GrandpaPhil

I’ve made 30 gunport lids so far. 😀

Rough assembled anyway.

Very nicely done!

They’re life rafts.

Very nicely done!  The model that is, bummer on the snipped stay.

I’m trying to develop my scratch building skills.  That is part of my objective with this model.  I am fixing anything that is not historically accurate.  I am also replacing a fair number of the fittings in the name of learning.  My next build will be the HMS Triton.  That will be my first ever scratch build.  I am leaning heavily on Wolfram zu Monfeld’s Historic Ship Models.

96 gunport lids, some assembly required! 😃

I am so sorry to hear about the fall.  I am happy to hear that you are going to keep going.

 I lost the Heller La Reale de la France a couple of years ago.  It fell in storage smashing the stern decorations and breaking the masts (which were plastic anyways).  I ended up declaring it a total loss.  It ended up in a dumpster.  Bad day.

Thank you, I’m working on it.

I started cutting the top pieces of my gunport lids.  So far I’m 210 pieces in.  I need a total of 288.  I’m building them IAW Wolfram Zu Monfeld’s Historic Ship Models.  I’m making them out of 1/32” basswood.

Very nicely done!

I decided to make my own gunport lids because I didn’t particularly care for the metal ones that came in the kit.  They don’t look right and in order to make them historically accurate I will have to install two eyebolts.  This means drilling two half millimeter holes which doesn’t work well with metal fittings.  I am using basswood and I made a jig out of scrap wood.

Very nicely done!

You could always load the sections up with whatever cargo you wanted to have and leave a side panel or two off, plus 1/72 is a standard scale for miniature figures, so finding a crew wouldn’t be too terribly difficult.

Welcome!

4 hours ago, fmodajr said:

Hi Phil,

 

Do you have a log of your Heller Reale?

 

thanks,

Frank

Frank,

  I built it years ago and unfortunately didn't take any construction pictures.  I wish that I had.  I only have one picture left of it.

Phil

Very nicely done!

Welcome!

Last 2 dummy guns.

All but 2 of the dummy guns are now mounted.  I am waiting on all glue to dry before I touch up the paint and drill the holes for the last two dummy guns, up by the quarter galleries.

Yep, I agree! 

That’s a good collection that you’ve got there.  The only addition that I would recommend is a handle for the razor saw.  It’ll make a huge difference when you have to make a large number of cuts.

Very nice!  I built the Heller Reale and it came out really nicely.  You’ll enjoy this build!

On 7/10/2018 at 4:30 PM, Rob206 said:

After watching the YouTube videos by Gary B, I was thinking of ordering that bluenose from model expo along with their tool kit and possibly the paints. Not sure if I'd be starting off too complicated.

Also is 

HOW TO BUILD FIRST RATE SHIP MODELS FROM KITS

By Ben Lankford. 

Worth me ordering also?

A schooner is a good starter model.  The rig is relatively simple and everything is relatively easy to get to.  Model Expo makes really nice kits.  They are excellent to learn on.

Looking good!  Excellent work!

I haven’t forgotten about the Triton, I’m still working on the Victory.  I just started mounting dummy guns.