Beef Wellington

I have to take the dust of on the build log.
It's a while ago but i'm back......
I have removed all the copper plates because a lot of them are falling off and I was not happy with the result
So I have started again with those plates.
 
Sjors
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hi guys n gals 
Can't believe it's been soooo long since I posted on here. Yes I'm still building the Trincomalee but a lot has happened between then and now. The pandemic, redesigning the back garden, donating a kidney to my other half and doing a commission build of a viking ship. Anyway I'm back on it and raring to go. The last thing I posted was about the figurehead, since then I've done the grating on deck (which took an age and was very monotonous) put the cannons in and now slowly adding bits to the hull.

Andrew and Dave, thanks for the really nice comments and all the likes on the pinnace.  It gives me great encouragement for continuing with the launch, which is progressing quite nicely.

The ribs and seating are installed in the same way as for the pinnace but installing the ribs from the stern forward.  Adding the breasthook helped with improving the curve and strength of the bow section. I have left off the davit and its support for now because I am minded to beef up the davit which looks a bit thin as the 1mm pear piece supplied in the kit.

 
That forward seat is definitely square despite the rather distorted view above!
 

A bit more cleaning and tidying up to do before I paint the hull
 
David
 
 
 
 

Stunning. That must be the most realistic stern I’ve seen on a kit. I’m going to have a hard time leaving Indefatigable in the box while I get on with Sphinx!

Evening!
 
I thought this a good time to do an update as the stern is more or less complete. I've just got to add the stern gunport eyebolts and hinges, plus the lanterns which are now under paint.
 
First job here is to fit the glazing panels which come pre-cut. These just pop into place and the PE window frames are painted and pushed into the recesses. These push in snugly, and a little varnish was run around them to 'glue' them into place. Note that you can have any stern window (except the quarter-rears) positioned either open or closed. I opted to leave two windows open.

 
 
 
The columns are now singled out for some ochre paint and these are then glued between the windows. Minimal trimming is needed with these.


 
 
 
Instead of PE for the quarter shingles, a small sheet of pre-cut Laser-Board is included. these are longer than they need to be and are just trimmed and glued into place with a few dits of CA gel. These will then be painted in black to make them uniform (not seen here).


 
 
 
Again, instead of PE, the stern decor is laser-engraved into a sheet of PolyBak. These are finer than PE and have much nicer fidelity. All parts are carefully removed, attached to some de-tacked tape and then airbrushed in yellow ochre paint. Each part is then applied to the relevant engraved area on the ship's stern. For the ship name, a waterslide decal is included.


 
 
Until later!

You are making a very good job of those ships boats David, the look very detailed and your usual high standard of finish! 

Thanks for looking in and for all for the likes.
 
With both pinnace and launch hulls complete, I continued to work on the pinnace.
 
The ribs are fixed using Tamiya tape as 6mm spacers. Fixing the first ribs and getting them to look in line and parallel was the most difficult part of this stage. Beginning at the bow I think was the problem, so for the launch I will start with the stern ribs.

The sternsheet bench was shaped more in line with the plans on page 117 of the AotS and I added some linings at stern and bow.
I marked out the position of the thwarts on a piece of scrap and laid it along the boat and each thwart was trimmed as necessary.

I was pleased that there were plenty of spare knees because they are very delicate and prone to damage when finishing the hull and the hull took a lot of finishing. More areas for attention showing up when painting the hull white. There are still places at the bow that I’m not happy with but I’m afraid it will have to do. When it comes to the launch, I will add the wales and paint the outside of the hull before fitting the knees.
The forward and stern washboards were painted blue and ochre to reflect the colours used on Diana.
The pinnace is now complete with the finishing of oars, anchors and boat hooks ongoing.


 Meanwhile I’m continuing work on the launch.
 
David

I take my hat off to you Sir! |Great job on the boats.

Bob: I agree that word meaning shifted with time, and I think we are agreed now! Thank you.
 
Bruce: You've smoked me: I'm rotten to the core.

Looks like a very interesting subject.
 
I'm loathe to post this because of clogging up this thread...but, I wonder if it would make sense to start a new thread specific to each new kit project?  Hopefully that will keep people on topic and focused, and reduce the inevitable back and forth with parallel development activities, pet peeves etc.

Thanks for the very kind words and likes everyone - sadly no further progress (or even pent-up progress).
 
@westwood The colour is 'red ochre' from the Admiralty paints series sold by Caldercraft.

Thanks for the very kind words and likes everyone - sadly no further progress (or even pent-up progress).
 
@westwood The colour is 'red ochre' from the Admiralty paints series sold by Caldercraft.

Looks like a very interesting subject.
 
I'm loathe to post this because of clogging up this thread...but, I wonder if it would make sense to start a new thread specific to each new kit project?  Hopefully that will keep people on topic and focused, and reduce the inevitable back and forth with parallel development activities, pet peeves etc.

Looks like a very interesting subject.
 
I'm loathe to post this because of clogging up this thread...but, I wonder if it would make sense to start a new thread specific to each new kit project?  Hopefully that will keep people on topic and focused, and reduce the inevitable back and forth with parallel development activities, pet peeves etc.

Looks like a very interesting subject.
 
I'm loathe to post this because of clogging up this thread...but, I wonder if it would make sense to start a new thread specific to each new kit project?  Hopefully that will keep people on topic and focused, and reduce the inevitable back and forth with parallel development activities, pet peeves etc.

Looks like a very interesting subject.
 
I'm loathe to post this because of clogging up this thread...but, I wonder if it would make sense to start a new thread specific to each new kit project?  Hopefully that will keep people on topic and focused, and reduce the inevitable back and forth with parallel development activities, pet peeves etc.

Thanks for the very kind words and likes everyone - sadly no further progress (or even pent-up progress).
 
@westwood The colour is 'red ochre' from the Admiralty paints series sold by Caldercraft.

Good luck with the new thread, looking forward to follow it!

Today I received the fittings and more fragile laser cut sheet box. This fits within the main box, protecting the parts further when in transit, as the main MDF hull parts are very heavy. 
 

Thanks for the very kind words and likes everyone - sadly no further progress (or even pent-up progress).
 
@westwood The colour is 'red ochre' from the Admiralty paints series sold by Caldercraft.

Flawless Job, this is  class. Thank you .

I have only just discovered this wonderful work.
I'm reading from the beginning and bookmarking it.
Very inspiring Jason.
Such precise clean work, attention to detail...
Just wonderful and I look forward to the continuing.
 
And I would still like to ask what colour red are you using?
Thanks
 

Still busy, still beautiful !!

Very crisp!

Can I start over with my own build? Man this is beautiful!!