Royal Caroline by sparrow - Mantua/Panart - Royal yacht 1749, scale 1:47

[sparrow]

Hello Jan,Just to let you know that I'm enjoying your build ,thanks for the learning.Edwin

Hi Edwin,

 

I am very glad that you like my build! You are welcome.:-)

 

Best regards,

Jan

[sparrow]

Hi Sparrow,

   Very nice job you're doing there........i must try this sculpey business myself some time, especially after seeing Doris's efforts which are beautiful ! I hope you don't mind me saying this but I did prefer the original blue that you were using this one seems a bit too bright, will follow with interest as she was my first build and it's interesting to see how other people tackle builds.

 

     Cheers

       Jack

 

Hi Jack,

 

thanks for your comment. Definitely go ahead and try Sculpey yourself. It needs some practice that I am still gaining and quite a lot of patience but the options are endless.

Doris work is definitely an ideal and master work that I can only adore so far.

 

Actually the blue is probably less bright in reality than on those pictures. However there are people who prefer the previous blue while some like this one more. I am still not sure which shade is actually the closest to the real RC...

Do you have a build log of your model?

 

Cheers,

Jan

[jthemanjack]

Hi Jan ,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   When I built her I did not even know what a build log was to be honest , this was a number of years ago before i even owned a computer ,although I have posted images of her in the finished Kit built section, she has the Humbrol Azure blue colour scheme ,i may build her again in years to come and follow your example of improving on the kit contents ,

 

   Cheers

        Jack

[sparrow]

Hi Jan ,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   When I built her I did not even know what a build log was to be honest , this was a number of years ago before i even owned a computer ,although I have posted images of her in the finished Kit built section, she has the Humbrol Azure blue colour scheme ,i may build her again in years to come and follow your example of improving on the kit contents ,

 

   Cheers

        Jack

Hi Jack,

 

I have found your RC in the gallery and it really looks nice. The Humbrol color scheme is also looking fine. Nevertheless I am going to keep this color, hopefully it won't be so bad in the end.

In case you will build this kit again definitely look also at the build log of Marsalv who is doing really great job on RC - many things I am not able to tackle with such a high level of precision as he does...

 

Cheers,

Jan

[marsalv]

Hi Jack,

 

I have found your RC in the gallery and it really looks nice. The Humbrol color scheme is also looking fine. Nevertheless I am going to keep this color, hopefully it won't be so bad in the end.

In case you will build this kit again definitely look also at the build log of Marsalv who is doing really great job on RC - many things I am not able to tackle with such a high level of precision as he does...

 

Cheers,

Jan

Thanks for great compliment .

[sparrow]

Hi dear visitors,

 

there is some more progress on the model. Another Sculpey ornaments added to the ship...

 

[sparrow]

Construction of rudder. I haven't used the supplied plywood parts however I have made my own using balsa wood which was covered by 0.5mm walnut planks to match the color of the ship.

 

I have made some own hinges from brass.

[sparrow]

Finally here is my first attempt on the ornaments on the lower part of the stern. I have printed the pictures on a decal paper but I am not sure if the colorful images look right there. So I am currently trying some different way and will probably replace those...

 

Also the rudder is visible on its place painted with white color.

 

Cheers,

Jan

[flying_dutchman2]

Beautiful all around and I like how you did your cannons, but I especially like the Siamese, very pretty cat.

Marc

[sparrow]

Beautiful all around and I like how you did your cannons, but I especially like the Siamese, very pretty cat.

Marc

 

Hi Marc,

 

thanks for your positive comment!

The cat is actually Ragdoll and indeed he is quite nice.

 

Cheers,

Jan

[bhermann]

I have printed the pictures on a decal paper but I am not sure if the colorful images look right there. So I am currently trying some different way and will probably replace those...

 

 

Jan

 

My limited experience with decals suggests the colors come out truest if they are applied to a white background.  In this case I am picturing painting the entire area under the transom white, then making a decal that covers the entire rectangle, with the background blue color printed on the decal.  That might make the figures appear the way you want them to.

 

I have read about (but never done) people printing their patterns on paper and then gluing the paper to the hull.  Just a couple of thoughts - I look forward to seeing what you come up with - although I think that what you have already looks very nice!.  I love the boot at the top of the rudder.

 

Bob

[sparrow]

Jan

 

My limited experience with decals suggests the colors come out truest if they are applied to a white background.  In this case I am picturing painting the entire area under the transom white, then making a decal that covers the entire rectangle, with the background blue color printed on the decal.  That might make the figures appear the way you want them to.

