Very well explained - the hawse pieces can be a b***** to get right!
When I built Kingfisher I first carved a set of frames in Balsa wood to get the profiles clear in my own mind before I committed to cutting the boxwood!
Ted
When I built Kingfisher I first carved a set of frames in Balsa wood to get the profiles clear in my own mind before I committed to cutting the boxwood!
Ted
You got that right Ted!!! I had to look at it in all three dimensions and think very hard. Of course, that was back in 2015. Now that I am doing 3D modeling on the computer it comes a bit easier for me... Thanks for looking in!!!
You can also use an old pillow. Ideal to work on, both on bench and knee.
I don't like keel clanks - especially on larger models - too much scope for damage!
Ted
I was lucky - I contacted Bob when I read about Kingfisher some nine or ten years ago. He had just finished production of the kit and didn't intend doing any more, but he noted my interest and contacted me a few weeks later to say someone had defaulted on their order and would I like it? He had the money next day!
Best kit I have ever built.
Ted
Try things like... "Robert Hunt model kits", "Lauck Street Shipyards", "Bob Hunt model kits", "LSS Kingfisher", etc.... Be prepared to pay many hundreds of dollars per kit if you are a serious buyer. His Kingfisher alone has over 2,000 CNC Boxwood parts.
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
From what I have read and heard his kits are like a rare fine wine, worth every dollar spent to obtain, and enjoyed slowly as used.
Kurt..... you are following @DocBlake and my 1/32 AVS Patrick Henry build logs (THIS THREAD) from 2015 right? That was the last kit Bob produced...
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
Yes, I am reading the history of how you completed these builds.
Makes me wish I was more active a few years back when kits were still available.
I still need to get an order placed with Bob's website to get the good training guides he has available to learn the methods these kits used for building such a fine ship model.
Makes me wish I was more active a few years back when kits were still available.
I still need to get an order placed with Bob's website to get the good training guides he has available to learn the methods these kits used for building such a fine ship model.
IN 2015 I WAS BUSY BUILDING MODELS
Here is the completed bowsprit bitts. I'll wait to install the bitts and pumps until later so that I don't accidently break them. With this work completed Chapter 8 is done. Now is also a good time to drill out the oar sweeps and scuppers through the bulwark planking. In the next chapter we will continue with deck details to include cannons, caprails, windless, catheads, timberheads, false frames, and bowsprit. Still a lot to do ...
Total build duration so far: 297.5 hours
Here is the completed bowsprit bitts. I'll wait to install the bitts and pumps until later so that I don't accidently break them. With this work completed Chapter 8 is done. Now is also a good time to drill out the oar sweeps and scuppers through the bulwark planking. In the next chapter we will continue with deck details to include cannons, caprails, windless, catheads, timberheads, false frames, and bowsprit. Still a lot to do ...
Total build duration so far: 297.5 hours
MORE FROM 2015
The kit provides these attractive little cannons. The cannons themselves are 3D printed in white. The carriages and trucks are in Cherry. These can easily be used as the basis for some super detailing. As this is an Admiralty model, I only did basic assembly as shown in the practicum. I painted the cannon black and very lightly sanded it with 400 grit paper to bring out some of the highlighted details. Make sure you use a paint brush to get some paint down into the inside of the barrel. Otherwise you might look in there and see some white. The level of detail that gets rendered by the 3D printing process is quite good especially considering how small they are.
Total build duration so far: 312 hours
Details continue ...
Cute little chimney made from styrene tube. Simple to make, it looks nice, and it even rotates like the real thing.
Caprail, cathead, swivel gun mounts, and the channel all installed per the practicum
Here we can see the false frame timbers, the cathead, and completed main bitts. I have also poly coated everything
The kit provides these attractive little cannons. The cannons themselves are 3D printed in white. The carriages and trucks are in Cherry. These can easily be used as the basis for some super detailing. As this is an Admiralty model, I only did basic assembly as shown in the practicum. I painted the cannon black and very lightly sanded it with 400 grit paper to bring out some of the highlighted details. Make sure you use a paint brush to get some paint down into the inside of the barrel. Otherwise you might look in there and see some white. The level of detail that gets rendered by the 3D printing process is quite good especially considering how small they are.
Total build duration so far: 312 hours
Details continue ...
Cute little chimney made from styrene tube. Simple to make, it looks nice, and it even rotates like the real thing.
Caprail, cathead, swivel gun mounts, and the channel all installed per the practicum
Here we can see the false frame timbers, the cathead, and completed main bitts. I have also poly coated everything
A separate log would be fine with me.
Doc's full log is out here. Here is the link, enjoy!!
Armed Virginia Sloop - Lauck Street Shipyards, POF 1:32 Scale, Admiralty Style by DocBlake [COMPLETED BUILD]
This is a log from 2015! I'm beginning my build log of the Lauck Street Shipyards POF kit of an Armed Virginia Sloop, an admiralty style kit in 1/32 scale. The kit arrived in it's box and it is heavy! The contents are high quality hardwoods (primarily cherry for deck beams, knees, carlings etc...
shipsofscale.com
Nice close up photos Mr Shanks. 
Mike, you are cheating
Where did you get a WWW soldier aboard 18th Century ship? CNC designated sailors, bro!!He must be a stowaway!!!
Upon a closer look at that soldier:
