kiwiron Posted November 29, 2014 Share #1471 Posted November 29, 2014 Great job Augie on the cannons and carriages,nice job.Congrats on pg 100 as well. augie 1 Quote Current builds: HMS Victory - Caldercraft 1:72 Completed builds: HMB Endeavour - OcCre 1:54 HMS Supply - Caldercraft 1:64. Fishing boats, Bremen, Palamos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnkershner Posted November 29, 2014 Share #1472 Posted November 29, 2014 So Augie, why is it that your logs are always 100 pages or more? augie, mtaylor and JPett 3 Quote Current Builds - 18th Century Longboat, MS Syren Completed Builds - MS Bluenose, Panart BatteStation Cross section, Endevour J Boat Half Hull, Windego Half Hull, R/C T37 Breezing Along, R/C Victoria 32, SolCat 18 On the shelf - Panart San Felipe, Euromodel Ajax, C.Mamoli America, Its a sailor's Life for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiron Posted November 30, 2014 Share #1473 Posted November 30, 2014 How about some page 100 pix of your hull etc. Quote Current builds: HMS Victory - Caldercraft 1:72 Completed builds: HMB Endeavour - OcCre 1:54 HMS Supply - Caldercraft 1:64. Fishing boats, Bremen, Palamos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share #1474 Posted December 4, 2014 Although the assembly line is still going full throttle, thought it was time for an update. I set up a mock cannon station (thanks, MOBBSIE) to verify the required length of the breech lines. Turns out, Chuck was dead on with 3 1/4", eye to eye. One eyebolt/ring is seized to one end of the line, a second eye/ring slipped on then the cannon (and one more eye/ring). Then the other end is seized to an eye/ring at the exact length. That's 0.018 Morope by the way: The cannon was then glued to the carraige and the loose eyebolts attached to pre-drilled holes. The cap squares over the trunnions were simulated with short strips of 1500 grit sandpaper. I have used painted artists tape in the past but this was much easier. The assembled gun was then glued to the deck and the breech line rings attached to pre-drilled holes in the bulwark: Here are the sternmost 5 guns in position. Keep in mind that these guns will be totally obscured by the quarterdeck overhead: I experimented with the tackles but they just look too crowded to my eye. I'll re-evaluate when all guns are positioned. Here's what it looks like from outside: Finally, Ron from NZ asked for an overall shot: Being a 'few' guns short of a 21 gun salute, I'll get back to work and hope to have then all in by Christmas. No rush ---- I'm having too much fun. Heck, the Admiral (who last wandered over to my side of the shop when I was cutting out the bulkheads) proclaimed 'This looks pretty nice ----- but where do you THINK you're going to put it'? I have about another year to negotiate . Everyone stay well. And keep making my day with your updates. Salty Sea Dog, jaerschen, GLakie and 27 others 30 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...
Jim Lad Posted December 4, 2014 Share #1475 Posted December 4, 2014 Looking good, Augie. Just tell the Admiral that when it's finished it will go wherever you want it to go - then run like hell. John KenW, mtaylor, Sjors and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lb0190 Posted December 4, 2014 Share #1476 Posted December 4, 2014 Hi Augie, She looks impressive! You mentioned you seized the 0.018" Morope at the eye rings. What did you use and what size was the seizing thread? Quote Regards, Larry ---------------------------------------------------- Current Build US Brig Niagara Completed Builds George W Washburn - 1890 Tugboat Future Builds 18th Century Longboat by MS HM Cutter Cheerful Wappen Von Hamburg by Corel If your not making mistakes, your not challenging yourself – my life has been full of challenges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted December 4, 2014 Share #1477 Posted December 4, 2014 Looking really good Augie. I like John's solution. Good luck with the negotiations - I find that bribery works quite well, especially jewelry (but save that until you're almost done, for maximum impact). augie and GLakie 2 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted December 4, 2014 Share #1478 Posted December 4, 2014 Page 100 and a great update Augie !!!! It looks impressive...... Only the blocks at the first cannon ????? Good luck with that Tell your Admiral that we have still room enough to display her.... ( Now I have to run before Anja is reading this ) Sjors GLakie, mtaylor and augie 3 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...
GLakie Posted December 4, 2014 Share #1479 Posted December 4, 2014 Looks really good Augie! Go ahead and take John's advice, except, if you can't run too fast, then 1st, put on a helmet, then real quick, hide all the sharp objects in the house. Cheers augie 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted December 4, 2014 Share #1480 Posted December 4, 2014 Nice cannon work, Augie. Use my philosophy... If they growl, hug them. If they scream and turn red in the face, run across the room to a safe place and throw chocolate at them. :D augie, GLakie, Sjors and 4 others 7 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...
augie Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share #1481 Posted December 5, 2014 Thanks all for the domestic advice. Larry - I just use beige cotton sewing thread for the seizing. mtaylor, lb0190 and GLakie 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...
