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pirozzi got a reaction from Kevin in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
I finished the main deck planking and applied one coat of a clear satin finish. I also simulated the trenails at all of the joints, but you can't see it in the photos. I need a really good camera with a closeup wide angle lens.
Next up is to prepare and add the frames around the square openings and place the main deck staircase.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from DenPink in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Once again I am very disappointed. Having lost my entire SOS build log in the great crash was one thing. Now I see that most all of my early photos in this build log are gone as well. I will have to repost all of them. It will take time to do so, but once again I will do it. There is no sense in posting a log if the users can not see the photos. .
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from maddog33 in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
The wood supplied for the deck planking is walnut and it is nice wood but different colors and too dark for realistic deck planking.
I soaked the wood in bleach for 20 minutes and dried it. It came out perfect and will give the deck an authentic look.
In the photos, the wood on top is the walnut as it came with the kit. All 6 pieces were cut from the same strip and you can see the color differences from one part of the wood to the next.
The lower strips in the photos are the bleached wood. The color is good and it bleached out all of the strips to the exact same color. It has a weathered look like a real deck would appear.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from DenPink in Sovereign of the Seas by Denis R - FINISHED - Mantua - 1:78 scale
I think you got the hang of it. Looks great.
Vince
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pirozzi reacted to Walter Biles in making sails
Steve,
If you look just above there will be a large blue band saying MODEL SHIP WORLD 2.0. Just to the right of that is M.S.W. Site & Article Downloads.
If you click on that, you should be able to scroll down 3 rows to Rigging and Sails. Then scroll down and there is a PDF called: Rigging and Forming Sails for Your Model by John Tilly.
There is a description and drawing of the parts of a sail. Down within the text are plenty of additional links where you can probably find lots of information.
Also, on the light blue Model Ship World banner if you click on that and scroll down about 3 sections there is a section in Tips, Techniques & Research with a section on Masting Rrigging and Sails where you may find some good stuff.
Good luck on your sail making. I'm sure others probably will catch up to you eventually for more help.
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pirozzi got a reaction from maddog33 in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Working on planking the main deck. I am really pleased with the color of the bleached walnut wood. Using Peter's research, it appears that at this scale, the length of a real ship's deck planks should be no more than 102mm. The kit calls for 180mm. I chose to go with 100mm. Rather than plank with one continuous strip and simulate joints with a marker, I chose to do it the actual way with the 3 plank shift. The first line at the center was done with all 100mm strips and the next started with a 75mm strip, the next with 50mm and the next with 25mm, then back to a 100mm and so on. One long edge and both ends of each strip were darkened with a black marking pen to simulate the black caulking that was used in between planks to seal the deck. I also tried to mix up the grains of the planks to give it more a realistic look since real decks were planked with lumber that did not match the flow of the grain.
All this may seem to the extreme, but I said I would try to take this build to a more extreme level of reality than my last.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from Murphys77 in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Hi Everyone,
Please do not use this build log to chit-chat among yourselves. If you have a comment or question of me regarding by build of the Royal William, or anything else you would like to communicate to me, then that is OK. This build log was created only to illustrate and share the construction of this ship by me.
Thanks for your consideration,
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from Kevin in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Working on planking the main deck. I am really pleased with the color of the bleached walnut wood. Using Peter's research, it appears that at this scale, the length of a real ship's deck planks should be no more than 102mm. The kit calls for 180mm. I chose to go with 100mm. Rather than plank with one continuous strip and simulate joints with a marker, I chose to do it the actual way with the 3 plank shift. The first line at the center was done with all 100mm strips and the next started with a 75mm strip, the next with 50mm and the next with 25mm, then back to a 100mm and so on. One long edge and both ends of each strip were darkened with a black marking pen to simulate the black caulking that was used in between planks to seal the deck. I also tried to mix up the grains of the planks to give it more a realistic look since real decks were planked with lumber that did not match the flow of the grain.
All this may seem to the extreme, but I said I would try to take this build to a more extreme level of reality than my last.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from edmay in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Working on planking the main deck. I am really pleased with the color of the bleached walnut wood. Using Peter's research, it appears that at this scale, the length of a real ship's deck planks should be no more than 102mm. The kit calls for 180mm. I chose to go with 100mm. Rather than plank with one continuous strip and simulate joints with a marker, I chose to do it the actual way with the 3 plank shift. The first line at the center was done with all 100mm strips and the next started with a 75mm strip, the next with 50mm and the next with 25mm, then back to a 100mm and so on. One long edge and both ends of each strip were darkened with a black marking pen to simulate the black caulking that was used in between planks to seal the deck. I also tried to mix up the grains of the planks to give it more a realistic look since real decks were planked with lumber that did not match the flow of the grain.
