Salty Sea Dog Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share #481 Posted August 30, 2016 Got a little further with the hinge. After making a hinge joint, the strap halves and horseshoe shaped half were filed and shaped to be about 1/16" wide. After shaping, the straps flare out only at the hinge joint. Hanging on to the little pieces to file and shape them was done using a modified pair of Channelock 718 pliers. Here you can see the groove for the hinge joint which was done with nut slotting files. The final width of the groove is .042". Here's a better look at the pliers. They are ground down from a long nose and have smooth faces to grip with, so they don't mar the parts being gripped. It's nice to be able to simply rotate your wrist to better see what you're doing. Here's the hinge after more shaping. It's almost ready for some detailing. Julie Mo, michael mott, mtaylor and 9 others 12 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted August 30, 2016 Share #482 Posted August 30, 2016 That is increadible, Buck ... You are actually going to put more details on something we can hardly see without a loupe !?!?!?!? Jack12477, CaptainSteve, Salty Sea Dog and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share #483 Posted August 30, 2016 I'm going to try! cog, CaptainSteve, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted August 30, 2016 Share #484 Posted August 30, 2016 I agree with Carl, Incredible! Jesse mattsayers148, Salty Sea Dog, cog and 2 others 5 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...
mtaylor Posted September 2, 2016 Share #485 Posted September 2, 2016 Try? You seem to be succeeding, Buck. That's more than "try". Where's Yoda when we need him to explain "try".... Jack12477, JesseLee, cog and 3 others 6 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...
Salty Sea Dog Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share #486 Posted September 4, 2016 I started working on details and did a little test piece on some scrap brass. I filed a slot to make a screw head in some .032" brass rod. I scored the slot with an exacto blade and then deepened it with a .010 nut slotting file. I then smoothed and shaped the screw head with a file and used a Sharpie felt tip pen to darken the slot a little. The excess ink was filed off. I drilled a .032" hole in a scrap piece of brass and here's how the scew head looks in it. Best wishes cog, canoe21, trippwj and 9 others 12 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted September 5, 2016 Share #487 Posted September 5, 2016 Wow! canoe21, Salty Sea Dog, mattsayers148 and 2 others 5 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...
cog Posted September 5, 2016 Share #488 Posted September 5, 2016 Any fitting screwdrivers for sale ...!?!?!? That looks stunning (with a magnifying glass), Buck. Miniature masterclass ... mtaylor, Salty Sea Dog, Jack12477 and 2 others 5 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share #489 Posted September 5, 2016 (edited) Thanks Mark & Carl! You probably already know this, but if you click on one of the pictures you can enlarge it with your mouse wheel on a computer or stretch it with your fingers on a smart phone. I can only focus so close with my iPhone camera so it helps to enlarge the pics. Sorry if you already know this, but happy to help if you didn't! EDIT: I forgot to mention that you have to press the control button when using the mouse wheel. Edited September 5, 2016 by Salty Sea Dog CaptainSteve, cog, JesseLee and 2 others 5 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted September 5, 2016 Share #490 Posted September 5, 2016 Even at maximum enlargement it is still darn small, Buck, and still very impressive despite it's size!!! Salty Sea Dog, mtaylor, mattsayers148 and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share #491 Posted September 5, 2016 Thanks Carl! I don't know how I got started down the tiny detail trail. Hey look! I have some screws loose! Julie Mo, rvchima, Jack12477 and 7 others 10 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted September 6, 2016 Share #492 Posted September 6, 2016 Must have been seductive Becky whom started you off the detail trail ... Salty Sea Dog, CaptainSteve, Julie Mo and 3 others 6 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share #493 Posted October 31, 2016 Just a quick update. I finally got the new mast hinge assembly built and just need to finish the parallel boards with some garnet shellac to match the thwarts. The boards are notched at the front ends and beveled at the back and combines ideas from Scoot's 1st and 3rd pics. Julie Mo, rvchima, Captain Poison and 10 others 13 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsayers148 Posted November 18, 2016 Share #494 Posted November 18, 2016 Once again I bow before the master! So incredibly awesome! Jack12477, Mirabell61, CaptainSteve and 1 other 4 Quote Matt - aka The Squirrel Whisperer Current builds - Benjamin W. Latham by Matt Competed builds - USS Ranger by Matt HMS Bounty Launch by Matt 18th Century 10" Sea Mortar by Matt 18th Century Naval Smoothbore by Matt Future builds - Willie L. Bennett Chesapeake Bay skipjack (MS) Half Moon (Corel) Emma C Berry Lobster Smack (MS)US Brigantine Eagle (Corel) New Bedford Whaleboat (MS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted November 18, 2016 Share #495 Posted November 18, 2016 Beautiful work Buck, I like your whaleboat very much... Nils mattsayers148, mtaylor, Jack12477 and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share #496 Posted November 19, 2016 Thanks Matt and Nils! Much appreciated. Jack12477, Mirabell61, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mott Posted November 19, 2016 Share #497 Posted November 19, 2016 Buck, that is superb work on the hinge and the screws. Thanks for the tip about enlarging the images on the screen I did not know that one. Michael Jack12477, mattsayers148 and mtaylor 3 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...
