Vivian Galad

Update - the second planking with cherry veneer is now done! Not perfect,but I am pleased with it. Now for a little sanding - not too much as it would be easy to sand clear through the veneer. No drop planks or stealers were necessary.
 

 

 

 
 
 
Mark

The friezes were treated with Minwax Polycrylic before using a glue stick to apply. The difficult part was cutting the friezes off the sheet. The mouldings were edge-bent with dry heat to conform to the shape of the hull. Gluing these was a challenge.
 
After the glue dried, the mouldings and hull were sanded. Wipe-On-Poly was applied to the entire outer hull including the friezes. 
Steve

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. The last and most difficult of the paneling is complete. Strips were edge-bent after soaking in hot water to create the curvature. One continuous panel was created to take the place of the knee at the bow. Not as crisp as the other panels, but this issue should fade as the knees are added.
Steve

 

Hi Mates,
 
Vivian Thanks - its not difficult - especially if you only add the verticals without that horizontal piece that was needed in this case.
PS: The Admiral is in Florianópolis visiting her family - SO lot's of time in the shipyard and tool noise bother's nobody 
 
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Update - Took this idea from Anthony's Victory - shelf for lumber. Next up shot locker very close to mainmast. As always thank for looking in and....
 
Cheers,
 
 

 

Nice, Michael. I was trying to do something like that on my Cocca Veneta, your solution seems a great one - I mean, in showing them frames. 

Nice, Michael. I was trying to do something like that on my Cocca Veneta, your solution seems a great one - I mean, in showing them frames. 

Thank you for the likes and the comments.
 
Meanwhile back in the shipyard, the guns are all installed and have their breeching ropes.  I put in temporarily two markers for the ends of the quarter and fore decks to check for tolerances and to think things through more on the rigging of the mainmast.  So far, so good.  There should be about 12 or 16 eyebolts with blocks for rigging behind the mainmast but that's not going to happen so I'll have to move those lines up to the quarterdeck.   Next up is making and installing the cannon traversing tackle which will be fun but also a pain as the parts are so tiny.   I'm using 5/16 inch Chuck Blocks for these.  I thought about using the 1/8" blocks but they're too tiny for these guns.  Oh well.. maybe for the 4 pounders topside and also for some of the rigging.
 
Here's the photos...
 

Hi Mates,
 Anthony: thanks for your comments and suggestions. BTW – your 1/36th Victory cross-section is amazing. Will be borrowing some of your details from that one – well try to anyway!
 
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Plan B update. Those framing inserts that I had made, and then added oak stain to the basswood– were too dark. And the basswood in-and-of itself was too plain, nor did it look like the first frame that is in profile.
 
Rebuilt them. Again using basswood, but added oak veneer to the frame faces. And did not stain the basswood – which almost disappears visually with the addition of the oak veneer faces. Much better – I’m good here – moving forward.  Photos go through the process.
 
As alway mates thanks for dropping by, likes and comments.
 

Joining the fellows in the applause. Great detailing as always, Doris. A masterful skill to astound us all.

Joining the fellows in the applause. Great detailing as always, Doris. A masterful skill to astound us all.

Hi Mike,
Very nice build as the choice of the ship and the kit.
 
Is there a small gap?

Joining the fellows in the applause. Great detailing as always, Doris. A masterful skill to astound us all.

Joining the fellows in the applause. Great detailing as always, Doris. A masterful skill to astound us all.

I finally finished the Galeone Veneto by Corel. I made  changes to the kit. I used some decking from left over wood, purchased metal gun openings, decorated the bulkheads. The wood used on wood on frame ships is very thick and hard to bend. All in all it has turned out to be one of my favorite models. At the beginning I was ready to throw it out. 

I had some time to put some clear coat on the hull

Joining the fellows in the applause. Great detailing as always, Doris. A masterful skill to astound us all.

Back to back minor updates - working on that open frames section I intend on incorporating.  Photos speak for themselves   
 

 

Joining the fellows in the applause. Great detailing as always, Doris. A masterful skill to astound us all.

Hello Doris,
 
First if all, thank you very much for taking the time to make that video.  This was incredibly instructive and interesting in that you only need the small steam from a cup of tea to do this shaping of the card.  I was envisioning a boiling kettle, or something like that.  And the results are so perfect!
 
I am reading, now, Richard Endsor’s excellent book “The Warship Anne”.
 

In the book, Mr. Endsor makes mention of canvas purchased for the covering of the quarter galleries, during the construction of the ship.  This detail of the text made me wonder whether it was this flexible medium (canvas), that could more easily be stretched over the light framework of the QGs, thus creating these complicated, faceted shapes - maybe, at least, for the top upper finishing.  The canvas could then be sealed with paint, or some form of “black stuff” for water proofing.  I had always assumed that the “skin” of the QGs was made entirely of wood.  Anyway, not sure what to make of that, but an interesting possibility.  Perhaps you understand this more completely.
 
The other detail that is of particular interest to me, Doris, is your round-up of the stern - from the counter timber, up through the tafferal.  Let me preface the following observation by saying that this is not a criticism, but merely my desire to more fully understand what I am seeing as it relates to known period practice.
 
My observation is that the arc of round-up, in the hotizontal plane, is most pronounced at the stern counter, just above the stern post.  As your eye travels up, toward the tafferal, this arc APPEARS to flatten out a bit, yet it is still there.  I can see the upper arc of the stern, as it is reflected in the aft deckline of the poop.
 
What I can’t figure out is whether this arc actually diminishes, as the stern rises, or whether this is just an optical illusion created by the rising tumblehome of the ship sides cutting the arc on a continuous taper towards the centerline of the ship; in other words, as the ship’s sides rise, the segment of arc at any given point gets smaller and smaller, thus, perhaps, appearing flatter when, in reality, they are all arcs of the same curve.  How’s that for a run-on-and-on sentence?!
 
With all of the ornaments in place, I think that this apparent difference is not noticeable at all, really, but the bare architecture makes it more visible.  What you are doing, Doris, looks right to me, but I’m just trying to understand why so that I can re-create it on my model.

Your comment on canvas is interesting, HH. It was often painted, sometimes to resemble green patinated copper. Usually the canvas was laid down over wood boards. A real life example is seen on the roof of Prince Frederick's barge in the Royal Museums Greenwich.