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GrandpaPhil
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Keith, That’s great news about your health! Your model is looking incredible!
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Sargon II by king derelict - FINISHED - Art Girona - 54mm
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Thank you very much, Keith! These kits are quite the challenge, but they build up beautifully! Thank you very much, Steve! That’s why I really like the late 19th, early 20th Century ships! Thank you very much, Mark! Thank you very much, OC! I really like building from card! It has so many different possibilities and can be merged with other materials quite easily, which overcomes the limitations that one would imagine! The level of detail that I have seen in the different card kits is quite impressive! Thank you to everyone for all the likes and just for stopping by! Currently working on all the detail parts for the main mast: Including the railing: The railings are always time consuming, but look really good when installed. Next up, after the railing, I need to make a bunch of ladders, similar to the ones I made for the sides of the smaller turrets for the hull and the masts. Then, it will be time for touch up painting and finally, sealing. Next up, I need to make a set of yards, booms and a gaff to install and rig. Due to the nature of the model, I am going to rig the model before proceeding to the rest of it, since many of the anchor points will be underneath the ship’s boats and the hull will be getting much more fragile once I install the boarding ladders.
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Congratulations! Very nicely done!
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Greg, Excellent work!
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Very cool and very nicely done!
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The foremast is pretty much done and only needs yards/davits now: The aft mast is stepped: I am not in the habit of gluing masts down. I usually let the rigging hold them in place. It seems to work well. I am presently working on the mast fittings (aka lots of little pulleys): Here is a side on shot of the model as it stands right now: I am very happy with how it is turning out!
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Alan, That explains the other arm! Incredible paint work! Looking good!
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Steve, Thank you very much! The research that these models take you on is half the fun for me! OC, Thank you very much! Thank you to all who hit the “like” button or have just stopped by! I finished and installed all superstructure fittings! The foremast is carved and assembled and stepped in place! Here is a side on shot of the model: The foremast still needs some fittings, yards, a bit of paintwork and sealed. Then I can make the main mast and rig the model. I don’t like card or plastic masts. I always just carve my own, with a scalpel, out of wood, and paint them accordingly. It is interesting with the generational gaps and overlaps in technology with the pre-Dreadnoughts that meld early 20th/late 19th century technology with older fittings and structures.
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I just finished assembling the last of the superstructure fittings! All five of the searchlights are made and installed! Here are the in progress pictures: The finished searchlights picture: And the installed pictures: I discovered that the track looking things on the upper tower decks are tracks for the searchlights. Lastly, here are the assembled peloruses: They need some paintwork after they dry. I also just realized what the aft observation platform was for. It is to put both peloruses at the same elevation for triangulation ranging, which now makes perfect sense. I am learning about modernish naval surface warfare as I go. One of the things about building models that I enjoy, is how much you learn about the subject that you are building, to include the related history.
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Steve, Thank you very much! Thank you very much everyone for the likes and just for stopping by! The 47mm guns, which are Hotchkiss Rapid Firing Naval guns and are unrelated to the French ones used in the early part of the Second World War, are complete and installed! Next up are the five spotlights and two peloruses!
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OC, Thank you very much! This has been a good challenge! Mark, Thank you very much! I have been learning a LOT with this build! The 47mm guns awaiting their shields: All 47mm guns are now assembled and awaiting painting: The search lights, some assembly required: In all, the Oryol is going well. I’m not going to lie, this thing is as complicated, and as difficult, as any other ship that I have ever built. The fitting out stage is always slow and takes a while. I am about 9 months into this model now, and I work on it about every day, for at least an hour. By comparison, the Prince de Neufchatel took me about seven months to complete. This one has definitely been a good challenge. I will be very pleased when the Oryol is completed.
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