Except for the clamps, you can't tell I epoxied all the starboard pin-rails on, including up on the starboard bow
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Constellation, the sloop of war c.1856 in 1:36 scale for R/C sailing
The pin-rails seem to have set-up well, and I cut the mounting pins flush and filed them.
While the port side was up in the air, I ground off the out-board side hammock trays flush with the bulwark on that side of the hull, then cleaned up the dust. (this pics taken from an odd angle and flipped so left is up)
I sat the model upright in it's cradle and painted the outboard side of the hammocks, the trays will get painted black when that's dry.
While the port side was up in the air, I ground off the out-board side hammock trays flush with the bulwark on that side of the hull, then cleaned up the dust. (this pics taken from an odd angle and flipped so left is up)
I sat the model upright in it's cradle and painted the outboard side of the hammocks, the trays will get painted black when that's dry.
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I ground the hammock trays flush on the outboard port-side, then turned the hull around and painted the white inside of the port-side bulwark.
While doing that a mizzen spider-band fife-rail for the mizzen was on the printer.
While doing that a mizzen spider-band fife-rail for the mizzen was on the printer.
They're ALL "large" and "unfinished." ')
The unpainted one is HMS Macedonian, I don't have a build log for her here, but she's covered at my web site.
A lot of 3D stuff I did while it was cold was for this one...
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Understood! Really fantastic stuff, Jerry! Looks like her hull is very well balanced. It took me a second to see that she was afloat!On another note - I need to get with you about guns for HSM Warrior 1:100 scale
Also do you know anyone who can help me with French guns circa 1847 - 1855? I am working on a French sidewheeler and her armament was composed of 30lbrs No. 1 and "22cm shell" guns No. 2. I have some information about the dimensions of the guns, but no idea (yet!) what they actually looked like.Blessings.
Chuck
While Pride's bulb got sanded and epoxied, I used a bit to glue on the other bow pin-rail, and painted the spider-band with a coat of white, the boats got some clear-coat on their bottoms. and I printed a test model of one of the bow's spray-screens.
I altered the spray-screen model to put in a little flair, or twist actually for the bowsprit, and started printing one for each side. I'll adjust it some more, and add a concave curve up where it goes under the bow sprit.
The trim-boards were installed ion the inboard port-side, and the boat cradles were CAed to the hatch cover, and eyebolt for tying down the boats installed.
I altered the spray-screen model to put in a little flair, or twist actually for the bowsprit, and started printing one for each side. I'll adjust it some more, and add a concave curve up where it goes under the bow sprit.
The trim-boards were installed ion the inboard port-side, and the boat cradles were CAed to the hatch cover, and eyebolt for tying down the boats installed.
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Had things to do out of the house today, and tomorrow, so I started the 7 hour printing of the final, I hope, spray screen, and painted some stuff on the boats.
The spray-screen Looked to fit they way I wanted, so I primed and painted it, though more than 12 hours later it's still tacky. A couple of things with this issue seems to be fine when I gave them some clear-coat, and I'll try that here as well.
It seems my work on the enclosed head wasn't perfectly symmetrical and there's a little bit of an outward bow in the port head rail. If I can't flex things a little to close that gap at the bottom of the spray-screen I alter the 3D model to fix it and print a new one for the port side.
It seems my work on the enclosed head wasn't perfectly symmetrical and there's a little bit of an outward bow in the port head rail. If I can't flex things a little to close that gap at the bottom of the spray-screen I alter the 3D model to fix it and print a new one for the port side.
Not a lot to see in the pictures, but the port-side pin-rails got epoxied in place finally. As well as one of the outboard trim pieces. The other one's waiting for the clamps to come off.
I cut a cap-rail for up forward and glued and pinned in on with round toothpicks. I made a card pattern first, and cut it from a sheet of wood left-over from a friend's musical instrument project - it's was for a guitar face. It was scored at the drop-panel seams, but not cut through.
Here it is with the spray-screen and an end-board sitting in place making it almost look finished.
Giving everything a chance to set, I came back and did the aft rail, and the the forward, starboard one.
Here it is with the spray-screen and an end-board sitting in place making it almost look finished.
Giving everything a chance to set, I came back and did the aft rail, and the the forward, starboard one.
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I knew I was forgetting something. There were smaller "end-boards" at the aft end of the bow pin-rails, that I forgot to put in. So I cut a pair from the older thin end-boards I replaced with thicker ones, cut a slot in the rails and installed them. While I was still in the mood, I installed the thicker end-board on the starboard side as well. That should be it on this subject for the bow.
I'm using cherry stain on what's mostly basswood and I think spruce. It give the reddish tint I want to look a bit like mahogany.
I'm using cherry stain on what's mostly basswood and I think spruce. It give the reddish tint I want to look a bit like mahogany.