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GrandpaPhil
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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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Welcome!
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Very nicely done!
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Nicely done!
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Thank you very much! Here are the results of several hours of cutting and carving, I’m working on getting them roughed out so I can glue them down to a piece of wood and final carve them: Both pieces are getting broken down into multipiece carvings. The tails and second legs will be each their own carving. They keep breaking so I work on one until it breaks then carve on the other until it dries. Then the center shield piece with the crowns and Elizabeth’s monogram will be broken down into several pieces too. This will be done similarly to my Victory figurehead. I am enjoying this build immensely. I am very excited that I can finally see it taking shape.
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One red dragon blank drying after I glued it together again: This is out of a cedar grilling plank.
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The railings are made and installed: Next up is another round of gap filling, paint touch ups and sealing. And, it is about time to build the stern. The stern and quarter badges are already made. The stern bulwarks for the Admiral’s walk are already made. The frames for the stern windows are made too. The main stern decoration which consists of Elizabeth’s coat of arms still needs carved.
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I took a lesson-learned from the Sampang I made a couple weeks ago, and got the rest of my pieces that would have been laser-cut photocopied and glued down. I am running with the sizing. regarding assumed thicknesses that I now know to be incorrect, that I have been using up to this point to maintain consistency through the rest of the build. My next build will have correct thicknesses of material. Next time I am going to copy all parts in sufficient numbers before I begin cutting and construction.
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