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