All this may seem to the extreme, but I said I would try to take this build to a more extreme level of reality than my last.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from riverboat in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Working on planking the main deck. I am really pleased with the color of the bleached walnut wood. Using Peter's research, it appears that at this scale, the length of a real ship's deck planks should be no more than 102mm. The kit calls for 180mm. I chose to go with 100mm. Rather than plank with one continuous strip and simulate joints with a marker, I chose to do it the actual way with the 3 plank shift. The first line at the center was done with all 100mm strips and the next started with a 75mm strip, the next with 50mm and the next with 25mm, then back to a 100mm and so on. One long edge and both ends of each strip were darkened with a black marking pen to simulate the black caulking that was used in between planks to seal the deck. I also tried to mix up the grains of the planks to give it more a realistic look since real decks were planked with lumber that did not match the flow of the grain.
All this may seem to the extreme, but I said I would try to take this build to a more extreme level of reality than my last.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from DenPink in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Hi Gary,
Yes the openings will have mitered frames. Once the planking is done the frames will be added as the gratings, staircases and such are added.
Vince
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pirozzi got a reaction from md1400cs in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Working on planking the main deck. I am really pleased with the color of the bleached walnut wood. Using Peter's research, it appears that at this scale, the length of a real ship's deck planks should be no more than 102mm. The kit calls for 180mm. I chose to go with 100mm. Rather than plank with one continuous strip and simulate joints with a marker, I chose to do it the actual way with the 3 plank shift. The first line at the center was done with all 100mm strips and the next started with a 75mm strip, the next with 50mm and the next with 25mm, then back to a 100mm and so on. One long edge and both ends of each strip were darkened with a black marking pen to simulate the black caulking that was used in between planks to seal the deck. I also tried to mix up the grains of the planks to give it more a realistic look since real decks were planked with lumber that did not match the flow of the grain.
All this may seem to the extreme, but I said I would try to take this build to a more extreme level of reality than my last.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from marktiedens in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Working on planking the main deck. I am really pleased with the color of the bleached walnut wood. Using Peter's research, it appears that at this scale, the length of a real ship's deck planks should be no more than 102mm. The kit calls for 180mm. I chose to go with 100mm. Rather than plank with one continuous strip and simulate joints with a marker, I chose to do it the actual way with the 3 plank shift. The first line at the center was done with all 100mm strips and the next started with a 75mm strip, the next with 50mm and the next with 25mm, then back to a 100mm and so on. One long edge and both ends of each strip were darkened with a black marking pen to simulate the black caulking that was used in between planks to seal the deck. I also tried to mix up the grains of the planks to give it more a realistic look since real decks were planked with lumber that did not match the flow of the grain.
All this may seem to the extreme, but I said I would try to take this build to a more extreme level of reality than my last.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Working on planking the main deck. I am really pleased with the color of the bleached walnut wood. Using Peter's research, it appears that at this scale, the length of a real ship's deck planks should be no more than 102mm. The kit calls for 180mm. I chose to go with 100mm. Rather than plank with one continuous strip and simulate joints with a marker, I chose to do it the actual way with the 3 plank shift. The first line at the center was done with all 100mm strips and the next started with a 75mm strip, the next with 50mm and the next with 25mm, then back to a 100mm and so on. One long edge and both ends of each strip were darkened with a black marking pen to simulate the black caulking that was used in between planks to seal the deck. I also tried to mix up the grains of the planks to give it more a realistic look since real decks were planked with lumber that did not match the flow of the grain.
All this may seem to the extreme, but I said I would try to take this build to a more extreme level of reality than my last.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from fnkershner in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Working on planking the main deck. I am really pleased with the color of the bleached walnut wood. Using Peter's research, it appears that at this scale, the length of a real ship's deck planks should be no more than 102mm. The kit calls for 180mm. I chose to go with 100mm. Rather than plank with one continuous strip and simulate joints with a marker, I chose to do it the actual way with the 3 plank shift. The first line at the center was done with all 100mm strips and the next started with a 75mm strip, the next with 50mm and the next with 25mm, then back to a 100mm and so on. One long edge and both ends of each strip were darkened with a black marking pen to simulate the black caulking that was used in between planks to seal the deck. I also tried to mix up the grains of the planks to give it more a realistic look since real decks were planked with lumber that did not match the flow of the grain.
All this may seem to the extreme, but I said I would try to take this build to a more extreme level of reality than my last.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from jbford in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
The wood supplied for the deck planking is walnut and it is nice wood but different colors and too dark for realistic deck planking.
I soaked the wood in bleach for 20 minutes and dried it. It came out perfect and will give the deck an authentic look.
In the photos, the wood on top is the walnut as it came with the kit. All 6 pieces were cut from the same strip and you can see the color differences from one part of the wood to the next.
