sharkman
Master at Arms
I agree!!
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1/700 Confederate Raiders CSS Alabama, CSS Florida
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Rhino
Super Moderator
I made this lattice, so you can trim it down to make the mizzen mast lattice frame for your CSS Alabama. The original idea was to carefully sand this down to the framework for scale thickness. Installing it upside-down shows off the proper detail without so much fuss.
This same basic mast lattice will be included in Bluenose and CSS Florida kits.
Properly measured masts with upper platforms. The mizzen ratlines may have to be reconsidered.
TIP: Remember to leave your lower mast parts long enough to fit in the mounting holes in the main deck!
Thanks again for lookin' in, fellers!
Rhino
Super Moderator
Ice storm days are great model making days! It is a good time to stay home, keep warm and.....
.......make Ice Storm Roast! Our new crockpot is big enough to slow-cook a small child. The days of worrying about buying a chuck roast that is too big are gone! Teresa like a little beef with her potatoes. When the belly-button pops out, it's suppertime!
Assembling 1/700 Confederate Navy Raider kits are underway. "The Build" is the tool used to make use of less than perfect castings I won't sell anyone, write instructions and play with all the model ships I make in the name of "website business". Ain't I a stinker?! I put the Model Master wood tan on the decks to see how CSS Alabama's scribed deck compared to CSS Florida's wood plank deck. Not too shabby.
Dam them torpeeders! Full speed ahead Mr. Kell!
Thanks again for havin' a look-see!
.......make Ice Storm Roast! Our new crockpot is big enough to slow-cook a small child. The days of worrying about buying a chuck roast that is too big are gone! Teresa like a little beef with her potatoes. When the belly-button pops out, it's suppertime!
Assembling 1/700 Confederate Navy Raider kits are underway. "The Build" is the tool used to make use of less than perfect castings I won't sell anyone, write instructions and play with all the model ships I make in the name of "website business". Ain't I a stinker?! I put the Model Master wood tan on the decks to see how CSS Alabama's scribed deck compared to CSS Florida's wood plank deck. Not too shabby.
Dam them torpeeders! Full speed ahead Mr. Kell!
Thanks again for havin' a look-see!
Big beef stew...was thinking about that myself for tomorrow.
Roll Tide!
Roll Tide!
We had Pizza this week end so it's salads tomorrow. But I got a mind for a good beef stew next weekend.
Rhino
Super Moderator
A little more paint and wep's test fit. My pivot guns would fit better if they were stowed. My pivot guns are always cleared for action.
CSS Florida mast test fit. The upper mast platforms came out swell and the ratlines should land on the masts just right.
She already looks fast.
I always wanted a model of CSS Florida. I've read every account of her cruises, capture and sinking I can find. When she's finished, Florida will be as lovely as she is swift and deadly. I believe Captain John Newland Maffitt and his brave men would approve of my humble effort.
I took these few pictures of the model progress today. A sensation of happiness and contentment filled me.
I may have just found out what "Stopping Point" feels like.
Ima gonna go make goulash for supper, kiss my wife and help wrap Christmas presents for our family.
It's been a good day!
Wanna learn some more?
The rake looks spot on, looks like it's ready for anything. Congrats on reaching a goal Chris!
Rhino
Super Moderator
Goulash may be defined as different sorts of dishes, from culture to culture. Mine differs from the Hungarian variety.
My Momma taught me how to make it. I add a can of diced tomatoes to the red sauce. This batch has elbow macaroni and rotini in it.
Brown ground beef and chopped onions together.
Hunt's "Traditional" or "Tomato Basil" spaghetti sauce as a base. This batch had 2 24 oz. cans of sauce.
A can of diced tomatoes.
Season to taste with McCormick's Italian seasoning.
Squirt a big round circle of Heinz Catsup into the sauce and stir.
Simmer to a slow boil. If you overheat the red sauce, the sugars in it will turn brownish. Don't rush the sauce!!
Get up steam in a separate big pot and boil a box of pasta of your choice until it is almost done.
Drain and rinse the pasta, stir it into the sauce pot.
Low heat and stir until the whole batch is at a sloow boil.
Serve with your favorite bread and butter.
WARNING! This recipe makes enough "Goulash" for one Man to eat for 4 or 5 days by himself!
Now, this is my Momma's secret recipe, so keep it under your hat.
CSS Florida's lower masts are wood tan. Her upper masts (some conjecture) platforms, gaff booms and yardarms were black. No color picture was ever taken of CSS Florida, so who really knows for sure? I cut out my P/E ratlines and blacked them with a permanent marker. They usually look a mess before they are installed.
Thanks for looking in!
My Momma taught me how to make it. I add a can of diced tomatoes to the red sauce. This batch has elbow macaroni and rotini in it.
Brown ground beef and chopped onions together.
Hunt's "Traditional" or "Tomato Basil" spaghetti sauce as a base. This batch had 2 24 oz. cans of sauce.
A can of diced tomatoes.
Season to taste with McCormick's Italian seasoning.
Squirt a big round circle of Heinz Catsup into the sauce and stir.
Simmer to a slow boil. If you overheat the red sauce, the sugars in it will turn brownish. Don't rush the sauce!!
Get up steam in a separate big pot and boil a box of pasta of your choice until it is almost done.
Drain and rinse the pasta, stir it into the sauce pot.
Low heat and stir until the whole batch is at a sloow boil.
Serve with your favorite bread and butter.
WARNING! This recipe makes enough "Goulash" for one Man to eat for 4 or 5 days by himself!
Now, this is my Momma's secret recipe, so keep it under your hat.
CSS Florida's lower masts are wood tan. Her upper masts (some conjecture) platforms, gaff booms and yardarms were black. No color picture was ever taken of CSS Florida, so who really knows for sure? I cut out my P/E ratlines and blacked them with a permanent marker. They usually look a mess before they are installed.
Thanks for looking in!
If I might suggest, use the sauce instead of catchup. Just my 2 cents.
Nice progress.
Nice progress.
Rhino
Super Moderator
Main deck painting is finished. I mounted the 7-inch Blakely rifled pivot guns before I started the ratlines. Horizontal skylights are Tamiya acrylic silver under clear blue. Horizontal winders are Tamiya smoke over silver. I semi-glossed the cannon barrels to make them look more metallic.
Ratlines:
I fit my p/e ratlines by trimming the top off to fit the span between the channels (flat places on the outside of the ship) and the underside of the mast platforms. Once you are happy with the length, install the top of the ratline to the mast/underside of the mast platform. Remember when Tim A. turned his 1/96 USS Constitution upside-down? This process put me in mind of that, on a much smaller scale.
Bowsprit, 6 more cannon, helm, davits and boats, anchors and then the joy of installing sails and rudimentary rigging will happen in days to come, between "Stopping Places".
That same sensation of satisfaction found me after I put the ratlines on CSS Florida. They still need some a little fine tuning. All the shiny spots need touched up or flatted, but another stopping place was arrived at, and it was time to go watch "Diehard" with my sweetie.
Love it!
You know, those fake trees could, maybe, represent water splashes. Listening to "Last of the tin can sailors", on the part about Taffy 3.
