DSiemens

Yay the dimes are out.  Time for some cool small stuff.  I'm enjoying your log John keep it up.  Merry Christmas to you and the admiral.  

Dan- Thank you for that article.  It has a lot of great information.  It'll take me some time to read all the way through it but from the dozen or so pages I did read I'm very impressed.  I find it interesting that the circumstances of the time created a perfect storm for the golden age of piracy.  Wars were coming to an end and sailors that had always known a life of sea warfare didn't have much else to fall back on.  So why not go into the pivateering or piracy.  Meanwhile less war meant more trade and the shipping industry was booming with lots of ships to steal from or commandeer.  I found it interesting as well how bold pirates became.  They would use there names openly and talk directly to their victims.  As the article explains they had no fear of the judiciary.  It seems it all caught up to them eventually but with the way these men presented themselves and the rumors that flew because of word of mouth communication it's no wonder piracy is romanticized as it is now.    
 
I think your right though that I am on the right track with the french frigate plans.  Mark Wilde-Ramsing has obviously done extensive research into the QAR.  I trust his opinion.  As well as yours.  Thanks for the help.     

Keel #1 is now complete. My daughter came over this morning, as I was getting ready to install the Fish Well covers . And she said that she liked it better without the covers as they cover up to much of the deck. (its going to be her's she does not know it yet ) so they have been left off. this is about the end of this build log . Just some comparisons between the Kit and scratch (Keel 1 ) are left . Here are the results

Thank you all for your comments.  I did some research on the paint and with some help from a couple guru's on this forum and in the club I found my answer to the color scheme.  I also think it fits the Queen Anne's Revenge rather well.  She took a much darker turn.
 

 

 

 
Ships in this day in age generally came in three colors.  Ocher, red and black.  Usually a mixture of the three.  The colors came from different things mixed in the paint.  Black was created from ash.  Red from oxidization or essentially rust.   I'm not sure about ocher I'd have to ask again.  A very common theme for the day was a black ship with an ocher stripe a long the gun ports and red on the inside of the bulwarks.  This seemed to fit so I went with it.  
 
The masts are in place but I plan on cutting them down and stepping them.  Still more to do.    

Thank you all for your comments.  I did some research on the paint and with some help from a couple guru's on this forum and in the club I found my answer to the color scheme.  I also think it fits the Queen Anne's Revenge rather well.  She took a much darker turn.
 

 

 

 
Ships in this day in age generally came in three colors.  Ocher, red and black.  Usually a mixture of the three.  The colors came from different things mixed in the paint.  Black was created from ash.  Red from oxidization or essentially rust.   I'm not sure about ocher I'd have to ask again.  A very common theme for the day was a black ship with an ocher stripe a long the gun ports and red on the inside of the bulwarks.  This seemed to fit so I went with it.  
 
The masts are in place but I plan on cutting them down and stepping them.  Still more to do.    

First thank you all for your kind remarks, and all the likes.
 
New Cockpit part 4
 
Regarding the deck oxidation at the moment there is no surface treatment on it it is just a scraped finish, so a final scraping before applying the teak oil should take care of it.
 
I have begun gluing together the boards for the flat areas of the cockpit these have a micro bevel on all four edges this will need a little touching up before the final varnish.
 

 
The corners have been rough sanded to shape now, when all the walls are complete and glued together I will make the cap by laminating a few .020" veneers together around  formers for the corners when it is shaped and finished it will be stronger than a bent piece and will look like a solid piece. similar to this bent piece as part of a wicker seat which was made by bending a group of veneers around a stainless steel strip and gluing them. After they had set up they were removed from the strip then shaped with files and sanded.
 

 
The next picture shows the top edge of the flat section.
 

 
I will need to make a new grating for the floor or rework the edges with some new boards.
 
Michael
 
 
 
 

Time for an update.  Not that I've achieved a major milestone but I need to take a break to handle some 'real life'.
 
Most of the planking above the wales has been completed P/S.  The gun ports on the gun and quarter decks are completed.  I've touched up the gun port red and done the first coarse sanding. 
 
There are still about 4 rows of planks to finish up the main wale.  Then I'll be able to final sand and begin finishing on this section.  The sweep ports will be installed, the double planking on the wales put on and I need to decide what will be painted and what will be stained.  Treenailing is also on the docket.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Sounds like a plan ---- right into 2014!
 
Stay well, mates.

Looking good. I love this. Got my start in ship building with mini-ships like this.

Thank you all for your comments.  I did some research on the paint and with some help from a couple guru's on this forum and in the club I found my answer to the color scheme.  I also think it fits the Queen Anne's Revenge rather well.  She took a much darker turn.
 

