Katsumoto

That looks very good! Fairing of the hull looks excellent! Well done so far and you are going fast.... 

good luck!

6 hours ago, Baker said:

A very nice anchor and buoy 

Thanks Baker. It took me some time to figure out how to make these. 

I now have a matching pair as the second anchor has it's buoy attached.

regards,
Pete

Second Anchor and buoys

I've constructed my second anchor. I like to make 4 in total. This model has only two, but I like to make some extra. These ships had spares on deck when an anchor got lost. Also I have to make the buoys. Never made these before and some information on MSW helped me to make these. 
 

I tried to make some buoys for the anchors. I never made these before and found little information about them. However, some experienced modelers seem to make them and the most common ones I've seen are the "rugby ball" shaped buoys on HMS Victory or the same period type of ships.
On other Xebec's I've seen, they used a "cone" shape buoy.
I just tried to imitate what I've seen on pictures. One thing I didn't do is to serve the main ropes surrounding the buoy. I didn't have the means to do so.
Please keep in mind I made these only with a knife, needle files, rope, glue and some tweezers.
 

1 down, 1 to go!

See you next time,
Pete

Hi Guys,

A small update of my work of last weekend. I had to figure out how I wanted to fabricate and construct the top parts of the masts. The kit provides me with plywood out of scale parts that didn't made it on the ship, so I decided to make new ones. There are a few ways to make these and the easiest way is to laminate wooden strips together and leave gaps on the place where the slots needs to be. I didn't do it this way, don't ask me why but I tried the hard way. A solid piece of walnut and milled 1mm slots into the wood with my Proxxon drill. In the end it worked out allright but sometimes I just don't understand myself. 🤪

The disks are 1mm thick and has a 5mm diameter. I use one of my files to make the slot into the disks, dryfitted and painted them dark grey.
The tops and bottoms of the masts are blackened with East Indian Ink. I truely love this stuff. It's really black and has no pigment in it. Made purely out of charcoal I believe.
The Ink is very thin and flows like a dye, so you get "bleed outs" very easily if you want a sharp line. Tape doesn't help here. To avoid this I make a small cut / incision into the wood with a hobby knife. The cut, as small as it is, prevents bleed outs.

I still need to oil the wood as a finish, but that's for later....

3 hours ago, FrankWouts said:

Beautiful work on a beautiful build and dito carvings Pete!

I’m following yours as well now!

Frank.

Hi Frank,

Thanks for making the time to read through my log and to have interest in my build. Much appreciated. 

Hoi Frank,

Tof dat je tijd vrij gemaakt hebt om door mijn topic te lopen. Ik weet dat je een druk schema hebt en dat je tijd schaars is.
Ik waardeer het enorm en we spreken!

groet,
Peter

A great model, love the woodcolor of the hull and the representation of the paint. Well build and what an example of how this ship should be like! Congratulations! 

Beautiful lines and work on one of the most rewarding things when completed. The hull! You'll manage that corner I'm sure. It's a difficult part indeed, but you will succeed.
I believe you are the only Dutch person building this great model. I'll keep following Frank. 😉

16 minutes ago, BenD said:

Looking really good mate.

 

Glad you like the rope. The dark drown is looking realistic, did you use matt varnish on it like we talked about?

Thanks Ben! 
like I’ve said before, working with the best equipment / ropes, makes all the difference on the model. I haven’t used Matt varnish on the ropes simply I don’t want to spoil it with my non existing skills…so I am affraight to ruin my ropes… 😨

It’s silly I know….😅

A small update from last weekend work. Made a replacement block to accept some rigging on the stem of the bow. I made a disk out of walnut and is inserted between the block and stem to let the rope run smoothly.
It will be part of the bowsprit running rigging. 
After this I formed the bowsprit. Is has a nice round ball at the end and is handmade out of walnut. The bowsprit is made out of a single piece of wood tapered to the end. Tapering is done by hand using sandpaper on a block of wood.
I've blackened the wood with East Indian Ink and used some Danish Oil as a finish. I like to work with Ink over paint. 1) can't paint properly...main reason... 😨 2) paint lies on the wood and seals the grain while Ink is absorbed into the wood and grain remains visible and open to accept oil. It gives a more natural finish thus has my preference. 

