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Sovereign of the Seas 1637 by modelshipwright (Bill Short) - Sergal - 1:78 - Port "as built", Starboard "as presented to King Charles I for approval"


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Thanks for your comments Greg. It is a bit of an on again - off again process with me and what you see is basically where the model stands at this point.

 

Regards,

Bill

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Bill, there must be a better word for an amazing talent you have...I know, let's call it Billiant. Well done. Keep the photos coming please.

"Nothing is impossible, it's only what limitations that you put on yourself make it seems impossible! "

 

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Bill.

 

its a pleausure to visit this build log, a wonderful representative of modeling art indeed. Thans very much for sharing this....

I like all those carvings, they look fantastic

 

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Third time through this amazing build.... Learned something new each time. This is a serious study in excellence. Thank you Bill. I too am looking forward to your next posting.

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The Coat of arms is now complete and the additional small faces on each side have been added.

 

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Regards,

Bill

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The four spaces adjacent to the coat of arms should be two wide spaces so I removed the dividers in the middle of each space. I then carve another mythical creature with a rider on his back to fill the left hand space.

 

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Regards,

Bill

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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

Current build: Sovereign of the Seas 1637

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G'day Bill

Glad to see you are back....we all miss you log. As normal your carvings are out of this world!

Thanks for showing us more.

Cheers

 

Greg

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"Nothing is impossible, it's only what limitations that you put on yourself make it seems impossible! "

 

Current log : The Royal Yacht Royal Caroline 1749 1:32 by Greg Ashwood:...

 

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The beginnings of the carving for the right side of the coat of arms. Still looking quite rough.

 

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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

Current build: Sovereign of the Seas 1637

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Great to see you back and posting again Bill. Just love drooling over your exquisite work!

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WoW !! Just WoW !! 

Thank you for your work, Bill.

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Thanks to everyone for the kind remarks.

 

Regards,

Bill

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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

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The following photos look at preparation of the fore deck and the bulkhead against that deck for the placement of rails.  At the top of the bulkhead a capping trim was formed and glued in place.

 

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The next few photos show of the progress of rails that will surround the fore deck. Also shown is the Temco Template former used to copy the profile of the shape of the front of the fore deck.

 

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More to follow..................

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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

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Bill,

 

Just catching up. Yes beautiful work indeed.

 

Michael

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Bill,

 

Just catching up. Yes beautiful work indeed.

 

Michael

 

Thanks Michael.

 

Regards,

Bill

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

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This photo shows the assembly of the stanchions to the front part of the fore deck rail.

 

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More to follow.............

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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

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The port and starboard fore deck rails are mounted and the next step is to fit and mount the front rail seen sitting loosely on the deck surface.

 

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More to follow..............

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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

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Bill....it is so great to see you back at the bench. Can't begin to tell you how often I refer to your photos .... Even as of today, as I am working on the transom sculptures.

Beautiful job on the bulkhead and rails.

I do look forward to your next postings.

Thanks again.

Dave

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Ahh... Nothing like the smell of sawdust and yellow wood glue in the morning, eh?  Perks ya right up.

 

As does seeing sawdust and wood glue in the morning if we can't get into the shop right away.   ;)   

Mark
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Bill....it is so great to see you back at the bench. Can't begin to tell you how often I refer to your photos .... Even as of today, as I am working on the transom sculptures.

Beautiful job on the bulkhead and rails.

I do look forward to your next postings.

Thanks again.

Dave

 

 

I sure wish I had your talent!

 

Vince P. :dancetl6:

 

Thanks for your comments. They are really appreciated.

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

Current build: Sovereign of the Seas 1637

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I had been meaning to cap the railing to the poop deck a long time ago and finally made the capping rail piece from boxwood and assembled it. it is about 1 mm wide and 0.5 mm thick. It was shaped using my soldering iron fitted with a brass tip I made specially for bending wood strips. The cap adds a nice finishing touch and blends nice with the stairway railings.

 

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More to follow............

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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

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Simple brilliant! I wsh I can express myself better, but my mind is still numb with that Incrediblywow details in that last photo!

goodonya Vince

Greg

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Current log : The Royal Yacht Royal Caroline 1749 1:32 by Greg Ashwood:...

 

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Bill.... Beautiful bulkheads.

I am confused by the different configurations of the three weather deck bulkheads.  Some models I found were straight, as in your case, while others have three radius shapes.... which I went with.
I would be interested in your comments on this design difference.... too late for me to change at this point.

Thanks

Dave

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Bill.... Beautiful bulkheads.

I am confused by the different configurations of the three weather deck bulkheads.  Some models I found were straight, as in your case, while others have three radius shapes.... which I went with.

I would be interested in your comments on this design difference.... too late for me to change at this point.

Thanks

Dave

Hi Dave,

 

To explain it better I have included partial pics of the three main references I am using to build my model. First the Payne Engraving. It shows the deck bulkheads from fore to aft and I think the poop deck bulkhead is rather straight with just a gentle curve. The rest of the bulkheads have the three rounded portions in each.

 

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Next is the Van de Velde sketch showing a rather similar view. This also shows the poop deck with a gentle curve and the rest with three curved sections.

 

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The last is the starboard side depiction credited to Peter Pett and it shows the configuration as presented to King Charles I. The decks all appear to be slightly curved with none of the triple dimple affects.

 

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Finally, here is a shot of my model from a similar angle showing the decks in question.

 

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My model is a conglomeration of all these paintings and in the case of the bulkheads, I have followed The Payne and Van de Velde depictions. My assumption is the the Pett painting was presented to Charles and he ordered changes which resulted in the depictions of Payne and Van de Velde which were done when the ship was near completion or completed.

 

As I have previously noted in this thread, there are no plans for this ship and all we have to go on is the paintings sketches and engravings of the time for reference. This means that we are depending on the eye of the artist and what he saw when he created the depiction.

 

I hope that explains it.

 

Regards,

Bill

 

 

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