mtaylor Posted July 28, 2014 Share #271 Posted July 28, 2014 Nice work on the companionways, Steve. I like the effect of the slats and the rails. 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...
SGraham Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share #272 Posted July 28, 2014 Thanks Mark. It's starting to get fun now. Steve pete48 1 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share #273 Posted July 28, 2014 Here is a pair of doors on the companionway. They're supposed to stick up slightly over the top of the companionway in order to seal with the sliding hatch cover. I tried to file in a raised panel in the center of each door. Next comes the hatch cover that rides on the rails. Thanks for looking. Steve pete48, WackoWolf, src and 5 others 8 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete48 Posted July 28, 2014 Share #274 Posted July 28, 2014 Hi Steve, It's all about having Fun, The Companionway look's great . Nice work Best Regards, Pete Quote "may your sails be full of wind and the sun on your back" Current Builds : Future Builds : N.G Herreshoff 12 1/2 Scratch Build 3/4" = 1' - 0" Scale Completed Builds : Volvo 65 Farr Yacht Design Herreshoff Alerion Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 Volvo Open 70 Member : The Herreshoff Registry Montgomery Sailboat Owners Group Peter Kunst Sailboat Models http://www.herreshoffregistry.org/ http://www.msog.org/ http://www.facebook.com/Peter-Kunst-Sailboat-Models-1524464774524480/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jct Posted July 28, 2014 Share #275 Posted July 28, 2014 Rudder looks good and your work on the companion way is over the top, looks really fine. Your craftsman's ship shines, I really like the mixture of woods your using. J Quote Thx J In process On Hold US Brig Niagara Model Shipways Pinta ...Shipyard, card build; In the Queue HMS Endeavor...Corel; Completed builds Agilis...Steingraeber, Dual build with Popeye USS Hannah...scratch build to something between 1/72 ish and 1/60 ish scale Corel's...Half Moon; USN Picket Boat #1...Model Shipways; Model shipways...18th Century longboat.. Harriet Lane...Model Shipways Henry J Gasser Keeling-and-Clayton-mustang-funny-car Green Elephant Funny car Curtiss Sparrowhawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share #276 Posted July 28, 2014 Thanks Pete and J. Here's the last of the companionway shots, I promise. I made the sliding hatch cover out of ebony. It looks black in the pics, but it's really dark brown. It has shellac on it that's rubbed out with steel wool, but I might sand it again and leave it bare wood. All I have left to do on this piece is a handle for the hatch. Steve captainbob, JesseLee, pete48 and 7 others 10 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted July 28, 2014 Share #277 Posted July 28, 2014 Very nice looking! Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete48 Posted July 29, 2014 Share #278 Posted July 29, 2014 Nice work Steve , The entire boat looks really clean Best Regards, Pete Quote "may your sails be full of wind and the sun on your back" Current Builds : Future Builds : N.G Herreshoff 12 1/2 Scratch Build 3/4" = 1' - 0" Scale Completed Builds : Volvo 65 Farr Yacht Design Herreshoff Alerion Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 Volvo Open 70 Member : The Herreshoff Registry Montgomery Sailboat Owners Group Peter Kunst Sailboat Models http://www.herreshoffregistry.org/ http://www.msog.org/ http://www.facebook.com/Peter-Kunst-Sailboat-Models-1524464774524480/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share #279 Posted July 29, 2014 Thanks Jesse and Pete. I appreciate it. I'm trying to decide right now whether or not to put some camber in the cabin top. I started another thread on that and have gotten some very helpful replies already. This is a great place! Steve pete48 and JesseLee 2 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee_Dee Posted July 29, 2014 Share #280 Posted July 29, 2014 Steve, The details on your companionway are fabulous. I really like the mix of stain and paint colors and materials you're using. As for camber on the cabin roof - If your deck has a camber, then the cabin roof should also have a camber. Just enough so water will roll off, but not so much that everything slides off. Dee Dee SGraham 1 Quote Current Build - Glad Tidings -MS Completed Builds - Dragon - Corel - One design International Class Yacht - Sloup Coquillier / Shell Fish Sloop - Corel - Based on 'Bergere de Domremy / Shepherdess from Domremy - Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack - Scratch build based on drawings from Chapelle's book "American Small Sailing Craft" On the Shelf - Gretel-Mamoli - Emma C. Berry-MS - Chesapeake Bay Pilot Boat, Semi-scratch Find yourself hoping you never reach your destination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share #281 Posted July 29, 2014 Thanks Dee Dee. The deck certainly has a camber. And by everything, do you mean the ship's cat too? Steve Dee_Dee 1 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoule Posted July 29, 2014 Share #282 Posted July 29, 2014 Steve, I've just been catching up on your log and I can only repeat what's been said an awful lot, before: Beautiful, tight, and creative work; very impressive. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share #283 Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Thanks Steve. I appreciate the encouragement. Here's the deck house, planked in maple with an ebony top. This ebony top is bare wood just rubbed out with 400 grit paper and steel wool. I like this look a little better than the shinier finish on the forward companionway hatch cover. The rails are walnut and pinned on--otherwise I couldn't get them to sit up straight. I found that drilling the holes for the pins through those skinny little rails is best done SLOWLY by hand with a bit in a pin vise rather than with an electric drill. Next step is a set of doors and the companionway hatch cover. Thanks for looking. Steve Edited July 30, 2014 by SGraham mtaylor, JesseLee, pete48 and 1 other 4 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted July 30, 2014 Share #284 Posted July 30, 2014 Nicely done Steve. What size are you starting out with your drill bit. I usually work with a 79 then work around it. Some cases I would use a 83. That is for a masochist though. David B mtaylor 1 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share #285 Posted July 30, 2014 Thanks David. I was using a #79. The rails are a hair under 1mm thick. I'm just not used to working with such small parts. Even with magnification, it's hard to see it correctly. I have a Dremel with a flex shaft. The chuck is fairly crude and the bit shows considerable runout. By hand I was able to get better control. With the electric drill, the hard part is that fateful moment when I first hit the gas (I have a foot control). It sort of leaps into action and accuracy suffers--so do fingers sometimes. Steve Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted July 30, 2014 Share #286 Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) That is one of the reasons I shelled out for a foredom. They have handled 80 all the time. The fun part is getting it to sit straight. David B Edited July 30, 2014 by dgbot SGraham 1 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jct Posted July 30, 2014 Share #287 Posted July 30, 2014 the good stuff just keeps coming...your deck furniture is superb sir, well done J Quote Thx J In process On Hold US Brig Niagara Model Shipways Pinta ...Shipyard, card build; In the Queue HMS Endeavor...Corel; Completed builds Agilis...Steingraeber, Dual build with Popeye USS Hannah...scratch build to something between 1/72 ish and 1/60 ish scale Corel's...Half Moon; USN Picket Boat #1...Model Shipways; Model shipways...18th Century longboat.. Harriet Lane...Model Shipways Henry J Gasser Keeling-and-Clayton-mustang-funny-car Green Elephant Funny car Curtiss Sparrowhawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share #288 Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) Thanks J. David, I used a foredom way back in the day at the jewelry bench. I remember the foot pedal being very easy to control. Here's a hatch cover on the deck house. Still to go are raised panels for the doors. Thanks for looking. Steve Edited August 1, 2014 by SGraham dgbot, GuntherMT, pete48 and 10 others 13 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted August 1, 2014 Share #289 Posted August 1, 2014 Well made Steve. I bought my Foredom many years ago when the NRG had their conference in Chicago. I was part of the hump team or as I call it the brawn. Heavy lifting errands and helping out the vendors. One of them was a Jewelry Supply called Sepp Tools. Because of the help I gave them they sold me the model they had along with the foot control. Later I bought the drill press attachment and threw out the dremel. David B SGraham 1 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share #290 Posted August 1, 2014 That sounds like a great deal, David. Does the foot control allow the foredom tool to start up very slowly? I've got a cool old foot switch, but its positions are on/off. When you step on it, the tool it's attached to leaps into life. This is not conducive to accuracy. Steve Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted August 1, 2014 Share #291 Posted August 1, 2014 Fully rheostat control. As a result few broken bits. David B SGraham 1 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share #292 Posted August 2, 2014 Probably fewer gouges in parts as well from drill bits skipping along on their merry way. Well, the deck houses are done. I know I've been posting a lot of pics, but please bear with me for just a couple more with the houses on the deck. I de-shined the cabin tops a little with 400 grit sand paper. From here I move on to bitts. (Sounds like I'm going to fall apart.) Thanks for looking patiently! Steve WackoWolf, Leo-zd, hexnut and 9 others 12 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
src Posted August 2, 2014 Share #293 Posted August 2, 2014 I think we all like pictures Steve. Sam Quote Current Build Constructo Enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete48 Posted August 2, 2014 Share #294 Posted August 2, 2014 Beautiful work Steve , She's looking really good Best Regards, Pete Quote "may your sails be full of wind and the sun on your back" Current Builds : Future Builds : N.G Herreshoff 12 1/2 Scratch Build 3/4" = 1' - 0" Scale Completed Builds : Volvo 65 Farr Yacht Design Herreshoff Alerion Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 Volvo Open 70 Member : The Herreshoff Registry Montgomery Sailboat Owners Group Peter Kunst Sailboat Models http://www.herreshoffregistry.org/ http://www.msog.org/ http://www.facebook.com/Peter-Kunst-Sailboat-Models-1524464774524480/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share #295 Posted August 2, 2014 Thanks Pete. And Sam, I'm trying to make mortise and tenon joints on my bitts right now, after studying some of your Enterprise photos. Steve pete48 1 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted August 2, 2014 Share #296 Posted August 2, 2014 To me you are doing a fine job. But is so nice and neat and clean. David B src 1 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share #297 Posted August 2, 2014 Fresh off the showroom floor! Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGraham Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share #298 Posted August 2, 2014 Two bitts. pete48, WackoWolf, Leo-zd and 8 others 11 Quote completed models: Shenandoah (Corel) waiting on the shelf: La Sirene (Corel) Half Moon (Corel) Puritan (Mamoli) Patsy (derisively): "It's only a model." Arthur: "Sshhh." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee_Dee Posted August 2, 2014 Share #299 Posted August 2, 2014 Steve, The bitts look great. How did you get all four sides shaped evenly? Did you make / use a jig? Thanks Dee Dee Quote Current Build - Glad Tidings -MS Completed Builds - Dragon - Corel - One design International Class Yacht - Sloup Coquillier / Shell Fish Sloop - Corel - Based on 'Bergere de Domremy / Shepherdess from Domremy - Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack - Scratch build based on drawings from Chapelle's book "American Small Sailing Craft" On the Shelf - Gretel-Mamoli - Emma C. Berry-MS - Chesapeake Bay Pilot Boat, Semi-scratch Find yourself hoping you never reach your destination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted August 2, 2014 Share #300 Posted August 2, 2014 Those deck houses- even though they are small- are beautiful works of art! Very crisp & sharp looking. I love the use of different color woods. When I was a bench jeweler I worked with Foredom flex shafts. I would give anything to have my own now! SGraham, src, dgbot and 1 other 4 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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