The Doc cuts wood and brass so finely that I’m thinking he’s a surgeon. Specialising in very small bones. 
Kingfisher 1770 1:48 POF
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And thank you, Paul, for taking the time to take pictures of your exquisite work and share with the group!
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It took me a while to understand how those bloody things were supposed to work. Once I figured it out, I disregarded them as being machined on your secret, not so secret CNC equipment...No one even saw them but you, Brad! Oh how I agonized over those little bits.
That's another eight pages of this Odyssey read. I'm impressed by the way you got through that crisis of confidence around page 10-12. The woodworking continues to impress me and I see that you are the (dental) surgeon that I guessed. How about a model of Washington's wooden false teeth?
Much of the technical chat is going over my head at the moment but I have books to help out and so the thread is part of a pre-PoF training course for me. It's all very encouraging.
Yup, the technical lexicon can be picked up (and subsequently forgotten) rather easily with the appropriate resources.
It's nice to hear that this build report might be helpful to you and other builders. That's part of being on the forum but I sometimes wonder if I am more of a taker than a giver. Given its length it should be evident that I don't leave much out...
I don't think that's true, though I understand how you might feel that. It seems to me that there's a cascade of help, advice, support, reassurance flowing from those most experienced, filtered and passed on by the middlings, eventually trickling down to the brand new guys and gals. So in that sense we all take and we all give. The thing is, we are grateful for the help coming in when we are struggling, because it's a crisis and it makes a big difference to us. On the other hand, we help others when our stuff is going well, there's little drama from our point of view, so we hardly notice the help going out.
The filtering is important too. I can be inspired by someone on his first PoF to try one for myself but I'd be shy of following those exalted ones who are scratchbuilding their fifth PoF Victory whose logs would tend to be incomprehensible to me and who would have forgotten what it's like to be worried about the 'simple' stuff.
TLDR? What comes around goes around.
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After not having been active at shipmodelling for 35-40 years and a recent, rather simple reastauration of an old schoonermodel, I jumped into the build of YQ's POF Bluenose.
While I can't say it was an easy build, in the end it was definitely worth the effort. The help and advice from modellers on this forum was invaluable and kept me going, even when I was ready to dump the whole thing into the dustbin.
So my advice would be to stop procrastinating and to start building your POF model...
Thanks. I agree completely.
Actually I already made that decision and just in case I’m tempted to chicken out, I announced it in the thread for my current project. I’ll finish that first, of course.
Beautiful!
Not a chance…Paul your contribution to myself (and many others - I am sure) has been invaluable.
Ha ha Johan I think you are indirectly talking to me…..3 years in and I still procrastinate about a POF. If Paul could send me a margin of his skills maybe I wouldn’t procrastinate so much
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Ha ha Johan I think you are indirectly talking to me…..3 years in and I still procrastinate about a POF. If Paul could send me a margin of his skills maybe I wouldn’t procrastinate so much
Cheers Grant
Please Grant, here I thought you being better than this, hiding behind someone else's capabilities...If I can pull of a POF, you most definitely can.
Once again, I seem to be wandering about the ship working randomly on things that need to be accomplished before the forecastle and quarter decks can be permanently installed. This week I worked on gun carriages and guns...
Carriage parts:
For some reason I don't use a lot of jigs - but I chose to for the carriages:
There will only be four guns on the Kingfisher, and they will sit in the waist.
The guns themselves are secondary market CNC brass. I added an insignia and wanted to add a vent field, but I couldn't quite manage it. I my take another run at that (or maybe not):
The finished product:
And now sitting loose on the "deck":
These four guns will be fully rigged so now we wait for boxwood blocks to arrive from Zoly (got my order in before he left for vacation).
For some reason I am not a fan of making carriages/guns - and rigging them is the absolute worst part of ship modeling
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There. I said it.
And one leaf pile to rule them all...
Carriage parts:
For some reason I don't use a lot of jigs - but I chose to for the carriages:
There will only be four guns on the Kingfisher, and they will sit in the waist.
The guns themselves are secondary market CNC brass. I added an insignia and wanted to add a vent field, but I couldn't quite manage it. I my take another run at that (or maybe not):
The finished product:
And now sitting loose on the "deck":
These four guns will be fully rigged so now we wait for boxwood blocks to arrive from Zoly (got my order in before he left for vacation).
For some reason I am not a fan of making carriages/guns - and rigging them is the absolute worst part of ship modeling
.There. I said it.
And one leaf pile to rule them all...
We all make gun carriages in our builds, but when I see the quality of yours, it highlights the gulf in standard and capability of your building skills compared to the rest of us.
These are simply superb. It’s a pity you only build 4 of them.
Can you explain the process of applying the royal monogram to the barrel or was it part of the CNC machining?
Also how do you get the wheel pins (not sure of the correct nomenclature) into such small bits of wood with a tight fit and no splitting or damage to the wheel? Please don’t say boxwood?
Applause again Paul. I really enjoy seeing your work. It is an uplifting experience every time.
Your grandson is enjoying the effects of Fall. Uplifting too.
Michael
These are simply superb. It’s a pity you only build 4 of them.
Can you explain the process of applying the royal monogram to the barrel or was it part of the CNC machining?
Also how do you get the wheel pins (not sure of the correct nomenclature) into such small bits of wood with a tight fit and no splitting or damage to the wheel? Please don’t say boxwood?
Applause again Paul. I really enjoy seeing your work. It is an uplifting experience every time.
Your grandson is enjoying the effects of Fall. Uplifting too.
Michael
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I had to double check these are 1:48 cannons!! The detail and accuracy you attain at this scale simply amazes me, as your work always does!
Like Michael, I am curious on your technique for adding the Royal Monogram...now that you've shared the results, you have to satiate our curiosity with another post, explaining your technique.
Thanks for sharing this work, and also the beauty of autumn leaves/children. Very special too!
Like Michael, I am curious on your technique for adding the Royal Monogram...now that you've shared the results, you have to satiate our curiosity with another post, explaining your technique.
Thanks for sharing this work, and also the beauty of autumn leaves/children. Very special too!
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I couldn't agree more. This really looks like a masterwork
Are you going to put some oil to give them a little more intensified color?
Those gun carriages!! WOW Paul, as good as I have ever seen.