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George D
Moderator
USA
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 Posted - 03/09/2012 : 06:40:33 AM
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Fine looking cabeese, Glen.
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Mike Hamer
Engineer
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Ensign
Fireman
Canada
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 1:49:56 PM
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Hi everyone, still working away here.
I have built & installed all of the lifeboat davits.I also switched out the string that came with this kit for some finer wire for the ropes attached to the davits & lifeboats.
Now all I have left to do are the brass etched benches for the decks.
And the wireless radio's antenna which runs between the 2 masts over the ship.
Back to work, time is ticking.
Greg Shinnie |
Edited by - Ensign on 03/09/2012 1:50:42 PM |
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Ensign
Fireman
Canada
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 2:34:29 PM
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One more thing that I forgot to mention,Pete (Orionvp17) our friend in Michigan, forwarded this interesting story about the mapping of the Titanic wreck site to me.
I thought some of you might find it interesting as well.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Full-Titanic-site-mapped-for-first-time.html
Thanks again Pete!
Greg Shinnie |
Edited by - Ensign on 03/09/2012 2:36:44 PM |
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mark_dalrymple
Crew Chief
New Zealand
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 5:49:14 PM
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Hi Guys.
Firstly - congratulations to the 13 of you who have finished your challenges. Most impressive work!
Greg - your Titanic is coming along swimmingly. Quite an impressive feat to complete within the timeframe - and your chances look good.
Well, a quick update. I chose to take time out from this challenge to complete my 'Tap and Die scrapbox challenge' for our up coming convention at easter weekend. Last time I was up to the wee small hours completing my project every night for a week running up to it, and I was so exhausted I didn't get as much out of the conference as I would have liked.
So no chance of completeing this challenge on time, but I will continue progress in my thread I started a few months ago when this thread is locked.
Some pics.
On the building to the right I have added a fancy top bit, curved to fit in with the art deco style and match the front doors. Plastic angle pieces have been cut and glued in place to fill the gap below the windows, and these have been puttied and sanded ready for painting.
The windows and doors have all been chosen and positioned on the two cardboard (will be timber) structures at front left, and the size, shape and roof pitches finalised.
The brick (will be painted up to look like cut stone) building will have a corrigated iron hip roof with gutters behind parapet walls at front and side, while the masonry structure at right will have a flat tar roof. Scuppers and downpipes between the structures will help hide any flaws in the joins. The weatherboard structure next to the cut stone building will have a corrigated iron gable roof, with a triangular flat roof between the side wall of the cut stone building. The side wall of the cut stone building will meet at the corner of the corrigated iron 3 story gable structure at the rear.
The stack will be a little bigger than the one used in the mock-up.
Right - back to the workbench! Hopefully I will get enough done for one more post before time is up.
Cheers, Mark. |
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Mike Hamer
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Mike Hamer
Engineer
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 6:31:23 PM
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I decided to take a little break from scenicking, although it is my favourite aspect of the hobby, and focus on scratchbuilding a minor structure for the diorama.
For Mike's Canoe Outfitters, I know I will need plenty of canoes adorning the property. With insufficient time left in the challenge to order canoe sets, I chose to take a chance and visit the local hobby shop in the hopes that they would have some of the Woodland Scenics Canoeists I had seen on their rack the last time I was in. Fortunately, there were a few packs, so I bought them up. Now, I will have a bunch of canoeists in canoeing positions that are unnecessary...what to do with them? [:-banghead]
The link below shows an image of a really interesting canoe rack, one that I would like to build for the property.
http://www.visualphotos.com/image/1x9327520/canoe_in_wooden_canoe_storage_rack_bon_echo
The blue canoe was one my friend, Bill Meek, gave me years ago. The Woodland Scenics canoes come only in red and green, so I will have to paint some of them different colours we see on canoes out on the lake.
I now have a yellow canoe in the small fleet. 
Now to scratch the canoe rack from basswood. Note how I've also painted the inside of the canoe. That'll be weathered later.
The completed rack.
The rack's filling up quickly and we see another canoe now in white. I'll also have to weather the rack. No need to worry about the brushstrokes on the white canoe, I'll just place that one on the bottom level of the rack. I didn't have any shiny white paint, only flat white.
