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"Flying Cloud " by Mamoli - kit bash

rwiederrich said:
Pete…..good response indeed. One would think that if you’re building in a particular scale and all related furniture is built in that scale…. it should be in scale together, independent of each other. That Is scaling problem. It is always a problem. Like you said, it is best to work in sequence. I have never done it that way before, but time forced me to. No problem , I can remake everything anyway. The Staghound didn’t have a lot of furniture to begin with.
I began the starboard side waterway.
Rob
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I checked your latest post. She's looking good and coming along apace. At this rate you'll be done ahead of me!
 
ClipperFan said:
I suspect that if we had taken that extra step than the resultant  Staghound wouldn't be a little too narrow.
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Personally, I think it was decided to draw a line from the narrowest point....24.5ft, to the widest, 40ft. without considering the flow that is formed, jointing the two.

Personally, upon further investigation, it looks like the original deck furniture measurements had gotten reduced from the originals Rich posted earliest.
When I built the furniture, slight exaggerations probably occurred...since I had no deck to scale them too. No problem. No ones to blame.
Now, I can use all the dimensions available to make everything fit nicely. I was just anxious...waiting.

But now, I need to switch gears and begin making lots of copper plate strips on my embossing machine.

Rob
 
At this point my bench time is being progressively scaled back to caregiving time for my wife whose memory is being stolen from her. So, I plan to button my ship up with a partial rig, perhaps relegated to the fore and aft aspects and leave her as primarily a hull model. The temptation to do the full rig is strong, but reality is inexorable.;)

Pete
 
Peter Gutterman said:
At this point my bench time is being progressively scaled back to caregiving time for my wife whose memory is being stolen from her. So, I plan to button my ship up with a partial rig, perhaps relegated to the fore and aft aspects and leave her as primarily a hull model. The temptation to do the full rig is strong, but reality is inexorable.;)

Pete
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I'm truly sorry to hear that Peter...concerning your sweet wife, I'll enjoy what you feel is adequate.

Rob
 
Plugging along with bench time tucked in between doctor visits (pokes, prods, jabs, labs and radiology, between a couple "seniors" they add up :rolleyes: ) and other life contingencies, I managed to finish the water casks and add a few missing door handles. The water casks are A.J. Fisher castings. The door handles are tiny snippets of brass wire. I went with handles rather than knobs. a) easier to make and b) easier to grab and turn a wet handle than a knob.
The white metal castings I cleaned with lacquer thinner, painted with a light brown acrylic, used a colored pencil for the bands and dry brushed with a darker brown. I used quick grab tacky glue for the handles and the casks. Leaves a little adjustment time.20250605_141739.jpg20250610_141255.jpg20250611_152700.jpg20250611_153321.jpg
 
Maybe you'll convince me to change the tarp over the main hatch and build a pen to go over that. Cautious
Been mulling it over. :rolleyes:
You're the one who said you follow this log to see what I'm gonna change next. I trust I don't disappoint in that regard.;)
 
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