Hi Stan. Please let me check my sources and I’ll tell you something soon....
Greetings
Greetings
Very neat work Stan. Your planking looks great.
Thank you Maarten.
Thank you Jaime, now I have something to study!
Hi Glen. Looking good. I’m also on my first real ship and have also taken the approach to just attempt a good model. My only advice is that it is your ship build it as such and enjoy it. Cheers Grant
Awesome build- I’m enjoying your work
@GrantTyler thank you for the kind words, compliments and encouragement.
I've seen your log, your doing a great job yourself!!
I've seen your log, your doing a great job yourself!!
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A few pics adding a top rails while it was clamped in place.
The clamps came in a watchmaking tool lot I got from Ebay. I'm not a watchmaker but the tools have been useful for some of my various hobbies. The machinists clamps came in a machine tool lot, again Ebay.
Next some pics of the toprails in place before shaping with sandpaper and cleanup with rifflers.
Thank you for looking,
Glenn
The clamps came in a watchmaking tool lot I got from Ebay. I'm not a watchmaker but the tools have been useful for some of my various hobbies. The machinists clamps came in a machine tool lot, again Ebay.
Next some pics of the toprails in place before shaping with sandpaper and cleanup with rifflers.
Thank you for looking,
Glenn
The toprails are made of lime wood I purchased from Jason at Ages of Sail. This is what he recommended when I needed more boxwood strips to replace what I had broken from the kit. The toprails are 1.5 x 8 mm.
I have to say this limewood is great to work with compared to the boxwood included in the kit. The boxwood is larger grained, easy to dent and brittle when bending. The lime wood is tight grained, harder to dent yet easily bent.
This is after a couple of hours soaking in room temperature water and no heat:
Overnight to dry with little to no springback when removed.
Had I known this limewood was so forgiving before I probably would have spent the $15 and ordered it along with the kit when I purchased it.
I have to say this limewood is great to work with compared to the boxwood included in the kit. The boxwood is larger grained, easy to dent and brittle when bending. The lime wood is tight grained, harder to dent yet easily bent.
This is after a couple of hours soaking in room temperature water and no heat:
Overnight to dry with little to no springback when removed.
Had I known this limewood was so forgiving before I probably would have spent the $15 and ordered it along with the kit when I purchased it.
Here is after shaping the toprails.
Due to the varying width I had a choice of keeping the width of the top rail constant, or keeping the overhang constant. I chose to keep the overhang constant, matching the 1.5mm thickness of the wales.
Thank you for looking and all of the likes.
Glenn
Due to the varying width I had a choice of keeping the width of the top rail constant, or keeping the overhang constant. I chose to keep the overhang constant, matching the 1.5mm thickness of the wales.
Thank you for looking and all of the likes.
Glenn
3 coats of Watco Danish Oil Medium Walnut. 24 hours between each. Dark walnut stain brushed on to the Wales.
Thanks for looking,
Glenn
Thanks for looking,
Glenn
Looks great, I like it!
looks very good!
Nice looking ship. Fastidious work.
S
She (often wonder why ships are referred to in the female gender) is looking great. I like it a lot.
@Vfordyce and @GrantTyler thank you both for the compliments.
Haven't accomplished much on this lately, been taking care of "honey do's" for the admiral...
Glenn
Haven't accomplished much on this lately, been taking care of "honey do's" for the admiral...
Glenn
I can relate.