hlipplaa

Worked on the rudder and the transom of the kit model, made my own hatches

Today i finished the rough tree timbers. Also bent the rails in shape. 

Hello everyone, here another build of the Enterprise Maryland 1799 by Constructo. Since my last topic was removed  probably because it was not very active? I plan to do some work on this model now.

I got this kit for my birthday several years ago and made most of the hull already.

Yesterday i glued on a whale and today i made the waterholes, inspired by the other models on this forum using copper pipes instead of a hole.

Made these parts last year, not much progress on this model, but it's a nice detail

In the mean time I made a little ship's wheel as a side project

Hello everyone,

Yesterday I did some work on this model, made a new capstan. The plan is to improve some more parts on the deck. So the level of detail is the same for all the parts. 

Hello, wanted to say I am using this thread as reference/inspiration for my own build. Got the kit for my birthday one day and this is the best documented post I could find. Fun to see how long the build is taking, really steady progress. Inserted a few pictures of my own build to show the stage I'm at. It is almost like I don't have to make any hard choices now about what to customize and what not, because you already encountered all the major issues with this kit. Safer for me to make a good build without making any big mistakes.

So thanks alot for this thread and keep up the work,

Greetings,

Hjalmar

beautiful, great reference material also.

greetings,

Hjalmar

Hello,

Love watching this build. Been following it for a long time and its never dissapointing. Hope you don't let it nosedive onto the floor again, that was a dissaster (not sure which build it was).

May you enjoy your hobby for a long time to come!

Greetings H Lipplaa from Holland

thanks alot for the likes.

Made the blocks for the topmast shrouds. And you can see the main stay. Also a view of the progress so far.

Working on the rigging now.

The masts are not glued so the shrouds and stays have to align the masts.

There cannot be enough "look through holes" inside your model, but the the only problem is there wouldn't be a model left then.

Hjalmar

Difficult part of the ship to construct. Makes the ship look more streamlined when it's done i think.

Good luck and have fun.

Hjalmar

Looks very clean and perfect. You have made a near perfect model here. Congratulations.

Hjalmar

Nice floor, you should make the same in your home

Like your build, really how it should be done.

Thanks you Jan, that makes it alot clearer.

Knightheads - vertical timbers on either side of the stem that add strength to the bowsprit and extra backing to the planks just abaft the stem

i got this from a nice webstite with some nautical terms http://www.photographers1.com/Sailing/NauticalTerms&Nomenclature.html#S

So they are the same type of object but the knightheads are located at the bow of the ship.

But anyway thanks for the info because i didnt know about the helmet. And maybe the ones near the mast are called knightheads too for all i know.

awesome ship

Also made pumps i see, very nice

very nice looks even better when unpainted to be honest. Wish i could carve like that i made my lion from a plastic one i cut a head off.

On this photo of the Half Moon replica ship from america you can see the block with lines running through the deck. The hole is covered by a piece of sail cloth. The lines are attached below the deck to a "knecht". So I will make it like that.

I improvised with the "knecht" behind the main mast and made one directly behind the mizzen mast. It may need some adjustment. My drawings dont show them, but i had to make them else i cannot rig the ship like i want to. Also on the replica ship from america its also located in a similar position. But, there is also a pin rail or something behind the mast.

I believe its called jeer, the combination of tackles lowering or raising the lower yards. The heavy column with sheaves which holds the weight is called "knecht".

If you use google translate knecht translates to english as: slave

google translate is pretty useless for translating nautical terms i found out, .

thanks all, yes the scale is really good for detailwork.

Thanks for informing me.

By the way i dont have a kit i make everything myself from scratch, except for the deadeye blocks which i bought.

On the replica ship of the half moon there is a knecht near the main and mizzen mast and also a beting.

On my drawings there are only clamps on the masts and pin rails on the sides.

On many models on this site theres a knecht near all three masts.

So i think ill make one near the main mast or next to it. And one near the mizzen mast. The foremast has lines running through the deck.

Made some more progress.