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Esther has all of her carriage bolts now, all 4200 of them: The holes are patched and should not be too noticeable. Either way, she will be painted in the style of a wargaming miniature, like all of my models, and will be weathered. This model has been a learning experience and I have been enjoying building it. Next up, I need to cut the holes for the scuppers and the large set of holes that the rigging passes through, and then it will be time to seal and paint the ship.
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Hi from South Africa - novice alert!
GrandpaPhil replied to Ingo's topic in New member Introductions
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Hello from British Columbia!
GrandpaPhil replied to sixtythousandbees's topic in New member Introductions
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I punched another hole in the hull, in the bow area this time. I pulled the sides back out and applied a large amount of max hold CA, so we’ll see how that dries. That bottle of glue is getting old and therefore thickening up anyway, which is working to my advantage here. It’s a good thing that I am planning to make this ship a well used workhorse anyway, so a patch won’t be entirely out of place. Depending on how it looks after painting, I may rough up the rest of the model to make the ship look more well used.
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Sovereign of the Seas looks amazing!
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I just made a major mistake. I punched a large hole in the bottom of the hull with a pair of needle nose pliers pushing a stuck stick pin into place. I pulled the “flaps” out, filled the hole with max hold CA and put another pin in place. Hopefully, once the glue dries and I paint the model it won’t be too visible. Fortunately, it’s on the bottom of a model of a flat bottomed ship.
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Hello everyone, a beginner dips his toe.
GrandpaPhil replied to Gaz's topic in New member Introductions
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Nice recovery!
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I’m about 2/3 done overall with the carriage bolt heads.
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Congratulations! Well done!
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I got my new Excel razor saw blade today and realized that is the third blade I have gotten for that handle. I originally bought that razor saw in the mid 1990’s and model making has always been my go to hobby. That means that 2 blades lasted me nearly 30 years. I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth out of them, especially with how much I build.
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The starboard side has carriage bolt heads. Time to add them to the port side! Then it will be time to paint!
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Can you add your own longitudinal framing?
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You’ll enjoy the build! The kit looks similar to the Solferino. The instructions are in the same format and the pieces look like the same design. Those ship’s boats pieces are nearly identical to the ones I had in my kit. The hardest part for me was dealing with the transition era fittings that are similar to the sailing navy ones at 1/200 scale, because they are so small. I enjoyed that build enough that I bought 5 or 6 more Orel ironclad and pre-dreadnought kits and have them in my stash.
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I’m between a quarter and a third done with one side: I realized that I will need around 4,000 stick pins. One side effect of doing this is that the parts of the hull that had some give to it, no longer has give. I’ve been sticking the pins in whole where I can to increase the structural integrity of the model.
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All hull and deck fittings that need put on prior to painting are on: I know the one gunport lid is a little crooked. The transom painting will represent a Dutch woman holding a plate of fresh baked bread. I still need to cut out the holes for the scuppers/sweep ports and the hole for the line feed through pieces, but they need to dry completely first. The last major thing that needs to happen prior to painting is drilling for and installing all the carriage bolts (the heads of stick pins) in the wales and planking. I have never treenailed a model because of scale issues that have been discussed elsewhere in this forum before, however the carriage bolts in the hulls of the models in the book really added to the rugged Mack Truck/workhorse look that appealed so strongly to me that I had to build this model, so I’m going to add them. I think I have between 500-1000 stick pins with 2000 more coming early next week. So, let’s get this built!
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Quick 28mm dragon that the Admiral bought me a while back: I enjoy miniature painting quite a lot and I needed a quick side project.
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Did 18th and 19th century ships have flat weatherdecks?
GrandpaPhil replied to Rushdie's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Weather decks would have been curved for ships of the 18th and 19th centuries to improve drainage. The water would have gone overboard with holes through bulwarks at the deckline called scuppers. There is an excellent diagram of standard deck curvature in zu Mondfelds Historic Ship Models. -
I’ve bought multiple kits from them, even since the invasion, and had no problems. The kits took about a month to get to me. That particular store is located in Kyiv. My most recent order was last July, but I get their newsletter every month and they said that they were okay as of February 13. Orel is one of two of my favorite brand of model kits so I’ve been following them pretty closely. My absolute favorite brand of kit is Seahorse.
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