
Landrotten Highlander
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to SJSoane in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
Thanks so much, JR, it sounds like you have done a great deal of research. I look forward to hearing more as you are able to give the project more attention. I might start writing down all of the issues that I don't understand yet, particularly the belaying points.
Now I have confirmed that I can indeed form and blacken the iron work, I am looking ahead to another piece of ironwork that I put off dealing with until now. That is the capsquares on the gun carriages. I am still considering the possibility of installing the carriages now, but leaving the barrels off until a few years later, when I have completed more of the upper works and decks, and will be less liable to accidentally knock a cannon out of place from the outside.
But that means the capsquares would have to really hinge up, so I could insert the barrel through the gun port with epoxy on the trunnions, slip them under the capsquares, and press the capsquare down in place.
I made a crude mockup of a cap square, just to see how small they are, and how well I could make them hinge.
Not well, I found out. the flat plate is too long, doesn't allow pivoting around the eyebolt head. So more work to do here.
To make these more efficiently, I am thinking about making a small die, which would press the right shape, and then align drilling for the bolts.
I know the eyebolt and joint bolt are both rectangular in section, but I am thinking this will make it exceedingly difficult to manufacture and install at this small scale. I am interested if others have managed something like this at 3/16" scale.
And these are the largest cannon. It will get progressively more difficult as the guns get smaller on upper decks!
Best wishes,
Mark
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to archjofo in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
Hello,
first of all, I would like to thank you for the positive reaction and of course for the many LIKES.
As can be seen in the following picture, the last eye for attaching the last ratlines of the futtock shrouds of the foremast has just been spliced directly on model.
This gives me cause to deal with the execution of the shrouds of the topmasts and subsequently with the corresponding ratlines.
Some time ago I dealt intensively with the diameters of the ropes for the ratlines. In this respect I may refer to the corresponding passages in my construction report: LINK (you have to scroll down).
After several attempts and interesting discussions in various forums, I finally decided to make the ratlines of the lower shrouds of my model with ø 0.35 mm (corresponds to ø16.8 mm in the original). In retrospect, this decision proved to be completely correct. The weaving lines of ø 0.43 mm (ø 21 mm in the original), according to the information in the monograph by Jean Boudriot, would appear too thick on the model.
Since the topmast shrouds were much thinner than the lower shrouds (comparison on the model: topmast shrouds of the foremast ø 0.66 mm / foremast shrouds ø 1.08 mm), their ratlines should also have smaller diameters.
At the moment, I am therefore trying to clarify whether the required eye splices can be made with rope thicknesses of ø 0.25 mm. For this purpose, I made a splicing tool with a smaller diameter ø 0.8 mm, as shown in the next picture.
The making of an eye splice (push through 2 times) with a rope thickness of ø 0.35 mm has become quite successful due to much practice. With a 0.25 mm diameter, it is much more difficult and not yet so easy. The macro shots make the whole thing seem more harmless than it actually is.
Whether I can apply this to the topmast shrouds in this way, I will have to clarify and ultimately decide in due course through further trials. Alternatively, a cow hitch knot would be conceivable. Both possibilities are shown in the last picture with a rope corresponding to the topmast shrouds. Below I show a comparison of a ratline connection as it has been made for the lower mast shrouds.
In the end, I like the version with an eye splice better, as it is not so thick and comes closer to the original.
What is your opinion?
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to Alex M in HMS Sphynx 1775 by Alex M - Scale 1/48 - English 20-Gun Frigate
Hi all,
planksheer continued and timber heads in process.
those parts are laminated from 3 layer of 0,5mm pear wood:
then the planksheer and timber heads are painted black and installed:
Regards
Alex
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to ccoyle in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
This is not to be unexpected. It reminds of me of Neil Peart, the late drummer for Rush. After his wife passed away, he took a long hiatus from the band, but he came back to it eventually. If you are passionate about something, as your models clearly show, you will return to it at some point. But time away for grieving is something none of us would begrudge you.
Take care of yourself,
Chris
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Dear friends, I do appreciate your comments and support. Thank you all very much.
Well, I am not sure I will start with new projects in future. I have lost motivation and enthusiasm, always shared it with my husband and created the models also for him - he supported me a lot and loved what I did. Now I'm finishing my best model - the Royal Katherine and definitely don't want to give it up.
I added the bonnet under the fore course to achieve another detail for better realism. A followed these drawings from Lees´ book:
Now I am working on four anchors, they will be made of card.
