Kingfisher 1770 1:48 POF

dockattner said:
Hello friends,

Work continues building out the quarter deck...

But first a short diversion to scratch the itch created by my forum friend Dirk (@Dubz Modelling World). The guns carriages have now been fitted with smaller eyebolts (the quoin will be displayed on the deck alongside the gun):

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And now returning to the subject of this post: the quarter deck breastworks. This is a guardrail of sorts that sits at the forward edge of the quarter deck. It has five posts, two rails with square holes, 10 sheaves in pairs of two, and follows the camber/roundup of the deck. In other words, there is a lot going on for what appears, on the surface, to be a simple guardrail.

After spending on inordinate amount of time looking at drawings of the breastwork and imagineering how I was going to get all the moving parts placed correctly...I took out my mini-lathe and made up some posts/stanchions:

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Next, I wanted to profile the edge of the rails, and I chose to do this on the small mill:

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The posts pass through the rails in square holes:

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And now cleaned up:

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As you can see, I made up some extra posts. And you can also see that they are all different :(. There is a way of making a pattern duplicator for a lathe - and I should have done that a long time ago - but I didn't realize how often I would want to use it. In the end I neglected to follow the clear advice of Mr. Antscherl in TFFM in favor of expediency and am paying the price for that decision.

On we go. I then used the small mill to cut slots for the sheaves. The learning curve on this was that I need a better mill (with a digital readout), and I need a better way of securing parts to the bed of the mill (better than double sided tape). Then again, I did manage to squeeze out five usable parts from the seven that started the journey.

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The rails were then bent to follow the camber of the deck, cut to their final length, and profiled on their ends:

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The next trick was to drill holes in the quarter deck in the absolute perfect location to receive the pins I had placed in the foot of the posts (it might seem odd to post a picture of five holes, but this exercise was painstaking and deserved to be memorialized with its own photo :rolleyes: :)):

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And here you go:

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And that, dear friends, is how you lose yourself in a model for a week ROTF. Thanks for the visit!
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Gorgeous railings, just awesome! I designed and printed them because I had nothing to make such beauty on, and you made them out of wood, well done! By the way, while the guns are not fixed, review the length of the rollback ropes, it seems to me that the ropes are a bit short. Check just in case.

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Peter Gutterman said:
Your tools and skills, never mind results, being so far superior to my own, I do not require, nor do I need any apologies from you regarding the quality of your finished work. It is, in two words, splendid and humbling. I suppose you join me in my admiration of the work produced by the 18th-19th c. French Prisoners of War that produced wonders of craftsmanship, working with essentially nothing, and many of whose methods and techniques remain a mystery. As do those of the producers of period admiralty models, who, even given their official backing, produced such wonders of craftsmanship and innovation as to boggle the mind!

Pete
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Nice post, Peter. The thing I like most about those historic works is the 'look' they have. But I'm not sure if their 'authenticity' was built in or is an artifact of their age. Perhaps I will give that look a go one day - I do have some small bottles of real bitumen of judea that I managed to source. As you probably know our government prohibits the citizenry from handling such dangerous materials :rolleyes: (it's TAR). Wouldn't want adults to make their own best decisions... But I digress...
 
serikoff said:
Gorgeous railings, just awesome! I designed and printed them because I had nothing to make such beauty on, and you made them out of wood, well done! By the way, while the guns are not fixed, review the length of the rollback ropes, it seems to me that the ropes are a bit short. Check just in case.

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Thank you for your nice comments, Sergey! Working in wood is the aspect of the hobby I like most. I have little doubt that my work could be surpassed with digital modeling and printing (especially now that the printers are getting so good) but that's just not where my interests lie.

It is nice this hobby affords different people the freedom to come up with their own solutions and follow their own path.

Thanks for the tip on the breech lines - I happened to get them right :). The stylistic draping of the line under the rear axle makes them look shorter than they are.
 
dockattner said:
Hello friends,

Work continues building out the quarter deck...

But first a short diversion to scratch the itch created by my forum friend Dirk (@Dubz Modelling World). The guns carriages have now been fitted with smaller eyebolts (the quoin will be displayed on the deck alongside the gun):

View attachment 484471

And now returning to the subject of this post: the quarter deck breastworks. This is a guardrail of sorts that sits at the forward edge of the quarter deck. It has five posts, two rails with square holes, 10 sheaves in pairs of two, and follows the camber/roundup of the deck. In other words, there is a lot going on for what appears, on the surface, to be a simple railing.

