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zoly99sask reacted to tadheus in La Salamandre by tadheus - 1:24
Continuation.
The beginning of the relation is available at this address:
http://5500.forumact...ndre-1-24#66516
Regards, Pawel
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
Thanks Elijah and Robert.
Considering the fact that you have already painted the hull, you are not much, if at all, behind me, Robert.
In the meantime I continued working on the planking of the hull and the bulwarks. Finally the planking of the hull is complete, including the forecastle and quarterdeck capping rails and the waist capping. Only the Poop is left to plank.
I fitted the forecastle snatch block as well. A brass sheave will be fitted later.
The white lining between the deck and the bulwark is the waterway and will be painted yellow ochre.
Then the quarterdeck screen assembly: Is was somewhat difficult to choose the right colour: in some (older) pictures the screen is dark brown, on more recent pictures (such as mine) the screen is Victory-yellow. I decided to paint the screen dark brown. You may notice the hinges on top of the alongship screen panel. These panels were lifted to make place for cannons during sea battle.
Some pictures:
Now the big painting job can start. The outside yellow-on-black bands (my second planking is not good enough to allow for natural wooden planking). First I will paint the hull yellow, than I will indicate where the black bands should come. Finally I will paint the bulwarks yellow. Hopefully you will see pictures of a completely different HMS Victory .
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
Following some relative rest (and waiting for Caldercraft to send me some planks), I decided to change some work already done. I was made aware that the Skid Beams were not quite like the ones on McKay's drawings and I failed to insert a King Plank while planking the Quarter Deck.
First the Skid Beams: instead of one solid beam, the Skid Beams consist of two overlapping beams:
Than the King Plank: McKay clearly draws a King Plank on the Quarter Deck, but not on the Poop:
This is the result: I removed the deck planks already glued and the old skid beams frame. Next I made a jig for the new (half) skid beams, and waited for Caldercraft to send me a 6mm Tanganyika plank, which they did (free of charge).
I made a new frame because the distances between the beams were different now.
I put back the Skid Beams and planked the deck, now including a 6mm King Plank.
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
Quarter Deck
Thanks Bob and Elijah,
First some last details before fitting the quarterdeck: the Skid Beam Assembly and the Fore Brace Bitt Assembly.
First the Skid Beams: I varnished the beams dark brown (Wenge), and used matt black (Revell) for the frame. This black kills the wood, but it helped to finish with a matt transparent varnish, which brings some life back.
The quarterdeck bitt pins have 3 sheaves, and the head ends are covered with zinc (I guess).
In the model I simulated reality as much as possible with a brass platelet on the head ends, finished with matt, transparent varnish, and I added 2 sheaves per pin (2 and 4 mm). On the quarterdeck the pin should have 3 sheaves. The manual does not mention them and there is only room for 2. After long thinking about the option of thickening the pin, I have decided to fit 2 sheaves. Not 100% true to reality, but visually OK and fairly realistic. The head ends were primed with MetalPrimer, then painted with metal paint and finished with matt, transparent varnish.
Finally a dry fit of the quarterdeck:
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
Thanks Bob, love your HMAV Bounty.
I am following your HMS Victory, Heinz. Very inspirational and showing great skill. It humbles me to receive a compliment from you.
A few photographs of the finishing touch of the upper deck. I decided to mount the main mast sleeve now, and to do it according to the McKay drawings and to the situation in Portsmouth.
This means the addition of a reinforcing double flooring around the mast, and a double sleeve, made from styrene.
In addition I made an apron around the Elm Tree Pump as per next photograph
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
You are most welcome Ian and Sjors. Your Victory and Agamemnon are both very inspirational and instructive for me.
Now the last fittings of the Upper Gun Deck, before mounting the Quarter Deck.
Any parts like stanchions, pillars and the Elm Tree Pump are provided with a metal pin at the bottom, before glueing them on the deck. The pin sticks through the deck for extra strength.
The Elm Tree Pump consists of several parts. According to the manual the handle is plain brass, but the pump on the HMS Victory has a wooden handle. I drilled a 1mm walnut stick lengthwise, stuck it over the brass handle, sanded the sides flat and finally gave it a matt finish. Additionally I gave the pump a water outlet, otherwise it would not be of much use.
Unpainted:
Painted (with the exception of the handle):
I might fit the mast sleeve now or later. Probably now for easy access.
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
Cannons, complete:
Some details:
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
Home-made cleat for sheets. Previously I made the sheaves in the hull.
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
Upper Gun Deck cannons:
Breech rope (cable laid):
Prototype:
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
Coppering
McKay used a Mercator projection for the copper plates:
2 lines are important: A-B en A-C. these lines separate the surface into three sections and meet at the bow.
