HMVS Cerberus 1870 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Paper Shipwright - 1:250 - CARD

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Danny, have a search to the German HMV Verlag. They offer an beautiful Bismarck in 1/250 and a lot of other German ships.

[Dan Vadas]

6 minutes ago, AnobiumPunctatum said:

Danny, have a search to the German HMV Verlag. They offer an beautiful Bismarck in 1/250 and a lot of other German ships.

I've already bought a 1:200 GPM Bismarck off maaaslo (Pav). It'll be coming in a few weeks, along with a heap of PE, turned Gun Barrels and Laser cut stuff that he's getting for me from GPM. I've also got the IJN Amatsukaze winging it's way here from Halinski as we speak .

 

Thanks anyway Christian.

 

  Danny

[RGL]

Hahaha, you'll eventually come to the dark (plastic) side Danny. Feel the force. 

[CDW]

What's the idea with those paper "glasses" along side the 3D Bismarck book? I just ordered the book, so I guess I'll find out soon enough.

The glasses remind me of an item they issued at the movie theater when I was a kid as we watched a 3D movie. Is that what these are for, looking at the book in 3D? Strange.

[Dan Vadas]

14 minutes ago, CDW said:

What's the idea with those paper "glasses" along side the 3D Bismarck book? I just ordered the book, so I guess I'll find out soon enough.

The glasses remind me of an item they issued at the movie theater when I was a kid as we watched a 3D movie. Is that what these are for, looking at the book in 3D? Strange.

That's it exactly. The last 5 or 6 pages are printed in 3D, you need the glasses to see the effect otherwise they just look like blurry pictures. The rest of the book is normal 2D - the whole lot are rendered CAD, amazingly life-like.

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

34 minutes ago, RGL said:

Hahaha, you'll eventually come to the dark (plastic) side Danny. Feel the force. 

Been there, done that Greg. I STARTED in plastic when I was 10 years old. I made hundreds of ships, planes, cars and trains . My first model was a tiny Sopwith Camel that cost all of 5 cents and only had about 10 parts .

 

  Danny

[CDW]

There is something about the paper models that seem very appealing to me, not sure what exactly or why. Maybe because I've never built one? 

I only wish they were more available locally rather than the need to order them from afar. The postage rate was approx 25% of the total cost of a large paper model with accessories when I checked, which seems rather steep.

[RGL]

So did I, but a career and kids killed that. A 10 year build of the endeavour and moving several states did as well. 

[Dan Vadas]

3 minutes ago, CDW said:

The postage rate was approx 25% of the total cost of a large paper model with accessories when I checked, which seems rather steep.

Lucky you living in the US. The postage to Australia for a GPM Bismarck with accessories would have been $AU97.00 for a $AU180.00 model if I'd have bought from GPM in Poland. I got lucky and bought one (with the same accessories or more) from maaaslo that he didn't think he'd ever get around to starting. He worked out the postage from UK to Australia at around GBP18.00, or about $AU30.00. That's a lot more realistic.

 

Methinks some of the Card Model manufacturers are boosting their profits by pocketing most of the shipping cost .

 

  Danny

[Captain Slog]

Hi Danny,

 

That rendered images you posted from the book look amazing. 

 

Great work on the little details. 

 

Looking forward to you next build...or will it be a dual build!

 

cheers

Slog

[ccoyle]

Danny, in fairness to GPM based on what I have heard from others, what happens is that their site postage calculator calculates on the high side, but that GPM afterwards charges your credit card only for the actual amount. I can't verify this from personal experience, though.

[maaaslo]

unless you pay by paypal, then they charge you full...

[Dan Vadas]

10 hours ago, Captain Slog said:

or will it be a dual build!

No way Slog - I'll have enough trouble keeping track of all the parts for ONE kit, let alone two . Though I will be using (I think it was your idea, maybe Chris's) of using a clear plastic Folder to keep the parts in.

 

5 hours ago, ccoyle said:

Danny, in fairness to GPM based on what I have heard from others, what happens is that their site postage calculator calculates on the high side, but that GPM afterwards charges your credit card only for the actual amount. I can't verify this from personal experience, though.

I see. My apologies to GPM then .

 

4 hours ago, maaaslo said:

unless you pay by paypal, then they charge you full...

That makes sense, as I don't think Paypal would reimburse the difference.

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

All the Anchor Cranes are now rigged :

 

 

So are all the Boats. It took me a few days, but they've turned out OK :

 

 

  Danny

[Paul Jarman]

Looking great Danny,

Looking through your log and the build areas when you took it apart and rebuilt you've done a super job.

Have to double take when looking at your build to realise it is a card model.

Paul

 

[Jim Lad]

She's really looking good, Danny.  I love the photo of the forecastle.

