BLACK VIKING
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Baker in Mary Rose by Baker - scale 1/50 - "Your Noblest Shippe"
Thanks Roger.
Indeed.
The Mary Rose builders (rebuilders) were also working on this problem
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Louie da fly in The San Marco mosaic ship c. 1150 by Louie da fly - 1:75
I just tried weathering the windlass and the knights. Here's the original colour of the windlass:
And here it is after weathering, using the technique described above. I'm quite happy with the result. I might do a little more detail work in the weathering, so it's not all the same colour throughout.
And as I weather different things at different times there's bound to be some variation in the colour of the various parts, but I regard that as a good thing as that's probably what would happen in nature.
Steven
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BLACK VIKING reacted to pennytimeline in Maverick's F-14A Tomcat by SigEp Ziggy - Revell - 1/48
I'm on a roll, I have finished not one, but two models, first time since 1982!
I am almost ready to prime the fuselage and getting the rest of the part ready too
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Bill97 in Le Soleil Royal by Bill97 - FINISHED - Heller - 1/100
Thanks Marc and Henry for your comment and emoji. As you can see in the next to last photo above (the one that shows the area between the fore and main mast), the buntlines off the main topgallant sail and the topsail are giving me grief over how they bend the stays they tie too. I know we discussed this way back in my build. I have loosened and tied, loosened and tied. I am thinking the buntlines probably were not taut on an actual ship but just more controlled the sail. So I am thinking I will allow a little slack in them so as to not bend the stay. I have the topgallant buntlines about as good as I can get with the stay. Just a slight bend in the stay. Still some tuning to do on the top sail buntlines and the stay. A bit to much zig zag for my liking in the stay.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to popeye2sea in Le Soleil Royal by Bill97 - FINISHED - Heller - 1/100
She's looking very sharp. Great job!
Regards,
Henry
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Bill97 in Le Soleil Royal by Bill97 - FINISHED - Heller - 1/100
This rigging is getting intense!!! Of all the things I did to change the kit one that I am really glad is the belay points on the top of the bulwarks. Way back in the beginning I cut off all the plastic molded nibs on the rails and replaced them with strong blackened wire. The number of times I have tied and untied a line, as well as the tension I have applied would have destroyed the plastic belay points. Running rigging with sails is a true labor of love. Almost ever time I finish a line I discover it crossed another line and I have to redo it and lace it perfectly down from high in the masts to the deck. I truly find this a beautiful piece of art seeing all these lines running throughout the ship, and now as I have gained nautical knowledge knowing they each serve a very important function.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to N80FTY in HMS Victory by N80FTY - DeAgostini - 1:84 - first build
So the instruction state to use some old scraps, but I found this is visible through the window.
So I used 1 mm ply I had and made it invisible. Pictures, Instructions, 1mm from window to the top of frame, my solution and dry fitted
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BLACK VIKING reacted to ccoyle in Sopwith Pup by ccoyle - FINISHED - Kartonowa Kolekcja - 1/33 - CARD
The Big Reveal!
After pretty much an entire day spent modeling, the Pup is complete! The most labor-intensive task was adding the rigging -- if I counted correctly, the rigging amounted to 38 separate lines. Whew!! Sqn Cdr Dunning's Pup had some 'handles' of some sort attached to the rear fuselage -- I suspect that these were used by the crew of HMS Furious to maneuver the Pup about the flight deck; in photos, the handles appear to be made of rope and look like they may have been wrapped in leather or perhaps tarred. Mine are made of wire and painted black. Also in the photos, I just now noticed that similar rope handles were attached to the underside of the lower wing -- these were not shown on the kit plans, so I will not add them. Getting the Lewis gun onto its mount was a little tricky, and of course the mount had to break during the photo session (🤬🤬🤬), but it's fixed now.
As was pointed out to me earlier, the starboard lower wing is canted aft a degree or two -- fortunately, the finished Pup now sits on the Shelf of Fame with her more photogenic port side facing the viewer. Enjoy the pics!
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BLACK VIKING reacted to ccoyle in Sopwith Pup by ccoyle - FINISHED - Kartonowa Kolekcja - 1/33 - CARD
First off, Keeva says "Merry Christmas" to all my MSW friends!
Now for the modeling update. I got all the struts put on.
Then it was time to add the top wing. I was thinking that this would be a straightforward task, but I forgot that the Pup, despite being a single-bay aircraft, did not have any V- or N-struts, meaning that all eight struts were individual parts. This made putting the top wing on kind of like lassoing an octopus, but I got it done.
Next up will be the wing rigging. The Pup had a lot of rigging! 😑
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from mtaylor in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Happy Christmas to you all
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Rock_From_Korea in Golden Hind by Rock_From_Korea - 1:48
The cannons are all rigged and fixed in place.
