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Kevin got a reaction from themadchemist in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
My Victory will be back on the workbench by this weekend, intentions are to get her to a masting stage by the end of the year, (well its a plan anyway)
My list of things to do in the next few weeks, lol about 100 on it -which will take me to masting
1) finish port side gun-port lanyards and then repeat everything starboard
2) stern and bow decoration
3) rudder
4) rework all davits and lower mast booms
5) stern Gun ports (missed)
6) find a way to re-position all top side cannons so they are not taking up deck space
yep the BUZZ is back
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Kevin got a reaction from cristikc in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Good evening everyone - oh it him again (rework kev)
port side is npw 90% completed - again - although it does not look much different in the pictures, the difference in the Gun port lanyards is much more grey, more hemp colour than the white ish colour i used first time, hope to start the starboard side next weekend
and apologies to not reading everyone's logs in the last few weeks
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Kevin got a reaction from cristikc in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Good evening everyone
last weekend - was spent working out how much extra work would be required to complete the re work on the Gun port lanyards and weather it was actually worth it, the deciding factor was tha fact that as my lids are shut - they would make a drastic improvement - providing they were done better
over the week i sourced some bigger wire 1.5mm and as a result the bore was bigger as well so the lanyards fit in nicely
all the port side holes were redrilled to 1.5mm and then again at the angle of the lids them selfs, - it is hard to explain so i will let my latest pictures tell the story
click on photo for bigger image
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Kevin got a reaction from cristikc in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
well i have comm ited my self now to the new version, personally i think it is for the better, any suggestions are welcome as always, sorry for the poor photo's
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Kevin got a reaction from themadchemist in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Good afternoon
now the mind blockage is gone, - lol i am looking for problems
i tried re-staining all the lanyards in situ - but as i have PVA glue on them the stain did not take, so i going to rip them all out,
so in the process of making another 200 lard-yards and rings, but have now decided to create the sheaves that run through the hull as well,
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Kevin got a reaction from themadchemist in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
Good afternoon,
some progress on my build, the fore deck is complete with the exception of the cannons. I t has taken a little while to get back into it, not being 100% and the weather here, like in many other places has been - well - poor
nothing is fixed into position yet, hence some bits look not quite level
- good to be back
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Kevin got a reaction from themadchemist in HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
been a slow build weekend as i get back into the build, managed to make the upper deck gratings - still to make the coamings to support them - also - i had forgoten just how wide she will be with the 11"stud booms in lace total width 28"
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Continuing on with the build, I have made and installed what I believe are called the Kevels. ??
I made them in one piece instead of two.
Added the angled pieces into the railings
Referring to Fred Hocker's email to another member, I left off the Kevel on the side behind the main mast and only added 1 kevel to the quarterdeck instead of the two in the plans.
Added smaller ones to the bow railing for the anchor rigging
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Posting some more pictures!
I'm not to happy with the way these came out. I might redo them when I make the bitts.
Added the knees to the lower bow railing
Finished Bow railing
I have finished the tops of the railings and now I will start working on the kevels.
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
I have finished the railing posts on both sides of the ship. I will start working on the railing tops, finishing the bow railing, and the rigging pulleys on the middle lower railings.
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Continuing on, I made up a bunch of line bundles for the cannon rigging.
Rigging of cannon is finished with bundles.
I darkened and mounted the cannon into position
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Made some more progress on the model!
Started work on some of the deck fittings. I cut out the slots for the sheaves and made the bottoms for the stanchions.
Now I inserted the sheaves, pinned the bottoms (to help keep them in place on the deck), gold leafed and fit the head figurines to the stanchions, and made the belay pin racks.
Some photos of the finished assembly's on the deck
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Now I turned my attention to the pin rails.
Notched out the wood to fit the railing posts.
Added belay pin holes
Mounted over the cannon
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
I went back over to the stern of the ship to tidy up a few loose ends.
Installed the curved pieces above the center ornamentation.
Then I gold leafed the two tall figurines and attached to the ship.
Added the figurines to the lower part under the galleries.