 

John

[BANYAN]

She looks great Danny, seems you have adapted to card quite well.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks Paul, John and Pat.

 

Third-last job before she's finished - Rigging the Masts (a bit easier than doing a "Victory" ).

 

I taped the first mast to a board to keep it stable while I glued the rigging lines to it :

 

 

Then I taped the lines to the mast and glued the lines to it in their correct positions :

 

 

After trimming the excess off above where the paper Band will go I rolled the band :

 

 

Then I glued it around the mast, holding all the lines to it. None should become detached now. The join in the band is at the top in this pic - almost invisible :

 

 

The mast glued to the ship ready to tie off the lines at the previously fitted eyebolts :

 

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

The Masts are rigged :

 

 

The Flags and Flagpoles have been made and fitted. I had some concerns about the "Australian" flag (which wasn't formally adopted until 1954) until I looked a little closer and did a little research. It's actually the VICTORIAN flag of 1870, and it seems that it was created because of THIS VERY SHIP , as mentioned in the article (Cerberus being Victoria's first warship). Kudos for some excellent research by Paper Shipwright, it even has the correct amounts of points on the stars and they face the right direction :

 

 

 

And ...... she's FINISHED . The only thing left to do is make the Base for the model :

 

 

 

 

  Danny

[vossiewulf]

Congratulations Danny! At this rate you're going to rebuild several entire navies!

[MEDDO]

 Looks amazing! I can't believe you got it done in such a short period of time. 

[Captain Slog]

Great job Danny!

 

looking forward to your next one. 

 

Cheers

Slog

[ccoyle]

You are now a certified card-carrying member of the card-modeling cohort!

[Dan Vadas]

1 hour ago, vossiewulf said:

Congratulations Danny! At this rate you're going to rebuild several entire navies!

Thanks Vossie, but not in this lifetime .

 

50 minutes ago, MEDDO said:

 Looks amazing! I can't believe you got it done in such a short period of time. 

Well, I don't have much else to do at the moment Michael .

 

46 minutes ago, Captain Slog said:

Great job Danny!

 

looking forward to your next one.

Thanks Slog, I pretty much owe it to you that I actually STARTED this model. Thanks for all your help.

 

I can't wait to start Amatsukaze .

 

28 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

You are now a certified card-carrying member of the card-modeling cohort!

Thank you for your help too Chris. I'll try not to let the side down .

 

  Danny

[gjdale]

Congratulations Danny, another fine model. Looking forward to your next one.

[maaaslo]

Not bad for a first timer... i wouldnt have patience for the rigging...

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks Grant, me too .

 

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i wouldnt have patience for the rigging...

It's a lot easier than rigging a 3-master Pav .

 

I'm constructing the Base. I used some thick scrap card for the sea, and glued pine strips around the edge to support it. These will be covered with strips of Tasmanian Oak when I've finished the sea :

 

 

Next I glued some paper to the card and pushed toothpicks under them to simulate a swell and the bow wash. I pulled the toothpicks out before the glue set, and painted the whole sea with 3 coats of diluted PVA :

 

 

When the PVA dried I used a spare Hull Base to mark and cut out the shape of the hull. Then I tested the ship in the cutout and did a bit of final trimming :

 

 

Next job will be the painting of the sea.

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

To paint the sea I used Acrylics, colours of Black,White, Sage and Warm Blue. Here's a pic of Port Phillip Bay with a storm approaching. I tried to finish up with a similar coloured water :

 

 

 

As a base colour I mixed the blue, a touch of black and some sage and brushed on two coats :

 

 

Next I used blue + sage and painted the wash and highlighted the swell, leaving some of the darker base coat in the "forward" areas of each swell. When this coat dried I used just sage to highlight it even more :

 

 

I slipped my awl under the paper in a few places to raise the wash and swell where it hits the hull, and injected some PVA under the paper to make it keep it's shape :

 

 

Finally I added white froth and bubbles :

 

 

What do you all think of it? I'd like some opinions before I go any further. I will be painting it all with clear gloss before fitting the ship to the base.

 

  Danny

[vossiewulf]

Looks good Danny. One thing I haven't seen yet, and something I want to do, is a waterline with a realistic suction wave- I'd like to do WWI BCs at flank speed, I have a pic of Vonn der Tann at speed and the suction trough/wave from the props is really significant, 100k+ shp could move serious masses of water. To do it right you'd have to establish that wave first, and in the case of VdT the low point is at least several feet below the lwl, and then do a water modeling process like you've done over top of that - that wave really doesn't seem to alter the surrounding water state much.

[Captain Slog]

Hi Danny,

 

I know nothing about doing water but I like what I see!

 

Really sets the model off.

 

I keep wondering what you are going to come up with next if your next model doesn't arrive soon...the devil finds work for idle hands and all that lol

 

cheers

Slog