Ian_Grant

Looks like she nearly brushes the ceiling! What's the measurement from keel to mainmast head?

Well, I made mine mine a decade ago and did indeed use yellow ochre for the hull stripes. Shortly thereafter, the HMS Victory restoration team announced that they had taken a core drill sample and separated out all the paint layers and found the "true" colours from Nelson's time. As they were in the middle of a 20-years restoration they painted the entire ship in these colours. The result was a bit surprising as the stripes had a distinctly pinkish tinge. At any rate, I believe they have since once again stripped off much of her outer planking after discovering more water penetration due to laminated planks used in previous restorations. I would advise against using Heller's Humbrol "scorched earth" for things like the hatch coamings and ship's wheel......I did this and it is too reddish; a nice brown would be better. Here is a pic of my model during the build, with the reddish hatches on the forecastle and the yellow ochre which it was too late to change. Here is a video about the repainting of the real ship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmNXRWtQ-P0

She is a challenging kit but the result is stunning. There are many builds here for inspiration and tips. Good luck and I look forward to following your progress!.

I too like that X-Y table. Hmmm, one would look good on my drill press.......must start grooming the Admiral to the idea.......😏

Merry Christmas Bill to you and your family and especially the grandkids! All the best, Ian

This is exactly the type of ship for which I've been searching for 3d files suitable to print a model for RC. They're very impressive looking. Couldn't find any, nor could I find plans/drawings for a normal scratch build; the owners seem to keep design info on their ships private. I gave up. I particularly liked the "Edda Flora" for which Bauer sells a nice RC kit, but it is 1000 euro, albeit I think including two functional Voight-Schneider drives. She came to my attention because I was finding 3D files for ancillary equipment for her. Anyway I considered buying 3D files for a WWII Castle class corvette, but have settled on a 70's North Sea ferry which ran from Harwich to Rotterdam among other routes.; "MV Europic Ferry". Should be an unusual model at club sails.

I'm surprised Occre only calls for 4mm blocks. Actual blocks on Victory ranged from 24" quarter blocks for topsail sheets, to 6" blocks for buntlines etc. Just sayin'. 🤔

John, great work on this small-scale model! What did you use for ratlines?......I too have a model which would need ratlines at 1/10" intervals but have not found something suitable.

Looking really good! Your work is very neat. I have to put rolled up torpedo nets along the deck of my WWI RC battlecruiser and I thought of Tulle but didn't think it practical to try to roll up 4ft lengths, so I bought braided line which will represent the nets, when dyed black. Hey, it's only RC........😉

Sorry to confuse; yes this is a build log for an escort carrier but I was commenting on the castle class corvette (K488) behind the carrier in the photos. My two buddies in the RC boat club have flower class corvettes at 1/48 which are manageable at about 48", but printing the bigger castle class at the same scale would be 63".

Beautifully precise, neat work. And, "my ruler messed up"....Ha Ha 😀

Hi Brad; just found this build log after googling for 3d printable ship files. Is that boat in the background the Castle Class corvette from Bensworx? Did you print it at 1/48 scale? If so, what is her ballasted weight to set her at proper waterline? Is she awkward to lug around at her length? I just bought the Castle files today (on sale 50% off!) from cgtrader. Not sure I can print the hull bits at 1/48 in my Bambu A1's build volume, without learning how to "cut" in Bambu Studio. Maybe 1/64 would be easier but two guys in my RC boat club have 1/48 Flowers so it would be cool to hang with them........

Unbelievable.......your thread must be thin as spider webbing......fantastic model in any scale but beyond outstanding at this scale. I have one in a box; I know how tiny it is.

A LEGO Technique ropewalk! Very cool. In a similar vein, here is my meccano serving machine using parts I had as a kid: And let's not forget the LEGO Techniques drivable full-size Bugatti, powered by 2304 LEGO Power Functions motors ganged together. The LEGO car is the one on the right. 😏 Apparently they have also built a similar Mclaren P1 now.

Looking great! Did she have AA guns? Looking forward to the "on-the-water" video next spring....

Cameras are so unforgiving, but not a glue mark or paint error in sight. Immaculately built...

I saw those chronometers years ago, I think at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. I picked up a little book about him and them; loved the description of his "temperature testing" ie one room's window open in winter, to verify one cold unit against a second warm one. The genius of our ancestors always impressed me, particularly clockmakers and astronomers.

Is this the same John Harrison who perfected the chronometer?

Amazed that it has been that long....9 months....sheesh!

I didn't realize how small this ship is until that shot with your fingers - wow great work!

I was thinking that too - what did you use?

Glen, given your praise of this film, how can you not select the whaler "Essex" being sunk by a sperm whale for your next SIB..........?

Glen I am gobsmacked by its beauty and originality (and difficulty level)! And that stand design! Just clicking on "wow" doesn't come close to representing my awe......I say it every time you finish a build, but "how are you going to top this?"...........yet you manage to do so every time.

Working on the torpedo net booms and rigging. I've been putting this off for a long time and it is as tedious as I expected. Here are a couple of pics on the port side, with the booms' forward and aft topping lifts and jackstay rigged. I just tied the lifts to brass etch eyes glued into tiny drilled holes in the hull. Strictly speaking the booms' ends should reach right up to deck level since the torpedo nets were "always" laced onto the jackstays, but I need to lift off much of the deck for access and the torpedo nets will come with it, hence the booms cannot be attached. I copied teenage Ian's simple solution of bending the tubes 90 degrees and inserting into drilled holes in the hull rather than trying to produce a set of 32 tiny U-joints or such. I'm now down to a dozen brass etch eyes and ordered yet more which I will need for the starboard torpedo booms' rigging, and the main deck railings. Also made some prototype Hotchkiss guns out of brass tube, some scrap brass etch, and evergreen, to mount in the 3D printed enclosure. Also worked on QF-3 Vickers guns of which she had four. I made two prototypes of slightly different sizes, neither of which I can find now. They consisted of a micro brass tube barrel inserted through a 3d-printed base and a two-piece breech assembly. They looked pretty good, planning some additional brass etch detail, but the reason I made two different ones is I couldn't decide on the size appropriate for crew members. Difficulty is I have no dimensions for these Vickers guns. I searched yet again for some crew figures and this time found a lovely set of 10 resin-printed Royal Navy WWII bridge crewmen, available in several scales, on Etsy of all places. In my case the ship is 1/150, and the nearest of the many available scales are 1/144 and 1/160 representing men of 6ft and 5ft6in stature respectively. Decided on the 1/160 set. The CAD is very impressive; makes me wish I was making a 1/48 scale corvette. They would be awesome. Waiting to see how they look at 1/160.....🤔. They are from WWII not WWI but at this scale who's to know? I'll be lucky if I can paint them half decently. When they arrive I can decide on the Vickers gun size and whether to change the height of the Hotchkiss guns and/or enclosure. They are here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1424701804/wwii-royal-navy-the-bridge-10-figure-set They're pictured on a WWII Flower Class corvette. Speaking of which, there are two guys in my RC club with 1/48 Flowers. "CGTrader" has 3D print files for an entire 1/48 Flower, less some detailing, for $50, and the same for a "Castle" class corvette. I thought it might be fun to print a Castle class to cruise with them, but at 1/48 this larger ship would be 63" long with the concomitant weight - 9" longer and much less narrow than "Lion" which is already a bit unwieldy to carry. I might buy the file and print one at 1/64 ("S" scale) which would be 47-1/4" long, much more manageable. ........... If I ever complete already queued projects. 😏

That's really, really nice rigging thread. Who did you buy it from?