Eagle of Algier 1753 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:48 - Chebec - Nils Langemann

[Mirabell61]

On 26.11.2017 at 1:19 PM, KeithAug said:

Hi Nils 

He looks like he ate too many pies, or is it a beer belly?

 

Keith,

next to the fresh-water barrel, this one is also one of the utmost important barrels on board....

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2017 by Mirabell61

[cog]

Why do you use a brilliant laquer instead of a matt for the cask(s)?

[Mirabell61]

Hi Carl,

 

the surface coating is a Clou product, "Ballenmattierung" for silk appeal wooden surfaces, normaly it would be wiped on, but due to the brush coating I used, it comes out a bit more "shiny", no problem...

 

Nils

[cog]

Easier to dust

[Mirabell61]

Hi Carl

Yep, thats right...

 

Nils

[KeithAug]

Nils, cleaning all those small spaces between decks requires specialist skills. Can I suggest you buy one of these. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=model+figures+cleaner&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#imgrc=thgAXWf_HUfN_M:

Edited November 29, 2017 by KeithAug

[Mirabell61]

Not bad Keith,

 

that brought me a nice smile with those "specialists" out of the link

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

it will likely flatten out as time goes on......I use semi gloss lacquer for that reason.  below deck is look'in busy........love the effect   

[Mirabell61]

Hi Denis,

 

thanks for looking in and for your comment, am pleased you like it....

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Update :

 

on the deck outcut side i put the braces on that hold the 9 side gratings in place. The 7 port guns will be arranged between the gratings, with barrels tied up at the upper bulwark, and the carriages tightly rigged for non battle mode. The starboard guns will be pointing out through the gun-ports.

I am concidering if eventually I should show the sweeps in their oar-port positions, at least on one side....

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mirabell61]

Update :  (status report)

 

made some additional supporting braces in the areas where the gunports will be cut into the bulwarks....

On the stb. side the template fror the gun plattform can be seen

 

Nils

 

the guns standing on rails, the barrels pointing upwards, where they will be strapped to the upper bulwarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 3, 2017 by Mirabell61

[md1400cs]

Nils,

 

Just catching up - awesome as usual (;-)

[Mirabell61]

Hi Michael,

 

thanks for catching up, I`m glad you like it....

 

I`m moving on to the starboard gun platform ( also deck planking for the platform and the one step down middle deck )

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MESSIS]

Good morning my friend,

 

Its a great idea you have there Nils ! The life inside the ship its a great and not ordinary project. It looks like you have catched the real atmosphere inside the hull!  Its a very atmospheric build. I enjoy always looking your profi work, but at this modell am very anxius to see the end result... I guess it would be something very extraordinary! 

 

Wish lots of fan

Christos

[Mirabell61]

Christos,

 

thank you very much for your appreciative words, As the Amati Chebec was too small (1:60) to suit my intentions of the model, I decided to make "something special" out of the basic plan without making things too complicated....

I must admit, that the plan is not going much into detail, but I`ve studied a lot of chebec models on the web, and will try to adopt quite a lot of details I liked during this search. Also there is my imagination and improvisation which provides me much fun...

In scale 1:48 the complete model will be 900 mm long between bow sprit and aft-sail boom. It certainly will require quite a large glass case when finished...

 

Nils

 

Edited December 9, 2017 by Mirabell61

[MESSIS]

I guess yes it will indeed need a large case😊.... but  I do agree it seems you are really building "something special".

 

Have a nice.weekend

Christos

Edited December 9, 2017 by MESSIS

[Mirabell61]

update :

 

been stiffening out the inner bulwarks. Nearly all stb. braces put on....

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

[Mirabell61]

update :

 

did some structure fitting out to the stern platform....

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KeithAug]

Nils m- was there a specific reason for the overhanging deck / gratings at the stern? By the way the grating looks very neat.

[Mirabell61]

Thank you Keith,

 

I unfortunately do`nt know why the stern overhang worked out this way with the actual vessels, and why this is performed as a grating. I`m building it after the ships that are shown with this design. It is required any how for access to the sheets and handling of the aft latin sail. Its one of the typical chebec design features...

