Barbossa

Hello Martyn, Hennie, Edwin and Peter,
 
Welcome again......
There is enough popcorn for everyone !
 
@ Martyn,
 
You are allowed to follow     
 
@ Hennie,
 
Ok, Sergal.
And yes, I also want to finish the Aggy first but the wood smell is  going there own way.
Now I can switch between those 2.
 
@ Edwin,
 
I'didn't know that the smell was that big !
 
Anja is saying Hi to you and Urmilla.
Hope everything is allright there with you.
 
@ nenad,
 
Let the party begins !!!!!!
 
@ Peter,
 
Welcome !
Popcorn enough so take some.
And the quality of Agostini kits are really good.
But I have to wait till the end before I can say something about the whole kit ( or issues)
 
After cleaning the popcorn I have done something again.
The deck beams are on it and because you can push the beams down with almost no pressure, I have make under it another little beam.
Then I have glued the second deck.
Now I have to find out if this deck has getting planking or maybe there is a third one on top of it.
If I have to plank this deck i will do it before I'm planking the hull.
Otherwise first the hull and then another deck ?
I'll keep you posted !
 
Sjors
 

 

 

 
 
 

Hi Sjors,  talking about a challenge, tackling the " Gouden Duivel"  is a challenge for sure.
According to Björn Landström book " Sailing ships" this is how the S.o.S. was nicknamed by the Dutch in the 17th Century
 
I'll follow along

Bern in Switzerland at night and it rains cats and dogs. Lovely city with wonderful arcades and beautiful shops, but all closed by this time. To wet to do anything else so I sit underneath the arcades in front of the hotel and do some more addenda - bad luck for you lot ;-)   If being fed up with gross motor skilled work like the planking or skylighting, I still had something else to do.   As I already knew that I will need two more figure heads, so i decided to do a decent one, and this time to hopefully do a casting of it.   Here are two Heller originals. and even here one is less crisp than the other and even that one has the appearance of an old chewed and sucked out chewing gum …     … that is why I spend several nighttimes giving some TLC wich the help of my scraping skills and a scalpel …     … and no, the red is no blood, it is only Edding marker to have a control what i was doing. And suddenly the horse started to jump, the harp harped again, the ice bucket rebecame Charlemagne’s crown and the duke´s hat behated everything once more and the undercuts finally cutted under …   … only ..   … only the lions where not be be revived by this treatment, so I replaced them by thin sheet like I already did with figure-head.1 :-)   And to crown the assembly …     … massacred the old crown …      … to serve as a bending template for the replacement.     Hollowed the base …     … and checked how much space was under the spriet mast.     Shortened the top accordingly …     … and it looked good :-)       O yes the small lettering was also fixed. After using pincers and paint, after spray glue and CA I tried something new, transparent Post-its   Cut in small stripes …     … and catch the letter with the sticky side - the transparent allows to see the orientation  - applied little CA …     … placed it and used something pointed to press against the surface …     … and it fits :-)   XXXDAn

Build log part 35
 
Update
 
Starting with the 8 mm high railing of and around the promenade deck.....
 
the railing is a very fragile piece of equipment. I start with the portion which requires the most attention. In opposite to the forecastle deck railing this long railing will be glued on in sections to the base rail, instead of soldering it. I`ll ty and fit a handrail afterwards, in order to stabilize it better
 
Nils
 

 
The two rectangular (unplanked) patches take up the nav-light cabinets
 
 

 
the stern anchor rests on a special place aft / midships
 
 

 
before cutting the railing lengths to fit, I made some templates.......
 
 

 
the railings are from chemical etched copper, 0,5 mm thick, in scale 1:150 (also suits my scale 1:144 well)
 
 
 
 

Happy birthday and get back soon !

Hi Sjors,  talking about a challenge, tackling the " Gouden Duivel"  is a challenge for sure.
According to Björn Landström book " Sailing ships" this is how the S.o.S. was nicknamed by the Dutch in the 17th Century
 
I'll follow along

Happy birthday and get back soon !

Happy birthday and get back soon !

