James w rogers Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 Bit smaller this time, made a start on Christopher Columbus La Niña, one of the three Spanish ships used by the Italian explorer in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara. JesseLee, Onni, exwafoo and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2018 Onni, JesseLee, exwafoo and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 Bernard Kelly, Landlubber Mike, John Zuch and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2018 JesseLee, John Zuch, Landlubber Mike and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) Found this emery sanding mesh, great for making ladders etc. My plumber uses it. I used a worn down piece and set it hard with glue. Edited November 21, 2018 by James w rogers John Zuch, JesseLee, Bernard Kelly and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Been having a bit of trouble with small parts being so fiddly, so to make the bulwarks and rails I smeared some pritt stick glue, which is a child friendly water based product, onto some shiny card, then placed all the bulwarks onto it. This enabled me to be able to glue the rails onto them a lot easier. Wait until parts have dried then peel off of the card, voila! Just need a final trim before gluing to the Hull. 😁 John Zuch, JesseLee, Lboro and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 Rails glued in place, just need a bit of shaping when dry. Bernard Kelly, JesseLee, Landlubber Mike and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 That looks fantastic. Great work. James w rogers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Coming along nicely! James w rogers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Hi James, I use one of these for holding small parts. Its basically a pencil with a low tack sticky centre instead of 'lead'. Just sharpen as needed.Costs a couple of Euros. Link to 'pick up pencil' Alan Bernard Kelly and James w rogers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted December 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 5 hours ago, exwafoo said: Hi James, I use one of these for holding small parts. Its basically a pencil with a low tack sticky centre instead of 'lead'. Just sharpen as needed.Costs a couple of Euros. Link to 'pick up pencil' Alan Cool, that looks like just the thing I need! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted December 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Slow progress, but still progress. Painting some base coat on some of the tiniest bits with a cocktail stick as can’t get a brush on them without hitting the adjacent parts, hopefully I’ve done myself a favour but we shall see!🤔 John Zuch, Onni, exwafoo and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Great work. Those ladders are especially good. James w rogers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 7 hours ago, DSiemens said: Great work. Those ladders are especially good. Made from used emery cloth set hard with super glue. Bernard Kelly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted December 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 A few more bits added to outside of Hull, not sure on correct terminology of the vertical bits? 😂 Just need a bit of fine shaping once dry. Onni, IgorSky, JesseLee and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted December 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Time to make the deck fixtures and fittings. Turned a cocktail stick in my rotary tool to make the cargo barrels and deck hatch out of some thin cardboard. IOAN, exwafoo, Onni and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted December 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Decided to paint it with acrylic so it wouldn't be too glossy and mask the grain of the wood too much. Had used gloss enamel on it previously but it didn't look right so stripped it off. Now I need to rig it! IOAN, JesseLee, Chasseur and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted December 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 Lateen sails made, to say it was a bit fiddly would be an understatement. I ended up putting two flats on the yards to enable me to glue them together and stop them rolling apart, then put some cotton binding round with a little dab of superglue, then tacked the sails in place with glue and sewed them on. JesseLee, IgorSky, John Zuch and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lboro Posted December 14, 2018 Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 Beautiful work! Chasseur and James w rogers 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 14, 2018 Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 Thats looking great. I love the barrels. Chasseur, James w rogers and Bernard Kelly 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorSky Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Well done, James!! James w rogers and Chasseur 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted January 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Back to it after a bit of a break, (after trying to fathom out whatever posessed me to make it so small and fiddly!) 😂 it's time to 'try' and rig it. Off to a slow start, but it's a start nonetheless! 😂 exwafoo, IOAN, IgorSky and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 Almost ready to bottle. IgorSky, exwafoo, John Zuch and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted February 15, 2019 Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 Beautiful! Onni and James w rogers 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted February 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 Bottle painted and acrylic decorators caulking pumped in with a skeleton gun. i put a length of stiff clear plastic tube on end of the nozzle which allows me to direct the flow straight onto the bottom of the bottle, then whilst still wet I push it down with a slightly wet metal spatula and smear it around a bit to get desired effect. Once it has skinned over I will paint another coat of acrylic paint over the surface to replicate the surface of the sea before setting the hull into it while it is still soft. That’s the plan for now anyway!🤔 Bernard Kelly, JesseLee, John Zuch and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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