Jump to content
DONATION DRIVE - SUPPORT MSW - DO YOUR PART TO KEEP THIS GREAT FORUM GOING! (91 donations so far out of 49,000 members - C'mon guys!) ×
2025 NRG PHOTOGRAPHIC SHIP MODEL CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED ×
Ship Modeler's Handbook - Back in Stock ×

Nightdive

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    37

  • Joined

2 Followers

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Varsinais-Suomi, Finland

Recent Profile Visitors

1,110 profile views
  1.    Nightdive reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Peter S - Vanguard Models - 1:64
  2.    Nightdive reacted to a post in a topic: His Britannic Majesty's Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Paul White - Vanguard Models - 1:64
  3.    Nightdive reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Bellona by Nearshore - Corel - 1:100
  4.    Nightdive reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Warrior by Ian B - Billing Boats - 1/100
  5.    Nightdive reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Warrior by Ian B - Billing Boats - 1/100
  6.    muratx reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  7.    muratx reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  8.    muratx reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  9.    muratx reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  10.    muratx reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  11.    Nightdive reacted to a post in a topic: His Britannic Majesty's Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Paul White - Vanguard Models - 1:64
  12.    Nightdive reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne by Pitan - Vanguard Models - 1:64
  13.    Nightdive reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne by Pitan - Vanguard Models - 1:64
  14.    Nightdive reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne by Pitan - Vanguard Models - 1:64
  15. Nightdive started following Lady Isabella by palmerit - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Zulu , HM Brig Badger by ERS Rich - Caldercraft - 1/64 , His Britannic Majesty's Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Paul White - Vanguard Models - 1:64 and 7 others
  16.    Paul White reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  17.    ERS Rich reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  18. Nightdive
    Good to know, I'll need to check out that part of your build log again. I'll try adding two small extra bits of wood to mine first, the seam might not be too visible in a black part.
  19.    ccoyle reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  20.    Thukydides reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  21.    AJohnson reacted to a post in a topic: HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Nightdive - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - First Build
  22. Nightdive
    Happy new year to you too! Gunwales are now installed and gunports painted. I filed and re-painted them multiple times to make the laminated structure of the sides less obvious. No masking was needed when using a tiny brush and painting from the inside of the ship. I ran into some issues with the side timbers and transom rail, highlighted in red. There's probably something wrong with my counter installation, or it might just be that all the small deviations over the course of the build are catching up with me on these last few parts. I can probably sand the counter to fit the transom rail, but side timbers need to be modifed or new ones cut from scratch.
  23. Nightdive
    I've made some good progress since my last update. Before gluing the deck on I performed some experiments with LED lights, and light was shining through even when both decks were in place. A layer of black paint seems to block it. I also painted the visible parts of the interior black. Fitting the inner bulwarks and spirketting on was fairly straightforward, but I had to add a small extension piece to one of them. I built the hatch stays out of 0.5 mm aluminium sheet. I sanded it down to 0.3 mm after cutting the pieces. They were very tricky to install, but I think that the end result looks nice. I used brass pins for door handles and PE-21 hinges from the 0.2 mm PE sheet. There are only six of them and the manual says that they are "not in use", but I assume that they were originally intented for the port lids. I might try to fake those eight missing hinges with paint. The ladder was copied from the kit ladder and took me three tries to get right. I look forward to continuing this project next year. Many interesting phases of the build remain ahead. Merry Christmas everyone!
  24. Nightdive
    Looks great!
  25. Nightdive
    The companionway is almost ready for paint. I also found a better way to make its footprint slightly larger. I'd greatly appreciate any opinions on the hatch stay that Caldercraft's HMS Pickle has. I'm considering replicating it for the Sherbourne. Is it based on something real, or just model designer's imagination? The part circled in red is also a bit of a mystery to me. I think that the vertical iron has a tooth that catches on the horizontal piece when the hatch is open, but I'm not sure. I haven't been able to find any close-up photos in build logs.
  26. Nightdive
    Thanks for stopping by! Those round things are just thumb tacks with the white plastic bit removed.
  27. Nightdive
    Does anyone happen to have information about the hold-open device that the Pickle's companionway has? Is it based on a real 18th century example, and how is it supposed to work? I can't figure out the part circled in red, all of the images that I could find are too blurry. Maybe there's a tooth on the rod that catches on the horizontal bar? I'm currently thinking of replicating this for my Sherbourne.
  28. Nightdive
    Companionway progress. The laser-etched area is slightly larger than the companionway, so I'll have to add a small board to cover it.
  29. Nightdive
    I keep finding small errors in my photos that I hadn't noticed in real life! This time it was the port-side wale that was a little too low. I re-attached the entire thing and it's better now. Getting the wales on properly was a struggle for me, and I'd recommend shaping them with steam until they're a perfect fit. I only bent mine in one direction before putting the paint on. That's probably deep enough. I could have just drilled down, but I opened the front as well, so that some light from the LEDs might shine into the companionway. I'll paint the interior black, if building the open companionway works out.
  30. Nightdive
    Before I glue the deck on, I'd like to explore the possibility of opening the companionway, as it could be a fun little project. Maybe the doors only, or the roof as well. There seems to be a lot of wood underneath it, but maybe that could be removed with Dremel engraving bits to make room for a ladder.
  31. Nightdive
    Thank you Chris!
  32. Nightdive
    I'm finally back to modeling. The yellow ochre turned out to be a little darker than I'd expected, but I think that it still looks great. I deviated from the manual and attached the wales early, but then I realized that they make trimming excess wood from the stern and lower counter very difficult. Luckily I had only used CA, so the ends detached easily. I painted the prow by hand after this contemporary model. The other side is red, but I might change that before I put the bulwarks and spirketting on.
  33. Nightdive
    50th anniversary of the sinking.
  34. Nightdive
    It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure it out myself. I too scoured other build logs, but since there was no mention of it, I assumed my PE sheet had a printing error that others didn’t. Should have mentioned about it in my log though. This is how I did it, not sure if 100% correct: Sternpost: PE-26, PE-24, PE-22 Rudder: PE-25, PE-23, PE-21
  35. Nightdive
    Wow, it sometimes takes a while for parcels to arrive from the UK. In the meantime I started another side project, creating some lighting with an Arduino. I'm planning to place one or two leds below deck, plus one on the deck, but as the Sherbourne doesn't have any fixed lights, I decided to create a portable lantern. I used HMS Victory's lanterns as a model, with dimensions sourced from this website: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-painted-tin-and-horn-lantern-from-the-gun-decks-c-ce640afa9a It's made of 3 mm acrylic rod, electrical tape, shrink tube for the horizontal bands, plus some paint and scrap brass. 2025-10-30.mp4 edit: After making my post, I realized that the top part looked a little off. So I went back and removed an extra piece of brass from underneath the loop.

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...