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petervisser reacted to Ekis in Nordlandsbaaden by Ekis - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:20
It starts to look like a sailboat !
The rigging is quite simple, but extremely efficient and smart: nothing is random or too much, all the maneuvers are very accessible, the lowering of the yards and sails, and even of the mast is fast and simple...
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petervisser reacted to Ondras71 in Roter Löwe 1597 by Ondras71
Thank you very much Silverman. Thanks for the like! 😇
I have been thinking for a long time about finishing the connection of the front stem according to Witsen..
Replica of Barents' ship..
So I added it. The cuts were made with a 0.15 mm thick razor saw, and 0.09 mm black paper was placed..
Klinkbout will be added after grinding..
And now really a balcony..
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petervisser reacted to Ekis in Nordlandsbaaden by Ekis - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:20
Before building the rig (the 2 sails are not there yet, and I'm waiting to receive some stitching wires), I had to work a little on the presentation of this boat.
Of course, as usual, I don't like the "thing" that is used as a base in the kit: it's ugly and it "crushes" visually this Norwegian fembøring. It looks like a big barge!
So, I made a new base to give it an airy look, to bring out its streamlined lines, without the base being too obvious. So I made it, piece by piece, with 3 simple bays (including the brackets), and painted it in matte black like a part of the hull.
It will be off-center along the length of the boat to make the bow stand out even more! 😁
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petervisser reacted to marktiedens in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Hi - another small update. The 3 deck railings were assembled & painted along with the belfry. Pretty straightforward, as all parts were laser cut. They were all glued down to the edges of the decks. The poop deck railing will get some hammock cranes & sand buckets, which will be added later. The quarter deck railing will also get some cranes added later.
Mark
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petervisser reacted to Ekis in Nordlandsbaaden by Ekis - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:20
Small photo complement with a few more things like the rudder, the chimney and the carpenter for the scale.
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petervisser reacted to Ekis in Nordlandsbaaden by Ekis - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:20
The colors continue to make this Nordland even more complete.
The cabin roof "with clinkers" questioned me a bit to know how to do it (the kit, of course, asked for everything flat without relation to the reality of these boats). So I finally proceeded flat to compose the offsets and keep a regularity.
Then, I had to glue this "plate", adjust, cut, glue, paint.
The bulwark rails are in place, the chainplates, the positions of the oarlocks, the dressing of the blue strake with black bands.
The rudder is done, the whole rudder will soon be in place.
It's going well!
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petervisser got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Nordlandsbaaden by Ekis - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:20
Wow! Just a beautiful model you are building. Really one of a kind!
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from BobG in Nordlandsbaaden by Ekis - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:20
Wow! Just a beautiful model you are building. Really one of a kind!
Peter
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petervisser reacted to marktiedens in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Thanks Denis.
Meanwhile, I got the catheads done - just had to chisel a little of the mouldings away so they would fit flat against the hull. I added some trim strips to them as was suggested in the instructions & finished the head rail to the bottom of the cathead bracket. Also added the bolsters to the hawse hole openings - they were not shown on the plans, but were provided in the kit & were shown in the instructions.
Mark
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petervisser got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Fantastic work Mark. You are giving this model the treatment it deserves. Thanks for all the great photos too!
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from Old Collingwood in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Fantastic work Mark. You are giving this model the treatment it deserves. Thanks for all the great photos too!
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from Edwardkenway in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Fantastic work Mark. You are giving this model the treatment it deserves. Thanks for all the great photos too!
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Wonderful work Mark! It's going to be stunning when she's complete. Enjoy the journey.
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Brilliant! Thanks for the great explanation and thanks to Chuck for the idea! I will try this on my next build as I find the "clinking" affect kinda troublesome. Too much sanding, if you know what I mean.
Cheers,
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Hi Mark,
Would you point me to Chuck's method of bending planks. I did not see it in the planking tutorials.
Cheers,
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Outstanding so far Mark. It's a pleasure to follow along on your build log. Lots of great hints and tips!
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Mark. You're a machine! Back in the saddle so soon. Well, good on ya. Doing something you're passionate about and obviously something you are very gifted at. Enjoy your new project and I will sign up for more updates. I love this kit and know you'll do it justice.
Cheers,
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from Rudolf in Cutty Sark by petervisser - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75
I have finally started work on the masting. Boy, there sure are alot of spars compared to my last model. The foremast went together with lots of trial and error. Mostly error. But once I established a system, the other two masts went together rather easily. All the masting is currently dry fitted so that they can be worked on. There is a ton of fittings that will be glued on piece by piece and careful planning is called for before the spars are stained and painted. I'm pretty excited about getting to this stage. Rigging is one of my favourite phases of the build. Once the spars are fitted, rapid progress can be made with the rigging. Here's a photo of the masts in place...
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petervisser reacted to Ondras71 in Roter Löwe 1597 by Ondras71
Channels waxed ..
Next in line is a balcony..
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petervisser got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Fantastic work Mark. You are giving this model the treatment it deserves. Thanks for all the great photos too!
Peter
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petervisser got a reaction from Ekis in Nordlandsbaaden by Ekis - FINISHED - Billing Boats - 1:20
Wow! Just a beautiful model you are building. Really one of a kind!
Peter
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petervisser reacted to marktiedens in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Hi all - got the other side done. Went much quicker after all the fiddling on the other side. I also added the PE pieces between the cheeks. Not sure exactly what they are supposed to represent, but look like some sort of serpent. The detail was kind of lost when painting them the same color overall, so I painted the recessed areas French blue & the raised areas yellow ochre. The blue is not nearly as bright in person (or the yellow) - don`t know if it`s the lighting or just the way my phone processes photos
Thanks for looking in-
Mark
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petervisser reacted to marktiedens in HMS Vanguard by marktiedens - Model Shipways - scale 1:72
Well,1 step forward & 2 steps back. While working on the bow, I managed to break a few strips of the bow grating. I managed to splice in some small HO scale strips & after some paint touch up it looks ok at arm`s length.
Continuing on, I finished up one side of the head rails. I had to cut a groove in the rails for the covering strips to lay flat, but other than that it was just a lot of filing & sanding to get everything lined up. Now I have to do it all over again on the other side.
Mark
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petervisser got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Cutty Sark by petervisser - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75
I have finally started work on the masting. Boy, there sure are alot of spars compared to my last model. The foremast went together with lots of trial and error. Mostly error. But once I established a system, the other two masts went together rather easily. All the masting is currently dry fitted so that they can be worked on. There is a ton of fittings that will be glued on piece by piece and careful planning is called for before the spars are stained and painted. I'm pretty excited about getting to this stage. Rigging is one of my favourite phases of the build. Once the spars are fitted, rapid progress can be made with the rigging. Here's a photo of the masts in place...
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petervisser got a reaction from Rudolf in Cutty Sark by petervisser - Billing Boats - Scale 1:75
After a long hiatus from Cutty Sark, I have finally started on the masting and rigging. This is just a short update as to where I'm at with the project.
The first step in this long and involved process is to fabricate the parts that hold the masts together, they being the tops and cross-trees. My old kit had these pieces marked out on sheets of ply which had to be cut out with a scroll saw and fret saw. I cut the pieces out with the scroll saw and then filed and sanded out the pieces to size.
Due to the fact that the tops are less than detailed as marked out on the plywood, I opted to use them as templates. The templates were then used to trace the shapes on thinner sheets so that I could sandwich the gratings in between. I decided to use styrene for the grating as they are a uniform thickness and width and there is no sanding involved for such small and delicate strips. All will be painted white so there won't be an issue with the different materials.
Here are some pics of the initial construction.
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