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... Gong ... ... Gong-Gong ... ... Gong-Gong-Gong ... Act 2: Airheaded timberheads As metioned before all machine trials went to the rubbish ... So let me tell you one thing - trust your own hands! There is more satisfaction in their work than you might think:-) As preparation I built a small jig ... ... longitudinal guidance on the bottom, 0,3 mm sheet for the distance holder protruding over the guidance and two bits in the right distance - 5 mm - ... ... as guidance for the saw. The first cuts all around as usual with given distance by the distance holder, the next ones the distance holder snapping into the previous cuts :-) The material is of course my beloved Ureol :-) And now the hands come into play - and a sharp blade - already Brancusi said that the sharp blades are a must - to shape the heads ... ... and here it is our small piece of art :-) Two cuts for each surface and easy to control as the comparission is always beside. Also looks nice on the desk with all this "wooden" carving bits... ... and finally the not yet finished results. And here already comes the next brave action: Point of no return - guillotine on the old timberheads ... ... glueing the prefinished heads onto a separate sheet that can be taken off ... ... taking this to the work bench to adjust heights and angles of the timberheads ... ... and put them back onto the right place. Uffz! -
I will solve the mistery The classic way: a show in three acts: Act 1: Introduction of the protagonists and the presentation of the problem Act 2: The solving of problems Act 3: The solutions and happy ending - Luckily a happy play and no drama as everybody survives :-) Hope it is "ernsthaft" enough for a german play ... Act 1: The enemy The timberheads on the forecastle ... ... looking at the old pictures of the parts, they were always a little bit uneven and it was not me ruining them :-) Also it represents the old version of timberheads - as shown too in Portsmouth - that Goowin "Construction and Fitting" mentions to be used in between 1750 to 1770 with just the front and back being shaped, and not the newer version that was used in between 1756 bis 1807 with all four sides being shaped :-) Also the mean old hammock crane, that is protruding into the mockup shrouds. First tries with using machines were completely failure as the parts are too small and also the try of gluing triangular parts onto the sides created most amusing results ... Act 2 part 1 The hammock crane plank - Operation on the open heart The smaller task was the hammock crane plank. Nicely to be seen at McKays and to support the hammocks in the netting and possibly too to protect it from spray. To be able to move the cranes more inwards, the upper moulding was removed - McKay shows it much smaller and in Portsmouth it even is just indicated by a small splitline. This does not sound too complicated, if dear Daniel - in his diabolic wisdom - would have not put the deadeyes already before ... So a couragous cut ... ... building planks ... ... and glue them on :-) First tries with mockup cranes proove that with reduced hight they should be able to fit underneath the shrouds. Hurraaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy! Small intermission ...
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So the old master of arts is back to see if you have done your homework and know by now the artists inspiration of "The Endless Column"??? What??? Not yet??? Even though I provided this useful link??? Yes I am talking about this piece of art - So where did the artist get inspired from??? Do you know already??? ... hihihihihihi ... Amicalement Daniel, the finest Dafinism available :-)
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And what is that for??? Until now she is a nice ship but as I mentioned already in a earlier post, it is meant to be a martial piece of war technology ... ... and I simply realized that I will not be able to push much further away the wonderful and lovely task of building the hundred cannons ;-) First came bolts and some color shading: highlights and shadow - as usual. Then the apron for the secured one ... ... the flint look for the one in use and the breeching ropes. Even though it looks short, it is long enough that the muzzel can be retrieved inside for about a meter. The rope will be replaced still by a better one :-) For the rigging there are so many different versions found in the literature and in Portsmouth, so I decided to try that one for the secured one: Now come the freshely build blocks ... ... but looks strange ... *think* ... *read* ... ok ... ... block and lanyard were the wrong way ... ... and here on the secured one. And as it pleases here some more views :-) Now welcome Hell-O-Kitty ;-) Remark 1: The side lanyards are not meant to stay that tightly pulled to the back, they are meant to be loose on the floor. But it was less disturbing for the work :-) Remark 2: No, even I will not do all the guns this way on the lower decks! But to work out simplifications, I have to know the real thing :-) All the best, Daniel
