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10 hours ago, nikbud said:

As expected, amazing work Sir!

I am going to take a lot of tips from this build to use on my own build. I especially like how you made/attached the channels (Rusten).

I have always shied away from having pins showing on the hull, but you are changing my mind, they look great!

 

Thank you Sir!

 

Channels, I'll remember the name. Thank you for that as wel.

I agree with you there about pins and nails on a model on this scale. Whatever you do, they almost always look out of scale to me.
In this case these nails represents some kind of big nails or bolts and do look fine on this model. So I took a gamble and hopefully paid off a bit! :)

 

regards,

Peter

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 Beautiful work Peter. Museum quality craftsmanship.

Tim Moore

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**The little things matter...**

 

Hello shipmates! Good to see you again...

Thank you for all the positive feedback, reactions and cheers from you guys. I really appriciate it!

 

Today the update is all about the "little things" on a ship. Things that matter because they compliment the ship and thus gives the overall apperance a boost. 

I'll start with the little boat that should be placed on deck somewhere. The kitmaker AL provides a cast metal one which isn't to bad. AL suggests to paint the hull of the boat. I decided to plank the hull with walnut veneer. I used CA gel glue to stick the wood to the metal. It's not the best glue for the job, but it worked.

 

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the other side as well..

 

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Both sides finished...

 

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Aft, stem and keelson's turn...

 

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...and the endresult!

 

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Time to move on to do some work on the windlass...

 

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I have stained the parts into a walnut colour...

 

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The axel of the windlass didn't fit, so I reduced the diameter of the axel. 

 

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*A poor man's lathe...*

 

Next, I'll started on the capstan. I did not want to use the brass roundbar included in the kit for the handles. So I decided to use toothpicks instead.

 

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The toothpicks are a bit out of scale. I have no lathe and the parts are to small for a lathe anyway....so I used my cordless powerdrill to be a lathe for a moment...It's all about useing your tools to the max I think! :D

 

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I used two sanding blocks to reduce the diameter to the required 1,5mm, while the drill was on.

 

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After giving it some colour...

 

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I used a pin vice to drill the holes in the capstan...

 

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And then all the parts together...

 

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Finished for this weekend. Time to go, see you next time and thanks for watching!

 

Peter

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51 minutes ago, zappto said:

This is remarkable job.  Beautiful workmanship on the smalest parts! 

Thanks Zappto, your Dutch Friesland ship is a work of beauty too!

I’ll try to take my time on the details on this “Tiny” ship in comparison of the real biggies like, Soleil Royal, Titanic, HMS Victory and Friesland. It’s like a practice run for me before to take a next step to such big models.

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  • 2 weeks later...

**Chapter ? - Throw away the manual**

 

Hi guys!

 

Today a big update with a lot of pictures, 50 to be exact. So take a seat, relax and step aboard!
The last few days I really cracked my head on some issues with the kitmaker. For instance, the railings on the sterncastle. These were, how to say, not to my taste at all. So here is an impression how AL designed the railings.
 

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As you can see, there is no toprailing, just three pieces of wood running horizontal on a few vertical placed pieces of wood. I needed to redesign this part...but first some other things that has been done on the ship.... #Cliffhanger  

I have placed the capstan!

 

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After the capstan, I decided to change the base of the main mast as well. The kit provides some cast metal parts and I made some new ones from wood.

 

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So, after this I looked at the Mizzen mast and saw that the angle was wrong. Further more, the mast hits the upper part of the captains cabin so I needed to change that as well. I made the holes for the mast a bit bigger on both decks and made two news bases for the mast to cover up the holes.
I can now place the mizzen mast in the proper angle and it doesn't hit the cabin anymore. See it as an easy fix...

