Piet

ok..........my flip has flopped........there will be lighting.   now that the bow and stern is on the hull for good,   the wiring was run into the hull.   I'm going with four bulbs instead of the two I tried my first test with.
 

 

 
the connections were soldered and taped up.  I hope you can see these next photos........they are dark.
 

 
even through the deck,  there is some light filtration.   it does look kinda cool though......some illumination for the well decks
 

 

 
it's too late to take any measures to keep it from happening.   but.....awwww,  what the heck.   at first,  the admiral wasn't too keen on the idea.   now that she's seen it,  she likes it     I will be adding a couple more lights to the bridge deck and the A deck.   it's the best I can do......any inaccessible areas will be void.    from the looks of it though,  I think there will be enough light emitted to make up for it. 

thanks for the good word folks!   hopefully I can keep up with the progress for the duration of my vacation     I'm afraid it will be some time before I can even touch that project.   in the meantime,  I can cut all the hull parts that I'll need and order up some planking.   I have all the parts for the 'mother ship......the other two will be scratch built {of course}.   these three share the same {if not.....very close} hull construction.....it's how they are fitted out,  that is unique.
 
man..........I gotta get a wood build on the table to feed my Frankenstein    
 
I wish I could say more.........I keep my fingers crossed that my circumstances don't change before I get to them
 
here is a hint Patrick:   all three have kits out on the market for them,  but they are all of different scale.   the  'mother ship' is 1:65......thereby,  all three will be of this scale.  I know it's not much......but I don't want to jinx it.

Hello Denis ,great fix on the warp,have to write these fixes down as memory is aging, real good progress, what was your name again ????,okay I got it.Edwin

Hi Denis
 
I'm intrigued now, after reading your last paragraph above. Have you started building a new trio of models? If so, can you give us any hints???
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Looking good.  And another 'trio' in the wings ..... what could it be ?????????

Nice fix on the hull Dennis. She is looking fabulous.

Denis,
 
a nice Progress to be seen, and looking better every time I visit your log...
 
Nils

She's taking shape quite nicely Dennis. Starting to take on her iconic profile that we all know. 
 
Cheers

well.......I'm trying to have fun........teteur me.......I bit off a bit more than I could chew with a couple projects.   just as well,  because one of the steps I took needed time to set and dry.   the stern section needed to be fixed........so two jigs had to be made to align the sides.   setting the stern section in place,  I got my measurements and made the two jigs out of basswood. 
     once they were given my blessing.......finger's crossed,  they were set in place and braces made from sprue,  were cut and cemented in place.
 

 

 
since I'm working on the hull,  the props were cemented in place at this time.
 

 
the bow section has already been cemented in place.  touch ups were done.
 

 
a day or so passed........I did my time consuming projects around the house.  the jigs were removed and this is what I have now.
 

 
the hull is much more streamlined now........adding the braces pulled the sides in.   fitting the stern section back in was a snug fit........sanding the edges of the section helped eliminate this.   the tops of the bulwarks along the well was painted a flat white,  and the tops along the mid ship was painted with the insignia yellow.  when the mid ship is in place,  no black separation will be seen.
 

 

 
another aspect I've been working on,  is the wood tops for the railings.  I wasn't going to add this detail in due to the scale........and the face that I had already done the bow section without doing it.   now that I started with it.......I'm beginning to wish I hadn't.   the paint I'm using has been thinned down a bit.   I added some paint to it to thicken it back up........not enough I'm afraid.   the paint spread and bled down onto the lower part,  making quite a mess.   so,  I have to do some damage control on that front.
 
yesterday,  after whatever off the wall thing I was doing,  the wood bug took over.   I did some more work on that special project,  I have on the back burner.   making parts on the scroll saw.   I'm not using the parts panels,  as I've done with other projects......I'm using the actual parts from the  'mother ship'.   I would have been happy to have bought another kit of this vessel and recreated the extra hull for the threesome {using those parts panels as templates},  but waiting for the cash flow....I'm getting impatient!   what sucks too,  is I'm using that 1/4 inch oak panel I bought some time ago.......that stuff is a bear to sand!   yea.......you read right.......another trio.   we all know what happened to the last trio build......one left to become something better......at least,  I think so     one thing I can assure you with this one....I can't back out of it.....they all have names........and will have those names from the very beginning.   when I'm ready to fly.......