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... I finally found some material to represent the lead roofs of several parts of the ship: Aluminiumfoil TF2 from Hasegawa ... ... glued and cut ... ... and with some layers of a transparent mixture of plack ink, white paint, cleaning solvent and water ... ... it looks quite charming. Even though the original is extremely matt light grey it looks rather comprehensive on the model as the silver slightly shines through :-) Here are the round house tops, the netting is not the original of course ;-) As the region I come from is Swabia, so we are known to be are excessively stingy - some claim, that we are Scots, banned because to be even tooooo stingy for them - and also me beeing too impatient to wait for out of stock deliveries? So I help myself ... ... know what is coming???? Now should be getting clearer ... ... yes, it is the 2 mm blocks ... ... the ones with the ring :-) Looks less tattered in real life, I hate that macro ;-) All the best, Daniel
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And to finish off the weekend, just something for the heart - no, not ginseng, just looking how a corner could look like ;-) The preparations ... ... the built ... ... and the whole :-) Seeing those pictures, I am glad that I did put the moulding 2 mm lower, as the aft lines now look much smoother :-) (first page of this thread, entry Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:51 pm) The rigging line will still be replaced by a better one :-) Amicalement, Daniel
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Hy-ho, last night did some small additions, among was this one: Just to show, that it takes sometimes several versions until the wanted result is achieved. In the original built some 5 years ago, I already gave a green paint to the copper roof of the belfry. Now with the great material from the hull, I decided to go for the real thing :-) Do not ask the work until it was bent around the corners ... ... but still it looked far too bulky ... ... looking at the pictures of Portsmouth it shows the roof less thick and with some chamfer ... .. but still suboptimal ... ... and we are finally little bit nearer :-) I left the form mark on top of the bell just to proove that this is really a plastic kit ;-) All the best, Daniel
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... that it will still take some time before I start the rigging. But I wanted already start to reflect upon my deadeyes and the lanyards. First thing was to construct the original and guinee dafi deadeye holder to fix the parts to be able to work properly. Like this, the shroud is fixed, the height can be nicely adjusted, it has the right orientation but I am still able to turn it to reach the back :-) The small wood with the two clamps are just holding with their own weight and so it is very flexible. First the loop with the vertical first lashing, putting the deadeye in, adjusting the height, close the loop and put the other two lashings. A needle helps a lot :-) And after putting in the lanyard ... ... it looks a little bit like this ... ... and with the a bit more of the surrounding area :-) It still is the wrong rigging line, also the direction of the loose end has to be checked, the lashings most probably should be black and for shure there are other mistakes still in there. But it was a nice start of the evaluation period :-) Amicalement, Daniel
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Here more about the origins of Sir Archibald, before I pressed him and broke his little knees and hips: Here he is, in the middle of the bottom row :-) The details are great as arms and legs are not as thick as usual in that scale and I think some nice crossdressing will be possible :-) All the best, Daniel
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And I manged to do some other minor things here and there :-) This is what Heller provides to work the the fore sheet and the main tack ... ... that´s why I did build some rolls and their castings ... ... glued it together ... ... cemented it in ... ... intruding the rolls and a line. Here a detail, the rolls stay in wood, as with the original black they would not be visible :-) It is interesting that the main sheet is brought in by an oblique leadtube and not a roll: The snatch blocks for ancre and main brace got rolls too, 0,8 mm high and 2 mm in diameter - what a fun to produce :-) So now I have to do something bigger in scale to relax my eyes, ant counting would be an option ... Greetings, Daniel
