rafine Posted January 18, 2015 #1561 Posted January 18, 2015 A thing of beauty, Augie. Really great looking work. Bob augie 1 Current builds on MSW: HMS Winchelsea 1:48: Medway Longboat 1:24 Prior builds on MSW: Schooner Halifax: Lumberyard 1/48 semi-scratch; Cutter Cheerful 1:48; Granado: Caldercraft 1:64; Frigate Essex: Kitbashed Model Shipways kit; Triton Cross Section 1:48; Kingfisher from Lauckstreet kit; Syren: Model shipways kit ;Kitbashed Fair American: Model Shipways;Prince de Neufchatel: Model shipways 1:64 Civil War Picket Boat
patrickmil Posted January 18, 2015 #1562 Posted January 18, 2015 Absolutely beautiful work Augie. augie 1 Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 Current: Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV-5
augie Posted January 18, 2015 Author #1563 Posted January 18, 2015 Thanks to everyone for the kind comments, interest and the 'likes'. DR. Per ----- Chuck provides for leaving sections of the gun deck exposed right on the plans. In my experience, if you follow his lead things come out fine. I have been looking at some other partially open deck ideas (like Rafine's Essex by Sam Cassano) and may make some changes to suit the way she is going to be displayed. I have a few months before I make the final decision on which way to go. And yes, that little Dremel table is a gem for holding her steady and arrow straight. Easy in and out is priceless. They come up on eBay once in a while. GLakie and mtaylor 2 Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
Sjors Posted January 18, 2015 #1564 Posted January 18, 2015 Great work Augie ! It's a pleasure to watch....... And yes, the Dremel workbench is just great . You have to see if you can find one Dr. Per Sjors augie and GLakie 2 Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre
Jack12477 Posted January 18, 2015 #1565 Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) I have that same Dremel workbench and love it. It came as a "package" deal some time ago (Loews carried it), you bought the Dremel rotary tool and got the workbench as a bonus. Have not seen them anywhere since, not even on Dremel's website. Too bad they don't still offer it because it is a great workbench. P.S. - Augie great job on the model. Looking really nice. Edited January 18, 2015 by Jack12477 augie and GLakie 2 Jack "No one is as smart as all of us" - Is ón cheann a thagann an cheird The craft comes from the head --------------------------------------------- Current build: US Constellation Non-ship builds: USCG UH-65A Dolphin M16 Multi-gun motor carriage diorama M4A3 Sherman Tanks dioramas 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II JSDF Light Armor Vehicle Figures: The Last Bridge: Raider Reaper Edge of Universe: Ianis The Last Bridge: Vadim with cart Completed build log(s): 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne, Willie L Bennett 1888 50 ft Gaff-rigged Ice Yacht Scratch Build The Sullivans (DD 537) Liberty Ship SS John W Brown USS England (DE 635), Artesania Latina Titanic Lifeboat Gallery: Swift , Armed Virginia Sloop, Santisima Trinidad Captain's Launch , 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne Other: Rhinebeck Aerodrome Tour
riverboat Posted January 18, 2015 #1566 Posted January 18, 2015 Regardless of the fact that it's an excellent kit, you still have to be a top notch modeller to put it together. Excellent!! work Augie'. She's looking real good!! Frank popeye the sailor, GLakie, SawdustDave and 1 other 4 completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk)
KenW Posted January 18, 2015 #1567 Posted January 18, 2015 This is one of those times when a 'like' is simply not sufficient! What a great model you are building. A really great job; and quite inspiring as well. Magnificent! GLakie and augie 2 Ken NO PIRACY 4 ME! (SUPPORTING CHUCKS' IDEA) Current Build: Washington 1776 Galley Completed Builds: Pilot Boat Mary (from Completed Gallery) (from MSW Build) Continental Boat Providence (from Completed Gallery) (from MSW Build) Continental Ship Independence (from Completed Gallery) (from MSW Build) Rattlesnake (from Completed Gallery) (from MSW Build) Armed Virginia Sloop (from Completed Gallery) Fair American (from Completed Gallery) (from MSW Build Log) Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey Nautical Research Guild
Stuntflyer Posted January 18, 2015 #1568 Posted January 18, 2015 Dr Per, Jack, I found the Dremel Workbench here. . .http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/221495363403?item=221495363403&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466&rmvSB=true GLakie and augie 2 Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF) Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB) Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