Congrats Dan on a most beautiful ship.  I have been following along throughout the build not commenting but thanks for teaching us all as you were building.  That's what makes this forum so special.
 
Cheers,

Thanks everyone for your warm welcome back messages, and then all the likes, it's really appreciated very much.  Yeah, it's been what, almost 3 years since I last worked on her.  As yuns know I kinda concentrated on the 019 build.
 
Well, here we are and trying to spend some more time on this ship.  I finished four of the eight cannon conversions except for some final detailing, which includes adding the bolts that hold the pivot straps.  I made the straps from paper that I painted flat black.   I'll wait with all that till all eight are completed, no sense in prepping the paint twice.
 
Then there is all the hardware yet, with the ropes.
 
Here are a few pics of what was done today.  Yes, it was rather warm in the dockyard (garage), 33 C!  But I love it though.  
 

This was how I left it last evening.  So, this morning I started dunking the wheels in brown dy so they could dry out for later assembly.  I also painted the axles flat black.
 

Here is the bunch from another angle.  I decided not to polish the canons but leave them somewhat rustic.  Gives a better impression of time at sea 
 

This shows only two of the 32 wheel securing pins.  Yeah, they are still in the rough state but before I installed tem into the axles they were dressed a little better.  I decided not to glue them in the axles in case the crew needs to change a wheel 
 

This shows the four cannons placed in their position on deck.  You can now see that the smaller size fits a lot better without running into the hatch coaming at recoil.  It also gives the crew some space working around the hatches.
 

Here is an overhead view.
 

Here is a close-up of one of the cannon assembles.  This is probably the roughest cannon of them all but I kinda like it and it's not noticeable when placed on deck and ready for action.
 
Cheers,
 
 

Hello everyone, Piet's back in the Surabaya shipyard!  I have accumulated a few more tools and 0.5 mm brass tubes for the canon lid hinges.  I have to redo all the lids already done because the 1 mm tubes are just too much out of scale.  There are no 0.5 mm brass tubes available here in the US but Remco offered to get them for me from Holland.  Thanks again, much appreciated.
 
In the meantime though I started on converting 8 of the 18 pounder canons to 12 pounders.  I cheated and bought a bunch of precast cannons that would fit my scale of 1:80 for 18 pound canons but on the upper deck they must be 12 pound.  The are too large to make them look good.
 
I also had to modify the gun carriages for the modded canons.  
 
I cut the barrel from the gun in front of the pivot pins and shortened that piece a 1/4 inch and did the same at the breach end where I cut about 1/8 of an inch off.  Drilled holes in the three pieces and cemented the gun back together using steel finishing nails as reinforcement.  A little filing and presto, I have a 12 pounder.
 
Actually it wasn't all that simple because the castings were not round but oval.  Fortunately this was mostly at the barrel end.  I had to first file the barrel round before cutting the canon pieces.  Not doing this first would give me all kinds of grief when cementing them back together again.
 
Drilling the holes for the pins was also a tedious job because I had to go slow other wise the metal would melt and jam the drill bit.  I think I lucked out in that all the holes were very close to center and wound up with straight looking guns.
I used 5 minute epoxy to cement the three pieces together.  A little fine tuning and cleaning and then a coat of flat black paint.
 
The gun carriages are still not finished yet.  I only made one for now and will use that as a pattern for the other nine 
 
I also started to make the wheel / axle securing pins.  Micro work, to say the least.
 
Well here are a few pics of the progress so far.  This'll be slower going then with the work I did on the O19 but it has to remain fun.
 

This shows the difference after I converted the first gun.
 

This shows the barrel end removed from the gun and in proces of shortening.
 

This shows the same treatment with the breach end.  I used a grinding wheel in my electric hand tool to shorten it that 1/8 inch.  I had to go slow to prevent the metal from melting and clogging the stone.  The final treatment was with a file to make the cuts square to centerline.
 

