pnevrin Posted July 2, 2015 Author #31 Posted July 2, 2015 I agree on the holly, but it does have staining potential if you're so inclined. Maple is an interesting choice and a great piece of timber. Have to go check out your Badger now! Landlubber Mike 1 Quote current build: HMS Fly 1776 Swan Class 6th rate by Amati previous builds: Navio Montanes, Spanish 80-gun 3rd rate 1794 by OcCre -on hold for now- HM Lady Nelson, by Amati -completed- (lost log)
pnevrin Posted July 8, 2015 Author #32 Posted July 8, 2015 update: Finished the lower deck planking and the bulwark inner lining + painted. Worked a LOT on squaring off the gun ports properly. Looking at the photos there is still cleaning up to do. Mirabell61, Landlubber Mike and Martin W 3 Quote current build: HMS Fly 1776 Swan Class 6th rate by Amati previous builds: Navio Montanes, Spanish 80-gun 3rd rate 1794 by OcCre -on hold for now- HM Lady Nelson, by Amati -completed- (lost log)
Mirabell61 Posted July 8, 2015 #33 Posted July 8, 2015 very good Progress Per, nice and clean work.... Nils pnevrin 1 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50
Martin W Posted July 8, 2015 #34 Posted July 8, 2015 Those gunports look neat, Per. The planking all over the bulwarks also looks very tidy. And we all learn everyday that there's always a lot to do. Cheers, Martin pnevrin 1 Quote Current Build: HMS FLY 1776 Previous Builds: Rattlesnake 1781 Prince de Neufchatel
pnevrin Posted July 8, 2015 Author #35 Posted July 8, 2015 thanks chaps - It's coming together. I now need to read up on the other posts about the ladder that goes straight into the coaming hatch from quarter deck. Not sure how to solve it unless you don't make the ladder as steep as intended. But before that, onto the remaining second planking and then gun port linings! - Per Martin W 1 Quote current build: HMS Fly 1776 Swan Class 6th rate by Amati previous builds: Navio Montanes, Spanish 80-gun 3rd rate 1794 by OcCre -on hold for now- HM Lady Nelson, by Amati -completed- (lost log)
pnevrin Posted July 8, 2015 Author #36 Posted July 8, 2015 Well two other answers - move the top hatch- or reduce the lower hatch grating. The first seems daft but the second is easy just to reduce the grating below. I think most builders after recognizing the problem choose to reduce (or wish they had) the lower hatch grating. thanks Spyglass, So you're saying if I make the lower hatch slightly smaller it will allow for the ladder to naturally connect with the lower deck? I guess that concession would be less visible than making changes up top. - Per Quote current build: HMS Fly 1776 Swan Class 6th rate by Amati previous builds: Navio Montanes, Spanish 80-gun 3rd rate 1794 by OcCre -on hold for now- HM Lady Nelson, by Amati -completed- (lost log)
pnevrin Posted July 8, 2015 Author #37 Posted July 8, 2015 Futher If you look at the kit plans - Sheet 5 its intriguing that all the gratings are shown EXCEPT the one that clashes with the ladder which is also shown I noticed that as I was looking at the plans today! Coincidence, I think not. Anyway, will definitely alter the hatch on lower deck now. Martin W 1 Quote current build: HMS Fly 1776 Swan Class 6th rate by Amati previous builds: Navio Montanes, Spanish 80-gun 3rd rate 1794 by OcCre -on hold for now- HM Lady Nelson, by Amati -completed- (lost log)
Holty Posted July 14, 2015 #38 Posted July 14, 2015 Hi Per, Great to see you back, your Lady Nelson build Inspired me to have a go myself. I'm sure this build will Inspire me to take on a bigger project too. All the best pnevrin 1 Quote Current Build: Lady Nelson http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1416-lady-nelson-by-holty-victory-models-scale-1-64/
pnevrin Posted July 16, 2015 Author #39 Posted July 16, 2015 Hi Holty, Thanks - you've built a great Lady Nelson so far. Mine is still fairly intact although the rigging got slightly damaged in our last move. I remember it being a lot of fun to build, especially as a first kit for a beginner.I read your log and to answer your question on Lauckstreet DVDs - they were lacking and cumbersome in some respects but I did learn quiet a bit about planking and rigging + some other techniques. Nothing I couldn't find here mind you but at the time I was more comfortable doing that from home. I think I made a mistake taking on the Montanes after the LN. Single planking, awfully big, etc. I would really recommend something like the Fly/Pegasus after, or the Revenge? - Per Holty 1 Quote current build: HMS Fly 1776 Swan Class 6th rate by Amati previous builds: Navio Montanes, Spanish 80-gun 3rd rate 1794 by OcCre -on hold for now- HM Lady Nelson, by Amati -completed- (lost log)
pnevrin Posted July 16, 2015 Author #40 Posted July 16, 2015 Been busy making the aft bulkhead partition. I won't be making the one further aft for the captain's quarters since I'm not showing that part from the outside. It's pretty fiddly at this scale and I'm not entirely sure I got it right. I will definitely redo the vents in the door windows (one tester done) since I need thinner timbers for that size scale. Just dry-fitted for now. building it up with lime wood on a scrap piece of cutoff ply done minus the vents and door handles. simulated the door openings with a sharp 2B pencil. dry fitted in place. There is a rather unfortunate dip in the decking in the middle, for you hawk-eyed folks out there. - Per Beef Wellington and Martin W 2 Quote current build: HMS Fly 1776 Swan Class 6th rate by Amati previous builds: Navio Montanes, Spanish 80-gun 3rd rate 1794 by OcCre -on hold for now- HM Lady Nelson, by Amati -completed- (lost log)
Martin W Posted July 22, 2015 #41 Posted July 22, 2015 Nice job on that, Per. I'm glad you put the louvers in -- surely that caused you some frustration? When I tried (and re-tried) doing that, I found over and over that every piece that I thought was tiny was actually too big. What are you going to use for door knobs? I used nail heads, and realized they're a mite large. Are you putting hinges in? You could cut some blackened pieces of thin card or paper and glue them in place easily -- they'd contrast nicely with that rich red. Cheers, Martin pnevrin 1 Quote Current Build: HMS FLY 1776 Previous Builds: Rattlesnake 1781 Prince de Neufchatel
Beef Wellington Posted July 22, 2015 #42 Posted July 22, 2015 Great work Per. Can you disguise the dip with a thin wood strip simulating a batten although probably it will not be seen at all when the deck is installed. Slightly off topic....think we need to have a 'guess the beverage' break, my first guess would be "The Yamazaki" Single Malt... pnevrin and Martin W 2 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)
pnevrin Posted July 24, 2015 Author #43 Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) Martin, yes it was bloody fiddly. I've since reused some really thin mahogany veneer which looks a bit better. Still only done one of the windows...I also made the mistake of looking at Dan's Vulture and felt I failed. I know he's in a class of his own and in 1/48 scale, but still... Will do door knobs but haven't decided on what to use yet. They and the hinges will have to be tiny in this scale. Probably card for the hinges. Jason - thought about doing the batten but came to the same conclusion as you. I don't think it will show through the gun port or from the front. Good call on the Yamazaki, my new favourite single malt! Currently doing some more planking with decent results. Great to see it grow. More pics to follow! - Per Edited July 24, 2015 by pnevrin Martin W 1 Quote current build: HMS Fly 1776 Swan Class 6th rate by Amati previous builds: Navio Montanes, Spanish 80-gun 3rd rate 1794 by OcCre -on hold for now- HM Lady Nelson, by Amati -completed- (lost log)
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