After spending on inordinate amount of time looking at drawings of the breastwork and imagineering how I was going to get all the moving parts placed correctly...I took out my mini-lathe and made up some posts/stanchions:

View attachment 484462

View attachment 484463

Next, I wanted to profile the edge of the rails, and I chose to do this on the small mill:

View attachment 484464

The posts pass through the rails in square holes:

View attachment 484465

View attachment 484466

And now cleaned up:

View attachment 484467

As you can see, I made up some extra posts. And you can also see that they are all different :(. There is a way of making a pattern duplicator for a lathe - and I should have done that a long time ago - but I didn't realize how often I would want to use it. In the end I neglected to follow the clear advice of Mr. Antscherl in TFFM in favor of expediency and am paying the price for that decision.

On we go. I then used the small mill to cut slots for the sheaves. The learning curve on this was that I need a better mill (with a digital readout), and I need a better way of securing parts to the bed of the mill (better than double sided tape). Then again, I did manage to squeeze out five usable parts from the seven that started the journey.

View attachment 484468

The rails were then bent to follow the camber of the deck, cut to their final length, and profiled on their ends:

View attachment 484469

The next trick was to drill holes in the quarter deck in the absolute perfect location to receive the pins I had placed in the foot of the posts (it might seem odd to post a picture of five holes, but this exercise was painstaking and deserved to be memorialized with its own photo :rolleyes: :)):

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And here you go:

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And that, dear friends, is how you lose yourself in a model for a week ROTF. Thanks for the visit!
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Paul, without repeating the countless and ongoing member accolades regarding your work. So far you have frazzled my mind with your work and perfection. I watch and keep watching - Cheers.
 
ConsNZ said:
Paul, without repeating the countless and ongoing member accolades regarding your work. So far you have frazzled my mind with your work and perfection.
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Thank you for this nice post! It is a joy to share my work with our wonderful forum members.

ConsNZ said:
I watch and keep watching
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There might be a ten-step program for this ROTF. Voyeurs Anonymous?
 
Paul, again you continue to deliver the most engaging and beautiful work to behold.

I too have a MF70 mill. Can I ask how you immobilize the work piece when doing the profiling, and how did you do the rounded profiles on the ends and round the end so perfectly symmetrical to the eye? Was the wood boxwood? Is this whole kit boxwood?
How did you achieve the camber on a thin workpiece rail that already had weakness imparted with holes in it without breaking it?

Thanks Paul
Michael
 
dockattner said:
Thank you, Peter. Yes, experience is a good teacher. Like so many others I keep thinking - the next model will be better.
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Good afternoon Paul. I am always intrigued by the relativity with our friends on this site. Firstly Peter @Peter Voogt says “neat” and in reply you express your “next model will be better”…… On Grants relativity scale Peters “neat”is perfect and you doing better is like improving Michelangelo’s Sistine chapel. I’m with Roger @RogerD your railings are Wow. Cheers Grant
 
dockattner said:
Hello friends,

Work continues building out the quarter deck...

But first a short diversion to scratch the itch created by my forum friend Dirk (@Dubz Modelling World). The guns carriages have now been fitted with smaller eyebolts (the quoin will be displayed on the deck alongside the gun):

View attachment 484471

And now returning to the subject of this post: the quarter deck breastworks. This is a guardrail of sorts that sits at the forward edge of the quarter deck. It has five posts, two rails with square holes, 10 sheaves in pairs of two, and follows the camber/roundup of the deck. In other words, there is a lot going on for what appears, on the surface, to be a simple railing.

After spending on inordinate amount of time looking at drawings of the breastwork and imagineering how I was going to get all the moving parts placed correctly...I took out my mini-lathe and made up some posts/stanchions:

View attachment 484462

View attachment 484463

Next, I wanted to profile the edge of the rails, and I chose to do this on the small mill:

View attachment 484464

The posts pass through the rails in square holes:

View attachment 484465

View attachment 484466

And now cleaned up:

View attachment 484467

As you can see, I made up some extra posts. And you can also see that they are all different :(. There is a way of making a pattern duplicator for a lathe - and I should have done that a long time ago - but I didn't realize how often I would want to use it. In the end I neglected to follow the clear advice of Mr. Antscherl in TFFM in favor of expediency and am paying the price for that decision.

On we go. I then used the small mill to cut slots for the sheaves. The learning curve on this was that I need a better mill (with a digital readout), and I need a better way of securing parts to the bed of the mill (better than double sided tape). Then again, I did manage to squeeze out five usable parts from the seven that started the journey.

View attachment 484468

The rails were then bent to follow the camber of the deck, cut to their final length, and profiled on their ends:

View attachment 484469

The next trick was to drill holes in the quarter deck in the absolute perfect location to receive the pins I had placed in the foot of the posts (it might seem odd to post a picture of five holes, but this exercise was painstaking and deserved to be memorialized with its own photo :rolleyes: :)):

View attachment 484470

And here you go:

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View attachment 484472

View attachment 484473

View attachment 484475

And that, dear friends, is how you lose yourself in a model for a week ROTF. Thanks for the visit!
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again I say, wow! Congratulations.
 
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