Jack12477 Posted January 18, 2015 #1569 Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Stuntflyer, thanks for the link. At $179.99 I could have bought two, maybe three, of those packages. In January 2009 I paid less than $65 for both the Dremel 300 rotary tool AND workbench as one package. Even with inflation that's one hellavu price increase. UPDATE: I just did an online search and a found a full size Black & Decker Workmate 225 for $74.99. Dremel's table-top workbench vise is modeled after B&D full size workmate. Edited January 18, 2015 by Jack12477 GLakie, Sjors and augie 3 Jack "No one is as smart as all of us" - Is ón cheann a thagann an cheird The craft comes from the head --------------------------------------------- Current build: US Constellation Non-ship builds: USCG UH-65A Dolphin M16 Multi-gun motor carriage diorama M4A3 Sherman Tanks dioramas 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II JSDF Light Armor Vehicle Figures: The Last Bridge: Raider Reaper Edge of Universe: Ianis The Last Bridge: Vadim with cart Completed build log(s): 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne, Willie L Bennett 1888 50 ft Gaff-rigged Ice Yacht Scratch Build The Sullivans (DD 537) Liberty Ship SS John W Brown USS England (DE 635), Artesania Latina Titanic Lifeboat Gallery: Swift , Armed Virginia Sloop, Santisima Trinidad Captain's Launch , 18th Century Longboat , Marie Jeanne Other: Rhinebeck Aerodrome Tour
Stuntflyer Posted January 18, 2015 #1570 Posted January 18, 2015 yeah, I was wondering about the price too. Seems a bit high. GLakie and Jack12477 2 Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF) Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB) Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey
augie Posted January 18, 2015 Author #1571 Posted January 18, 2015 I got the Dremel table (only) for $5 at a garage sale about 15 years ago! Jack12477, mtaylor, Stuntflyer and 4 others 7 Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
Jim Lad Posted January 18, 2015 #1572 Posted January 18, 2015 Thanks for the update, Augie - she's really looking first class. John augie and GLakie 2
SawdustDave Posted January 18, 2015 #1573 Posted January 18, 2015 I think you're right Frank. Definitely not a newbie kit. I'm thinking it's in the same class as the Confederacy. All my builds have been scratch, but I might make this one my first kit build. Not sure I have the will power I once had.... riverboat and GLakie 2 Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com
Trussben Posted January 18, 2015 #1574 Posted January 18, 2015 Excellent Augie, Will you be installing Carlings and Ledges as well? Ben GLakie 1 Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. Completed builds: HMS Winchelsea. ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat. QA Barge. Medway Longboat.
newbuilder101 Posted January 18, 2015 #1575 Posted January 18, 2015 Beautifully done! augie and GLakie 2 Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower
gjdale Posted January 18, 2015 #1576 Posted January 18, 2015 Great work Augie. She's looking more beautiful every day! augie and GLakie 2 Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout
augie Posted January 19, 2015 Author #1577 Posted January 19, 2015 Excellent Augie, Will you be installing Carlings and Ledges as well? Ben Yup. Looking forward to those. GLakie 1 Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
Jimz66 Posted January 19, 2015 #1578 Posted January 19, 2015 Looking great Augie. Very nice build. Keep it going. GLakie and augie 2 Current/But Not immediate Build Logs I am still gathering the tools I need but starting preliminary work. Nothing to show just yet. Fair American Armed Virginia Sloop.
popeye the sailor Posted January 20, 2015 #1579 Posted January 20, 2015 fantastic work Augie........shows the labor of love your putting into her! good choice on the railings too...... top notch my friend.........top notch! GLakie and augie 2 I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch
Gahm Posted January 21, 2015 #1580 Posted January 21, 2015 Your Confederacy is a piece of beauty! Absolutely inspiring! Thomas augie and GLakie 2 Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864)
Blue Ensign Posted January 22, 2015 #1581 Posted January 22, 2015 Love that last series of photos Augie, your deck beam work looks so clean, what an impressive build she is. B.E. ollagynot, augie and GLakie 3 Current Build: Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-1:64-scale HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation.
