Build Waterline Model of RMS Titanic, Part 3
Once the smokestacks were glued in, it was time for the paint job. My plan was to leave the deck floors in their natural wood look and only paint the ship’s elevations. Check out part 1 and part [...]
Build Waterline Model of RMS Titanic, Part 2
After finishing all the work on the bandsaw, I clamped the hull in a vise and, with the help of a rasp and a file, fine-tuned the bow and stern. Be sure and check out Part One of this project.…
Build a Waterline Model of RMS Titanic
Only a handful of tools are needed to recreate this iconic vessel. A few years ago, I crafted three identical waterline wooden toy ships based on the iconic design of the RMS Titanic and its [...]
USNS Comfort and Mercy, A Scale Model, Part 5
After I finished painting the waterline, the faux keel, and the funnels I turned to the Red Crosses and the bridge’s windows. My initial idea for the windows was to craft a stamp of a window [...]
USNS Comfort and Mercy, A Scale Model, Part 4
Milk Paint is one of my most favorite paints. I like it for the fact that it is a water-based medium, that it dries to a hard and chalky-like surface, that it is easy to sand, and that it is …
USNS Comfort and Mercy, A Scale Model, Part 3
After I finished shaping the hull of the USNS Comfort (read about it in Part 1 and Part 2) I turned to make all the elements that construct the superstructure. Below (Sketch #1) are a few of my [...]
USNS Comfort and Mercy, A Scale Model, Part 2
Last time I showed how I designed and shaped the top, or deck view of the USNS Comfort. Today I would like to show how I continued to shape the ship’s blank on the bandsaw and then refine the …
USNS Comfort and Mercy, A Scale Model, Part 1
As a resident of New York I was heartened by the sight of the USNS Comfort, the beautiful white ship marked with the emblem of the red cross, as she rolled in the NY Harbor to help in the fight [...]