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