The lower strips in the photos are the bleached wood. The color is good and it bleached out all of the strips to the exact same color. It has a weathered look like a real deck would appear.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from DenPink in Sovereign of the Seas by Denis R - FINISHED - Mantua - 1:78 scale
Hi Denis,
She is coming along great. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am eager to know your next project. If it is the RW, you will surely get to use your new toys.
Vince
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pirozzi reacted to Ulises Victoria in Royal Louis 1780 by Ulises Victoria - FINISHED - Mamoli - Scale 1/90 - French 126-gun ship
Small update. May 23 2014.
Transom work in progress.
It took me a long time to finally decide how to do this area.
The plans show the 4 per side wood curved supports to be equally separated, but there was no way you could fit the metallic gunport frames and have the same distance between each 4 at each side.
So I glued the supports after measuring that the metallic gunports were even. I then carved them down flush with the supports and lastly proceeded to plank.
This is not finished yet, just lightly sanded.
View of deck
First steps in transom. .
Rudder and rear gunport frames glued and shaped.You will see a bit of wood had to be added to make the height of the columns equal
Planking
Remember this is not finished yet
This is where I tested different finishes and treatments to help me decide what I'm going to do with the decks.
Thanks for watching
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pirozzi got a reaction from Gahm in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
The wood supplied for the deck planking is walnut and it is nice wood but different colors and too dark for realistic deck planking.
I soaked the wood in bleach for 20 minutes and dried it. It came out perfect and will give the deck an authentic look.
In the photos, the wood on top is the walnut as it came with the kit. All 6 pieces were cut from the same strip and you can see the color differences from one part of the wood to the next.
The lower strips in the photos are the bleached wood. The color is good and it bleached out all of the strips to the exact same color. It has a weathered look like a real deck would appear.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from maddog33 in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
The main false deck is glued in place. I did not cut this deck in quarters like the others. The first half was easy to clamp down on the bulkhead, but the second half was different. There was no way to clamp down the section in the middle where the main deck is the topmost deck. I nailed it using tiny brass nails which will stay in place and be planked over.
Next up is to cut out the square opening between the mainmast and the forward edge of the quarter deck for the main deck staircase. The opening needs to be 24.0mm across, but I have not yet calculated how long to make it.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Hi Mike,
I used straight household bleach with no dilution. I did thoroughly rinse the wood 4 times in warm and cold water. Then dried it at 150℉ I don't think it will harm the wood, but we will have to see.
Vince
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pirozzi got a reaction from maddog33 in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
I have finally finished the first layer of hull planking below the main deck. This took over a month and a half. Considering the size of this hull, that was a whole lot of planking. This is definetely the most difficult of the planking. The planks above the main deck are nice and straight, and the second finish layer has a bottom surface to lay it on. The only thing about the finish layer is that it has to be precise and pretty.
Next up is to install and plank the main deck.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from maddog33 in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
Construction of the main deck staircase from scratch. This is included on the plans but not supplied in the kit. Even though it will not be visible once the upper decks are placed, it was a nice touch and a challenge to build.
Each step is made up of 2 parts and needs to be beveled at 45 degrees. I jig was made from lumber and the steps placed on top of each other. Once the whole thing is completed, it can be lifted off the jig.
I did find some nice stanchions at Model Expo that were pretty close to the correct size, and only had to be cut down a little and beveled on the tops.
I finished the whole thing in red walnut and weathered it to look old. Once the main deck is installed and planked, the staircase hole will be cut and the assembly placed down into the deck. A "C" shaped bannister will have to be constructed to match the staircase and attached to the outside wings so it encloses the opening in the deck on 3 sides.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from maggsl_01 in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
The wood supplied for the deck planking is walnut and it is nice wood but different colors and too dark for realistic deck planking.
I soaked the wood in bleach for 20 minutes and dried it. It came out perfect and will give the deck an authentic look.
In the photos, the wood on top is the walnut as it came with the kit. All 6 pieces were cut from the same strip and you can see the color differences from one part of the wood to the next.
The lower strips in the photos are the bleached wood. The color is good and it bleached out all of the strips to the exact same color. It has a weathered look like a real deck would appear.
Vince P.
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pirozzi got a reaction from riverboat in Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70
The main false deck is glued in place. I did not cut this deck in quarters like the others. The first half was easy to clamp down on the bulkhead, but the second half was different. There was no way to clamp down the section in the middle where the main deck is the topmost deck. I nailed it using tiny brass nails which will stay in place and be planked over.
Next up is to cut out the square opening between the mainmast and the forward edge of the quarter deck for the main deck staircase. The opening needs to be 24.0mm across, but I have not yet calculated how long to make it.
Vince P.
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