 

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I still need the place the second base, but that's for a later moment. Time to start on the upper railings on the sterncastle.
I made some sketches of a new design and made a decision. I had some extra wooden walnut strips, but needed to order some more to get the job done. Having the design ready, now I needed to figure it out how to construct it. The first "challenge" was to construct a solid base and to do this I needed to place the vertical parts first. These parts are lined up in two different angles compare to the deck surface. It's like building a trapezium shaped box. To glue the pieces onto the deck itself, it didn't had the best effect. The angle the parts have and the small glue surface wasn't going to work. I decided to cut away a small part of the deck so I could stick the parts into the deck instead of on the deck. This worked perfectly!

 

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See? I just cut away a small part for the part to fill in and it created a much stronger bond!

 

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I bought a few new clamps which came in handy...

 

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The first part done, the lower part is next...

 

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Now the construction is solid and I can place more vertical parts to make it even stronger. 

 

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all placed, and as you can see, I kept the vertical parts a bit to long so I can cut them to length later....

 

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The last part of the desing was construction the upper board of the railings. I've bought some 7x1,5mm walnut strips and cut them to width of 6mm. Since I have no power tools at my disposal, I simple used a knife, ruler and sanding block to get the job done.

 

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I hope you guys like the improvement. I copy this design to create the front castle as well.

Next is to change the Anchors. The kit provides more cast metal parts which I don't use. I made some new ones from scrapwood.

 

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Next are some small parts placed on the ship as well as my first ladder...

 

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That's it for today, I would like to take the opportunity to wish you a very Merry christmas time with your family and dear ones and see you hopefully soon.  comments are welcome ofcourse!

 

ciao!
Pter

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Well done.
Much extra work, but the model looks much better now. 

Regards, Patrick

 

Finished :  Soleil Royal Heller 1/100   Wasa Billing Boats   Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch)   Pelican / Golden Hind  1/45 scratch

Current build :  Mary Rose 1/50 scratch

Gallery Revell Bounty  Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch

To do Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal 

 

Shore leave,  non ship models build logs :  

ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72    Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72   Autoblinda AB40 1/72   122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72   10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e)  Centurion Mk.1 conversion   M29 Weasel 1/72     SAM6 1/72    T26 Finland  T26 TN 1/72  Autoprotetto S37 1/72     Opel Blitz buses 1/72  Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72   Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72    

 

Si vis pacem, para bellum

 
 
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4 hours ago, Backer said:

Well done.
Much extra work, but the model looks much better now. 

Thanks Backer, it took some time and elbow grease, but it is the result that counts. I’m not speedbuilding, so I don’t matter it takes a bit longer. 😉

 

thanks for stopping by and your comments! I’ll appreciate it! 

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Unbelievable.......

Your real proffesion is woodworking????

I think I quite and do some punniken....😝(sorry,don’t know the English word for it)

 

Sjors

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7 minutes ago, Sjors said:

Unbelievable.......

Your real proffesion is woodworking????

I think I quite and do some punniken....😝(sorry,don’t know the English word for it) “Spool Knitting”

 

Sjors

Hi Sjors,

 

neen ik ben pro kantklosser 😎

 

thanks for your kind words. You are a good builder yourself and I like your work! After work and in the weekends when I am not entertaining my little kids I can work on the ship. I don’t have deadlines so I can take my time which I believe helps to work neat and tidy. 

 

 

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Great modification the railing! I agree that AL had a bad taste as its original design. The thing I liked though its that you didnt took their design for granded. Thats what I would (or most people) propably have done... I believe wouldnt  thought of redesigning it, I was just going to follow their "know better" design . Well done!

 

Now overall the build: The ship untill now...  if I may say...has the sense of a master piece!

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We can open a new topic ?????

Kantklossen and punniken.......

 

When you need a lathe when you have to work on the masts and you are living not to far away, you are always welcome.

I have also time now.

From Januari I'm only working for a while 4 hours a day in the evening...

So time enough!

 

Sjors

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24 minutes ago, Sjors said:

We can open a new topic ?????

Kantklossen and punniken.......

 

When you need a lathe when you have to work on the masts and you are living not to far away, you are always welcome.

