Dean77

I'm at the stage of rigging my HMS Beagle so thought I would make a start on the Titanic.

I've always had a fascination with Titanic, my parents had a book by Robert Ballard about Titanic and the discovery of the wreck. I would spend hours looking through this book.

I have the hobbyzone building slip but the Titanic keel is slightly to long to fit. With a bit of fiddling I can sort of use the building slip, not as entirely as it should though!

False keel assembled and bulkheads dry assembled.

Bit of a jump from my last post still tocking along with this! 

Unfortunately my good lady had an accident and broke both her arms, so I have pretty much become her 24 hour carer! 

So I've not been able to do much building.

I haven't taken many pictures, I think I am a touch embarrassed of my work. Especially looking at the high standards of other build threads on here.

I have completed all four masts and made a small start on the shrouds.

This is how she sits at the minute

Brilliant fix, I have made this same error think I will now correct it the way you have done.

Looking great, very nice and neat!

I know that feeling, the plastic box with all the small parts in it I knocked off my table onto the lounge carpet!

I spent the next hour laying on the floor picking up and sorting it all, pins, deadeyes, blocks etc.

Yes this is what ended up scattered over the floor!

Looking great!

I had to order some.more of the 1mm brass rod, I had no where near enough!

Not expensive and next day delivery so all is good! It's nice having plenty so if I mess up I have enough to retry.

On 4/11/2021 at 10:58 PM, Techtonic said:

Looking great! I like the way you painted the figurehead.

Looks like you're just a little ahead of me, I'm just about to start on the dinghy and long boats. It's a bit late but I also just started a build log on this kit yesterday if anyone is interested. https://modelshipworld.com/topic/28420-hms-beagle-by-techtonic-occre-160/

 

Following your build, it looks lovely

Looks fantastic! 

Funnily I was short of 1mm brass rod too, I ordered some extra for a few pounds so no great problems really.

Wish I had seen that about the channels before I fitted mine thats me rushing ahead and not thinking!

On 4/11/2021 at 9:54 PM, Maliba1025 said:

It's looking great and I am going to have the same issue with the work space. I'm going between two rooms depending on where me and my wife are currently spending time (she is disabled and depending upon her body and how it's going is whether we are in the bedroom or living room). I am trying to make some good progress but the details on my ship are new territory for me so slowing down significantly trying to get it right the first time. 

Thank you, you are doing a cracking job on your Beagle too!

It's good to take it slowly and to think things through, I've found when I rush ahead and don't look at the next few steps that is  when I make the mistakes.

Slowly I'm moving on with my build. It's getting a bit more fiddly and delicate now, which is a bit of an issue as I don't have a permanent build area or workshop. So I'm getting it out on my days off and packing it away the night before I'm back in work.

Cannons are fitted in what I assume is a stowed position.

The outriggers on the bow also fitted 

Fitted the stern chains, took a couple of goes to try and get them equal lengths.

Started on the 4 small boats, the largest one sits inside the hull, a small one hanging off the stern and two long boats hanging from the sides.

I did alter the tiller on two of them slightly which I think looks slightly better.

I also painted the hulls white on them all.

had a go at painting the figurehead, I thought the Beagle would look better painted rather than just black as per the instructions. I'm not artistic in any way but I'm fairly happy with how he turned out

Hull boat and stern boats fitted

All 4 anchors are fitted I found these quite tricky little blighters, just about done the bow sprit which is where I'm at currently!

Its looking really good! 

For the gunport you've missed. There is a side view of the hull at the bottom of sheet 'H' of the build photo instructions, that I'm sure is actual size, it might be possible to measure this and transfer the measurements onto the model.

Although, I don't think it would matter a great deal if you left it as it is to be honest!

Looks fantastic, great job on the first layer of planking, must have been a big decision to strip it back and start again! But so worth it!

I'm part way through building the Beagle. Which, like yourself, is also my first model ship.

What a great job you're doing!

I'm building HMS Beagle too, I wish I had carried out some of the modifications you have done it does look so much better.

I'm a bit to far into the build to make changes now, I've just started making the masts. 

Look forward to the updates!

Looks great Pete!

I'm just at the stage of fairing the bulkheads ready to plank the small Boats, definitely fiddly with my trotters for hands!

Hi and welcome Reynard. 

I've made a small start on an occre London Tram also I'm currently building Occre HMS Beagle.

Looking forward to seeing your build come together!

Wow! looks fantastic

Hi Dollburger,

I'm currently building Occre HMS Beagle this is my first ever ship model.

I picked it as I found the history of the ship fascinating, I think it is also quite a pretty looking thing!

One of the big plus points for me is the youtube step by step videos by Occre.

I previously built RC model aircraft from kits and from plans although completely different it does help with some basic hand skills.

In my day job I'm a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer so I think it has helped with my way of thinking during the build, but I can be a bit heavy handed sometimes! 

