Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72

[Ponto]

Some very fine skills and exacting workmanship are being demonstrated here!  

 

JP

[edmay]

Briliant workmanship,Edwin

[marktiedens]

Thanks J.P. & Edwin. I feel that I am working at a snail`s pace,but progress continues.

 

Mark

[Keith_W]

You AREN'T working at a snail's pace! Compared to VinceP and me, you are a rocket! You have already overtaken me in the build, despite me having a one year head start! 

[piratepete007]

OK Mike, I will repeat what I said but which disappeared ... your work has a high level of 'impressitivity' (if there is such a word). The skill in forming those long and twisted peices of metal is amazing.

 

Pete

[Ulises Victoria]

Outstanding! Is the word that comes to my mind. So neat and clean. Hats off to you, Mark. 

 

Ulises

[marktiedens]

Keith,Pete,Ulises - thank you all for the compliments.

I guess I feel "slow" because I had to punch a time clock for 46 years & do work under some time restraints. After being retired for a couple of years I am still trying to slow down .

 

Mark

[marktiedens]

A little more progress - first thing I did was determine the best position for the figureheads,then pinned & glued them in place. Next,the middle & lower head rails were bent & cut to fit,painted,& glued in place.After that,I drilled the hawse holes & finished adding the bolsters. The upper cheek rails were then filed & shimmed to fit,painted,& glued in place. hard to see in the pictures,but a curved block was added to the underside of the cheek rail to allow for a more gentle curve to glue the decorations to. Next will be to add the bow decorations,lower cheek rails,& head rail support timbers. Thanks for looking in & all the likes.

 

 

 

Mark

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

G'day Mark

Been away for a while due to personal reasons. What a difference! The only words I can say would be mind boggling and incredibly fantastic.

Did you say that you were going at a snail pace? It's more like supersonic if you ask me. I would say that the areas that you have completed would be bloody difficult and a lot of 'grey matter' must have been used to get everything so spot on.

The port and starboard sides decorations are the best that I have seen and your bow....there's are no words to express how good it looks.

WELL DONE!

Havagooday

Greg

[marktiedens]

Thanks very much Greg. Difficult? At times,yes but very satisfying at the same time. 

 

Mark

[marktiedens]

Thanks very much,Lawrence - you are also doing a fine job on your Bounty. By the way,I`m Mark - not Greg

 

Mark

[donrobinson]

Hi Mark, well I'm not sure really what to say but she really is impressive and your work is beautiful

[marktiedens]

Thanks Don - I am also impressed by your use of different colored woods in your work.

 

Mark

[uss frolick]

The run of your hull planking is just wonderful, especially so, since they gave you a minimum of bulkhead stations to secure to. Really beautiful!

[marktiedens]

Thanks ,frolick - since the hull is double planked I didn`t feel it was necessary to fill in between the bulkheads. If it was single planked I would probably fill the spaces between the bulkheads with balsa or something.

 

Mark

[marktiedens]

A little more progress - all the head rails & support timbers are done . Also,while waiting for paint to dry I figured I might as well make the bow knightheads,& install the front railing of the forecastle. All the timberheads were painted black to offset all of that gold.

 

 

 

 

Mark

[piratepete007]

Looking good Mark ! Those short sections of head timbers between the rails must have tried your patience.

 

Pete

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

G'day Mark

I 'havta take my hat off to you', your patience and perseverance has shown through again with another example of pure excellence.

You have risen the benchmark on all RW build and may have given some the encouragement to start their own.

Can't wait for the next installment.

Havagooday

Greg

[marktiedens]

Pete - it was just a lot of filing,test fitting,filing some more,test fitting. The hard part was holding onto the short pieces while I filed. I couldn`t hold these little pieces with pliers or they would get nicked & dented due to the softness of the metal. The cheek rails ended up a little lower than I would have liked due to a couple of factors - the wales are a little off & the metal parts for the rails are a little thicker than what the plans show. Using the small ovals to determine the spacing of the rails,the small differences in thickness from the plans added up to the cheek rails being a little low.I still think it looks ok,though.

 

Thanks a bunch,Greg. I think Euromodel`s web site still has 20% off.

 

Mark

[fmodajr]

Mark,

 

The bow section (as well as the rest of the ship!) looks beautiful.

 

Great work. Congrats and I look forward to seeing more of your model come to life!

 

Frank

[Bill Morrison]

Just magnificent!  There's nothing else to say.

[marktiedens]

Frank & Bill - thanks for your generous comments & also thanks to everyone for the likes .

 

Mark

[marktiedens]

Hi all - a little more progress has been made. The roughtree (hand) rails are now done. All 114 stanchions were cut,pinned & glued in place. The kit provided 2x5mm walnut strips for the railing,but it seemed a little too wide. So I narrowed them down to 2x4mm & made the curved ends with my old Aeropiccola plank bender. That company is no longer in business,so I am wondering why no one has tried to make one like it - it really works well.Then I made all the timberheads on the forecastle railing & pinned & glued them in place. Lastly,I made the sheaves that are at the fore & aft ends of the railings. The pulleys in the sheaves are small deadeyes filed flat to fit in the slots. A coat of poly was then applied to finish them off. I may work on the deck furniture next.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking in

 

Mark

[edmay]

Hello Mark, In awe as usual,she is a" masterpiece" thanks for your log .Edwin

[Landlubber Mike]

Beautiful work Mark, very nice!

[Keith_W]

I'm looking at these pictures and turning green with envy. I really should get back to work on my model, but other things have been taking up my time recently  

[marktiedens]

Edwin,Mike,Keith - thanks very much. Your comments are appreciated .

 

Mark

[marktiedens]

Another small update - I decide to make the gangways that go between the forecastle & quarter decks. I made the base for the gangways from a leftover mahogany ply sheet that the false decks were removed from. Then I planked the top side with leftover deck planking strips & covered the outer edge with a 2x2mm strip. Then I made some support knees from some 2x12mm walnut strip & glued them in place. The gangways will not be glued in place until later - after the cannons underneath them are in place. At that time the bottom side will be painted red & hand rails added along with some steps to the quarterdeck. 

 

 

Mark

[Mercdaddy27]

Just started following your post Mark.  Outstanding working!  Thanks for sharing!

Mercdaddy

 

Past Projects: Corel's HSM Victory; Mamoli's Friesland; Mantua's San Felipe;  Model Shipways USS Constitution;  Model Shipways USS Syren; 

Current Project: Model Shipways USF Essex

Future Project: Researching for one

[marktiedens]

Thanks Mercdaddy .

 

Mark