Craigie65

Andrew,
so sorry to hear that.  I hope you make a full recovery and take life a bit easier!

Andrew,
so sorry to hear that.  I hope you make a full recovery and take life a bit easier!

Wonderful work.  Looking forward to watching your log of Speedy.
Enjoy Shetland!

I've managed to get started on the second planking for Erycina... Here are a few shots.
 
Before I began, I went through the planks with a digital micrometer to sort them into thickness... That way, I don't get any nasty surprises with thin planks going up against thick planks... I can grade it as I plank. There wasn't anything too dramatic, but it's nice to go into the task with a plan. The planks varied from 0.6 to 1mm thick, and some varied up to 0.2mm from end to end... As I said, nothing too dramatic, and it'll even out with scraping once done. There are a couple of strips that are perhaps a little too thin, but counting up, I should have enough without using these strips. They will be backups, then.

 
For this planking, I use gorilla glue thick superglue - used carefully, this does a great job and removes the need for pins and clamps... The theory is that it gives a better end result... I'm realising that I'm out of practice, so we'll find out whether this model ends up getting painted, or whether the wood will look okay once done. I try to put little dots of glue along the (pre-fitted) plank before fitting to the hull... So far, I'm putting on too much glue, and it's made things a little messy. Anyway - here's the progress so far. Upper parts fitted, and the first row of planking on each side.
 
One decision I made was to let the plank stay at the bottom end of the counter at the stern, so that there will be a filler between it and the upper outer part... this was because if it were to follow the line of the upper part (102, 103?), it would have been too short, and I wanted to avoid joins. I figure it'll look fine once I put the filler in as long as I get a good fit, but I would have preferred to keep the sweep of the planks, ideally. A different option would be to join the planks where the chain plates will be... I made my choice, and I think I'm happy with it.  Time will tell how easy that tuck under the stern is... thankfully I have the rib bender, so this next plank down will need to be well fitted before I attempt to get it to stay in place with glue! PPPPPP, as they say ... (Proper Preparation Prevents "Profoundly" Poor Performance)






As always, the pear strips are a simply beautiful colour, and there are no visible machining marks on them whatsoever. It's simply lovely wood to work with!
 
Thanks for looking in.
 
Rob
 
 

More work done on the Quarter Galleys.
 
Before I closed up the Galleys I painted them with Vallejo Ivory White to match the great cabin.  I also created the captains Seat of Ease using a 4x4 piece of lime with some leftover .8mm pear on top, and a hole drilled into both.

 
Next I started to close up the Galleys with the window frame pieces.

 
Next were the outer window frame piece, and the lower counter piece.  A bit of sanding of the custom frame pieces I made was required to get the counter piece to sit flush to match the window frame.

 
I then added the upper roof piece.  This piece is intentionally oversized for fit, so it needed quite a bit of sanding to get the proper slant and to fit flush with the window frame piece below it. 

 
I then repeated the same process for the port side.

But.....I will give it a try...what the hell!!!

Great to see another Adder build. I’m thoroughly enjoying building her too. I’ll be following along. 

Chris,
Please reconsider. Look at 1/64 in a cabin the number of buttons and invisible seams matter not a jot.  There is nothing else out there and you have been brave enough financially to meet the demand that has come from this forum.  

Chris,
Please reconsider. Look at 1/64 in a cabin the number of buttons and invisible seams matter not a jot.  There is nothing else out there and you have been brave enough financially to meet the demand that has come from this forum.  

I’ll also request one full set for my Sphinx if you would be so kind Chris!  

Chris,
Please reconsider. Look at 1/64 in a cabin the number of buttons and invisible seams matter not a jot.  There is nothing else out there and you have been brave enough financially to meet the demand that has come from this forum.  

Chris, please consider this post as my order for one full set of this excellent and interesting 5-piece tableau in 1:64. Please also PM me with the cost, no questions asked. My advice: ignore the "fly specks amongst the pepper" silly-bugger posts here and proceed as you've indicated.