 

Nils

[KeithAug]

Nils, its quite an attractive feature, its just a bit interesting that the original builders didn't just extend the hull length to give greater capacity and speed. I guess we may never know their thinking.

[Mirabell61]

Keith,

 

Probably the lesson that the longer waterline gives more speed was not so known in 1753. Perhaps the aft grating was the place where the capt. took his late and undesturbed afternoon nap with the ships wake and the waters rippling down below, as she sails into sunset.... Maybe one of the fellow builders knows the real reason

of this overhang in this way...

 

Nils

Edited December 16, 2017 by Mirabell61

[Mirabell61]

Update :

 

made a sequence I was a bit anxious for all the time, drilling the holes for the 14 gunports.....hoping that the hull planks would not fringe out...

Solution : I bought a 8 mm diam. hollow tube drill with diamond splitters around the cutting edge and used this with my electronic hand-drill at appr. 2000 rpm....

first I made a small jig to set the vertical centerline and to find the mid position between the bulwark supports. On the outside bulwark I fitted / clamped a bit of scrap ply, flush contact with the hull planks in that area. Sigh of relief , it went well, wonderfull sharpedged holes

On the battle side the guns have a few degrees over horizontal, with upward pionting barrel. On the non battle side there will be shield plugs inserted with lions head decore from the outside bulwark. Those guns will be retracted with barrels pointing upward and stropped, out of action, just below the upper bulwark rail.

 

Think that the smaller holes for sticking the sweeps through can also be made in this way for clean cuts....

 

Nils

 

just before cuttung the gunports into the bulwarks

 

 

the 8mm diamond splitter tipped hollow drill

 

the clamp holds the little jig on the inside as well as the ply counter-plate on the outside planks

 

 

 

battle side, the gunbarrel can be set to point ot horizontal and  sightly upwards

 

non battle side with closed gunports (here shown without the larger  decore rings). The plug shields are removeable

 

here gun retracted from action and barrel pionting upward

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2017 by Mirabell61

[Piet]

Hello Nils,

 

Caught up with your build progress now that my computer is working again with a new hard drive.  Marvelous work, as usual.

 

Cheers,

[Mirabell61]

Hi Piet,

 

I`m pleased to hear from you again, must have been a feeling like cut off from the family with a broken down computer, but now you`re all set again....

Thanks for your appreciative words, glad you liked the progress since your last look in.

Have a nice and relaxing Christmas time with your family...

 

Nils

[John Allen]

Nils,

 

What can I say the lines on this build are so smooth and clean they just flow one into another. I have watched this progress and am amazed at how simple you make a complicated build look easy. Kudos

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much John,

 

for your nice words, much appreciated.  Yes, it was because of the lines of a Chebec that I was adoring and just had to start building one......

Am now moving on to the next parts like deck supports / timbers for masts tackeling. The card template for the upper deck is in dry fit position...

Still need to fit the chimney tube for the stove exhaust over deck

Enjoy coming Christmas holiday and have a nice time..

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

[michael mott]

Just catching up Nils, she is looking very nice.

 

Michael

[AntonyUK]

Hi Nils.

Like Michael above. Just catching up... wow amazing work on the stern and deck.

And I've gotta remember your excellent method of cuttng round holes in the hull or deck.

 

Have a nice christmass.

Regards Antony.

 

[AntonyUK]

On 13/09/2017 at 3:26 PM, Mirabell61 said:

Hi Dan,

 

I think we`re in the same alley there, having interest also in ships of other nations and cultures.....

I have in mind also do tackle it doing a Chinese trade- junk around 1930 or so, when the Chebec is completed

 

Nils

Hi Nils.

Sorry it's Off topic .

Will you be doing a Junk ?. 

Looking at doing one as my next scratch build.

Did you get any plans or are you going to use the Amati plans or the Artesania Latina red dragon plans.

Regards Antony.