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| Guy Mengel |
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  Registered Member #4274 Joined: Thu Sep 12 2013, 11:51amPosts: 12 | Greetings from Virginia; Lurking here for several years now. I now have some time available to me now that I have our special needs son situated in Norfolk Va. and I can pursue a long love of American Fishing Schooners and making some models of them. This will be a long road but I hope an interesting and fruitful journey. 1. I just ordered the prints of Philip Eisnor.  2. I plan to follow Gene Bodnar's practicum. 3. I plan to hand loft the frames (for now) and later maybe use Autocad or the like. 4. I am an Engineer by training (Electrical, Semiconductor).... Drafting skills rusty... but I have all the right tools except the drafting table. Including the proportional dividers. I will be gathering some needed tools as I go: 1. a jigsaw. I have a small Delta bandsaw. 2. a GOOD set of chisels 3. I dont know about a modelers table saw.. they are really pricey.. (with a special needs son mr. Lincoln get's pinched quite a lot). I will also be asking about where to purchase wood from.. All this will be done piecemeal over quite a bit of time. I plan on posting quite a bit though. I wish I had been around when the Practicum was in full swing on the Navalboard site.. The site is still actually available via the wayback machine... but I did not have an account then so I cannot look at the postings.. ah well.. I will just start anew! It seems no one has done a bluenose plank on frame build using Eisnor's prints and Gene's practicum in quite some time. I have plenty of reference material.. see the attached picture..I do have a question though.. since Philip Eisnor's prints are proprietary and I want to discuss any plotting of frames ect... how does that work? I have never seen any plans or portions of plans presented in postings... Looking forward to this ! Guy PS.. I was a submarine sailor on a Fast Attack Submarine tail end of Vietnam..  | ||
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| Winston |
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winston   Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2310 | Guy, it is perfectly okay for you to take pictures and post here to explain your process. That is exactly what Gene did in his practicum (which was originally published on the NBM website and later converted to the PDF practicum here on the site). | ||
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| Gary M |
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| Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 909 | Hi Guy, welcome aboard. I think you are on the right course. The Bluenose II was my first build (I wish it was Genes Practicum), and I am workin from Gene's Eagle practicum now. I anticipate your reallly enjoying the frame lofting experience and agree with your "old school" approach to this. There are many of us here that can help you as you get going, that includes lofting by pencil or CAD. Best, G | ||
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| Guy Mengel |
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| Registered Member #4274 Joined: Thu Sep 12 2013, 11:51amPosts: 12 | Thanks Gary and Winston; I am looking forward to getting started. I will really start posting in earnest once the drawings arrive. Best! Guy | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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 Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1782 | Guy, Welcome aboard. You'll have lots of assistance any time you need it in building the Bluenose. Just post pictures of your progress on a building log, and ask questions as you build. Incidentally, that Delta band saw you already own is an ideal tool for cutting out frames. I've never owned a set of chisels; however, I do own one small one that I rarely have used. A disk sander is a necessity, perhaps a 5" wheel. Most other tools you will used should be acquired as you need them -- you will find that very few are really necessary. Beware of many tools that are hyped as model shipbuilder's tool, for many of them are completely useless. A set of proportional dividers are essential for lofting your own frames by hand. Remember that the best assets for ship modeling are patience and perseverance. You will make mistakes, most of which can be corrected, and you will learn much during the process. When you actually complete your first POF model, you will experience the greatest feeling of accomplishment that no other hobby can offer. Good luck. Gene Bodnar | ||
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| Guy Mengel |
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| Registered Member #4274 Joined: Thu Sep 12 2013, 11:51amPosts: 12 | Hi Gene; Thanks! It is good to know that I don't need so many tools. I will look for a disk sander to purchase. I DO have the proportional dividers. I worded the description oddly. I need to make a drafting table of sorts. I have a nice piece of Cherry wood paneling about 1/2 X 3 x 8 that I plan to use for this. When I go to Mystic and see the Models that were built without the aid of power tools I am fascinated. My son lives in a Captains house in Clinton CT. along the coast ... many ships were built along the connecticut river, Essex, and near Old Saybrook where my beloved wife hails from and we married 37 years ago... Just had my first grand daugher in January. Lucy Méabh Mengel. | ||
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| Gary M |
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| Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 909 | Hi Guy, I used to live in Clinton on the beach on Sols Point Road back in the 70's. My family is now just up the coast in Branford. Small world. Best, G | ||
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| bensid54 |
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 Registered Member #2957 Joined: Wed Jun 13 2012, 05:43amPosts: 968 | Help on tools: 1. Get a scroll saw you can't beat them for use in scratch building. 2 I took a tile saw which is cheap and changed the blade to a wood cutting blade plus made a little plate to fill the gap now it is a handy little table saw. 3. A plug in (not battery) Dremil or a cheap one from Princess Auto. The above tools get the most use in my hobby shed. | ||
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| Guy Mengel |
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| Registered Member #4274 Joined: Thu Sep 12 2013, 11:51amPosts: 12 | Thanks Jim, the scroll saw is next on my list of things. The other rigs you have sound very interesting! I do have a dremel my first son gave me. Guy | ||
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| Guy Mengel |
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| Registered Member #4274 Joined: Thu Sep 12 2013, 11:51amPosts: 12 | All, When I came home this evening there was a package waiting.. Drawings from M. Eisnor for the Bluenose. Folded.. (I had wished for a rolled set) but I can start now in earnest. I would love to make some digital scans of these documents for my personal use and for digitization in the CAD software but am not sure now that this is permitted... I perhaps should have ordered 2 sets of drawings but this is pretty pricy...I will baby this set... more later. Guy | ||
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