Chris,
Please reconsider. Look at 1/64 in a cabin the number of buttons and invisible seams matter not a jot.  There is nothing else out there and you have been brave enough financially to meet the demand that has come from this forum.  

These are amazing. Are they 3D renders? 

Always welcome on the ride. Building the Indy will keep you busy for some time, took me 8 months.

Stern gallery, balcony, gun port lids
a bit of trimming and the stern gallery template went on without any issues, a test fit of the bacony, and some trimming is required to get it all to line up where it meets the the the wrap around to the 1/4 gallery balcony, these side pieces have been fixed and the long gallery removed for now
 


keel fitted and the hull was the planked to the waterline, i am fitting copper tape to this build and not the cost reducing wood veneer including in the kit, an
Gunports 
rightly or wrongly, i decided to go with all the lids shut, like in the photo and not the instructions
not my photo, came from this link (Thank you @wefalckLA BELLE POULE (1834) (maritima-et-mechanika.org)

but as with all these decisions i make it was not followed through very well, as the lids are removed from the lasered frets in the first place they are now undersized
 
 
 

I would urge Chris to reconsider  his decision and  proceed with this project, it has the makings of being a unique and interesting addition to his range.
 
I was looking forward to making a dio around the figures as I did with the cook figure at 1:48 scale, in addition to having a sitting figure to have in the Great cabin of my 1:64 scale build.
 
There are going to be a lot of disappointed people, and I'm one of them.😞
 
B.E.

There is hope finally. I liked the setting a lot, Chris and would have liked to add it into my Sphinx´s cabin.

BTW: you mentioned a fat lady, I wouldn´t be in the least offended if there was a Duchess of Kingston, who mustn´t be fat at all in 1/64 .

Cheers Rob

Cheers guys.
 
My problem is that the carver I have used from the start seems to have vanished, I can only think that they may have passed away. He was responsible for all natural and carved decoration, both figures and stern/figurehead 3-d prints. I prefer to stick to just one person or company for each discipline used, that way they know exactly what I want and know what they can do.
 
Problems arise when you have to find a replacement for the previous person or company. To try a new sculptor out, I thought the best thing to do was to give them a figure or two to work on. This is the main reference I suplied, along with another two references for the period clothes, from head to foot. I thought at the time that this would be a very nice addition to my figures range:
 

 
Now, if something is not right, I will not waste my time producing them (the 3-d prints do take a lot of time) and selling something I am not 100% happy with - even though at my main scale, these details will be barely seen, more so when in their cabin with deck beams obscuring a lot of the view. This was to be a 5-part set and would take a lot of time to produce and post process, so if there are doubts about this set, I have no problem abandoning it and turning my attention to kit design, the one thing I do know well and have complete control over.
 
I will give this carver one more chance to get the problems highlighted sorted - so the fat lady hasn't broken into song quite yet.

Chris,
Please reconsider. Look at 1/64 in a cabin the number of buttons and invisible seams matter not a jot.  There is nothing else out there and you have been brave enough financially to meet the demand that has come from this forum.  

Chris,
Please reconsider. Look at 1/64 in a cabin the number of buttons and invisible seams matter not a jot.  There is nothing else out there and you have been brave enough financially to meet the demand that has come from this forum.  

Guys, these were going to be 1/32 to 1/64th scale figures! Many of the things you pointed out would be hard to see on a 1/6th scale figure!

Chris,
Please reconsider. Look at 1/64 in a cabin the number of buttons and invisible seams matter not a jot.  There is nothing else out there and you have been brave enough financially to meet the demand that has come from this forum.  

For this kind of work, I have to rely on others who are conversant in such disciplines, as digital sculpting is akin to alchemy for me.
I this case, I have now decided to take the loss and scrap this project, files have been deleted. 
 

Spent the day sanding feathering the hull, adding the prow  and clamping the wet bulwark into place to allow drying overnight. You may notice I clamped them backwards but quickly fixed the problem before they had a chance to dry.
 
 
Never can have to many clamps