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Rock_From_Korea
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Hello shipmates~ Final work on the decks contuned...slowly. Installed the rails for the quarterdeck and poop deck. Below are the pictures taken during the process - very similar to the forcastle deck rail construction, so will keep comments short.
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Thanks very much for your advise, Allan~ Much appreciated! BTW, I am not aware of the RMG site. If you could enlighten me a bit further on RMG site, it would be great! Thanks!
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Hi Allan, I am sure that they did NOT use belaying pins during the 16th century! As I mentioned at the start of the belaying pin work in the forecastle area some time ago, I originally planned to use no belaying pins. However, looking at the sheer number of rigging that I need to do later, I decided to use some belaying pins. Just a bit of compromise between historical accuracy and ease of work on rigging. After trying this particular method for GH1 and if I figure out a way for tackling all the rigging without help from some belaying pins, I will definitely apply it to GH2 and beyond. Regards, Rock
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Hi Robert~ Thanks very much for your kind words! It is indeed good to be back~ And I realized how we take for granted our health and well functioning body! Regards, Tock
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I still feel a little bit clumsy with my left index finger. And as such, work is not as satisfactory as before. Anyway, for the whipstaff house, I just chose a simple (but robust) design. The end result is kind of cute and quite strong structurally. Below are the photos on this endeavor. The whipstaff house is not attached yet to the deck as I will need some space to work on the mizzen mast area and etc.
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Continuing on grating and some work on the quarterdeck knighthead(? not sure if this is the right jargon). My beloved IKEA drill is broken..... So, until I get a new IKEA drill (I intend to get another IKEA drill!), some work that requires drill will need to wait - some refinement to be done later on the quaterdeck knighthead(?).
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Hello All~ It's been a long time since my last update! I had to take time off from the shipyard due to minor injury on my left hand. Now fully functional again~ So, I have restarted on where I left off. Continuing on the quaterdeck grating and whipstaff house. First, below are some pictures on the quarterdeck grating.
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More progress pictures...
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Hi all~ It's been a while since my last visit - have been tied up with something. Anyway, work on the upper decks continued. I tried walnut color stain for the ladder and it tuned out quite OK. Belaying pin racks are once again done using decommisioned hard wood chopsticks. Below are some progress pictures.
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And finally, I put the rails in place. So, work on hull itself (or outer hull) seems to be pretty much done. Next will be the works vis-a-vis filling in the inside of the decks with various structures as well as cannons. Still long way to go until I can finally begin with masts and rigging.
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Some more pictues~
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Hi All~ Work continued on the final deckwork in the quatredeck and poop deck areas. Just generic stuff, so nothing much to comment or to explain. Below are the latest work stream pictures.
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Finalizing the initial quarterdeck work - glueing things in place, installing additional features..etc. Also, the poop deck area construction begins..
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Work on the quarterdeck continues...dyeing the pillars and support beams, making and installing a ladder,
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Hello shipmates~! I have temporarily paused work on cannons and moved on to quaterdeck and poop deck work. The demi culverins will be installed after all the deck works are finished. I have come up with a simple design where two pillars (and 2 short cross beams) will support the quarterdeck (in the midship area). I realize that this particular design may deviate from a historically accurate method of constructing pillars and deck support, but I am reserving a more historically acceptable (or correct method) for GH2 and onwards as the lower quarterdeck area from GH2 onwards will feature much more open space and thus more realistic rendition/construction will be required anyway. For the pillars, I decided to try rectangular soft wood pieces that were originally salvaged from my wife's dish dryer (from IKEA). These pieces were used to build a large cage for my daughter's pet quail when wife decided to decommision the wooden dish dryer. So, these soft wood pieces have been recyled and repurposed twice already! Final life of these soft wood pieces as pillars supporting a wooden model ship deck begins as below.
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Thanks very much, Patrick!
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Finalizing the gun port works~ I decided to install the wrought iron guns for now as these will be difficult to install when the quarterdeck work begins. So, the demi-culverins will be installed at a later stage.
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I originally planned to put 2 kevels and one cleat on each side, but unfortunately there were not enough space for 2 kevels if later rigging and etc are considered - so, 2 cleats and 1 kevel on each side for GH1. I will definitely plan better from GH2 onwards so that the gun port spacing as well other structures in that area do not impede 2 kevel and 1 (or 2) cleats installment. I realized after glueing them that the cleats seem a bit big (actually, looks like giant cleats!) and probably off the correct scale. I may redo these later on. But, for now, I decided to leave it as is. Structures for gun port rigging are installed for all gun ports. All gun ports that feature open ports are rigged accordingly.
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Hello all~ Work continued on cannons, gun port rigging, kevels, cleats and etc. I decided to use both kevels and cleats in midship weather deck area. The cleats were first made from disposable bamboo chopsticks as in the below pictures (I think I am really evolving into ‘master’ or ‘champion’ of chopstick recycling). The end result is quite satisfactory - looks good and quite sturdy. For kevels, I used ordinary(?) hard wood in the most simplistic style.
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Thanks very much for your kind comment, Robert!
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I decided to try out a simple method for rigging the cannon doors - 2 short tooth pick on each side of the door top to handle the outer and inner ropes that are tied to the cannon door. First test rigging of the wrought iron cannon done.
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4 demi -culverins done and trying out positions. I decided to put the shorter demi- culverin near the ladder to the forecastle as there seems to be less space here than in the middle of the weather-deck. Cannon door rigging also started in couple of test cases.
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Hello shipmates~ The work on cannons is taking quite a long time! As I am implementing 2 different types of cannons (wrought iron cannons and demi-culverins), the research and prep time are almost double. Nonetheless, it is quite interesting work to deploy different types of cannons. I also plan to try different types of gun positions etc. Anyway, below are the works that have been carried out on the demi-culverins. I used a bit thicker tooth pick to make the handle of the angle adjuster.
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Hi All~ Just a small update on cannons. I managed to make 1 shorter wrought iron cannon(35 mm) and made finishing touches (varnishing and final mounting) on both the longer (39mm) and shorter guns. It seems that even the shorter one has little room to maneuver in the grating area. Therefore, I made preliminary tests using a demi-calverin, which looks more suitable for that specific area.
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Roter Löwe 1597 by Ondras71
Rock_From_Korea replied to Ondras71's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Absolutely fabulous work, Ondras!
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