Shipyard sid Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share #91 Posted May 10, 2020 greetings Peter Yep !! The fitting of the plates is tedious, I have just ripped a few off this morning. I started fitting the Victory tiles working down from the waterline, and you can see I had no problem at all with them by the photos. As I said earlier I am fitting these from the keel upward, which appears to be the way to go, but the quality of the work is very poor. I will carry on working upwards and hope it improves, but if I am not happy I will rip them off and start again from the waterline. Your work continues to be excellent as always, well done. Hello Keith good to hear from you, how are you keeping ? Don’t rush with the dark room there’s plenty of time. Best regards DAVID. ( photos Victory coppering, others Diana coppering so far. ) clearway, Kevin, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhudson Posted May 10, 2020 Share #92 Posted May 10, 2020 You are on the way! P Beef Wellington, mort stoll and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Wellington Posted May 12, 2020 Share #93 Posted May 12, 2020 Great start David, keep going! Don't think you'll experience too many challenges as long as you keep thinking ahead. I always wonder why people think coppering is an 'easy' option vs planking. Old Collingwood 1 Quote Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearway Posted May 12, 2020 Share #94 Posted May 12, 2020 just think-at least she is a smaller than your HMS Victory 😁 Old Collingwood and mort stoll 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted May 12, 2020 Share #95 Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) oooooooo David, Coppering, lol we all love coppering your build looks fantastic, i might evern get to start another build this summer Edited May 12, 2020 by Kevin Old Collingwood 1 Quote Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold MHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipyard sid Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share #96 Posted May 12, 2020 Greetings All David is no longer coppering !!! Not clever enough, so has abandoned it for now. I am painting canon barrels until I receive an order from CMB . My coppering has been a total shambles, and it was never going to get any better. So it was not worth continuing. I never liked the plates from the start, and realized I would have a problem with them. I have ordered 800 different plates from CMB to check them out. They are the wrong scale 1/72 but I am not bothered about that, so I will check to see if it’s worth using them. Regards DAVID Kevin, gieb8688, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearway Posted May 13, 2020 Share #97 Posted May 13, 2020 shame but in times of trouble stick with what you know- looking at the plates though you can see where the nail details are off-set at the top of the pic a tad so you can get the overlap- think fishscales 🤨 Shipyard sid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipyard sid Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share #98 Posted May 20, 2020 Greeting all Thanks for all your likes. Well I have started coppering the hull again, using the alternative tiles I mentioned, which have taken a while to arrive. Anyway I have started fitting them from the waterline downward, which is the wrong way, I think. But as long as I am happy that’s all that matters. I have worked along the waterline until the curvature around the bow and stern starts to take affect. The next two rows of tiles take me around the bow and I will infill there first. OK that’s me for now, thanks a lot. DAVID. There are about 2100 Diana tiles here, which I will never use . clearway and Peterhudson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhudson Posted August 9, 2020 Share #99 Posted August 9, 2020 How is it going? Ill update my DIANA blog this week - hope all is on track. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted September 24, 2021 Share #100 Posted September 24, 2021 hello my friend, hows it going? Quote Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold MHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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