OK....  back to modeling again now....  

 A kit ...  cheapy ..  of HMS VICTORY  ...

                  LET THE FUN BEGIN

ok...   hahaha i had to convert this video and somewhere along the line it has been speeded up.... but you will get the gist of things... just showing what is in the cheapo kit..  

ok........... there seems to be a major problem with video at present...... 

here is one from day 2 ..  the first one only showed the kit contents ..  

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Hi all .... well day 3 .. here is the video from yesterdays work .. 

  not a lot but loads of glue drying time ..  

Hi all .... day 4  and a little moore done ..  here is  a video o yesterdays progress.... installing the gun ports on starboard side...  ;-)

ok ..  just a little progress.... all gun ports now in place and a bit of thedeck furniture done also ..  tomorrow will see the start of the lower planking ..  

ok.... so onto the normal planking now .. all the lower hull.... there will not be daily updates as this takes a while so here is the start .. and a little rocky too.... the bow is proving to be difficult to achieve the curves... it will happen though ..  ;-)

so.... the planking is done ...  but a big change of plan.... this will no longer be a static model...

 it will be a 3D picture due to the terrible detailing on the model.. it's a cheapy and totaly not worth the money they are charging ... do not buy these models....sadly there is no audeo on this video... 

right .....   welll ..... I have another webcam now but the sound is not good..  

this video shows the planking finished and masts in cannons fitted, gun ports furnished now and waiting to be mounted in a board so I can work on it further without causing damage due to over handling ..  

Hi all ... well once again there is trouble with video.... no audio .. so ... the video is to show it mounted on a work board to help eliminate lots of damage from handling.. the 3 sections of all masts are now done and the bowsprit is full length, the cannons are in place and now to proceed with the deck fittings which are all a little tender ..then the rigging ..  

     

                                                                                                   

No........not another crappy video...   this is a picture ..

 just showing the rigging in process..

Ok......  so here is a better video showing progress to date..?. Yards are now all on and the two stern booms in place, rigging started...  

Ok, just a quick update picture of progress..... slowly getting there....

just a quick update...  rigging still being done and started the copper sheathing for the hull...

Fixed Pitch Helicopter

😎 well.... a welcome return to RC after quite a few years away... just a small helicopter for indoors to get my hand in again .  ;-)

just hovering for now ..

still just hovering for now .. 

 Hi all.... well back to a little bit of wax carving for  now ..  

  a gnome ... a quick easy one me thinks ..  hahaha  

this was done with 1/2 length of 'road marking' chalk... 

 hi all just a series of videos showing the building of my schooner model

 Hi all , just started a new matchstick model after a while away from things..   the Eiffel tower.. at 2ft .

the first section to first level floor.. 

 Hi all well thats the first section done to the 1st floor platform height... just hand rails to go on .. that will be last when the tower is complete.  3 single story building to go on there...

 now the get on with the second stage up to the 2nd floor platform ... first side done ..  ;-)

Hi all back again.... finish assembling stage 2 of the tower

the view galleries on each floor will be done when the tower is complete..  ;-)

Well..... just a quick one today   and Elephant with her young......  walking towards my finger'''

 maybe a little more work tomorrow..  ;-)

Hi all.... well ... still playing with the wax crayon carving... may be improving... hahahaha ....
but may not eh... I think it varies..


 here is today's offering....  a bear cub climbing an old tree stump.....

Hi all. This time a chimp sat on top of a post.... head a fraction big..??

hi all.... yet another try with wax carving.... a snake exploring a log..

ok so I have started another carving.. the last one failed it was to have been a sparrow hawk in flight.... but major problems with the wings..  hahahahah

  Here is the Comodo Dragon so far... just one side worked on so far..... 

ok.... Hi all ...  you still there..?   ;-)
   well I have started another wax carving... perhps getting slightly better now..  ;-)  ,  a Sparrow Hawk..  

 very much a work in progress... the size of my thumb... 

ok so another 'plaque' type image... done in white road marking crayon...

A BALLERINA.. 

still more to do here I think...   the image is split into two by the 'tu tu'... this gives it another perspective... the two body parts (torso and legs) have to be lined up vertically and depth wise on the wax block... a new phenomena to concentrate on ..

