Much appreciated, Mirek!
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Patience, I'm working on a new tutorial.
Well, it wasn't as difficult as I had feared...
The challenge with the cathead supporter and its associated short rail (eking rail) was that these structures needed to be contoured to follow the curves of the hull both vertically and horizontally - at the same time. The cathead supporter also had to be joined to the eking rail via a scarf joint; but that joint was vertical rather than horizontal and I believe that was easier to accomplish and made the fabrication 'doable' rather than 'breathtakingly difficult.'
During fabrication:
Prior to installation:
And now in place:
The current status of things:
I would estimate that I'm 75% done with the headworks with most of the really difficult parts behind me (not counting the figurehead, that is). Slowly, slowly, catchee monkey...
Paul is this scrapper custom made or a purchased item. If made, what is the base piece from, assuming the contour is made with a grinding bit.
Thanks for sharing.
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This are not so good news. I am thinking in the same direction for my sloop. I don’t have any talent for carving. I tried it ones, but this was the horror.
Your new knee for the cathaed is looking fantastic.
Again a little beauty in 3 directions, Paul. And that little scraper has recouped its development price twice.
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Hello Paul
I like the workmanship of these parts. All those bends, bevels and fitting them together just
. KUDOS. You create such a beautiful model
Outstanding, Paul you really are an artist, everything looks so perfect.
It's just one of the shapes of XActo blades (the chisel one). I dulled the cutting edge with sandpaper so I wouldn't cut my finger off handling it, and then used a cutting disc (separating disc) to create the scraping pattern. I did the same thing with a razor blade for the other moldings. I've seen where people soften the metal so they can use files to create the shape (and then reharden afterwards) but I haven't been doing that.
To be clear, the only reason I made this type of scraper as opposed to the traditional kind is that the pieces I have been working on all taper along their molded breadth. There's a trick where you twist a traditional scraper along the length in order to adjust for the taper but that didn't work for me - too much collateral damage.
Thanks. The simple fact that I haven't even tried carving yet is why you don't see any decorations on this ship yet. My work table is quite small so when I try carving I'll need to store the model somewhere so I have a place to work...
Thank you, Peter.
These have been challenging but fun to create. I have to resist the urge to go back and make them again because I suspect I could do them better the second time around - but what fun is that (do-overs...Hello Paul
I like the workmanship of these parts. All those bends, bevels and fitting them together just
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Thank you kindly, Tobias.
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Re-dos are ok till some point after it's better to accept current state is enoughThese have been challenging but fun to create. I have to resist the urge to go back and make them again because I suspect I could do them better the second time around - but what fun is that (do-overs...
These small details are what make your model stand out. Again, nice job Doc.
Thank you, my friend!