seadog Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 Put my back out a week ago, makes hunching over a workbench difficult, dammit. Still not right so I may need to surrender to an Osteopath tomorrow. &*%%" back! First hurt it back in '69 on the Coaster I worked on. Been an on and off problem ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Wishing you a speedy recovery, I need my fix Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Managed to do a bit more refining of the gratings, despite the back.... much smaller parts, closer to scale. Used the chopper to cut strips  which are then glued down to a bit of .5mm sheet which is, in turn, chopped into strips which are then glued together to form a chunk of grating...  Getting there.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 My back is a bit more cooperative after a visit to the local Osteopath and I've managed to get more deck furniture done and in place. This is the main hatch. The ring lifting handles were done by the old technique of wrapping copper wire around a small drill bit, then cutting them apart... Â Here's a shot of my progress. Hatches in place and the galley grating has a chimney. I'm fairly pleased with the gratings...they were a bit of a trial and error game... The pivot gun ring was cut from very thin plastic card and painted. I tried cutting it from shim copper but, um, it didn't work and I don't have the facility to do etching so... Â Â Ta for looking, F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Glad you feeling better , shaping up nicely mate Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Looks like the old back is behaving now looking good Beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Carronade, a short range weapon known to Navy types as a 'smasher'. Slavers went for this extremely odd mounting as, I guess, it saved deck space. Fair Rosamund in her pre-navy days carried a 32 pounder. Not much cop at scaring off RN Cruisers, but good enough to scare off poachers and Indigenous folk who might just take a dim view of slaving... In RN service two more guns were added, probably small caliber long guns but I can find no references for what bore or where they were mounted. It took two attempts to get a reasonably turned barrel - it's less that 1/4" long.... Three shots at getting the slide platform acceptable...down to the wheels. Needs painting now. Â Â Â The odd little barrel shaped item behind the hatch is a 'crab', a sort of simple Capstan. The back is somewhat better due to an exorbitant amount of money handed over to the local Osteopath. Still not really right though. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Looking good buddy, wouldn't what to be stood anywhere near that pop-gun when it went off Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Certainly not on the business end of it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Getting into the fiddly little bits and pieces like these cleats. they are a bugger to drill! the wire is .5mm. They're pretty close to scale, the real thing being a foot or so long, these are 1/12th of an inch...approximately. Â Then there's the deadeyes and lots of blocks, some as small as 8" in real life. There must be a better way to mass produce these things... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Good to see your still at it seadog. Nice 32 carronade, not seen it mounted like that before. Some Interesting cleats you have there. foxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 It's been said before but.......... The devil is in the detail. You know it will be worth it ! Or you could go straight for the hair shirt Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Well, it better be! Can the shirt have two pockets and a back pleat? Gotta look good while you suffer... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Good to see your still at it seadog. foxy This is why I'm doing a WIP, mostly. Hoping to be egged on! It's easy, as I'm sure we all know, to sort of lose momentum on a long build. I'm going to do some smaller cleats in wire as well. I did thaton Scotish Maid and they worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Still slogging through making the seemingly endless dinky fittings,,, cleats, fairleads, anchor rubbing plates.... Â pump handles, a Water barrel (3 goes to get that reasonably right...) and a part finished bucket.... Â 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 After something of a lay-off, I've made a start again. Spent a bit of time diagramming the masts and yards so I know, hopfully, what willbehanging off where in terms of blacks etc. Spent today's allotted time turning the lower masts. Not too exciting, but there y'go. Dawns on me I need to build a ship's boat before I go much further...yippee. At this scale it'll be something of a challenge. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Nice work Fraser, this is a real build and not a "pre-fab" plastic model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Good to see you back on track mate I knew there was something missing from my life Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Cheers. Bit chilly in the garage today, so I didn't get much done. Did take some time to go down to Freshwater Bay at High Tide....Big waves! Wind was gusting up to 95 mph out at the Needles.... Worser things do happen at sea... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Steve Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Glad to see I'm not the only one daft enough to be trying a 1/144 scratch build! It's all looking very good! Cheers, Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hope the weather gets a bit better soon Fraser that way we can see more of this fine build Beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 The garage could do with someone else's money being spent on a load of insulation! Actually, just at the mo I'm working on a book cover for an old friend...Money for a new band saw maybe... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadog Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 I've written a sort of snagging list of stuff that needs to be done before I mast the ship...it's horribly long. Thought I'd probably start with the ships boat, 1.5 inches long, about 30mm....not, um, big then. I really should get around to making a small vac-former... The image is from a brilliant book, China Tea Clippers by George Campbell, a classic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Seriously impressive work Seadog! Looking forward to seeing your work on masts and rigging... will be watching the rest of your build with great interest! Cheers, Spud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Seems were all bitten by the weather. I to seadog. What with the need for storage space,(New Kitchen) and the weather has put my build off for a while. Nice Idea to start on the Jolly. There must be one in plastic around for that size me thinks. I have me computer games to while away the time. foxy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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