
GrandpaPhil
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One of Vanguard’s fishing boats or the Vanguard Alert.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Many things are slow to change, especially if it works well.
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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.
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HMS SUSSEX by KarenM - FINISHED - 1:48
GrandpaPhil replied to KarenM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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How to measure masts for Sovereign of the Seas
GrandpaPhil replied to Andy Whincup's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
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Congratulations! Very nicely done! Excellent work!
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