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I've been invited to take Constellation to National Maritime Day on May 18th.  They're setting up a 56 x 24 foot "pond" for RC models at pier 13 where the NS Savannah is docked.
 
So, as I get Constellation ready for her second sail, I'll post updates here along with pictures and a report after the event.

For now I am going to move on, I will revisit the cannons later. In the mean time I will be working on miscellaneous other parts.
   Since my last post I made the chain plates and the cross trees for both mast. Oops looks like I forgot to take pictures of the cross trees, I will try to post some soon.

 
 
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I haven't been working on the Byzantium as much as I would like lately because the Black Pearl but I will hopefully be getting back the Byzantium soon here are some pics of the progress since my last post. First I did some rearanging and made room in my closet for the Byzantium.
  I decided to go with bowsies for the shrouds instead of deadeyes but the bowsies were kinda ugly so I will be disguising them as deadeyes. I also have started making the sail templates from masking paper.



 
 
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For now I am going to move on, I will revisit the cannons later. In the mean time I will be working on miscellaneous other parts.
   Since my last post I made the chain plates and the cross trees for both mast. Oops looks like I forgot to take pictures of the cross trees, I will try to post some soon.

 
 
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I added the finishing touches to the Black Pearl and they made all the difference as the model now looks rather nice just as long as you don't look to closely. I will still finish the second one but I think that this one will be the getting a new home after all. 



 
 
 
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I added the finishing touches to the Black Pearl and they made all the difference as the model now looks rather nice just as long as you don't look to closely. I will still finish the second one but I think that this one will be the getting a new home after all. 



 
 
 
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I got it in the bottle but it didn't turn out to well, the main mast is skewed off at a weird angle, the sails are crooked, the shrouds are loose and to make matters worse I found that the inside of the bottle is severely scratched presumably from the last time I cleaned the bottle. I may end up restarting in a new bottle and make the model smaller so that it will be easier to get inside the bottle.








 
Here are some of the tools I used to bottle the model. Not shown are some aluminium rods that I bent into shapes to press the model into the clay also not shown are my CA applicators which are basically bamboo skewers with a thin wire with a loop attached to one end.



 
 
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I added the finishing touches to the Black Pearl and they made all the difference as the model now looks rather nice just as long as you don't look to closely. I will still finish the second one but I think that this one will be the getting a new home after all. 



 
 
 
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I started on the interceptor. Because I don't have blue or yellow paint I had to improvise and use crayon for the yellow and ink from a ballpoint pen for the blue.


 
 
 
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Since my first attempt at making the Black Pearl in a bottle failed I decided to restart and this time I am making it smaller and will be making the chase scene between the Pearl and the Interceptor. I might have the Interceptor in the process of clubhauling as well as having miscellaneous barrels and crates floating in the water behind the Interceptor from when they were lightening the load.





 
 
 
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I started on the interceptor. Because I don't have blue or yellow paint I had to improvise and use crayon for the yellow and ink from a ballpoint pen for the blue.


 
 
 
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Since my first attempt at making the Black Pearl in a bottle failed I decided to restart and this time I am making it smaller and will be making the chase scene between the Pearl and the Interceptor. I might have the Interceptor in the process of clubhauling as well as having miscellaneous barrels and crates floating in the water behind the Interceptor from when they were lightening the load.





 
 
 
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I have tried a few ideas and come up with a suitable chainplate that will look the part I reckon.
Mass production tomorrow.
 

 

Murphy takes a special interest in ship bottlers.

Don't you just hate it when Murphy decides to make a visit.
David B

I got it in the bottle but it didn't turn out to well, the main mast is skewed off at a weird angle, the sails are crooked, the shrouds are loose and to make matters worse I found that the inside of the bottle is severely scratched presumably from the last time I cleaned the bottle. I may end up restarting in a new bottle and make the model smaller so that it will be easier to get inside the bottle.








 
Here are some of the tools I used to bottle the model. Not shown are some aluminium rods that I bent into shapes to press the model into the clay also not shown are my CA applicators which are basically bamboo skewers with a thin wire with a loop attached to one end.



 
 
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It is ready to bottle. I decided to run only an outer jib as far as staysails go and to treat the aft upper works as if it were its own model and will assemble it in the bottle first then set it at the back of the bottle while I assemble the rest of the model.
   The port side shrouds are a little wonky but its to late to fix them.

 
A close up of the flag.

 
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It is ready to bottle. I decided to run only an outer jib as far as staysails go and to treat the aft upper works as if it were its own model and will assemble it in the bottle first then set it at the back of the bottle while I assemble the rest of the model.
   The port side shrouds are a little wonky but its to late to fix them.

 
A close up of the flag.

 
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David: In the movie the Black pearl was painted black so that it could become nearly invisible at night when the lamps were dowsed. Here is an image of the second Black pearl that was built for the movie.

 
 
 
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More progress pictures. Believe it or don't it should look OK when finished I'll do my best to do a good job of blending the wood to have an acceptable look. I have been on another website and picked up some ideas regarding connecting the oars that should make a simpler and better operation. I will be using links and balls from my spare helicopter parts collection to clip the oars on the rowing beam.

It is ready to bottle. I decided to run only an outer jib as far as staysails go and to treat the aft upper works as if it were its own model and will assemble it in the bottle first then set it at the back of the bottle while I assemble the rest of the model.
   The port side shrouds are a little wonky but its to late to fix them.

 
A close up of the flag.

 
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It is ready to bottle. I decided to run only an outer jib as far as staysails go and to treat the aft upper works as if it were its own model and will assemble it in the bottle first then set it at the back of the bottle while I assemble the rest of the model.
   The port side shrouds are a little wonky but its to late to fix them.

 
A close up of the flag.

 
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This project represents the exposition consisting of three models of a bronze 24-pound gun of Le Fleuron 1729, M 1:24.  Idea of the project - to show model options in development - from gun model to battle station:   
-  The gun located on a fragment of the deck (No. 1);   
 
- The gun located on a fragment of the deck with a board and some artillery accessories (No. 2);  
 
- Battle station including a gun with roofing felts and accessories to firing, fragments of two decks, a board fragment with gun port and a cover (No. 3).  
 
In an exposition I used c little changes two constructed before the   
 
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/454-24-pdr-bronze-gun-le-fleuron-1729-by-garward-m-124/  
 
http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1666-24-pdr-bronze-gun-le-fleuron-1729-by-garward-m-124-second-version/   
 
and also I constructed new model of the gun (No. 1) located on a fragment of the deck.   
 
Each of models is established on own support, in an exposition of model are united by the general stand.   
 
I began this project with http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1666-24-pdr-bronze-gun-le-fleuron-1729-by-garward-m-124-second-version/   
 
-I added the electrified lamp.  
 
The lamp is made according to obtained at French on the Arsenal drawings (see poses.  2 on the drawing) that on the scale of M 1:24 gives diameter of cylindrical part of a lamp of 8 mm and height of 11 mm.  As a prototype the similar lamp of production of the French modeller of Alain Fosse served.   
 
The case and cover of a lamp are made of a brass bar, an insert with an opening under a light-emitting diode - from yellow plexiglas, food elements (2 AAA batteries) are established under a deck flooring, contacts for connection of a lamp are inserted into a seam between levels of a deck flooring.  
 

 

Continuation
 
Lamp on model No. 3

I made Both tp'galant sails today as well as the flag which was printed on a piece of paper then the two sides were cut out and glued together back to back.


 
 
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