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Ships in Scale - Latest Issue

Kingfisher by Michael - 1/8 - Bristol Pilot Cutter

During 2020 I had mostly realized that the prospects of sailing this model move farther away from practicality although not gone completely, I began working on the interior in earnest.

January 3 2020 I began with using some still card to measure clearances.

January 3 2020 the first design for the steps down

January 5 2020 I used my guide for thickness planing the boards for working many of the pieces of wood in the cabin with the styrene guides on each side the plane will only cut to 1 inch scale thickness, and by adding layers of paper or card under the wood I can control the thickness to many thinner increments.

January 6 2020 and by wedging the wood on its edge they can be planed as well.

January 6 2020 The floor boards ready for gluing up.

January 6 2020 I was able to lift out the interior elements to work more easily on the bench top.

January 7 2020 It was now useful to work out dimensions using the drawing programs,

January 7 2020 cutting out the slots for the first steps.

January 8 2020 checking out the interior seating limits.

January 10 2020 Arnold checking out the steps.

January 10 2020 sketch of paneling details.

January 10 2020 Laying out the original set of panels using Yellow Cedar.
to be continued.
Michael

By Michael · 48 minutes ago48 min
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Welcome. Thanks for sharing.

By RossR · 52 minutes ago52 min
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Thanks so much everyone for the warm welcome.
I am/was very pleased with the way Resolution was going. I had got well into the rigging, had actually started ratlining ( note the 2 ratlines in the picture ), when an unfortunate ( aren't they all?) accident broke the topmast.

I have since made a little progress getting things back to normal, but struggling with my time allocation right now.
I will work on a log here later, but I lost a lot of stuff.

I really try to avoid paint. I have a thing for the look of natural wood. Some may find fault with the " out of scale " grain", so it's a good thing I'm not building my models to please them..😁

By Gregory · 1 hour ago1 hr
Sherbourne 1763 by tmj - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Scale

Remember when I stated that "You'll know when and where to use the thin CA glue?" This is a perfect example! Here you can see the shadow of a portion of a plank lifting away from its bulkhead, due to a lack of CA gel. I didn't notice this until I put the model in a different light and started looking things over. That offending plank needs to be pushed back down, into its proper place, and have a bit of thin CA glue wicked into the seams between the adjacent planks, otherwise this can definitely cause issues during the 'second' planking where things need to be pristine!

By TMJ · 1 hour ago1 hr
The Use of AI - General Discussion For Those Who So Choose

Ah yes, subtle, the workings of human imagination and intellect incorporating the symbolic with the context of ships. I had not seen that in the LOGO.
Michael

By Michael · 1 hour ago1 hr
What did you receive today?

All I received recently was a toilet seat off Amazon.

I feel cheated.

By Jim H · 1 hour ago1 hr
Vahur from Hobbymill.EU/Estonia

Thanks for sharing images of your shop Vahur. Great to see where all of the work is done. I purchased the wood package for my Cheerful build earlier this year. Very happy with the quality of the wood, shipping was fast and it was well packaged. Vahur has been excellent to deal with. As Espen said above, highly recommended!
Cheers,
Todd

By tossedman · 1 hour ago1 hr
HMS Surprise 1796 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Non Fiction Version- starting July 2026

I'm getting so much second hand excitement seeing these packages arrive😂 Congrats Kevin, looking forward to seeing your build!

By James · 2 hours ago2 hr
HMS Surprise 1796 by Glenn-UK - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Non Fiction Version

I never thought about adding flats, sounds a great idea, wish I thought about doing it. I do tend to taper the mast ends.

By Glenn-UK · 2 hours ago2 hr
HMS Surprise 1796 by Jase Modelkit Stuff - Vanguard Models - 1/64 Patrick O'Brian version

I do that a lot, usually through clumsiness. I now hold that rigid while I fair that section.

By Jim H · 2 hours ago2 hr