JanetAnne Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 7 hours ago, grendel said: Tim, I think that for some clubs I am maybe a generation too young, even with the one at Herne Bay I wont be able to participate in the wednesday sailing for maybe another 10 years (when I retire). Though when I visited Sunday there was some evidence of younger members. I believe that we may be the last generation for some of these hobbies, as not many youngsters seem interested in anything but their phone screen nowadays. That's also a huge concern for the full size woodies. There are very few youngsters out there willing to learn how to plank and putty with a view to taking on the family heirloom () when the time comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimbiIV Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Grendal as a builder of scale models, l find that cuts and mishaps are never 10th scale they usually hurt more. If you need any fixings try www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk Or www.alwayshobbies.co.uk I personally hate visiting these web sites because I end up trying to spend enough to not pay p&p costs. paul ps look at the sound generators 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 I have already got a shopping list for Cornwall model boats and am looking at the noisy thing II for sounds (I just need to get a recording of Griff telling one of his jokes to add to the sounds ). Todays progress 2 more stringers glued on one side and prepping the stringers for the other side one of my curved parts needed a little extra steam just to make the bend. that is clamped in place now, drying off, before gluing tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Quote I have already got a shopping list for Cornwall model boats and am looking at the noisy thing II for sounds (I just need to get a recording of Griff telling one of his jokes to add to the sounds ). As Mrs G says more foreign holidays, he may not be back from Tenerife for a very long time! Perhaps he has been booked up as a comedian there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Well finished the one side today, and fitted the top rail of the other side, its tricky doing more as the clamps from one stringer get in the way for positioning the next. doing a trial for the alignment of the prop shaft I will add some meat to the hog where it goes through to give it a good chance for fixing the prop shaft. I will be making a drill bit from some 6mm steel rod to bore the prop shaft, I was doing some research earlier and found a nice website showing how to make a drill to bore out bagpipes. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 BA powered by bagpipes....Amazing ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfuzz Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I would have to tidy that work space....... OCD woodworker me! Not a shaving in sight........ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 mine doesnt get tidied as much as it should, but once I have applied the glue, I tend to keep away so it doesnt get knocked or disturbed, all but 1 cat knows to keep away, and I have a water mister bottle I use for wetting one side of the joint when using the gorilla glue, this can also be used to keep the cats back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfuzz Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Yes Mrs Wildfuzz has a couple of cats to...... I find a squirt with 150psi compressor gets the message across nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Tonight work, was just gluing a couple more stringers into place, that and lining up some of the drive components. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 just looking at it and wondering if I can up the size of the prop from 30mm to 35mm? it will be tight if I can, and the prop shaft will have to be spot on in the right place to get clearance. this may wait a little until more work is done. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Last stringer in place, time for a tidy up (alas not to wildfuzz's standard - I don't have the space) started cutting out the frames for model 2, some of these will be used as patterns for the formers for bending the ribs. At least the ribs only need 24" max timber lengths. I need to clear half of my conservatory, to use it as my workshop. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfuzz Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Now that's a tidy workspace. I approve. Lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 Not too much today, cut out the bulkheads for no2, then marked out the formers for the ribs onto some of the remaining ply, these are going to be cut so the ribs pass inside the keel, then outside the stringers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 while out shopping for small pegs (to clamp the ribs to the stringers) I was in the range and found some of the poseable wooden mannequins (for sketching) that could be dressed to make decent crew members (at the equivalent of 5 foot tall they are very close to scale) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 and they were only £1.99 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemike Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 hope you aren't dressing one like griff then sticking pins in lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 I dont think my dressmaking skills are up to pins (I might get my mum to do the dressmaking bit - she used to teach it (I suppose at least 60 years ago)) - if her arthritis will allow.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Blue overalls with Griff Tile on the back of it ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 for the moment my new team will be assisting with the build, I have cut the rib formers out, and the first is being set up for bending. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 2 hours ago, grendel said: (at the equivalent of 5 foot tall they are very close to scale) Oi I'll av' thee know al'us Yorkshiremen stand at least eight foot tall b 'art 'at n' us clogs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 ah yes, now to model a pair of clogs onto these:- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 11 minutes ago, Timbo said: Oi I'll av' thee know al'us Yorkshiremen stand at least eight foot tall b 'art 'at n' us clogs! my only experience with Yorkshiremen until I met Griff was my uncle and he was a miner, these figures would have needed chopping down to be his size. Actually having had one of the springs come out of one, and seeing how they are built, it should be possible to turn up some new parts and make them taller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Funny I lived there and met a lot of short Rs- ed ones either that or they were walking in trenches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 sunk up to their knees in the bogs on the moors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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