Rock_From_Korea
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Oh~ ok.. did not know that olive oil would have such an adverse impact compared to teak oil. I just could not get hold of teak oil in Korea. Someone in MSW suggested that olive oil could be a good alternative to teak oil. I suppose I will have to look harder for teak oil then. Thanks for you input, Mark! -
Hello shipmates~! Still quite busy at work, but getting slightly better. I have finshed the forecastle decking, treenails on the forecastle deck, railings around the forecastle area and the grating on forecastle. A tiny amount of olive oil has been applied to the forecastle deck - looks better and cleaner than the gun deck where I applied lots of olive oil and thus inadvertently smeared the deck with the black pen used to bring out the caulking effect. Please see below some pictures during the work.
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Mostly done on the forecastle and upper quarterdeck decking.
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An interim overall look and the decking begins. I have posted just a few pictures on decking work as this involves much generic work already covered in my log.
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Hi All, It has been quite hectic at work and thus the recent tardiness on the shipyard. I have managed to do the finishing touches on the balcony, and further deck laying on the forecastle area and the upper quarterdeck. The below are some recent pictures of the finishing touches on the balcony.
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A big congratulations! Patrick! What a beutiful model~ I am still long way from finishing my first scratch built Golden Hind, but I have a good teacher such as yourself. Rock
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Hi Masa~ It is a pleasure to see a MSW member who is based in Korea! Where in South Korea are you located? I am located in Seoul. Also, you seem to have sourced beautiful pear wood in Korea. Would you be able to share where you managed to source such fine wood please? Thanks and regards, Rock
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The painting begins in ernest. I regretted this decision from this point onwards (I should have chosen the big golden hinde option!!) as the chosen design seems to be much more difficult to render as I thought. Anyway, although the final result is not exactly satisfactory, I think it looks OK at least from some distance. The close up picture definitely shows my lack of artistic talent. I did not make another attempt as I was not sure if the subsequent attempts would produce significantly better outcomes. For GH2 and GH3, I shall attempt for improvements, if not achieved I think I may either turn to a simpler design or decide to glue a print-out and varnish over it - which I was tempted many times for the GH prototype as well. The small golden hinde at the top looks more like golden hound than hinde......lol~
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Work continues first on the overall touching up of the stern face with thin strips of hard wood. Also, the face where the paintings will be done have been prepared with the thin strips used for decking (soft wood).
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Hi All, Quick update on the GH prototype shipyard. I decided to finish the stern part before moving to next items. I contemplated on what kind of decoration/coat of arms to use for the stern decoration (?, once again, I am not sure about the right jargon for this part). Aeropiccola plans suggest the royal coat of arms, but I find this highly unlikely as Drake was a privateer who had a secret and unofficial backing of the crown (Elizabeth I). Although Elizabeth invested in Drake's endeavors and secretly condoned the attack on enemy ships and cargo, royal coat of arms on the GH seems too far fetched. So, I considered couple of alternatives - 1) no decoration, 2) a big golden hinde (as in the London replica), 3) Christopher Hatton coat of arms, 4) royal coat of arms. I concluded for number 3 as although a coat of arms of Sir Christopher Hatton may also be somewhat far-fetched, it is still more plausible than the royal one. Furthermore, the ship's name change was specifically to honour the endeavor's principal patron - Sir Christopher Hatton - and thus golden hinde in his coat of arms. Anyway, I sourced a number of coat of arms of Christopher Hatton and decided to go for one of them. The below picture show the final candidate and the works on frame..
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Ah yes~! Knees! I just remembered. Although I did not know about different types of knees. Thanks~ Patrick!
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Supporting structures (cannot remember the name) for the balcony are cut into the shapes (2 different shapes applied) sanded and installed.
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Finishing up on stern Cannon doors and finally fixing the balcony in place for good.
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Hi All, I am finally doing prep work for the stern side balcony to be installed. Touching up the ceiling(?) above the balcony with strips of thin wood. Also, I decided to put in place 2 stern cannon doors (fake ones) just to be true to the contemporary historical depiction of Golden Hind - Aeropiccola plan does not include the stern cannon openings. Stern Cannon door work being done in tandem wirh the supporting structure to be installed above the balcony...ceiling(?)
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Hi Patrick, Thanks very much for these! You definitely seem to have put a lot of research on Golden Hind. I did not realize that 'no painting' of the upper hull was that common. I will defintely take your research into consideration. Anyway, I decided to put these decisions (pretty much only these) to family vote. So far, the biggest supporter of the current state is my daughter who is an art student - so she has quite a big weight! Nonetheless, I am still not very satisfied on how this particular section turned out. Either way, thanks again for your valuable information! Best regards, Rock
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Hi Ondras71, Thanks so much for your input! Will definitely put these on family vote! Best regards, Rock
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Hi Alan, Thanks very much for your kind comments and suggestion! I agree with you that at least on one side, the angles do vary (quite prominently) on the triangles - don't know how/why I missed that. I think I will retouch those areas later on - maybe to the extent of not damaging or polluting the overall area. On COVID, sorry to hear that Canada is experiencing more cases as well. I just don't understand how we all got COVID despite the vaccinations and constant wearing of masks. Guess even the masks have limitations - even the sturdy KP-94 masks! Thanks and regards, Rock
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In the same fashion but applying different design, I finished the stern section of the upper part. Also, after much consideration, I tried a very different design for the highest part of the stern section. I am not completely satisfied with this particular part and considered painting this part in dark green or even dark blue - but still not sure. I would appreciate and welcome any/all recommendations/suggestions from experienced MSW members. I may even strip the whole wood panels and redo this particular section with other designs/patterns/paintigs. Until I get a clear idea, I may leave it as is for the time being.
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A narrow wale has been placed between the lower and upper part. For the upper part, I painted the background and glued thin sheets hardwood on top for the overall design. The bow section is finished as below.
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The actual application of the selected design on GH1 begins. I changed the background color of the lower part from matt black to matt dark blue. Lower part done and I applied similar frieze pattern for the beakhead area as well.
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Hi All, It seems COVID is beginning to re-emerge in Korea. More new cases and our whole family had contracted COVID for the first time about 2 weeks ago. Anyway, I managed to work on the upper hull painting and rendition and tried on 2 major alternative designs as below. The last picture won the family vote on GH1. I also like the other design - which I think I will apply on GH2.
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Thank you, Patrick!
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Thanks, Alan!
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Now the much anticipated upper hull decoration and painting can start in earnest. I was still not sure which designs and colors to apply at different areas. Therefore, I decided to test different color and design combinations in a seperate thin sheet of soft woods. First, a frieze design (in a number of varying sizes) was obtained from internet, printed in paper and the shape carved out. I am testing different colors (with various back ground colors as well). Apart from this frieze pattern, I am planning to apply 2 major types of design. To be continued in the next update....
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Beakhead railings are also done in the same manner, albeit applying more wider width. Also, the curves are not achieved through bending, but cut in the shape (following the contours of the beakhead itself) and laminated together. I would still prefer bending a proper hardwood strip - which I do not have at my disposal at the moment unfortunately.
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