firdajan Posted September 18, 2020 Author #61 Posted September 18, 2020 Thank you friends for your replies. Louie da fly: I don´t think it´s close to complete - I have to make the most important equipment for the sailing ship - sails and do the second part of running rigging, that´s quite a lot. tkay 11: decks are made of strips of foils, and patinated with anilin water colors, then coated with matt colorless paint. see pics below. Bowsprit is finally finished and rigged, I hope I did it right. And now, as I mentioned, I can to start to make sails. Jan yancovitch, Baker, tkay11 and 8 others 11 Quote Finished: Ark Royal 1588 Mary Rose 1545 Arabian Dhow Revenge 1577 ( first attempt ) La Couronne 1636 Trinidad 1519 Revenge 1577 ( the second one ) Nina 1492 Pinta 1492 Santa Maria 1492 San Salvador 1543 Anna Maria 1694 Sao Gabriel 1497 On the table: Sovereign of the Seas 1636 - continuing after 12 years All of them are paper models
amazone Posted September 20, 2020 #62 Posted September 20, 2020 even witout sails see look stunning graet job Louie da fly, firdajan and mtaylor 3 Quote
Louie da fly Posted September 20, 2020 #63 Posted September 20, 2020 I stand corrected - I thought you were making her without sails! She looks brilliant without them, anyway, but there's a particular beauty about the shapes of the sails of ships of this period. It must be something to do with the proportions - a beauty that such vessels as clippers just don't have. firdajan, flying_dutchman2 and mtaylor 3 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht
Boxbuilds Posted October 1, 2020 #64 Posted October 1, 2020 Impressive figures and art. firdajan and mtaylor 2 Quote Current build: Great Harry, restoration On hold: Soliel Royale, Mantua Completed: Bluenose ll, Artesania Latina San Francisco ll, Artesania Latina Chris Craft barrel back triple cockpit, Dumas Chris Craft 1940 double cockpit, Dumas Santa Maria, Artesania Latina 1901 Scow Schooner, scratch built Hannah, Continental Navy, scratch built Candelaria bomb ship, OcCre Pride of Baltimore, Model Shipways 17 foot Chesapeake kayak (2, one scratch), Midwest USN Picket Boat #1, Model Shipways Kobuksan, Turtle Korean ironclad, YoungModeler HMS Revenge, scratch NY Pilot Boat, kit bashed, Model Shipways USS Monitor, scratch Nuestra Senora de Afortunado, 1926 Popular Science plan, Resoration Martha, CBMM, Puddle Jumper, scratch stern wheeler Lady Sarah, kit bashed Constructo Victorian launch
flying_dutchman2 Posted October 1, 2020 #65 Posted October 1, 2020 I just noticed this built and she is beautiful. I find fluits some of the more unique vessels. Yours looks really good and the hips are nicely curved. Marcus mtaylor and firdajan 2 Quote Current Built: Zeehaen 1639, Dutch Fluit from Dutch explorer Abel J. Tasman Unofficial motto of the VOC: "God is good, but trade is better" Many people believe that Captain J. Cook discovered Australia in 1770. They tend to forget that Dutch mariner Willem Janszoon landed on Australia’s northern coast in 1606. Cook never even sighted the coast of Western Australia).
RdK Posted October 17, 2020 #66 Posted October 17, 2020 Hi Jan! Nice to see another of your master works here! The quality of your pictures is very good and great work on the rigging. Impressive as always! Looking forward to seeing more. -Radek firdajan and mtaylor 2 Quote
firdajan Posted October 25, 2020 Author #67 Posted October 25, 2020 Thanks friends for your replies ! Louie da fly: All my ships are with sails. Maybe there´s some kind of magic for me And, yes, you´re right. flying dutchman2: thank you Yes, fluyts were unique vessels , I think I did a good choice. Sails are made. I used a piece of silk shirt. At first I impregnated the cloth using the mix of glue / water 1/20. After drying I flat it, and cut sails out. Then you can glue threads. Then I punctured sails for hanging, impregnated them once again and forming by fohn. That´s all. But it took a while. Jan tkay11, ccoyle, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Finished: Ark Royal 1588 Mary Rose 1545 Arabian Dhow Revenge 1577 ( first attempt ) La Couronne 1636 Trinidad 1519 Revenge 1577 ( the second one ) Nina 1492 Pinta 1492 Santa Maria 1492 San Salvador 1543 Anna Maria 1694 Sao Gabriel 1497 On the table: Sovereign of the Seas 1636 - continuing after 12 years All of them are paper models
AB-ROYCE Posted October 27, 2020 #68 Posted October 27, 2020 Nice build man Inspirational 😁 mtaylor 1 Quote Current build : Flying Dutchman
