SawdustDave Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share #421 Posted January 20, 2015 Sign ready to hang.... check out the ship figure. This was a fun little break ... Back to the Mayflower.... popeye the sailor, riverboat, Jack12477 and 10 others 13 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted January 20, 2015 Share #422 Posted January 20, 2015 Nice!!Dave real nice, your build is looking awesome , and I just love that sign you made , that is so cool!!, Looks very marketable!! Just a hint!! Frank SawdustDave 1 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share #423 Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Thanks Frank.... I love it. As you can see I decided to make it my new Avatar. Marketable?.... not hardly. Way too much work.... not looking for any new challenges right now.... ha ha ha Edited January 20, 2015 by SawdustDave Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted January 20, 2015 Share #424 Posted January 20, 2015 Can you re-produce it in 1:76, 1:92, and various other scales ... ?? SawdustDave 1 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share #425 Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Steve....I can't, but I know someone who probably can, if interested. Edited January 21, 2015 by SawdustDave Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted January 21, 2015 Share #426 Posted January 21, 2015 I'll keep that in mind, Dave ... if (when ??) my own carving skills prove to be woefully inadequate. SawdustDave 1 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted January 21, 2015 Share #427 Posted January 21, 2015 awesome!!! SawdustDave 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...
SawdustDave Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share #428 Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Began the morning with a real downer. Ready to begin rigging spars for both Mayflowers and discovered that all the blocks in my boneyard are too large for either of these ships. My bad! So now, I'll work on shaping the larger scale spars while I must wait for Model Expo to ship me my blocks. Then remembered, a friend had recommended the Syren Company's blocks as being much better quality.... So I placed an order with Chuck. I'm going to have blocks coming out my yang! Pretty excited to begin their riggings.... Edited January 21, 2015 by SawdustDave tadheus, riverboat, jburchfield1@wowway.com and 7 others 10 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted January 22, 2015 Share #429 Posted January 22, 2015 Hey, stuff happens Dave but it's better discovering outsized blocks now and having the sources for good new ones. I'll take a few of your blocks off your hands - - IF they are scale 1:80 in Amsterdam feet I can use a whole buch for my VOC ship. Cheers, Omega1234 and SawdustDave 2 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...
riverboat Posted January 22, 2015 Share #430 Posted January 22, 2015 "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" DAVE....... and many more!! frank SawdustDave 1 Quote completed build: Delta River Co. Riverboat HMAT SUPPLY USRC "ALERT" in progress: Red Dragon (Chinese junk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuda1949 Posted January 22, 2015 Share #431 Posted January 22, 2015 Have a Happy Birthday. Love your Mayflowers Great Job Al SawdustDave 1 Quote Al Current Build The President by Sergal Completed Build Cutty Sark 1:75 SIB Hannah Opium Smuggler SIB Pride of Baltimore II On Deck Pride of Baltimore II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntflyer Posted January 22, 2015 Share #432 Posted January 22, 2015 Happy Birthday Dave! Mike SawdustDave 1 Quote Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF) Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB) Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farbror Fartyg Posted January 22, 2015 Share #433 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Happy Birthday! May the scaffolding at the shipyard rise high enough to touch the heavens! Sam Edited January 23, 2015 by Farbror Fartyg SawdustDave 1 Quote "If you scratch my back, I'll scratch build yours." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piet Posted January 23, 2015 Share #434 Posted January 23, 2015 Birthday? Did anybody say it's Dave's birthday? Oh my, I'm late, I'm late so here is my belated birthday wish for Dave - - - happy birthday Dave and many more. We can celebrate mine when I see you in April Cheers, SawdustDave 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...
JesseLee Posted January 23, 2015 Share #435 Posted January 23, 2015 I'm a little late too. Hope you had a good one! SawdustDave 1 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...
GLakie Posted January 23, 2015 Share #436 Posted January 23, 2015 Just found your build log Dave. (So many, and so little time!) Your Mayflower looks marvelous! Very nice attention to detail. I know it's a little late in the day, but Happy Birthday and be there many more in your future. Cheers SawdustDave 1 Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted January 23, 2015 Share #437 Posted January 23, 2015 Happy Birthday, Dave ... from everyone in Australia !! SawdustDave 1 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarfather Posted January 23, 2015 Share #438 Posted January 23, 2015 Happy birthday, Dave Cheers Angarfather SawdustDave 1 Quote on the : Staatenjacht Utrech At last finished: Gianna a Pinco Genovese HMS Agamemnon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1234 Posted January 23, 2015 Share #439 Posted January 23, 2015 Happy birthday, Dave!!!!! SawdustDave 1 Quote MY SCRATCH BUILT MODELS ARE: Splendid Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28576-splendid-by-omega1234-scale-1500-mega-yacht/ Majestic Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28483-mega-yacht-majestic-by-omega1234-miniature/ Sapphire Mega yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/21088-sapphire-by-omega1234-1388-scale-mega-yacht-66m-8-inch-hull-length/?tab=comments#comment-639898 Genesis - Supersports Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/18168-genesis-by-omega1234-1300-49m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long-finished/?tab=comments#comment-559026http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14141-shadow-by-omega1234-scale-1300-luxury-60m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long/ SHADOW Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11384-majellan-by-omega1234-luxury-37-metre-motor-yacht-miniature-7-inches-approx/ Majellan Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9261Rainbow-j-class-racing-yacht/?p=273543 Rainbow J Class Racing Yacht Mystic Classic Motor Cruiser Symphony Ingomar Schooner: Scratch build Dorade Schooner: <p> Lennox Restoration Warship http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9577-pandora-cutaway-dockyard-style-miniature/?hl=pandora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share #440 Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Thanks again to all you mates for all the HB wishes. Very pleasant day in the shop. Blocks came today.... Back to work. Edited January 27, 2015 by SawdustDave mtaylor, GLakie and popeye the sailor 3 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share #441 Posted January 29, 2015 So my blocks arrived, and I finally rigged all the spars for both Mayflowers.... And figured I was ready to begin hanging the rigged spars this morning. NOT! edmay, JesseLee, popeye the sailor and 7 others 10 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share #442 Posted January 29, 2015 Pulled out Chuck's instruction book, which I must admit, I have not been using up to this point.... my mistake. If I had been reading Chuck's instructions, rather than just creating and building to the Plan Sheets, I would have read the last paragraph on page 38 under the heading Mizzen Stay.... "You might have thought it logical to rig the shrouds on the main mast next. But doing so would make it harder to tackle the mizzen stay" Guess what!!!! That's not all.... So I go to work on, SOMEHOW working out a way to rig the tackles to the main and mizzen masts, and discover that I don't have a single belaying pin in my bone yard that is the right scale for the smaller ship. Not the first time I've created belaying pins from tooth picks.... Still trying to do everything the hard way. Piet, tadheus, GLakie and 10 others 13 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1234 Posted January 29, 2015 Share #443 Posted January 29, 2015 Hi Dave Those belaying pins are amazing! Could you explain how you did them? Were they done on a pin vice, or power drill/Dremel type tool? Cheers Patrick GLakie 1 Quote MY SCRATCH BUILT MODELS ARE: Splendid Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28576-splendid-by-omega1234-scale-1500-mega-yacht/ Majestic Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28483-mega-yacht-majestic-by-omega1234-miniature/ Sapphire Mega yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/21088-sapphire-by-omega1234-1388-scale-mega-yacht-66m-8-inch-hull-length/?tab=comments#comment-639898 Genesis - Supersports Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/18168-genesis-by-omega1234-1300-49m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long-finished/?tab=comments#comment-559026http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14141-shadow-by-omega1234-scale-1300-luxury-60m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long/ SHADOW Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11384-majellan-by-omega1234-luxury-37-metre-motor-yacht-miniature-7-inches-approx/ Majellan Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9261Rainbow-j-class-racing-yacht/?p=273543 Rainbow J Class Racing Yacht Mystic Classic Motor Cruiser Symphony Ingomar Schooner: Scratch build Dorade Schooner: <p> Lennox Restoration Warship http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9577-pandora-cutaway-dockyard-style-miniature/?hl=pandora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share #444 Posted January 29, 2015 Patrick.... Not as tuff as you might think. Just mark the end of a tooth pick, stick it in a Dremel Tool chuck and start spinning against a small file. These are really tiny, so I had to be very careful not to break them off before finishing the shape. Piet, KevinR, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1234 Posted January 29, 2015 Share #445 Posted January 29, 2015 Patrick.... Not as tuff as you might think. Just mark the end of a tooth pick, stick it in a Dremel Tool chuck and start spinning against a small file. These are really tiny, so I had to be very careful not to break them off before finishing the shape. Great! Thanks. GLakie 1 Quote MY SCRATCH BUILT MODELS ARE: Splendid Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28576-splendid-by-omega1234-scale-1500-mega-yacht/ Majestic Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28483-mega-yacht-majestic-by-omega1234-miniature/ Sapphire Mega yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/21088-sapphire-by-omega1234-1388-scale-mega-yacht-66m-8-inch-hull-length/?tab=comments#comment-639898 Genesis - Supersports Mega Yacht https://modelshipworld.com/topic/18168-genesis-by-omega1234-1300-49m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long-finished/?tab=comments#comment-559026http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/14141-shadow-by-omega1234-scale-1300-luxury-60m-mega-yacht-8-inches-long/ SHADOW Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11384-majellan-by-omega1234-luxury-37-metre-motor-yacht-miniature-7-inches-approx/ Majellan Luxury Motor Yacht http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9261Rainbow-j-class-racing-yacht/?p=273543 Rainbow J Class Racing Yacht Mystic Classic Motor Cruiser Symphony Ingomar Schooner: Scratch build Dorade Schooner: <p> Lennox Restoration Warship http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9577-pandora-cutaway-dockyard-style-miniature/?hl=pandora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted January 29, 2015 Share #446 Posted January 29, 2015 very interesting Dave.........I might have to give that a spin! instructions sound pretty detailed........I don't see any of that with the ones I use GLakie 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...
SawdustDave Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share #447 Posted January 29, 2015 Still got another 10 to make.... (need about 30) I'll take a few step pics for anyone, if interested. GLakie 1 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share #448 Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Here you go.... Seen here, I nip off the tip of each end and mark the length of the shank and the top end. Then cut the toothpick in half. Make up a bundle of as many as you wish to make. First cut.... score with Exact-o blade then shape with small file. Next cut....score with Exact-o blade and shape with small file. Final shaping.... Hope this helps. Pretty simple process.... Less than 5 minutes per pin. Sorry that 4th pic came out a little out of focus, but you get the point. Edited January 29, 2015 by SawdustDave Piet, popeye the sailor, Omega1234 and 15 others 18 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarfather Posted January 29, 2015 Share #449 Posted January 29, 2015 Hello Dave, thanks for showing your way of makeing the pins. Very good! Next week I have to make 30 pieces. I will try it in your way. Best regards Hartmut NenadM, SawdustDave and GLakie 3 Quote on the : Staatenjacht Utrech At last finished: Gianna a Pinco Genovese HMS Agamemnon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share #450 Posted January 29, 2015 Happy to share Hartmut. Of course, the tooth picks only work for very small scale..... But any material can be used just as easily. Cheers GLakie 1 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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