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More inspiring work from a master craftsman !
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wow, all the guns. Attractive ship.
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19 – Winches
Thank you Don, Shipbuild and Paperfan.
The winch assemblies seen here combine the smallest amount of material with the largest amount of work . . . about twenty parts per winch. The bases of these are card, while all the remaining parts are paper. I was lucky. I located the perfect photo to use while engineering these assemblies. It (from Navsource) shows one of the winches on board the U.S.S. Minnesota . . . along with the Marine Guard. The cage mast indicates this photo was taken after the 1909 refit. Regards, Mike |
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Little gems, Mike!
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Fred Bultman |
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Magnificent winches and another great historic image.
Don |
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Well done Michael. I thought the winch I did for my 1/200 Arizona with 19 parts and 6 hours to build was a lot but they don't hold a candle to yours. Super job.
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Incredible work. Love seeing updates.
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Wow Mike those look tiny. They look cool and add to the nautical appearance of the deck
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20 – Anchors, Chains, Gun Sponsons
Thank you Modelers for the encouragement.
The two forward 3-inch (77mm) gun sponsons and gun barrels are made with paper. Most of the time I design in Sketchup using the 2-D perspective. For me, it is less confusing. However, in this case, 3D was needed. So I kept switching back and forth between the two perpectives to keep the design work on track. I think they turned out well, and the experience will be helpful since there are four sponsons needed for the stern . A few notes about creation of the anchors: they are made with doubled cardstock and paper. Then I dipped them into Testors Flat White paint. Without letting much of the paint drain off, I let them dry for 24 hours, and then dipped them again. That infuses them with a thick cast iron appearance. One could dip a part several more times, creating a thicker and thicker shell on the piece as needed. It is curious to me that Connecticut had the old style pre-dreadnought anchors, and also the newer style anchors more commonly seen on dreadnoughts. The Navsource image features U.S.S. New Hampshire. Although it is not a great image, it clearly shows her with both types of anchors. Regards, Mike |
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