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Your metalwork is beautifully executed, Alex. Will the stove have a chain-driven spit as well?

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Posted

Thank you Druxey! And yes, it will have chain-driven split.

 

Alex

Current build: HMS Sphynx, 20 gun ship launched in 1775 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

 

On the drawing board: HMS Anson, 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Plymouth

 

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Posted

Great metalwork your stove looks like I could put some coal in and cook dinner right away.

David B

Posted

Hello, and many thanks for your warm words!

Greg, the doors are glued with industry CA glue from Würth, and hinges are faux. :D They are simple brass strips and rolled brass rods glued on.

 

Druxey, yesterday I have turned pulleys, here the driven one:

 

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now I have to make a bracket, chain and chimney, and it is barbecue time (if you are not afraid of the smell of heated glue) :D :D :

 

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Alex

 

Current build: HMS Sphynx, 20 gun ship launched in 1775 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

 

On the drawing board: HMS Anson, 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Plymouth

 

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Posted

Alex,

 

Very nice clean metal work. It will look great when it is complete.

 

BTW - I did a double take when I first saw your signature - my eldest son signs himself Alex M as well!

Ian M.

 

Current build: HMS Unicorn  (1748) - Corel Kit

 

Advice from my Grandfather to me. The only people who don't make mistakes are those who stand back and watch. The trick is not to repeat the error. 

Posted

Just phenomenal work on the pulleys...

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

The "chain" ...

 

cooper wire 0,1 mm, knotted... several trials in the waste box... here the one that looks more or less OK

 

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The size is OK, still need more trials to reach consistent link size...

 

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Alex

Current build: HMS Sphynx, 20 gun ship launched in 1775 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

 

On the drawing board: HMS Anson, 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Plymouth

 

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Posted

Wow!!!    post-76-0-53386300-1434699456.gif

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

Make your own miniature chain!  WOW!  That takes the cake.  Druxey's question is good ..... couldn't you buy it?

Posted

Hello guys, many thanks for warm words!

 

Remco, yesterday I have made images from making chain, not the best example, but I hope it explain the process:

 

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Alex

Current build: HMS Sphynx, 20 gun ship launched in 1775 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

 

On the drawing board: HMS Anson, 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Plymouth

 

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Posted

Thank you Alex. It is the way you knotted the thread I was looking for and the picture shows it perfectly. Thank you again.

 

Remco

Treat each part as if it is a model on its own, you will finish more models in a day than others do in a lifetime. 

Current build HMS Kingfisher

 

MSW 1.0 log click here

Posted

It is blackened... was all other as easy, because the glue give a sort of patina around. after several cleaning and cleaning, blackening and re blackening it looks a little like wrong iron... here the result, I think, I can live with them...

 

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and how it looks on model:

 

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Alex

Current build: HMS Sphynx, 20 gun ship launched in 1775 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

 

On the drawing board: HMS Anson, 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Plymouth

 

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Posted

Hi Robin,

 

the base is the next task, it will be base with bricks

 

Thanks Dirk, but if you find it good, I will have it self. :P

 

Alex

Current build: HMS Sphynx, 20 gun ship launched in 1775 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

 

On the drawing board: HMS Anson, 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Plymouth

 

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Posted

It looks great Alex....no, FANTASTIC!  Would you please walk us through your blackening process. (how and what you clean with ,what you use to blacken, ratios of chemicals used, duration of exposure etc. etc.) Thanks.

Tom

Posted

Thank Druxey! Tom, thank you too. The proces takes some time but is not as spectacular as I may detailed explain it. Ordinary cleaning with spiritus and blackening with brass black. I have also used exacto knife, fine sand paper and steel wool on some places to remove glue.

 

Alex

Current build: HMS Sphynx, 20 gun ship launched in 1775 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

 

On the drawing board: HMS Anson, 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Plymouth

 

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