phineas

Unfortunately I built this years before I discovered this great site so there's no log but

basically I followed the aots book on the ship.

The major changes were as follows:-

1. The flat kit transom was replaced with a curved

one.

2. The kits fanciful waist gangway was replaced by

scratchbuilt spare spars

3. A scratchbuilt yawl replaced the kits boat.

4. With the exception of the kits deadeyes all

masts,spars and tackles were scratchbuilt

5. Much of the kits timber was replaced by

better quality stock.(Modellingtimbers were

a great source but now no longer produce this)

At the risk of boring you to tears I could go on

but at the end of the day I'm sure you will do a

fine job if you decide to revisit the Caroline,

(I've seen your own logs)

Alec

Lovely model.....she was my first model ship and i plan some day to revisit the build to do a better job of her ,did you do a build log ? i would be interested to see what changes you made to the kit .

 

  Cheers 

     Jack

beautifull model Phineas !!

 

Nils

Thanks Nils I'm glad you like it I've since added a fish davit and anchor buoys.Some things never seem to get finished.It has cured

me however of highly decorated models and I will be going for more

workhorse type models next such as the bomb vessel Granado and

once more I will be relying heavily on the aots book and logs on

this excellent site

                                Alec

Fantastic model! What materials did you use?

 

Thomas 

Hi Thomas,

                 Thanks for comment.

                                                  Hull was planked using 1.5mm marine ply on 32 birch ply bulkheads. Interior lined with fine fibreglass matting sealed with resin.Plating done with 1mm aluminium sheet ( old lithograph plates).Superstructure all made from timber bases plated with the aluminium on which was put all the detailing.I used alloy extensively as it is easily worked and needs little finishing. Guns ,torpedo tubes,cranes all alloy section or plate. Soldered brass for mine rails ,cable reels ,and a host of other small details.The hardest and most tedious  work was in constantly rescaling plans dimensions from 1/100 to 1/125.

                  Hope this gives you some idea of the materials used.

                                                                                                           Alec