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Thank you Colin and Christian :-) Next I finished the starboard main- and fore chainplates. So I finished all of them, huuuuurrrrrrraaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!! And here it comes the side entrance. I wondered already for a while, why I did not refix the old one (see first picture post #3 http://mediaharmonists.de/bilder/640-victory-porticus.jpg). First tried better painting. Better but not yet there. Until I realised: Canopy 2 mm shorter and decreasing the thickness from 2 mm to down to 1,5 mm. Heureka :-) The lead cover of the canopy´s top will still come as soon as I am happy with whitch material to use. And something really mindblowing to end this post: the patented original Ikea-soldering-iron-holder :-) Lieber Gruß, Daniel
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Why the heck did this lovely build escape to me before? Wonderfully done, Daniel
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Nice to see your little one back online! Regards, Daniel
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Great and neat work!!! Love it, Daniel
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Oh I forgot to tell you about the opened window :-) Did you already spot him? Who??? Sir Archibald of course, who would have made a mess with the air in the mess if his comrades would´t have asked him to enhace air quality inside the ship by opening the window :-) So into the cabin, putting the coat onto the hook and sit down and hang loose ... ... and there he is sitting on his lower end at the lower and of the ship and enjoys life and being - and especially the thought, that he does not have to sit on the seats of ease at the head :-) Him looking a little bit strained is due to the dignity and the sincerity of his task - and due to the fact that while being painted ... ... ouch, have a look and feel with him: Ok, we let him now concentrate onto his task, even though I have the feeling that he will be sitting there for a while ... Three cheers for Sir Archibald, sincerily yours, Daniel
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Oh, I forgot: I also reworked the mariners walk. On the top gave it some structure around the gratings and some framing on the bottom suiting the original construction :-) This made the walk slightly thicker which improved the appearance. The passanges for the stays are not adapted yet. All the best, Daniel
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Were/are they plain white or is this the same light mint-grey-petrol-tone used for the walls of the admirals day-cabin? I always thought them to by white (whitewash) but after looking at a lot of pictures I am not so shure any more. Lots of pictures show a slight greenish teint that I thought to come from the glazing. One more etape finished on the final lap of the year! The side galleries are fixed again!!! Looks immediately much more victorious. Had them fixed already before but operated them off to redo the glazing bars about a year ago. Even though some small touch-ups on the paint still to be done, they are now destined to stay on :-) The window of the side gallerie is opened, will tell you why afterwards :-) But opening that window prooved to be one of the toughest jobs so far, by cutting the bars out, I suddenly had three ... Refixing the parts and building a fitting frame was just what a young lad needs - patience ;-) Then I made some lanterns for that nobody - in the dark - ... ... does stupid things as sodomy was rewarded with a nice yardarm dance. The top floor lantern is fixed on the side pocket. And of course, while fixing the gap to the hull, some glue ran down on the inside of the gallerie, ruining the top window glazing ... OK, low voice cursing, taking down the gallerie again - by now already routine - taking off the old spoilt window, replacing the glazing, refixing the gallerie and being more lucky this time. Greetings, Daniel Does any body has a clue for my enlightment? Happy Christmas greetings, Daniel
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The great find that the CA-glue does not leave fog on the transparent foil led to the glazing of the stern-windows. The glue holds very well, the lower row is already done, the middle is waiting to be glued, held in position by a clamp and spread by a toothpick for faster working. Next was the outside of sidepockets and drop, here to remember the original on my model in 2004: Perhaps one realised on some of the previous pictures that I already took off the lower part of the carvings ;-) The small lower end I turned from wood. The rest is sheet 0,5 mm. First task: The drop has completely different proportions and form than the original. So I had to adapt the design. Glueing the upper part with dichlormethan I realised how this glue softens the material :-) So I used this effect on both parts to make nice mouldings into the material on all parts ... ... put a little bit colour ... ... a little bit of ink ... ... and here we go :-) The overview much more close to the original size. Grüßle, Daniel
