Duchess of Kingston - Beauty of the Seas - Wooden Sailing Ship 1/64

[HubertB]

1 hour ago, DocRob said:

 

Thank you Gentlemen, it's not only a new language, it's a delicate process of learning and re-learning. When I was young, I was an engineer for Scientific institutes, working with all kind of machinery on a very advanced level, but this is different. First off all, it's wood and second, as it's cave work, it's not about all around professional equipment, it's about how to achieve things, with what's there.
It's a time consuming process and even with proper preparation not error free (I still have no idea what happened to my square on my mill )

Cheers Rob

Maybe just forgot to reset the "zero" on the wheel ? An all-too-common oversight. Ask me how I know ...

Hubert

[GazzaS]

Rob,

     I love seeing what you are doing with your lathe!  The parts look great and will look great rigged up.  Few things will be as cool as a tall ship on your mantel....   if you have a mantel.

[DocRob]

1 hour ago, HubertB said:

Maybe just forgot to reset the "zero" on the wheel ? An all-too-common oversight. Ask me how I know ...

I'm afraid, but nope. I know what you mean, but I've fixed the mast in the chuck of the dividing device and it was perfectly aligned, milled the two flattened parts and then milled the square part with only turning the dividing head for 90° each time. The setting of the Z-axis remained locked the same all the time and the mast part was never unchucked through the process. It's a mystery to me .

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

1 hour ago, GazzaS said:

I love seeing what you are doing with your lathe!  The parts look great and will look great rigged up.  Few things will be as cool as a tall ship on your mantel....   if you have a mantel.

It's a long way to the finish and this part of the build gives me the creeps more than building up hull and decks, but yeah, once it's done it will feel special and The Duchess will be the only kit accepted by my wife in the living area.

Cheers Rob

[Peterpools]

Rob

Modeling on a completely new and different level, new challenges to conquer and the jewel in the crown: DoK for display. Any thoughts on how and where you are going to display her?

 

[DocRob]

21 minutes ago, Peterpools said:

Modeling on a completely new and different level, new challenges to conquer and the jewel in the crown: DoK for display. Any thoughts on how and where you are going to display her?

Poco a poco, step bay step, like we say here in Spain. We will find a place for the Duchess, WHEN she is finished . 
BTW.: HMS sphinx is lurking on my shelf. I wanted to have a frigate all my live, this will be the jewel at last. But I like the DoK nearly as much, it is just a gorgeous ship.

Cheers Rob

[KevinM]

Well all's looking good Rob the machine you will learn the curve.The display is something you need to ponder I have seen some over here https://modelshipworld.com/ that take the build to a whole level sometimes.I admire the cases more the build but that's me and wood.

[Peterpools]

Rob

And the HMS Sphinx is sitting in the wings. As your talents and skills keep upping your game, I can feel it in my bones, we will be treated to many more superb and inspiring wooden ship builds.

 

[DocRob]

3 hours ago, KevinM said:

Well all's looking good Rob the machine you will learn the curve.The display is something you need to ponder I have seen some over here https://modelshipworld.com/ that take the build to a whole level sometimes.I admire the cases more the build but that's me and wood.

Thanks Kevin, I will look for the displays over there on MSW, where I'm a member now too. As I have no special display in mind, I will ponder about that when time comes.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

3 hours ago, Peterpools said:

And the HMS Sphinx is sitting in the wings. As your talents and skills keep upping your game, I can feel it in my bones, we will be treated to many more superb and inspiring wooden ship builds.

Many might not be the right term, at least from me . Wooden ship models are even more time consuming than plastic models. HMS Sphinx is very special to me as I always wanted my own frigate and it was a present from my wife, the first model related one.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

Today, I put the patched mast into the lathe and turned the upper square part round, where it meets connecting parts and nothing flew away, phew. The picture shows, how it looks now, but nothing is glued. This area of the mast will be painted black, which will hide the patched part. 
I milled some more square areas onto the middle segment of the mainmast without issues today. It takes time, but I'm seeing an end to preparing mast and yards.

