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Hi Richard: Leaving them natural might have made a nice contrast, but I still think these look really good. After all is said and done you will admire the ship overall. Great work here hamilton -
She's really starting to come to life - excellent work! hamilton
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Hi Jack: First of all, great work so far! I also replaced the anchor rigging (and the bobstay) with chain when I built this kit - it makes a big difference in the finished look. As for the masts, approaches may differ, but mine is always to prepare the lower mast as much as possible prior to adding the topmast. At least you should NOT add the mast caps onto the masts before the topmast is ready to be fit. You will need to fit the mast caps at an appropriate position on the topmasts before adding the topmasts to the lower masts. As for the shrouds, I've done it both ways - adding all masts and then starting on the rigging and rigging upward mast by mast. I prefer this second approach now because it avoids a lot of complications in positioning the lines. Adding the shrouds and stays before installing the lower masts, installing the masts rigging the shrouds and stays and then moving up. Doing this, though, you need to be careful to leave the opening in the trees for the topmast heel open and uncluttered by the shrouds & stays tied around.... I hope this makes sense....I haven't had a coffee yet.... hamilton
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Beautiful work on the doors - I wish I had pursued this technique when I built this model! I'm now learning (in agreement with Ferit) that scratch building wins out every time. Anyway, great technique! hamilton
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Hello all: Thanks for the words! Much appreciated. I'm now back from a lovely week on Hornby Island in the northern Straight of Georgia - I'll post a photo or two in a bit. It was nice to get away from the city, but I've been missing the modelling bench. I did have a bit of time to do some modelling up there - one of the lines had come loose on the Corel Flattie up at the cabin so I did a bit of rehabilitation while I was there.... Ferit - in answer to your questions - yes and yes. I will be rigging the cannons, but only with breaching lines (the scale is too small for the tackles). And I'll also be adding the sweeps - not until the very end of the build, since I'm afraid of snapping them off! The breaching lines and cannon installation will be my next step. I'll then make the (closed) bridle ports and the (open) aft gunports (8, 9 and 10). After that I'll either start making the main deck features, or the head rails. I'm a little wary of the head rails - I'll need to put some very serious thought into them, so I'm trying to do other things while I turn my mind around the head.... Anyway, it seems I've also got a lot of catching up to do on the forum, so I'm going to go look around at all of your logs. Bye for now! hamilton
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OK - so I found a bit of time tonight to finish making the cannons! I couldn't resist one more session before taking off - a week away from the "bench" will be tough! So I finished the cannons - that's pretty much all there is to say. One thing that I noticed is that the aft gunports (8, 9, 10) are too low. As a result, I had to mount the guns at a different angle than the other 12. When I come back I'm going to adjust these gunports and re-do the cannons so things look better than they currently do...Anyway, to bed for an early morning. Here are the photos. hamilton
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Thanks Augie! It seems that once again, the Corel kit has fallen sort short of the mark - they include room for 10 ports on each side, while it is clear from Goodwin that there are 11 - the bridle port plus 10 gunports....I don't think this is a problem I could have fixed on this kit, even if I'd noticed it before...in any case, it looks like my "mongrel" Blandford will be an 18 gun ship with fwd bridle ports instead of a 20-gun ship.....oh well - back to packing and grocery shopping - bye until next week hamilton
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Thanks for this Alistair! Very informative - and it explains something that has been bugging me about Goodwin's AOS. Goodwin shows 11 ports on each side of the Blandford, though it is clearly a "20-gun ship", not a "22"... The foremost port being a bridle port explains this, and gives me some license to convert it....it does, however, mean that Corel either mis-interpreted the source drawings they used, or simply left out the 11th port for convenience.... Anyway, Goodwin shows gunport lids on ports 8, 9, and 10 (the fully frames ports), while the ports along the open bulwarks have no lids at all. The bridle ports are not shown as having lids, but I may add one - this will be much better i think than just leaving an open port....I hadn't thought of adding the lids to the aft ports (8 9 10), but I think I'll do this, as well - why go through the trouble of adding details like the sweep ports or half forecastle bulkheads if I'm not going to add things like the gunport lids??? Anyway, enjoy your week, all and I'll see you back here next Monday hamilton
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Thanks Mark! - It's always good to know that changing the name of something can suddenly open up a world of possibilities!! Bridle ports they shall be, and let no one deny their place! Bye for now hamilton
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HAHAHA - if it looks like that picture, then I'll know that someone with a hell of a lot more talent than me has broken into my house and completed the model for me!! It will have a family resemblance to it - this model is featured in some of the photos in Goodwin's Anatomy of the Ship Blandford - but judging by this photo the model has gone through some recent rehabilitation. I am planning on adding the sweeps, which I think look really cool and will add something novel to the build. Anyway, thanks for stopping by Crackers!! hamilton
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Thanks a lot Alistair - I appreciate your kind words! I'm hoping that our vacation is not "garnished with earthquakes", though everyone out here always talks about them....I haven't felt a single one since I've lived in Vancouver (17 years now), though apparently we are in a major earthquake zone...I've been through only two earthquakes in my life - both in the 5 to 5.5 range - strong enough to be felt but small enough to seem "novel" as opposed to really scary and dangerous. I do not envy those who live in earthquake prone places (such as NZ). I hope you and your loved ones are alright down there! Anyway, we'll see how it turns out with the ladders versus guns, but I'm leaning towards the ladders (no rigging on the ladders, which is a vote in their favour). Anyway, bye for now hamilton