Hi Sjors,  talking about a challenge, tackling the " Gouden Duivel"  is a challenge for sure.
According to Björn Landström book " Sailing ships" this is how the S.o.S. was nicknamed by the Dutch in the 17th Century
 
I'll follow along

I'm afraid I find rigging to be extremely tedious and it is the least liked part of a build for me.
 
 
Sorry..   

Happy birthday and get back soon !

Happy birthday and get back soon !

Hi Sjors,  talking about a challenge, tackling the " Gouden Duivel"  is a challenge for sure.
According to Björn Landström book " Sailing ships" this is how the S.o.S. was nicknamed by the Dutch in the 17th Century
 
I'll follow along

Hi Sjors,  talking about a challenge, tackling the " Gouden Duivel"  is a challenge for sure.
According to Björn Landström book " Sailing ships" this is how the S.o.S. was nicknamed by the Dutch in the 17th Century
 
I'll follow along

Hi Sjors,  talking about a challenge, tackling the " Gouden Duivel"  is a challenge for sure.
According to Björn Landström book " Sailing ships" this is how the S.o.S. was nicknamed by the Dutch in the 17th Century
 
I'll follow along

Hi Sjors,  talking about a challenge, tackling the " Gouden Duivel"  is a challenge for sure.
According to Björn Landström book " Sailing ships" this is how the S.o.S. was nicknamed by the Dutch in the 17th Century
 
I'll follow along

Hi Sjors,  talking about a challenge, tackling the " Gouden Duivel"  is a challenge for sure.
According to Björn Landström book " Sailing ships" this is how the S.o.S. was nicknamed by the Dutch in the 17th Century
 
I'll follow along

One thing I would like to see (and Chuck you already do it) is detailed pictures of what is being offered. When I am looking for cleats I see a list of 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, etc... or something similar. If there are no detailed photos or just a crude drawing or description I have no idea how good they really look or if I will be able to use them until they are delivered. Often I order anchors, belaying pins, carronades and cleats for a kit upgrade or a scratchbuild and end up with some grossly mis-shaped or out of scale.
 
Detailed pictures make the sale easy!

What will be good, they are kits with of afforest that of the sapelli, that it have no anachronisms in the construction, mouldings or sculpture there in resin rather than metal badly molded and more detailed plans...

Would love to see some options for wood type. Entry level = basswood. Premium level = boxwood or walnut or other exotics. Or maybe you could call it Painted level vs Stained level.
 
I have no problem with paying extra for premium wood. At the moment I am having Jason replacing the basswood included in my kit's "on the shelf"

Interesting topic.
Perhaps a bit theoretical but here's my request : 
 
How come there's so little of Jean Boudriot's work available in the kit market ?
Is this a legal or a copyright issue ?
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but I have only knowledge of "Le Chebec" released by Heller, a plastic kit , a few decades ago, I guess...
I'd love a 1/64 version of wonderful vessels such as La Vénus, La Renommée,...

Interesting topic.
Perhaps a bit theoretical but here's my request : 
 
How come there's so little of Jean Boudriot's work available in the kit market ?
Is this a legal or a copyright issue ?
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but I have only knowledge of "Le Chebec" released by Heller, a plastic kit , a few decades ago, I guess...
I'd love a 1/64 version of wonderful vessels such as La Vénus, La Renommée,...

My sincere thanks to all who visited my shipyard and your likes, it's always very much appreciated.
 
You Carl, there is a lot to say about using wood for carving instead of marble.  With wood we can fudge - - - a lot.  We can add wood putty when we remove too much.  With marble, well what can I say - buy another block. I hope i wont have to add wood putty but this'll be a trial piece and if I have to I will.
 
@ Mark: Yeah, house and yard work are one of the necessary things one must do when owning a home.  Especially in Florida during the spring season when we have had a lot rain and now a lot of sunshine.  Plants grow fast and if you stay away from tending to them, even for a week, then it's catch-up time.  And now that Gwen will be needing more of my help bench time will be shorter yet. 
 
