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Thank you both very much!
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Prototype door frame: I am severely out of practice, but they will get better as I go!
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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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You just need to find a bigger bottle!
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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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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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It should be noted that there will be much drybrushing involved in the final detailing of these pieces to create texture.
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Making progress: The issues with the glue spots will be solved when I seal the parts after making the door frames.
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Well done!
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Looking good!
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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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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.
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Here are the interior bulkheads: They need lots of paintwork before they get any decorations.
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Thank you all for the likes and for stopping by! This round of deck fittings is complete and it is time to start making the bulkheads for the ends of the decks. I have all the pieces for them printed out and glued to card, so I just need to print them out and paint them. The plan set came with the decorative friezes already printed out that would have come with the kit. I do not have the painting ability that some of you do, so I believe that I will use them because I believe that it will look better.
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The remaining ladders are now in place: Next up, the final mast supports and then on to the bulkheads.
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Soleil Royale is looking good!
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French Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Carnot
GrandpaPhil replied to dgbot's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I have been on a late 19th century binge lately. The binge started with the Solferino (1860), one of two modernish battleships that were designed for a full broadside, and has expanded from there. The Solferino’s hull was pierced for 96 gunports. Only 55 were used as gunports, the rest were windows. It is possible that the things that look like gunports on the Carnot were intended to look like gunports, but were actually windows, like the Solferino. I have no idea why the French Admiralty would want a ship to look like it could deliver a full broadside after turret ships had obsoleted them, but it is a possibility that that may have been the intent.
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