Chasseur Posted November 19, 2016 Share #498 Posted November 19, 2016 Awesome build and I never knew about cocobolo wood till now. I echo Michael's comment about the cutters "Smarter than the average Bear." Love it ... Jeff CaptainSteve, mtaylor, Salty Sea Dog and 1 other 4 Quote A mighty fortress is our God a bulwark never failing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippwj Posted November 19, 2016 Share #499 Posted November 19, 2016 Wow, Buck. I haven't been around too much, so just catching up on your build. While she may be a tad picky, it appears that Becky has indeed sent you along a good path! Amazing looking work on the brass bits. Any idea what's next in the lineup? CaptainSteve, mattsayers148, Jack12477 and 3 others 6 Quote WayneNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.Epictetus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share #500 Posted November 22, 2016 Thanks Michael, Jeff and Wayne! I was planning to do the Mamoli Carraca Atlantica next but am switching and doing a double build of Billing Boats Zeeschouws. I've been in touch with our old friend Keith, aka The Mad Chemist. A while back I had sent Keith my Zeeschouw kit to lift his spirits because Lyme disease had him in a slump. I came across another one on eBay last year and broke down and got it. This 2nd kit was missing parts so I asked Keith to trace them for me. Keith ended up sending the kit back to me because the Lyme has progressed to the point where he can no longer build it. So my plan is to build both and send one back to Keith. mattsayers148, cog, canoe21 and 6 others 9 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted November 22, 2016 Share #501 Posted November 22, 2016 Nice Buck! Always better to give than receive* Good on you! Salty Sea Dog, mattsayers148, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote A mighty fortress is our God a bulwark never failing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 22, 2016 Share #502 Posted November 22, 2016 Glad to hear you have had some communication with Keith. Last time I talked with him things were not very good at all. Jesse cog, Chasseur, mtaylor and 4 others 7 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...
mtaylor Posted November 23, 2016 Share #503 Posted November 23, 2016 That's great to hear, Buck. I'm looking forward to the double build. mattsayers148, Salty Sea Dog, CaptainSteve and 2 others 5 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...
Julie Mo Posted December 1, 2016 Share #504 Posted December 1, 2016 I don't know how you do it, Buck. Amazing! And not once did I see 6' 3" Becky lending you a hand. Tell her to stop powdering her nose and get in there and break a nail or two. Salty Sea Dog, mtaylor, JesseLee and 3 others 6 Quote Julie First and only build: Endeavour - 1934 American's Cup, UK Challenger, J-Class - Amati 1:35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share #505 Posted December 1, 2016 Haha! Thanks Julie Mo! I hope to get back into the dry dock this weekend and post an update. JesseLee, Jack12477, Chasseur and 3 others 6 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share #506 Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) I hope everyone is doing well and had a good weekend. I got to spend some quality time in the dry dock and got the new mast hinge installed. The new hinge sits higher up at an angle because of the fore and aft boards and it caused the mast to lean back (the plans show a forward lean). So the solution was to build a mast step with cleats to position the mast at the proper lean. I could have taken the easy out and just made a wood chunk but that doesn't seem to be in my nature. So I opened up my small piece wood locker to scrounge for suitable pieces- everybody has one of these too don't you?! So the mast step has a box jointed front corner and dadoed in cocobolo strips to position the mast. The mast step sits at the bottom of a box under the hinge to add a bit more detail the more you look. Got to keep Matt and Ferrit amused! So far, no snarky notes from the inspector! Edited December 5, 2016 by Salty Sea Dog mtaylor, Ferit, md1400cs and 7 others 10 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted December 5, 2016 Share #507 Posted December 5, 2016 Nice work on the mast-hinge, Buck. Good to see that the mean ole Quality Control lady let it pass through. Salty Sea Dog, JesseLee, Jack12477 and 3 others 6 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...
mtaylor Posted December 5, 2016 Share #508 Posted December 5, 2016 I see the problem... the quality control lady is a redhead. Nice going on the hinge rework, Buck. You've got a good eye for detail. cog, CaptainSteve, JesseLee and 4 others 7 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...
mattsayers148 Posted December 19, 2016 Share #509 Posted December 19, 2016 Excellent!!! I don't have any tools small enough for that! Jack12477, CaptainSteve, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Matt - aka The Squirrel Whisperer Current builds - Benjamin W. Latham by Matt Competed builds - USS Ranger by Matt HMS Bounty Launch by Matt 18th Century 10" Sea Mortar by Matt 18th Century Naval Smoothbore by Matt Future builds - Willie L. Bennett Chesapeake Bay skipjack (MS) Half Moon (Corel) Emma C Berry Lobster Smack (MS)US Brigantine Eagle (Corel) New Bedford Whaleboat (MS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share #510 Posted December 29, 2016 Thanks Captain Steve, Mark, Matt & Lawrence. Thanks for the very nice compliments Lawrence - my head is getting so big, my neck hurts! It was a lot of fun making the tiny bucket for you, and your Annie turned out amazing. A belated Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and everyone. Best Wishes mattsayers148, Chasseur, CaptainSteve and 2 others 5 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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