confirms. However, looking on the rear cover of the same issue, some modelers chose not only to wear a suit and tie, but also an attractive chapeau (second photo). Edited November 20, 2022 by hollowneck added text mtaylor, mbp521, Ian_Grant and 7 others 6 2 2 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Grace & Peace (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathead Posted November 20, 2022 Share #18 Posted November 20, 2022 Now I'm thinking this needs to be the MSW equivalent of those stupid social media "challenges" and see how many people can post a picture in their build logs of them working in formal clothes (suit or dress). Especially if it's deadpan and no hint why. mbp521, Edwardkenway, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snug Harbor Johnny Posted November 20, 2022 Share #19 Posted November 20, 2022 Then there are the old Lionel Train ads where a dad (minus jacket - but still in dress pants, shirt and tie ... sometimes holding a pipe) is 'helping' (bonding with?) a lad set-up an O-gauge layout, while a mom (wearing a 50s house dress) looks on with approval. Sometimes there'd be a girl spying somewhere with a look telegraphing something like, 'I wish I were a boy - then I'd get to play with Dad'. Ian_Grant, thibaultron, mbp521 and 7 others 3 7 Quote Completed builds: Khufu Solar Barge - 1:72 Woody Joe Current project(s): Gorch Fock restoration 1:100, Billing Wasa (bust) - 1:100 Billings, Great Harry (bust) 1:88 ex. Sergal 1:65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathead Posted November 20, 2022 Share #20 Posted November 20, 2022 Here's a rare one that actually includes the daughter! michael mott, hollowneck, BETAQDAVE and 7 others 3 6 1 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbp521 Posted November 20, 2022 Share #21 Posted November 20, 2022 I actually still have my O-Scale Lionel train from the early 70's. I dug it out last year for my grandson to play with, but I was not about to don a suit and tie to watch him play with it. 😁 -Brian thibaultron, Ian_Grant, Cathead and 5 others 3 5 Quote Current Builds: Completed Builds: Mississippi River Towboat Caroline N. HMB Endeavor: Artesania Latina USS Constitution - Cross Section: Mamoli Non-Ship Builds: HMS Victory - Cross Section: Corel New Shipyard King of the Mississippi - Steamboat: Artesania Latina Battle Station Section: Panart (Gallery) In Dry-dock Chaperon - 1884 Steamer: Model Shipways USS Constellation: Aretesania Latina USS Cairo - 1862 Ironclad: Scratch Build Flying Fish: Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted November 20, 2022 Share #22 Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) And, in case your sweater isn't warm enough in the garage, you can always fire-up the kerosene heater... It's hard to tell, but do you think the young boy is wearing a tie like Dad? Edited November 20, 2022 by hollowneck Canute, mtaylor, Baker and 7 others 7 3 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Grace & Peace (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted November 20, 2022 Share #23 Posted November 20, 2022 @bruce d...I think I've inadvertently hijacked your thread! But in my defense - it's your fault for starting this one!😂 bruce d, Canute, mbp521 and 2 others 1 4 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Grace & Peace (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted November 20, 2022 Share #24 Posted November 20, 2022 39 minutes ago, Cathead said: Here's a rare one that actually includes the daughter! The family that plays together, stays together! Love this Rockwellian illustration. Ahh...fond memories... the uncomplicated 50's, when men were just bigger boys and....girls were...uh.... Ryland Craze, mtaylor, bruce d and 5 others 1 7 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Grace & Peace (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snug Harbor Johnny Posted November 21, 2022 Share #25 Posted November 21, 2022 (music for Archie and Edith Bunker) ... And you knew what you were then. Girls were girls and men were men. Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again. Didn't need no welfare state, everybody pulled his weight. Gee, our old LaSalle ran great. Those were the days ! Ian_Grant, bruce d, thibaultron and 4 others 5 2 Quote Completed builds: Khufu Solar Barge - 1:72 Woody Joe Current project(s): Gorch Fock restoration 1:100, Billing Wasa (bust) - 1:100 Billings, Great Harry (bust) 1:88 ex. Sergal 1:65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye2sea Posted November 21, 2022 Share #26 Posted November 21, 2022 Not so long ago any respectable man would not be out in public without at least a waistcoat, neck cloth, and hat. Up until the early 1800's your shirt was basically your underwear/night clothes. Regards, Henry thibaultron, mtaylor, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Henry Laissez le bon temps rouler ! Current Build: Le Soleil Royal Completed Build: Amerigo Vespucci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share #27 Posted November 22, 2022 Popular Mechanics, January 1926. Really. thibaultron, mbp521, BETAQDAVE and 6 others 3 2 1 3 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...
Cathead Posted November 22, 2022 Share #28 Posted November 22, 2022 I can't help wondering what I wasn't told about a similar-looking piece of athletic equipment... mtaylor, Ian_Grant, BLACK VIKING and 9 others 11 1 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snug Harbor Johnny Posted November 22, 2022 Share #29 Posted November 22, 2022 Talk about a big screw ... Baker, Canute, GrandpaPhil and 5 others 3 3 2 Quote Completed builds: Khufu Solar Barge - 1:72 Woody Joe Current project(s): Gorch Fock restoration 1:100, Billing Wasa (bust) - 1:100 Billings, Great Harry (bust) 1:88 ex. Sergal 1:65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye2sea Posted November 23, 2022 Share #30 Posted November 23, 2022 7 hours ago, bruce d said: Popular Mechanics, January 1926. Really. Reminds me of the eyeglass nose bridge handle thing from Steve Martin in "The Jerk". How many people went cross-eyed from this gizmo? Regards, Henry bruce d, Canute, thibaultron and 1 other 1 3 Quote Henry Laissez le bon temps rouler ! Current Build: Le Soleil Royal Completed Build: Amerigo Vespucci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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