AON Posted January 2 Author #1831 Posted January 2 Jared... something to think about but as you know David Antscherl is a member of the club and is much better at it then I might ever be! Druxey... I had a brain fart and typed boxwood instead of basswood. I've corrected the post. Thanks for catching that. My chisels are quite sharp. It was likely a flaw in the wood. I suspect I will add the foot to the piece separately. If I do it well no one should notice. druxey 1 Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Out of State member of the New Bern Maritime Modelers Guild (2025)
druxey Posted January 2 #1832 Posted January 2 Ah; chip happens! AON, chris watton, dvm27 and 1 other 2 2 Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Dowmer Posted January 2 #1833 Posted January 2 Alan, if the carving details continue to give you issues, I’d strongly advise switching to a better carving wood such as boxwood or some other hardwood with a fine solid grain. Bass wood/Lime wood/Linden is fairly fiberous and soft and has a difficulty holding fine smooth details at your scale. great progress btw and enjoying your journey. chris watton and AON 1 1 Able bodied seaman, subject to the requirements of the service. "I may very well sink, but I'm damned if I'll Strike!" JPJ My Pacific Northwest Discovery Series: On the slipways in the lumberyard Union, 1792 - 1:48 scale - POF Scratch build 18th Century Longboat - circa 1790 as used in the PNW fur trade - FINISHED Future Builds (Wish List) Columbia Redidiva, 1787 HM Armed Tender Chatham, 1788 HMS Discovery, 1789 Captain Vancouver Santiago, 1775 - Spanish Frigate of Explorer Bruno de Hezeta Lady Washington, 1787 - Original Sloop Rig
AON Posted January 2 Author #1834 Posted January 2 Dowmer I believe you might be correct. Carvers use boxwood, particularly Linden in this area, for normal figures at 10X or more the scale I am presently attempting. Alan Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Out of State member of the New Bern Maritime Modelers Guild (2025)
garyshipwright Posted January 3 #1835 Posted January 3 She is looking good Alan. Am dreading when I have to do mine In the future and hope I can do at least half as good as David. Keep up the good work. Gary HMS Montague/Alfred class by Gary B 74 gun ship built in 1779
AON Posted Monday at 11:53 PM Author #1836 Posted Monday at 11:53 PM (edited) It has been just over three weeks since my last post and I have been doing quite a bit over this time. I lost half a week due to another eye injection. This is reoccurring, every twelve weeks now. I spent a few days making a sounding board for the Library board Chairperson. They have a mallet that they rapped on the table top, they shouldn't do that, bad for the table. What I made is an oak puck shaped disk, sanded, stained and polished with beeswax. I also epoxy glued a non-skid pad to the underside so it doesn't slide off the table. The dot on top centre is a 3/8" dowel insert... like a target to aim for! I made a deck beam rounding jig (like what Mark - aka SJSoane described in his build of the Bellona) for my upper deck beams. I prepared stock for all twenty-eight beams and purchased a router trim bit from Lee Valley Tools with both an upper and lower guide roller bearing. I've had bearings fly apart and the thought of that happening and ruining my jig is not something I relish. The additional bearing will hopefully be my protection from this ever happening. I am presently awaiting delivery... I ordered two spare rollers. I also ditched the trail board carving and prepared more suitable Castello blanks for the carving. These are ready to go (glued and cured to a base board and put in the clamp). I completed the upper cheek installation (you see this when I install the trail board carvings) and am into the forward gundeck beam assembly and bowsprit step. Lots going on. Edited Tuesday at 01:30 PM by AON albert, KARAVOKIRIS, Dowmer and 6 others 9 Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Out of State member of the New Bern Maritime Modelers Guild (2025)
garyshipwright Posted Tuesday at 04:34 AM #1837 Posted Tuesday at 04:34 AM Looking good Alan. Like you said am working on Alfred and spending a lot of time in the work shop. busy busy boys that's for sure. AON 1 HMS Montague/Alfred class by Gary B 74 gun ship built in 1779
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