Spaceman Spiff Posted November 29 Author #151 Posted November 29 Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Stalled a bit now because I have zero idea how to make that mini mast. Zero. 😂 GrandpaPhil, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted November 29 #152 Posted November 29 (edited) Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Wire and toothpicks are your friends for making small masts and spars! The stiff wire that comes in balsa model plane kits for landing gears is perfect for that. Toothpicks and bamboo kitchen skewers can be shaved down to very thin diameters and are some of my go to sources for masts and spars. Edited November 29 by GrandpaPhil mtaylor, Canute and Spaceman Spiff 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
ddp Posted November 29 #153 Posted November 29 are you talking about the one that you posted a picture of at the top of pg 5 or on the island? Spaceman Spiff and Canute 2 Quote
Spaceman Spiff Posted November 29 Author #154 Posted November 29 This one. Two different attempts just plain sucked GrandpaPhil and Canute 2 Quote
ddp Posted November 29 #155 Posted November 29 what is going wrong as i thought we worked out how you are going to make it? Canute 1 Quote
Spaceman Spiff Posted November 29 Author #156 Posted November 29 It’s the “connector” area where the two mast and spar/boom/whatever meet Canute and Old Collingwood 2 Quote
Spaceman Spiff Posted December 3 Author #157 Posted December 3 I think I’m getting close on the little mast. I cut decal paper to make the connectors. It’s a start - let me know what you think… Old Collingwood, GrandpaPhil, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote
ddp Posted December 3 #158 Posted December 3 (edited) wrong shape as looks like it should be a 4 point diamond as in baseball with home & second base the verticals & 1st & 3rd the horizontal bar as that is what it looks like in your previous picture. what are you going to use for the angled supports as thinner then the horizontal bar which is thinner then the main vertical post? Edited December 3 by ddp Old Collingwood and Canute 2 Quote
Spaceman Spiff Posted December 4 Author #159 Posted December 4 Working on a fix and should have the next version tonight. For the supports and part going above, I’ll use stretched Sprue, if that doesn’t work then maybe lead wire but I believe the sprue will be fine. For the loops at the end s, I’ll use lead wire. Great stuff that I use in wheel bays and cockpits of the planes Old Collingwood and Canute 2 Quote
Spaceman Spiff Posted December 6 Author #160 Posted December 6 Little mast part 2. Hypodermic needles, lead wire, decal paper, speaker wire, and styrene all were used. Still needs work, but thoughts? Canute, Old Collingwood and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote
ddp Posted December 6 #161 Posted December 6 the model's crossbar seems to be wider then in relation to the 1 in the photo on the ship. is the height of the mast from base to crossbar the correct scale height because if it is then it can be used to calculate the correct width of the crossbar? Canute and Old Collingwood 2 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted 4 hours ago #162 Posted 4 hours ago Looks good to me! Spaceman Spiff 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
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