GrandpaPhil

First crown done! It’s not perfect, but it’ll work!

Making progress on the carvings. I remembered about gluing them down to a board and did so. One of the crowns is nearly done. One crown is about 50% if I can salvage it. The one knot looking thing is cut out and awaiting getting the bas relief cut in it. Most of these carvings will be bas relief, which is not exclusively difficult. I only have three fully 3D carvings to do on this model, one figurehead and two heads that go on bitts. I am a few years out of practice on this sort of work, but that is okay. It is all coming back to me now. After I finish this model, I need to decide between an ironclad (or pre-dreadnought) or a 17th-century Dutch 80-gunner with lots of carvings. Or maybe I’ll just go for broke and build La Soleil Royale or the Sovereign of the Seas. Both of those have lots of carvings that look like fun, and I’ve seen some REALLY nice builds of both vessels, on this forum, that make me really want one. In the case of Sovereign of the Seas, I have the McKay book and the Amati plans, with 3 different sets of carvings between them. Maybe, I’ll just build it all three ways. Plus, I may or may not have bought the game “Greedfall” for the PS4 because of its rendition of the Sovereign of the Seas. Either way, once I run out of basswood sheets I need to replace them with some pear, boxwood or other tight grained wood to make the carvings on the next model. Also, my Victory needs finishing. It only has the upper deck detailing, upper head detailing, masting, rigging and sails to go. Sounds like a lot. It really isn’t. I could finish it up in a few months if I really wanted to. Then, I would at least have a completed first rate ship-of-the-line in my collection.

As long as you pay attention to the condition of the model, I have personally not had any problems with buying a 2nd hand wood model.

My carving refresher is going fair to middling: These are quarter badges

All door panels are cut out: Time to do some more carving!

Nicely done, OC!

Nicely done, OC!

Looking forward to this build!

Congratulations on the new grandson!

Congratulations! Well done!

Very cool!

One of Vanguard’s fishing boats or the Vanguard Alert.

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.

Chris, Congratulations! Very nicely done!

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.

Looking good!

Chris, England is looking great!

Looking good!

Thank you both very much!

Prototype door frame: I am severely out of practice, but they will get better as I go!

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.

You just need to find a bigger bottle!

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.

Nicely done, Ferrus! Congratulations!

Many things are slow to change, especially if it works well.