Beef Wellington
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Hawker Typhoon by Asat - Airfix- 1/24
Hi Lou, looking great and I'll follow with interest. What will the final model look like?
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from mtaylor in Hawker Typhoon by Asat - Airfix- 1/24
Hi Lou, looking great and I'll follow with interest. What will the final model look like?
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from mtaylor in Studding sail booms and yards
Hi Rob, the various studdingsail booms were simply stored on their respective yard, but secured inboard to the actual yard with a lashing. The lower booms are secured in the iron hoops on the forward part of the channels so they can rotate outboard - whether these were "permanently" stored there is a question. I suspect that these would have rigged according to need, as they seem to be rather exposed and awkward alongside the hull given interference with the deadeyes - just my thoughts as can't find any reference to this.
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Beef Wellington reacted to RGL in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
Next is the funnels, with the resin replacements. Still will require some scratch building here for external steam pipes and rigging plus etching
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Beef Wellington reacted to RGL in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
Salt streaks, a bit more alge in the waterline and sone bright rust around the anchor platforms. It probable looks a little much by by the time everything else is added it should drown out the detail
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Beef Wellington reacted to RGL in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
Weathering part 2, chipping. Rubbing back the base coat to the hull coat.
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Beef Wellington reacted to RGL in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
So, highlights,
dulling down with sea blue
overspray of grey for paint fade. Chipping next it actually looks OK with the Mk1 eyeball.
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Beef Wellington reacted to RGL in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
Next, centre structures, nothing lines up!
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Beef Wellington reacted to RGL in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
It may not look like much but the base rust coat applied. Once I’ve applied a matte coat I can begin chipping fluids then start painting him black. That won’t be till next week when I’m off work again. My plan is to now start on some f the other hull structures that won’t need sever be weathering.
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Beef Wellington reacted to RGL in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
So not much done today as gardening took priority. The Svestapol set has a heap of thin little steel railings that are used on her deck. Perfect for non slip footings that are used on the anchor storage area.
the housings amidships, I’ve painted in the windows and masked them off. A day of primer then a base rust coat next. Hopefully I can make it look a bit better than the old rough kit it is now.
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from Canute in Hawker Typhoon by Asat - Airfix- 1/24
Hi Lou, looking great and I'll follow with interest. What will the final model look like?
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Hawker Typhoon by Asat - Airfix- 1/24
Hi Lou, looking great and I'll follow with interest. What will the final model look like?
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from lmagna in Hawker Typhoon by Asat - Airfix- 1/24
Hi Lou, looking great and I'll follow with interest. What will the final model look like?
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Beef Wellington reacted to Vane in HMS Speedy by Vane - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 - Master Shipwright (limited edition)
I did a few mistakes with my coppering but i am overall happy with the result. Its the 2nd ship i do this on so i am still learning but now i feel comfortable for the next time (Diana). The kit included two sheets of copper and its plenty of metal over. These sheets are way better than the Caldercraft version so i might have to upgrade for my future builds....
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Beef Wellington reacted to Wahka_est in HMS Cruiser by Wahka_est - Caldercraft - 1:64
Progress on 1st planking.
Tried different approaches just to test them. Im still bad with tappering. Dont like how it looks but sanding will clear it out.
Somehow these wood strip dont fit it so well as Terrora did. These are also thinner and more fragile-im sure this is really old kit. But that should still affect the wood if its stored properly.
Near bow the gunport bulkwark didnt bend well so there was gap between blank and it-glued few extra pieces and will sand it down.
Decided to put 1st plank on keel also then i know i can sand it down and have right surface for 2nd planking.
Summary-planking needs still practice.
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Beef Wellington reacted to robdurant in HMS DIANA by Peterhudson - Caldercraft - 1:64 Scale
Wow - that post made me sit up... Hope you don't mind me adding a few pictures of the last (very dusty) radio controlled semi-scratch model I built... (Also HMS COTTESMORE, in 1:48). Fascinating vessels. That's a beautiful waterline model of her!
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Beef Wellington reacted to Peterhudson in HMS DIANA by Peterhudson - Caldercraft - 1:64 Scale
someone asked about the ships on the wall - these are pictures of my various seagoing commands in the RN: top left clockwise: HMS COTTESMORE - HUNT Class MCM ship; HMS ALBION - Assault ship; HMS NURTON - Ton class minesweeper; HMS NORFOLK - T23 ASW Frigate. Great ships. A dear friend, Eric Dyke, made me a scratch model (in plastic) of HMS COTTESMORE which really ignited my interest in the hobby - he is to blame for the modelling mess that bedevils my study all the time! Desk bound now....
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Beef Wellington reacted to Peterhudson in HMS DIANA by Peterhudson - Caldercraft - 1:64 Scale
Having sanded and carried out a little gap filling, I planked and then painted the inner bulkhead. I then began to plank. I required 10 4mm planks either side of the centreline plank before I need to commence the joggle cuts. The guidance I followed referred to half width of the plank being cut into the margin and then shaped; some recommend a third plank width but I thought that would be quite fiddly and difficult to achieve an even look on both sides of the deck. Slow and methodical - it needs a thought to keep the sequence - was the approach and it turned out well. The deck was then sanded and a couple of coats of matt varnish applied to seal the wood. Whilst I was at it I finished off a little more of the head rails. Im now planking the remaining parts of the upper deck...slow progress though! Speak soon. P
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Beef Wellington reacted to SJSoane in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
So a little paper shows a lot! My CAD drawing was accurate, and model reveals that if the top and bottom of the windows are parallel but offset, the top one has to pull out further from the hull in order for the lower one to just hit the side. In other words, there is a gap at the top one, as seen here:
Looking back at the second Bellona model, it is clear that this is made up somehow by what druxey called the canting livre, as seen here:
I see I need to lay out the window muntins from the lower sill, and leave the gap at the head. Then it is filled by that little triangle. Funny, I never knew what those were for, until I tried to lay out the quarter galleries!
Mark
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Beef Wellington reacted to mtaylor in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
The French did the same thing but differently. They used a thick plank for the wale and then tapered the planks down from there. See attached, The wale is at the bottom of the chainplates.
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
Be careful what you say, rationality is in the eye of the beholder! The more exaggerated wales on British ships would help counteract hogging. More of a concern on British ships which typically were more heavily constructed given the differences in expected role and tactics.
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from dvm27 in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
Be careful what you say, rationality is in the eye of the beholder! The more exaggerated wales on British ships would help counteract hogging. More of a concern on British ships which typically were more heavily constructed given the differences in expected role and tactics.
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Beef Wellington got a reaction from druxey in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
Be careful what you say, rationality is in the eye of the beholder! The more exaggerated wales on British ships would help counteract hogging. More of a concern on British ships which typically were more heavily constructed given the differences in expected role and tactics.
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Beef Wellington reacted to druxey in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
And the floor of the gallery follows the deck sheer, not that of the quarter gallery itself!
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