Here I have laid-out all the parts to be cemented back together again.
 

This shows the result of all my work for just one gun.  All together i estimate about 4 hours or so per gun.  I didn't check time so it could very well be longer when counting all the time i spend in dressing the gun.
 

This shows the completed gun on its carriage with the next one in line to be done.  All that's left is painting. and attaching the hardware for the ropes.
 

Here you can see the axle / wheel pins.  They too still need to be dressed some more - - - carefully, because they are fragile.
 
Cheers,

Thanks everyone for your warm welcome back messages, and then all the likes, it's really appreciated very much.  Yeah, it's been what, almost 3 years since I last worked on her.  As yuns know I kinda concentrated on the 019 build.
 
Well, here we are and trying to spend some more time on this ship.  I finished four of the eight cannon conversions except for some final detailing, which includes adding the bolts that hold the pivot straps.  I made the straps from paper that I painted flat black.   I'll wait with all that till all eight are completed, no sense in prepping the paint twice.
 
Then there is all the hardware yet, with the ropes.
 
Here are a few pics of what was done today.  Yes, it was rather warm in the dockyard (garage), 33 C!  But I love it though.  
 

This was how I left it last evening.  So, this morning I started dunking the wheels in brown dy so they could dry out for later assembly.  I also painted the axles flat black.
 

Here is the bunch from another angle.  I decided not to polish the canons but leave them somewhat rustic.  Gives a better impression of time at sea 
 

This shows only two of the 32 wheel securing pins.  Yeah, they are still in the rough state but before I installed tem into the axles they were dressed a little better.  I decided not to glue them in the axles in case the crew needs to change a wheel 
 

This shows the four cannons placed in their position on deck.  You can now see that the smaller size fits a lot better without running into the hatch coaming at recoil.  It also gives the crew some space working around the hatches.
 

Here is an overhead view.
 

Here is a close-up of one of the cannon assembles.  This is probably the roughest cannon of them all but I kinda like it and it's not noticeable when placed on deck and ready for action.
 
Cheers,
 
 

Hello everyone, Piet's back in the Surabaya shipyard!  I have accumulated a few more tools and 0.5 mm brass tubes for the canon lid hinges.  I have to redo all the lids already done because the 1 mm tubes are just too much out of scale.  There are no 0.5 mm brass tubes available here in the US but Remco offered to get them for me from Holland.  Thanks again, much appreciated.
 
In the meantime though I started on converting 8 of the 18 pounder canons to 12 pounders.  I cheated and bought a bunch of precast cannons that would fit my scale of 1:80 for 18 pound canons but on the upper deck they must be 12 pound.  The are too large to make them look good.
 
I also had to modify the gun carriages for the modded canons.  
 
I cut the barrel from the gun in front of the pivot pins and shortened that piece a 1/4 inch and did the same at the breach end where I cut about 1/8 of an inch off.  Drilled holes in the three pieces and cemented the gun back together using steel finishing nails as reinforcement.  A little filing and presto, I have a 12 pounder.
 
Actually it wasn't all that simple because the castings were not round but oval.  Fortunately this was mostly at the barrel end.  I had to first file the barrel round before cutting the canon pieces.  Not doing this first would give me all kinds of grief when cementing them back together again.
 
Drilling the holes for the pins was also a tedious job because I had to go slow other wise the metal would melt and jam the drill bit.  I think I lucked out in that all the holes were very close to center and wound up with straight looking guns.
I used 5 minute epoxy to cement the three pieces together.  A little fine tuning and cleaning and then a coat of flat black paint.
 
The gun carriages are still not finished yet.  I only made one for now and will use that as a pattern for the other nine 
 
I also started to make the wheel / axle securing pins.  Micro work, to say the least.
 
Well here are a few pics of the progress so far.  This'll be slower going then with the work I did on the O19 but it has to remain fun.
 

This shows the difference after I converted the first gun.
 

This shows the barrel end removed from the gun and in proces of shortening.
 

