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GrandpaPhil
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Bulkheads/Framework: Here’s the first lower deck pieces: Here are the lower decks in place: The false main deck is on: I’ve never built a model with an actual enclosed gundeck before, so I’m paying very close attention to how it goes together for use on my Magenta. Also, the framework is very rigid on this model. I would like to duplicate it on future builds (Magenta at the moment).
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I have a Dremel rotary tool, but I’ve never used it on a model. I have used a normal drill, on a model, a few times, but those occasions are few and far between. It is too easy for things to very wrong, very quickly, on a model, with power tools.
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I decided to alter this build and build my Mercury as a sister ship from the same series of ship, the HMS Nemesis, launched a year later. The primary differences appear to be the carvings, which I would have made anyways, and will be conjectural, much like the ones on my Prince de Neufchatel. I’ll keep the rest of the build log up until I had this idea because it is a snapshot in time of my thought process at that time, up until post 55. -Original log- I started my HMS Mercury by Shipyard Models. I couldn’t help it. I had to do it, lol. I’ve been wanting to build a frigate for a long time (a few years now). So, I started one. HMS Mercury was a Sixth Rate 28-Gun Enterprize Class Frigate. Her primary battery consisted of 24 x 9 lb. guns. This is a POB kit, out of card. Something I have learned in my last two completed builds is that I work well in card and I enjoy it. I am intending to build it straight out of the box, with hand carved guns and decorations. Sails will be made from muslin again. So here’s the start: Here’s the lower deck pieces and the false main deck: The Mercury is a little farther along than what I’m showing here. The laser-cut cardboard framework, which came with the base kit, is fall together quality. I had the frame assembled and glued within a couple of hours. Everything lined up perfectly. If you have never tried a Shipyard kit, I cannot recommend it enough. I have not been this happy with a kit for a long time.
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1/200 Trumpeter IJN YAMATO - issued by MRC/Gallery Models
GrandpaPhil replied to yvesvidal's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
You and me both! Very nice kit!- 104 replies
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Starting to make some forward progress again. The string railings are working. The trick is to seal them twice. They are not perfect, but they will do. The next round will be much cleaner and much better. This is a continual learning process.
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I made 18 railings: 18 patterns traced on paper and pins put in to stretch the thread (DMC Floss). Floss laid down. Railings glued with thinned down Elmer’s glue and set aside to dry.
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I really like fully rigged models, with sails. I bought a Shipyard Models HMS Mercury, a British 28-Gun Frigate from 1779. It should be rigged very closely to the Winchelsea (and the Triton). I am going to use the rigging and sail plans for the Mercury, adjust for size based off the mast proportions in zu Monfeld, to generate the masting, rigging, sail and belaying plan for Winchelsea, once I print the plans (I haven’t made it that far yet). This will be fun!
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What's a good kit for learning rigging?
GrandpaPhil replied to Mark m's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
A cutter or a schooner is a great way to learn rigging. I will also vouch that a slightly larger scale is easier to learn rigging on. -
Congratulations! Well done!
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Very nice!
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Congratulations! Well done!
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Well done!
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Try brushing on the next layer with the brush strokes going fore and aft. I used that on a carrier with good success to create the impression of nonskid. If you decide to strip the deck, you can use contact paper, like for cabinets, to add wood texture. That’s what I did on my Prince de Neufchatel and my Hannah builds, on this forum.
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To the best of my knowledge, anything that will remove the wash, will remove the rest of the paint. Have you thought about drybrushing to add texture?
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Congratulations! Well done!
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The ladders are assembled and mostly edge painted now. I made a test railing piece, out of wire, and attached it. I’m not really happy with it or how the ladders went together at all. Here in a little while, I’m going to seal the ladders to stiffen them up (I still need to finish edge painting them as some pieces were reglued). I will also make the rest of the railings from black thread, stiffened with thinned down white glue. For the next round of ladders, I’m going to make a ladder making jig, a la Zu Monfeld, because they will actually be visible. I also want to mod the kit and make the observation platform railings from thread. In other news, I edge painted the Solferino’s deck fittings. I’ll seal them when I seal the ladders. I have been enjoying building card models enough that I bought the Shipyard Models 3 Pack of Northern European ships, Part 2, from Ages Of Sail, today. That comes with their kit of the cutter HMS Alert, the French lugger Le Coureur and the frigate HMS Mercury. All 3 will most likely be rescaled to 1:72 scale (which is the scale I’m using at home for my collection of ship models). The Mercury’s rigging/sail plan will also be used for my Winchelsea build when I get to it, with the mast proportions set out by Zu Monfeld.
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