GrandpaPhil

The forecastle railings, made just because I had everything already out for it:

Thank you very much!

Here are the pictures of the Admiral’s Balcony:

The railing needs some care.

Part of the needs reglued down, and the railings need lots of paint and a few new posts.

The railing is on, but it had some difficulty while being cut out and will need some posts replaced.

I don’t have pictures yet.  But I’ll take some tomorrow.

The port side gunport lids are rigged:

The Admiral’s Balcony Railing is drying:

I have really bright work lights for working with those small dead eyes.  
 

I also have a bunch of 2mm blocks that were for the Victory, that will be used for this too.

I just ordered 300 deadeyes from Model Expo!

150 each in 2.5mm and 3.5mm!

Solferino had a full barque rig.

Magenta will get her original barquentine rig.

OC,

  Glad to see you back at it!  Amazing work!

The starboard side gunports are rigged:

Side on shot of the ship:

Welcome!

Eric,

  Your steamboats are amazing!  Looking forward to this one!

Thank you all for the likes and for stopping by!
 

The Admiral’s Balcony is on and the gunport lid rigging progresses:

I am having a lot of fun with this model and learning a LOT about mid to late 19th century naval technology.

This model has been very educational for me.

I know very little about steamers and ironclads.
 

Most of my ship model building experience, and therefore knowledge, is from the late 17th century through the War of 1812/Napoleonic Wars, so this model has been a most excellent learning resource!

To everyone in the hurricane zone, please be safe and I wish you all the best of luck!

How about the Model Shipways Charles W Morgan or Kate Cory?

The MRAP is looking good!

Stay safe and best of luck to you!

Nicely done!

Also, probably more push when running with the wind.

Thinking about making a fictional American Barque Rigged Packet, the Montauk, a London Liner out of card.  
 

I have hull lines and  plans of an equivalent London Packet from 1835 in The Search For Speed Under Sail by Chapelle.

I have barque rigging/masting plans in a book by Underhill.

That happens when I read sea stories or about nautical history.

I get bad ideas, lol.

The Admiral’s Balcony (that’s what it is called in the plans):

The future gunport lid rigging:

That will be cut into many 1/4” pieces.

Lastly, but certainly not least, my happy beverage while I work:

Coffee with some French Vanilla creamer.

Silver lining: at least it was just the loom that got damaged and it’s still usable.

I also have the plans for several other 19th Century French ships from the French Ministry of Defense’s website.

Railing loom:

I mauled the paper parts with my sealant being too thin.

Drafted out the supports for the pin rails and Admiral’s Balcony:

I have a lot to learn.

I know nearly nothing about mid to late 19th century warships (or ships period).

I really know nothing about steamships.

I have always loved transition era ships, but I never tried to build one before now.

I keep being reminded of my lack of knowledge while I am building the study model (Solferino).

That has been extremely valuable to learn how a mid-century ironclad went together.

My knowledge base ends about the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812 time period.

Ed,

  Your Victory is incredible!  The level of craftsmanship is absolutely amazing!

I just realized that since I am making real ratlines, I don’t need the ratline loom.

On 9/18/2022 at 5:31 AM, Edwardkenway said:

I don't think I'm quite ready to tackle a ship of the line type kit though. I'm still just dipping my toes in😏

Your Sopwith Pup is looking fantastic!

I think you’d do just fine!
 

You should check out the Shipyard kits.  They are around $30-$40 USD each if you get the 1/96 ones.

They also have a few real nice 30th anniversary combos for around $60-$70 USD that come with between 2-3 kits of varying skill levels.

I bought the Northern European Sail Part 2 set and am seriously thinking about buying the one with the two Dutch Vessels.

Ab Hoving’s scratch building in card tutorial is great too!

There is surprisingly little difference between building a kit and just working from scratch (also surprisingly little difference between building a POB ship in card and building in wood).

 Victory’s current status: