Dan Vadas

The final lighthouse - Green Cape near Eden on the New South Wales South Coast. At 29 metres high it is the state's 2nd tallest lighthouse. It was built between 1881 and 1883. More info can be found HERE.
 
The main body of the lighthouse was a bit tricky to glue together owing to it's shape :




 
The way this scalloped feature was designed in the kit didn't work, as the card delaminated after folding and the gap didn't close properly. I drew up and cut 8 triangular pieces to replace the original - they turned out a LOT better :



 
Decorative knees support the platform. These were laser cut :

 
Two domes, one for each building :

 
The finished model :





 
Danny

The final lighthouse - Green Cape near Eden on the New South Wales South Coast. At 29 metres high it is the state's 2nd tallest lighthouse. It was built between 1881 and 1883. More info can be found HERE.
 
The main body of the lighthouse was a bit tricky to glue together owing to it's shape :




 
The way this scalloped feature was designed in the kit didn't work, as the card delaminated after folding and the gap didn't close properly. I drew up and cut 8 triangular pieces to replace the original - they turned out a LOT better :



 
Decorative knees support the platform. These were laser cut :

 
Two domes, one for each building :

 
The finished model :





 
Danny

The Hornby Lighthouse at Watson's Bay, Sydney. It's also known as the South Head Lighthouse. Built in 1858 it was the 3rd lighthouse built in Australia following the wreck of the Dunbar with the loss of 121 lives. More information can be found HERE.
 
This is the simplest of the four in the kit - it only took me a day and a half to make. Lining up the red stripes was critical to the outcome :


 
Most of the windows and doors are recessed. These little portholes took a bit of planning when fitting them :


 
The finished model. The railings are laser cut card :




 
Danny

Hi all. Having finished the Cape Byron lighthouse and the M24D Hind helicopter, and still waiting on my next kit, I'm making the other 3 lighthouses that came with the first. These won't take long, so I hope my other kit turns up soon. Here are pics of the three :
 
Tacking Point, Port Macquarie :

Hornby - Watson's Bay, Sydney :

Cape Green, Eden :

 
First up is the Tacking Point lighthouse near Port Macquarie NSW. It was built in 1879 and was the 4th of five lighthouses built around that time on the NSW mid-north coast of similar design. More information can be found by clicking HERE.
 
I'm going to donate it to the Port Macquarie Maritime Museum so it can keep company with my HMS Vulture, which I donated to the Museum several years ago. They have a cabinet full of models built in unusual ways, but as far as I know this will be the first one made from paper.
 
I've actually finished this one already - it took me 2 1/2 days. Here is a pic of most of the parts, some of which I've already prepared :

 
I reinforced the base with a few card strips :

 
The utility building :

 
The dome for the light. The additional card in the middle is a method I've used for previous domes - it makes it much easier to glue :


 
The completed model :





 
Danny

Thanks Ian. I've given it a couple of coats of clear lacquer and it will be kept in a closed glass-fronted cabinet so it will probably last quite a while - longer than me anyway . My main enjoyment of a model is in the actual building.
 
Cheers, Danny

Thanks Ian. I've given it a couple of coats of clear lacquer and it will be kept in a closed glass-fronted cabinet so it will probably last quite a while - longer than me anyway . My main enjoyment of a model is in the actual building.
 
Cheers, Danny

The Hornby Lighthouse at Watson's Bay, Sydney. It's also known as the South Head Lighthouse. Built in 1858 it was the 3rd lighthouse built in Australia following the wreck of the Dunbar with the loss of 121 lives. More information can be found HERE.
 
This is the simplest of the four in the kit - it only took me a day and a half to make. Lining up the red stripes was critical to the outcome :


 
Most of the windows and doors are recessed. These little portholes took a bit of planning when fitting them :


 
The finished model. The railings are laser cut card :




 
Danny

The Hornby Lighthouse at Watson's Bay, Sydney. It's also known as the South Head Lighthouse. Built in 1858 it was the 3rd lighthouse built in Australia following the wreck of the Dunbar with the loss of 121 lives. More information can be found HERE.
 
This is the simplest of the four in the kit - it only took me a day and a half to make. Lining up the red stripes was critical to the outcome :


 
Most of the windows and doors are recessed. These little portholes took a bit of planning when fitting them :


 
The finished model. The railings are laser cut card :




 
Danny

Thanks Ian. I've given it a couple of coats of clear lacquer and it will be kept in a closed glass-fronted cabinet so it will probably last quite a while - longer than me anyway . My main enjoyment of a model is in the actual building.
 
Cheers, Danny

Thank you to all who have followed, Liked and commented on this build. It's much appreciated  .
 
