"Flying Cloud " by Mamoli - kit bash

Pete! Totally worth the effort you went to to make the boxwood mast caps! The tops look great. I think you are having the same issue I have with my camera - it always wants to focus on the objects I'm not highlighting ROTF . I wouldn't dare accuse you of abusing your grog ration. It must be the cameras, your and mine, that need to be cut off. Lovely progress my friend!

So, are you going to fully rig her or not?

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
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Peter Gutterman said:
I did my best to clean up the white metal mast caps from the kit to see if they were usable and could save the time necessary to fabricate scratch made caps out of boxwood for the fore and main masts. Nope. They were usable, but I still didn't like them. The eyebolts cast into them were fragile and irretrievably crappy. Plus I wish I hadn't wasted the considerable time and broken #78 bits to drill them out. You will see holes drilled in the boxwood caps for annealed wire eybolts to be added once they are glued in place. Those and the platforms for the tops are still just dry fitted. Fitting the cheeks and framing for the tops and shaping the masts to receive them was very fiddly. The supplied laser cut walnut parts I like very much. Close attention to the Mamoli plans (I have several alternatives) is imperative for the parts to work and fit properly as designed by Mamoli. I see no reason to depart from what works for the sake of historic accuracy or periodView attachment 501361View attachment 501362View attachment 501363View attachment 501368View attachment 501364View attachment 501366 photographic variances. View attachment 501370View attachment 501371View attachment 501372View attachment 501373View attachment 501374View attachment 501375 I'm just not that anal retentive. :rolleyes: View attachment 501377View attachment 501378View attachment 501379View attachment 501380View attachment 501382View attachment 501383View attachment 501384View attachment 501386 I hope the process pics are sufficiently self-explanatory. As always, I am open to questions and/or critiques. ;)
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Good evening Peter. Definitely worth the effort to redo this mast caps. Kudos. Cheers Grant
 
Without a neutral background the camera auto focus doesn't know what to focus on. I'll get the focus right, but the slightest waver or wobble throws it off.
As of now I am thinking of only a partial rig with partial topmasts. more like a dockyard model. The shrouds and rig obscure a lot of the deck detail. Plus, it takes another year or two to complete on a ship like this.
 
Peter Gutterman said:
Without a neutral background the camera auto focus doesn't know what to focus on. I'll get the focus right, but the slightest waver or wobble throws it off.
As of now I am thinking of only a partial rig with partial topmasts. more like a dockyard model. The shrouds and rig obscure a lot of the deck detail. Plus, it takes another year or two to complete on a ship like this.
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Pete! It's a pain. My camera always wants to focus on the most distant particularly when I'm trying to take a closeup of something that can't be placed almost against the wall or a table. I, too, will keep working on it.

Ah! I see! For me showing the detail of the work - particularly the level of detail (and therefore effort ;)) should not be hidden. Keep up the wonderfulness, Pete!

Blessings.
Chuck
 
Peter,

You have mentioned that you once owned an antique furniture restoration business. I thought that you might enjoy photos of these two pieces in my collection.

The desk was made by a Daniel Rohar in 1861. He lived in Wadsworth Ohio and signed one of the drawers. The large drawers are bookmatched walnut veneer. The veneer is quite thick about 1/8”. We believe that it was hand cut. The small drawers are rosewood. Hardware is original.

The bookcase is cherry. Glass is original.

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Wonderful American Empire and so original and pristine. usually the veneer on these examples is in pretty decrepit shape. looks to be old or original shellac finish, which they all were in this period. The pulls don't look original. Usually Walnut or Mahogany or stamped brass floral rounds. The feet on the bookcase look like they were originally bracket feet but were cut down. A common issue on period furniture. Everything else about it looks original. That and having a signature provenance are all in the very+ column. Sadly, the value of antique furniture has plummeted since the golden era of the late70s, 80s and 90s when I got to work on it.
Thanks for sharing! Thumbsup :p
PS I can see the waves in the old blown and rolled period glass. A real+
 
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