Will post more pics later when I get the weathering job done! [:-apple][:-apple] |
All the best, Mike Hamer
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
http://craftsmanstructures.blogspot.com
http://bostonandmaine.blogspot.com
http://fridaynightgroup.blogspot.com |
Edited by - Mike Hamer on 03/09/2012 6:33:03 PM |
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Orionvp17
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 7:25:23 PM
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Lookin' Good, Guys! [:-thumbu]
Greg, thanks for the kind words! Check your PMs!
Mike, don't worry about the brush strokes on the canoes. In fact, a few dry-brushed black streaks along the bottoms of the visible ones will enhance the "ambience" of the scene. Those beauties are constantly being run over snags in the river, rammed up on to the beach and so on by clueless folk out for a good time, and by a few of us who actually know what they're doing and still get caught. [:-boggled]
Nice rack, too! I've wrestled many a canoe on and off those racks over several decades!
Pete
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 7:48:22 PM
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Lots of great things happen in the challenge this time !! As promised in the 0n30 building thread, the pictures, added 2 sheds they gonna have plain board sidings and corrugated roofs..
each new addition even makes it harder to get it finished before the deadline but I'll give it a shot. Not shure if I should turn the middle shack a quarter ?? |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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Mike Hamer
Engineer
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 8:28:06 PM
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Hi Pete, thanks so much for the advice and your PM. I've never owned a canoe, but I guess they do get banged up underneath over time...for sure if I'm paddling!
Martin, when you say the middle shack, do you mean the middle one in the first and second image or what looks to be the middle one in the third image? If it wouldn't be too much work to pin the shack in the other configuration, it would be interesting to see how that would look and compare the different looks. One thing's for sure...it's a looking good! [:-thumbu][:-thumbu] |
All the best, Mike Hamer
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
http://craftsmanstructures.blogspot.com
http://bostonandmaine.blogspot.com
http://fridaynightgroup.blogspot.com |
Edited by - Mike Hamer on 03/09/2012 8:30:24 PM |
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Mike Hamer
Engineer
9343 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2012 : 8:54:18 PM
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It didn't take too long at all to weather the canoe rack. Here's a "head-on" view.
I chose to glue the canoes on. I could've just placed them as they stay pretty still giving me the opportunity to shift them around every now and then, but I will be taking the diorama to a few model railroad events so I thought it best to adhere them for good! [:-glasses]
Heli-view.
From the side. The paint brush stokes are evident in the close-up shots, but from a foot away, you don't even notice them. All the canoes look alike (except for colour) at this distance.
My good friend, Pete Magoun, MMR, offered me some sage advice as per paddles. Pete recommended getting an old 45 gallon drum and place a bunch of paddles inside the barrel. There was a caveat in Pete's PM to me...Pete pleaded with me to place the paddles in the drum "handle down" - "blade up" so as not to damage the blades of the paddle.
Now, I don't have any spare paddles hanging around, and the deadline is too close to order any from somewhere...so, you guessed it...I'm back at the workbench attempting to determine a quick method to create a bunch of paddles! [:-banghead] |
All the best, Mike Hamer
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
http://craftsmanstructures.blogspot.com
http://bostonandmaine.blogspot.com
http://fridaynightgroup.blogspot.com |
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mark_dalrymple
Crew Chief
New Zealand
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 9:04:30 PM
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Hi Martin.
I think you should. I would put the high side of the mono pitch furtherest away. I think the different plains will add more interest and the rising pitch of the middle shed will help lead the eye into the scene. (just my opinion of course). I very nice complex.
Cheers, Mark. |
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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 9:22:25 PM
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you still have five days left...how about triplets! Just teasing, of course. That little one shorty one could count!
I think that would make 2 and a half cabooses, and the start of a sit-com.
The canoe rack looks great. I taught canoeing at a summer camp years ago and we had the same thing.
You could put the paddles in the drum as suggested but the camp kept the paddles locked up in a shed. It's easy for those to go walking off but not so easy for a canoe! |
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Orionvp17
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 9:28:04 PM
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Originally posted by Glen Haasdyk
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You could put the paddles in the drum as suggested but the camp kept the paddles locked up in a shed. It's easy for those to go walking off but not so easy for a canoe!
True dat! [:-boggled]
Another detail might be a couple of straps over each canoe to keep them in the rack in a storm....
Where is summer when I need it??? [:-cold] [:-banghead] [:-cold]
Pete
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Ensign
Fireman
Canada
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Posted - 03/09/2012 : 11:00:08 PM
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Thanks everyone, for the nice comments about the Titanic!
Mike, if you are going to make paddles, you will also need some life jackets!
Safety first my friend.
Greg Shinnie |
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