What I've learned from my mistakes is to look ahead and think before gluing or cutting bits!

I've not started the rigging yet so that could be my downfall, but I would say it is possible for a first ship if you are patient, have an interest in the ship, ypu have some hand skills and use the youtube videos.

Be prepared to make mistakes, rectify them and not beat yourself up when you do!

I'm loving my experience so far such that I have two more kits waiting to be built

On 2/17/2021 at 8:00 PM, Pete D said:

Wow that looks lovely great job for your first build, Vanguard make some gorgeous ships. 

I'm following the build log of your Beagle will be great to see it come together.

Slowly I've been plodding along with my build, I have been making all the deck furniture again a few mistakes here and there, but overall I am happy and I think it will look good on display!

Bow carronade 

Capstan and fwd hatch

Painting session cannons, binnacle etc. 

Centre hatch and central pin rail (which isn't quite in the right place!)

A few mistakes along the way but really enjoying the build so far, next is building the 4 launches then onto masts and rigging (gulp) 🙈🙈

21 hours ago, Pete D said:

Looking good . I am following this build during my build of the same ship

Hi Pete, how are you getting on with your build?

This is my first ship I have ever made, I have made a few mistakes along the way, mainly due to not thinking things through properly or not looking ahead at the next steps!

I was drawn to it as I think it is a beauty and the history behind the Beagke is fascinating!

I haven't been great at keeping this build log updated!  

I have been plodding along with my build and a very enjoyable build it is! The youtube build guide is a great help. 

Ribbons and keel are fitted.

I have painted the hull with black and white stripes. 

Transom has been fitted, this was my first attempt at bending wire rod to a pattern, I'm happy with the results so far.

Rudder has been fitted, found this quite fiddly with my trotters for hands!

Gun port doors are fitted in the closed position.

Chain plates made and fitted.

Belaying pins fitted.

Stairs, ships wheel made and fitted.

Next I'm on to making up a capstan and carronade fitted on the bow of the ship.

On 9/20/2020 at 1:21 PM, Cristiano said:

The below one is the link to one ship that resemble the plans one.

The size is similar and shape similar, too.

It is just an example, a more carefully research must be done.

Since the drawing is of autumn 1928, it is possible that entered in service in 1929.

That ship entered in service in 1929, as a passenger ship.

Later during world war 2 was converted in Hospital ship and so on.

This was sunked and not captured, so the drawings hardly can belong to it, but eventually can belong to the same class...(the size and shape match your drawings)

 

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Città_di_Trapani_(nave)

 

Below there are the details of this class of passenger ships.

The plans are rather similar.

eight of these were built apparently.

http://www.culturanavale.it/documentazione.php?id=76

 

Below some detail of their destiny:

-Città di Agrigento: destroyed at the port of Marsa Matruth in 20 july 1942

-Città di Alessandria: survived the war

-Città di Bastia: hit by a torpedo by sm Tetrarch, sunk between Pireo and Crete in 27 september 1941

-Città di Livorno: Città di Savona recovered and renamed

-Città di Marsala: survived the war, renamed Città di Trapani to honor the twin ship sunken

-Città di La Spezia: sunken by a torpedo in 27 august 1943 between Brindisi and Valona

-Città di Savona: sunken at Leros in 6 february 1944, recovered and renamed Città di Livorno

-Città di Trapani: sunken by a magnetic mine near Italian coasts

 

Not all of these were made in the same shipyards. the drawings were standardised, but the manufacturing site may vary.

 

 

Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to write that response very, very interesting. I will show my mum this she will be very interested. 

Again I am so chuffed to have this memorabilia. 

Thanks everyone! Really fantastic response and some great ideas!

I am really chuffed to have all these items.

I have a wireless log book that I need to have a really close look at, there seems to be some ships mentioned on it but it is hard to read the writing!

Hi John, you may already know but Occre have a tutorial for the build of HMS Terror, I'm building Occres HMS Beagle and the tutorial for the Beagle is very helpful for a beginner like myself!

This is the youtube link, hope it works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUh9-WDYnhY&list=PLrPwa5r7zKUzCBCWrtnYjaSn4I5Ex-qBp

Thank you for all the replies, been very helpful!

We believe his ship was HMT Mousa, ive googled it have a bit of information but not a lot to be honest. Found one archive photo of it.

He also has a medal for Arctic Campaign, nothing seems to hint he went to the far East and I can't remember him ever talking about being out that way.

3 hours ago, popeye2sea said:

Another interesting point is that most of the languages on the blood chit are from the indonesia area.

 

Regards,

Thanks, that is interesting and I never noticed that! I wonder if he acquired it at some point during or after the war then.

From what I know he spent much of the war in the Mediterranean. I have lots of photos he took that were taken on and around various Greek Islands, Malta and Tripoli.