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Hello there: Well, I was hoping to finish all the cannon assemblies before we leave for our island retreat, but it doesn't look like this will happen.... The cannons are quite small at 1:100 (though I suspect they are large for scale...). I have prepared them with small eyebolts for rigging the breeching lines and used 1/16" pinstripe tape for the trunnion straps (cap squares?) I've made 12 of the 20 guns, though I'm also faced with a dilemma. The Blandford is a 20-gun ship. But the position of the foremost gunports on the Corel kit does not allow for the inclusion of both the guns and ladders for forecastle access....So I'm left with a dilemma - either leave out the ladders to the forecastle or leave out the guns......My feeling is to leave out the guns and to display only 18 - this is also my little boy's preference (he gave me the same advice for the San Francisco, noting that the foremost guns on that build would have interrupted people coming up and down the ladder to the forecastle).... Anyway, it's hard to argue with a 4-year old (as many of you well know) but I will "lay down the law" if the consensus here is on the guns rather than the ladders....my rule is always "first, peace in the home"...... Anyway, we're off to lovely Hornby Island on Saturday for our annual cabin stay - 8 days with no modelling!! Though I will get to visit with my Corel Flattie, which is stationed up at the cabin - who knows, I may find some time to make some repairs if these are necessary.... Here are a few shots until I return - happy modelling to all and have fun this week! hamilton
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Thanks Harlequin, but that's ok - there's another solution in the works! I do appreciate the offer, though! hamilton
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Hi Harlequin: Thanks for dropping by! And for the compliments. I've checked out CMB before but the shipping costs from the UK are prohibitive - even while saving the VAT....I had planned on ordering from them, but only if I'm putting in an order for a kit....and considering that I now have one on the go and three on the shelf I highly doubt I will be allowed to invest more funds into ship modelling in the near future....though secretly I have my eye on the Caldercraft Snake, or Granado, or Mars, or Bounty....I can't make up my mind! Anyways, it's all wind in any case until I get through the Blandford, the Dos Amigos, the Syren and the Bellona......sheesh!! What a hard life!! hamilton
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WOW!!! hamilton
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Hi Jack: I built the BN at this scale about a year and a half ago and I ended up leaving the dorys off - I found them far too frustrating to complete! It's actually really nice to see them here - they really do add a lot of authenticity to the model. Great work! hamilton
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Just read through your log - excellent work - I especially admire the sweeps - really impressive! hamilton
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Excellent attention to detail here. Looking great hamilton
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Hi Max: I love the commitment to detail you're bringing to this build. Really nice work. My Phantom is currently in a dilapidated state in my son's room, but your build is adding some motivation to strip the thing and re-do it. Thanks for sharing hamilton
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Hi John I've never seen a build log for this one before - very interesting ship and a nice build! hamilton
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Of course Ferit - though we're very far apart geographically! I'll give a hint - I'll be using a kind of lino-cut technique using card stock. Depending on how sharp I can keep the knife, it might actually work, though I have to scale down the source material from 1:64 to 1:100 - the success will really depend on whether the patterns I'm using remain workable once they're scaled to 1:100.....Stay tuned.... hamilton
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Thanks Augie, Ferit, Alistair & Andy! Much appreciated as usual - and thanks again Alistair for sending on the Fly files....I'm hoping to scale them this week and have another go at the decorations... hamilton
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Thanks Andy and Mark - so I have not yet given up on the bulwark decorations, but I have put them on pause for a bit...To pass the time while turning my mind around my latest approach to that problem, I've decided to make the rudder and the cannons - it's fortunate that with projects like this there's always something else to do while you're figuring other stuff out! I made the rudder three times. The first was out of 4mm x 4mm beach that I had left over from another build. This didn't work out - I messed up carving out the slots for the pintles and gudgeons. The second was from 3mm x 3mm lime, planked with .5mm lime. This didn't work because the shape was off. The last one was from the same material as number two, but I used a template to get the correct shape and it worked out quite well. Finished in white, Golden Oak and Red. For the Pintles and Gudgeons, I abandoned the metal parts supplied in the kit and used 1/16 x 1/64" brass strip, blackened. I had thought of installing bolts, but at this scale and with only a pin vice to work with I decided against it. I did add ring bolts for the rudder chains. No photos of the cannons yet - I'll save that for another post later....In the meantime, here's the rudder....Bye for now - hope you're all enjoying the weekend. hamilton
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Hi Augie - any day now, eh? Can't wait to see her cross the finish line! Also very interested in seeing your (future) Essex! hamilton
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Hi Brian: I wish I'd seen your sheave block making technique a couple of weeks ago when I was doing this exact same thing on the Blandford!! Your approach (regardless of the questions over scale) is much better than mine (which was simply to drill a couple of holes into a 3mm x 4mm bit of scrap wood.... anyway - these will look great when installed hamilton
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