Sjors Posted August 19, 2013 Share #331 Posted August 19, 2013 Wow, 3000 posts….. And you wanna be anonymous??????? No way, you can forget that ! The only place where you not want to be is on deck of the Victory Just keep a low profile mtaylor 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 August 20, 2013 Share #332 Posted August 20, 2013 the gunports look very nice Mark.........got some sweet looking progress going on there! mtaylor 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...
ChrisLBren Posted August 20, 2013 Share #333 Posted August 20, 2013 Looks really great Mark - nice work ! mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted August 20, 2013 Share #334 Posted August 20, 2013 That is sure coming along nicely. Well done!! mtaylor 1 Quote Chuck Passaro - MSW Admin Sloop Speedwell - POF scratch Block Island Boat - POF scratch HMS Winchelsea - POB scratch build HM Cutter Cheerful - POB scratch build Royal Barge - POF scratch Medway Longboat- POF Scratch SYREN SHIP MODEL COMPANY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkerryAmp Posted August 20, 2013 Share #335 Posted August 20, 2013 Getting caught back up myself, and Mark - wow - that is some work on that there ship of yours. NICELY done!! -Adam mtaylor 1 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...
rdsaplala Posted August 21, 2013 Share #336 Posted August 21, 2013 Very nice planking work, Mark, and I see that you have tamed that dreaded ebony into submission, excellent technique, Sir mtaylor and augie 2 Quote Best regards,AldoCurrently Building: HMS Pegasus (Victory Models)-Mothballed to give priority to Triton HMS Triton (first attempt at scratchbuilding) Past build:HM Brig Badger (Caldercraft), HM Brig Cruizer, HM Schooner Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobbsie Posted August 23, 2013 Share #337 Posted August 23, 2013 Hi Mark, Gun ports and the ebony are looking good mate, your making some impressive progress there. mobbsie 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...
Script Posted August 24, 2013 Share #338 Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) Agree with Matti.....epoxy is great but I doubt the fumes are good for you....... Oops.....lost track of where I was on the thread......Oh we'll...... Edited August 24, 2013 by Script Quote Completed Robert E Lee, Misisssippi riverboat Completed, HMS Victory Bow Section Completed, Wells Fargo Stagecoach...Picasa album.... Completed, Lackawanna tugboat converted to private yacht... Completed: Sopwith Camel, 1:16 Scale, Model Airways...at another location... Completed: 1961 Ferrari F-1 Sharknose Completed: (sorta) OcCre BR-18 Locomotive Completed: 1/35 Pz.KPfw.III Completed: Allerton Steam Pumper circa 1869 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazmira Posted August 25, 2013 Share #339 Posted August 25, 2013 Looking beautiful Mark! Quote Robbyn If you risk nothing, you risk everything! Current builds Syren (Model Shipways) version 2.0 AL San Francisco II Mordaunt (Euro Model) Completed Builds 18th Century Longboat designed by Chuck Passaro In the closet Battle Station Al Charles Morgan (1980s version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsaplala Posted August 25, 2013 Share #340 Posted August 25, 2013 Marvelous work, Mark, Licorne's gunport alignment and wale shape look fabulous Quote Best regards,AldoCurrently Building: HMS Pegasus (Victory Models)-Mothballed to give priority to Triton HMS Triton (first attempt at scratchbuilding) Past build:HM Brig Badger (Caldercraft), HM Brig Cruizer, HM Schooner Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share #341 Posted August 25, 2013 Thanks for all the likes and comments. I've changed over to 2-part epoxy as the fumes seem to be less. But I do keep the window open and fan blowing. I'm still on the first strake on the starboard side. I've ripped it off twice now and am putting it on a third time. Just didn't quite match the other side in curvature. Hopefully, the third time is the charm. rdsaplala and Trussben 2 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...
Kronprinz Posted August 27, 2013 Share #342 Posted August 27, 2013 Hy Mark, she looks great - a wonderful prototype. I've got no idea about french shipbuilding! Thanks for sharing, Yours, Christian Quote How lucky onshore whilom you have been you will remake whensoever the ship is sinking. Seneca __________________________ Building:HMS Wolf 1752, 1/48 snow-rigged Sloop 6pfd - 10 guns Breton Thuna fishing boats 1/125 (plastic) & 1/50 (wood)Reconstruction:HMS Flying Fish 1806, 1/48 Baltimore Schooner 12 gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share #343 Posted August 31, 2013 Christian, To be honest, I had no idea about French shipbuilding either. It's a long learning curve. 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...
mtaylor Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share #344 Posted August 31, 2013 Had an almost disaster. Broke the lady's back while working on the planking. I ignored my first rule.. don't work on her when upset or stressed. We were loosing our dog of 16 years last Sunday and to cope I tried to plank. Snapped the front of the keel loose and wrecked the first 1" (25.4 mm). Anyway, it took the better part of a week before I noticed it and then had to decide... repair, replace the whole keel, or salvage what I could and start over. Luckily the Admiral's cooler head prevailed in this matter. I attempted a repair. The pictures tell the story. I think it'll be ok once the old girl is right-side up and on a stand. A little sanding and some cherry sawdust will go a long way to hiding it as will the garboard plank. Now that the shock is over, I hope to spend more time in the shipyard and hanging out at MSW. I'm way behind on reading logs. Oh.. I moved retirement up... it's currently now at 61 days and wake-up. Piet, Erebus and Terror, jaerschen and 5 others 8 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...
