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GeorgeKapas
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The added flagpole extension of the masts was a much needed correction, here is just an idea effect of the flags, which I will add a lot, the Royal Standart on the mainmast:
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The bowsprit is mostly ready. I had to make decisions of what to keep and what to omit, especially after the rather extravagant choice of layout. Stays were added, including the martingale stays etc. Bobstays and bowsprit shrouds Spritsail Braces 2 of the 4 Jibboom guys were added Spritsail Cluelines simplified cluelines for the jibbs, I generally use Lennarth Peterssen's Rigging - Period Ship Models, but at this scale, I am at my limit..
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I finally managed to correct some mistakes, add more pulleys, and get a proper packground to take pictures. The last few days were hectic indeed. Added extensions/flagpoles to the masts to correct the issue. More pulleys, most of the bowsprit rigging is also finished. Fasting the stays was an absolute nightmare. The ship is tiny, the masts are of soft plastic and the shroud deadeyes are very fragile to take much tension. A test of patience, it wont be perfect, certainly in that scale and with that material, but I am finally satisfied with the result.. Much of the tensions especially with the running rigging will be solved later as they come on the masts.
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Sorry for the delay! I promised some photos, so here are a few quick ones, I'll return tomorow with better ones! I'm still adding pulleys...
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Thank you all! Updates coming in a few hours. I did a lot of the rigging, she does look magnificent, even though I was not very optimistic at the start of this built. Also had a small accident a few days ago. Thankfully I keep the ship wrapped in a soft cloth when I rigg it, so there was little effect.
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Thank you all, you are too kind. To be honest this was quite a tiresome built because of the scale, but some lessons were learned for the bigger ones. Thankfully today the deadeyes for the shrouds will be ready.
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Stays are going in, these first steps in rigging are always difficult
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Magnificent, splendid and challenging! I love anything baroque and this project seems to be most interesting! This certainly will outshine her sucessor SR in ornamentation. I am ashamed to admit I only knew this ship from her short description in wiki and not much else, read when I was building the much much later Royal Louis that Heller had a kit of.
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Strange I forgot to post these, even though I had put them in order: Its before I added the ropes on the guns. Anyway, after all I start with the rigging tomorow, so:
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Thank you! Revenge will probably be my next built. I felt I needed to do justice to these old but nice kits, and as mentioned in other builts, smaller models give excusses for experimentation.
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These PE sets are trully detailed indeed. As for oil canning mentioned, all Fletchers have this, I went on Velos in Athens and the stress wrinkling is very noticeable.
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Here are a few, I'll do some light wash to remove some superglue shine, but now the rigging will be more fun with these done. Ironically it would be faster and easier in a bigger model
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Most deadeyes and blocks are painted and ready, need to make some last adjustments before the next round of updates. I have several sources to draw rigging plans. There is a dilema though, that comes from the small scale of the model, about which rigging lines to include and which to leave out. Having no sails does help a bit. Generally speaking I see this as a test built. The pencil for the planks worked nice, and the shrouds too, although they are an overkill for such a scale. In even smaller kits like the Revenge in around 1/300 there is no way I'll add blocks and deadeyes, this a limit for me.
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A test for the rigging: Shroud deadeyes...1mm across... I was almost going to give up with this idea, but they look very nice on the ship like that... So I go with this, it is an overkill for such a scale, but there is no turning back now
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Indeed, one bypasses some annoying steps with card. Making spheres and domes is most dificult and annoying, but in everything else, its a very smooth and satisfying process.
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Paper models are a very interesting subject. I am always anxious when I built card models, not to spoil the printed surface of the parts. Although I use to make buildings using card kits, ships are also really viable, I should try too.
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Finished model! At least finished enough, he was very pleased indeed. Perhaps I'll do some more work with pencil on the deck when I visit him again. It was a very interesting project. Certainly without that correspondence and motivational discussions for such a rare built, I wouldnt have done it for my self.
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And this detail. Now that I think of it, a lot more could be done, but considering the rather haphazard nature of the built, it was good enough.
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As for the deck, I had it painted with its base color in enamel. The relief that indicated planks is very faint in this kit. I had to work on it accordingly, as it would be clearly visible in a ship without masts and rigging. I had to drybrush the relief lines, then wash every different plank with acrylics. The extensions on both sides had to be treated too, both with lines and wash. Generally speaking I was pleased, since the quality of this old deck was rather poor..
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He wanted the name of the ship to be "Conqueror". I had sanded the name Victory off early on, printed the new name on paper and applied it on the stern, with carefull painting and washing of the name plate with coat. It turned out better than I hoped.
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At this stage ship and base were completed. The plan asked for little to no weathering, but after some discussion I got to apply it.
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The ship was not going to have masts, but most Admiralty models had the lower deadeyes attached, I decided to make and add them. Quite the extra trouble..
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