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Hy dear victorian people, look what I just unearthed from my vaults and shiver with devotion ;-) This piece I got on my first visit in 1991 in the museums shop with certificate. Guess it is not 1765 but I still think where I could incorporate a part of it into my model :-) Huurrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaahhhhh!!!! Finally after several weeks on having to concentrat onto the job I found some time to work on my Vic :-) Here some before and after shots of the binnacle. Inbetween Mk1, a try that I did beeing tired after the job, witch turned out to be too big ... Here is Mk1´s frame from Ureol ... ... compasses and lamp, then the great surprise, that the superglue does not affect the overhead-foil used to cover the front!!! Great to know for the stern! The front cover is from 0,5 mils sheet. The chimney is 1 mm wire with the now famous copper foil around, the head is the foil pressed into a hole with suitable diameter. Here are the plans for rebuilts ;-) AND: As I used to be an art student the palette is - as it always was - the highlight of the working sessions :-) XXXDAn
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Happy to see you back too, Kats! As always great to see your phenix once more rising out off her own ashes :-) XXXDAn
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Hello Marc and Greg, my pleasure, thank you :-) The nameplate is not a Heller bug, it represents the nameplate as it was on display while the model was made :-0 The new nameplate was designed on the computer and then cut out in a shop that does the foils for car branding or window displays. Best to have 3 to try out first on an old model. Regards, Daniel
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Hello B.E., it is a mystery to me too, why even the best 1805 models are showing the feathers of wales, thet came just about 1823 from the HMS Prince of Wales when she was demolished ... Even though the Livesay drawing is undefined in this area, one of the common items on this place is the crown. So it was a natural choice to me, as the side entrance port shows the same motive. As the photographs of 1900 show a completely different stern, my personal conjecture is, that in the 1930 reconstruction, the Livesay drawings were used as guide. Cheers, Daniel
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Hy-ho-Victory-go :-) Took some time while the last substancial entry. In the meantime I was fixing some sink marks ... ... and get the right material for the nettings, thanks Maurice!: (in the background you can see the old flynet) And then inally this weekend ... ... back to the end of the ship :-) Got the balusters and decoration primed properly and had to think about replacing the feathers. As there is nothing to disdinguished at the Livesays drawing I draw the conclusion, that usually in the middle of the coat of arms should be a crown. This can also be seen at the side entrance. Bingo. So I had an idea what to build :-) Then started the acentuation of the balusters of the stern: See the difference it makes as the not yet done part in the bottom left looks really flat. Looks a little bit chaotic in this immense close-up, but at original size this gives a great effect of depth. The coat of armes with the new made crown ... (the white bits is to cover the original holes for the lamps which I realised a little bit too late) ... and of course the whole in one go :-) Amicalement, Daniel
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I managed to use sone free time to put some things onto the road this weekend. Lately some new and interesting version on replacing the aft nameplate popped up here. I already had prepared yet another version using plottcutted car adhesive foil Prepared the size on the computer, and send it to the manufacturer, got it back ready to use and putted on place. The colour applied in thin dry layers ... ... and a couragous pull ... ... and it already looks great :-) First toches of paint ont the frames, a set of eight boltrings ... ... and finishing the paint, the pillars and the decoration will still take a little bit. I did some more trials on the nets, using mosquito nets. Good base to continue the research. The garlic nets proofed to be to unstable. Now we have garlic for the rest of the year ... And a small detail I was looking foreward already for a long time: the holes for the elmtree pumps - could not resist putting them :-) Gruß, Daniel
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... and on to the extreme front: The decoration in place (the net was just a trial)... ... lettering is still missing, perhaps the photoetched, let´s see. The beakhead bulkhead (one of my favourite technical terms) got a beam on decklevel the is need for keeping the construction stable. Doors will come at a later stage as everything is only snaped in place. The posts got small holes for the for the rigging ... ... and the outer most post was recreated as it is needed for the rail. The tree-slotted cathead was shown already, has its crown and now the cleat is much thinner, thanks for the detail Pete! :-) Also finished port sides channels, halftime, hourray! Liebe Grüße, Daniel
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