
GrandpaPhil
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The helmsman’s room w/ platform is made. One bulkhead with pieces of the platform: The aft bulkhead: The aft bulkhead with doors and the platform: Installed: And a side on shot: Now, I need to add some trim “wood” and a ladder to the platform. Next up, it will be time to do a lot of test fitting and aligning of the forecastle pieces and the gunport patterns. Part of that involves gunport frames which are now rough cut. Part of that involves prepositioning gun carriages. Since I am at the point of needing weapons, once I get the helmsman’s platform finished and finish painting/touching up/sealing what is already made and installed, I am going to make all 40 guns with carriages so I can figure out where everything is going. I have good pictures of Elizabethan guns in Historic Ship Models, The Ship and The Galleon, so I will adjust accordingly to get my full complement of artillery. I will use the rolling carriages for the bigger guns such as demi-cannon, culverins and demi-culverins. The cannon periers, minions, falcons and sakers will get the type of carriages with two wheels on the front. I am going to add an inner bulkhead for the gundeck so I can rig those cannons. Cannons will be made of dowel rods like the last few models, but will get card banding to improve the appearance. Also, I am adding the royal seal to these. They will be sealed card stock.
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Another thread on this forum is discussing solid hull models and it gave me an idea. I have 2 maple trees coming down in the near future with limbs large enough to accommodate the hull of the Magenta. The Revenge will take another year anyway, which will give the limb plenty of time to season and dry. I have a draw knife to square the limb off and access to a bandsaw large enough to rough shape the hull. Then I could use a grinder and a Dremel to shape it. The hull on this thing is supposed to be nearly 1/2” thick anyway. I could then plank the exposed parts of the hull much like I am going to plank the Revenge and cut armor plates and copper tiles to cover those portions. The interior is going to be huge anyhow, so I’ll have plenty of room to work.
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Here’s the load-out I need to make: According to OpenAI, the cannon perier would have been 12 feet long and cast in iron. The fowlers would have been around 6-8 feet long according to OpenAI, so I am going with 7 feet. All other dimensions are already mentioned. The big guns are going on the main gun deck, the rest are going on the upper decks.
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Build time has been limited due to life and weather, and I have not had time to take pictures this past week. However, I made a new batch of parts and have laid down the first stern castle deck: The sides are just pinned in place for locational purposes and will be removed shortly. I am still “planking” the port side.
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Thank you all very much for the comments, the likes, and the book recommendations! The first wooden parts are made and installed: The next set of deck beams are on and awaiting final cleanup and painting: The whipstaff is assembled and installed: The whipstaff is glued because this is a paper model and I do not care to have moving parts. Next up, it will be time to paint everything once the glue is dried!
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Do you have a Wickes near you? It looks like the UK version of Lowes. https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Redwood-PSE-Timber---20-5-x-144-x-2400mm/p/9000263476 If so, check that out. That is about the size of a 1x6 and comes in 2 meter lengths. A four pack is 50£ Wickes looks like they have reasonable 2x6’s too. And, if you buy so many, apparently they deliver. Just make sure you pick your own boards. In the US, sometimes they are warped, so you have to check and make sure they are straight. One of my model building secrets is that I get the vast majority of my supplies from craft stores and hardware stores.
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