ORCA scratch build

[flimzy]

 

[flimzy]

painting as new then ageing back to timber and salt wash to saturate the colours

 

[JamesM242]

Looking good!

 

[Attirex]

Gorgeous. I love watching masters at work.

 

[RayLuis]

Mind-boggling that this thread was started on September 2nd and you got this far in such a short period of time!

 

[Searun]

Yes, rather fast production for a scratch build. Must say it does not suffer in high quality or detail.

Paint job looks great also. Looks like you have a full skill set in your wheelhouse. Congratulations.

 

[joberg]

Beautiful paint job so far...I know that there's a lot to do before you can break the Champagne on the bow

 

[flimzy]

I've taken some time off work so able to dedicate myself full-time. the spinner took me 5 years of an odd weekend. it nearly broke me mentally. so I want this finished before Christmas.

 

[shaunsheep]

ahhh that explains the speed, I hope you have enough time to get her to the point your happy

 

[flimzy]

does anyone have more info on any of the books I've only been able to find 1

 

[shaunsheep]

1964 Boating Almanac NY NJ PA Del MD Nautical Book New York Jersey Maryland | eBay

Here we have a 1964 Boating Almanac for NY,NJ,Penna,Del & MD. Nice original condition.

www.ebay.co.uk

not exactly the right one but close as i can find

 

[Tommy]

does anyone have more info on any of the books I've only been able to find 1

First is "A Short Course in Navigation" by A.C. Gardner

Then two volumes of the United States Coast Pilot:
#1 - Atlantic Coast: Eastport to Cape Cod
#2 - Atlantic Coast: Cape Cod to Sandy Hook

The Waterway Guide chartbook would most logically be the "Northern edition." Unfortunately, since it's updated annually, decades-out-of-date copies are likely to have been superceded in a lot of libraries. The publisher still exists, though; might be worth shooting them an email in case they have company archives: About Us | Waterway Guide

The red one is obviously hard... I thought I might've lucked upon it with "The Yachtsman's Guide to First Aid Afloat" by Earl B. Rubell, but that wasn't published until 1979 as far as I can tell. Still, it's in the ballpark, so that might be a workable fallback if you can't find anything more consistent.

 

[Odin82]

Second from the right "Boating Almanac Vol 1 Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire"

Hard to find info or even a copy....

 

[flimzy]

First is "A Short Course in Navigation" by A.C. Gardner

Then two volumes of the United States Coast Pilot:
#1 - Atlantic Coast: Eastport to Cape Cod
#2 - Atlantic Coast: Cape Cod to Sandy Hook

The Waterway Guide chartbook would most logically be the "Northern edition." Unfortunately, since it's updated annually, decades-out-of-date copies are likely to have been superceded in a lot of libraries. The publisher still exists, though; might be worth shooting them an email in case they have company archives: About Us | Waterway Guide

The red one is obviously hard... I thought I might've lucked upon it with "The Yachtsman's Guide to First Aid Afloat" by Earl B. Rubell, but that wasn't published until 1979 as far as I can tell. Still, it's in the ballpark, so that might be a workable fallback if you can't find anything more consistent.

Thankyou

 

[flimzy]

Second from the right "Boating Almanac Vol 1 Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire"

Hard to find info or even a copy....

Thankyou. That explains way I had no luck finding that one

 

[flimzy]

So most of what I'm doing at the moment is getting my 3D printer to work and drawing up details. so meanwhile this happened. At this scale, brass paint or a plane stripe wouldn't have worked for me. ( and brass etching was too expensive)

 

[Odin82]

This is some incredible build man.

 

[SERRASALMUS]

OAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[joberg]

Holy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[flimzy]