 

 

 
Ships in this day in age generally came in three colors.  Ocher, red and black.  Usually a mixture of the three.  The colors came from different things mixed in the paint.  Black was created from ash.  Red from oxidization or essentially rust.   I'm not sure about ocher I'd have to ask again.  A very common theme for the day was a black ship with an ocher stripe a long the gun ports and red on the inside of the bulwarks.  This seemed to fit so I went with it.  
 
The masts are in place but I plan on cutting them down and stepping them.  Still more to do.    

More updates.  The upper decks are in.  
 

 

 

 
I will add four more guns on poop deck and then move forward with the masts and chain plates.  Also if any one has any ideas on colors to paint her that would be very helpful.  I'm really not sure what I want to do.  
 
 

Thanks Michael, Mark, Sjors and Stan.  Your complements are greatly appreciated.  
 
Mark remember that Michael also built a cutter at 1:500 he's pushing the limits on both ends. 
 
Stan people like me appreciate the fine art of emptying bottles keep up the good work.  Your ship building skills are fantastic as well.    
 
Got some more work done.  Bulwarks are completed on the port side and half of the cannons are in.  
 

 

 

Augie actually I had no idea.  Now I do.  
 
Thanks Bob and Mark.  Your comments are always appreciated.
 
I tried three different things and the last one worked.  I worked on some separate paper and didn't have much luck so I opted to just drill the holes with my pin vise.  No such luck it got all torn up and the holes weren't straight.  So I thought I may as well try the cutting method and see what happens.  That just made it worse so I cut off the bulwarks altogether.  I then cut a 1mm thin plank and cut it into 2mm pieces.  I glue each piece on to the ship leaving a space for the gun port.  I let it dry and then added a cap rail and the channels underneath.  I think I will paint these to bring them out.  Any suggestions on the colors is welcome I'm not sure yet what I want to do.  I'm shooting for as historically accurate as possible given no one knows what the ship looked like.  In other words common colors for ships in this era.  
 
I have one cannon in for sizing.  I think that looks about right.  I will cut out the rest of the cannons and add some hatches.  I also have to do the gun ports on the side.  I had planned 10 guns ports but managed to get only get eight.  I think I'll put to more on a higher deck.  I still have to build that up as well.  These tiny ships are still a lot of work.   
 

 
  

Your painting and lines are fantastic.  She's coming out to be a really beautiful ship.  Great work.  

Amazing Daniel, it is only when I see your fingers that I realize how tiny this ship is.
 
Michael

Daniel -
 
Add my compliments to all the others.  Really nice work at a really small scale. 
 
I agree with your color choices although I might have gone with a brown/natural look for the sides of the hull.  QAR had been a slaver for several years before being captured by Blackbeard, and I don't think that slave ship owners would waste money on paint, and pirates even less so. 
 
It's a real help for me to see someone else's conception of the ship as I work my way through the masts and fittings.
 
A very Merry Christmas to all . . .
 
Dan

Thank you all for your comments.  I did some research on the paint and with some help from a couple guru's on this forum and in the club I found my answer to the color scheme.  I also think it fits the Queen Anne's Revenge rather well.  She took a much darker turn.
 

 

 

 
Ships in this day in age generally came in three colors.  Ocher, red and black.  Usually a mixture of the three.  The colors came from different things mixed in the paint.  Black was created from ash.  Red from oxidization or essentially rust.   I'm not sure about ocher I'd have to ask again.  A very common theme for the day was a black ship with an ocher stripe a long the gun ports and red on the inside of the bulwarks.  This seemed to fit so I went with it.  
 
The masts are in place but I plan on cutting them down and stepping them.  Still more to do.    

Thank you all for your comments.  I did some research on the paint and with some help from a couple guru's on this forum and in the club I found my answer to the color scheme.  I also think it fits the Queen Anne's Revenge rather well.  She took a much darker turn.
 

 

 

 
Ships in this day in age generally came in three colors.  Ocher, red and black.  Usually a mixture of the three.  The colors came from different things mixed in the paint.  Black was created from ash.  Red from oxidization or essentially rust.   I'm not sure about ocher I'd have to ask again.  A very common theme for the day was a black ship with an ocher stripe a long the gun ports and red on the inside of the bulwarks.  This seemed to fit so I went with it.  
 
The masts are in place but I plan on cutting them down and stepping them.  Still more to do.    

Thank you all for your comments.  I did some research on the paint and with some help from a couple guru's on this forum and in the club I found my answer to the color scheme.  I also think it fits the Queen Anne's Revenge rather well.  She took a much darker turn.
 