Here are the final pics :












 
 
Cheers, Danny

The wires go most of the way into the central part. In hindsight I probably should have painted the reinforcing piece with CA before skinning it. I think the card itself probably has a bit of flex in it - it wouldn't take much over that short distance to make a much bigger difference over the length of the blades. I think the only difference a coat or two of lacquer will make is to add more weight to the blades - I've already coated all the relevant control parts with CA, which improved the amount of "droop" in the blades. I'm reasonably happy with the result  .
 
If I were to build another helicopter I'd design my own system for attaching the blades. Nothing drastic, maybe just replace the card control reinforcing part with some brass tube silver-soldered together, which would then be covered with the kit skins.
 
I'm currently giving the model a coat of Model Master Semi-Gloss clear, pics of the completed model will be posted shortly.
 
Danny

Thanks Ian. I've given it a couple of coats of clear lacquer and it will be kept in a closed glass-fronted cabinet so it will probably last quite a while - longer than me anyway . My main enjoyment of a model is in the actual building.
 
Cheers, Danny

AWESOME INDEED 

Thank you to all who have followed, Liked and commented on this build. It's much appreciated  .
 
Here are the final pics :












 
 
Cheers, Danny

Last things to complete were to glue the rotor blades into the central control :


 
The blades could be a problem as time goes by. I'm not very happy with the way they are fitted - the control arms seem too weak for the weight of the blades, so I wiped CA glue over virtually all the control arms to try to stiffen them up a bit. It worked to a certain degree but time will tell.
 
Danny

The two canopy doors were fitted next, followed by the Gatling gun and the probe. Any thoughts on what the probe was for? I'm thinking maybe a lightning rod? :






 
Danny

Thanks so much for the advice!!
 
Jason, I really like your idea of the rabett at the bow! If I build another ship, I'll definitely consider using it, or trying to figure out filler blocks. I imagine that they would do similarly, Henrik, but I felt that was too far beyond my non-existent wood-working ability to try this time.
 
I did do some bearding on the false keel, but found out after my first planking that I didn't do nearly enough! I've therefore sanded down the planks at the stern as well to try make up for it.
 
This is after sanding down one side of the stern planks to show the contrast.

Thank you for the confirmation about fixing the dip; I went ahead with the lime plank fillers.

The result wasn't too bad

On the right side they worked really well!
 
On the left I didn't make them quite long enough so they end a little suddenly with a slight dip, but the walnut planks should have a good enough surface to curve over the remaining defect.
To answer your question, Henrik, my instructions said to go deck down but I was warned that I could run into lots of problems doing it that way with the curvature of the Bounty's hull. I therefore chose to ignore the instructions;P. I'd have to try again the other way around to know for sure which way was better though. Below are more before-sanding close-ups to give a better idea of what I did at the stern. The left ended up being different to the right as I was salvaging planks that I'd cut months ago in ignorance. (I ended up with only a single full plank to spare so was happy I had!) On the right side, the planks that terminated underneath bulkhead 12 were full width the whole way with a stealer to make up the difference. The planks terminating on the upper false keel tapered quite a lot by the 11th bulkhead; I even had to drop a plank. I then did something that may constitute cheating between the 11th bulkhead to the false keel: I cut the planks to widen again:0. I don't know how legit that is but it seemed to work pretty well!

On the left side, all bar one of the planks terminating on the false keel in that problem strip were tapered all the way (one I widened again after bulkhead 11). Then all the planks ending under bulkhead 12 tapered a little over 9,10 and 11, then widened out to 12. I didn't end up dropping a plank or needing a stealer this side. Weird, I know, but it worked and still looks sufficiently symmetrical;P!

Back to the present! I have finished sanding the hull. It's a process that really makes you acutely aware of all your planking imperfections! Next up, second planking!

it finished up nicely Dan....and it looks great!  

I can only add to the messages of praise. It is superb
 
I would be paranoid that over the years it would absorb damp or moistier and the edges start to curl or it wilt.... 
 

Impeccable ! My compliments.

Thank you to all who have followed, Liked and commented on this build. It's much appreciated  .
 
Here are the final pics :












 
 
Cheers, Danny

Thank you to all who have followed, Liked and commented on this build. It's much appreciated  .
 
Here are the final pics :












 
 
Cheers, Danny

Thank you to all who have followed, Liked and commented on this build. It's much appreciated  .
 
Here are the final pics :












 
 
Cheers, Danny

Thank you to all who have followed, Liked and commented on this build. It's much appreciated  .
 
Here are the final pics :












 
 
Cheers, Danny

Well done Danny.   What Chris said about a beast applies.