Ferit Posted January 22, 2015 #1582 Posted January 22, 2015 Hi Augie, As if it's yesterday you had finished the US Brig Syren. When did the USF Confederacy come at this state?!... So fast... So clean... So fine... Blue Ensign, augie, GLakie and 1 other 4 Best Regards… Ferit KUTLU Under construction: Frigate Berlin (Brandenburg Navy) Hope: Frigate Wappen Von Hamburg (Brandenburg Navy)
DesertWolf Posted January 22, 2015 #1583 Posted January 22, 2015 Superb, absolutely superb! The quality of your deck fittings are amazing. I think I'm going to copy the way you arranged the breeching ropes of your cannons. It looks a lot neater than having the excess rope lying on the deck next to the cannons. Is this the way it was actually done? GLakie and augie 2 Wolf Current build : San Francisco II (AL)
augie Posted January 22, 2015 Author #1584 Posted January 22, 2015 Having shipmates like all of you is what makes this so enjoyable. Heck, I'm still trying to cobble through and learn things you have all mastered for years. What I see in your creations is, at times, intimidating. Yet, at the same time, it spurs me on to do better. Thanks to ALL. WOLF - There are many examples throughout MSW as to the proper ways to rig guns. This is a very simplistic version of just the breech lines but it is neat and clean. I've played with putting in the blocks and even the train tackles but was never satisfied with the chaos I was creating and, considering that most of what we see now will be obscured by the upper decks, I'm happy with what I have here. I may be fully rigging the guns on the upper deck...depending on how much upper deck I actually install. I just don't want you to be mislead into thinking this was the 'actual way' it was done. popeye the sailor, JPett, GLakie and 6 others 9 Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
Canute Posted January 22, 2015 #1585 Posted January 22, 2015 All I can say is WOW. I love your workmanship. It is inspiring to this neophyte. GLakie and augie 2 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
rdsaplala Posted January 24, 2015 #1586 Posted January 24, 2015 Beautiful and clean work on the beams, knees, capstan and companion way Augie, it's details like these that bring out the beauty of these period ships mobbsie, augie and GLakie 3 Best regards,AldoCurrently Building: HMS Pegasus (Victory Models)-Mothballed to give priority to Triton HMS Triton (first attempt at scratchbuilding) Past build:HM Brig Badger (Caldercraft), HM Brig Cruizer, HM Schooner Ballahoo
SawdustDave Posted January 24, 2015 #1587 Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Augie is too modest. I think he actually doesn't know just how good his work is.... reminds me of Remco. Edited January 24, 2015 by SawdustDave src, Sjors, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com
augie Posted January 27, 2015 Author #1588 Posted January 27, 2015 I think we have enough here for a small update. The red columns are the Main Jeer Bitts complete with simulated sheaves. The assorted parts are for the brake pumps: These jeer bitts were installed under a deck beam and the main mast coat and some deck rings put in place: The pumps were then assembled and painted. The spouts are 1/16" brass tubing. The simulated metal bands are black heat shrink tubing: The last photo shows everything in place (including the main topsail sheet bitts) with a few rope coils added for interest: Next we'll be adding the carlings and some half beams to complete the framing on the quarterdeck. Best wishes to all on the blizzard heading for the NE. And everyone build straight! fnkershner, Ferit, cookster and 29 others 32 Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956
Salty Sea Dog Posted January 27, 2015 #1589 Posted January 27, 2015 Very nice details! augie 1 -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there...
GLakie Posted January 27, 2015 #1590 Posted January 27, 2015 She's lookin' sweet Augie. Very nice! Cheers augie 1 GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild
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