Louie da fly Posted November 5, 2020 #69 Posted November 5, 2020 Those sails look really good. I can see the glue would hold them in the curved shape as though the wind is blowing on them once it dried, but how did you get them to take the shape? mtaylor 1 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht
firdajan Posted November 11, 2020 Author #70 Posted November 11, 2020 Thank you friends for your replies. Louie da fly: I used my wife´s fohn you can see it on the fourth picture. All sails are on the ship. Now I can continue with second part of running rigging, and I have to made some necessary parts of the ship. Jan amazone, Rudolf, GrandpaPhil and 4 others 7 Quote Finished: Ark Royal 1588 Mary Rose 1545 Arabian Dhow Revenge 1577 ( first attempt ) La Couronne 1636 Trinidad 1519 Revenge 1577 ( the second one ) Nina 1492 Pinta 1492 Santa Maria 1492 San Salvador 1543 Anna Maria 1694 Sao Gabriel 1497 On the table: Sovereign of the Seas 1636 - continuing after 12 years All of them are paper models
RdK Posted November 23, 2020 #71 Posted November 23, 2020 Hi Jan! I really admire your clean build! You are very professional. And your Anna Maria looks fabulous! Bravo! -Radek firdajan and mtaylor 2 Quote
firdajan Posted January 10, 2021 Author #72 Posted January 10, 2021 Rdk: Thank you, Radek I finally finished the rigging. I hope I didn´t forget any rope The finish is very near. Jan Roger Pellett, tkay11, yancovitch and 9 others 12 Quote Finished: Ark Royal 1588 Mary Rose 1545 Arabian Dhow Revenge 1577 ( first attempt ) La Couronne 1636 Trinidad 1519 Revenge 1577 ( the second one ) Nina 1492 Pinta 1492 Santa Maria 1492 San Salvador 1543 Anna Maria 1694 Sao Gabriel 1497 On the table: Sovereign of the Seas 1636 - continuing after 12 years All of them are paper models
Ab Hoving Posted January 10, 2021 #73 Posted January 10, 2021 Looks good Jan! Shouldn't there be brails on the front side of the sails? Great job man, mtaylor, RdK and firdajan 3 Quote
Roger Pellett Posted January 10, 2021 #74 Posted January 10, 2021 Wonderful model! Roger firdajan and mtaylor 2 Quote
Ondras71 Posted January 10, 2021 #75 Posted January 10, 2021 Impressive result !! Ondras mtaylor and firdajan 2 Quote Ondras. Done : President - https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=90230 Under construction : Roter Lowe - https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=114576 Member of the organizing club - https://wchs-c-2023.klom-admiral.cz/en
firdajan Posted January 11, 2021 Author #76 Posted January 11, 2021 Thank you, friends, for your replies. Abhovi: I know, they should. I didn´t do them for a practical reason: because of cleaning sails ( I have a small vacuum cleaner , and they are a pretty good obstacles). There´s no problem to make it. But I have one question: what is the way they are led? As I could read from some of plans, they are led through blocks placed on a standing rigging. Sometimes they are led through yard ( as I can see on your models ). Which is the right way? Btw, on the model of Swan/ ghost ship you made, I don´t see them ( see the picture ) Jan Ondras71, mtaylor, Rudolf and 1 other 4 Quote Finished: Ark Royal 1588 Mary Rose 1545 Arabian Dhow Revenge 1577 ( first attempt ) La Couronne 1636 Trinidad 1519 Revenge 1577 ( the second one ) Nina 1492 Pinta 1492 Santa Maria 1492 San Salvador 1543 Anna Maria 1694 Sao Gabriel 1497 On the table: Sovereign of the Seas 1636 - continuing after 12 years All of them are paper models
RdK Posted January 12, 2021 #77 Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 7:15 PM, Ab Hoving said: Looks good Jan! Shouldn't there be brails on the front side of the sails? Great job man, Ab, I was thinking the same...😄 And how about mizzen top-sail bow-lines and 'martnet and brails' on the mizzen? Were they on the Anna Maria? Beautiful model, Jan! Makes me more and more want to do the "Hollandse Tweedekker" I have on my list! 👍 -Radek firdajan and mtaylor 2 Quote
