54mm Charge of the Scots Greys

[Guest]

More great stuff Neil.

[Jim R]

Hi Neil
Quite amazing work.
Jim

[Andy Belsey]

Lovely work Neil!
Andy

[Neil Merryweather]

Ian, Peter , Jim & Andy-
Thank you very much indeed, I'm enjoying it again.
Not much left to do with the Scots Grey now and then I can get some paint on him

[Neil Merryweather]

I mentioned before that I had broken his sword, but what I didn’t say was that I’d lost it!
So I have been mulling over how to make a new one. I don't have another Scots Grey in the stash, but I could have raided my Airfix Lifeguard kit, but then what would I do for a sword when I come to build that? I suppose I could have used a Historex one, but I was on a roll now and I decided to see if I could make one from some 6 thou(0.15mm) brass strip I had.

I held my breath and filed an edge and a point on both sides with a needle file. Then I held my breath again and scribed the blood channel – I couldn’t believe I hadn’t c*cked it up!



I had left it over length because I needed to set it into the grip, and the obvious way is how it is done in real life by narrowing the blade into a tang. Now this blade is 1.82mm wide and I need to trim away 2/3rds of it somehow. I thought of filing but I was worried about bending it, so I turned to my trusty jeweller’s saw with a 60 TPI blade(teeth per inch for the continentals among us)


I gripped it in a pin vice and held my breath for a third time,

And then a fourth, and b*gger me, I got away with it!



I measured the tang with my digital calipers and it was 0.72mm so I used a 0.75mm bit and drilled into the sword hilt. I actually started with a 0.5mm drill and then enlarged it, just to be on the safe side, and I even got away with that!


Did I mention that I am quite pleased with this……..?

Sorry for the self-congratulatory tone of this post but I was so dreading dealing with this. I think it was this that was slowing down the progress and affecting the mojo, but now I feel like I am BACK!

Thanks for looking and the encouraging comments, it really helps

Neil

[papa 695]

Fantastic fix Neil

[yak face]

Top scratching neil , cheers tony

[Guest]

Worthy of Wilkinson's. Terrific work Neil.

[Mini Me]

Ya gotta love it, when a plan comes together! Well done Neil! Built the way a good edged weapon should be!!:thumb2:
Rick H.

[rtfoe]

Well done Neil...this sword will cut.

Cheers,
Richard

[stillp]

Amazing!
Pete

[Neil Merryweather]

Ian, Tony Peter,Rick, Richard and Pete-Thank you very much gents!

[Windy]

Top work Neil! I'm loving this build.

[Steven000]

Nicely done Neil :thumb2:
I hope you didn't pass out too much holding your breath
Steven

[Steve Jones]

Hi Neil

How are yer? Staying safe I hope. I just popped in to see how you are doing and it's great to see how you are overcoming all the issues on such a small scale. Terrific work