Best regards,
Doris
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to Ondras71 in Roter Löwe 1597 by Ondras71
I appreciate your words Backer and Louie da fly
Thus covered the railings of the main deck and stretched from it wales. Railings and rails glued with long pins..
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Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from Keith Black in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
I was about to suggest the same.
Alternatively, you can do as I did - custom make your own bench. As I too have a disability (walking with crutches for short distances, wheelchair for longer distances + the risk of falling over without warning) I had to think long and hard about how to improve my modelling experience. I decided that having a bar stool set to such a height that I can easily slide on/off it will help me as I then do not need any support to get on/off the chair. I then calculated the ideal working height for my table top based on me sitting in that chair and having all relative supports needed to keep my arms relaxed when working on tiny details - my worktop height is 95.7 mm from the floor, making sure I can sit nice and upright when workig. It may look crude (I used CLS 90mm x 35mm / 3.5" x 1.5") but I am now much more comfortable when modelling.
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Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from Canute in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
I was about to suggest the same.
Alternatively, you can do as I did - custom make your own bench. As I too have a disability (walking with crutches for short distances, wheelchair for longer distances + the risk of falling over without warning) I had to think long and hard about how to improve my modelling experience. I decided that having a bar stool set to such a height that I can easily slide on/off it will help me as I then do not need any support to get on/off the chair. I then calculated the ideal working height for my table top based on me sitting in that chair and having all relative supports needed to keep my arms relaxed when working on tiny details - my worktop height is 95.7 mm from the floor, making sure I can sit nice and upright when workig. It may look crude (I used CLS 90mm x 35mm / 3.5" x 1.5") but I am now much more comfortable when modelling.
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Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from Rick01 in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
I was about to suggest the same.
Alternatively, you can do as I did - custom make your own bench. As I too have a disability (walking with crutches for short distances, wheelchair for longer distances + the risk of falling over without warning) I had to think long and hard about how to improve my modelling experience. I decided that having a bar stool set to such a height that I can easily slide on/off it will help me as I then do not need any support to get on/off the chair. I then calculated the ideal working height for my table top based on me sitting in that chair and having all relative supports needed to keep my arms relaxed when working on tiny details - my worktop height is 95.7 mm from the floor, making sure I can sit nice and upright when workig. It may look crude (I used CLS 90mm x 35mm / 3.5" x 1.5") but I am now much more comfortable when modelling.
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Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from Bob Cleek in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Sorry to hear about your husband. You have made a wonderful model, and I am sure he will appreciate the thought of having the entire ship to you and him.
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to SJSoane in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
I was ready to install the gun deck standards, when I realized that I should probably put in the eyebolts and rings for the guns when I still have a little maneuvering room. I made up a few eyebolts and rings out of copper, and blackened them with JAX for copper following the instructions on the bottle. Looked great, until all the black came right off when I picked them up with needle nose pliers to push them into the holes in the quickwork.
So, then I tried Ed Tosti's method in his book on the Naiad, using Liver of Sulphur which can be painted on even after the metalwork is installed in the wood. This worked, as can be seen in this sample:
That means I could install the eyebolts, then blacken them in place.
But then I realized that I would need to seize the breaching ropes around the rings off the model, which means that I can't then blacken the rings after installation without messing up the rope.
So, I read David Antscherl's advice more carefully on blacking, in the Fully Framed Model series. He advised diluting blackening agents as much as 8:1 with water. It acts much more slowly--it took mine about 45 minutes instead of a few seconds--but it was beautifully black and stable.
I tried it on a strap on the stern timbers, a beautiful sheen to the black, just like iron.
So, the next test is to make up ring/eyebolts , blacken them with JAX, and assemble with a breaching rope and seizing. Then try installing and see if the black stays on.
Much to learn about metal!
Mark
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Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from mtaylor in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
I was about to suggest the same.
Alternatively, you can do as I did - custom make your own bench. As I too have a disability (walking with crutches for short distances, wheelchair for longer distances + the risk of falling over without warning) I had to think long and hard about how to improve my modelling experience. I decided that having a bar stool set to such a height that I can easily slide on/off it will help me as I then do not need any support to get on/off the chair. I then calculated the ideal working height for my table top based on me sitting in that chair and having all relative supports needed to keep my arms relaxed when working on tiny details - my worktop height is 95.7 mm from the floor, making sure I can sit nice and upright when workig. It may look crude (I used CLS 90mm x 35mm / 3.5" x 1.5") but I am now much more comfortable when modelling.
