Staghound 1850 by rwiederrich - 1/96 - Extreme Clipper

[druxey]

Impressive at that scale!

[rwiederrich]

13 hours ago, Rick310 said:

Great work Rob!!

Rick

Thanks Rick.  I keep having to decide how much detail I want to add...and at this scale too much can be very distracting....and not enough ...things begin to look toy like.

 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

12 hours ago, druxey said:

Impressive at that scale!

Thanks Druxey.......Searching for good scale door knobs, I had to rely upon my imaginative skills and ingenuity.  I broke open a very old(unusable rally) shotgun shell used for bird hunting, and I sifted through the shot and found the right size, that would work as door knobs.....and VIOLA.

 

Rob

[Luis Felipe]

Hi, congratulations, at the scale that you are working achieve this level of realism and detail is a major achievement. Looking fwd, are the hull plans ready?

[rwiederrich]

10 minutes ago, Luis Felipe said:

Hi, congratulations, at the scale that you are working achieve this level of realism and detail is a major achievement. Looking fwd, are the hull plans ready?

HI Luis.  Thanks...Vlad is waiting for the laser cutting to be completed...before he sends me my copy of the hull bulkheads and keel.

I'm hopeful, that they will arrive before the end of next month...hopefully sooner.

 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

I made a new bell and housing. 
 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

Didn’t like the look…..too modern looking.  
 

Edited September 14 by rwiederrich

[rwiederrich]

Here is the first one I built.    
 

Didn’t like it either. 
 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

Finally I built the final one that will be mounted after it dries. 
 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

Finished the compass ….bell assembly. 
 

Rob

[BANYAN]

Nice detailing Rob, a nice assembly of 'assemblages' mate, she certainly will have a lot of nicely detailed deck furniture.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[rwiederrich]

Thanks Pat.  I’m hoping to make all the deck furniture before I get the hull bulkheads from Vlad.  
 

Next will be the helm tiller box and wheel.  
 

Rob

[Glen McGuire]

Fine work, Rob.  As usual!  That bell is particularly well done.

[rwiederrich]

4 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

Fine work, Rob.  As usual!  That bell is particularly well done.

Thanks Glen.   I try. 
Now onto the helm tiller box and wheel. 
 

Rob

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

9 hours ago, rwiederrich said:

Thanks Pat.  I’m hoping to make all the deck furniture before I get the hull bulkheads from Vlad.  
 

Next will be the helm tiller box and wheel.  
 

Rob

  It's like you're making your own 'ship kit' ...

 

[Rick310]

Making nice progress Rob!

Rick

[rwiederrich]

2 hours ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

  It's like you're making your own 'ship kit' ...

 

Johnny …….we literally are.  Rich typically makes deck and profile drawings of our projects….based off of Duncan McLean’s eyewitness accounts.    The hull plans can be mass produced if one were desirous. 
 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

13 hours ago, Rick310 said:

Making nice progress Rob!

Rick

Thanks Rick….I appreciate that.  
 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

Started on the helm steering box.  First coat of paint....still needs sanding and another coat....plus the addition of the wheel.

Rob

Edited September 18 by rwiederrich

[rwiederrich]

I finished the helm by adding the wheel.  
 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

I’m beginning to build the first of many gin blocks.    Here are some pics of construction. They are less then 1/8” wide.  Tony boogers.   
Coper soldered and with metal sheeves.   
 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

I blackened the gin block. 
That is 42LPI chain. 
 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

I began soldering the next one.  Final grinding is next. 
 

Rob

[uscharin]

Once blackened they look very, very convincing.  So tiny.  Great work, and how many do you need to make?

[rwiederrich]

1 hour ago, uscharin said:

Once blackened they look very, very convincing.  So tiny.  Great work, and how many do you need to make?

About 15 or so.  🤪. Thanks 

 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

Finished up 5 more gin blocks.   That makes six.   Still need 10 or so more. Painted them and still need to clean them up and finish them off. 
It only takes about 35 minutes a piece.  
A little hammering, 3 cuts,  one soldering of the eyelet, micro internal grinding, place the sheeve and TaDa……

 

Rob

[Dr PR]

Rob,

 

Very nice work!

 

For me making a bunch of tiny complicated parts like this is like banging my head against the wall - because it is so nice when it stops.

[Rick310]

Rob, those gin blocks are especially well done!  Mine almost killed me!   Beautiful job on the helm as well!!

Rick

[rwiederrich]

1 hour ago, Dr PR said:

Rob,

 

Very nice work!

 

For me making a bunch of tiny complicated parts like this is like banging my head against the wall - because it is so nice when it stops.

I definitely have to work over my towel in my desk drawer to keep from losing them, when they eventually slip from my fingers.  
 Thanks for looking in.  

Rob

[rwiederrich]

1 hour ago, Rick310 said:

Rob, those gin blocks are especially well done!  Mine almost killed me!   Beautiful job on the helm as well!!

Rick

Thanks Rick.   Tomorrow I’ll show exactly how I make one.   It’s quite easy actually. 
 

The real trick is knowing how to force the perspective of its function.  
 

You see, for a chain to properly fit in and around the sheeve, the body frame of the block must be large enough.  However, if the sheeve is too large the chain binds between the sheeve and the frame of the block 

To prevent this from happening and to keep the block frame within the desired scale of 1/8”, you have to undersize the sheeve. The chain I use is the smallest available at 42LPI  and it still needs room to move within the block. 
 

A true scale gin block is probably less then 3/32”. in this scale of 1/96.  No one can make them that small and not go mad. 
 

Bluejacket doesn’t even use iron stropped gin blocks on their  Red Jacket clipper model.  Just large single blocks without a truck strong back tied to yard bands.  So I have a ways to go.  
 

I’d like to see your gin blocks. 
 

Rob