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HMS Serapis by BradNSW - FINISHED - 35 year Scratch Build
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Hello with first question on my first build
BradNSW replied to Ratdude's topic in New member Introductions
Yep, that is where she did battle with the HMS Serapis. John Paul Jones was the CAPT of Bonhomme Richard and replied with the immortal quote "I have not yet begun to fight" when asked by the better armed Serapis CAPT to surrender. They fought for several hours, and John Paul Jones (father of the US Navy,) finally pulled alongside, tied the two ships together and boarded. A second US ship continued to fire into both ships. Eventually the Serapis CAPT surrendered and shortly thereafter, the Bonhomme Richard sank off the coast of Yorkshire, Flamborough Head (your backyard!!!) I built the Bonhomme Richard Cross Section to go with my scratch build of the HMS Serapis that I built over a 35 year period. There is a short photo summary of the Serapis build at this link: HMS Serapis Scratch Build -
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Beavers Prize 1777 by Mike Y - 1:48 - POF - Hahn style
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Beavers Prize 1777 by Mike Y - 1:48 - POF - Hahn style
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The lighter color of the boxwood on the lower deck would highlight the geometric construction. Then the upper deck geometry would be highlighted the same? Then using the pink pear for deck planking, furniture, etc. The inverse would be nice also...darker geometric construction and lighter (scrubbed/washed/moped) decks. Either way, your work is superb!
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Le Rochefort by No Idea - 1/24th Scale - First POF Build
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Pegasus by hdrinker - 1:48 - POF - Swan practicum
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HMS Serapis by BradNSW - FINISHED - 35 year Scratch Build
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Hello with first question on my first build
BradNSW replied to Ratdude's topic in New member Introductions
Pictures of the guns, ships oven and water station. My build log is on another forum. BHR build log Thanks for your interest.
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I've discovered your build log and spent two evenings just trying to absorb all the detailed info! Your incredible joints, milling, plane and chisel work, as well as the accuracy of your measuring and set-up will be something I strive for when I begin my next scratch build!! Thanks for sharing this wonderful work with such thorough documentation and photography!
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HMS Serapis by BradNSW - FINISHED - 35 year Scratch Build
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Hello with first question on my first build
BradNSW replied to Ratdude's topic in New member Introductions
They are all much smaller scale than your superb build. The corkscrew effect was just wire wrapped around a small toothpick. The button in the tampion is brilliant and well executed! -
Agreed...it was my inspiration, while studying Naval Architecture there. I began my first scratch model several years after graduation and finished it 30+ years later. I drag my wife through the displays, every time we visit. Not so sure she finds them as inspiring as I do!!! The POW bone models never cease to amaze me. Your work is superb and I will be following!
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Hello with first question on my first build
BradNSW replied to Ratdude's topic in New member Introductions
I love the chain shot and water bucket! I may need to add the tompion (barrel cover) to my cross section of the Bonhomme Richard...yours looks awesome!! Have you thought about adding some of the tools needed for reloading? I added a few to each station on my cross section (see below). Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for the invite to the Denver Club. I've attended two meetings. I brought my latest project: a Bonhomme Richard cross-section, the 2nd time. I'm up in Loveland, so it's a bit of a drive. I'm also on the road in our RV for 6-7 months/year. I'll continue to attend, when time and travel permit...and look forward to meeting you. I was also a member of the San Diego guild off and on, when I wasn't deployed or living overseas. I looked over your build log and am impressed with how it's coming along!!
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I had two Artesia Latina kits under my belt. The Scottish Maid and King of the Mississippi. My first scratch build and first carvings. For the cradles, I traced the frames where I wanted them to sit, then just started whittling until they began to take shape (a dinosaur or sea creature or???). Yeah, I'm a stick-with-it guy (or as my wife says...stubborn as a mule):)!
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I've got 100s of other pictures documenting the build, but I'll close with pictures of how she sits now. Following 3 years on the road in our RV, we finally bought a home in Loveland Colorado. A corner of the basement is my "Navy Bar", where the finished model finally landed.
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Finally ready to tackle the figurehead. Serapis is an Egyptian Bey who guarded the gates of Hades with his three headed dog Cerebrus. He is always depicted with an upside-down bowl/grain holder on his head. Tracing the figurehead from the Serapis 1782 drawings. The finished results.
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Quater gallery construction and carvings.
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Cannon port covers, backstay chainplates and quarterdeck accommodation ladder.
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I got some additional carving practice, before trying the figurehead, while decorating the cathead.
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Next were the bow gratings and seats of ease.
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