 

I have read about (but never done) people printing their patterns on paper and then gluing the paper to the hull.  Just a couple of thoughts - I look forward to seeing what you come up with - although I think that what you have already looks very nice!.  I love the boot at the top of the rudder.

 

Bob

 

Hi Bob,

 

thank you for your comment and suggestions. I have finally given up with the colorful print and instead I used office white paper that I covered first with golden color and then printed with black only. Then I needed to cut out the pattern and apply a little of golden color on the edges so that the white would not be seen.

 

See the pictures...

 

I think the golden scheme looks better and does not stand out so much in contrast to the other ornamentations.

 

Cheeers,

Jan

[sparrow]

Hello,

 

so some more progress on the Sculpey ornaments - this time the Royal coat of arms for the midships bulkhead.

 

Also the stairs on the hull have been remade using wood and Sculpey.

 

Jan

[marsalv]

Wonderfull work - as usual .

[ZyXuz]

That Lion and Unicorn badge is just awesome!

love it!

[sparrow]

Thanks a lot guys for your compliments!

[bhermann]

Jan -  I think the gold figures on paper came out very well.  They stand out better than the original attempt, and blend nicely with the rest of the ornamentation on the transom.  Good fix!

 

Your sculpting work looks marvelous to me.  Keep going

 

Bob

[sparrow]

Jan -  I think the gold figures on paper came out very well.  They stand out better than the original attempt, and blend nicely with the rest of the ornamentation on the transom.  Good fix!

 

Your sculpting work looks marvelous to me.  Keep going

 

Bob

 

Thanks Bob, I am also quite satisfied with the remake.

 

I am happy that you like my sculpting work!

 

Jan

[sparrow]

Hi,

 

work on Sculpey ornaments continues. Currently I have started to sculpt the ornaments for the starboard.

Here is little better captured progress of a few first sculptures.

For the first two I have used the original kit ornaments and created a push mold and then used it for creating the base of the sculptures. However I am still less sure if that is really needed as usually those that I scratch come out better...

 

Have a great day,

 

Jan

[marsalv]

Wow . I can not find words. You are really sculpey master. I admire your patience and skill.

Edited December 5, 2013 by marsalv

[sparrow]

Wow . I can not find words. You are really sculpey master. I admire your patience and skill.

 

Thanks again for your compliment, I actually really started to enjoy sculpting. I thought it would be really tiresome to create most of the RC ornaments from scratch but now I really like the work.

You should also try it once.:-)

 

Jan

[sparrow]

This is an update on the progress of the starboard ornaments.

First parts were gilded and glued into place.

Also the little angels in the two "circles" were remade to be smaller and little more looking like the original...

 

Thanks for visiting.

[WackoWolf]

Beautiful detail work. Very nice and clean. You have done an excellent job with the detail. Keep the pictures coming.

[Mirabell61]

Excellant work Jan !

 

thanks for sharing your build-log, shall be looking out for more to come

 

Nils

[sparrow]

Thank you guys for your compliment!

I do really appreciate them!

 

Cheers,

Jan

[Sailor1234567890]

How about a pic from further back so we can see the full effect? Those little sculptures look awesome.

[sparrow]

How about a pic from further back so we can see the full effect? Those little sculptures look awesome.

 

Hi and thanks for your comment.

Sure I will do a picture from further back and post it here soon.

 

Jan

[sparrow]

Hello,

 

let me wish all the best to the new year and many hours on shipmodeling!

 

Here are some pictures from the progress on the Sculpey ornamentation work. I have also included a few pictures from a bit further away as I promised.

Not all the ornaments are glued and most of them are just dry fitted - I still need to finish the "clouds" from brass wire. This "clouds line" will be placed according the illustrations below the birds. You can see an attempt on this on one of the pictures (the 5th one).

 

Thanks for watching.

 

Jan

[Bgformula]

I have a question  on what you are doing hereDSC_3437.JPG - Size: 214.42KBImage 12 of 16? Are you filling in the gap, if so what are you using to do this? Your finish looks great,

 

thanks

Bill

[sparrow]

Hi Bill,

 

thanks.

 

Basically on these pictures I used sawdust from the hull that was grinded away when smoothing the surface.

The sawdust was mixed with diluted white glue and then it was "painted" on the hull in order to fill in the little wholes between the planks. Then I let it dry and sand down and repeated if needed.

 

There are also different methods on how to do this. Someone just uses varnish and sanding repeatedly. And for sure there are many more methods.

 

Hope this helps you...

Best regards,

Jan