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Egilman in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Happy Christmas to you all
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Jack12477 in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Happy Christmas to you all
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BLACK VIKING got a reaction from Canute in Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)
Happy Christmas to you all
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Louie da fly in The San Marco mosaic ship c. 1150 by Louie da fly - 1:75
Some updates:
Making a stand for the ship out of walnut wood.
I'm also re-making the stand for my Winchelsea nef - I've never been happy with the old one. The supports are made but need smoothing off. The joining beam is re-used from the old stand. Once finished I'll post it on the nef build log.
And here are the yards for the three masts.
Steven
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Ferrus Manus in Mayflower by Ferrus Manus - FINISHED - Heller - 1/64 - A ship for my Uncle Jay
I'm getting a good head start on the fore course.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to CDW in 1948 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery by CDW - FINISHED - Galaxie Limited - 1:25 Scale
The Aztec color combination is interesting to me.
This two-tone green combination looks like the actual factory paint on a '54 Pontiac Chieftan I once owned. I guess nostalgia makes this combination interesting to me.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Ferrus Manus in Mayflower by Ferrus Manus - FINISHED - Heller - 1/64 - A ship for my Uncle Jay
I made and attached the catheads...
...and i made my executive decision.
The rigging of the spritsail will be done tomorrow.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Knocklouder in HMS Pegasus 1776 by Knocklouder - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64
Well I finished up all the stairs, now just have to tie a safety rope around them to complete them. Tomorrow.
Also tomorrow I will finish up the tiller. Yes I re did It again. Added two more blocks, now she looks just like the instructions. Lol. I switched the rope again and went with a .75 natural rope. Don't matter I won't be doing it again even if it is wrong lol.
So now it's time to black-in all the chain plates. And the mast look really fun to do . I can't wait lol.
I ordered a new Pegasus figure head, it took 9 days to get here from Italy , not bad this time. I open the bag and dumped it all out, and would you know it. I broke a wing right off the bat.
I was so carful about the rest of it. I fitted it and painted it, Marvin told her back in the box till we are done for you lol.
Merry Christmas my friends, thanks for looking.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Ferrus Manus in Mayflower by Ferrus Manus - FINISHED - Heller - 1/64 - A ship for my Uncle Jay
That's it for the standing rigging!!
I am very proud of myself for doing something i have never even attempted before, and i hope you guys are too.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to KennyH78 in 18th Century Longboat by KennyH78 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1/48 Scale
Got a little more work done on the longboat since my last post. Finished up the seats in the cockpit along with the locker. Also got all of the knees installed along with the windlass and handles. I also installed the oar holder pins and eye let rings for lifting the boat in and out of the water.
After a little break, I began work on the rudder. I still have to get the top gudgeon installed and painted on the rudder, then I can install the pintles on the transom and stern post and hang the rudder.
I also made the display base for the longboat. The boat is not yet permanently attached to the base, I will do that just before I install the masts and rig the boat.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Darius359au in HMS Pegasus 1776 by Darius359au - Amati/Victory Models - 1/64
pretty much done with the deck ,some small things to do and they get glued in place then it gets interesting😎
Im really happy with the foc'sle partition,looks pretty good in my humble opinion 🤣! ,and I've started the guns ,still not sure if im going to do all the tackle yet or just the breeching rope, (issue is I had a bad knife accident a few years back that took out the radial artery and nerve at the base of my left index finger ,even with microsurgery and time for the nerve to regrow i dont have feeling at the top and inside of the finger nearest to the thumb..Right where you need to hold things for fine work ,made it interesting trimming and cutting small pieces when i got back to modelling).
It's going to be interesting when it's time to start the rigging😒
Richard
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Darius359au in HMS Pegasus 1776 by Darius359au - Amati/Victory Models - 1/64
Started on the stern windows ,the window frames and pillars really change the look of the piece! ,unfortunately the camera doesn't catch the 3D effect of the pillars very well.
Richard
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BLACK VIKING reacted to Blue Ensign in HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64 scale
Thank you, James,
I’m aware of ‘Klear’, or ‘Future’ as it was called last time I used it, beloved of model aircraft builders for canopy fixing and finishing.
I’ll certainly give it a go with odourless ca as a back-up.
Regards,
B.E.
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BLACK VIKING reacted to James H in HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64 scale
I 'glue' the frames over the acrylic windows with Klear floor polish. It's acrylic itself, dries rock hard and is commonly used in plastic modelling for fitting some PE parts. I've been using it for years with no issue. If it gets on the clear pane, then it's no problem.
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