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GrandpaPhil

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  1. 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.
  2. GrandpaPhil
    Happy New Year everyone!
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. GrandpaPhil
    You’re welcome Mark. Under the framing and planking section of the article database, there’s a great article by Gene Bodnar (who is a master ship modeler) on copper sheathing a hull. I strongly recommend it. I read it several times before I attempted to copper Victory’s hull.
  6. GrandpaPhil
    I had to cut more planking strips. I made enough for the deck, too. The insides of the bulwarks are now planked. Time to seal them and paint them.
  7. GrandpaPhil
    I planked the inside of the port bulwark. It looks much better now. After I get the starboard side done, I’ll seal both bulwarks and paint them dark green like the Smithsonian’s model.
  8. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you, Mark. I cut the tape in 4 1/2” pieces and marked the plates, 3/4” apart, with a pounce wheel, which simulates the nails securing the plates to the hull. I did cut the individual plates apart where I needed to in order to follow the curves around the hull. There is only a single band of plating, due to the small size of the ship. Victory had 3, which is part of what took me so long when coppering it. This one went so much better.
  9. GrandpaPhil
    All gunports and sweep ports are cut out.
  10. GrandpaPhil
    I cut out the gunports and sweep ports on the port side. I’m getting used to the bulwarks being spongy because they are made of pulp board. If I ever build another card model of a ship with guns, I will precut the sections with gunports. Lessons learned.
  11. GrandpaPhil
    Well done!
  12. GrandpaPhil
    Nicely done!
  13. GrandpaPhil
    That went well. I have now coppered two hulls. Note to self, always buy new copper tape, it works infinitely better, lol.
  14. GrandpaPhil
    One side is coppered. I used copper tape, a pounce wheel, an X-Acto knife, and a ruler. At 1/72 scale, a copper plate comes out to about 3/8” by 3/4”. This is making coppering the Prince de Neufchatel much easier than the Victory.
  15. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you, Mark.
  16. GrandpaPhil
    I base coated the model above the waterline.
  17. GrandpaPhil
    Excellent work!
  18. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you. Yes, it is an awesome feeling when it all comes together.
  19. GrandpaPhil
    I only planked down to the waterline because I am using contact paper for my second planking and the hull is going to be coppered below the waterline. Unlike a conventional second planking, the contact paper doesn’t add any thickness to the hull, so there is no reason to plank all the way down. I just sealed the hull in preparation for painting. I am going to base coat it black above the waterline. After it dries, I will copper the hull below the waterline. I am going to use copper tape and a pounce wheel, just like I did on the Victory.
  20. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you, Patrick!
  21. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you, Mark!
  22. GrandpaPhil
    I made a display base today. The actual base is a premade piece of wood that I picked up at a yard sale this past summer. The cradle pieces I made out of 1/4” (6mm) thick basswood. I decided to do a little carving on them, just having fun (which is the whole point of this project anyway). The model is mounted off-center to allow for the bowsprit. I actually chose the mounting points based off of the model of the Prince de Neufchatel in the Smithsonian (I found a picture on their website). I am also going to use their color scheme.
  23. GrandpaPhil
    Thanks for all comments and all the likes! This has definitely been a learning process for me, but the best way to get better is to exceed your abilities! I just installed the wales. The Prince de Neufchatel is starting to look like a ship! I have also drawn out the cradle and applied the pattern to a sheet of basswood. I traced the hull shape at bulkheads D and 7, off the body plan, to get the inside shape, then I just hand drew the outside of the cradles. Then I folded the tracing paper over and reflected the cradle at the centerline.
  24. GrandpaPhil
    I cut the bulwarks to shape and attached the transom. I also closed up the gaps on the stern and cleaned up the underdeck a little. I’m going to lay down another underdeck piece on top of it, after planking and coppering the hull, to make everything even and lay down planking on top of that.
  25. GrandpaPhil
    Thank you very much, Mark! I’m looking forward to seeing how this turns out. This is my first scratch build, in a medium that I’m not the greatest with, so this is going to be interesting, lol.

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