Royal George 1714 1:48

NMBROOK said:
Very nice start Stefan.I have worked with English boxwood, in fact the upper planking of my Sots is modelled in this.I remember one new no.26 blade per 2 gunports because the timber is so hard.

Kind Regards

Nigel
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Hallo Nigel,
dsuring my last personal meeting with Stefan, he was telling me, that he needs every x frames (I think 5) a new blade for his bandsaw
 
AnobiumPunctatum said:
What a nice timber. I wish I had such a stash and to store this wood.
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Hi Christian, I've been collecting for about 30 years. But when cutting the logs into boards, you have to reckon with at least 50% waste. thus you need a large amount of it to be able to build in the 48 scale.
 
NMBROOK said:
Very nice start Stefan.I have worked with English boxwood, in fact the upper planking of my Sots is modelled in this.I remember one new no.26 blade per 2 gunports because the timber is so hard.

Kind Regards

Nigel
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Uwek said:
Hallo Nigel,
dsuring my last personal meeting with Stefan, he was telling me, that he needs every x frames (I think 5) a new blade for his bandsaw
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Hi Nigel,
Yes, that's right, I needed a saw blade for 5 frames.
 
Hi Stefan
by our last meeting you don`t show us the two birds you carved and I missed the pictures of the framed hull.

Best regards
Willi (schifferlbauer)
 
schifferlbauer said:
Hi Stefan
by our last meeting you don`t show us the two birds you carved and I missed the pictures of the framed hull.

Best regards
Willi (schifferlbauer)
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hello Willi, I would like to take the carved figures with me at the next meeting. With so many good conversations that are being held and great models that you see again and again, it can happen that you are distracted in a positive sense. It's a really great group of model builders in Vienna. I'll be happy to send you the photos of the fuselage construction, best regards
 
George I said:
Well, now the time has come, the journey through time into the past ends with the following photos.
With the new pictures we have arrived in the present.
They show the condition of the model today.
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Dear George
you are doing amazing work, great progress. Where did you get such quality boxwood
 
schifferlbauer said:
Hi Stefan

Great work, I`m happy to see you next week by our meting, so we can talk about the next steps.

Willi (schifferlbauer)
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Hello Willi,
I'm looking forward to it too, the technical discussions in this nice group are great. I will also take the carved figures and show them. See you next Thursday Stefan
 
shota70 said:
Dear George
you are doing amazing work, great progress. Where did you get such quality boxwood
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Hello Shota70,
progress is very slow. Construction began in 2019, my motto is "The journey is the goal". Working with boxwood is very demanding, especially when sanding. I'm a head gardener by profession, which gives me the opportunity to collect this wood. however, I have been collecting for this model for 27 years. My experience with this is that about 50% is lost when cutting to boards. So you need a lot of boxwood at a scale of 1/48. I only use boxwood from Austria.
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George I said:
Hello Shota70,
progress is very slow. Construction began in 2019, my motto is "The journey is the goal". Working with boxwood is very demanding, especially when sanding. I'm a head gardener by profession, which gives me the opportunity to collect this wood. however, I have been collecting for this model for 27 years. My experience with this is that about 50% is lost when cutting to boards. So you need a lot of boxwood at a scale of 1/48. I only use boxwood from Austria.
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I'm just jealous of you, for the summons of this raw material for you, In my country not even a branch of this tree can be found.
Keep building and we enjoy watching your professional workThumbsupOkay
 
Hello George 1

WOW beautiful and inspirational build.. I love the way you initially made the construction and later transferred this to the boxwood. I think almost everyone here feels a certain amount of jealousy on your stock of boxwood.

Herman
 
Hi Stefan,

What was your drying proces for the boxwood? Did you seal the ends with parafin for the drying proces or did you cut the logs in half.
I jave cut some 60 kg of box wood last week which I will store for the coming years.
 
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