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hamilton reacted to harlequin in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
I'll order the stuff for you and forward it on, I'll check out royal mail charges as they probably wont be as much as CMB charge.
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hamilton reacted to Bender in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
I used birch plywood for the base and poplar wood for the corners and top edges.
This picture shows the clearance the oars tip has with the grove for the glass.
I made three mount that fit the curve of the hull.
Top edge and corner
Bottom edge and corner
Just for perspective. This is me.
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hamilton reacted to Bender in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
The boat rack was made earlier in the build.
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hamilton reacted to vulcanbomber in San Francisco by vulcanbomber - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - (Original Version)
Hi Michael, thanks for looking in. I didn't colour the wire, I quite liked it silver.
Hi Sjors, glad it's understandable now and I know you're always around, I have the tea and biscuits on hand always (rum is securely locked away)! .
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hamilton reacted to harlequin in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hi Hamilton........not been on your log for a while and your progress is going fantastically. You have used a method which I use in that if you come up against a stopper, there is always something else to get on with. I always build some deck furniture very early on to get a picture of the whole build. Regarding the decorations corel do some decorations for allsorts of ships, Cornwall model boats here in England have a whole section devoted to decoration which you may find something for your build. Actually other kit manufacturers make decorations which would transfer over to your build. Anyway keep up the good work.
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hamilton reacted to Ferit in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
And me too, I will learn something new with you step by step...
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hamilton got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
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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hamilton got a reaction from jaerschen in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
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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hamilton reacted to Bender in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
I painted the blades of the oars white.
I coated the oars with satin poly and used a piece of scrap wood to hold all 59.
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hamilton reacted to rafine in Fair American by rafine - Model Shipways - Kitbashed
Figuerres: You're right about the lantern. See below.
Thanks, Russ. If you do enough of those coils, you start to get the hang of it.
Final details and the finished model: Although they weren't actually the very last items done, I'm treating the lantern, the anchors and the flagstaff as the final details. The lantern was made from an old street lamp that I found in my model railroad scrap box. The lamp portion was heavily reworked and the brackets were made from brass rod and brass strip. The anchors were made using the kit castings with the stocks made from boxwood. The cable was run back over the bitts back to the main hatch. The anchor bouys were made from pieces of tapered dowel and then rigged. The flag staff is shown on the plans, although it seems awkward with the boom. I chose to install it mostly because I liked the way it looked.
Photos of the finished model follow the photos of the final detail work.
Bob
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hamilton reacted to Bender in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
The oars came pre-shaped, only needing a little shaping to make each match and give some curve to the blades. I glued the Reinforcement battens to the oars where the oar presses against the oarlocks.
The battens were lashed to the oars. Gluing the battens first made tying the lashing much easer.
This is half of the oars. This ship has 59 oars. On the real Reale 6 or 7 men would pull on each oar.
The oar itself was too big for the oarsmen to wrap their hand around, so handles were attached. I glued the supplied handles to the oars and held them in place with tape.
Here are all the oars sitting across the side rails.
Here are twenty-eight of the 59 oars. I made left and right oars. By doing this the lashing's knot is on the underside of the oar.
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hamilton reacted to RadMan in USS Constitution by RadMan – Revell – 1:96 – PLASTIC
Below, I hand painted the layout-coat of "random" clean-copper plates. I also experimented with shades of off-copper. Sailcat is correct that the shading is critical, because adding too much green paint caused the copper to lose its metallic shine... and once the shine is lost, the contrast it too great. You can see a few of the "experimental" plates where the shine is completely gone. It will be a very delicate balance for me to get it just right.
Next step is tape off the plates to get good clean lines for the remaining two coats of copper and off-copper color. I am amassing an enormous ball of Tamiya 6mm tape....it is a work of art in itself.
I am also no longer planning to tape off individual plates... per lambsbk advice, it's just too time consuming.
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hamilton reacted to 4whelr in Elsie by 4whelr - Model Shipways
I am going to show warts and all in this update. I marked my waterline, taped off the hull and painted it.
