Kingfisher 1770 1:48 POF [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Jimsky]

Too much Paul. Your workmanship is over the top. Enjoy your holidays. We are taking 3 weeks off as well so I won't be posting any new work either, but will be making sure Jim keeps an eye on your log

Will keep an eye on both logs for Paul's and Ian's, no problem (free of charge)

 

[Toyoho Nishida]

Trust me...you are not the only ship modeler who finds puddening of the anchor ring to be difficult! The rope always seems to want to separate in a few places.

 

[Peter Voogt]

Hello Friends!

As I continue to add details to the Kingfisher there are a number of iron stanchions that support rails or ropes along the length of the ship - and I dedicated myself this weekend to fabricating those elements.

There were lots of wasted hours trying to figure out methodologies and techniques that would provide acceptable results. In the end I am happy but not ecstatic - though some of the deficiencies will disappear when not examined under the unforgiving macros.

The next four photos show how I added a ring to the top of a stanchion (the vertical bit set into the soldering board is a tube):

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Next, I did the same thing but now the top piece will receive a vertically oriented rail:

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Next, I made several stanchions that will be associated with a ladderway (there will be an iron rail horizontally inserted into the 'rings':

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And one lonely stanchion to support a horizontally oriented rail:

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In the image below the stanchion is now square stock with a ring on the top. These will show up again later bent midway along the length of the stanchion (I had to anneal the square bar stock in order to make the bend):

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Finally, I parted off some brass tube that will fit over the round stanchions at their bases (it will make sense later). I almost took out my eye discovering I needed to cut these by hand rather than on my tiny table saw:

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And now everything has been burnished/blackened:

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This build report will now go silent for a few weeks as my wife and I will be traveling. We have planned two vacations this year to celebrate our 40th anniversary (HER trip to islands and beaches and such - and HIS trip to Europe in the late summer). After about fifteen minutes on a beach I'm ready to go "do" something, so I'll still be following your work as internet availability permits.

Thanks for checking in!

Nice brass work, Paul. Congrats with the ‘40th’ and enjoy the ‘HER’ trip. Then you can look forward to the HIS one.
Regards, Peter

 

[pianoforte]

Great brass work. absolutely outstanding.

 

[Steef66]

Nice work on the metal parts. Enjoy you beach holiday. I know the feeling.

 

[Daniel20]

Awesome brass work Paul. Congratulations on your 40th anniversary!

 

[AllanKP69]

trip to islands and beaches and such

We sail today for 11 days of ocean and beaches and such. Would love to run into you two on some island or in the Med in late summer. Sounds like we have similar plans and interests besides ship models.

 

[RogerD]

Excellent metal work Paul. Happy 40th, enjoy your vacation time together.

 

[dockattner]

Awesome metalsmith work, doc! Enjoy Her and Your sabbatical! I will keep an eye on your build log while you are away.

Thanks for the nice review, Jim. And for keeping an eye on things while I'm away. Could you also grab the mail???

OH WOW, every time I see your incredible work I"m fascinated by your attention to the smallest detail.

Jan

BTW, enjoy your travels.

Thanks, Jan. Lots of hours spent with very little output.

Too much Paul. Your workmanship is over the top. Enjoy your holidays. We are taking 3 weeks off as well so I won't be posting any new work either, but will be making sure Jim keeps an eye on your log

Thanks, Ian. Enjoy your trip as well!

 

[dockattner]

We sail today for 11 days of ocean and beaches and such. Would love to run into you two on some island or in the Med in late summer. Sounds like we have similar plans and interests besides ship models.
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Thanks, Allan. We are river cruising in the late summer (though small ship sailing on the Mediterranean is a frequent agenda item for us as well).

Excellent metal work Paul. Happy 40th, enjoy your vacation time together.

Thanks, Roger.

 

[dockattner]

Trust me...you are not the only ship modeler who finds puddening of the anchor ring to be difficult! The rope always seems to want to separate in a few places.

Thank you for the sympathetic post, Greg. I've seen it done well - just not by me...

 

[dockattner]

Nice brass work, Paul. Congrats with the ‘40th’ and enjoy the ‘HER’ trip. Then you can look forward to the HIS one.
Regards, Peter

Much appreciated, Peter! The 'real' anniversary trip is the one to Europe but if Lynn only gets to see old cities she gets grouchy so I needed to add in something for her as well.

Great brass work. absolutely outstanding.

Thank you, Adi!

Nice work on the metal parts. Enjoy you beach holiday. I know the feeling.

Thanks, Stephen. Me and sand...ugh.

Awesome brass work Paul. Congratulations on your 40th anniversary!

Thanks, Daniel. 40 years and counting . Based on the first two years it looked like we were going to keep the anniversary number in the single digits. Mercy and grace abounds!

 

[Thrasher]

Well Doc. Whaat can I say. Just an outstanding job on your metal work. If the Dentist work doesn't pan out you cold always try a job as a Jewelers.

 

[dockattner]

Well Doc. Whaat can I say. Just an outstanding job on your metal work. If the Dentist work doesn't pan out you cold always try a job as a Jewelers.

Thanks Geoff!

 

[NMBROOK]

Fabulous metalwork Paul. You have maintained scale fidelity and nothing looks "clunky"

Enjoy your holiday

 

[dockattner]

Fabulous metalwork Paul. You have maintained scale fidelity and nothing looks "clunky"

Enjoy your holiday

Thanks, Nigel. It's nice to work at this scale...

 

[Herman]

Great metal work you have shown us again. Very inspirational.
I wish you both a happy 40th anniversary. Carola and I just celebrated it last december.
Enjoy your holidays.

 

[dockattner]

Great metal work you have shown us again. Very inspirational.
I wish you both a happy 40th anniversary. Carola and I just celebrated it last december.
Enjoy your holidays.

Thank you, Herman! And congratulations to you both as well!

 

[Jimsky]

Thanks for the nice review, Jim. And for keeping an eye on things while I'm away. Could you also grab the mail???

sure I can, I need you to let the post office forward your correspondence to my address, that's all.

 

[WojtasS]

Excellent work Paul. Have fun on your trip