MBerg Posted June 9 #91 Posted June 9 Looking good. I'll be following this one, need to catch up. It'll be a while before I have the skills to start, but I just recently got this kit. clearway and Keith Black 2 Quote On the slip: Norwegian sailing pram On the drafting table: OcCre Polaris Muscongus Bay lobster smack Completed: Lowell Grand Banks Dory
clearway Posted June 9 Author #92 Posted June 9 Thanks Keith- likewise your Tennessee - the Tamiya tank commander and loader just a tad larger than your Laal (little) guys! Keith Keith Black 1 Quote
clearway Posted June 9 Author #93 Posted June 9 6 minutes ago, MBerg said: It'll be a while before I have the skills to start, but I just recently got this kit. Ty MBerg i always suggest build a few simpler ships first to get familiar with techniques etc- depends how far you want to adapt the occre kit really but just simple alterations and additions like the deckhouses in the stern make a massive difference (you might want to check out Keith S and my own H.M.S. Terror logs as well if not already familiar. MBerg and Keith Black 2 Quote
MBerg Posted June 9 #94 Posted June 9 2 hours ago, clearway said: depends how far you want to adapt the occre kit really but just simple alterations and additions like the deckhouses in the stern make a massive difference (you might want to check out Keith S and my own H.M.S. Terror logs as well if not already familiar Appreciate it! I just went through the first couple of pages and I really like what you did with the hull as well. I probably wouldn't have noticed that odd bulge in 'standard' kit, but now the damage is done and I may need to do something similar! No bother asking questions about it now, but you may randomly get a dm from me in a couple years for advice Look forward to future updates here and will check out the two Terror builds. Matt Keith Black and clearway 2 Quote On the slip: Norwegian sailing pram On the drafting table: OcCre Polaris Muscongus Bay lobster smack Completed: Lowell Grand Banks Dory
clearway Posted June 10 Author #95 Posted June 10 20 hours ago, MBerg said: you may randomly get a dm from me in a couple years for advice No problem Matt lol- also there is Daniel d's Terror log as well Keith MBerg and Keith Black 2 Quote
clearway Posted June 13 Author #96 Posted June 13 Thanks for the likes and comments everyone, well yet once more wind and rain + cold temperatures = summertime!!!!! Back with Erebus and the belaying pins have been fitted- i wanted to use billings brass 11mm pins as with my Terror but they were only available in wood so had to go with those, also obtained some billing boats cleats (both from Cornwall Model Boats). You can see from this pic that none of the deck fittings are actually glued in place yet. The cleats from bow to stern are for the Jib and foremast staysails, main course fore tack, fore course sheets, main course sheets and main brace. Take care all Keith HakeZou, Keith Black, Jond and 3 others 6 Quote
Funky Posted July 3 #97 Posted July 3 We're would I get a kit like this or plans for the victory,ships looking great would love to get into this reminds me of making gypsies caravans with my old man when I was a lad Keith Black 1 Quote
clearway Posted July 4 Author #98 Posted July 4 21 hours ago, Funky said: We're would I get a kit like this or plans for the victory Thanks- i got my Terror and Erebus from always hobbies and Victory from my local model store which has now closed Keith Keith Black and AJohnson 2 Quote
clearway Posted October 22 Author #99 Posted October 22 Can't believe it's been 4 months since my last Erebus update!!! Like with my HMS Terror i have cut holes to rebate the jeer posts, windlass pawl posts into the deck- unlike the occre plans the posts abaft the main mast should be a lot wider than the plans show and its best to ignore the occre fife rails and pump handle mountings and use the plans in Matthew Betts book or find the plans online from the original drawings. must admit a bit nerve wracking drilling and filing out the holes for the posts in a nice planked deck! A couple of weeks ago i went to the Autumn Steam Up at Keighley and rode the demo freight train all day- stood on the open veranda of a southern railway queen mary brake van with nothing between you and the steam loco- tunnels were erm interesting shall we say!!!! Brake_van_2[1].mp4 Take care all Keith modeller_masa, iMustBeCrazy, MBerg and 2 others 5 Quote
Keith Black Posted October 22 #100 Posted October 22 The Erebus deck looks lovely, Keith. Four months, wow. Time does pass quickly. I envy your ride on train, coal smoke and all. AJohnson and clearway 2 Quote Current Builds: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
AJohnson Posted October 22 #101 Posted October 22 Hi Keith, glad to see some updates, looking great! 👍 Nothing like a steam train and a bit of hot soot in your face! I have done some volunteering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway over the years and got a little footplate time in! 😁🚂 Though I would not count myself as a proper “spotter” 🤣 clearway and Keith Black 2 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight
