Dmitriy1967 Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 I'll move away from the shipbuilding topic a little. In between working on BB, I sometimes do different crafts. This is provoked by my wife, who is also fond of it. She finds various pieces of wood in the forest or on the shore and makes unusual things out of them. Then it hangs on our walls, or all sorts of Christmas trees and figurines are made of them. It would never have occurred to me to paint the sticks found on the street like that. And I wouldn't be able to draw such a picture either. Besides, my wife draws well. Well, I think so. We have a lot of funny things hanging on the walls related to our hobbies. But then my wife asked me to do something else.... And I decided to make a paddle! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 And so. It is necessary to make a paddle. I haven't done this before. But I like to do something new for myself. It's like a challenge, whether I can handle it or not. I took three boards of pink cedar. We call it Canadian. He pretended that I also know how to draw. Glued together from two halves of the shaft. It's probably not worth commenting further, everything is clear from the photos. Impregnation with OSMO oil. And grinding. I don't know how to paint oil paintings on canvas with brushes. On aerosols on a stencil, I think I can handle it. All tests have been successfully passed. I'm sure of the paddle. I did it! Now it can be hung on the wall. At least until my wife asks me to make a canoe... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Gidday Dmitriy, that's beautiful workmanship. Great painting but almost a shame to cover that lovely wood grain. 13 minutes ago, Dmitriy1967 said: At least until my wife asks me to make a canoe... LOL 🤣🤣🤣 Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 OK Dmitriy, you've had your fun, now get back to the boat. That brass will not solder itself.... It's a great paddle btw... Cheers Steve 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry L Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Dmitriy, both you and your wife are very talented artists. Now when is the canoe going to be built?😀 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I do like the picture of the forest with snow. Jon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I think the paintings are beautiful. Excellent colours and such a light touch. The paddle is pretty nice too but the wife is the artist in the family. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve5 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 your wife is indeed the artist , nice paddle too , now back to the build . 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 04/08/2022 at 17:35, Steve D said: OK Dmitriy, you've had your fun, now get back to the boat. That brass will not solder itself.... I soldered the brass! Just don't punish me! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 8 minutes ago, Dmitriy1967 said: I soldered the brass! Just don't punish me! Bravo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Beautiful finish 👍 How's the canoe coming on? Cheers Steve 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Steve D said: How's the canoe coming on? Don't even think about it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 Hello everyone Sorry I haven't posted anything for a long time. It was a wonderful summer - a lot of trips, fishing, searching for mushrooms, building a workshop and a new house... Perhaps enough enumerations, you have already realized that I am a great master at coming up with excuses for my idleness and laziness. Autumn has come with cold weather, rains, traditional autumn winds and floods. It's time to continue working with Brave Borderer in a warm house. Glued a plate through which the propeller shafts will pass. Of course, it was just necessary not to cut out the frame earlier. But, for this, it was necessary to be smart. Checked how the engines will be installed. I'm sorry, Steve, but I'm going to break your rule - everything that's metal on the ship must be metal on the model. O great god of plastic Evergreen! What a pleasure I experienced cutting and processing these tubes! They are conveniently cut and polished. It's not like wood and metal! Working with plastic is like an easy game. To be honest, the propellers, shafts, and the number of shaft holders I have do not correspond to the prototype. My model will have to move on water and I had to change the proportions. Let's turn over this unpleasant page. Preliminary fitting. This is how it will look. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 I am an inexperienced person in shipbuilding, tell me whether it is necessary to paint these shafts or leave pure metal? I 've seen both painted and unpainted ones . How is it correct and what does it depend on? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 12 hours ago, Dmitriy1967 said: I'm sorry, Steve, but I'm going to break your rule Rules were made to be broken, I'm not such a purist actually, much more a pragmatist with a personal dislike of plastic sheet which never looks nice when used by me..... That said, there is a pleasure in using metal, weirdly, because it ends up imperfect and that imperfection perfectly reflects real life (try that one, Google translate!*!%.) 12 hours ago, Dmitriy1967 said: My model will have to move on water and I had to change the proportions Working models are not true scale models, this is understood.. The Darby hydroplane I built, (my last working boat and true scale) went great in a straight line, so could only be used on canals, enough said 12 hours ago, Dmitriy1967 said: tell me whether it is necessary to paint these shafts Prop shafts are always painted to prevent corrosion, model shafts left unpainted are just model shafts Looking nice Dmitriy, I was wondering where this had got to, keep it going, I want to see it on the water Cheers Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Steve D said: (try that one, Google translate!*!%.) Prop shafts are always painted to prevent corrosion, model shafts left unpainted are just model shafts Google coped with the translation. Thank you. I assumed this, but it's always better to check with experienced people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 Exactly a year ago, I launched this ship into the water for the first time. A year has passed and I'm on the water again. The main thing is that this does not become an annual tradition. And so, I marked the waterline, loaded the ballast, and checked the thrust of the engines. As expected, I will put other, more powerful engines. Glued spray rails. That's it for now. I'm going to feed the cats. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Is that a can of beer I see as ballast Nice chine moulding Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Good progress.... You and the wife are both talented artist Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Steve D said: Is that a can of beer I see as ballast Unfortunately, there was too much trim from the whiskey. 1 hour ago, longshanks said: Good progress.... You and the wife are both talented artist Kev Thanks Kev! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 I started making a stern shelf. The general view is clear. Small internal details are unclear. The most important question is how the water poured out of it, which got inside the shelf from waves, splashes and rain. A row of rivets or bolts is visible from the bottom side of the shelf. I assume these are holes for draining water from the shelf. But I'm not sure about that. And this is a model of a modeler from New Zealand. He worked out the details very well and it is clearly visible here that there are recesses in the shelf from which water needs to be drained out. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 For a long time I thought about what material to make a stern shelf from. There are small details and it is difficult to make from wood. The most correct thing is to solder from metal, but I will not be able to solder such a complex structure. Therefore, I decided to make it out of plastic. There will be no mechanical load on the aft shelf, so plastic is suitable. Cut up the details. When gluing, I control the angle of 90 degrees. The skeleton of the shelf began to appear. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faraway Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 You're looking good there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 As I wrote here earlier, I decided to make drain holes in the transom shelf. No such holes are visible on any Brave Borderer model that I could find on the Internet, rivets or bolts are made there instead of holes. But, relying on the few photographs and drawings that I have, I could not find a single contradiction to my idea. But where the water drained from the shelf, if there are no holes, I do not understand. So I made holes! The holes match well with the small squares in the drawing. I think this is a very plausible version of the transom shelf. Maybe I'm wrong and don't know something. If someone has arguments for or against, please share, it will be very useful. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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