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I saw something on this forum that gave me an idea on model construction that I would like to try out really quick. I am using a ship from Ab Hoving’s 17th Dutch Century Merchant Ships to try it out on. I’ll be back to the Revenge shortly.
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My Admiral had me order myself Ab Hoving’s book “17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships” for Christmas this year, as part of wish list. It comes with plans for 10 different types of ships. The cat stuck out to me when I first read the book. Cats were a type of wooden trade ship that plied the Baltic Sea. They had very shallow draft and would never win a beauty contest. They kind of remind me of a 17th Century version of a Mack truck. I have taken the initial steps and scaled everything up to 1/64 scale from 1/96th scale. That random looking pile of paper will soon be the framework of a hull. I’m using a giant cardboard box that I got from something we bought as my starter material. It is corrugated, which is a nuisance to cut, but it works quite well.
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Welcome!
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Welcome! Which kit of the Enterprise?
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Welcome!
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Thank you very much!
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Here is the head grating on the model: With a side on shot of the model: The first scrollwork piece is cut out and glued to a carving board for final carving: It took six hours of very minute and precise cutting/carving to cut that out. It will be well worth the extra effort when it is finished and installed!
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Richard, Very nicely done!
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Alan, Excellent work!
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GrandpaPhil replied to JOHN GARGANI's topic in Plastic model kits
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That looks really good! Very neat solution with the book repair tape! I will have to remember that!
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Thank you all very much for all the “likes” and for stopping by! The head grating is on and drying: The head bulwarks are drying under glass: Next up is to carve the scrollwork: Then to paint and assemble it all. Sometime in there I need to make a couple of seats of ease. It is also time to make belaying pins. I believe that I will carve them from toothpicks using a scalpel.
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The figurehead is carved: That wooden block worked really well. It took me about 5-6 hours to carve that. It was slow going because it was definitely some kind of hardwood, but it never once split out or broke, even for small details. That entire piece is 7/8” (22mm) long. It’s not perfect, but I am happy with it.
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Making progress on the figurehead:
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Jeff, Thank you very much! This build did start out rough, lol. This was a very spur of the moment build and I’ve been testing out a lot of new techniques. I’ve been enjoying this build a lot. And, I got sidetracked again and decided to make the figurehead since I need to do more carving for the head, anyway: This is out of a wooden puzzle piece. I have a bin (a small plastic tote box) full of Jenga blocks and those wood puzzle pieces that I got at yard sales for crafts and to use as carving blocks. The wood is relatively dense and holds detail okay. This is the third figurehead that I have carved.
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The one power tool that I typically end up using for model making: That’s a cheap drill I bought nearly twenty years ago. There’s nothing better for drilling things like hawse holes and mast holes in models. It also works quite well for drilling out mounting points on plastic model aircraft if you plan to display them on a flight stand.
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The head grating is between glass and drying now: Time to get the entire head touched up and resealed. For the newer folks, the head is one of the trickier parts of the ship with many fiddly parts that have to be precision made and fitted with a lot of guesswork involved. This is actually one of the first times that I have had a set of head timbers that I didn’t have to make based off measurements from the deck plan and the outboard profile utilizing typical structures from a given time period and nationality. This one has bulwarks instead of head rails which makes this a LOT easier than what I am used to. I will probably completely finish the head, to include the figurehead, before moving on.
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The heads (seats of ease) would most likely have been located on the head grating to either side of the bowsprit. The Mayflower has a similar design to my build, the Revenge. This is my head grating. The blue circles are approximately where I’ll be putting the heads on mine.
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Working on cutting out the head grating: It’s slow going and double layered, but it will look really good when it’s done.
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Patrick, Lol! The angle of the camera made the bend look a lot worse than it was. However, there was a slight angle that I straightened out. That’s one downside to card, it needs additional support a lot of the time. Good call! Everything should be fixed in place once I add the gratings. Also, thank you very much for the information on the seats of ease. I try to be thorough with my models.
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The head is taking shape: The head timbers are lot more square and straighter than they look in the pictures. Next up is to cut out the head gratings and the sides of the head. I also need to make the scroll work. I was going to use card, but I want to try making it of wood first. I think it would look better.
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Still working on the head. Question for everyone: the seats of ease are not marked on the plan set. Would it be safe to assume that the seats of ease in a late 16th century English ship would have been in the usual location on the head grating, on either side of the head? And that each one would have seated two?
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Meriadoc, Thank you very much!
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