This shows the same treatment with the breach end.  I used a grinding wheel in my electric hand tool to shorten it that 1/8 inch.  I had to go slow to prevent the metal from melting and clogging the stone.  The final treatment was with a file to make the cuts square to centerline.
 

Here I have laid-out all the parts to be cemented back together again.
 

This shows the result of all my work for just one gun.  All together i estimate about 4 hours or so per gun.  I didn't check time so it could very well be longer when counting all the time i spend in dressing the gun.
 

This shows the completed gun on its carriage with the next one in line to be done.  All that's left is painting. and attaching the hardware for the ropes.
 

Here you can see the axle / wheel pins.  They too still need to be dressed some more - - - carefully, because they are fragile.
 
Cheers,

Beautiful, just beautiful Patrick.  Stunning!
 
Cheers,

Beautiful, just beautiful Patrick.  Stunning!
 
Cheers,

Congrats Dan on a most beautiful ship.  I have been following along throughout the build not commenting but thanks for teaching us all as you were building.  That's what makes this forum so special.
 
Cheers,

Hi Piet
 
Those cannons are marvellous. Nothing short of a miniature model; each in their own right.
 
Nicely done! I'm looking forward to your next update.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

She's looking good Piet. Nice work. 

Hi Dave.
Carry on your art ,marvelous work.

Back to workshop again to finish fore deck structures
 
Here we go
 
Target
 

 
And result ( Cu foil and 0,5 mm brass wire)
 

 

 

 
To paint/corect colors, and that is it. In this scale I just can not do this better. I am not Nils ( Mirabell61 ). Маybe I`ll be when I grow up       
 
Left to make "brass cappea" for "carric bits , as Mr. Campbell said, some minor color corections, and fore deck will be done
 

Just ordered and picked up dead eyes made by laser cutting 300 pieces x 4 mm and 150 pieces  x 3 mm, 450 pieces for 20€ all


 

 

 
 
Pulling them from wood and putting them in boxes, i was amazed and little scary how small them are
 
Basic idea is to divide four sizes  presented on C-plans to two enlarged sizes ( 6 1/2" and 7" as one group pointed to 3 mm dead-eye, 9" and 10" as another, pointed to 4 mm dead eye)
 
Now I can continue finishing fore deck and moving to aft deck
 
 
 
Trip through Shumadia this weekend was great, and some photos will be presented later ( my HTC phone is on service, and ZTE replacement I have got from provider during service can not connect to PC as external disk and I can not transfer photos from SD card right now)
 
Edit August 18th
 
Separate post with photos just disappears !
 
Here are some photos
 
Manasia monastery ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manasija )
 

 
Hothead and Princess in Resava Cave ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resava_Cave )
 

 
One of 100 photos from cave
 

 
Žiča Monastery early XV century ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDi%C4%8Da )
 

 
Indiana Jones like, very ruined and dangerous bridge - only way to Maglic fortres , climbing and swinging across fast and furious river Ibar ( we started to, but didn`t climb up to fortress, because there were a lot of bees, wasps and hornets on the way up, and considering Hothead is allergic, and there were no people or house arround in ciccle 10 km, so ... better not to gamble without adrenalin pack for him)
 
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magli%C4%8D )
 

 

 
Remains of main tower from Lazar`s town, late XIV century in Krusevac
 
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kru%C5%A1evac_Fortress )
 

 
We spend very nice time together talking, traveling, visiting places
 
 
 
 

Hi David and Carl

Many thanks for your comments and Likes!

David-Thanks. Symphony's interior has been a challenge, but fun at the same time.

Carl-Funny you said that about the loo. I tried doing one of the toilet bowls, but It was so small, that it almost wasn't worth doing. Oh well, that's my excuse, anyway!

Cheers and all the best

Patrick

Fantastic! How you stayed with her and put so much with her is astonishing.
David B

Hmmm Patrick, can't seem to find the loo ... It's so vastly furnished I must have missed it at a right or left turn ... Wounderful job mate. Postpone the deck fixing as long as possible ... one never knows ...