Ab Hoving Posted January 12, 2021 #78 Posted January 12, 2021 Hello Jan, If you don't want to put the brails on your model, just don't do it. The few people who knows about them will forgive you. 🙂 The question was how were they rigged. There are two kinds of brails, the ones coming from the side of the sails and the ones coming from the bottom. The first kind passes a sheave on the front side of the yard ( a turtle block) and then through a block attached to the top, or to the noose of the stay down to deck. The second kind pass through the clamp on the yard, also through a block hanging from the top or from the stay. As to my models: I must confess that I cheat with these ropes. I led them to the yard and secure them there, to prevent a too lage number of ropes going down to the deck. And about my Swan: the ropes are there, you just have to look close. Because this is a very small ship the there is only one brail to the middel of the low end of the sail instead of the usual two. They are hardly visible, but they are there, I assure you. firdajan, Ondras71 and mtaylor 3 Quote
RdK Posted January 13, 2021 #79 Posted January 13, 2021 23 hours ago, RdK said: martnet and brails' on the mizzen? Hi Jan! Sorry I did not look correctly, you have brails on the mizzen, so no need for the martnet... -Radek mtaylor and firdajan 2 Quote
firdajan Posted January 14, 2021 Author #80 Posted January 14, 2021 Thank you, friends. Abhovi: thank you and other for forgiving But: you give me good idea. If you let me, I will cheat too. Now I have solution how to do brails to be visible and how to remove them before the cleaning. About cleaning... I have 10 ships, from the biggest ( La Couronne ) to the smallest ( Nina ) at home . I clean them once a year: hull by a wet brush , sails, rigging and yards by mini vacuum cleaner. It takes several days, and mainly sails is hard to clean. I don´t want to have ships in plastic boxes. Jan Ondras71 and mtaylor 2 Quote Finished: Ark Royal 1588 Mary Rose 1545 Arabian Dhow Revenge 1577 ( first attempt ) La Couronne 1636 Trinidad 1519 Revenge 1577 ( the second one ) Nina 1492 Pinta 1492 Santa Maria 1492 San Salvador 1543 Anna Maria 1694 Sao Gabriel 1497 On the table: Sovereign of the Seas 1636 - continuing after 12 years All of them are paper models
Ab Hoving Posted January 15, 2021 #81 Posted January 15, 2021 Perhaps I have a tip for you Jan. Cleaning a model mostly means dusting the rigging (and vacuuming after that). For cleaning the rigging I always use an ostrich feather. These feathers a a bit fatty and the dust sticks to the feather surprisingly easily. For the rest of the deck I use paint brushes in various sizes and in the end I remove the gathered dust with a 1/2 cm wide flexible tube, attached to a vacuum-cleaner. Just a hint. Ondras71, firdajan and mtaylor 3 Quote
firdajan Posted February 21, 2021 Author #82 Posted February 21, 2021 Dear Friends, The ship is finished already. I hope that everything is OK now ( almost ) I´m sure you´ll see a lot of mistakes there , but it´s just a model. Thank to you all for your suppport. Here are some photos. Jan PietFriet, mtaylor, Ondras71 and 7 others 9 1 Quote Finished: Ark Royal 1588 Mary Rose 1545 Arabian Dhow Revenge 1577 ( first attempt ) La Couronne 1636 Trinidad 1519 Revenge 1577 ( the second one ) Nina 1492 Pinta 1492 Santa Maria 1492 San Salvador 1543 Anna Maria 1694 Sao Gabriel 1497 On the table: Sovereign of the Seas 1636 - continuing after 12 years All of them are paper models
ccoyle Posted February 21, 2021 #83 Posted February 21, 2021 Looks fabulous, Jan! I hope you will create an album for her in the gallery. Cheers! mtaylor and firdajan 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
Reg Posted February 21, 2021 #84 Posted February 21, 2021 Incredible!!! Greg mtaylor and firdajan 2 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted February 24, 2021 #85 Posted February 24, 2021 Very nice! Congratulations! mtaylor and firdajan 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
firdajan Posted February 28, 2021 Author #86 Posted February 28, 2021 Thank you very much, friends. I took some new photos. Here they are. Jan Hubac's Historian, Archi, GrandpaPhil and 10 others 12 1 Quote Finished: Ark Royal 1588 Mary Rose 1545 Arabian Dhow Revenge 1577 ( first attempt ) La Couronne 1636 Trinidad 1519 Revenge 1577 ( the second one ) Nina 1492 Pinta 1492 Santa Maria 1492 San Salvador 1543 Anna Maria 1694 Sao Gabriel 1497 On the table: Sovereign of the Seas 1636 - continuing after 12 years All of them are paper models
Ab Hoving Posted February 28, 2021 #87 Posted February 28, 2021 Impressive Jan, you don’t even need Photoshop to make it look real! firdajan, Hubac's Historian, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote
amazone Posted April 25, 2021 #88 Posted April 25, 2021 very impressif build Jan i am lost for words and te pic seems amazing mtaylor 1 Quote
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