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
I decided to add the small railing around the opening to the lower deck
and leave off the stern railings (in front of the mizzen mast) that the Corel kit called for.
Stanchions pinned to deck.
Finished railing
Now turning my attention to the channels!
Thanks,
Frank
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Working on the Capstan. I drilled out the holes of the Corel Capstan and squared them up.
Installed the base for the capstan
I removed the large base from the Corel capstan, added the 6 vertical pieces and shaped in-between.
Installed the capstan to the base
Finished capstan
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
I took the Corel chainplates and modified them using Michael's technique with the J-B Weld product mentioned above.
I never used this product before, but I found that once it dried, the chainplates were very flexible and the product was able to be sanded easily. The only problem I ran into was drilling the holes for the nails. If I did not clamp the chainplates before drilling, the J-B Weld would split apart.
The J-B Weld product applied and then let dry for 24 hours
Chainplates with the J-B Weld product sanded down flat
Bending of the chainplates into the rough shape
Test fitting onto ship channels
Once they were fitted, I took them off, drilled the nail holes, painted the chainplates, then glued and nailed to ship
Now onto the other side to repeat the process. After I will add the rings for the blocks and the finish wood piece for the face of the channels.
Thanks,
Frank
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
I now started to work on the channels.
I made new ones out of walnut, with pins to help with the mounting.
The mizzenmast channels and mainmast channels mounted to the ship
The foremast channels:
Another view
I am starting to work on the deadeyes and chainplates.
I will give Michael's (md1400cs) method a try.
In his log he showed us how he used the "J-B Weld" product to help modify the chainplates that came with the Corel kit.
Hopefully I can make mine look as good as his!
Thanks,
Frank
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Finish planking of lower hull using mahogany strips
I veneered the keel with lighter mahogany wood and then I sanded and coated the entire Hull with a satin sanding sealer
Framed the gun ports and added the partial carriages
Overlap the upper planks near the stern
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Kevin reacted to fmodajr in Wasa by fmodajr - FINISHED - Corel - 1:75
Adding the False Deck
Finishing the first layer of planking
For the second layer of planking I selected and cut some darker Walnut wood for contrast on the wales.
I soaked the planks in a 50/50 mix of ammonia and water, then bent the planks and glued after drying.
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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 mtaylor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
i love being part of the MSW community again and catching up on everyone's logs again, mark this looks brilliant, well done
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Kevin reacted to mtaylor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
I mentioned above about how I cut gunports. So here's how I do it. I make no guarantees that it's the best way but it works for me.
First up is a laminated frame blank (I'm using a half frame as the full frames are done).
I then rubber cement the frame plan to it and carefully cut it out.
I fit the frame into position and check all the reference points both against the plans and in situ using the EdT tool. After that, the reference points are etched using the scroll saw and the frame cuts are made with the saw pictured.
I soak the joint in 91% isopropyl and wrap in a scarp of paper towel which is also soaked in the isopropyl.
The joint is then wrapped in plastic wrap and secured at each end with clothes pins (pegs) so as not let the whole frame separate.
After doing something else for about a half an hour, I grab the frame with pliers and piece to be removed with a pair of cutters.
A slight pull and the piece comes out, usually cleanly.
At this point, the frame is glued into place, space blocks added between the newly installed frame and the existing frame, everything clamped and the glue allowed to cure. After curing, I double check all reference points, just in case....
I hope this helps someone.
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Kevin reacted to mtaylor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Thanks for looking in and commenting Danny, Sam, Cabrapente, David, and Sjors.
Murphy apparently took a few days off (thank heavens) as things went well.
Sam, if I remember, I'll do a quick photo essay when I cut the next gunport which will be later in the week.
I got the hull (what there is of it so far) faired out close. It will still need work but that will come after the cant frames which is the next project. There's still some low spots and high spots but overall, pretty close.
I also reshaped/reworked the rabbet so the planking will set right. It was tedious and had me sweating blood but worth every second of it.
The keel has glued on and sits square and level with everything.
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