Purchased shortly ago / sthg new in your workshop -> present it here

[Neil_jo]

Thanks, l guess?

 

[WojtasS]

Brand new delivery of pear

 

[Bryian]

Wow, that’s a great stack of timber.

 

[WojtasS]

That's much more than I was supposed to buy, but I would be a sin not to take it

 

[Corsair]

Brand new delivery of pear

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That's a LOT of ship models !!!

 

[WojtasS]

That's a LOT of ship models !!!

Unfortunate for my wallet, I have an unstoppable habit of hoarding like a squirrel.

 

[kuba91nt]

That's a LOT of ship models !!!

Who said it was for a model ship?
Maybe he like smell of pear tree smoke by the fireplace... LOL

 

[Corsair]

Unfortunate for my wallet, I have an unstoppable habit of hoarding like a squirrel.

You are not alone !

 

[WojtasS]

You are not alone !

I guess that's a part of this hobby

 

[WojtasS]

Who said it was for a model ship?
Maybe he like smell of pear tree smoke by the fireplace... LOL

The smell inside of lumberyard is one of a kind, unfortunately for me I'm too poor to fire up my fireplace with pearwood

 

[Corsair]

The smell inside of lumberyard is one of a kind, unfortunately for me I'm too poor to fire up my fireplace with pearwood

I think the vast majority of us are.

 

[AllanKP69]

Fruit woods generally are really good for ship modeling, you are lucky to have such a nice stockpile. For pear, is the color as in your photos or will it change to red (Swiss pear) if you steam it? Or, is that just something peculiar to specific species of pear? Just curious.
Thanks
Allan

 

[kuba91nt]

Fruit woods generally are really good for ship modeling, you are lucky to have such a nice stockpile. For pear, is the color as in your photos or will it change to red (Swiss pear) if you steam it? Or, is that just something peculiar to specific species of pear? Just curious.
Thanks
Allan

There are many different varieties of wood in Europe Allan. Pear can be light, dark, or wild... The same with maple. Sycamore maple has a peachy hue and has nothing in common with maple or sugar maple from USA or Canada.

Sycamore maple...

 

[WojtasS]

Fruit woods generally are really good for ship modeling, you are lucky to have such a nice stockpile. For pear, is the color as in your photos or will it change to red (Swiss pear) if you steam it? Or, is that just something peculiar to specific species of pear? Just curious.
Thanks
Allan

The wood is now in lumber stage. It has a lot dirt stains and I need to cut it on smaller planks. After planing it will show it's true colors. This pear(I guess) is just typical european pear from polish garden. It has dark brownish color which can be magnified with oils or other substances



I'made keel for L'Ambitieux from similar type of pear. Un-oiled looks like this

 

[AllanKP69]

Beautiful wood! Beautiful carving!!!

 

[Neil_jo]

Just picked up the Vanguard HM Adder 1:64 scale in new/used condition for a very good price.

 

[WojtasS]

I've finally found some time and good weather to process the wood. 1 down, 20-sth more to go
I've also covered one test piece with linseed oil to check coloring

 

[dockattner]

The color of the oiled wood is lovely. Nice and warm.

I noticed some warpage in your panels. That happened to some of my billets as well even though the lumber was well seasoned. It seems the ripping and planing process releases some stresses and boards end up 'not flat.'

 

[WojtasS]

The color of the oiled wood is lovely. Nice and warm.

I noticed some warpage in your panels. That happened to some of my billets as well even though the lumber was well seasoned. It seems the ripping and planing process releases some stresses and boards end up 'not flat.'

There are some irregularities in thicknes. The little planks were cut to 8,5mm and then planned to 7mm on proxxon. Distorions on planks and wood strip is between 0.05 to 0.15mm depending on quality of cut. You can notice come differences in wood color in some places- I didn't polish the wood strip at all.