Unfortunately my tape job was not as good as I thought it was. When I removed the tape I had experienced bleed over and I had a paint build up between the two colors! Why yes that "S" on my chest doesn't stand for superman. Suppose it must be for "Stupid Man"!
I sanded it all down.
I then re-taped and repainted. Turned out better the second time around.( I placed the unfinished cabin and hatches on the deck just to get and idea how it will look with them in place.)
Now I have a question. It is my intention to let the paint harden off for no less than 24 hours. I intend to sand lightly and put on a couple of coats of MinWax Satin Polycrylic. I want some type of protective coating on the acrylic paints. Is this a good idea or is there a better way to protect the finish on the hull?
Thanks,
Eddie
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hamilton reacted to FlounderFillet5 in Phantom by FlounderFillet5 - Model Shipways - Pilot Boat
Progress update:
The fore deck planking is done and it has been partially scraped with a razor blade to smooth it out and get rid of lead and extra glue. The area that has been scraped already looks really nice with the nice boxwood color. Although the planking job isn't perfect, I am satisfied with it as a first attempt at any kind of planking. I plan on just covering up some of the imperfections later with decorative items like rope coils and the like.
Here is a photo of the completed fore deck planking.
Once the deck scraping commenced.
This is one of the errors in the planking. At this scale, any gap is significant and quite noticeable, at least to the builder... lol
Next up will be the aft deck and, thankfully, that will not require any plank joggling. Instead, the planks will be bent so that the follow the lines of the waterways. Hopefully, this will prove easier and less time consuming than plank joggling, I cringe at those words!
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hamilton reacted to FlounderFillet5 in Phantom by FlounderFillet5 - Model Shipways - Pilot Boat
Hey guys,
I started the dreaded task of planking the deck... It has been going pretty well, but it hasn't been without hiccups along the way. Overall, I am pretty happy with the result. It is definitely time consuming though!
In this picture you can see some error between the top two planks. Basically I installed the plank on the top but there was a bit of a gap between it and the plank to its left. I tore that plank out and installed a new one, but while taking out the original plank, I slightly damaged the planks below it so now there is still a little bit of gap there. It might be something I will be able to cover up with ropes or something later on. Or actually, it may be mostly covered up by the fore mast and the ventilator. Time will tell.
Now to go start smoking a brisket for tomorrow's dinner... yum!
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hamilton reacted to texxn5 in Charles W Morgan by texxn5 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64
Not a lot of progress so far today. Preparing to plank the anchor deck, so, I installed the eyes, bullseyes and actually ran my first rigging......this being the Mainstay lines, which attach to the bullseyes and go through holes in the anchor deck then up and around the mainmast. That was interesting, actually quite different than with plastic because of the strength of everything...not fragile yet. Then after finding some nice chain to use for the anchor chains (the kit chains were way too small, I cut and fixed the chains in their proper places, through the anchor deck and out for the anchors to attach to later on. The chains will wrap around the windlass 3 times, then lay on the deck back to the anchor chain pipes located just aft of the Mainmast and not yet installed. They will then go in the holes made in the pipes to below decks, probably into a chain locker.
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hamilton reacted to Ferit in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Could I reserve a seat aside the table? A good, well lit place overlooking all handicrafts especially decorations...
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hamilton reacted to aliluke in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hi Hamilton
No trouble to send and best of luck with the decorations - a good challenge. I look forward to seeing how it goes.
Cheers
Alistair
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hamilton reacted to Salty Sea Dog in Frigate Berlin by Ferit KUTLU - Corel - 1/40 - 1674
I think there is something special about Ferit! I think Ferit could use dental floss and his rigging would still look amazing!
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hamilton reacted to realworkingsailor in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Excellent work! No small challenge rebuilding this much of a kit, and at that scale... Can't wait to see more
Andy
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hamilton reacted to aliluke in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hi Hamilton
The stern looks great - like the windows very much. Keep it coming.
Cheers
Alistair
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hamilton reacted to Ferit in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
She is improving really in beauty...
You had jumped into the scratch... you're about fully get in...
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hamilton reacted to augie in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
That one stern shot with the new rudder looks......terrific
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hamilton got a reaction from 4whelr in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
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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hamilton got a reaction from realworkingsailor in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
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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