Sjors Posted October 20, 2013 Share #451 Posted October 20, 2013 Augie, What are you doing in the workshop ??? I thought you went fishing before the snow falls…… Instead of that, a great update Looks nice ! augie 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted October 20, 2013 Share #452 Posted October 20, 2013 Keep a weather eye out for a cloud of sawdust over the Rockies I'm just emerging from under a cloud of bean dust... what'd I miss? augie and trippwj 2 Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted October 20, 2013 Share #453 Posted October 20, 2013 like everyone said....... Great !! work on the framing......... now Augie, this is something to be envious of , :D ..... your craftsmanship and speed are very impressive to say the least. You've accompished more in 2 months (or less) than I've done in 2 years !!! :( :D Frank ( must be the Italian thing !! but where did mine go too!!! :D ) Frank augie 1 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted October 20, 2013 Share #454 Posted October 20, 2013 Very impressive, Augie, very impressive. John augie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkerryAmp Posted October 20, 2013 Share #455 Posted October 20, 2013 Amazing Augie - quite impressive a job my friend. I need to find me some of these mini shipwrights, gnomes, whatever they are!! Keep on keeping on Augie!! riverboat and augie 2 Quote -Adam Current Builds Santa Maria - Artesania Latina (1:65) POB MayFlower - Model Shipways (5/32"=1') POB Blue Shadow - Mamoli Revolutionary War Brigantine. (Fict) (1:64) POB (Recommissioned as the Kara June) On The Shelf Waiting so Patiently USRC Ranger - Corel (1:50) POB 18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways (1:4) POF La Nina - Artesania Latina (1:65) POB U.S Brig Syren - Model Shipways (1:64) POB Completed Builds Phantom NY Pilot Boat - Model Shipways (1:96) Solid Hull Decommissioned Builds (Time and conditions were not good to these. They have been cancelled =( ) Willie L Bennett - Model Shipways (1:32) POF USRC Harriet Lane - Model Shipways (1:128) Solid Hull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted October 21, 2013 Share #456 Posted October 21, 2013 sweet looking framework Augie.......can't wait to see what the sawmill produces augie 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted October 21, 2013 Share #457 Posted October 21, 2013 You have snow now ????????? And milling machine? PICTURES !!!!!!! Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkerryAmp Posted October 22, 2013 Share #458 Posted October 22, 2013 Hmmm, I think I am siding with Sjors on this one.... Pictures!!!! =) Just wanted to try that on for size. augie, trippwj and riverboat 3 Quote -Adam Current Builds Santa Maria - Artesania Latina (1:65) POB MayFlower - Model Shipways (5/32"=1') POB Blue Shadow - Mamoli Revolutionary War Brigantine. (Fict) (1:64) POB (Recommissioned as the Kara June) On The Shelf Waiting so Patiently USRC Ranger - Corel (1:50) POB 18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways (1:4) POF La Nina - Artesania Latina (1:65) POB U.S Brig Syren - Model Shipways (1:64) POB Completed Builds Phantom NY Pilot Boat - Model Shipways (1:96) Solid Hull Decommissioned Builds (Time and conditions were not good to these. They have been cancelled =( ) Willie L Bennett - Model Shipways (1:32) POF USRC Harriet Lane - Model Shipways (1:128) Solid Hull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambsbk Posted October 22, 2013 Share #459 Posted October 22, 2013 Ahhh... so many options Augie: pics of the snow ax, snow shoes, snow, or the mill? Choices, choices. Sjors and augie 2 Quote Dave U.S.S. Constitution 1:96 Revell build with fiber optic lighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share #460 Posted October 22, 2013 Again with the 'mill'. It's a Zona saw and a sanding block :D (lubricated with elbow grease). SkerryAmp, riverboat and edmay 3 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted October 22, 2013 Share #461 Posted October 22, 2013 your no worse off than me Augie........here I have a brand new dremel {still}........and I still preffer to do it the old fashioned way augie and riverboat 2 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted October 22, 2013 Share #462 Posted October 22, 2013 Agreed Popeye, I too have a brand new Dremel, never even touched it yet......... unfortunately, at my age I have to do everything by hand Frank trippwj, augie, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted October 24, 2013 Share #463 Posted October 24, 2013 Your framing looks very nice and clean! Thomas augie 1 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share #464 Posted October 24, 2013 OK, the dust has settled A line of sweep port 'frames' has been installed the entire length of the hull. These frames are 3/8 x 3/8" square stock aligned with laser etched lines on the bulkheads. The alignment of those lines was checked with a plank prior to setting in the blocks. Note the double block amidships which accommodates the larger ballast port: Once the frames were in place the entire hull was faired for the last time. Chuck provides a template to align the sweep ports. Here it is attached to the hull: The template allows the ports to be marked with a pencil. It is the planking which will actually define the ports later on: Two items remain before planking above the wales begins. Firstly, I need to construct and install 6 simulated sheaves to pass through the hull. Then, some fun is at hand establishing the color for the ports and bulwarks...but first things first. SkerryAmp, realworkingsailor, gjdale and 15 others 18 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted October 24, 2013 Share #465 Posted October 24, 2013 Augie, Maybe a silly question but do you have to cut out the gun ports out of that beam ???????? You need a chainsaw for that..... Or do I understand things not correctly. augie 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted October 24, 2013 Share #466 Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) boy..........one of these days! such a nice job............so nice to see her as a whole. Edited October 24, 2013 by popeye the sailor augie 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted October 24, 2013 Share #467 Posted October 24, 2013 I'm with Popeye - I love the overall view of the 'beast', Augie. Can't wait to see the planking begin. John augie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trussben Posted October 24, 2013 Share #468 Posted October 24, 2013 Masterfully done Augie, when you do put the first wale planks on, take lots of time to get position perfect, all other planking and sheer line go from that first one, but knowing you it will just fly into perfect position. Ben augie 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...