src Posted December 5, 2014 Share #1482 Posted December 5, 2014 Augie Looks great as always. As far as display, tell your admiral if she got rid of some shoes you could turn HER closet into a display cabinet. May I suggest Kevlar before you tell her this though? Sam GLakie 1 Quote Current Build Constructo Enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambsbk Posted December 5, 2014 Share #1483 Posted December 5, 2014 Really nice Augie. I love the blackened brass and natural wood look. I am not usually one to add a critique but is the breeching to bulwark attachment a little close to the gun carriage? It probably does not matter but I was curious. GLakie 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...
popeye the sailor Posted December 5, 2014 Share #1484 Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) she's looking super Augie! really nice work on the cannons I'd give you my advice.......but I don't think you'd want eight or so builds lying around. I will tell you though, that after four.......they tend to give up Edited December 5, 2014 by popeye the sailor augie, riverboat and GLakie 3 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...
augie Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share #1485 Posted December 5, 2014 Really nice Augie. I love the blackened brass and natural wood look. I am not usually one to add a critique but is the breeching to bulwark attachment a little close to the gun carriage? It probably does not matter but I was curious. You may be right Dave. But I'm satisfied with the way they fall at this point. I'm thinking they would look different if the guns were shipped inboard. lambsbk and GLakie 2 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...
mobbsie Posted December 6, 2014 Share #1486 Posted December 6, 2014 Hi Augie, She's coming together real nice mate. Those cannon do look the business mate, it's always nice to get some teeth in place. If you do put the tackles on what size blocks will you be using? I would just add that the gun stations were a crowded and busy part of any ship. I really laughed at all the domestic advice you've been getting mate, it seems the Ned Kelly look is in in Aussie. If I can just add my little nugget, I just ask the question and look at her with big puppy dog eyes, I might also add that it hasn't worked yet, so I might just go for spiked shoes and the Ned Kelly armour. Looking forward to further updates. Be Good mobbsie mtaylor, GLakie and augie 3 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...
Gahm Posted December 6, 2014 Share #1487 Posted December 6, 2014 Excellent job on the cannons! Your Confederacy really is a beautiful model! Thomas augie and GLakie 2 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...
SkerryAmp Posted December 7, 2014 Share #1488 Posted December 7, 2014 Augie the cannons look superb, nice coloring!! augie and GLakie 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...
augie Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share #1489 Posted December 15, 2014 The mounting of the guns on the gun deck, with breech lines and train tackle rings, has been completed. Time for a short holiday break and then we'll have some fun ---- deck furniture !! Here's wishing everyone the best of the holiday season as well as the upcoming change of season! popeye the sailor, trippwj, rafine and 22 others 25 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...
trippwj Posted December 15, 2014 Share #1490 Posted December 15, 2014 Looking good, Augie. How detailed will you get with the deck furnishings - cats? rats? holystones???? Enjoy your holiday! GLakie, Sjors and augie 3 Quote WayneNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.Epictetus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted December 15, 2014 Share #1491 Posted December 15, 2014 Nice Augie !!!!!! Totally finished with the cannons now ?? Sjors GLakie 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...
rafine Posted December 15, 2014 Share #1492 Posted December 15, 2014 Looks great Augie. Happy holidays to you as well. Bob augie and GLakie 2 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLakie Posted December 15, 2014 Share #1493 Posted December 15, 2014 Lookin' mighty fine there Augie! Hope you and yours have a great holiday season also. Cheers augie 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambsbk Posted December 15, 2014 Share #1494 Posted December 15, 2014 I just love the way it looks. :) augie and GLakie 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...
Trussben Posted December 15, 2014 Share #1495 Posted December 15, 2014 Really nice Augie, like her teeth! Ben augie and GLakie 2 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...
Rustyj Posted December 16, 2014 Share #1496 Posted December 16, 2014 Good job Augie. I love doing the deck furniture and I look forward to seeing them. Happy Holliday's to you too. GLakie and augie 2 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston Completed Build Logs: USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickmil Posted December 16, 2014 Share #1497 Posted December 16, 2014 Just catching up on your log after my hiatus. Very nice work Augie! GLakie and augie 2 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 December 16, 2014 Share #1498 Posted December 16, 2014 So, you now have some teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nicely done mate, lookin gooooood. Have a wonderful break my friend. Be Good mobbsie augie and GLakie 2 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...
Landlubber Mike Posted December 17, 2014 Share #1499 Posted December 17, 2014 Gorgeous work Augie. Hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday and 2015 augie 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted December 17, 2014 Share #1500 Posted December 17, 2014 Hey Augie, real nice work on the guns, I know what you mean about looking a little crowded when you add the rigging. I did that on my Supply and really wasn't that pleased the way they turned out. But, if you've got really good eyesight and small enough blocks ,with your talent you'll make them look real good. with that said , I wish you and the Mrs. a very "MERRY CHRISTMAS" and a HAPPY NEW YEAR !! Frank popeye the sailor and augie 2 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...
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