Norske Løve, Billing Boats, Scale 1:75

[Krister_L]

Paul beat me to it but I'll offer my congratulations for a very well rendered repair on a part that was almost certain to break at some point. Talk about grace under pressure. Nicely done.

Thank's a lot

 

[Krister_L]

Small update of the Norske Løve: Done some fiddly work again, putting together and painted the bellstand. Also glued together and painted the mast-tops

 

[Krister_L]

If you make a little block with the exact dimensions you are looking for in the gun ports you will assure they are all perfect and identical. Just a small hint coming from a mistake I made.

Norske Løve saturday update: Getting back to the gunports, slowly started to mark them all, so I know where to paint black and where to drill for the barrels. Instead of a block I made a frame to support on the rubbing strake below

 

[Magic Mike]

Krister, your gunports look perfect! What did you use to cut them out? Thanks, Magic Mike

 

[Krister_L]

Krister, your gunports look perfect! What did you use to cut them out? Thanks, Magic Mike

Hi Mike

If you mean the 4 ports on each side, you can see here: https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/norske-løve-billing-boats-scale-1-75.13359/post-418259

 

[Magic Mike]

Hi Mike

If you mean the 4 ports on each side, you can see here: https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/norske-løve-billing-boats-scale-1-75.13359/post-418259

Thanks Krister!

 

[Krister_L]

Norske Løve Saturday update: Waiting for some glue and paint to dry. In the mean time made a couple of new "Crane formers", made from one piece instead of the original venee'r pieces, and started to shape the upper section of the lower part of the main mast from Ø12m to square 9mm. Quite happy with the result

 

[etubino]

Hi Folks, time has come to start my build log for the Norske Løve from Billing Boats. I started building this ship many years ago, might have been the mid 80's or something like that. I finished the hull and some carvings, but family life catched up with me and suddenly I was sorrounded by kids and a cat. This ship has followd me trough all the moves I've made and now it's more or less destroyed. I've been looking at it many times troughout the years though, and every time the thought pops up that I ought to finish it. Last year I took a decision to buy a new kit and start all over again, as the old model is beyond repair. I ordered a new kit and started browsing the internet for info and tips how to sucessfully build a model of this ship and it was at that time I fond SOS. I had some tools left from the old time but soon realized that the toolbox needed an major update. Back in those days I finished Cutty Sark and as I mentioned before started with Norske Løve, but at that time everything had to be cut out of sheets of Abashi or Mahogany by hand and quite time consuming. I built my own scroll saw and I bouhgt a small lathe (EMCO Unimat III) and made some smaller handtools of my own. It's a bit easier now with laser cut pieces, even though they need som adjustments, but still it seems to be a challenge with all the small details.

Here I'll just start with attach some pictures of my tools today

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View attachment 419389Congratulations, very nice tools!