yancovitch Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share #151 Posted September 18, 2015 thanks chris, was considering opening the deck like you did especially since i may rig her...but ....her knees were to sexy to cover up:) GLakie, Jack12477 and augie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share #152 Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) well ....you guys put pressure on me to try harder ......and in spite of my fight with rushy impatience, i'll continue to try.....will not glue the decks down until i do the nails, adjust the stain a bit, and get all the parts fitting and ready to install....... Edited October 7, 2015 by yancovitch augie, dvm27, Ryland Craze and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 7, 2015 Share #153 Posted October 7, 2015 Looking really sharp and crisp. I've been putting off getting those catheads in but it's almost time...... GLakie 1 Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share #154 Posted October 7, 2015 thanks augie, i often tend to do things backwards ............. GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 7, 2015 Share #155 Posted October 7, 2015 Call it 'freestyle', Vic! GLakie 1 Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share #156 Posted October 7, 2015 ha...yeh.......... GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share #157 Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) nothing glued on yet.......just positioned......including the deck......................noticed one of my errors....the center line on deck doesn't quite match the center line on the transom....doesn't show up too much though...happened by finishing the deck separate from the ship...... just noticed that there may be enough stanchions for the waist rail do double them up to make them thicker..... Edited October 22, 2015 by yancovitch GLakie, coxswain, augie and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share #158 Posted October 29, 2015 pondering........how does one paint the belaying pins without the paint coming off when installing.......i re-drilled the holes so it's not as tight a fit......which paint to use? GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 29, 2015 Share #159 Posted October 29, 2015 I've blackened mine up to now, Vic. Not a dark black but just enough to look 'used'. GLakie 1 Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted October 30, 2015 Share #160 Posted October 30, 2015 I primed them with Tamiya gray spray paint primer then painted them to look like wood GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share #161 Posted October 30, 2015 thanks........hmmmmm.....i'll try the tiny bit of blackening them a bit trick first, maybe just enough to dull the brass....................chris...isn't tamiya waterbased?....thought it would be too thick and scrape off easily...?...but you had success, and they look good, so if i can't get the blackening to work well, i'll order some of that paint online....gets kind of expensive for a few belaying pins:).....especially if i rig the ship, where most of them will be covered up........well i got something to work on now............cheers........vc GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted October 30, 2015 Share #162 Posted October 30, 2015 Blacken them a little more than you think you need as the final product. Then let them sit a few days before you install them so you know exactly what the finished color will be. Keep in mind that you can always paint them after you blacken them if you're not happy. The etching caused by the blackening agent acts as a pretty good primer and gives the paint something to 'bite' into. GLakie 1 Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share #163 Posted October 30, 2015 blackening as a primer....now that's something i never thought of!!...........i'll give it a try augie thanks....... GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted October 30, 2015 Share #164 Posted October 30, 2015 Tamiya primer is designed to adhere to metal parts. You should have no issue painting them once dry with acrylic or enamel. Belaying pins of this period were wood - not iron GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share #165 Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) okee dokee......will go for the tamiya grey primer........what the heck..... ya can't beat the tried and true.........but i may also try augie's idea of using the blackening as a primer at the same time.....love experimenting............. Edited October 31, 2015 by yancovitch GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share #166 Posted November 2, 2015 (edited) belaying pins temporarily on ship so i don't loose them....put a little ledge on gangways....can remove if it's a real no no .............decided to put guns on the port side..........slowly getting there.....ordered the taubman plans for basic rigging.....will still have to check about belaying points etc.....got one of chuck's lanterns....no shaky hands allowed ......micro crystal clear for the windows.......he very thoughtfully included two lanterns in the kit, so if you screw up one, which i did a little bit on this one, didn't sand off the burnt edges, ya got another to make good....can'[t believe all the extra considerations chuck puts into his work.................anyways, will have much touching up to do..... i glued two of the waist rail stanchions together to make them thicker......many of the sprues attached to the bottom, broke off as they were very thin.....i will probably embed the stanchions i tiny bit lower to give them more purchase..............used blacken it, but will sand and paint.............. Edited November 3, 2015 by yancovitch coxswain, Dubz, Rustyj and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted November 3, 2015 Share #167 Posted November 3, 2015 Lantern adds a nice touch........may need to get one (two) from Chuck. GLakie 1 Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share #168 Posted November 12, 2015 ok......still much touching up to do...which i like doing......so i start the rigging now......guess i won't bother posting much anymore....much tedious rigging stuff to do.......at least tedious for me:)...............grateful to have seen some of the wonderful builds here, which were inspiring me to try and make a better effort......but we all have our limitations ...anyways, cheers.................. Captain Poison, GuntherMT, ChrisLBren and 17 others 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateNY Posted November 12, 2015 Share #169 Posted November 12, 2015 Hi Vic, As always, a wonderfully clean and beautiful build and great to see her starting to gain some height in the last shot. I hope you keep posting to show us your progress on the rigging. I know I've been looking forward to watching this! Cheers, Nigel. Mirabell61 and GLakie 2 Quote Current Build Logs: H.M.S. Triton Cross Section, USF Confederacy Model Shipways Completed Log: Red Dragon Artesania Latina Gallery: Red Dragon: Artesania Latina Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted November 12, 2015 Share #170 Posted November 12, 2015 beautiful build Vic, the Stern rounding Windows look excellent... Nils GLakie 1 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...
augie Posted November 12, 2015 Share #171 Posted November 12, 2015 Very nice, Vic. Don't be bashful.....we all want to see her reaching for the sky ! GLakie 1 Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share #172 Posted November 12, 2015 thanks gratefully........i'll post an occasional where i'm at, but it will probably take a longer time in between....they should call ALL these sailing ships dreadnoughts, like i dread tying noughts on all those ratlines, as i'd rather nought...but i can't cheat and glue of course..... oh....another thing....i noticed too late that the inverted knees on the channels are tapered at the bottom....didn't think one could laser cut on an angle.....may put a tiny bit of fill there....if i sanded them down i thought they would be too thin....but of course, that's what i should have done .....like i said i reveal my errors to help a new builder.......and embarrass myself in the process ha ha... Rustyj, UpstateNY, augie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share #173 Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) oh...i thought i should add the fact that i always felt the main and foremast were too fat, but i didn't want to embarrassing myself by complaining ...then i discovered this, which, if correct, explains everything...(taubman plans)..so this is an option for future builders....even though it's only a stubby mast......again, i say, if correct......cheers.... Edited November 15, 2015 by yancovitch GLakie and EJ_L 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted November 16, 2015 Share #174 Posted November 16, 2015 Came to the same conclusion on mine a while back so I have several size dowels to consider. But first I have to get there! GLakie 1 Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burroak Posted November 16, 2015 Share #175 Posted November 16, 2015 Your ship is absolutely stunning. Great job Greg GLakie 1 Quote GREG H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share #176 Posted November 16, 2015 very kind burroak GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share #177 Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) ok.....best i show some progress........oh.......had to lower the lantern, because of the boom....... used micro kristal klear for window sample.....not sure if i will use, although it looks ok..... bindings on the mast not finished, but came out too shiny......will have to do something with them, althought i like the fact that the sythetic line doesn't have hairs, althought a little beeswax help there........c'est tout for now, until i get well into the rigging....cheers............. Edited December 8, 2015 by yancovitch UpstateNY, JerryTodd, Mirabell61 and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share #178 Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) oh well.....thought i'd show improved wooldings with railwood added....rewound with black rope....used wire instead of middle links on the chainplates, as the sizes provided wouldn't fit...........yards basically finished and painted.....next the dread threads ............will still have a lot of fine finishing to do of course.sanding painting...cleaning up the moldings etc.......i'll know when it's the right time and i'll really enjoy it...............got the confed...glued to the stern...yuk....quite frustrating....three efforts...... Edited January 1, 2016 by yancovitch EJ_L, Tadeusz43, GLakie and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyj Posted January 1, 2016 Share #179 Posted January 1, 2016 Hi Vic, You are doing some wonderful work. Love it. GLakie and Mirabell61 2 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share #180 Posted January 1, 2016 thanks rusty, not easy trying to live up to modelers like you ....... GLakie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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