In the end the bowsprit is placed onto the ships stem and secured with hand made dark brown rope from Ropes of Scale. Pretty pleasing to work with high quality rope.
 

If there are any questions or suggestions, please let me know! 😊

Congratulations on this beautiful build. For a first model, you did exceptionally well. 🙂

23 hours ago, md1400cs said:

Peter:  Thanks as well for your much appreciated comment. – welcome aboard – so nice of you. I have, in fact, blended some of the Amati decorative pieces into this build. Have you started your Sovereign?

 

 

You're welcome and thank you for having me aboard! 🙂
I've seen some of the Amati decorations between the other from Mantua, if you look closely at your pictures, the Amati decorations have a more yellowish color compared to the Mantua's. 
I haven't started due to the fact I'm still building my current project. Hopefully within 6 months or so I'll be finished with her....I have no deadline.... 😉 
However, thinking about SotS, she's big and complex, so I'm not sure if I'm ready for her yet....In the mean time I'm following your log and all the bashing you have done and going to do....

Nice addition with all the lights and man....you take the word "bashing" really seriously.... 😅

regards,
Peter

I really love your build, bashing and how you show the "old" brass fittings and decorations compared to the "newer" castings.  I have the same model, but also the new castings. I know Amati has a nice decoration set as well, but not the same scale. I'll keep following along. 🙂

regards,
Peter

Hi Kostas!

You're working on a great model and doing a wonderful job on this Corel kit. Keep up the great work and don't mind the color difference between the planks it will pass in time due UV light.

regards,
Peter

Nice result on the stern decorations Sjors. Love the details of the CC kit! Keep it up! 👍

Hello friends,

Time to show some progress on my Xebec. I made some carvings, build the second steps / stairs, prepwork on the masts and finished my first anchor (3 more to go)
I hope you like it, and thanks for the likes, support, comments and cheers from you guys! 😃

regards,
Pete

Congrats on the 10 years anniversary and to miles and miles more of ropemaking and selling thousands of thousands of blocks! 😉

Very nice work on your Winnie! The running of your planking looks excellent, great work on this proces Frank!  👍

This looks like a very nice bashing of a good kit. Great work on de the deckplanks and I'm looking forward towards the next building steps.
e.g. OcCre did made some alternations on their kits and upgraded some parts from stained plywood to solid "walnut". I think this is a good thing! 

Nice project and good luck. I see you are on a great start already! ☺️

11 hours ago, BobG said:

Beautiful work, Pete! This is going to be a gorgeous model when you're done.

Thanks Bob,

It will be a milestone when she is done....already two years working on her.....

Hi guys,
Today I placed the boat on deck.
 

Slowly I'm running into the rigging part of the build. I have some small items to make like the stairs on port side, oars and some woodcarving. After that, I'm going to fabricate the masts and start with rigging...

regards,
Pete

Construction of the rudder.

A small update on the lifeboat. I've constructed the rudder from walnut and made the hinges from very thin brass sheetmetal and blackened them.
The shape of the helm is similar as on the big ship. I like these small details where you can see that there is a relationship between one another.

Still some work to do on her until she is finished and can be placed on deck of the big ship, but the list is getting shorter:

- anchor and cable

- small carving on the stern

- construction of the stand

- oars 

regards,
Pete

23 hours ago, Baker said:

Very nice carvings and boat 👍

Thank you Baker, love your comment.

11 hours ago, BobG said:

Your carving skills are so very impressive, Pete!

 Thanks Bob. I'll do my best to keep it acceptable for the critical eyes on this forum. ☺️ 

Hi Guys, I wish everybody the best for 2023 and may all your dreams come true!

Some progress on the small boat.
Made some Oarlocks and did some carving...
 

Sometimes it goes wrong....
 

Designing the carvings, which will be placed on both sides of the boat....
 

It's very tiny.....
 

Next steps will be the construction of the rudder....

regards,
Pete