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Glen, this is the netting I was referring to. I left out that key word "bowsprit". If the instructions don't call for it I certainly understand leaving it off. I've seen discussions on trying to locate netting at scale and it seems to be a pretty hard item to locate. If I remember correctly Keith Aug's wife had to weave his netting.

 

Greetings all.
What a day!
The 1.1in Quad Gun had these parts

 
and I only had one to make. 😊
(The photo looks like a blob, but I'm sure it will look great when painted.)

 
The parts for the 49 20mm Oerlikans was a little different!

(Yes, that is a part immediately to the right of the pin.)
 
I haven't finished as we have mosquitoes bigger than these guns!!! 

 
(Build time to date is 125 hours)
 
I'll stop now before I go crazy doing the impossible! These Oerlikan parts are just too small. 🥵
Cheers,
 

Hi Folks.
Not much time today. Only two hours.
After spending all day yesterday working of these,
I had time to finish one more step with my 49 Oerlikon guns.
I added the pedestal and the shield supports.

 
If you didn't believe these pieces are smaller than mosquitos ...
Pick the mosquito in the next image! 🤔

 
And you wonder why I'm going crazy! 🤪
Tomorrow I will hopefully add the shields.

 
(Build time to date is 127 hours)
Thanks for the support. (I need it!)
Cheers,

 

An exciting day for me!

I finished all the guns, including the 49 Oerlikons.
I added the shields.

 
Then spray painted all the guns.

 
Then painted the Oerlikon barrels.

 
It's not very exciting for you, but a great relief for me!
😁
 
Advice for next time. Possibly do things in this order:
1. Fold the gun housing and glue in the barrel being
careful NOT to cover the hole on the bottom of the housing
2. Glue the pedestal to the support frame.
Glue 1 & 2 together using the hole in 1 as a guide.
Add the shield.
(Build time to date is 134 hours)
Thanks again for the support. This big hurdle is crossed.
Cheers,

PE, PE and more PE!!!
The Bow Flight Deck has over a hundred pieces.
  
  
 
The Stern Flight Deck was a little easier with about 80 pieces.

 
 
It seems a shame to have to paint them as they look great.
They were very fiddly but extremely rewarding. 
Thoughts for next time:
Don't add the external walkways as once added to the 
underside of the flight deck, they are very fine, keep getting in the way 
and need constant repair.
(Build time to date is 153 hours)
Thanks for the continued support.
Cheers,

 
 
 
 

Two days of tedious PE work!
Enjoyable tasks but all had to be done using tweezers through a magnifying light.
Progress is slow and very time consuming.
Forward section on the port side.

 
Mid section on the port side.

 
Thanks for the continued following and encouragement.
(Build time to date is 172.5 hours)
Cheers,

Three great days since Thursday.
Even though my team lost in the Rugby League Grand Final, 🥺
 
I did manage to finish the port side PE.

 
I also finished the starboard side PE,

 
and ... started on the island PE!

 
The Pontos set has been pretty good but not perfect.
Quite a few parts are wrongly labelled in the instructions
and many of the images are just not helpful because of the camera angle.
It is often the case of guessing which way to bend the pieces.
Most frustrating if pieces break because I've folded them the wrong way!
Some parts also seem spotted or stained. 😣
 
Have I mentioned my expensive but very useful friend.
Great for bending any PE.

 
Thanks for tuning in and your support. 
(Build time to date is 201 hours)
Cheers,

 
 

Two days of work on the island.
Very finicky, but very rewarding.
 
How small can things get? 😵

Some parts were so small that I could only see them with a magnifying glass.
Some being the size of a flea, and almost impossible to apply to the model!
 
I managed to achieve a fair bit to do with the island,

 
and have nearly finished the 'island ladder'.

 
This is truly a most challenging build due to the scale!
Thanks again to those following this slow progress.
🙃
(Build time to date is 222.5 hours)
A BIG SHOUT-OUT TO THOSE IN FLORIDA. MAY YOU WEATHER THE STORM SAFELY.
Cheers,

As I mentioned in the Naval History section I have decided to revamp this scratch model I made as a teenager in the 70's.  The model was built using Norman A. Ough's drawings, as purchased from David MacGregor Plans in the UK. Drawings consist of a sheet of "Lines" plus some cross-sections showing decks etc, and a second sheet showing overall profile and top view along with layouts of the various decks in the forward superstructure. There are zero details of the various ships' boats save for dotted outlines in the top view showing their stowage locations and their types/lengths.
 
I've been looking on the internet for photos of Lion and her near-sister ships Queen Mary and Princess Royal. They were all modified in the course of the war and it's quite confusing trying to reconcile all the photos. I've even seen one of Lion with that little walkway with a roof going around the stern, which I associate with Victorian warships for some reason.
 
Anyway pulling out the plans I see the teenage me omitted many details such as doorways, hull portholes, vent pipes at the funnels, beams reinforcing the blast screens, the foredeck windlass, the foredeck breakwater (or whatever it's called), all the weather deck hatches and skylights and coal scuttles etc. Plan is to add as much as possible without going too crazy; this is after all for RC not display.
 
