Kingfisher 1770 1:48 POF

dockattner said:
I started with the kit provided steering wheel...and quickly discovered the central hub was not provided. Of course, it is no great difficulty to make a circle with a hole in it:

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I then added the kit-provided spokes and the outer ring:

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I wasn't too excited about this look, so I tried to round off the outer ring:

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Hmm...not exactly a high-precision outcome :(.

After a bit of research and the accumulation of the requisite level of courage...I decided to give it another shot, but this time using milled parts. I created four 'worktables' that would fit into the dividing attachment of my mill. Each of these 'worktables' had a boxwood board attached to it with rubber cement (three with 1 mm box and the fourth with 2 mm box):

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Time to make some circles:

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All four:

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Now I needed to mill 1 mm slots in the 2 mm board to receive the spokes (every 36 degrees):

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Here is the 2 mm hub and the 2 mm outer ring with loose-fit spokes - the opposing 1 mm outer ring sits to the left:

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So why did I make four rings? Two of the rings were just barely dimensionally narrower than the main outer rings - I was hoping to use them decoratively. Here you can see one added to the main outer ring:

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Next, I thinned down this decorative ring:

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Progressing...

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I decided to go back and add some details to the decorative ring:

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The kit-provided wheel is to the left:

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Below you can see the built-up stanchions and a central barrel where the rope will wrap (I made the barrel on the mill with the dividing accessory):

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And now all the parts glued together:

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And finally, sitting loose on the ship:

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That's two full days of my life sitting there. I have now removed this breathtakingly fragile wheel and placed it into storage.

Thanks for the visit! You are a fine bunch!
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Now you've proven it again, Paul: scratch build gives the most satisfaction!
And the outcome: a wonderful ship wheel.
Regards, Peter
 
dockattner said:
My attention now turned to outfitting the quarter deck. This first post will feature: coamings with gratings, a ladderway, and a companion with top. In a second post I will review the ship's wheel.

Of course, I have shown coamings under construction previously. But it is always good to remember that everything must be square:

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Square, that is, unless they have curved tops:

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Components:

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The companion has a top on it. My options were to either have a pitched roof skylight as we often see on models - or a curved top clerestory-style light. I chose the latter:

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And my signature style broken gratings showed up here as well:

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Ladderway:

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And here are these components sitting loose on the quarter deck:

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Stay tuned for a second post featuring the ship's wheel...
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Very beautiful work
 
dockattner said:
I started with the kit provided steering wheel...and quickly discovered the central hub was not provided. Of course, it is no great difficulty to make a circle with a hole in it:

View attachment 483217

I then added the kit-provided spokes and the outer ring:

View attachment 483218

I wasn't too excited about this look, so I tried to round off the outer ring:

View attachment 483219

Hmm...not exactly a high-precision outcome :(.

After a bit of research and the accumulation of the requisite level of courage...I decided to give it another shot, but this time using milled parts. I created four 'worktables' that would fit into the dividing attachment of my mill. Each of these 'worktables' had a boxwood board attached to it with rubber cement (three with 1 mm box and the fourth with 2 mm box):

View attachment 483220

Time to make some circles:

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View attachment 483222

View attachment 483223

All four:

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Now I needed to mill 1 mm slots in the 2 mm board to receive the spokes (every 36 degrees):

View attachment 483225

Here is the 2 mm hub and the 2 mm outer ring with loose-fit spokes - the opposing 1 mm outer ring sits to the left:

View attachment 483226

So why did I make four rings? Two of the rings were just barely dimensionally narrower than the main outer rings - I was hoping to use them decoratively. Here you can see one added to the main outer ring:

View attachment 483227

Next, I thinned down this decorative ring:

View attachment 483228

Progressing...

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I decided to go back and add some details to the decorative ring:

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The kit-provided wheel is to the left:

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Below you can see the built-up stanchions and a central barrel where the rope will wrap (I made the barrel on the mill with the dividing accessory):

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And now all the parts glued together:

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And finally, sitting loose on the ship:

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That's two full days of my life sitting there. I have now removed this breathtakingly fragile wheel and placed it into storage.