Line A-C is easy. It is a straight line, as the numbers of rows of copper plates are the same from back to front. To calculate distances I relied on the number of plates, rather than centimetres.
the A-B line is a bit more tricky: I marked a number of points, proportionally measured, from the gunports. Then I connected the dots to make a line with joins the A-C line at point A.
Line A-B is important as the row of plates below that line has uncut plates.
Glueing: I started next to the keel, filled section 3, but stopped well before line A-B. Midship I could continue all the way until line A-B because it only has uncut plates. Than I determined the exact position of line A-B The line A-B which I drew was only an approximation. As soon as I reached line A-B I finished that line to point A. Only then I filled up section 3, direction bow, against line A-B.
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zoly99sask reacted to paulb in HMS Victory by paulb - Caldercraft - 1:72
Wales
The lower wale consist of 4 rows of "top-and-butt-system" with a 1mm "black strake" on top, the middle wale consists of 2 rows "anchor stock planks" with a row of straight planks on top which are connected with scarfs. The upper wales are simply 3 rows of planks with connecting scarfs. For each different plank I made a metal jig.
The lower and middle wale:
And the three wales together:
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zoly99sask reacted to robert22564 in HMS Victory by robert22564 - Caldercraft - scale 1:72
I've planked the inner Bulwarks just to get a little break from the copper plating as you can see.
I've also cleaned up and re-painted the waterline on the port side and now it's back to copper plating the hull.
I'll try to be a little more informative this time around instead of just showing pictures.
I'm not saying this is how it should be done, I'm just showing the way I did it "remember I'm a novice and this is my first ship build".
Starting from the keel I've done 21 tiles on the Horizontal and formed a pyramid formation 18 tiles high.
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zoly99sask reacted to robert22564 in HMS Victory by robert22564 - Caldercraft - scale 1:72
So far so good
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zoly99sask reacted to robert22564 in HMS Victory by robert22564 - Caldercraft - scale 1:72
I'm going to hold fire here......as you can see I've stopped short of the waterline.
I want to take a second look at that waterline, it looks like it needs a good sanding down and painting properly.
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zoly99sask reacted to puckotred in Vasa by puckotred - DeAgostini - Scale 1:65
Ok, a small update again, done (almost) painting the dekorations for this time. Some touch ups to do but that's for later.
A little guy that will go next to the harpist from earlier:
The framing of the Cherubs:
The repainted lionheads and whatever the other two decorations are:
(Lot of touch-up to do here)
And this is how the Cherubs will be placed:
So far these parts have been painted:
So, now you'll have to wait another 3-4 weeks....
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zoly99sask reacted to captgino in Armed Virginia Sloop by captgino - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/48
Rails are done...
Next nerve racking step is to drill the sweep port and the bow sprint hole. Is there a specific method or recommendation you would suggest?
Thanks.
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zoly99sask reacted to aohneland in A short treenail tutorial - similar to the Frölich-way
and the 2nd part...
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zoly99sask reacted to Torbogdan in Hanse Kogge by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Dusek Ship Models
I have not had a lot of time these last weeks for proper building, instead I have only had a few minutes here and there. So I have done only a few small things, things that do not take a long time or need a long sitting to finish.
So I have done the cleats, polishing them a bit. Fixing the mast and yard arm and the lookout post and rudder. For the mast I used my hobby lathe for the first time! it worked very well. The rudder is not finished though, still needs a few of the hinges sections to be glued in place.
Hopefully I get some more free time this week for some serious building! But a few minutes here and there is a lot better than nothing.
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zoly99sask reacted to Torbogdan in Hanse Kogge by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Dusek Ship Models
Finally photo bucket is up and running again. Some pictures of progress so far with the rigging. Work will have to slow down a bit as I´ve run out of rigging thread. I have ordered quite a lot from "Chucks" or, more correct I guess, Syren Ship models. When i get it I can continue to rig.
So far I´m very pleased with Syren and their service. I ordered on friday evening and on saturday I got a mail that the ordered had been shipped, very quick service. As all I ordered was a few packs of thread it should cross the atlantic fairly quick.
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zoly99sask reacted to Torbogdan in Hanse Kogge by Torbogdan - FINISHED - Dusek Ship Models
Well, you goofed boy! A quote stolen from an old James Bond movie when a southern sheriff on vacation in Thailand tells mr Bond that he just failed...
Well, I failed a bit too. I glued the railing in place and completely forgot about the sitting boards! With the railing glued in place and very securely fit I will have to do some thinking… Sometimes it is good to follow the instructions to the letter instead of "Oh I´ll glue this, I think that is the next step".
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