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GrandpaPhil: Thanks a lot ! About belfry: maybe yes, maybe not😉 Look at these pictures: One of them is Culver´s solution. And the another picture is the detail of the Payne´s engraving, I noticed it just recently - just look at it carefully, you´ll see the top of the belfry on the forecastle. It´s smaller like on other models. Just enlarge the Payne´s engraving ( this is the largest image I could find ). Maybe I´m wrong. Jan
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I made some sculptures and some parts of the ship. At first I want to add most of parts of decks because of better manipulation. Then I would like to make railing, but I have to find a solution how to make it from carton. I´ll see, I´ll think of something. And one more thing: where was the belfry ??? I´m not sure there was solution like Rotter or Doris has. It fits for ships built 50 years later. Payne ( or Van Velde ) would certainly noticed so large belfry. Mc Kay did not include her in the plans, he also explains why somewhere in the book... Jan
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Tomek, you are allways delivering the best you can. Jan
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A small update... Just some windows and doors and a small attempt of making sculptures. Now I know, that´ better to make this ship in the bigger scale. sculptures, as you can see on the last pictures are about 2 - 2,5 mm wide. I have to train a lot 😁 Jan
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Steve, I wish I ever had your patience......unbelievable what you can do on such a small scale..😮 Jan
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druxey: this is probably the proposal of the decoration made by Anthony Van Dyck. It is also in the Mc Kay book Fronts of the superstructures are on it´s places. The hull of the ship is closed, finally. It took me a while, mainly to decide how to make the back part of the forecastle. There are some different solutions, I decided to build it by Mc Kay. I think Culver has the same solution... I think it´s not the same like on the quarterdeck, because it could be visible on Van Velde and Payne´s portraits - but it isn´t. It´s just my opinion of course. But....today nobody know Now it´s the time to finish and fill in the decks. Jan
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Hi everyone. Correct or incorrect ? Just find it on the net - different ship, different gratings. Just look for gratings of Victory, Batavia, Vasa... there are still different solutions. Another shipbuilder, another solution. And mainly in the 16 th and at he beginning of the 17 th century, when everything was changing. Jan
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Thank you a lot friends 🙂 druxey: I´m not Doris - she´s the one and only. As I said, we´ve start to build this ship together, she finished her, and I stopped at he point you can see. I will use a lot ideas from her with her permissions, but I will do a lot of things by my decisions. You will see. Last time I was working on entries, and I added gratings. Now I choose the way of Doris ( just go to modelforum.cz and read the research ) - I think is more suitable than solutions of publishers and better than Mc Kay ( sorry ). There are some plans of 1650, and there´s Vasa, and several other shipwrecks. Of course, how it actually was ... only god knows. Now I´m continuing with the building of the fronts of superstructures. Jan
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Me too, Steve, but I'm still in awe of what you've did on such a small scale. It´s unbelievable. Jan
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Exactly 👍 I will add just one information: as you can see, I´m using a graph paper, glued on carton of thickness 1 mm. Then I can chop the strips exactly - and then I can them to glue on the another carton with the graph paper exactly too. Maybe this link will be more helpfull. This is the same way. http://modelshipbuilder.com/page.php?128 Jan
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Grandpa Phil: there´s another way to do gratings right. I did it a long time ago, here are pictures at the bottom: https://papermodelers.sk/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=3380&start=50 It´s very easy. Just try it. Jan
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Thank you a lot, friends 🙂 Gallion sides are on their places already. I have to complete the construction inside, more small details I will add gradually. All of handles are reworked too, it is maybe a small detail, but I think that now it looks much more better. And I think that the bow looks now more realistic. Now I´m working on the hull equipment. There´s a lot of work...... Here are some photos. Jan
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I removed the front of the ship - and made it more flat. The model was based on Mantua plans - it was 13 years ago, there were no monographies, no researchs..... Hopefully Doris finished her model and together with two captains let us a lot of informations. I think now it is more better. I also changed the interior from red ( as you can see on sooner photos ) to wood. Maybe it is suitable - maybe not. I also bought the book written by John Mc Kay. To be honest - the most important informations for me are about the decoration, armory and rigging. But the hull- there are a lot of questions. The end of the stern is absolutely nonsens - anyone who has ever studies the hydrodynamics just a little knows that, the rudder would be ineffective for such a large ship. Some entries on the board are useles - like companionway... etc. I´m also a bit confused about the other side of forecastle - were there stairs to the main deck, or not? Nobody knows... Now I have to find the solution. I could have many more questions " why ", but I will let it be. Sometimes I think I should to start again - from the beginning, and do it all better... but now there´s no way back💘 Jan
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Now I´m continuing with modifying of some parts of sides. Maybe sometimes it will look like in the book😉 There were many mistakes I did, I don´t hink I will repair them all, but I will try. BTW, 1:96 is too small scale for this ship, now I know. But what can I do now....just to continue. Jan
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Thanks, Patrick. Then I had to repair the gallion, I made the new deck on gallion... simply I had to destroy it. And to produce the new one.
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At first I had to repair the colour of wales, they were too dark, an then I had to re - patinate the hull. I think the result is better than before:
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Dear friends, After 12 years of hiatus I decided to continue with the model of Sovereign. I started it together with Doris, I´m sure you will remember her ship. So here is the part of history - sorry for the poor photos:
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Fingers crossed, Patrick. I hope you will finish it. It´s a beautiful ship. Here´s one building : https://www.shipmodeling.ru/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=71379 unfortunatelly, the builder died already. But there´s a lot of informations. Jan
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Dear Friends, The ship is finished already. I hope that everything is OK now ( almost ) I´m sure you´ll see a lot of mistakes there , but it´s just a model. Thank to you all for your suppport. Here are some photos. Jan
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Thank you, friends. Abhovi: thank you and other for forgiving But: you give me good idea. If you let me, I will cheat too. Now I have solution how to do brails to be visible and how to remove them before the cleaning. About cleaning... I have 10 ships, from the biggest ( La Couronne ) to the smallest ( Nina ) at home . I clean them once a year: hull by a wet brush , sails, rigging and yards by mini vacuum cleaner. It takes several days, and mainly sails is hard to clean. I don´t want to have ships in plastic boxes. Jan
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Thank you, friends, for your replies. Abhovi: I know, they should. I didn´t do them for a practical reason: because of cleaning sails ( I have a small vacuum cleaner , and they are a pretty good obstacles). There´s no problem to make it. But I have one question: what is the way they are led? As I could read from some of plans, they are led through blocks placed on a standing rigging. Sometimes they are led through yard ( as I can see on your models ). Which is the right way? Btw, on the model of Swan/ ghost ship you made, I don´t see them ( see the picture ) Jan
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Rdk: Thank you, Radek I finally finished the rigging. I hope I didn´t forget any rope The finish is very near. Jan
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Thank you friends for your replies. Louie da fly: I used my wife´s fohn you can see it on the fourth picture. All sails are on the ship. Now I can continue with second part of running rigging, and I have to made some necessary parts of the ship. Jan
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Thanks friends for your replies ! Louie da fly: All my ships are with sails. Maybe there´s some kind of magic for me And, yes, you´re right. flying dutchman2: thank you Yes, fluyts were unique vessels , I think I did a good choice. Sails are made. I used a piece of silk shirt. At first I impregnated the cloth using the mix of glue / water 1/20. After drying I flat it, and cut sails out. Then you can glue threads. Then I punctured sails for hanging, impregnated them once again and forming by fohn. That´s all. But it took a while. Jan
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