kostas_gr

your workshop is just amazing

even if i dont know how to use those power tools, i wish i could spend several hours testing them

thank you sid

well actually I am taking a small break from building, for few weeks.....

figure head

my attempt to curve the figure-head, I have used basice tools nothing fancy. The wood I have choosen is , actually dry root from a tree (a root from a dead tree that was complete dry), becouse it looked that it was easier to curve.

I wanted to make the crown on the head too, but becouse of miscalculations there was not enough wood to curve

as a true greek  never liked royality stuff and symbols........

bow rigging

thank you very much garward

The choice of color of ropes remains for you: you can leave as already made, and you can to make light ropes already established in a place a little more darkly (for example, having impregnated them with strong tea or the average fortress of coffee or simply brown dye - but before to paint, surely try on a slice of a thread what color will turn out).

I will wait till all rigging and sails are done, and I will make a test, probably create a  couple of "false" dead-eyes on the channels and paint them and see how it will look.

But I have already decided that in the next model (san fransisco or wasa) I will definatelly use same black color and probaby pay more attention for the dimensions of ropes (diameter)

also nice picture for the rigging of anchor, any chance you have more pics for anchors?

in some models (pictures from build logs and magazines) I have seen using same color like your picture, but also i have seen lighter color

my logic told me to use dark color (your suggestion actually) becouse I consider it as standing rigging

in the model shop they told me that the dark color (blackish) supposed to be rope with tar in order to be more resistant, and the rest was natural (beige) but becouse of the usage and dirt was getting darker and I should use the light coloured shroud

I didnt knew what to do and I have chosen the beige color, becouse if I wanted to change it, I could use dilluted black paint. still havent decided

As I was making progress with rigging, it become more obvious that I have some issues with the diameter of the ropes I used actually I am using 2 styles, most common in my kit the thin one (lets call it A type), and the second type the one I made with ropewalk using 3 ropes of type A But I think that the rope I used for ratlines should have benn thinner

garward can you please explain me with more words and if possible pictures what you excactly say... i am not so familiar with terminology

I have used 2 colors for shrouds, black (painted with enamel paint)->for standing rigging, and the nanutral that shroud had (light sand, BEIGE) for the rest

also I have few more questions about rigging

David thank you for your kind words,  it is first my build,

but in every step I made lots and lots of tests, not to metnion how many hours I have spent (and still spending) reading other member's logs 

took me so far around 4 years (I am not so much dedicated,  some times I am taking 4-6 months breaks, or I am waiting till I find the right build log to follow and match with mine)

I am trying to finish it before summer (I am working on the fore mast sails atm), becouse my four years old daughter aint gonna let me stay inside house while outside is warm and sunny........

I think I will not like coppering, I mean I am lucky that my ship dont need one

looks good, but I cant imagine how hard it is

nice work stergios, more pics please

barge

Artesania provides a metallic barge, there was no thinking about painting it, so as a first step I tried to "plank" it, but it looked way too thick, so I decided to start buidling it from scartch. I looked into a lot of pictures from other posts of this forum.

Deck

Oxidizing cannons

I have used a redish liquid I got from a friend that works in making lewellery, they use it to make brass look older 

I thought it was sulfuric acid, (in fact I was prettty sure about that) but he told me it is not.

before I apply it to cannons I have used some spare I had, to check about how much time is needed to get the darkness I like

also you need to wipe out very very well,and make sure is complete dry, else the oxidizing will continue and will make some green snow like effects (I am still trying to get rid of this rast in some cannons without ruin the patina  I made)

garward your build log.... always an inspiration

I thought that you will be bored to post all over again, but thank god you did

thank you for your awsome bulid log

garward, your build log, always an inspiration

to be honest, it crossed my mind that you will be bored to post everything all over

but you posted

thank you

thank you petro

I have to post the rest of the picturew, and at the same time take some snapshots with the current progress

the headrails that artesania provides are made of brass, i have either paint them or make wooden,  I tried the second becouse I wanted to be more realistic

first I have bend the brass rails and placed them on the kit, and after ward I used them as a mold to bend the wood sticks