GrandpaPhil

Greetings!  

Orel makes a card kit of the Brooklyn.

Their kits are really nice.

According to this picture off the Naval Encyclopedia website, there is a canvas cover over the boat.

Chris,

Congratulations!  Very nicely done!

Making progress on the bulkheads and the doors:

I’m sort of working on the doors assembly line fashion.

I am cutting out the fronts, including the slots in the doors, layering them onto a piece of a box and then cutting out the backs and then layering that onto the door panels after I cut them out.

After I get all of them cut out like that, I’ll paint them all forest green.

Next, I will make handles and hinges, which are already transferred to cardstock.

I’ll make the rivets by indenting them with a pick.

Then I’ll paint them black and install them.

All doors will be shown open, since I already took the time to make an interior.

I’ll finish carving all the door frames after that.

Looking good!

Chris,

  England is looking great!

Looking good!

Thank you both very much!

Prototype door frame:

I am severely out of practice, but they will get better as I go!

Do you have a copy of Zu Mondfeld’s Historic Ship Models?

If so, there is a great jig detailed in there for making ladders.

I have used it in the past with great success.

I have also duplicated the Amati method of making ladders in my current build.  
 

It has worked quite well for me.

Both have some setup, but both are conducive towards making ladders that are evenly spaced and properly squared up.

You just need to find a bigger bottle!

Here are the end pieces of the decks, some painting and detailing still pending, and all door/window frames, in cardstock, glued to 1/16 basswood, as well as the majority of the quarter badges and Elizabeth I’s monogram:

From the scroll work left over from when I did the learn to carve tutorial on this site, you may assume that I have had this piece of basswood for several years.

By the way, if you would like to learn to carve, the learn to carve tutorial group on this forum is a most excellent resource and way to learn to carve.

It is how I learned to carve.

For the doors, I am cutting out the slots on the cardstock and gluing to thin card from a box, cutting it out and gluing another slotted piece to the back of it.

The handles will be shaped annealed steel wire and the hinges will be cardstock that has already been copied directly from the plans.

The frames and badges will be antique gold by Delta Ceramcoat and the doors will be painted forest green like the ones below deck.

Nicely done, Ferrus!  Congratulations!

Many things are slow to change, especially if it works well.

For small lines like that, I have used sewing thread treated with beeswax, or with thinned down PVA glue added after installation.

For small lines that don’t have attachment points and you don’t want tension on, I have prestretched sewing thread on a building board and treated it with thinned down PVA glue, before cutting to length and installing.

Both methods have worked well for me in the past.

Congratulations!  Very well done!

It should be noted that there will be much drybrushing involved in the final detailing of these pieces to create texture.

Making progress:

The issues with the glue spots will be solved when I seal the parts after making the door frames.

Well done!

Congratulations!  Very well done!

Looking good!

Which plans of the Sovereign of the Seas?

Very nicely done!

Congratulations!  Very nicely done!  Excellent work!

Chris,

  Very nicely done!  Looking forward to the next one!

The initial decorations have been added:

I copied these pieces and glued them down to 1mm card to have a perfect fit for the 2mm trim pieces.