GrandpaPhil
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The fittings on the aft deck are made, except for the swivel guns. They just need painted.
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One roughed out belfry: The bell will be made from a dowel rod, like I did for the Victory.
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The binnacle is made: The two deckhouses are going to be getting their iron banding in the near future:
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Two deckhouses are made now. The binnacle is roughed out and the supports for the windlass are made:
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Thank you. I am having a lot of fun building Hannah. This is my second scratch build. I built the Prince de Neufchatel from the plans in the Chapelle books. I am trying to refine my methods that I used there. I made the discovery that I have a lot more fun building from scratch than I do building a kit (it is much more satisfying too). I used it as a learning project so I could improve my skills to finish the Victory as a bash, instead of out of the box. It has worked beautifully. I will hopefully finish the Victory next year. I tried several new things with this build than what I did with the Prince de Neufchatel. I made the impression of there being a second deck. I made an actual stern instead of cutting off the hull covering and bulwarks and gluing on a transom. The corrugated cardboard worked like a dream. I didn’t have the twist in the hull that I did with my earlier models. I used many of the same methods for my deck fittings that I used with Prince de Neufchatel. The binnacle is nearly identical to the one I made for Victory. I will use the same method of carving my cannons and making the gun carriages, that I did with Victory. Hopefully, this project will be done within the next couple of months and I will get back to working on the Victory.
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Thank you very much! The first round of fittings are painted and on: The deckhouses and binnacle are in the process of being detailed. I am cloning Hahn’s method, just with posterboard instead of veneer. There really isn’t that much to this model. I still need to make one more hatch, a windlass, a ship’s belfry with bell, two pumps, a stove pipe, four small carriage guns, 10 swivel guns, 2 anchors and one ship’s boat and the deck will be complete. That sounds like a lot, but it really isn’t, especially next to the Prince de Neufchatel or the Victory, and especially mostly made out of card. I’ve just been running really short on time lately.
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Nice recovery! The bulkheads look really good! We’ve all had those days. When my day has gone south, I also go straight to my hobby room. If that goes south, I usually dig into the rest of my model/miniature/jigsaw puzzle collection and find something quick and easy to make before I make a mistake on my good project that would be hard to recover from.
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Hannah’s tiller: I used a random piece out of a 28mm bits box, lol. And...another random piece out of the bits box.
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Making progress on the deck fittings: The hatches with gratings and the ladder are done except for painting. The deckhouses and binnacle require detailing.
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Thank you very much for all the likes and for stopping by! The hull is done, so it is now time to make the deck fittings. Hannah only had a few deck fittings by comparison to Victory or even the Prince de Neufchatel. I started with the stop for the bowsprit and the hatches with gratings over them: The stop is basswood, the hatches are posterboard and regular printer cardstock. Once these are done, I’ll make the hatch going into the lower deck area and the deckhouses. All will be painted a forest green as in the painting I am using for reference. Once all immovable fittings are done, I’ll ink the deck with an Army Painter Strong Tone wash.
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The recently added details are now painted. That’s about it for the hull fittings. Now to work on the stern.
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The brackets are made and installed. All gaps are filled and the Hannah is ready for touch ups.
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The channels are on. I still need to make some brackets, but that will happen in the near future. I did not go crazy with steel pins, like if this were a wood model. This is card, so there won’t be any crazy tension on the shrouds anyway. The reinforcing pieces for the hawse holes are on.
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Thank you very much! All knightheads, and timberheads are done and installed: Here are the catheads: Now, she just needs some hawse holes, a couple of sheaves and some channels, and that’ll be it for the outer hull fittings. Soon, I’ll have to decide what to do with the stern.
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Thank you all very much for the comments and the likes! All timberheads and knightheads are made: I punched holes in them so I can pin them in place following recommendations from another member in an earlier project. I go through a lot of sewing pins, lol:
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All swivel gun posts are made: A bit of my personal history. Railings, swivel gun posts, timberheads and the like, and I, have never gotten along well. They are my least favorite parts of a model ship and I don’t know why. They nearly ended the Sultana, which was my first real ship model. I did not enjoy them at all. I did not have a problem with these. They aren’t perfect, but they will do.
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Thank you very much! The aft swivel gun posts are made: Next up will be the remaining four post up by the bow and then the timberheads, catheads, hawse holes and all the sheaves that need made, also by the bow.
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I’ve been busy today as evidenced by my messy work area. The rudder is pinned in place. The curly pieces for the rail trim are in place. The first set of posts for the swivel guns is in place.
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The rudder is painted and the banding has been cut: I’ll use a pounce wheel on it to make the impression of rivet heads and then paint it a dark gray.
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