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Rock_From_Korea
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Hi Johnny, Thanks for the additional clarification! Well, I guess I will need to contemplate a bit more on this~ Regards, Rock -
Hi Johnny, Thanks very much for your valuable comments and suggestions. I do agree with you on the trimmed balcony. However, I did find some examples (I could not re-dig the pictures) where the balconies were quite slim (or almost non-existent) on the sides. This was an experiment anyway~ But, with better reception by my art student daughter! On the 2 bow guns, I really wanted to incorporate them but the only space possible would be on the deck of the forecastle. I could not find any historical evidence that this was done. But, then again I could be wrong. I could put 2 small guns on the top of the forecastle. Let me dig further on this possibility. Anyway, I am very grateful for your comments. Much appreciated!! Regards, Rock
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Thank you, Robert!
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Next, the deck of the crow’s nest. I decided to use slightly different design from the plan in order to provide some room for rigging lines and etc. at the back of the crow’s nest. For this, I had to shift the whole structure a bit towards the stern, making the crow’s nest appear to be located more in the middle of the mast (instead of slightly forward protruding towards the bow). Repeating similar procedures for the foremast.
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Moving on to the upper level of the main mast and mast cap, I realized that I almost ran out of the wooden hanger material from Ikea. And since there are no more broken wooden hangers, I had utilize a perfectly well functioning wooden hanger - for which I obtained wife’s permission.
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Hello shipmates! I have resumed the work on GH1. First, I installed couple of stuffs that I forgot to incorporate in GH1 (like the ship’s bell). And then the mast work started. Starting with the main mast, following are some pictures of preliminary works. The wood from wooden cloth hanger (from Ikea I think) proved to be valuable again - for the mast cap as well as the thin supporting structure for crow’s nest.
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Thanks for the encouragement, Patrick! Much appreciated!
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Thanks very much for the kind comments, Robert!
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Hi all~ Finally, the hull work on GH2 is complete. Below are some pictures of GH2. Comparing GH1 with GH2. GH2 is definitely simpler and darker than GH1. They both seem to have their charm. Also, GH2 (as intended) has more contrast in color compared to GH1. Now, I am resuming the work on GH1 - masts, rigging etc.
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Hello shipmates~ A small update today. With the remnants of the small wooden clips, I made portholes(not sure if this is the right jargon) for the lines that would lead inside (from outside) to be tied to the staghorns. Below are some pictures of the work carried out. I have not applied this feature in GH1. But, I think I need to (or at least I will try to). Also, there is slightly different feature vis-a-vis the weatherdeck cannons. I tried to render a situation where some cannons are stowed away. GH2 hull work is almost finished. My next update will feature the comparison photos of GH2 to GH1 and the resumption of work on GH1 - masts, rigging and so on.
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Thanks very much, Patrick! Your encouragement means a lot to me!!
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Hello shipmates~! Some updates on GH2 (Golden Hind 2) where the methodologies I applied and/or materials I used differ from GH1. The whipstaff house design is more or less same as GH1, but I used slightly different methods to put them together more solidly. For the staghorn kevel, I was looking for a more solid material that could be thinner/smaller and still provide strong structural strength. I accidentally came across a small wooden tweezer in a discount store that satisfied my original purpose but also provided me with basic shapes that I can utilize as is for the kevel creation. As you can see from above picture, I used most of its original shape to construct the kevel. Saving me much time! Slightly thinner and smaller ones are the new kevels.
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Hi all~ Just a small update… I realized that for GH1, I forgot to install the ship’s bell. So, for GH2, I made a tiny bell out of left-over dowel and painted it black, varnished with matt varnish. I think it turned out OK. I tried different methods and made couple of more for future projects. I may try to install it for GH1 as well once I resume with the rigging work on GH1.
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Thanks very much, Robert! I will definitely try to be more active~
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Thanks very much, Patrick! Hope to be able to engage more in MSW forums going forward!!
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For stern painting, I commisioned my art student daughter to do 3 golden hind paintings. I chose one of them for GH2. BTW, the smudges on the edge of the deer is my doing, not my daughter’s. I made stupid mistake while varnishing the stern picture. For stern balcony, I decided to apply a more streamlined and compact design as below. The rail design of the bow area has been changed from GH1. All the subsequent rails will be done in this style.
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Gosh~ I did not realize that my last update was more than 6 months ago… I did manage to do some work on GH2 during this period and will share below some progress pictures (and some comments where needed) on work streams where design and/or methodology differ significantly from GH1. All the decks have been done in a similar way as in GH1, so no additional progress pictures are posted. On GH2, I decided to go for a much simpler upper hull decoration, also giving more contrast to hull color vs. wale & decoration color. I used mainly thin ebony strips for the upper hull decoration.
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I applied a different kind of ladder for the forecastle grating entrance. Also, unlike GH1, for GH2 I am applying structural enforcements along the midship area hull.
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For the quaterdeck entrace of GH2, I am keeping the basic design on GH1 - basically an open entrance with more covering on both sides.
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Hello shipmates~! It has been almost too long since my last post. I am getting much more busy at work these days (until 1st quarter next year at least) and can manage very little time at the ship yard. Anyway, the below are some updates on GH2 that I managed to get done after my last post. For the forecastle entrance area, I am deviating fundamentally from GH1 - basically GH1 was just a wall with 2 doors, for GH2 I am applying more or less open entrance area.
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Hi Patrick, Thanks very much for your valuable insight! You having gone through the process of not using pins and arriving on above conclusion gives me much to think about. I will take your advise and will re-evaluate my decision of not using any pins for GH2. As always, much appreciated!! Best Regards, Rock
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Hi All, I am trying to figure out how to get some reference belaying drawings for pre-pin ships from RMG site, as Allan advised me on my previous threads. So far, I have not found any and I plan to contact Allan directly for more guidance, but I would appreciate any additional advise on the belaying methods of pre-pin ships as I am considering to do without belaying pins for my GH2. Best regards, Rock
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Thanks very much, Robert!! My ship modeling activities are still on-going, just having longer interval between posts due to circumstances~ Rock
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Now the progress pictures - I took pictures only on the works where I applied different (from GH1) methods, styles and/or materials. I am applying darker colours in GH2 - the grating has been dyed with walnut colour (vs. no dye, light wood colour in GH1), gun port rims also dyed with walnut paint, cannon carriages also used darker wood with different methods (smaller). GH2 overall theme would be darker colour, less decorative painting, slimmer design and etc. My next interim report may also take some time as I plan to report only on those areas where GH2 differs considerably from GH1.
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Hello All~ It has been really long since my last update on GH1. I have been working on GH2, but progress has been extremly slow as it has been quite a busy half year at work. I originally planned to post the progress report on GH2 at one go, with all the hull/deck related work finished. However, I think that would make my next progress report due sometime around the end of the year. Therfore, I decided to put forward an interim report on GH, just highlighting the different methods/styles that I am applying to GH2. First, the GH2 pictures that show the progress level before I began working on GH2 again at the beginning of this year. I have posted these pictures in this thread sometime in 2022 (I think). But, to make things easy for everyone (including myself), I am reposting here.
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