GrandpaPhil

Jeff,

  Thank you very much!  This build did start out rough, lol.  This was a very spur of the moment build and I’ve been testing out a lot of new techniques.  I’ve been enjoying this build a lot.

And, I got sidetracked again and decided to make the figurehead since I need to do more carving for the head, anyway:

This is out of a wooden puzzle piece.  
 

I have a bin (a small plastic tote box) full of Jenga blocks and those wood puzzle pieces that I got at yard sales for crafts and to use as carving blocks.

The wood is relatively dense and holds detail okay.

This is the third figurehead that I have carved.

The one power tool that I typically end up using for model making:

That’s a cheap drill I bought nearly twenty years ago.
 

There’s nothing better for drilling things like hawse holes and mast holes in models.

It also works quite well for drilling out mounting points on plastic model aircraft if you plan to display them on a flight stand.

The head grating is between glass and drying now:

Time to get the entire head touched up and resealed.

For the newer folks, the head is one of the trickier parts of the ship with many fiddly parts that have to be precision made and fitted with a lot of guesswork involved.

This is actually one of the first times that I have had a set of head timbers that I didn’t have to make based off measurements from the deck plan and the outboard profile utilizing typical structures from a given time period and nationality.

This one has bulwarks instead of head rails which makes this a LOT easier than what I am used to.

I will probably completely finish the head, to include the figurehead, before moving on.

The heads (seats of ease) would most likely have been located on the head grating to either side of the bowsprit.

The Mayflower has a similar design to my build, the Revenge.

This is my head grating.

The blue circles are approximately where I’ll be putting the heads on mine.

Working on cutting out the head grating:

It’s slow going and double layered, but it will look really good when it’s done.

Patrick,

Lol!

The angle of the camera made the bend look a lot worse than it was.  
 

However, there was a slight angle that I straightened out.

That’s one downside to card, it needs additional support a lot of the time.

Good call!

Everything should be fixed in place once I add the gratings.

Also, thank you very much for the information on the seats of ease.

I try to be thorough with my models.

The head is taking shape:

The head timbers are lot more square and straighter than they look in the pictures.

Next up is to cut out the head gratings and the sides of the head.  
 

I also need to make the scroll work.

I was going to use card, but I want to try making it of wood first.  
 

I think it would look better.

Still working on the head.
 

Question for everyone: the seats of ease are not marked on the plan set.

Would it be safe to assume that the seats of ease in a late 16th century English ship would have been in the usual location on the head grating, on either side of the head?

And that each one would have seated two?

Meriadoc,

  Thank you very much!

There are plans for the hull of the Morris on Plate VII of Chapelle’s “The History of American Sailing Ships” which means that there is a full set of plans available from the Smithsonian.

The Revenue Cutters were relatively standardized so it should not be too difficult to find/come up with dimensions and drawings for masts/rigging.

Very cool!

Welcome!

Welcome!

I would paint the red over the white.  
 

Remember that painter’s tape with sealant is your friend.

Very cool!

Time for another round of parts to include the head timbers.

Also cutting out the crosstrees, the supports for the mast tops and some other miscellaneous fittings, while I’m at it.

Thin pieces of card, painted black, make excellent rudder gudgeons.

Admiral’s Walk is on and decorated:

Here is the ship side-on:

I am very happy with how it is turning out.

Next up is another round of trimming, touch ups and sealing.

Then on to the head!

Welcome!

I have the Seahorse kit that I would like to enlarge to 1/64 scale and then build from that.

The cedar that I just used for the carvings I just made for the Revenge worked well, but was brittle from age.

I am going to have fun with all the decorations on De Zeven Provincien.

The carvings are becoming some of my favorite pieces to make.

Very cool!

Thank you very much, Patrick!

All touch ups are done and the model is sealed:

The bitt on the poop deck and the stern boom is in place:

Working on the Admiral’s walk bulwark now.

There is a section dedicated to paint and finishing questions here:

https://modelshipworld.com/forum/21-painting-finishing-and-weathering-products-and-techniques/

Thank you both very much for the information.

I am planning on building the 17th Century Dutch 80-gun warship De Zeven Provincien next and am looking at options for making the carvings.

Looking good!

I like the idea of the alignment rods!  I will have to remember that!