clearway Posted October 22 Author #102 Posted October 22 Thanks guys- only thing to do while going through Ingrow Tunnel was take a deep breath, bow down, shut your eyes and ride one of the most exhilarating , hot, soot filled, noisy, bat **** crazy couple of minutes in my life😁🤩😎 Keith AJohnson and Keith Black 2 Quote
Jond Posted October 23 #103 Posted October 23 Keith It's great to see your build up and running. Just yesterday I was looking back at your old build of HMS Terror, trying to nail down where to put bitts. I am happy to see this lesson spread out at just the right time. thank you our railway in town is not as exciting as yours. it is part of the 24 inch series that was popular here in Maine, especially in the lumber industry. There never was a train down here at the end our peninsula, but some years ago an enthusiast bought and relocated one here. It is a loop and fun with North pole express etc. cheers jon clearway and Keith Black 1 1 Quote current builds Elizabeth Howard; HMS Terror; Zebedee F Cliff 4 mast schooner refit Beam Trawler Harvard 1926; Lightships of Boothbay. WAL 605 Overfalls ;Blue Dolphin Maine_ Arctic Schooner ; H G Berry_ Brigs of Boothbay; first pinky in Boothbay diorama; Bluenose 1:24 ; ernestina-morrissey-by-jond-1:48; aphrodite 1853 1st ship in boothbay ; Bowdoin diorama; dancing feather 1853 pilot schooner RC ; Boothbay Harbor One design racing sloop 1:6 radio Charles Notman 4 masted Downeast schooner 1:48 radio
clearway Posted October 23 Author #104 Posted October 23 6 hours ago, Jond said: It's great to see your build up and running. Just yesterday I was looking back at your old build of HMS Terror, trying to nail down where to put bitts. I am happy to see this lesson spread out at just the right time. thank you You are welcome Jond- cool looking ride (looks like one of the german style narrow gauge tanks) - its a 3 hour journey from West Cumbria to West Yorkshire for the 'big steam' you see in the video but we have the world famous La'al Ratty 15" gauge railway just down the coast. Back with Erebus and made a start on the Jeer winches- used turned brass billings eyes for the bearings for the axles on the winches and foremost bearings for the Massey Pump, the posts for the main mast fife rail have two knight heads on each post and the spindle for the pump in a notch drilled at an angle at the bottom of the valley between them. Still need to drill sheeve holes in the main jeer winch post and make some wooden warping drums- the wheels came from a Mantua Cutty Sark deck pump kit available as a spare to buy- nothing apart from the brass eye bearings has been glued in place yet, the brass wire for the warping drum shafts, bearings and pump crankshaft were blackened using Birchwood/ Casey brass black. Anyone building HMS Terror will need to do this if wanting to be more accurate- i didn't take the plunge with my Terror but the fife rails on the mainmast and from the pawl posts to foremast jeer winch look like they were iron with iron belaying pins (used wood on Terror as easier to work with than brass when curving/ drilling) Take care all Keith MBerg, AJohnson, PaddyO and 4 others 7 Quote
Ship_Right Posted November 28 #105 Posted November 28 Hello As a new member of this model making community I am amazed and daunted by the skills and ingenuity of the members. While I am going to have a hard time to live up to these standards, I do want to try a few of the modifications that you have taken on, but I need to better understand the details ... I am just starting my model of the Erebus, and would like to eliminate "the bulge" in the hull, but do not fully understand what has to be done. I have boiled my questions down to this: Which of the frames should be modified? Is it 4, 5 and 9, whose profiles would need to be enlarged to be more closely matched to 6 & 7? Do any drawings exist of the modified frames, and if so, are those drawings available for me to create new frames? I would be grateful for any help I can get! Guy Keith Black, MBerg and Jond 3 Quote
clearway Posted November 29 Author #106 Posted November 29 (edited) 22 hours ago, Ship_Right said: Which of the frames should be modified? Is it 4, 5 and 9, whose profiles would need to be enlarged to be more closely matched to 6 & 7? Do any drawings exist of the modified frames, and if so, are those drawings available for me to create new frames? I would be grateful for any help I can get! i strongly advise buying Matthew betts HMS Terror book as it has full drawings for the hull which will be o.k. as occre have just tweaked their Terror kit- i did mention at the start of the blog you can reduce the fullest frames to run better with the rest of the frames but a rounder hull will result- i just googled hms erebus lines plan and clicked on images option and scrolled through the results to build the new frames. Keith Edited November 29 by clearway typo Keith Black, Ship_Right and Ryland Craze 3 Quote
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