Ponto

LOL..........I suppose the "rookies" (don't know the seafaring equivalent?) were stuck with the business end of the cannons having to lean out the gun ports when called for.......nasty business that would be!!!

jp

"Leaning out of the gun ports".... during a skirmish????? ummm.... I think I'd prefer to man the tackle at back end of the cannon please......

jp

I realize space was always a premium aboard the vessels but I often wondered if the  2 feet or so was enough to take care of business between each fired round?

jp

MSW has quite a few accomplished builders,.... and you can consider yourself among them. Very nice work!!!

JP

... such exquisite detail!!!!!  Surely this must be  full time endeavor?.....I hate to think this is actually possible after  spending eight hours a day at some other full time job / career?

JP

I start out with a clean desk, lots of room. Then hour by hour, day by day the area that I can work

in gets smaller and smaller. Eventually (usually within a week or two) the space is so small I'm

setting the model on top of the clutter.

 

Then it's clean it up, put everything where it belongs and within thirty minutes it all starts over again.

 

Even adding a second then a third bench didn't help. In the long run it just ment I had more to clean up.

LOL........this, in a nutshell is a blow by blow description of  what I face. When I start stepping on assorted shrapnel and the sawdust starts to hide this and that, I know it is time to start the cycle over again! 

JP

When it comes time to  maneuvering and placing the guns onto the carriages through the gun ports, tying a string around the barrel will help with retrieval should one happen to slip through by accident.....once the cement has set,  the string can be removed.

JP

Someone save me a seat. I've got to watch this. It's on my list of future builds for sure.

 

Greg H.

Ditto!!!

JP

Seems like I'd better forward images of my completed WVH......look for it soon in the completed gallery. Sorry to hear about the issues with the gun carriages......it would have helped matters if they were pinned to the deck. I've got a bucket full of build in progress images so let me know if you get hung up on any specific steps and I'll dig through the archive.

JP

I keep revisiting this log and wonder how is this all possible,... and yet,. all the step by step photos are right there, and even all close up!!!!   ...leaves me in awe...........

JP

Looks like it's been awhile,...... but, I have been busy with the build. I 'm fairly happy with the progress on the stern as everything fits to my satisfaction. The planking has been completed below the main wale and I even got to try my hand at some spiling. Some current progress shots to follow .........

JP

Gorgeous planking!!!

jp

The precision is amazing!!!!

jp

I used two metal bars with two bolts to clamp my hull until the copper sheeting had been applied. It is similar to what Captsteve shows above. 

 

From that point on I mounted the ship on a wooden board with the posts in place that will hold the ship in its final position.

It is a very rigid support that allows me to handle the whole thing without worries of coming loose. The board has taken a lot of abuse and will be replaced with a better looking one when the ship is finished. The picture below was taken when I made some adjustments to the sails. 

 

sail 501.jpg

 

I have a lazy Jay to turn the ship around

 

Yikes!!!.....don't you feel like you're tempting fate??

 

JP

zoly99sask, on 15 Oct 2015 - 9:52 PM, said:

Adding detail is a matter of preference and how much time you want spend on it/with proper skill,just for an exemple tke a look at this Hungarian modeller what quality and detail has been built into his HMY Caroline.Realt worth time to check all the pictures!!

http://www.shipmodel...AL_CAROLINE.htm

And the Pandora was built for almost 20 years,20000 work hours!!



http://www.shipmodel...ELL_PANDORA.htm

  Thanks for the links,.....the work found here is SCARY GOOD!!! ... just goes to show that there is no limit to how much detail  can go into a build, scratch or kit build.

JP

Mind boggling........the precision and perseverance is impressive!!!!

JP

Ahhh, the joys of Christmas.....did I understand correctly that the Canadian Dollar is being accepted at par with the Euro???          ... hope your sale goes well Daniel ........

JP

..... this is  all seriously very good work!!!!!

JP

I enjoyed and am quite happy with my efforts on Corel's Wappen Von Hamburg kit. It falls into the "larger" scale kit that you seek....only a suggestion as their are many available. Enjoy your search.

JP

Exceptional effort!!!....please keep posting!

jp

 Every aspect of this build is very, very well done!!!........a joy to observe and another level to strive for..........

jp

If you'll go here:  http://maquettes-marine.pagesperso-orange.fr/renommee/renommee.html  there's two photo galleries.    They did start simplifying things as time went on to more like the English practiced.  That stern that you're looking at JP is not free floating or open like it shows.  That's basically what I trying to point out.  The galleries themselves were a bit more elaborate than what's in the kit.

Thanks for the link Mark,...another example of skill on a whole other level. I do believe that the Euromodel kit represents a ship of a different time. These images depict three different takes on the kit that I'm currently working on if I'm not mistaken.

 

 

I started a scratch build model of the 1744 version of LA RONOMMEE, which I never completed, but hope to after complete my present project. I used the Harold Hahn version of hull construction, which I find more accurate. The Euromodel cast metal parts on the FALMOUTH East Indianman kit that I am now building, were bulky and difficult to apply to the model surface. I put these metal pieces aside and scratch built wooden replacements. Perhaps, you to will find the same problem with your metal parts, and might have to make copies of these pieces as I did.

 

Montani semper liberi   Happy modeling

    Crackers   

 

 

Good Luck with your scratch build and I'll be sure to follow along when you revisit the build....You're right about the bulky castings and I'll be reducing the bulk  (especially on the railings) before they're finally attached.  I don't  think I have the skills necessary for carving my  own components  and am no where near attempting a full blown scratch build.... but I really appreciate the efforts of those that do.

 

JP

I really like the rich, dark tones found above but some liberties were taken

with the placement and fit of the castings....I'm not too sure if the ornamentation

would have been left floating as depicted and the deck is also cropped at both corners

of the hull..;

This particular build is closer to the plans offered up by Euromodel......I think my plan is to combine the two

efforts and shoot for something in between.

***Links to these builds can be found earlier in this thread.***

JP

Le Renommee stern  is underway,......after many hours of viewing the plans, viewing endless  related images found in other logs and  those of finished builds, ... and trying to sort out ways to temporarily affix the assorted components,......I think I'm closer to overcoming a hurdle that seems to baffle me with every build.  The supplied castings  are quite well done for the scale but need some planning and a lot of trial fitting and tweaking. The metal is soft and easy  to modify. The following images should help future builders and depict my method of madness........JPattachment=266114:SCALE STENCIL OVERLAY.JPG]