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GrandpaPhil
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All ship’s boats are done (except for the eyebolts, and I will be having an eyebolt party in the near future): The figurehead is edge painted and looks much better, plus starting on the hull details: And it is now time for this warship to get her guns: This is one of my favorite points of the build. This kit comes with 56 cannon. 52 on the gun decks and 4 on the main deck.
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The figurehead begins: Added the globular structure: And assembled in place: I used the structure of the ship to give the figurehead rigidity and form. On a quick personal note: I half wonder if I shouldn’t have just carved it. But, at this point it’s already solidly glued to the hull, which would cause a LOT of damage removing it, plus I have a full set of carvings for my Mercury that I have going, that needs made. Plus, at 1/200 scale, once it’s edge painted and sealed, it won’t be possible to tell the difference anyway.
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The last two ship’s boats are assembled: Time for the Eagle Figurehead! I’m not really sure how it goes together, but we’ll figure it out! I know the eagle, parts a, b and c sit on a globular structure, parts e-g and most likely d. This globular structure sits atop h. Then I know that parts i and j are the lightning bolt pieces. Otherwise, i feel like I am just going to have take parts off the paper and start fitting them together and see what happens.
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The small ship’s boat is in place and sealed: The last two ship’s boats, that will hang off the stern are in progress: On a quick side note, I need to make a full set for my Victory as well. I’ll make those a la Zu Monfeld when I get around to them, just like I did the ones for my Prince de Neufchatel and my Hannah.
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Looking good!
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Joe, You’ll do just fine! The important thing is to finish your first models! You’ll learn a lot of tricks and techniques. Then you’ll keep learning and getting better as you progress. Every one of us is still learning. And don’t be afraid to try something new in a build, because that’s how you grow as a model builder.
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6 painted and sealed ship’s boats: The smallest of the ship’s boats, because it sits in the big one on the deck: After that, there’s just the two which will hang off the stern. I would assemble the davits now, but that would cause problems with the gunport and window (false gunport) lids along with the stern gallery.
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The one on EBay is in Massachusetts.
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The inboard profiles, deck plans and cross-section are shared between the Erebus and the Terror (post-refit for scientific exploration) according to the Royal Museum at Greenwich plans (low res) on Wikimedia Commons. This means that the two ships were identical (at least in the hull) after the refit for scientific exploration. Based on this, if you wanted both ships, I would buy two Terrors and make minor modifications to one to build up as the Erebus. I am doing a similar thing with my Solferino and Magenta builds. My Magenta build is being built from French Ministry of Defense Solferino plans, because they are mostly identical.
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Very nicely done!
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For the curved and rolled pieces, I use dowel rods or the edge of my table to “break down” the paper and get it to take a curve.
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Welcome!
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Looking forward to seeing this!
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6 assembled ship’s boats: Now they need edge painted and sealed. While I’m at it, I need to touch up the forecastle:
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Sorry to hear about your house. That’s awful. Corrugated cardboard works great for bulkheads and keel plates. Thickness varies. I use Elmers glue sticks to build up card thickness and Monte Marte glue for the actual gluing. Poster board is about .5 to .7mm thick. Most cereal boxes are about .5mm thick. Welcome to the Dark Side! I’ve had enough fun with card ships that I am now on my third and fourth card ships.
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It looks like it builds out into this radiator: 54a looks like a reinforcing piece for the outboard side of the radiator and 54b looks like a reinforcing piece for the inboard side of the radiator. My mark-up skills are awful, but this is what it looks like to me:
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Chris, You mentioned a while back that you use a spray sealant on all of your card models prior to cutting. What spray sealant are you using and where do you get it? Thank you very much in advance! Phil
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Here are the two that I assembled yesterday: They still need edge painted, sealed and their eyebolts, but I will do all 6 at the same time.
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These are the six that I’m making right now: Given that they’re hanging from boat davits, I should probably make some eyebolts, too. I need a couple hundred of them anyway, between this project and the Mercury. Although, it looks like the ones in the single davits are strapped in. So, those won’t need the eyebolts. Actually, they probably should have eyebolts for consistency. You aren’t going to tell me that they stashed the ship’s boats in the same davit, every time. Plus, you still have to fish said boat out of the water, which means eyebolts.
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Working on the next 6 boats, which hang off the quarterdeck. On a quick personal note, I went through my stash last night and counted up/examined the plan sets (including those found in reference books, which is where I developed my Prince de Neufchatel and Hannah models from) and kits (ship and non-ship) that I have. I have a lot of models that need built. I also have several hundred miniatures that need painted (28mm, 30mm and 54mm, mostly). Lol, it will keep me busy for a very long time.
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Very nice display!
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Small diameter gears
GrandpaPhil replied to bridgman's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
Plasticard or card would work well (seal the card prior to cutting and then reseal it after painting for best effect).
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