 

 

 
Ships in this day in age generally came in three colors.  Ocher, red and black.  Usually a mixture of the three.  The colors came from different things mixed in the paint.  Black was created from ash.  Red from oxidization or essentially rust.   I'm not sure about ocher I'd have to ask again.  A very common theme for the day was a black ship with an ocher stripe a long the gun ports and red on the inside of the bulwarks.  This seemed to fit so I went with it.  
 
The masts are in place but I plan on cutting them down and stepping them.  Still more to do.    

More updates.  The upper decks are in.  
 

 

 

 
I will add four more guns on poop deck and then move forward with the masts and chain plates.  Also if any one has any ideas on colors to paint her that would be very helpful.  I'm really not sure what I want to do.  
 
 

Thanks Michael, Mark, Sjors and Stan.  Your complements are greatly appreciated.  
 
Mark remember that Michael also built a cutter at 1:500 he's pushing the limits on both ends. 
 
Stan people like me appreciate the fine art of emptying bottles keep up the good work.  Your ship building skills are fantastic as well.    
 
Got some more work done.  Bulwarks are completed on the port side and half of the cannons are in.  
 

 

 

Thanks Michael.  
 
I got her out of the plug.  I used a razor blade to gut out the edges on top that were glued to the plug then put my pin drill into the top of the plug for leverage.  A simple tug and she came loose.
 

 

 
I then drew the planks on another piece of paper cut out the deck and glue the deck in.  
 

 

 
Now I got to figure out how to cut out the gun ports.  There's supposed to be ten on each side.  
 
I've been wanting to put an aprox scale on this ship but the size eludes me.  I've found she was anywhere from 200 to 260 tons.  I approximate that to around 80 feet long.  This is all guesstiment based on length to tonnage comparisons I've made.  If I'm way off let me know.  if 80 is correct though 80 x 12 = 960.  This model is an inch long so that would be 1;960.  Since I can't get an exact though I won't put it in the title.   
 
 

Planking is on.  I stained some paper and then cut it in 1 mm strips.  I started from the top and glued that one to the plug.  The rest are glued to each other each overlapping.  I then put on a couple coats of clear nail polish to seal it and make it stiffer.  A resin maybe better but I don't have any at the time being so I went with the nail polish.  
 

 

 

 

 
Once the polish is dry I will work on removing the plug.
 

Well I'm starting a new build log.  I know I have a Syren I haven't touched, and a Satisfaction that needs a complete redo.  Well they're going to have to wait.  I've come to a couple conclusions recently that have lead me to decide on the build and the method for the build.  Point one my time is limited.  I got a lot of life going on so I've decided it's about time I build a ship for myself.  I've always had an interest for the QAR and that interest was sparked again by this guy Queen Anne's Revenge by Shipmodel.  If you haven't seen his log check it out Dan's doing some great work.  In any case I'm going to build a ship I have some interest in because this time I'm not selling it to Pirates or trading it to Spanish Ladies for bonsai.  (If you want to know what that means check out my Santa Maria and Mercury build links in my signature.)  This time I'm keeping it.  
 
Second point.  I was inspired by DFellingham's build the Esmeralda (also a great log) to build a the long boat of the Mercury out of paper using a wood plug.  It came out nicely.  
 

 
Since then I have been contemplating the idea of building a full ship using this method.  Now I'm going to put this idea into action.  This will be only the second time I've tried this so if it totally fails the first few times stick with me.  I've had two builds now that flopped on me after the first few posts and I must say it's embarrassing.  Lucky for me your all good sports.  
 
Also to add to the time constraints point this build has a specific dead line.  I found that I have a break between my school semesters from Nov 24th to December 9th.  So while I have more time not having to do home work I get to build.     Also since I have such a tight deadline I can't worry about to many details so this build is going to me small....
 

 
This is the plug I'm going to use.  The ship will actually be made of paper stained with wood stain and cut into little tiny strips.  The plug is covered in wax and the paper stips glued on like planks.  After the glue dries the ship comes off the plug.  The tricky part will be adding the masts, spars, rigging and sails.  Will I try ratlines this time?  ......most likely.     
 
 
 

Thank you all for your comments.  I did some research on the paint and with some help from a couple guru's on this forum and in the club I found my answer to the color scheme.  I also think it fits the Queen Anne's Revenge rather well.  She took a much darker turn.
 

 

 

 
Ships in this day in age generally came in three colors.  Ocher, red and black.  Usually a mixture of the three.  The colors came from different things mixed in the paint.  Black was created from ash.  Red from oxidization or essentially rust.   I'm not sure about ocher I'd have to ask again.  A very common theme for the day was a black ship with an ocher stripe a long the gun ports and red on the inside of the bulwarks.  This seemed to fit so I went with it.  
 
The masts are in place but I plan on cutting them down and stepping them.  Still more to do.    

Beautiful work!  The planking looks great.