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Kevin
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Kevin reacted to DORIS in ROYAL CAROLINE 1749 by Doris - 1:40 - CARD
Dear friends,
your words mean a lot for me and I appreciate your praise and comments very much. I warmly thank you!
Well, on the model there will be about 15 crew members from the mid -18th century. The figure of Nelson could be possible only as a very young child, but I do not plan to create him for Royal Caroline. I only answered Sjors.
No problem, it is possible to purchase here:
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Hello Robert,
I have an idea - some of my crew members could visit your beautiful ship, maybe we will meet on the sea one day...
Maybe in the future, but for diorama I need larger space. Now I have only one room, where I keep all models protected against dust and air humidity.
300 figures of men - but not for my model. It would be mission impossible for me. I am going to create only 15 figures for Royal Caroline.
Oh yes, dear Michael, the figures bring better imagination about real size of the ship and I also try to create more authentic clothes of the crew from 18th century.
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Here are some larger and actual pics of Royal Caroline:
Kind regards
Doris
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Kevin reacted to DORIS in ROYAL CAROLINE 1749 by Doris - 1:40 - CARD
Dear Sjors,
I know, you are making fun of me....
Creating crew members in this amount would take several years of difficult work. But one Nelson maybe could be possible. I usually make one figure about 1-2 days.
I love watching your beautiful work on wooden models, it is a great inspiration and pleasure for me.
In April I am going to start other projects - IJN Yamato 1:350 and then USS Missouri also in 1:350 scale ( Tamiya manufacturer). And there I will use some photoetched parts , crew members included.
Best regards
Doris
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Kevin reacted to DORIS in ROYAL CAROLINE 1749 by Doris - 1:40 - CARD
Hello dear friends,
thank you very much for you kind words, comments and support, that is a great honor and pleasure for me.
It is also a challenge for me to keep up my work to be worthy of your praise. I believe that it is always possible to make things better. For example I have improved some details on the figures (I adapted the feet or changed the shape of officer´s hat .....).
The crew is hand made from clay/sculpey by my own, all figures are made exactly and in a scale, how I need.
Wow, only 300 men? Oh, I understand - the others will be hidden inside of the ship, right?
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During the weekend I finished another seaman and also tackles at one of the cannons. I tried to capture the moment, when both seamen are waiting to the lieutenant command to manipulate the cannon.
Here are some pics so please enjoy them.
Kind regards
Doris
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Kevin reacted to DORIS in ROYAL CAROLINE 1749 by Doris - 1:40 - CARD
Dear friends,
thank you very much for your support and kind comments, that´s a great pleasure for me.
I will make every effort to make you liked the "crew in action".
Few days ago I have started modelling first two men - a lieutenant and a young sailor, who will work with a tackle on the right side of cannon. Now they are ready on the board. Soon I will make other sailors and add tackles at cannons.
Enjoy the pics:
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Kevin got a reaction from Sjors in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
good evening everyone
Nearly there, just Nine left to do, two this side and then strip 7 and redo them on the port side,so hopefully i can put this saga behind me (been a saga to me)
Lanyards - once into a routine i was ok
click on image to get better image
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Kevin got a reaction from Sjors in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Progress made
had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online)
sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india
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Kevin got a reaction from MEDDO in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Progress made
had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online)
sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india
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Kevin got a reaction from Sergey in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Progress made
had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online)
sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india
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Kevin got a reaction from Stockholm tar in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Progress made
had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online)
sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india
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Kevin got a reaction from canoe21 in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Progress made
had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online)
sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india
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Kevin reacted to Geoff Matson in Constitution by Geoff Matson - Model Shipways 2040 - 1/76 scale
I have finished my off the model rigging of the Bowsprit. I was happy with rope made on the Byrnes ropewalk. Here are few pictures. The bowsprit was just dry fitting into the hull.
Now onto the shrouds.
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Kevin reacted to Geoff Matson in Constitution by Geoff Matson - Model Shipways 2040 - 1/76 scale
I finished my off ship rigging of the Foremast.
I installed about 2/3rds of the rigging on the masts themselves and the rest I made up the lines and stored them in plastic food bags to keep the clutter down until I am ready to actually install the rigging for real. I was quite happy with this method as I did not worry about everything getting all tangled up. What made the rigging the shrouds a lot easier was the fact I could serve and seize the lines off the mast and then just slip them over the tops and then tighten them up. I did the same thing with the deadeyes and blocks. That way when I am ready for the final rigging all I have to do is tighten up the seizings.
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Kevin reacted to Geoff Matson in Constitution by Geoff Matson - Model Shipways 2040 - 1/76 scale
Still working on rigging the foremast. The deadeyes and blocks are just dry fitting into the line and will be adjusted once put on the model. So far I have been happy with my off model approach to rigging. The platforms holding the mast has worked well. It makes it easy to use the third hand to do the seizings and the miniature clothes pin I picked up at Hobby Lobby really work nice holding things in place. I am learning a lot about the names of the lines and their points of origin and attachment.
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Kevin reacted to Geoff Matson in Constitution by Geoff Matson - Model Shipways 2040 - 1/76 scale
I started to rig the Foremast with shrouds. I am using Lizbeth 20wt 3 strand thread for the shrouds. The shrouds are served with Gutermann 50wt thread one the center 5 inches. Then the shrouds are seized to mast with Lizbeth 80wt thread. All thread seizings and servings are glued with watered down white glue. Here are a few pictures.
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Kevin reacted to Geoff Matson in Constitution by Geoff Matson - Model Shipways 2040 - 1/76 scale
Thanks for your interest in my shop. Now don't laugh but my shop is in my bedroom. Here are a couple of pictures
The shop area is just along one wall and the rest is the bedroom. Just a small farm house.
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Kevin reacted to Piet in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
WOW!!! That's one good looking ship Kevin. Great job on the gunport lids.
Cheers,
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Kevin got a reaction from realworkingsailor in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Progress made
had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online)
sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india
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Kevin got a reaction from WackoWolf in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Progress made
had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online)
sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india
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Kevin got a reaction from Piet in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Progress made
had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online)
sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india
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Kevin got a reaction from augie in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Progress made
had the opportunity so far to just get on with it, instead of an hour here and an hour there,although i will be in this position a lot more now as i have just stopped my other hobby (Eve online)
sat in my mancave listening to us being beaten by india
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Kevin got a reaction from SawdustDave in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
not quite as much work done today, lost another of our wabbits so feel quite miserable but did make a start on the stbd side
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Kevin got a reaction from SawdustDave in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
stbd side gunports
All lids removed apart from two - they dont want to play my game, some de bonder needed, or bigger gun-port removal tool
old lanyard pins removed, by drilling out
About 1/3 of new lanyards made,
1.5mm holes drilled into hull to take the uplift tubes
will touch up paintwork before i start to put it all back
good to be back
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Kevin got a reaction from Glenn-UK in HMS Victory by Glenn-UK - Caldercraft - 1/72
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