Wine or age
. Maybe it was my Royal Caroline some years ago. If you take the silver ones you can colour them with some boiled egg in a closed plastic bag (due to the sulphur in the eggs). They then get the nice lead like colour.
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. Maybe it was my Royal Caroline some years ago. If you take the silver ones you can colour them with some boiled egg in a closed plastic bag (due to the sulphur in the eggs). They then get the nice lead like colour.
I'm too old to remember how much wine I had to drink. Or maybe it's the other way around
.And I do believe it was your RC, now that you prompt me. All my best ideas are stolen.
Hey PaulAverage age of the people posting likes: 64 years. This hobby is in serious trouble...
64 is pretty young I believe.
I am 73 today and feel young
Cheers
Aging happens more slowly in the south of France...Hey Paul
64 is pretty young I believe.
I am 73 today and feel young
Cheers
In Dutch we have a saying for that.I'm too old to remember how much wine I had to drink. Or maybe it's the other way around
And I do believe it was your RC, now that you prompt me. All my best ideas are stolen.
Better stolen well than poorly conceived.
Metal is a curious material. If it is really hard, it will hold an edge for a very long time, but is brittle and will break easy. At the other end of the spectrum, it can be softer, but then it will not hold an edge for very long, requiring frequent sharpening.
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For the price you expect more. I got cheap ones from Ali what are 100 time better and just 5% of the price of MicroMark.
WOW, this is a piece of art i just saw in the last 12 pages. Outstanding work Paul, i take my hat of for your work with wood
If only i could make my work half as good as yours, i would be proud of myself.
If only i could make my work half as good as yours, i would be proud of myself.
That's a nice post Peter. But I think the boxwood makes for easy results.
Paul
The words "too much" and "wine" should never be used in the same sentence.
Allan
You give all credits to your material, but remember one thing please, someone with no, or few skills, can't produce what you are showing us
Using different species of wood as you did on the manger panels really calls attention to the beautifully executed details you have gone to the trouble to include. Superb workmanship Paul
Allan
Too bad that the slot in the cathead ruined the piece. Are You redoing the part from scratch or maybe fill the slot and rerout it?
It seems I do ask myself that question (redo or patch) way too often during my build... there's always something breaking, too short, a loose fit or mishaps during shaping.
But anyway, seeing the rest of Your update went so well I think this is not too bad
It seems I do ask myself that question (redo or patch) way too often during my build... there's always something breaking, too short, a loose fit or mishaps during shaping.
But anyway, seeing the rest of Your update went so well I think this is not too bad
I patch stuff all the time...but in this case I chose to remake the piece because it is so visibly 'hanging out there'.Too bad that the slot in the cathead ruined the piece. Are You redoing the part from scratch or maybe fill the slot and rerout it?
It seems I do ask myself that question (redo or patch) way too often during my build... there's always something breaking, too short, a loose fit or mishaps during shaping.
But anyway, seeing the rest of Your update went so well I think this is not too bad
The first attempt was with the kit parts but the laminations were so bad I couldn't use it. The first scratch attempt suffered the milling mishap.
What's interesting is that the first scratch attempt took nearly two hours - the second only 30 minutes. That is a very complicated piece as it bends in two directions and has to relate to a hole in the hull and notches into three beams. It's not perfect, but it is done.
Attention now turned to the chain pumps. These are a fairly complicated affair with pump tubes, cisterns, winches (with support posts), sprocket wheels, and the chain itself.
The tubes were previously fabricated and have now been installed. The cistern is a box that sits on the deck over the top of the tubes:
In the end I only made up one of the cisterns along with a hood that will sit alongside it on the deck:
The sprocket and chain parts came from a photoetched sheet included with the kit. I tricked them out a bit, but then got careless while painting and lost some of the detail (a previous attempt to use blackening solution was a failure). The 'axle' rides in a pair of rhodings - and these were cut/filed from brass bar and successfully blackened.
Here is the cistern sitting temporarily in place on the ship:
Now I need to figure out the winch system and the posts that support the cranking bars...
The tubes were previously fabricated and have now been installed. The cistern is a box that sits on the deck over the top of the tubes:
In the end I only made up one of the cisterns along with a hood that will sit alongside it on the deck:
The sprocket and chain parts came from a photoetched sheet included with the kit. I tricked them out a bit, but then got careless while painting and lost some of the detail (a previous attempt to use blackening solution was a failure). The 'axle' rides in a pair of rhodings - and these were cut/filed from brass bar and successfully blackened.
Here is the cistern sitting temporarily in place on the ship:
Now I need to figure out the winch system and the posts that support the cranking bars...
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The chain pump is looking really good. Do you build both chain pumps open or the second one closed?
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Wow, The chain pump is looking beautiful, I like it open
If I add the second one, it will be closed. Thanks for the visit!
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It just looks like 3D-printed parts, almost too immaculate. I can't imagine her full size predecessor left the shipyard in this pristine condition.
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