Great Republic 1853 by rwiederrich - FINISHED - four masted extreme clipper

[russ]

Time well spent. Nice work.

 

Russ

[rwiederrich]

I feel at this juncture, that I'm simply parting my ship together...small piece by piece.  As what looks obvious..the aft cabin is next...I almost started it last night..but I was required else ware.

 

My goal is to finish both the aft house and the helm next.

 

Currently I'm finishing the pump that goes with the main fife rail...between the main mast and house. It wasn't in the photo because it was being painted.

 

Rob

[Omega1234]

I feel at this juncture, that I'm simply parting my ship together...small piece by piece. As what looks obvious..the aft cabin is next...I almost started it last night..but I was required else ware.

 

My goal is to finish both the aft house and the helm next.

 

Currently I'm finishing the pump that goes with the main fife rail...between the main mast and house. It wasn't in the photo because it was being painted.

 

Rob

Hi Rob

 

You may be going 'small piece by small piece', but when looked upon as a whole model, the overall impression is Wow!

 

Looking good.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited December 14, 2016 by Omega1234

[popeye the sailor]

agreed..........very well done.  

[rwiederrich]

Well..I worked a bit on the GR today.  First..my image quality was hurting so I figured out I had my camera's white light setting all wrong for the lighting of the room....I adjusted it now things are brighter.  The first image is still set on the wrong white light setting.  It is of the new Great Republic name board. 

All other images are correct.

[rwiederrich]

Next I finished up the main mast fife rail with the pump installed.

[russ]

The decal and the pump came out really well. Nice work.

 

Russ

[rwiederrich]

Lastly the mizzen fife rail and some over all images of the current state of the vessel.

[albert]

Very nice model.

[rwiederrich]

Thanks Albert.  I could be more pro-typical in my construction techniques...and neater too.

 

I didn't realize the shop was so messy.  Unlike some builders on these pages..I have *Zones* of messes and tools and such.  If I put everything away during my build...the tidiness of the shop would take more time to maintain then the build itself.

 

A couple of pieces of equipment..some may have wondered about, are my light curing unit, used for curing light cured plastic for custom made parts, and my vacuum former and a sanding disk /table saw lathe I built.(It's off to the far left), imaged sometimes.

 

Currently I am paneling the aft cabin and wheel house.  Experimenting with the design of the half dome skylight as well(wood, wire and glass)...Oh boy.

 

Rob

[tarbrush]

Hi Rob,

I am amazed at the fine detail that you are able to do at this small scale.  As you do the paneling for your last two cabins could you take more step by step photos of how you do it.  It seems like magic to me.  love your work!!

[popeye the sailor]

super progress Rob.........nice concept for the pump.   the deck is filling out  nicely as well     have a super Holiday....hope Santa is good to you  

[rwiederrich]

Tarbrush.suppose I can take some images of the paneling step to document the process.  It might help some to see my multi media approach to construction.

 

The holidays are getting in the way of some serious building, but I hope the week after Christmas I can devote some real time to the project.

 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

Thanks Popeye..a lot.  I have only the two aft houses and the sky light and capstan....then the 6 crab winches and then I can tackle the main turned post rail.

 

Marry Christmas.

 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

Hi Rob,

I am amazed at the fine detail that you are able to do at this small scale.  As you do the paneling for your last two cabins could you take more step by step photos of how you do it.  It seems like magic to me.  love your work!!

Well let me see...

 

I first select a good swath of nylon mesh for the panel simulation

[rwiederrich]

Then I cut and collect all the square pieces

[rwiederrich]

After that I apply contact cement to the building sides and to each panel piece and locate them on the building.

 

I also apply *N* scale door panels as well and then paint the spot where the windows will be located.

[rwiederrich]

After this I select screen mesh and paint then cut out the window panes and add them.

[rwiederrich]

After this I fill and paint around the windows and all the panels in white paint.

 

I added the capstan polls to the rear of the aft cabin and the capstan.

 

Lastly will be the sky light and the 6 crab winches.

 

The scale is pretty small and most work requires magnifying goggles.  (I'm getting old)

 

I hope this little look into the unorthodox building techniques of these cabins helps demonstrate how much of a hack builder I really am.

 

Rob

[Chasseur]

Rob you're way too hard on yourself. I think your window/panel technique is a great time saver.

Happy New Year to you and yours!

Jeff

[rwiederrich]

 I pretty much throw things together..so the kindness shown with all the likes is very much appreciated.

 

Smaller scale models lend to mimicked detail.....or applied detail.  I can get away with many flaws.

 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

Rob you're way too hard on yourself. I think your window/panel technique is a great time saver.

Happy New Year to you and yours!

Jeff

Well...My way is always the easiest route...not the best.....sometimes.  Thanks for the fine comments.

 

Rob

[Omega1234]

Hi Rob

 

Your panelling technique is sheer genius!

 

Well done.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[tarbrush]

Thanks so much for the step by step process on the cabins Rob.  very ingenious technique, makes me want to give it a try!   your results are just awesome! 

[rwiederrich]

I appreciate that Omega and Tarbrush.  I'm always looking for ways to save time and effort and in the end the result is quite convincing.

 

Wood doesn't always have to be the final choice of building material.  And since these panels are 1/8" in size...I found the compromise to tediousness.

 

Rob

Edited December 27, 2016 by rwiederrich

[popeye the sailor]

I like the window technique as well Rob.........small scale ships would benefit greatly.   superb job my friend......I hope you had an great Christmas!

[rwiederrich]

Thanks for the holiday salutations.....Popeye.  Wishing the best for you and yours this Christmas season as well.

 

I keep a varied size of mesh screen on hand for such an occasion.  It has many applications in the modeling world.

 

I'll utilize anything in the building of my clippers.

 

Rob

[douglaspbrown]

Rob, isn't it the results that matters and not what was done to get thoose results? Also, are you happy with the results? I would be very happy with the results of the panelling.

[rwiederrich]

W2YSM..(ie).. Picard..

 

I'm very pleased with the results.  If my hands and eyes were 20 years younger...I may have taken another route.  That route surely would have included re-engineering something to create the panels..that's for sure.

 

I tend to settle for things..then I did years ago.  One thing remains....I try to inject something ingenious(jab at humour), that makes the build easier to complete.

 

I truly appreciate the many likes and fine comments. 

 

Rob

[rwiederrich]

What a wonderful holiday Christmas season...I hope and pray all my friends here had a great time with family and friends.  I was up to a bit of creativeness apart from my GR build.  For Christmas a cousin gave me a brass porthole with the glass intact that came from a 45ft sailboat he purchased in Japan 40 years ago.  the boat has been destroyed since then, but he retained 7 of the portholes..one of which he gave me.

 

So I dusted it off and retained the old chipped paint and oxidized brass and I then added a clock to it and placed it above the whaling section of my nautical den.  What a perfect addition to my nautical collection.  Here's a couple images for your enjoyment.

 

I'm in the process of fabricating the 6 crab winches and aft sky light........

 

Rob