GrandpaPhil
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Nicely done!
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Wales are on: The wales will be painted black in the near future IAW the Matthew Baker drawing prior to any more planking being laid down. And the test fit of the final base looks really good. I thought about using it for the Victory and then for the Mercury. But, I’m not sure what I’m doing with either of those builds. And it will look really good with the Revenge.
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The keel is on: Working on the wales now.
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All 300+ parts are now at least rough cut out and ready for either finishing or laminating: This encompasses many of my later fittings such as cross-trees, the belfry, mast caps, bitts, the heavy rigging parts, trim and my remaining deck beams. I also have the interior lanterns ready to glue down and the transom pattern ready to go. I still need to cut the pieces for the wales and mark those off on the hull. Then it will be on to the second planking!
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I eat my Wheaties every day, with a cup of black coffee, Lol. In all seriousness, I glued down over 300 pieces on card for cutting out and laminating together, this time. They will make 67 pieces when done. I only needed my keel pieces and rudder, but I could only fit one of the prow pieces on a sheet of tracing paper, so I just filled in the rest. On the positive side, I now have the majority of my deck fittings at least partially made, and all of my remaining beams. I also have parts of my channels and some of my mast fittings now too. I am six months into this build and project another 12 months. But, with the guns and these, I am really far ahead on my fittings.
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I traced a lot of pieces this time in the name of not wasting paper, like nearly half of the remaining pieces that would have been laser-cut in the kit version of this model:
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Very cool and very nicely done!
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Your Golden Hind is incredible! I made several of the Henry VIII style breech loaders from toothpicks with paper banding.
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The P-38 would only have an 18” wingspan. Definitely hangable.
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I pin (with steel pins glued in place) my rudders to the rudder post and fake the iron banding with pieces of card. It prevents them from moving and thus getting broken in the future.
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Personally, I would finish the galleon, it’s almost done. However, if it is no longer fun, then build the Viking ship.
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Build whatever makes you happy. Also, regarding references for the post-Mary Rose era, the Revenge might be a useful example. Peter Kirsch’s “The Galleon” has been very useful for me, too.
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This is a very cool build! The breech loaders aren’t too difficult to make. I made mine from toothpicks, with the banding done in thin strips of normal printer paper. I made the handle for the breech out of thin annealed wire bought from a Habitat For Humanity Re-Store.
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And now it is time to make another round of parts: I really wanted my keel in place prior to installing the wales. I am going to install the lower wales prior to installing the second planking. And, I was printing on paper anyway….so I decided to trace more pieces just to get them made and not waste the paper. This methodology of making parts and assemblies in advance has been working really well for me so far.
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The inner planking and shaping is done now: I will clean it up a little bit, later on today, with a paint brush. Then I will seal the model. But first, I need to repair some of the upper beams, because I accidentally crushed them while sanding. That is no big deal, I will add CA to the separated pieces of card to reinforce, and then keep rolling. I have the most difficult part of my model done now.
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The port side is puttied with spackle: I used the color changing type and have it sitting under halogen lamps to force dry it. I use this type from Lowe’s: Drywall spackle works great for card ships. It will sand with the card and makes for a smooth surface that you can seal and then adhere the second layer to. This one will be different than my last two. Those, I just added the contact paper to the first layer, and then painted. This one, because of the intent behind the design of the plans, I am utilizing a full second planking.
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The model is looking great. That is the windlass and the things that go clink are called the pawls.
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The first planking is done:
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I got my Soleil Royal plans today. It will be built much like this model. I now have 17 ship models in my stash, with 2 more in Ordinary. I think I should stop adding to my stash now, at least until after I complete a couple more models, lol.
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