@ Brian: We are in the same boat so to speak.  This bow lion will be the third carving I have ever done in my 82 years of life.  The first two, that actually entailed one trial carving, for the counter, was my very first.  Now, I did obtain a book on carving and read it several times to get a feel for it.  Like you, I understand the principals of it all but the actual doing it and making it look like something presentable is a whole other thing.
I am also a self taught artist and can switch brain halves in an instant.  This helps tremendously in visualizing the subject appearing out of a chunk of wood.  First thing is to make an accurate drawing of your subject, both profile, top view and bottom view.  The profile is rather easy, may examples around but now come the top and bottom of the lion, like in this case.  I don't have any drawings of that so I had to kinda guess at it.  We do have a cat and taking a few pics her is one way to to do it.  One of my 14 or 15 certificated trades is machine draftsman and illustrative draftsman, you know the guy who draws a machine in three D as if blown apart?  I guess drawing comes to me as second nature but I do rely on photos and drawings or paintings, which I also have.  When you carve the drawing away just redraw it again.
 
My advice is to purchase the book from Bill Short, "The New Carving Ornamentation for Ship Models."  I believe it's still available through MSW, check the log-in page.  You can also e-mail him at modelshipright@sympatico.ca
There is plenty of very good advice and illustrations in it for the novice carver such as me and you.  Also the tools you'll need.  I do not have all the tools I would like to have but a small scalpel or at least a #11 Execto and the Execto chisel blade is almost a must and keep them sharp.  Small gouges are also very helpful, of which I don't have any, at least not the good ones.  I'll have to make them I guess, the good ones are not cheap.   Next ask you dentist for his worn out burs and get a small rotary tool or flex shaft with collets that fit on a Dremmel type tool.
I find that these are not as easy to use on soft wood like basswood but still a worthwhile tool to have.  That's why my final carving will be from boxwood.
 
The rest is trial and error.  Go slow and keep comparing with your drawings.  You'll be surprised what you can do.  Jump in, the water is great.  
Good luck my friend and
 
Cheers, 

Okay, okay already   - - - As things grow here in Florida I have to keep somewhat active with the yard otherwise it'll be more difficult to get it back in somewhat of an order.
However, I managed to start with the bow lion.  I bought a block of basswood to carve a trial piece before I tackle the "real" one from castello.  
 
Now I have divide my attention between the Surabaya, the Diorama, yard work and drawing.  Then two of my neighbors are asking for help with a few minor projects and Gwen's hands are really giving her a fit.  After her carpal tunnel operation, now a year and half ago, she has what's called "trigger finger."  It is painful and has almost no power in here hands to hold much of anything.  I am now also having to cook more, which I like to do, but it takes time away from shipbuilding. 
 
At least the basswood is easy to carve but found out that it as also very easy to split small parts off at the grain line, if one is not careful.  So, I don't have much new to report but at least it's something and not very exiting.
 

Here you see me cutting the bow lion out of that piece of basswood.  I figured it being easier to do it on the band saw rather then on the Proxxon jig saw. 
 

This shows the roughly cut out bow lion.
 

Here I have penciled in the lion outline looking down on it's back
 

Here I have penciled in the lion outline looking up at its belly.
 

This shows the beginning stages of the carving.
 
Cheers,

Hi!
 
Discovered this forum again (have been always registered here, but forgotten this) during my research to find out how to construct some details of the HMS Sophie. My problem is that there is just one commonly known existing plan of Jack Aubrey's HMS Sophie (former Spanish brig Vencejo) and the plan is not very good in every aspect.
 
At the moment I am having trouble with the Brodie Stove (found no possible information how it could look like and where it was installed on the HMS Sophie). I took the Brodie Stove from the Spanish Frigate Santa Leocadia
 
The second and more problematic issue is the question how could be the beams over the battery deck arranged? I found no similar ship to take a closer look on the construction.
 
The ship was built initially by me for a 3D-Animation, but now it serves as the main character for my web comic project. This is the reason why I need a highly detailed battery deck. For the 3D-Animation this deck should not been shown to closely.
 
Greetings
 
Ivi