I have also time now.

From Januari I'm only working for a while 4 hours a day in the evening...

So time enough!

 

Sjors

Thanks Sjors,

 

very kind of you to help me with the masts! As a matter of fact, I live near Rotterdam, so not far from you at all as a matter of fact. :cheers:

I will try my “poor mans lathe” first and see if it works, if not I’ll send you a message. Thanks for willing to help, Thanks a lot! 

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2 hours ago, MESSIS said:

Great modification the railing! I agree that AL had a bad taste as its original design. The thing I liked though its that you didnt took their design for granded. Thats what I would (or most people) propably have done... I believe wouldnt  thought of redesigning it, I was just going to follow their "know better" design . Well done!

 

Now overall the build: The ship untill now...  if I may say...has the sense of a master piece!

σας ευχαριστώ!

thank you again Messis Sir! I like the kit so this helps to make something out of it. 😉

It was a real Puzzle figureing out the railings. Glad to see you find it an upgrade as well.

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Dear Dutch Colombus,

 

I wish you and your family merry Christmas and a happy new year.

 

And have a safe journey   to the  "Conquest of  Paradise". It happened 1492 and is still happening again and again.... like Ulysses and Ithaca, it always  happens what we choose to happen.

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7 hours ago, MESSIS said:

Dear Dutch Colombus,

 

I wish you and your family merry Christmas and a happy new year.

 

And have a safe journey   to the  "Conquest of  Paradise". It happened 1492 and is still happening again and again.... like Ulysses and Ithaca, it always  happens what we choose to happen.

I wish you and your family also a merry Christmas and a very good and healthy new year!

 

together we conquer the world! 

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21 hours ago, Wallace said:

Yes, I can only agree with B.E. here Peter. I really like your modifications and am totally impressed that you do all this without power tools sir. 

Your anchor construction was first class, they look great. I wish you too a very peaceful Christmas and a healthy New Year.  

Thanks Wallace, I am looking forward on your planking job on your Victory! Don’t keep us waiting too long... 😉

 

Marry christmas to you and your family as well. May the new year be good and prosper for you!

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**Railings, Railings, Railings.....Rawhide!**

 

Mesdames et Messieurs - Salut! 

Within the Christmas spirit, I bring you a lean and mean update of the ship and I continued on the upper railings. Not much to say, just have a look!

Oh and for the keen observers, I did made a mistake on purpose. I'll explain later, but it is all intentional, but technicaly wrong! :)

 

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Down the stairs we go...

 

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I made a "thingy" for the windlass...to stop the thing when operating it.

 

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Next....just look...

 

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This is how AL want me to make it...

 

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So I like to continue the style and design I have chosen, so here we go, and oh....it will give me some issues later on when I need to start rigging the ship. But we will cross that bridge when we get there....

The line of the deck has a curve into it. I want to follow that curve for my railing. The top plank must be bend and thats an issue. It's better to use the spilling plank technique, but I do not have the proper lumber to do that trick. I need to soak, bend and pray it will hold!

 

Soaking first, just boiling water, nothing special.

 

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Phew, made it....now some nice views of the ship...

 

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Thats it folks...

Adieu!
Peter

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Hi Peter,

.        You state that you have an issue with your top plank. You done the job perfectly, no problem is a problem to you sir. 

.          Love the pictures.

 

.                     kier

Saving for: HMS Vanguard...Victory models.

finished: Bluenose11...Billing Boats... (sorry no log.

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4 hours ago, kier said:

Hi Peter,

.        You state that you have an issue with your top plank. You done the job perfectly, no problem is a problem to you sir. 

.          Love the pictures.

 

.                     kier

Hi Kier,

 

thanks for your kind words Sir! The issue I was refering to, was the top of the railings. I have not a solution to tie the ropes to the fence like it is done on the picture below...if anyone has an idea, please let me know! 🙂

 

Santa-Maria0003,-Artesania-Latina,-Victo

 

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