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GrandpaPhil

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  1. GrandpaPhil
    The gratings are made, but not glued down. The galley funnel is also made, but not glued down. I will glue them down after I paint them. I have 2 winches, 1 mast base, 2 pumps, 2 bitts and a deckhouse remaining for deck furniture. I still need to make the catheads, the bitts on the cap rail, the channels, the anchors and some fife rails, so that I have belaying points. I also need to make a platform, above where the bowsprit will be mounted, and a figurehead. After that I need to make some decisions about the guns. I think that I am going to use continental guns (French) and gun tackle because the Prince de Neufchatel was fitted out for privateer service in Cherbourg. I am going to have most of the gunports open. I also need to make the ship’s boats. The Smithsonian’s model has 3. I think that I will do likewise. They will be the last things that I make before making the masts.
  2. GrandpaPhil
    I finished the aft deckhouse. I have also scratch built my first ever grating. I am pretty happy about it. I am learning a lot with this build.
  3. GrandpaPhil
    I am working on the aft deckhouse which is now glued down. I made the skylight out of card and the plastic from my X-Acto blister. Tip for those making lanterns and windows: blister packs are a great source of clear plastic. I use them frequently. I accidentally used too much glue when I attached the skylight to the deckhouse which means I get to do some paint work tomorrow.
  4. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you!
  5. GrandpaPhil
    Thanks for all the comments and the likes! I’ve been busy today. I painted the head and touched up the rest of the model. I remade the rudder, and painted and coppered it. I also made hinge straps. I had a little accident involving superglue, so some of the hull got another layer of copper. I made a tiller and attached it. I made some trim, following the Smithsonian’s model. I also made the bottom part of the deckhouse, it’s not glued down yet. All in all, I’m making decent progress and am happy with the results.
  6. GrandpaPhil
    I wasn’t sure how many I needed, because I have to rig all of the guns and gunports in addition to the rigging. I’m using Zu Monfeld’s Historic Ship Models as my main reference for the gun tackle. I’m still going to have to simplify due to scale, but I’m going try and get it as close as I can.
  7. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you!
  8. GrandpaPhil
    I didn’t work on the model too much tonight. I just remade the rudder due to a scaling error. The original was too small. I also made some eyebolts. I am making them out of green floral wire that I got out of the craft section at Walmart. I am using a method that I learned here on Model Ship World (I’ve learned a lot here). I am using a drill bit to size the hole and twisting around it. It’s working okay so far. I’m trying to make 100 of them.
  9. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you!
  10. GrandpaPhil
    Looking good! Keep at it!
  11. GrandpaPhil
    The head is now complete. It still requires a bit of trimming tomorrow, after everything dries and cures, but I think it’s about ready to paint.
  12. GrandpaPhil
    The head is mostly assembled now. I have to trim the port side head rail and add a few minor details. Then I will paint it.
  13. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you! All head timbers are made and installed. I’m going to let everything cure overnight and make the head rails tomorrow.
  14. GrandpaPhil
    Working on the head.
  15. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you!
  16. GrandpaPhil
    Caprails are on! I have a few touch ups to do, to fix paint damage, but I’m making progress!
  17. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you!
  18. GrandpaPhil
    The main deck is down. It’s not perfect, but I have learned a lot for next time.
  19. GrandpaPhil
    Looking good! Well done!
  20. GrandpaPhil
    One dry fitted planked deck!
  21. GrandpaPhil
    One fitted underdeck. It’s a lot straighter than it looks in the picture. Time to plank it, with the wood grain contact paper, and paint it.
  22. GrandpaPhil
    Port sills are green. Touch ups are done. Now, the Prince de Neufchatel needs a deck. If you will notice, I waited until after I painted the bulwarks before I made the deck. This is so I didn’t have to mask anything to paint the bulwarks, Since this is all card stock (read poster board and contact paper), I’m going to dry fit the deck, pull it back off, plank it and paint it before permanently installing it. Then I will make the rudder and install that.
  23. GrandpaPhil
    Happy New Year everyone!
  24. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you very much for the comments and the likes! I added the pinstripes and painted the insides of the bulwarks green. One of the pinstripes is a little crooked because I followed the wales. I couldn’t find the location for the wales in the plans, so I eyeballed it from pictures of other models. I’m using one of the Chapelle plans out of his books (Plate V in The History Of American Sailing Ships between pages 133 and 134) as my primary resource, and am still learning how to interpret the drawings. The sail and rigging plan are on page 147 with an isometric picture on page 151. The funny thing is that I just figured out exactly where the wales should have gone and they’re a quarter inch too low. That’s part of the learning process. Using these sets of plans is a steep learning curve, but I’m getting it.
  25. GrandpaPhil
    I painted the stripe across the gunports. There is a khaki pinstripe along the top of the wales, on the Smithsonian’s model, that I will add tomorrow, after the paint dries overnight. About the same time, I intend to paint the insides of the bulwarks.

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