the Colonial Schooner Hannah in 1/48 [COMPLETED BUILD]

Hello dear friends
Today I finished installing the wooden pegs / nails on the planking boards. Precisely a nice process that adds authenticity to the model. From the process, my understanding grew that toothpicks with a uniform thickness are better than painted tooth charms.
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Hello dear friends
Today I continued and even finished with the installation of the painted toothpicks designed to simulate the pegs / wooden nails that attached the planking to the sides of the ship. Today I used new drugs that were painted black.
Attaches pictures of the process and the result on both sides of the ship.
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Dear Friends
Asks for your help in finding suppliers / sites that sell good wooden picks for our work, with a uniform thickness of a millimeter and even less.
For what I did last week and instead of the bamboo toothpick.
Thank you
 
good evening dear friends
After several days of Rest, I returned to the model. There are stages in the construction process of the model in which you disconnect to accumulate fresh forces, especially after intense days or weeks in construction or after prominent stages in the formation of the ship.
So today I finished building the keel of the ship in its interior. I sawed down 0.6 cm thick blocks, then inserted them between the frames
of the ship. I sanded the inside to create a uniform height to where the keel top board would be inserted. After about 4 hours of work the process ended with a satisfactory result.
May we all have a pleasant and enjoyable weekend
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good evening dear friends
Today I started the process of preparing the Deck Beams for the lower deck and bow.
In the first stage I have to make 8 beams about 4 millimeters wide.
First I chose cherry wood boards, I sawed it to moisture about 11 inches long.20210212_162253.jpg20210212_162636.jpg
I then marked the profile of the beam which is slightly arched. For this purpose I used two sanders, the first of proxxon.20210212_163421.jpg20210212_163445.jpg20210212_164041.jpg
The second sander is a new purchase of mine that turned out to be very successful, referring to HANDHELD SPINDLE SANDER- Wen's. 20210212_171258.jpg20210212_171307.jpg20210212_172526.jpg20210212_172852.jpg
after that I sliced the shaped board, which I also sanded to the required thickness. Overall I was able to produce 3 Deck Beams.
For the first time I am quite pleased with the result.20210212_192038.jpg20210212_192109.jpg20210212_192214.jpg
Wishing all of us a happy and enjoyable weekend and to friends from China we wish a happy new year
 
You are making huge progress in scratch building, the beams look very good, and the portable spindle sander does a great job.
 
OK, this may be a silly question but other than razor blade and sanding is there a tool to sharpen the end of toothpicks that have had ends cut off once so they can be reused over again until too short!
 
Kkonrath said:
OK, this may be a silly question but other than razor blade and sanding is there a tool to sharpen the end of toothpicks that have had ends cut off once so they can be reused over again until too short!
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Kurt, I don't think the razor blade would be a good tool for the above-mentioned job. the 'end-point' must be as round as possible otherwise when you will cut flush with the deck, the treenail will not be round. The sanding disk will be a far better tool. The idea should be similar to a pencil sharpener...One of the efficient ways is to use rotary tools. Tight toothpick in the chuck, turn ON, and touch the end with sandpaper. It will be perfectly round. :)
 
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