Jump to content

Siggi52

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,013

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Siggi52

  1. Siggi52
    Thank you all... Yes Druxey, without the frizzen the gun is not working. I gave it away for weld some material to it. And they lost it. They ordered a new one from the shop in Oklahoma, but these guys are not the fasted at all. I'm waiting now for five month!
  2. Siggi52
    Many thanks for all your nice comments, I really appreciate it. The men of the shipyard are still on vacation. I had been busy building two rifles during the wintertime. The smaller rifle is after a Armstrong rifle and the longer one after a Jacob Ferree rifle. (48 inch barrel!) Here is the frizzen is still missing! At the moment I'm busy in my garden, I did't do very much here the last 4 years. But I think to the end of the year I will be back at the shipyard. Best regards, Siggi
  3. Siggi52
    Many thanks for your nice words and likes. Druxey, I will not build the front part of the Dragon. That part was enough for me. The next time, or the rest of the year, I have to build two rifles and than may be a 60 gunner of the 1745 establishment. But then in a more conventional way.
  4. Siggi52
    Nils and Maury, many thanks for your nice comments. Maury the water and the whole show case is made from Acrylic
  5. Siggi52
    Thank you Druxey, did you mean the rest of the Dragon?
  6. Siggi52
    Hello, many thanks for your likes and comments. Today I finished the barge and set it to the Dragon into her showcase. After the motto: the captain would go from board and his barge is ready. And here all is closed and ready All in all it was a fun to build this little boat and I think it would't be the last I Build.
  7. Siggi52
    Hello, it is done. The barge is more or less ready and when I think it over, I could build more of them. But now the last pictures. There is a rule of thumb with the oars I found out. 1/3 of the oar is in the boat and 2/3 outside. The square part is fully inside, it is the counterweight for the outside part. The point of balance is shortly outside of the boat. For modern oars they say 30 cm. So the oar would fall alone in the water, but you need not much power to get it out. That means also, that the oars have all more or less a different length at each position. You could see that also at many of the old models. A good example is the model SLR0578. I'm sorry Druxey, but for your barge you need the girls (?) of the Russian shot putter national team. But with them on board, the barge would go only in one direction, downwards Because I would set the barge to the Dragon, I tried some position of the oars. But at least I have to take all oars in I think, because of space.
  8. Siggi52
    Hello, thank you for your kind words, Mark and Nils. Mark, when I understand the descriptions of the NMM right, then an admiral would have twelve oarsmen and how the barge would be equipped was up to the captain or admiral and how much he was willing to spend. The oars are more work then first expected. But I hope to get ready with them tomorrow. Yesterday I build two masts and sprits for two spritsails and installed them today.
  9. Siggi52
    Hello again, First I had to build a scabbard for a small sword for a friend and afterwards I took my cold. If you did't take your cold in wintertime, you had to take it in July But now I'm back at the ship yard. The last two days I worked on a seat cushion for the captain. Captains are not used to sit on hard wood, so I had to do it Also new is the gangplank and the two hooks. I don't know the exactly name for these. The next things to build are the oars.
  10. Siggi52
    Hello, before I have to pause with this little barge, here the last pictures with her so far ready. There are only the oars and some little details left. But that later.
  11. Siggi52
    Hello, first many thanks for your nice words and likes. Yesterday I installed the thwarts and this morning I gave all al thin coat of varnish. That is the next step, the tholes. They are really small
  12. Siggi52
    Helo, today only a small update. The painter has been a little overzealous and painted more then he should. So I had to scratch away the color around the pictures at the captains seat. I'm glad that all went well and that I had there no damages.
  13. Siggi52
    Hello, thanks for your likes and comments. Today I finished mostly the back part of the barge. There are only some small things left. Next I start building the thwarts. For those who do not use Euro Cents, they have a diameter of 16 mm. When I started painting the fries of my Dragon, I thought that this is the limit for me. But it works even at a smaller scale
  14. Siggi52
    Hello Druxey, did you think that this are dolphins? Most of these, I say fishes, have no dorsal fin. So I think that this are more „monster" fishes, like these you could also see also at old maps. May be it is one of this species, that I found at Wikipedia. But mostly I think they are fantasy.
  15. Siggi52
    Hello, today only a small update. The picture with the fishes is 4 X 17 mm That saves paint!
  16. Siggi52
    Hello, thank you all for your nice comments and likes. Here now the latest update, I finished the inboard planking with the carvings. Next would be the back of the captains seat. I'm sorry, but I did't know all these special names. But I hope you could follow me
  17. Siggi52
    Hello Karl, that is just great!
  18. Siggi52
    Hello, today only a small update. The seat for the captain. Next come the inside planks. With the carvings over two planks, I really do not know how to manage that. At least I have to make the carvings after the planks are installed But that I left for the next week.
  19. Siggi52
    Hello, the floors are ready and painted. The next thing would be the seat for the captain.
  20. Siggi52
    Hello Druxey, thank you for the answer. Because it is the most logical solution, I worked already in this direction, but now I know that I'm right. At the moment all is under fresh paint and tomorrow I will assemble it.
  21. Siggi52
    Hello, many thanks for your comments and likes Yesterday I installed the frames and the captain came to inspect the work. Today I think I will build the floors but there is a small problem. At the plan are two bolts with rings in the Keel. To get access of them, did they made there a door at the floor, ore is may be the plank in the middle removable? In the last case they have access to the whole keel, for cleaning, getting water out and so on. There are so far as I know no pillars under the thwarts.
  22. Siggi52
    Hello, after a short break, because the weather was so fine here, the building goes on. Monday I painted the frieze and today I finished the rudder, except the tiller. Here some of the hardware After all dried, I will start with the interior. I made all these things ready, because after the next step I could't use the plug to hold the boat in the vise.
  23. Siggi52
    Hello, here some pictures of the actual progress.
  24. Siggi52
    Thank you all for your comments and likes. Mark over the white paint is a layer of wax.
  25. Siggi52
    Hello, many thanks for your kind words and likes. Yesterday I build the last strakes. For that I laid a pice paper between the plug and the boat. With a scalpel I scratch on it the contours of the strake and cut it afterwards. And here the strake is in place This morning I carefully sanded the hull. It is not always perfect, but I'm satisfied with the result. The next thing would be to make the interior, to stiffen the hull. Working with these pins was really a great innovation and very useful. Thank you for that Johann.

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...