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I ordered a complete set of blocks and deadeyes a couple weeks ago for my next model, they are fantastic quality and they really do look quite good, I honestly forget they aren't wood when looking at them. I will probably use these blocks for all my models in the foreseeable future as the price to quality just can't be beat. Keep up the great work Chuck, I have yet to be disappointed in anything I have purchased from you.
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On my Beagle I shellacked my masts and then used a Matte varnish on top to tone down the glossiness of the shellac, maybe you could try the same with a bit of Satin varnish?
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Unless I'm mistaken I believe the captains hammock was strung up in the small starboard side cabin outside of the great cabin.
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Finally got the guns in. I gave up on the gun tackles and just put in the breech lines. After more than a week I just couldn't get a result I was satisfied with, so I threw in the towel to move on. I will have something to research and improve upon on my next model. Now that the cannons are in, I glued in the Great Cabin furniture. My next task is the quarter deck framing, I have started to de-char the pieces and prep for painting.
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That looks great, much better than I could probably manage.
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Definitely thinking about a Sphinx set if it fits the budget, I'm awful at making those little buggers out of wood lol.
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Looks great, your really booking it now.
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I have had the same thoughts as well, I also would think there would be concerns with the guns being more exposed to the sea water, but like you said it must have not been a big problem as it seems to be the standard an many ships.
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Anchor liners/Bill Boards Not sure what these parts are officially called, but inspired by @Blue Ensign design for the top "bill board" section, and looking at a lot of contemporary frigate models I noticed many had a sort of swooping part over the gunwales which is also present in the AOTS Pandora book. From what I can gather it seems like these swooping pieces were more permanent, while the top billboard piece were less permanent and could be unbolted from the ship, but I could be totally wrong on that. I grabbed some graphing paper and took some measurements and made a template piece. I then grabbed some maple veneer off cuts and copied the template over and then cut it out with some scissors. I glued the swooping pieces to the gunwales. I then added a 1x3 piece on top of the gunwale piece, and then added a couple vertical pieces for the top billboard part to be built on. I used pear strips, with holes and some small brass wire cut off in the holes to simulate bolts. Then a couple coats of WOP, and this is the finished result I downloaded the Indefatigable instructions from Vanguards website, because Chris included some cool little maps in the instructions you can print and cut out. I cut a few out and folded them in various ways just to add a little life into the great cabin.
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I needed to order some more rope for the cannons, so while I wait for that I started to work on the Great Cabin furniture. I am using the 3d printed furniture from Vanguard, I painted with some Model Expo Cherry Paint that I had left over from my Beagle kit. I then added went over with a little American Walnut paint to add a little depth. I Varnished with WOP, but Its a little glossy so I will probably try a Satin or Matte Varnish to tone down the shine. I'm also going to try to print out some little maps or papers to add a little life to the cabin. I also wanted to try out making a captains hammock, so this is my first attempt. Once I get to the QD beams I will figure out the ropes to hang it.
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That's exactly the look I was going for, but I believe his ropes are larger diameter and I don't think they would fit through the 2mm blocks I am using, heck its difficult to get the .1mm thread through those blocks. I may try messing around with some slightly larger Syren rope I still have to see if it looks too out of scale, .1mm thread is just so thin its hard to make look like real rope.
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Here is my first dry run at rigging the cannons, nothing is glued in place, I just want to get my process down before I start an assembly line. My feelings are mixed, for the amount of work that is involved I'm not really sure if the effort pays off at this scale. I'm fairly happy with how the breeching line went, but the gun tackles and rope are so tiny that I can't really get a good looking result yet. The blocks are Chucks 2.5mm resin printed blocks, they look fantastic but their size isn't easy to work with. I was going for something like this on the gun tackles where the excess rope is wrapped around the line, but the .1mm rope is so small that you Its hard to make it look nice without looking like a blob of white rope. I know many like to coil the ropes to the side, and I think that looks great but I don't really want to go with coils at the moment, plus I'm just horrible at making coils. Here is the other side At this moment I'm considering just doing the breeching lines, but I'm still working on alternative ways to rig the tackles to make them look good. I just don't want to spend a huge amount of time working towards a result I won't be 100% happy with.
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Those cannon look great, I think you made the right choice doing the cannons first.
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Before I secure the cannons in the ship I wanted to install the deadeyes and chain plates. Looking at all the pieces required on the photo etch was fairly intimidating, but it all went together fairly easily and I had no real issues other than needing lots of touch ups on the paint. Next I finished the carriage quoins which was the last non rigging piece of the cannons I had left to finish. Cannons aren't glued in yet, as I will do that after I figure out the rigging of the guns. Next step will be rigging the guns (if I can manage the super small blocks)
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Well looks like I am going to need to by some more replacement parts. Not sure how or when this happened, I opened up my fittings box this weekend and noticed the lanterns had somehow got crushed. Does anyone know if the Syren lantern kits are similar in size and shape to the ones that come with the Sphinx? Trying to decide if I should order another Vanguard set or go with one of the Syren kits.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who had to use a ton of nails on the wale.
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You are giving me too much credit lol. Only reason I am rigging the cannons after is because I have never done it before and am ignorant to which way is easiest. I'm sure in the next week I will be wishing I did it your way.
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I never even considered a jig to rig the cannons up, I may have to steal your idea. So you rig them on the jig, unhook the hooks from the jig, and glue and hook them onto the model?
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Amazing model, I'm bookmarking this thread for when I get around to a Speedy build.
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For medium CA glue i like to use those long nozzles you can get online, they really cut down the flow rate so you don't use too much. Below is an example of some I use. CA Nozzles Lately I have been using thick CA glue more and more as its a little more controllable than Medium CA glue on small parts. For planks I just use the bottle and a smaller nozzle. For smaller more precise applications, I like to pour a bead of thick CA glue in a small cup or piece of plastic, and then dipping from that bead either use toothpicks for less fine work, or these glue loopers which have quickly become a staple in my toolbox. Glue looper
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I think you all are on to something with the weather and wind regarding the doors, it would make sense that the stove would need some protection from the elements considering the gun deck is open. Small update, I have all the wheels on the cannons, and I only lost one wheel to the black hole under my desk so I will call that a win. The only task left on the cannons before gluing down and attempting to rig are the carriage quoins. I haven't touched these yet so I will have to remove the char, sand, paint, and varnish 20 of these as my last step on the carriages.
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I am planning on it, and even purchased a bunch of super small 2mm blocks from Chuck to do it. But to be honest when I saw how small those 2mm blocks were I started to get some second thoughts haha, I know some curse words are going to be said while trying to work with those little buggers.
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