In the 70's this ran with rheostatic speed controllers which wasted a LOT of battery power. She had two speed controls for her two 6V Decaperm motors. I think this time I will just use a single 60A brushed ESC to drive both motors. Also, she has movable forward turrets, servo-controlled, but they don't maintain the same angle as they rotate - what was I thinking? This time I want to have all four turrets rotate to the same side of the ship; probably will mean two or even three servos; trying to figure out how to get 180 degrees for the turrets. A rack and pinion system occurred to me but a cheap system for hobby use eludes my search. There are gear sets available for laser cutting; maybe I could cut a rack too?
 
Here are a few shots of a dusty Lion as she is now. Those men on the compass platform are wildly too large, at about 1/72 scale. Following  these is a shot of an experimental six-piece 3D-print of a stack. It looks pretty good to me but I fear the vertical seams are exaggerated. They're 1/32" square in this print; not sure how they would print at 1/64" thick but will try it.  I will get some micro brass rod and try to make the cages atop the stacks, which supported canvas covers when boilers were drawn.
 






 
 

The preliminary assembly stage of the windlass is complete. Ahead of me is the necessary color treatment of the parts and their final assembly.

The general appearance of the model so far looks like this.

All parts of the anchor and mooring device are installed in their places.

Now it needs to be installed on the forecastle.  

While I ponder the final destination of my schooner, I begin to assemble  keel and frame .......

Small advances from the construction site .......

First planking strips .......

I got my parts finally delivered (bullseyes and blocks), which meant it was time to put down the bottle and get back to work on the Connie.
 
The next step was trying to figure out what the next step was.  According to the kit instructions, it was the lower shrouds.  However, Carson’s dad had begun rigging the bowsprit first.  I reviewed a bunch of build logs and found that some builders do the shrouds first and others do the bowsprit and spritsail yard.  So with no real consensus, I chose the bowsprit.

Here’s the other thing I learned from all the Connie build logs – they were all rigged differently, even among the same kits.  So I decided I would just follow the Blue Jacket instructions as close as possible.  This led to the second learning experience – the instructions are written in some kind of language that even Google Translator can’t help with.  It's even harder to figure out than "Let Stalk Strine" like @gjdale, @PvG Aussie, and @BANYAN introduced me to on the Banshee SIB!  Example:

B - 2”flying jibboom traveling guy: seized to flying jibboom traveling guy.  Through thimble on yard.  Set up to S on cathead with gun tackle.  Belay to small cleats on bow bulwark.
 
Or this one:
 
Jibstay (jib outhauler) – 3 ½”: long eye splice seated on foretopmast head.  Through roller (if fitted) on jib traveler ring through sheave at outer end of jibboom to 3/32” DB in end.  Set up fiddle block on bowsprit cap with tackle.  Fall is led through port bowsprit fairlead to bow pinrail.
 
It took waaaaay longer than I care to admit to crack the code and figure out what the instructions were telling me to do.  But the light bulb finally flickered on and I was able to move forward.  Actually, the first part of this exercise did have instructions – setting up the spritsail yard.  It was a just matter of making the yard, then adding the bullseyes and foot ropes.  My goal for the foot ropes was to make them as nice as the ones @Keith Black did on his Tennessee.
 


 
 
 
 
Next, it was following the instructions and setting up the guy lines that attach to 4 different points along the jib and flying jib.  The guys that tie off firmly to the jib/flying jib are anchored to the cathead with deadeye lanyards.  The guys that tie off to traveling guys attach to the cathead via gun tackle with the end of the rope belayed to cleats on the bowhead bulwark.




 
 
Going forward, I hope to get faster at decoding the instructions.  😃
 
 
 

Relocated from Norrköping to Stockholm two months ago. My workshop is now getting ready for some modelling.
 

 
Best regards
 
Henrik

Dear friends,
Just a quick update of this weekend's work on the woolding and the iron band s of the lower main mast.

 
Best regards
 
Henrik

As usual thanks for all likes and nice comments. It is very kind of you all. Here comes a picture from the first dry fitting of the fore-topmast or to be honest a piece of 8 mm dowel which eventually will turn out to be a fore-topmast.
 

 
Best regards
 
Henrik

Dear all,
Thanks for all the likes and comments. It has been a wile since last update (more modelling than build log). Agamemnon himself sits on the bow now. The bowsprit is getting finished. For the moment it is just dry fitted. The iron bands on the bowsprit I made from masking tape which I painted black before applying to the bowsprit. Instructions call out fore cutting stripes out of black paper but black painted masking tape was much easier. The lower part of the foremast was something I started with last weekend.


Best regards
 
Henrik
 

Thanks for all the likes and comments. I do not know if I deserve it but at least it is encouraging. I am not a very skilled modeler but at least this shows what can be achieved with with a well thought out model as Caldercraft's Agamemnon in combination with perseverance. This week's work has been focused om the hammock cranes along the sides. I hope the pictures are OK. I see the model is a bit dusty....

 



 
Best regards
 
Henrik

Dear friends,
 
This weekend I have been working with stairs, hammock cranes and stairs.


Best regards
 
Henrik
 

Dear all,
 
Some more  work done on the poop deck and dry fitted the mizzen mast.
 
Best regards
 
Henrik