GrandpaPhil
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Thank you both very much!
Jeff,
The green will match the head and the stern. I’ll use the same paint on those as I did the base.
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The Port Side hull decorations are on:
The hull needs a bunch of minor repairs and some touch ups.I also want to make two more pieces of trim on each side because I think it would make it look better.
Then this side needs sealed and highlighted.
I am pleased though, this looks like an Elizabethan galleon now.
- John Fox III, Canute, Knocklouder and 1 other
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The Revenge is starting to look like a galleon:
The hull decorations are approximately 50% complete.There are still multiple wales, and the Admiral’s Walk doors, to install and then there will be many touch ups to make before all this is sealed and highlighted.
Important note: the pattern work is all cutouts that came with the plan set.
I wish I could paint that well two-dimensionally.
- mtaylor, Thukydides, Canute and 2 others
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- John Fox III, mtaylor, Knocklouder and 1 other
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- John Fox III, Canute and mtaylor
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- Canute, John Fox III and mtaylor
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Thank you very much, OC!
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- Canute, Richard44, Knocklouder and 7 others
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Excellent work on the figure!
- AJohnson, Thukydides and Glen McGuire
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The ladders may just not have been shown on the models.
It would not be logical for there not to have been fixed ladders to access the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
I checked the inboard profiles of the other 18th century Royal Navy vessels that I have and did not see ladders between the main decks and fore and aft decks either, so my guess is that the ladders were just not shown on the plans.
I would personally add them as needed.
- Theodosius, Keith Black, druxey and 2 others
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- John Fox III, Thukydides, Loracs and 6 others
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The first round of hull decorations is on:
I realized that I have a lot of paint touchups that need done and many gaps to fill.That will be the next step.
I need to make gunport sills.
Once those are in place and painted black I will seal the entire model.
Then, I’ll paint the yellow ochre stripe across the gundeck on back onto the Admiral’s walk.
Then, I can complete all hull decorations.
After that I need to make my big stern carving, which will probably be made in three to four different pieces.
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15 minutes ago, allanyed said:
Hi Phil,
How do they do when you form the octagonal portions in the center of the yards and the octagonal and square sections on the masts?
Thanks
Allan
Allan,
I use a scalpel to shape everything, including the square and octagonal portions of the masts and yards.
I just shave each section flat as needed and rotate the piece to make the next one flat.
I just make small cuts to prevent splitting or other errors.
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On the subject of yards and masts, a couple years ago, I ended up with a case of bamboo kitchen skewers.
They make most excellent yards and the thinner masts.
I have used them in several models now, without problems.
It cuts easily and the grain is dense enough that you don’t have some of the issues that you run into with dowel rods.
I have made cannon and other smaller parts from the skewers too.
The only thing to watch out for is that bamboo has joints in it, since it grows in a segmented fashion, which are equivalent to carving a knot on regular wood.
One must be careful carving across them on longer pieces.
- mtaylor, Canute, Harvey Golden and 1 other
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On the subject of yards and masts, a couple years ago, I ended up with a case of bamboo kitchen skewers.
They make most excellent yards and the thinner masts.
I have used them in several models now, without problems.
It cuts easily and the grain is dense enough that you don’t have some of the issues that you run into with dowel rods.
I have made cannon and other smaller parts from the skewers too.
The only thing to watch out for is that bamboo has joints in it, since it grows in a segmented fashion, which are equivalent to carving a knot on regular wood.
One must be careful carving across them on longer pieces.
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Welcome!
- Ryland Craze, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other
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Sao Paulo 1441 by Ferrus Manus - FINISHED - Heller - 1/75 - Theoretical Reconstruction
in - Kit subjects built Up to and including 1500 AD
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Very nicely done Ferrus!