Cheers Rob

[Martinnfb]

I am not sure if I mention this before. My Dad use to build models of wooden ships. Old school, just a bunch of blueprints, books, notes, caliper and bunch of another tools I couldn't recognize and of course a bunch of saw dust  . 

Your build brings all of those lost memories back to life, thank you Rob.

[DocRob]

8 hours ago, HubertB said:

Maybe just forgot to reset the "zero" on the wheel ? An all-too-common oversight. Ask me how I know ...

I checked everything concerning my setup today and found that the cutting tool seemed not to be totally tight in the collet. Maybe because of the high frequent vibrations, the tool itself moved in the collet. It's my only explanation for the issue.

Cheers Rob 

[DocRob]

3 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

I am not sure if I mention this before. My Dad use to build models of wooden ships. Old school, just a bunch of blueprints, books, notes, caliper and bunch of another tools I couldn't recognize and of course a bunch of saw dust  . 

Your build brings all of those lost memories back to life, thank you Rob

You are welcome Martin, wooden ship modelling obviously has a longer history than our normal plastic kits. I'm very satisfied, that my first tries in this area are supported by a well designed kit. To do. I have the greatest respect for those, who do it the old way, like you described. Do you have pictures of your fathers models?

Cheers Rob

[Martinnfb]

Unfortunately not, my mom dumped most of it, if not all in one of hers spring clean-ups. I tried to finish one of his yachts, it was a sleek looking schooner with a fin keel, but have no idea how to approach it. I was a kid back then and with my Dad passing I was on my own to figure things out.  Having said that, next time I visit Europe, I shall look into it. 

[GazzaS]

Nice result on that mast, Rob!  They say that the glue is often stronger than the wood.

[DocRob]

Indeed Gary, I was positively surprise, that nothing flew away. I even wore safety glasses with my eyes so close to the thing.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

All the mast parts are done, except for the fittings. Some sections have delicate shapes, where you have to ponder a while for the best approach to get it done. Finally work was faster and better, as some routine started to develop. I also altere the layout of my machines on their base board for better handling and faster measuring.

Now I have to think about how to add the masts, completely assembled as in the manual or building them up section per section for possibly easier rigging.

Cheers Rob

[Peterpools]

Rob 

Amazing progress, mast assembly looks so good. 

 

[DocRob]

On 7/8/2022 at 10:35 PM, Peterpools said:

Amazing progress, mast assembly looks so good.

Thanks Peter, on to the rigging, but not before I weathered our actual heat wave and the painter has finished his work in our houses and I don't have to move everything everywhere.

Cheers Rob

[GazzaS]

That mast looks brilliant, Rob!  Can't wait for more....    but sounds like I'll have to.

[Peterpools]

15 hours ago, DocRob said:

Thanks Peter, on to the rigging, but not before I weathered our actual heat wave and the painter has finished his work in our houses and I don't have to move everything everywhere.

Cheers Rob

Rob

Got ya for sure, as we just finished up a major house renovation and I know how disruptive it can be.

 

[DocRob]

10 hours ago, GazzaS said:

That mast looks brilliant, Rob!  Can't wait for more....    but sounds like I'll have to.

 

2 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Got ya for sure, as we just finished up a major house renovation and I know how disruptive it can be.

Muchas gracias hombres, you will not have to wait for too long. Mayor works including all the interior painting will be done today, then tomorrow, reshuffeling stuff back to normality and then it's doors and windows to paint for our contractor. Even last week, I managed to do some things, so lets see.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

If you think, I'm dancing around rigging as long as I can, you're absolutely right . I decided to start with the bowsprit, there are no ratlines at least. The wooden parts and fittings are glued on and varnished, but the bowsprit itself is not glued in place, as rigging is simpler separated from the hull.
I found, I need to pad a piece of plank under the bowsprit, to get the angle right enough to accept the figurehead. I also added the anchor cable and fitted it around the winch and through the holes in the hull.

Cheers Rob

[Peterpools]

Rob

Looking so good and of course eagerly waiting for all the rigging