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marktiedens got a reaction from woodo in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
A little progress - I figured it was time to cut out the lower 2 rows of gunports. I have some wood squares on sticks made up of various sizes to mark out the ports.
After marking out the ports I drilled a number of holes around inside the lines,cut out the center with a small keyhole saw,& filed them out to size. The lower row are 14mm & the middle row are 13mm.
After that I thought it would be a good time also to cut the openings for the side entries. I ran into one small problem - apparently the gunports are a couple of mm too far forward. The side entries should be almost directly above the gunport at bulkhead 1 amidships,so what I did was after marking the bottom of the entry to be level with the second gun deck I simply cut part of the bulkhead out where it interfered. So not really a problem - just a little more work. I don`t know where I was off when marking the gunports because I triple checked the positions before cutting them out .Maybe the positions on the plans were slightly off.
Mark
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marktiedens reacted to Mirabell61 in HMS Pegasus 1776 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:64 - 16-gun sloop
Build log part 93
Update
brought in the spare spars (rough shaped) for the boat`s rest, a little asymetric offset to port side, so that the stb place on the gallow has place for taking up other items as well
Nils
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marktiedens got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Thanks Mike & Ian. The wood is the limewood that came in the kit. It`s just the first layer - the second planking is still to come.
Mark
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marktiedens reacted to mtaylor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Time to splice the main brace, methinks. Or maybe just a happy dance...
Major milestone today... external hull planking (except for the transom is finished. Still needs a serious sanding and some gap filling which I'll start on after a bit of cleanup in shop.
Next job (after the sanding is fitting the stern post, fashion pieces and doing the transom.. planking, windows, carvings, and the molding strips.
Time to splice the main brace, methinks. Or maybe just a happy dance...
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marktiedens reacted to Seventynet in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Sweet planking job! Nice and clean.
Best, Ian
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marktiedens reacted to Landlubber Mike in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Gorgeous planking. What kind of wood are you using?
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marktiedens reacted to NMBROOK in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Excellent work Mark
Kind Regards
Nigel
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marktiedens got a reaction from Shipyard sid in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
I haven`t posted for a while - been planking. The first planking from the main deck down to the keel is now done & sanded. No filler was needed . I was careful to add small shims & file a little as I planked. next will be cutting out the gunports & adding the mounting blocks for the cannon barrels. I will probably not be adding guns to the ports that are blocked by the bulkheads.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from canoe21 in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
I haven`t posted for a while - been planking. The first planking from the main deck down to the keel is now done & sanded. No filler was needed . I was careful to add small shims & file a little as I planked. next will be cutting out the gunports & adding the mounting blocks for the cannon barrels. I will probably not be adding guns to the ports that are blocked by the bulkheads.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from Dubz in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
I haven`t posted for a while - been planking. The first planking from the main deck down to the keel is now done & sanded. No filler was needed . I was careful to add small shims & file a little as I planked. next will be cutting out the gunports & adding the mounting blocks for the cannon barrels. I will probably not be adding guns to the ports that are blocked by the bulkheads.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from edmay in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
I haven`t posted for a while - been planking. The first planking from the main deck down to the keel is now done & sanded. No filler was needed . I was careful to add small shims & file a little as I planked. next will be cutting out the gunports & adding the mounting blocks for the cannon barrels. I will probably not be adding guns to the ports that are blocked by the bulkheads.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from medic in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
A little update - before starting on the planking I thought it would be a good time to make the hole for the bowsprit. Planked down from the main deck to just below the lower gun deck. After triple checking the gun port positions vertically & horizontally I drilled pilot holes for marking & cutting the gun ports out, I am trying to decide whether to cut out the gun ports now or finish planking down to the keel & sand the hull first. I`m thinking it may be easier to plank the lower part of the hull first so I don`t snag the sandpaper on all the holes.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from medic in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
A little update - I got the stern & bow filler blocks shaped & bulkhead edges beveled in preparation for the first planking. Also added a support on the lower gun deck for the mizzen mast. I will fasten the keel & stem before planking - have always done it that way. I will plank from the main deck level down to the lower gun deck so I can locate the openings for the gun ports following the lead by Vince P on his RW build. I also tapered the stern keel former down to 5mm so the planking will go up against the keel properly.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from medic in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
I thought I would dry fit the false keel & stem before gluing the bulkheads & ran into a little problem. First the stem was broke in 2 places which was not a big issue - just glued it back together. The breaks were not in a spot that would be easily visible. Second - the false keel & stern post are 7mm thick but the stem piece is almost 8mm thick . After some work with the disc sander & a sanding block I got it down to the correct thickness.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from medic in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Hi all - this will be my attempt at building the Royal William from Euromodel. I say attempt because I consider my skills as just average. Upon opening the very heavy box I took a few pictures of the contents.All the bulkheads & the keel former are nicely laser cut. The keel former is good & straight but some of the bulkheads are warped a little. The contents include the usual fittings & a lot of cast metal pieces - most nicely done. There are 17 sheets of very nicely done 1:1 plans & a lot of strip wood which seems to be good quality.
