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cobra1951 got a reaction from mtaylor in The Kit-Basher's Guide To The Galaxy
Only just found this thread and i am finding it a very useful part of the forum for great ideas
Thank you
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cobra1951 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Painted up some crates and weathered them with a mid grey wash and hacked a few bits here and there to make them look old, then glued them to the rear cargo hold deck.
Then i blackened some more eye bolts and fitted them around the crates.
Next i took some rigging cord and lashed the crates down. I may not use the cargo nets because they hide a lot of detail and once the middle deck is on it will be dark in there, so i may just use them over some of the near side cargo.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Still getting my cargo items together
I was going to make some sacks from modelling clay as i could not find any decent ones in 1/48 scale. Then i struck on the idea of searching for O gauge sacks and suddenly i found lots of them. Although O gauge is not 1/48 scale it is 1/43 scale and that is near enough for me.
These will be use to represent potato sacks etc
These were for mail sacks but they will do fine for my flour sacks
And as the crew have to eat at some point i got them some baskets of fruit and vegetables
Waiting on some more wooden barrels and buckets now
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cobra1951 got a reaction from Mirabell61 in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Painted up some crates and weathered them with a mid grey wash and hacked a few bits here and there to make them look old, then glued them to the rear cargo hold deck.
Then i blackened some more eye bolts and fitted them around the crates.
Next i took some rigging cord and lashed the crates down. I may not use the cargo nets because they hide a lot of detail and once the middle deck is on it will be dark in there, so i may just use them over some of the near side cargo.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Sorted out the cargo netting
Changed it from this green colour
To this more natural looking hemp colour. As the netting is 100% natural cotton and not nylon i just dropped it in a 50-50 solution of water and bleach for 3 to 4 minutes then rinsed all the bleach out of it
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cobra1951 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
While i wait for my Boxwood to arrive i knocked up a quick jig that will enable me to cut all my planks to exactly the same length. I'm using single sided razor blades to cut the planks, so that i don't get split ends from using a saw. Have to change the blade regularly so the edges stay as good as possible
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cobra1951 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Sorted out the cargo netting
Changed it from this green colour
To this more natural looking hemp colour. As the netting is 100% natural cotton and not nylon i just dropped it in a 50-50 solution of water and bleach for 3 to 4 minutes then rinsed all the bleach out of it
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cobra1951 got a reaction from CaptainSteve in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Painted up some crates and weathered them with a mid grey wash and hacked a few bits here and there to make them look old, then glued them to the rear cargo hold deck.
Then i blackened some more eye bolts and fitted them around the crates.
Next i took some rigging cord and lashed the crates down. I may not use the cargo nets because they hide a lot of detail and once the middle deck is on it will be dark in there, so i may just use them over some of the near side cargo.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from CaptainSteve in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Still getting my cargo items together
I was going to make some sacks from modelling clay as i could not find any decent ones in 1/48 scale. Then i struck on the idea of searching for O gauge sacks and suddenly i found lots of them. Although O gauge is not 1/48 scale it is 1/43 scale and that is near enough for me.
These will be use to represent potato sacks etc
These were for mail sacks but they will do fine for my flour sacks
And as the crew have to eat at some point i got them some baskets of fruit and vegetables
Waiting on some more wooden barrels and buckets now
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cobra1951 got a reaction from CaptainSteve in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Sorted out the cargo netting
Changed it from this green colour
To this more natural looking hemp colour. As the netting is 100% natural cotton and not nylon i just dropped it in a 50-50 solution of water and bleach for 3 to 4 minutes then rinsed all the bleach out of it
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cobra1951 got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
I decided to order some different crates but these will be a while as they are coming from Canada. Not wanting to be bored, i painted up a few of the crates i already have just as a test and then made them into a stack as if they where in the hold and then made them look aged (bit like me lol). When i do the actual crates i wish to use i will fit eye bolts into the deck in the holds and then using some rigging cord i will lash the stack to the deck.
Once i am satisfied with the placement of all the finished crates i end up with i will them place some cargo netting over the crate stack. In the next picture i have just placed the netting over the stack just for demo purposes, the final fitting will be a piece of netting cut to size then tied down to the same eye bolts that the crates are lashed down with. I am also going to try and see if bleaching the netting will get rid of the green colour and if it does i will then dye the netting to a more natural hemp colour. If not i will just have to put up with the green. Also once stretche the netting will have a thinner appearance than it does in the photo.
Next project is an attempt to make some flour sacks and some potato sacks
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cobra1951 got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Victory by foxy - Heller - 1/100 - PLASTIC - with Dafi's etch & resin set
Great progression Frank
Make sure you get a good heater in that garage mate
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cobra1951 got a reaction from riverboat in HMS Victory by foxy - Heller - 1/100 - PLASTIC - with Dafi's etch & resin set
Hi Frank
I could almost swear that is a Wooden model if i didn't know better, looks great mate
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cobra1951 got a reaction from riverboat in HMS Victory by foxy - Heller - 1/100 - PLASTIC - with Dafi's etch & resin set
Nice recovery Frank
And Happy New Year to you and everyone else on this fine forum
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cobra1951 got a reaction from foxy in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Painted up some crates and weathered them with a mid grey wash and hacked a few bits here and there to make them look old, then glued them to the rear cargo hold deck.
Then i blackened some more eye bolts and fitted them around the crates.
Next i took some rigging cord and lashed the crates down. I may not use the cargo nets because they hide a lot of detail and once the middle deck is on it will be dark in there, so i may just use them over some of the near side cargo.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from foxy in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Still getting my cargo items together
I was going to make some sacks from modelling clay as i could not find any decent ones in 1/48 scale. Then i struck on the idea of searching for O gauge sacks and suddenly i found lots of them. Although O gauge is not 1/48 scale it is 1/43 scale and that is near enough for me.
These will be use to represent potato sacks etc
These were for mail sacks but they will do fine for my flour sacks
And as the crew have to eat at some point i got them some baskets of fruit and vegetables
Waiting on some more wooden barrels and buckets now
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cobra1951 got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Thanks to the information supplied by others doing logs of the same model i knew i would have to file away some of crossbeam 49 to allow the bilge pump tubes to pass through the deck.
Dry fitted the deck and marked out were the crossbeam needed trimming then removed deck and made the adjustment needed in the crossbeam
Then dry fitted the deck again and test fitted the bilge pump tubes.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Hold well bulkheads planked and fitted.
I decided to use more Boxwood to plank the bulkheads and i used a smaller size just to give some contrast to the wider deck planking. Also i didn't go with the recommended 3mm x 1mm Sapelli for the door frame, to my eye it looked oversized, so i used 2mm x 1mm walnut instead. i then added some 2mm x 2mm the the bulkhead corners just for added strength and because i liked the look it, lol. The ring bolts on the door and the hold well box lid were treated with brass blackener before fitting
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cobra1951 got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Fitted the forward and aft middle deck crossbeams and painted them except for where glue will be needed later
When fitting the pillar chock under the 4th crossbeam i did not want to get any glue on the deck planking so i only applied glue to the top of the chock, to make sure it was still secure i drilled a hole through the crossbeam and fitted a large treenail in with glue to strengthen the joint.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Forward and Aft hold decks planked.
Planks were cut to 120mm, at 1/48 scale this equates to a 20ft plank. The planks were then laid in a 5 butt shift system using a 13524 pattern. Mast support rings were then fitted and then i made up a grating to cover the bilge entry. This was made of some old grating material i had left over from something else. not quite the same scale but it's better than leaving the hole there and the scale difference will hardly be noticable once the middle deck is on and some cargo dispersed around the deck. Then the aft hold deck was done in the same way. Once done they were given a coat of matt varnish to seal them.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Got bored so i dug out an old plank and some spare narrower Boxwood i had left over from another project and quickly laid a bit of decking for practice. Didn't take any particular care as i just wanted to see what shift pattern to use.
I used the 4 butt shift pattern for this one but on the actual build i might change it to a 5 butt shift pattern. have to see what it looks like with the wider planks on the Bounty. The ones i used are about 1mm narrower so the effect will change when i use the wider planks.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from michael mott in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
While i wait for my Boxwood to arrive i knocked up a quick jig that will enable me to cut all my planks to exactly the same length. I'm using single sided razor blades to cut the planks, so that i don't get split ends from using a saw. Have to change the blade regularly so the edges stay as good as possible
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cobra1951 got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Forward and Aft holds deck bases fitted ready for planking.
I have ordered some Boxwood for the planking as i don't want to use Basswood for planking, i once experimented with different woods for planking and i found that Maple and Lime gave a really bad finish, As Basswood and Lime are basicaly the same (just named differently in different countries) i do not fancy using it, so once my Boxwood order arrives i will commence the planking of the hold decks.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
Keel, frames and mast steps all painted except on the parts that will require glue later on, and also any parts that will be hidden have not been painted.
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cobra1951 got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48
All the frames, lower crossbeams and the mast steps glued into position.
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