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| DENS MODEL SHIPS - .This web site contains models | | | | my custom ROPEWALK- . |
| of ships, that are all handcrafted, through hundreds of | | | | FREE ROPEWALK PLAN: |
| hours of labor to bring realistic scale to the ship. Each | | | | POWERED ROPEWALK: Easy Ropewalk |
| ship is unique in its own way, consistency of wood, | | | | BUILDING TECHNIQUES: Some of my techniques for |
| rigging, labor, and craftmanship. The ships are 100% | | | | building my model ships, would be using a modeling |
| scratch built, thousands of pieces, put together piece | | | | compound called (Sculpey) for some of my guild |
| by piece, no model kits, and no store bought parts. The | | | | details, click here- It is a modeling compound bought at |
| materials used in these models are, wood, wire, | | | | the hobby shops. It comes in a square block, almost |
| threads, and Sculpy used for the sails, and the guild | | | | like clay but it doesn't get hard until baked. First I take |
| work (gold). | | | | the raw material, shape it by hand how I want it, fit it to |
| Here is some photos of some of my finished models | | | | the ship, carefully take it off, bake it, glue it on, and then |
| that are for sale. | | | | paint it gold. To carve these pieces out of wood, I |
| NOAHS ARK MODEL : | | | | would not paint them because it would take away the |
| SCALED NOAHS ARK MODEL: | | | | wood work. But when I paint the guilded work gold I |
| NOAHS ARK DIORAMA: | | | | use the compound. Its almost like plastic and it works |
| USS CONSTELLATION MODEL: | | | | great. This compound is used for all my gold work on |
| MODEL SHIP STORE: This store is where these | | | | my model ships. I also use it sometimes for the sales, |
| models can be purchased or ordered. | | | | flags, and the dead-eyes. |
| DENS MODEL SHIP SHOP: We sell our model ships | | | | WOOD WORK TECHNIQUES: As far as the wood |
| on gifts such as, Posters, T-Shirts, Coffee Mugs, | | | | work goes, I first take the raw wood ( board ) to the |
| Clocks, Steins, Coasters, Infant Apparel, Hats, Stickers, | | | | table saw to cut everything that I need. Then from |
| Magnets, Buttons, Stamps & more. | | | | there the rest of the pieces are cut with the scroll saw |
| THIS IS THE MODEL THAT I AM CURRENTLY | | | | and a executive knife. No dowels are used on these |
| WORKING ON. The model is 100% SCRATCH BUILT, | | | | model, the mast are cut square then I rasp the corners |
| MADE OUT OF CHESTNUT WOOD, CUSTOM | | | | and sand until round. For all the round spindle wood |
| MADE. MUSEUM QUALITY, CLASS A, 1-OF-A-KIND... | | | | work I use a drill as my lathe, then I use my files to |
| This ship is still in working progress and will be finished | | | | shape and sand the parts that I need. No store bought |
| by December 2006. The scale of this ship is 1/96 so it | | | | pieces or parts, or factory cut wood, all 100% |
| would be 168' long x 42' wide, and draws 21' of water. | | | | handcrafted. The raw materials that I use are, wood, |
| The model is 21" long x 5" wide, and 5" high mid-ship. | | | | Sculpey, wire, and thread. LATHE WORK: I don't have |
| And has 5 different deck levels. Click here to view | | | | a lathe, and I don't use dowels, the drill is my lathe for |
| some large photos of it,- | | | | the small parts. For the masts I take the board and cut |
| ABOUT THE SHIPS: All the ships are Plank on Frame | | | | it on the table saw into squares 1/4" x 1/4" then I rasp |
| construction (hollow hulls) The ships are made from all | | | | the corners and hand sand round. And the round |
| types of woods, which are: Cherry, Walnut, Chestnut, | | | | spindles on the deck, I put the 1/8" round stock into my |
| Mahogany, Oak, Pine, and other exotic woods. The | | | | drill chuck, then I cut and sand with the files to get the |
| scale in these models are 1/96 and 1/192. The rigging | | | | shape that I want. |