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hamilton reacted to boatgeek in Royal Caroline by boatgeek - Panart
Finally got some time to do some work. Applied the decorations to the bow. I have noticed that the brass castings that I applied years ago have tarnished as I failed to coat them at the time. I need to polish them up before I go too much further. I am not impressed with the way the kit calls for shaping parts out of plywood, it wouldn't have been hard to add a little real wood, however, when I started this build I didn't have the confidence to source other materials. When I move on to something else I will correct issues like that as I go.
I haven't finsished the rubbing strakes yet, I still have treenails to add and sanding to do.
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hamilton reacted to mtaylor in Licorne by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - POF - TERMINATED LOG
No pressure on this site, is there?
I'm going to bow to pressure, even though it's against my better judgement. I guess don't want Sjors to hit me up for piccy's.
Here she sits with various implements of destruction lying about... The black square is where the broken frame was. Still have a lot of sanding and some re-working of joints before I cut gunports and lay in the ebony wales.
The black X's, in case you're wondering, are for the frames I can remove after the chain wale goes on. A top rail fits in there. I'm thinking about removing those early just in case she decides to implode/explode/self-destruct when I start removing the build board down the road.
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hamilton reacted to Andre in Wasa by Andre - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
The last weeks I have been busy making the hand rails. First step was bending beams into the approx 90 degrees curve, but it was difficult to bend such sharp curves... Second step was thinning the beams using my (newly acquired) electric cutting machine. I made the beams about 2.0 x 1.6 mm. Then painting one side yellow, for which I used the same paint as I used on my other yellow parts.
I did realise that the 1:1 model has square rods supporting the hand rails, but I could not think of a method to drill/make square holes in the lower rails. Therefore, I decided to use round supporting rods, as can be seen in the pictures below. The rails rest on the round rods, which have a diameter of 2 mm.
In the pictures below the results can be seen.
Next will be the cannons and the gunports...
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hamilton got a reaction from maddog33 in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from texxn5 in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from mobbsie in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from aliluke in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from JPett in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from Blue Ensign in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from The Sailor in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from Beef Wellington in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hello all:
First of all, for Ferit I have the photo of the port side fore lower shrouds and ratlines (first photo below) - hope this is what you're looking for.
The night before last I shaped, finished and outfitted the spritsail yard, and this evening I installed and began rigging it. I had hoped to add the clews and sheets as well, but I only managed to add the sling, the halliard, the lifts and braces. I also added jibboom guys and guy falls (as noted in Lees), but ended up removing them because I felt they made the model look too cluttered. I'm now cursing the absence of a fairleader block on the bowsprit - which Goodwin features, but which I didn't feel confident in making - now I'm not satisfied with the chaos of lines at the bow, and yet don't feel up for dismantling all my work.......I will live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, I'll hopefully have a chance of finishing the spritsail yard rigging tomorrow - from there I'll start the spars from the mizzen mast forward.....Enjoy!
hamilton
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hamilton reacted to Ferit in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hi Hamilton,
I am feeling somewhat embarrassed being intensely in building Berlin... I am awaiting the inspiration come back again...
It's good to have a break now and then...
Your rigging skill is really outstanding...
By the way, what are you thinking about the ornaments -being set aside for a while- along the bulwarks forward & aft and on the transom, any other ideas?
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hamilton got a reaction from Ferit in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hi Ferit - I was wondering where you were - haven't seen any Berlin updates recently! Nice to hear from you. I'm not in a position to post such a photo now, but will do so as soon as I can - gotta run
hamilton
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hamilton reacted to rafine in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Wonderful job on the ratlines, Hamilton. Never anyone's favorite part of a build.
Bob
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hamilton got a reaction from maddog33 in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Well the ratlines are done - thankfully! This phase of ship modelling always feels like a weird stall...the repetitiveness of it, the endless clove hitches...I'm thankful it's done - now I know that it will feel like things are picking up again. Of course I probably won't have much time to work on Blandford in the coming weeks, but it's good to know that the standing rigging is now complete! Here's a photo. Enjoy and happy modelling
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from russ in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Well the ratlines are done - thankfully! This phase of ship modelling always feels like a weird stall...the repetitiveness of it, the endless clove hitches...I'm thankful it's done - now I know that it will feel like things are picking up again. Of course I probably won't have much time to work on Blandford in the coming weeks, but it's good to know that the standing rigging is now complete! Here's a photo. Enjoy and happy modelling
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Frigate Essex by Rafine - FINISHED - Model Shipways - Kitbashed
Hi Bob
Just read through your log - I have to say you've done amazing work despite the challenges you've faced with the kit. She looks like she's starting to shape up.
My current build (the Corel Greyhound kit) suffered some similar issues - two of the bulkheads were completely out of whack and I had to build them up with 1mm x 4mm strips. The rest of the bulkheads were also mis-dimensioned, though not as severely. In the end, constructing the skeleton was complete guesswork on my part, though I had the best of intentions. I tried scaling up the lines contained in Goodwin' AOTS Blandford, which clearly served as one of the design templates for the Corel kit, but this proved only to confuse matters. The lack of reliability in the parts and the plans (which were so woefully inadequate that I completely stopped using them almost as soon as I began) meant that I had essentially to plot things out to achieve something that would work rather than something that was really accurate to the ship's lines.....
Anyway, I really admire your perseverance and have great sympathy too for Sam, who I imagine has been driven to some distraction by these issues. I'll follow along here with interest
hamilton
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hamilton reacted to Ferit in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
It looks fantastic...
Could you show the port side of the foremast ratlines?
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hamilton reacted to augie in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Absolutely top notch.
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hamilton reacted to realworkingsailor in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Excellent job, your rigging looks first rate. Keep it up.
Andy
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hamilton reacted to mobbsie in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Hamilton you have made a fantastic job on the Ratlines, very very well done.
Be Good
mobbsie
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hamilton reacted to mtaylor in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
One word.... WOW!!!!
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hamilton got a reaction from ZyXuz in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Well the ratlines are done - thankfully! This phase of ship modelling always feels like a weird stall...the repetitiveness of it, the endless clove hitches...I'm thankful it's done - now I know that it will feel like things are picking up again. Of course I probably won't have much time to work on Blandford in the coming weeks, but it's good to know that the standing rigging is now complete! Here's a photo. Enjoy and happy modelling
hamilton
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hamilton got a reaction from Ferit in HMS Blandford by hamilton - FINISHED - from Corel HMS Greyhound - 1:100
Well the ratlines are done - thankfully! This phase of ship modelling always feels like a weird stall...the repetitiveness of it, the endless clove hitches...I'm thankful it's done - now I know that it will feel like things are picking up again. Of course I probably won't have much time to work on Blandford in the coming weeks, but it's good to know that the standing rigging is now complete! Here's a photo. Enjoy and happy modelling
hamilton
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