Thanks for the visit! You are a fine bunch!
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Splendid
Definitely much nicer than the kit provided wheel
 
dockattner said:
I started with the kit provided steering wheel...and quickly discovered the central hub was not provided. Of course, it is no great difficulty to make a circle with a hole in it:

View attachment 483217

I then added the kit-provided spokes and the outer ring:

View attachment 483218

I wasn't too excited about this look, so I tried to round off the outer ring:

View attachment 483219

Hmm...not exactly a high-precision outcome :(.

After a bit of research and the accumulation of the requisite level of courage...I decided to give it another shot, but this time using milled parts. I created four 'worktables' that would fit into the dividing attachment of my mill. Each of these 'worktables' had a boxwood board attached to it with rubber cement (three with 1 mm box and the fourth with 2 mm box):

View attachment 483220

Time to make some circles:

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View attachment 483222

View attachment 483223

All four:

View attachment 483224

Now I needed to mill 1 mm slots in the 2 mm board to receive the spokes (every 36 degrees):

View attachment 483225

Here is the 2 mm hub and the 2 mm outer ring with loose-fit spokes - the opposing 1 mm outer ring sits to the left:

View attachment 483226

So why did I make four rings? Two of the rings were just barely dimensionally narrower than the main outer rings - I was hoping to use them decoratively. Here you can see one added to the main outer ring:

View attachment 483227

Next, I thinned down this decorative ring:

View attachment 483228

Progressing...

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I decided to go back and add some details to the decorative ring:

View attachment 483230

The kit-provided wheel is to the left:

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View attachment 483233

Below you can see the built-up stanchions and a central barrel where the rope will wrap (I made the barrel on the mill with the dividing accessory):

View attachment 483232

And now all the parts glued together:

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And finally, sitting loose on the ship:

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That's two full days of my life sitting there. I have now removed this breathtakingly fragile wheel and placed it into storage.

Thanks for the visit! You are a fine bunch!
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Good afternoon Paul. Stop just stop! I had enough of this continuous display of perfection……please no moreROTF.

Wow, double wow.

Cheers Grant
 
That wheel and how you made it is a clear demonstration of why your modeling is second to none. You clearly have a very detailed and ingenious way of conceptualising the construction and manufacturing of a component. This is a gift.

I can only continue to look on in amazement and wonder, knowing that gift is not mine to own.

Paul, myself, and I suspect all the others who follow your build are so appreciative of your generosity in sharing and allowing us to follow along.

In awe.
Michael
 
Jimsky said:
@dockattner sorry for off top


... Before you blame the site for so many bugs, ask if anyone else has experienced such a problem. I cannot affirm nor decline that forum software doesn't have any (bugs), but, honestly..., no one else reported such an issue. I mean not another member, though.

I do really regret that you have experienced such obscured difficulties, and really would love to boil down fixing it, but it is kinda difficult to troubleshot if everyone else (I hope) doesn't have such issues.

I don't use my phone to browse SOS, but I use my PC at home, and use my laptop while on the road and never ever experience issues with login. It sounds like you may have problems with your password 'vault' ither on your phone or your laptop\pc where they both or one of them remember the password.

Sorry for the long explanation, Marc
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I don’t know, Jimsky, no one else seems to have this particular problem. Perhaps my phone has too many VTDs - Virtually Transmitted Diseases ;)

Although, in post 3,142 of this thread, Corsair does mention one of the other issues of this site, which is that one will only receive email update notifications for any of the builds you may be following for just a short while after you have decided to check-in on a build.
 
OlivierF said:
I just “discovered” this build log… WOW! Doesn’t begin to do justice to the quality of work. I’ve only perused a few pages of the 160+ and already picked up a few nuggets of knowledge. Thanks for sharing and I’ll sit in the back of the room quietly now…
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You are very welcome here, Oliver! And I will continue to quietly follow your wonderful work as well!
 
dockattner said:
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Did you shape the handles by hand?
 
dockattner said:
Yup.
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That’s my favourite part of your wheel then. Philosophically speaking. :)

Davis in The Built Up Ship Model, says there was a king spoke with some difference from the others so that the helmsman could find it in the dark by touch and know how much it was turned.

That only makes sense to me if he’s standing in front of the wheel though.
 
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