Piet Posted September 1, 2013 Share #345 Posted September 1, 2013 Hello Mark, so sorry to read about the loss of your dear four legged friend. I understand how you feel. Your repair of the keel is looking good, with the planking in place it'll be unnoticeable. Great job! 61 more days eh, hang in. It'll be there sooner then you think. Make it a great rest of the day. Cheers, mtaylor 1 Quote Piet, The Flying Dutchman. "Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends." (old Chinese proverb) Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942 VOC Ship Surabaya Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000 Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi." Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp, Buginese fishing Prauw. Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser. Completed Builds: Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner - Friendship Sloop Gwenfra Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted September 1, 2013 Share #346 Posted September 1, 2013 The repair looks good Mark, and I don't think it will be apparent as the build progresses. I would also like to add my sympathy for the loss of your Dog, we have been thro' it four times over the years and it doesn't get any easier. The hurt will ease, and you will be left with fond memories of your time together. Regards, B.E. mtaylor 1 Quote Current Build: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-164-scale Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ finished 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ finished HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsaplala Posted September 1, 2013 Share #347 Posted September 1, 2013 Hi Mark, I too am very sorry for your loss of a long-time friend, as the others say, time will heal the hurts my friend. Very nice fix on the keel, mate, with some wood dust magic and planking, no one will ever know it was there. mtaylor 1 Quote Best regards,AldoCurrently Building: HMS Pegasus (Victory Models)-Mothballed to give priority to Triton HMS Triton (first attempt at scratchbuilding) Past build:HM Brig Badger (Caldercraft), HM Brig Cruizer, HM Schooner Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAZGÛL Posted September 1, 2013 Share #348 Posted September 1, 2013 Sorry to read about your dog Mark! I know the feeling of losing your loved animals. Looks like you will get a good result with your repairs. /Matti mtaylor 1 Quote Billing Boats Vasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamarvalley Posted September 1, 2013 Share #349 Posted September 1, 2013 My condolences; very sorry to hear of the loss of your pup, never easy. Fine lesson learned tho for all of us... never work on delicate details when not in the right frame of mind. You recovered beautifully but seeing that break had to add insult to injury. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 1, 2013 Share #350 Posted September 1, 2013 Hi Mark, so sorry to hear about your dog. They are like any other close family member in my book. Nice job on the repair - I am really enjoying your build and learning a lot. mtaylor and augie 2 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...
ajromano Posted October 12, 2013 Share #351 Posted October 12, 2013 CA is a bugger to work with. I use it only if nothing else does job. There are tips from Tower and a set spray that help. Every time I use it I swear never again. Epoxy is actually much more user friendly, the longer the cure time the better the bond, it can be thinned to use as paint as well. Ebony seems like a real bugger to work with, being a nut I will have to try it! mtaylor and WackoWolf 2 Quote Tony Savannah, Georgia Multi hobby nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auvergne Posted October 28, 2013 Share #352 Posted October 28, 2013 Wow Mark! I, at this stage in my modelling career may only hope to be as skillful as yourself. Excellent job you are doing. I am presently studying for a scratchbuild but so far have only gotten as far as the Ship Model Builders Assistant....reading now about your first scratchbuild and how to plan before you do any cutting. Thanks for sharing your build as I will be following, too. Good luck friend. texxn5 1 Quote Creativity Heart & Soul! Happy Model Ship Building Friends! John E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share #353 Posted November 8, 2013 Thanks for retirement wishes and comments. Been a week and wonderful. Getting things done that I've wanted to do and even worked on Licorne. I had some gremlins visit. Grabbed the wrong drill bit to put some holes into the frames for planking clamps. It was too small and when putting in the clamps, I heard a horrible cracking sound and the planking bulged outwards. Choice words, isopropyl, and several hours later, the planking was removed from the damage area, the frame fixed, and the planking back on. I've finished the starboard planking between the main and chain wales. Currently sanding and final cutting and sizing the gunports. Hope to have pictures soon. augie, Shazmira and avsjerome2003 3 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...
michael mott Posted November 8, 2013 Share #354 Posted November 8, 2013 I always wonder when I do something that causes me to step backwards to repair something that was damaged by doing something constructive with the wrong bit. Sounds like you have moved on now, I am looking forward to some pictures. Michael mtaylor 1 Quote Current builds Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8; Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8; Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8 Other projects Pilot Cutter 1:500 ; Maria, 1:2 Now just a memory Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8 Finished projects A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100 Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted November 9, 2013 Share #355 Posted November 9, 2013 guess you just have to laugh Mark..........doesn't do to get upset. you did good.......replace and move on mtaylor 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 November 9, 2013 Share #356 Posted November 9, 2013 Oh, dear! Good to hear that you've managed to fix the 'oops' without kicking the dog! John mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share #357 Posted November 9, 2013 Well... isn't that all you CAN do? Laugh it off, fix it, and carry on? Or at least after the expletives have blackened the air in the workshop, of course. I'm just a sanding fool right now making powdered wood in one area, and smooth wood in the other. I'm happy with the way it's going. src, augie and kiwiron 3 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...
WackoWolf Posted November 9, 2013 Share #358 Posted November 9, 2013 AS long as your happy that to me is all the counts. mtaylor and popeye the sailor 2 Quote Wacko Joe Go MSW :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted November 9, 2013 Share #359 Posted November 9, 2013 Gosh Mark, only one week off and the brain has gone to mush already! You'd better go get a job to keep the mind active....... mtaylor and JPett 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...
ChrisLBren Posted November 9, 2013 Share #360 Posted November 9, 2013 Pics please…. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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