Battle Station by cobra1951 - FINISHED - Panart - 1:23 - Also known as Posto Di Combattimento

[cobra1951]

Thanks Don

[cobra1951]

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned

 

Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look

Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 

 

[Nirvana]

Bob, 

 

Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 

"I hate sanding", guess I am not alone in this matter. ​

 

But your canon display is coming together nicely, I like it!

Edited April 27, 2016 by Nirvana

[cobra1951]

Thanks Per.

Yep sanding is a chore for me because the dust sets of my allergies and i end up sneezing all over the build, and once again it becomes a DNA sample

[cobra1951]

Thanks Paul

                             Yeah the kit rope is really stiff, well worth changing as the new stuff hangs more natural when not under tension

[EJ_L]

Excellent looking canons Bob! Those are going to look great in the model.

[cobra1951]

Thanks EJ

[cobra1951]

Finally i got the inclination to trim, fill and sand the gun port liners

If i get another bout of inclination i might make some gun port lids next

[Elijah]

Looks good! Nice replacement rope! You and dr. Per hate sanding? I think I'll join the club .

[Seventynet]

Bob this is really nice work. I'm going to have to take lessons from you on cannons, yours are really sweet.

 

Ian

[cobra1951]

Thanks Ian

And also thanks to all those who have liked and remarked on my build so far 

Cannon building method is just like the rest of the build. Assume everything in the instructions is wrong, take all the parts and dry fit everything and adjust until you are happy

Plus the large scale makes everything much easier. Following pic gives you an idea how big they are

 

Thanks to you too Elijah

Always room for more members of the anti sanding club

 

Pic to demo cannon size

Edited April 29, 2016 by Cobr@

[cobra1951]

Time to do the gun port lids. The ones the kit says to make look way oversized to me far to thick. This is just my opinion, others may like the way they look

 

Kit lids

 

I decided to make mine 3mm thick. I cut out a 1.5mm x 30mm x120mm strip of ply

 

Then cut it in half and glued the two halves together to make a 3mm x 30mm x 60mm strip

 

Then i cut out 2 30mm x 30mm squares and once sanded they fit in the gun ports nicely

 

Just need to decide what colour to do them. I want to do black but that may hide the hinges as they are blackened brass but hopefully it won't matter

[Nirvana]

Bob,

Why not do a test with black and black hinges, (not attaching them) to see how it looks like. ​

[cobra1951]

Hi Per

        Yes i am going to go with black on black, i checked out a few pictures of HMS Victory's gun port lids and they are black on black and look fine

Thanks for your input

[Elijah]

Looking good! That cannon is BIG!

[cobra1951]

Thanks Elijah   it's heavy too

 

Gun port lids made and fitted, went with the black on black as the hinges are still visible against the black lid. Just a bit of touching up were the black has been chipped off the brass parts then i will do the rigging for them. They will not be moveable as i glued them in place because i don't want any moving parts once finished

[Elijah]

Nice hinges!

[cobra1951]

Thanks Elijah

[cobra1951]

Fitted the gun port lid lifting tackle

 

Also fitted an extra eye bolt nearer to the top of the hull to keep the rope work nearer to the underside of the upper deck

 

 

[cobra1951]

Just a quick update because i have not posted for a while.

My son saw what i was building and asked me to do one for the grandson, so i got another kit and i am going to build them both side by side but i will only post updates of one of them (the best one haha :D ). So for a few days i am building the second one up to the same place as i am at with the first one, once i catch up i will start posting more of the progress.

Edited May 8, 2016 by Cobr@

[cobra1951]

Thanks for the likes and all input so far, much appreciated

 

Quick update

I have almost caught up with the other one, just need to finish off the gun port covers and rig them then i will be ready to continue on with both of them together.

You may notice that i have gone for a brown framework on this one, this is because i did not like the look of the first one in white. One coat of walnut wood dye gave it a mottled aged look which i liked so i left it at one coat

 

 

[EJ_L]

Very nice Bob. I too like the Walnut look better than the white wood. Very nice and clean again. Looking forward to seeing you move forward with not just one but two fantastic builds.

[cobra1951]

Thanks EJ

[cobra1951]

Both builds at the same stage, so i can carry on with them both now

[donrobinson]

You are doing great, you and your grandson should be very happy when done

[cobra1951]

@ Don

              Thanks Don, he better be

 

@ Paul

               Thanks Paul, basket weaving for a basket case, sounds good

[Elijah]

Nice job! What's it like to work on two of the same build simultaneously?

[cobra1951]

Thanks Elijah . I thought it would be boring to do two at the same time but it's not that bad. Although i do my best on the first one i can then see if there is any room for improvement on the second one.

[cobra1951]

Made a little more progress

 

Fitted the hanging knees and all the eye pins in the upper beams and also all the eye pins for the cannons, also made the tables and benches and fitted them

[cobra1951]

Hi Paul Thanks

I have already test fitted the cannons in place before i fitted the tables and benches, and as long as i fit the hull end block and hook first then place the cannon and then fit the cannon block, all of it fits fine.

Thanks for being helpful