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HMS Pegasus - 1:64 Amati Victory Models by Techtonic

Build took around 500 hours over eight months. Base build used pretty much the standard supplied parts. Kit was short on .25mm raw line, .75mm black line (which they had substituted with 1mm but this was too thick to go through some of the fitments), ring bolts, and 5mm single blocks.

 

Enhanced the model with the addition of the following:

  • Base and pedestals
  • Furled sails made from silkspan
  • Ship stove cut from balsa
  • Cannon balls 3/32" Silicon Nitride ceramic ball bearings with racks
  • Various barrels and buckets
  • Artesania Latina HMS Endeavour Figurine Set
  • Master Korabel 95mm ships boat
  • Hammock crane netting made from fiberglass screen mesh (as used for window insect screens)
  • Stern and crows nest lanterns
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2 hours ago, mark.bukovich said:

Beautiful! I love the figurines; it helps to bring the ship to life

 

(Also nice Lego Star Wars collection 😄 )

Thanks Mark. Yeah the figurines do bring it to life. I also like them as they immediately make it obvious the scale of the ship.

 

(Also, that's only about half my Lego Star Wars collection! I was running out of room to display them which is what got me started on wooden ship building - a hobby that takes much longer to build each model!) 

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DonSangria

Hi Techtonic

Wounderful work! I especially like your sails. How did you make them? Do you have a guide or a reference? 

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17 hours ago, DonSangria said:

Hi Techtonic

Wounderful work! I especially like your sails. How did you make them? Do you have a guide or a reference? 

Thanks for the kind words Don.

 

The sails were made from silkspan. I used Tom Lauria's youtube videos as a general guide for using the material https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_m_VWzk4w8.

 

The square sails were made pretty much the full length of the sail but tapered in at the the lower end, then folded and rolled in a similar way to what Landlubber Mike does here https://modelshipworld.com/topic/3944-landlubber-mikes-technique-for-furled-sails/. The clews were re-enforced with a second layer of silkspan glued to the first layer to strengthen it where the rope attaches. I didn't add bolt ropes but may do that in my next build for extra realism. The top edge of the sails was reinforced by folding over and gluing around 0.2" strip along the top.

 

The jib sails were made fill size and shape  and reinforced by folding about 0.2" of the leading edge around some thread and gluing. Then metal rings were pierced through this reinforced edge at half inch intervals and used to attach to the forestay. Once all are attached just concertina the sail down while wet and with a little persuasion it will naturally fold in a realistic looking manner. I also had to add extra running rigging for these sails as they are not included in the Pegasus plans. I added some extra belaying pins on the focsle just aft of the bowsprit to take this extra running rigging.

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