Mark
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marktiedens reacted to pirozzi in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Nice planking job. Neatest one I have seen yet. I have planked several ships and have not done such a nice job yet.
Vince P.
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marktiedens reacted to mtdoramike in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
What a beautiful planking job you did on this beauty. I can't wait to see this build take shape.
mike
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marktiedens reacted to NMBROOK in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Yes Mark,very impressed by it so far
Kind Regards
Nigel
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marktiedens reacted to pirozzi in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
The transom and stern galleries are finally completed. While there has not been any easy steps yet in building her, I believe the transom to be the most difficult and tedious part of the entire build, but we will see. I am glad it is done and it took me several months and a couple hundred hours to do. It is not perfect, but I am happy with the results.
Next up will be the wales, I think.
Vince P.
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marktiedens reacted to pirozzi in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
The large heavy casting that makes up the top decorations is all in one piece and goes across the top of the entire transom. The one in my kit was cracked about in the middle. It did not break in half, but any rough handling would have done it. Since this piece has to be heated and bent to match the curvature of the transom, the crack had to be repaired first. Some thick CA and pressing the crack closed, and placing in a clamp for a few days did the trick. Once it was heated and bent, it was painted and clamped in place on the transom.
Vince P.
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marktiedens reacted to pirozzi in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
The plans don't really show how to place the little upper windows on the transom. I have seen them just placed over the openings and also reset into the openings. I decided they look better if reset into the openings, especially because the two end windows can be seen from both front and back. They are exposed on the backside in one of the little balconies. Also, these metal window castings are only detailed on the front side and blank on the back. I had to detail the backs of the two end ones and paint them accordingly.
Vince P.
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marktiedens reacted to pirozzi in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
There are 8 tiny windows that make up the upper gallery. Each one has a unique shape to match the cutouts in the transom. It is easy to mix them up. They are numbered on the plans and on each piece. Once I cut out the window panes and adjusted the cutouts in the transom, I placed them on the plan drawing to keep them in the correct place.
Vince P.
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marktiedens got a reaction from Seventynet in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
I haven`t posted for a while - been planking. The first planking from the main deck down to the keel is now done & sanded. No filler was needed . I was careful to add small shims & file a little as I planked. next will be cutting out the gunports & adding the mounting blocks for the cannon barrels. I will probably not be adding guns to the ports that are blocked by the bulkheads.
Mark
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marktiedens got a reaction from NMBROOK in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
Thank you Nigel. I am following your Nuestra Senora build & it looks like a really nice kit.
Mark
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marktiedens reacted to Mirabell61 in HMS Pegasus 1776 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:64 - 16-gun sloop
Update
all braces are now on, sheets ad tacks of the main courses, the starboard anchor rigging, additional coilings to belaying points, and a correction to the ensign staff line (hoistline shifted to leeward side of the spanker sail on deck), with thanks to Druxey and Crackers for their kind comments.....
Nils
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