OK ....  so a follow on from a previouse post ..  wax crayon carvings..  ;-) .
    I have got some bigger ones... road marking crayons, a little crisp like the cheap crayons for carving, but are nice hard wax for thew finished item.. so 50-50 I suppose... hahaha any way, I broke the first carving... a chess piece... the night, broke his head off.. hehe so what to do with the stub left..??  melt it down with the scraps, or try something else.....
  I tried something else... this is the 'shaddow' of buggs bunny in the making.... oooops alread with right ear missing... hahaha

 I am doing these with normal clay carving type tools, but have just bought a rotory tool as the wax is so brittle may be the rotory tool can take out some areas with less pressure applied ( which is how I snapped the neck off and then lost an ear..  ) than a hand scraper tool.. we shall see.  ;-)


Ol so an update on the 'shadow' of Buggs Bunny ... 

Hahahaha and a crafty Mickey Mouse look a like slipped in as well ;-)

ok.. so an update on the old oak table...
now the frames are stripped of Lacquer and stain, and 1st coat of tung oil applied..

these will now be reassembled into the frame, and then have a 2nd coat of tung oil... then left another week or more to dry out... I still have to re store the tops so this will be done in between times..



 Mean while.... I am trying something else as a pastime , mainly because I am running out of room to put paintings, models etc.. hahaha but also it is omething I have never tried befor..  .. carving  ..  or 'sculpting '  haha..  so I am trying it with wax... as used for jewelry and small statue casting methods... 

 I used jumbo size wax crayons, cheap and easy to obtain with a variety of colors.. 

so not too bad really, pooh and friends and sponge-bop and his mate starfish.. color with acrylcs..

Hi All,
  just a catchup... a paper-cut mermaid, slightly offset from the back ground..

 the latest in a line of paper craft models..

just a little lonely old elephant..  .. ;-)

well in between stripping and cleaning up the table parts and joints I have done a couple of quick 'paper cut' items... due to it being too hot to go out and do more on the table.. ;-)

I have used a deep frame for each of these... the cheapo frames do not really show them off properly.. these frames allowed me to 'float' the item so that it did not look like a print on the back ground..  :-)

Hi all.... well a break from art work... I have a table to refurb... 
an oak drop-leaf round gate-leg table.. the top has previously been sanded and varnished but a lllloong time ago ... this will be striped back.
The frame and barley twist legs are still in dark oak stain so this will all be striped back and 'upcycled as light oak... a more modern finish. and oiled instead of varnished... solid oak does not need varnishing to protect it..and very rickety with open joints

 so  ...
 we have a top in need of TLC,
 a frame that is very loose and repaired with screws into the joints....
 all these have been removed now and the frame separated to reveal as suspected, half the pegs broken in the joints...these will all have to be replaced and the several layers of glue cleaned off to enable me to sand it all back to the beautiful light oak color and reassemble as was when new.. ;-)

the frame and top now dissassembled.. ;-)

it is TOO hot to go out doing the table today ... it is 37 degress in the garden room where I do this work..  today I think I would rather be in

Reykjavik

where the temp is a nice gentl 14 degrees and gentle rain..  ;-)

 

OK ...  so now we have a pair of dancers.. ;-)

ok so in between allowing drying times for traction engine parts I have started another 'first.'. a posable doll type model..I have not tried any doll type models befor although there are plenty of cartoon type out there...

I was well into the model and seemed to be going not too bad when I realized I had no pictures of it..this one showing the head done.. this had to be resized as the original was a large comic type head, the joints I have simplified, using tubes.. an oversize one seen in the shoulder, one leg complete and the other waiting for the joint to dry... the arms waiting for shoulder and elbow joints..the feet I have to design myself asI require ballet type feet and slippers... there is one I have tried on the board..



OK...  ... here is the near complete model... hair to come... and perhaps a face..
 in a comic pose for now..

here is the pose that will be the display pose..

ok.. still waiting for some hair, but here is the doll with 'new feet' .. ;-)

Ok.... so here is the dancer mounted, still waiting for hair... I am doing another.... but have down sized the head a little more and the hands also.. we shall see if theat looks better.. ;-)

Here we have thew finished Showman's Traction Engine...  it was a kit.. I am not really impressed with the kits.. they leave a lot to be desired... parts actually fitting at per cut would be nice... if a template is supplied you expect it to work... not a lot of point other wise..

ok... so I have started yet another pakaged matchstick model... a showmans engine.. here is the half way stage.

starting on left.... the boiler with extended front carrying the generator then the other componants with steam chest and the main body at the rear with underslung toolbox art bioler and body join.


 onto the wheels

made with suppied templates... the smaller front wheels just waiting for the flat rims and solid rubber tyres. the larger rear wheels still waiting for the rims and flats rims for tyres

next the hubs... solid maches waiting to be turned to round shape and cut for fitting..