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to Ernesto in Location of the lost HMS Apollo (1779) found
This is the HMS Apollo built in 1794 and sunk in 1799 of the Artois class.
Found by the Dutch Northseadivers. They have done a lot of research on this wreck.
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to Gaetan Bordeleau in 74-gun ship by Gaetan Bordeleau - 1:24
What goes well for yesterday photos set up, strangely it is easier to take deep inside photo without flash, only with LED lights.
Today's photos, again the key factor is the LIGHTING more than the camera. For interior photos of today, a smaller camera was used.
Which of these camera will gives the better result: a phone, or one action camera? Action camera is the good answer. I have been experimenting for years "small cameras". The first one was a Microsoft 1080p, up to the last one in 2020, a 4K Yi camera. Today the small camera used was a Go Pro. As with every camera, there is a learning curve, and I am still learning this one, but the results look like promising.
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to Vegaskip in Ship paintings
Up date, put in a Short S17 'Kent' Flying boat.
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to bolin in Medieval longship by bolin - FINISHED - 1:30 - based on reconstruction Helga Holm
All the rivets are now ready for installation!
In between the sessions with preparing them I have started on some other parts, to be installed later. That is rudder, tiller, mast and yard. The mast has a "bulge" around the hole for the halyard will be a stop for the shrouds.
Yesterday I also received a package with some dark stains that might look like tar.
I have experimented with some mixes and found that three parts light oak stain mixed with one part ebony stain and eight parts water starts to look OK. That is the lowest right piece in the picture below. The other pieces are to black to look realistic. Tar, when mixed with linseed oil, is not ink black, but rather very dark brown.
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to MESSIS in Royal Caroline by Messis - FINISHED - Panart - 1/48
So much to correct it. Nr4 is the way its now, 3 and 4 are the new experiments, of which I believe nr 2 has the more correct staining, thats less orange as 3 and ofcourse 4 and it still has a dash of honey as pine wood.
This is important because this shall be the staining of the ship masts later on.
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to Jeronimo in 74 Gun Ship by Jeronimo - 1/36 - Modified to Cross-Sections
Hello modeling friends.
I wish everyone a successful 2021.
Most of all, stay healthy.
Karl
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Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from druxey in Location of the lost HMS Apollo (1779) found
Was just reading in a Belgian newspaper about a Dutch team of archeologists excavating canons and othe equipment from the HMS Apollo, which sank on 06JAN1779.
The ship ran aground on the shallow island of 'Razende Bol' off Texel. In an effort to save the ship the captain decided to dumb the conons overboard - but it was to no avail and the ship sank below the surface. Now erosion has revealed the remains of the ship.
The team is in negotiation with the British Navy to allow to exhibit the findings in the Texel museum 'Kaap Skil', Oudeschild, The Netherlands this summer - provided the COVID situation is under control.
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Thank you all for your condolences and kind words, dear friends. Life has brought me terrible suffering, and the pain in my heart is unbearable. I know, it is necessary to go on, I try to finish everything I started, and hope that one day it will be better again.
I finished the flags, inspired by Sailmaker's painting of the Royal Katherine:
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Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Sorry to hear about your husband. You have made a wonderful model, and I am sure he will appreciate the thought of having the entire ship to you and him.
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Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from thibaultron in Location of the lost HMS Apollo (1779) found
Was just reading in a Belgian newspaper about a Dutch team of archeologists excavating canons and othe equipment from the HMS Apollo, which sank on 06JAN1779.
The ship ran aground on the shallow island of 'Razende Bol' off Texel. In an effort to save the ship the captain decided to dumb the conons overboard - but it was to no avail and the ship sank below the surface. Now erosion has revealed the remains of the ship.
The team is in negotiation with the British Navy to allow to exhibit the findings in the Texel museum 'Kaap Skil', Oudeschild, The Netherlands this summer - provided the COVID situation is under control.
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Landrotten Highlander reacted to archjofo in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette
Hello,
here is the continuation for the futtock shrouds of the foremast.
The futtock shrouds are temporarily attached so that corrections can still be made.
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Landrotten Highlander got a reaction from EJ_L in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Sorry to hear about your husband. You have made a wonderful model, and I am sure he will appreciate the thought of having the entire ship to you and him.