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Thanks Andy Richard and Bob! There certainly are a lot of little flaws (and larger ones) in this build, but one good thing about 1:100 scale is that the mistakes tend to be so small that you have to put your eye up pretty close to see them....... Thanks again! hamilton -
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Thanks Brian - I may have my terminology wrong.....I'm talking about the oars themselves hamilton -
Hi there: I'm nearing the end of a kit-bash of Corel's Greyhound, which I've built as HMS Blandford (or near-ish, with respect to those on this forum who really know what they're doing!). Inspired by images of a period model re-printed in Peter Goodwin's Anatomy of the Ship HMS Blandford and to be seen in colour on the NMM website here, I've decided to add 36 sweeps. I've made sweeps at larger scale (1:25) for the Corel Brittany Sloop and the Corel Flattie (2 for each!), but at 1:25, they were pretty straightforward. Faced with making 36 at 1:100 scale, I'm a little puzzled as to technique. Originally I had thought of making the blade and the shaft separately (blade out of 1mm x 4mm stock which I would thin down; shaft out of 2mm x 2mm stock which I would reduce to 1mm round). My idea was to file a thin slot in the 2mm x 2mm shaft and glue the blade in, then once the glue had cured whittle and sand the thing into shape. Now I wonder if trying to carve them out of a single piece would be easier..... Anyway - I thought I would post something here to canvas for techniques for producing these things. And while I'm at it I might as well also ask for suggestions for finishing them - the NMM model shows them in red with the end of the blade finished what might once have been white....or yellow? Very hard to tell.....does anyone know what might have been the early 18th century practice? Thanks to all in advance for the help! hamilton
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You're off to a great start. I built this kit last year and it was a lot of fun - the large scale is great to work in and it's overall a very good quality kit. I'll follow your build with interest hamilton
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Well hello and welcome back....Like many others on the forum, I've lost some photos on my build log....one has to expect this sort of casualty rate when upgrades, cleanups and backups are going on and I applaud our tireless forum administrators for their behind the scenes efforts!! Eventually I will get to reposting the missing photos - I have them all somewhere and the names are still attached to the missing files so it shouldn't take long - at present, though, I'm so near to finishing that I'd rather press on with the build than re-post past entries here - if you are a soon-to-be greyhound builder and want to see some other photos, just prompt me here and I'll get them back up.... In the meantime, yesterday was a special day - my 1-year anniversary of starting on this build! The longest time it had taken me to build a ship model in the past was the Corel Toulonnaise at around 6 months. I had thought this one would be finished by late-November 2013! Ha!! So many modifications and so many issues with the kit definitely put the breaks on things, not to mention a new child and an increasingly busy work schedule and other projects drawing my attention. In any case, I thought I post a few pictures to document what she looks like one year in (though I think there are only about 10 working days left to go)..... Last night I made and outfitted the fore topsail yard, and began rigging it - truss, jeers and lifts. Tonight I'll finish the rigging and put on the ensign staff. Anyway, not much left of this one...enjoy the photos hamilton
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Very exciting Harlequin! hamilton
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Looking great Harlequin! Maybe you answered this question elsewhere, but did you make a gun-port template to transfer the positions from the plans to the hull or did you use the plans or did you do it "free hand"....? Not that I'm going to be starting on my Bellona any time soon! But....better to ask now while you're "in it".... hamilton
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I like the paint scheme a lot Collingwood - distinct and interesting - the red gives a nice warmth against the tones of the wood - she's shaping up into a real beauty! hamilton
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Hi Craig: Just read through your log - it's quite a read! Lots of chuckles and I'm finding it very informative. I'm contemplating this kit as a gift to my son's kindergarten teacher for her classroom - but I've never built a pof model before....a bit intimidated, but your build log is giving me confidence - looking forward to following along hamilton
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The AL kit looks nice judging from the photos - I haven't seen extensive photos of the OcCre one outside of Mike's build log......I'll have to do a bit more research.... hamilton
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Thanks for the follow up Ulises and Mike - Mike I'll check for your build log....Ulises - that's very weird about the scale......I'm sure there's a history there we may never know.... hamilton
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Congrats to your daughter - this sounds like a big deal! She must be really good. As for Bellona....patience is a virtue for those of us waiting to see how she's coming together! hamilton
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Nice to hear from you both, Harlequin & Collingwood - I've been missing your posts, both of you! Hopefully we'll see some updates soon...I've been eyeing the Bellona lately, though I have a couple of "commissions" to get through first - a couple of builds for friends...don't think I'll get to her for a while.... hamilton
