GrandpaPhil
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Admiral’s Walk is on and decorated: Here is the ship side-on: I am very happy with how it is turning out. Next up is another round of trimming, touch ups and sealing. Then on to the head!
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Welcome!
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I have the Seahorse kit that I would like to enlarge to 1/64 scale and then build from that. The cedar that I just used for the carvings I just made for the Revenge worked well, but was brittle from age. I am going to have fun with all the decorations on De Zeven Provincien. The carvings are becoming some of my favorite pieces to make.
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kit review SMS Sleipner by Hamburger Modellbaubogen Verlag
GrandpaPhil replied to ccoyle's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
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Thank you very much, Patrick! All touch ups are done and the model is sealed: The bitt on the poop deck and the stern boom is in place: Working on the Admiral’s walk bulwark now.
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Paint help
GrandpaPhil replied to Late to Soleil's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
There is a section dedicated to paint and finishing questions here: https://modelshipworld.com/forum/21-painting-finishing-and-weathering-products-and-techniques/- 1 reply
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Thank you both very much for the information. I am planning on building the 17th Century Dutch 80-gun warship De Zeven Provincien next and am looking at options for making the carvings.
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Looking good! I like the idea of the alignment rods! I will have to remember that!
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Looking good!
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The stern gallery is glued down! This is the first set of stern carvings that I have ever made for a model. I am sure that I will get much better over time, but for a first attempt, I am happy with these carvings.
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And painted: Not perfect, but it will work quite well.
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The carving is carved: Using superglue to shore up the card so it could be carved worked well. It added a few difficulties but I think that I could figure them out with time. I will use the same technique with the bow scrollwork. The scrollwork, the figurehead and two heads that go on bitts are all the carvings I have remaining for this build. Next up is painting the stern carvings. I’ll probably paint the stern window frames and stern/quarter badges at the same time. About the time that I install the primary stern carving, I will have to do all paint touch ups on the rest of the model and then seal/highlight the model.
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Very cool build!
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Most of the stern carving is either carved or rough cut. The top and bottom pieces of the shield are soaked in superglue like I learned about from some of the other card modelers. I will carve those in the nearish future. I am not even going to try carving that middle piece. I am going to treat it like a paint by number and very carefully paint it. I also discovered that I broke the back part of the dragon’s tail off and lost it, so I’m making another one out of basswood. Soon, I will be doing a lot of painting. Then I will glue this all to the stern.
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The hard part is done: Time to make the shield, the crown and the scroll. Then paint everything and assemble it.
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The other leg of the dragon is an acceptable fit: It is time to glue the leg to the carving board and finish it.
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The other leg test fits well: It is out of 1/8” basswood. I am going to buy a few sheets of better wood for carving the carvings on my next build. The cedar seems to be better for detail work, but the cedar that I have is nearly 20 years old and has gotten brittle. I am thinking either cherry or cedar. Now to glue down the leg on a carving board and finish it.
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Does cherry carve well and hold detail well? Bearing in mind that I paint everything.
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Both the main parts of the lion and the dragon are carved out: They look better in person. You can’t really see the relief portion of the bas reliefs in the picture.
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The main part of the dragon:
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Thank you very much: The Red Dragon of Wales is rough carved out and glued to the carving board. The Gold Lion of England is nearly roughed out, but drying again.
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Most of my really good models are in the 3’ to 4’ range, but my ships are the centerpieces of my decor.
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The Kirsch book is excellent and it has excellent drawings of an early 17th century galleon, enough to build a model. Golden Hind was 16th Century. The Victory Models plan set of the Revenge, a race-built galleon and a contemporary of the Golden Hind is an excellent plan set. Amati of Italy has a set of plans for the Mayflower of 1620, and the HMS Lyon of 1635.
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I agree with the idea for a model of the Great Eastern. I would personally like to see a kit of the US ships of the line from the 1st half of the 19th Century, or the US frigates from the War of 1812.
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