Golden Hind (ex-Pelican) by Baker - FINISHED - scale 1/45 - Galleon late 16th century

[md1400cs]

Patrick,

 

Just catching up - great work - your swivel guns are brilliant indeed..... 

[Baker]

Thanks for the nice comments.

 

Finishing the anchors.  With the anchors of the Mary Rose as an example.

The stock is always slightly shorter than the anchor

The stock has been sanded to the correct shape. And there is a combination of tree nails and bolts 

make the rings.
This is not soldered, the risk of melting plastic is too great. The rings are wrapped with black thread

Painted.

the wood is collored with thinned light grey and polished.

The metal (plastic) is first painted in black, then a wash met thinned metal paint. And last a wash with rust color

And, finally decided.
The next project will be the Mary Rose scale 1/48

Thanks for following

[Jeff T]

The anchors look real!

[Baker]

First, a happy 2023 for everyone.

 

The anchor cable.
I made this about 2 years ago.

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/14188-pelican-later-renamed-as-golden-hind-by-baker-scale-145-galleon-late-16th-century/?do=findComment&comment=787113

Lesson learned. Never treat a rope with diluted PVA glue before using it, as the rope will become stiff and unmanageable. But,too late to change now.

 

The anchors are in place and secured to the cable as best as possible.

The anchor David is on deck. The crew still has to store it in the hold (after the New Year's party 😉)

next flags (still experimenting for now)

[Roger Pellett]

Patrick,  a really wonderful model!!

 

[Baker]

5 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

Patrick,  a really wonderful model!!

 

thank you very much Roger.

 

The only thing that bothers me is that anchor cable. the size and shape really don't seem ok to me.

[Old Collingwood]

Fascinating work Patrick,  I have  been over  one of the  replica's   at  Brixham  UK   -   its  a  loverly  little  ship.

 

OC.

[Baker]

On 1/2/2023 at 8:58 AM, Old Collingwood said:

Fascinating work Patrick,  I have  been over  one of the  replica's   at  Brixham  UK   -   its  a  loverly  little  ship.

 

OC.

Thanks  OC.

 

The anchor cable :  part 2. or better, plan B

 

Looking in my Mary Rose books I found this.
Thinner cables are ok 👍

And ... Cotton rope of a reasonably correct diameter

This flexible thinner rope gives me the opportunity to do this way of tying

 

Testing. Still needs to be treated and wheatered.

Looks better to me.

 

[Baker]

Anchor cables, 2nd edition
The old anchor cables have been cut off and hidden in the hole. 
The 2nd edition looks better than the first to me.

2 anchor buoys have been made.
Like the other anchor accessories, they still have to be stored in the hold.

[Baker]

 

The flags

First some research, the "what did they look like and where to place them"

Design.
The only things I can handle a bit on a computer are Word and Excell. So I made design in excell.
These are printed on the printer at work. I can print them there at in one time with front and back.
The alignment took a while (paper, ink and labor at the boss's expense 😇.) It is a pity that this printer only accepts paper.
This excel file will be posted next week at work

 

 

 

 

[Baker]

flags, further experiments.

Based on a great idea from 72Nova  (post 164)

 

Today I managed to attach tissue paper to plain paper and print it on the work printer.

Flags can be printed on the front and back of the (standard) printing paper.
Or just on one side to be glued together.
Excel is free to use

 

vlaggen.xlsx

 

@72Nova  Thanks for the idea

Edited January 13, 2023 by Baker

[md1400cs]

Patrick your work is always so inspiring 😊 

Cheers as always 

[Ab Hoving]

Nice Work Patrick!

[Baker]

Thanks for likes and comments.

 

Flags
At first sight a successful experiment 

 

the tissue paper is taped to the standard printing paper. And came out of the printer without getting stuck.

The tissue has been cut loose

the flags are glued together and somewhat wrinkled.

after drying overnight.

Now attach these to the masts.

I'm going to follow this method, it's the most common.

from the book "Prins Willem" of Herman Ketting.

And this man probably knew more about ships than I do.

Thanks for following

 

Edited January 14, 2023 by Baker

[Baker]

The flags are attached to the masts

 

 

 

And...
I think everything is ready on this model.

[robdurant]

Congratulations. What a beautiful model. Thank you for showing us so much of the process of building her. You have built a model to be very proud of.

[Baker]

Thanks,

Next thing to do is find my camera, charge the batteries and take better pictures.

[Waldemar]

 

Hi Patrick, huge congratulations!

 

The model is wonderful, but just as good is your ability to finish a very long, arduous build. Have you noticed that, for some reason, it is only sailing ship models that are suitable for beautifying prestigious spaces like living rooms in houses or halls in residences?

 

You said another one was the Mary Rose...? 

 

🙂

 

 

[Baker]

5 hours ago, Waldemar said:

You said another one was the Mary Rose...? 

Thanks,

 

My co-worker has started his next project.

But he is also looking further ahead...

 

Edited January 16, 2023 by Baker

[Baker]

The finished model.

Thanks to everyone for the following, likes and positive comments throughout this long build
This was my first time building a ship model from scratch.
It was fun, and worth repeating.

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

  Outstanding !  Your build log will be a real help for anyone doing a ship of this type  ... very inspirational !

[Baker]

15 minutes ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

  Outstanding !  Your build log will be a real help for anyone doing a ship of this type  ... very inspirational !

thank you very much 

[Jeff T]

Congratulations!   Your model is absolutely beautiful!

[Roger Pellett]

Patrick,  

 

I remember several years ago when you began this model and were shaping the hull with an angle grinder thinking,  “This isn’t going to turn out well!”🤣  Was I ever wrong.  Your skill, perseverance, and intellectual curiosity has produced a beautiful and historically plausible model.  Well done!

 

 I have enjoyed following your progress and am looking forward to Mary Rose.

 

Roger

[Baker]

1 minute ago, Roger Pellett said:

Patrick,  

 

I remember several years ago when you began this model and were shaping the hull with an angle grinder thinking,  “This isn’t going to turn out well!”🤣  Was I ever wrong.  Your skill, perseverance, and intellectual curiosity has produced a beautiful and historically plausible model.  Well done!

 

 I have enjoyed following your progress and am looking forward to Mary Rose.

 

Roger

Thank you very much. 

And yes, the trick with the angle grinder was indeed  a little scary for me too 😇😉

[Baker]

27 minutes ago, Jeff T said:

Congratulations!   Your model is absolutely beautiful!

Thank you 👍

[westwood]

Congratulations on the completion of this amazing build Patrick.
If I someday get back to my Revenge I'll know where I can look for inspiration.

[scrubbyj427]

What a beautiful job. Congratulations and very well done!

[md1400cs]

Patrick,

SO enjoyed and I learned following this log. Big congratulations indeed.

 

Cheers,

[Edwardkenway]

Superbly done Patrick,  watching this build come to fruition was very enjoyable and educating, thanks.