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These photos are great Ulises - thanks a lot! I'll have to give it some thought - though clearly it can be build up into a nice model..... hamilton
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Thanks all for the responses! Very prompt and helpful as usual. Ulises - do you have photos of your AL build - or a build log (I'll search for one....)? Thanks again hamilton
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Hi there: While cruising around on the Cornwall Model Boats site today, I noticed that they've added an OcCre product I'd not seen before - a Bounty with the starboard planking cut away. I recall seeing such a model offered by Artesania Latina (they had one in a local model shop a few years ago). Two questions: 1. Can anyone confirm if the OcCre kit is the same as the AL one? Since they're both Spanish manufacturers, I thought perhaps that OcCre may have purchased or licensed the design from AL..... 2. Has anyone built either the AL or OcCre versions? If so - how would you rate the kit - quality of parts, primarily as well as general comparison with other Bountys available - Mamoli, Caldercraft, Amati in particular.... Thanks in advance! hamilton
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Hello Ian: Excellent work on the Unicorn - you know what they say - slow and steady.... Loved the pictures from the NMM, too - the ship models you posted photos of are featured heavily in Goodwin's book on the Blandford - and the second one approximates the look I'm trying to achieve for my Blandford build - I'll be adding the sweeps as a finishing detail. I would love some day to go there - we stayed in Greenwich for a while last time I was in London (which now is a long time ago), but at that time my interests were more in chasing donkeys across the common (not literally, of course!) and other youthful pranks than this noble history.... hamilton
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A change of address and a change of name here on MSW! I've been missing your updates - hope there's more soon - such beautiful work should be shown! Bye for now hamilton PS - just edited this to change "you're" to "your"! This is embarrassing....I've read too many student papers that make this exact error!!
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Hi Jason: Excellent work all around! I have a couple of questions. First, above you mention both "cross catharpins" and "regular catharpins" - I rigged catharpins on my Blandford (clumsily, I'll admit) using information I found in James Lees' Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War. Just for curiosity's sake (and further to future endeavour) I'm wondering what the difference is and which one Lees represents.... Second - a few posts back you documented your trials on the lower topmast shroud deadeyes and the rigging of the futtock shrouds. I, too, used thread for these on my Blandford (at 1:100 scale, I found that the thin wire I had thought of using was very fragile and would not take the tension when I rigged the futtock shrouds). 1:64 might be more forgiving for the wire, but for myself I actually found the thread easier to work with - I'm just wondering where your thinking is on this part of the build....? Anyway - love this ship and your build hamilton
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Thanks a lot everyone for stopping by!! I appreciate the kind words and encouragement! Keeping an eye on your work as well. hamilton
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Well hello....it's been another while - I see now that my last update with photos was before Christmas!! Shameful....but there are some photos now. The last shots were of the mizzen crossjack yard. Since then, I've constructed, outfitted and rigged the mizzen topsail yard, the main course and topsail yards and made & outfitted the main topgallant yard - to be rigged soon (Thursday with any luck). The list of things still to be completed is shrinking. And as I've been kept away mostly from building, I've made due with plotting out my next two builds - finishing rigging tables for the Fair Rosamund (OcCre Dos Amigos) and the Yacht America (Mamoli). Both will be made more or less out of the box, I think (after all the modifications and corrections on the Blandford, I'm looking for something more or less straightforward....I may replace some parts on both but no major modifications on these... Anyway, here are the photos documenting the progress to date on Blandford - you'll notice in the first couple perhaps that the mizzen topsail yard is a little jaunty - I fixed this as I hope is visible in the final shots. Hope you're all keeping well and having fun! hamilton
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Nice to see some of the deck fixtures coming together - beautiful work! hamilton
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Beautiful contrast on the hull, Augie! You're tempting me to try my hand at this one....but with no time and 5 kits on the shelf, I don't think it's in my near future - I'll just admire yours instead! hamilton
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Thanks for the thought, Bob - haven't had much time for the Blandford between family and work....too much going on at the moment - quite amazing how the leisure time evaporates....I have done work on it, but not a whole heck of a much.....I'll post something soon, if only to keep my build log active.... hamilton
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Gorgeous work on the quarter galleries, transom and cabin! hamilton
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