GeorgeKapas
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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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As for the base, the solution was thusly decided: An old wooden photo frame was reused, plus some modeling cardboard and balsa wood.
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Gradually color edges and details are painted. Here are the stern galeries being done. Again some back and forth with the colors due to the fact that this was a team project. Yet the result was very satisfactory.
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Painting sceme. The choice of colors was conservative. A lot of back and forth with the filler on the deck, even at this late stage. I also built custom gratings as the ones on the kit were rather poor. I wanted the ship done with launching flag poles and all, but this was not desired by my friend.
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Here, most modifications are complete: Decks widened, side ladder and gunports modified, shroud planks remodeled with added knees, most open gunports closed off with a screen behind them as per request of my friend. A lot of filler used everywhere to correct mistakes.
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The bow gave me much grief, as not only I had to reduce it in height and length, adjust the beak for the new figurehead, but all this while manipulating the bow rails as well. The cheeks knees of the bow aparently differ much in their position between a first and third rate, as I found out.
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The new figurehead was from an old Heller Royal louis. Progress was fast initially, but when the decks had to be widened, it stagnated.
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This is a commision I undertook for a good friend last year. We had a correspondence through Facebook, whether it was possible to turn his Victory Kit, which was still unopened into a 74. Several ideas and plans were put into consideration. The ship would have no sails or masts, and it would be a kind of "Admirality" type, just the hull sitting on a base resembling a launching cradle. With the exception of the Heller's Superebe and Glorieux, there are no other 74 on the kit market, certainly no british, and seems nobody had done something like that either. The plan was as follows: Rezze Victory by one deck, which was rather troublesome, especially because the bow and rails had to be remodeled. Increase the width of the decks, as they now sit one lower into the tumblehome. Remodel the quarter deck. Remove some gunports, turn the entrance into a gunport and reduce with width of the side ladders. I made it in a relatively good time, and he was very pleased. Here is the built log, I'll slowly updload them all today and tomorow, as I have to work on the bomb ketch as well! Here is the planing, in MS paint:
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