realworkingsailor Posted October 24, 2013 Share #469 Posted October 24, 2013 The easy part is over... Time for the tough stuff Looks great Andy augie 1 Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambsbk Posted October 24, 2013 Share #470 Posted October 24, 2013 Sweeet...! augie 1 Quote Dave U.S.S. Constitution 1:96 Revell build with fiber optic lighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrieke Posted October 24, 2013 Share #471 Posted October 24, 2013 lookign great my hands are itching to start on a ship like this. one day i hope augie 1 Quote Current builds : HMS Bounty, Constructo Pilar Next build : undecided On the Shelf : AL San Juan, Mamoli HMS Victory Builds on hold : Ochre Gorch Fock, Hachette/Amati Black Pearl Previous Builds Gallery : Virginia; King of Mississippi Previous Builds logs : AL King of Mississippi 1/80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share #472 Posted October 24, 2013 ANDY --- Thanks for the reminder. It's been fun so far......but 99.75% of what's been built will never be seen again!!!!! And thanks to everyone for the kind thoughts. realworkingsailor 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share #473 Posted October 24, 2013 SJORS - No, we don't cut anything out from the beams. These are the small sweep ports which will be created as we plank. Each will have a closed door and a metal hinge holding it closed. So we'll never see the beam. The actual gunports are framed above on the gun and quarter decks. I'll be painting the insides of those soon so you'll have a better perception of it. Sjors 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbuilder101 Posted October 25, 2013 Share #474 Posted October 25, 2013 I'm with everyone else .....looks great and can't wait to see the planking. Have I got this right - the sweep ports were for long oars in the event of lack of wind? Quote Sherry Every goodbye is the birth of a memory... Current Build: San Felipe Finished Builds: Mayflower Build Log Gallery: Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share #475 Posted October 25, 2013 Yes Sherry. They were very long and thin. I think they were actually mostly used to maneuver in close quarters. Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookster Posted October 25, 2013 Share #476 Posted October 25, 2013 Very nice Augie... Moving along in record time! Quote Wes Cook Current Build: USF Constitution (Model Shipways) USF Essex (Scratch build) MS Syren (build log lost, need to rebuild) Future Builds: MS Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted October 25, 2013 Share #477 Posted October 25, 2013 Great work here Augie - can't wait to see her planked! hamilton Quote current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780); Admiralty models Echo cross-section (semi-scratch) previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit); HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS Greyhound; Fair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851); Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch); Off-Centre Sailing Skiff (scratch) under the bench: MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickmil Posted October 25, 2013 Share #478 Posted October 25, 2013 The sweep ports look well lined up and it appears that you are very near to planking this behemoth. Great progress. Quote Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara Current: I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday" - John Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobbsie Posted October 25, 2013 Share #479 Posted October 25, 2013 Very impressive Augie. Lovely lines and extremely well executed. The planking is going to look great, do you intend to paint, stain or varnish the hull on completion or have you not thought of that yet. Whichever you choose mate good luck with it. mobbsie augie 1 Quote mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share #480 Posted October 25, 2013 Thanks again! Seems like everyone is looking forward, with great enthusiasm, to planking. Everyone but ME! The task ahead will rival that of planking the basketball court at Madison Square Garden. Besides, I LOVE plans, blueprints and line drawings. So much so that I have a fully built Piper J-3 Cub hanging in my office 'in the bones' ....... uncovered so the entire structure is visible. So perhaps I'll just leave her as is :D . A new concept ---- the PRE admiralty model ! But no, we'll forge ahead. Mobbsie- haven't completely decided yet on the finish. A lot will depend on how the planking shapes up. She won't be coppered as that wouldn't be accurate. I've always been partial to a natural finish. But the fine examples I see here on MSW are changing my preferences. That's astounding since I'm known to be as stubborn as a stump. popeye the sailor, mobbsie, Sjors and 3 others 6 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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