Roter Löwe 1597 by Ondras71

[Ondras71]

Little progress, lower wales ..

 

 

 

 

Edited January 29, 2018 by Ondras71

[Ondras71]

Slowly tilting the hull planks .. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ondras71]

Continue slowly in the hull tiling. The first hook on the bow has already been created .. 

 

 

 

 

 

Current condition after rough grinding .. 

 

[Ondras71]

Garboard Plank..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mirabell61]

Very nice looking planking job Ondras,

 

Nils

[Ondras71]

Thank you Mirabell61

 

I continue with the hull tiling ..

 

 

 

 

I started making 0.65 mm diameter pins for the hull, only at the bottom there will be about 3.300 pieces..

 

 

 

 

 

[Baker]

Great work Ondras
Pins, Treenails ...
Once you have applied them to the model, you will not regret it.
But it is indeed a lot of work.

 

[Ondras71]

Thank you very much, I know it will be a long work. However, it is the result that's important.

I created about 3,700 pcs of pins, it is stereotypical but quick, about 500 pcs in an hour..


Pinning the hull test, the dark cherry pins are nicely visible in the light cherry!


I'm planning to smear the surface of the hull with restoration wax, testing it ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 16, 2018 by Ondras71
repair

[Ondras71]

I continue tiling the hull..

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have already roughly straightened the mirror ledges..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 27, 2018 by Ondras71

[Baker]

Ondras,

 

Your planking (tiling) is not 

Your planking is

 

[Ferit]

You make feel enthousiasm to build a model ship...

[Ondras71]

Thank you very much Backer, Ferit KUTLU..

 

The planking continues, difficult places at the stern under the mirror already done..

 

 

 

Bow closed and ready to install pins ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ondras71]

The stern under the mirror is finished ..

 

Closing the hull ..

 

 

 

[Ondras71]

The left part of the hull is finished and ground before installing the pins..

 

 

 

 

 

[michael mott]

Nice Planking.

 

Michael

[Ondras71]

Thank you Michael Mott.

 

I started measuring and painting lines for placing the pins ..

 

 

 

 

Before drilling, I decided to use a spike to get the accurate spacing of the holes..

 

 

 

[Srodbro]

Absolutely outstanding planking and construction technique!

That settles it ... my next build is going to be at a large enough scale to be able to show the planking detail, hoping that I can do half as good as yours. 

Really enjoy following your work. 

[Ondras71]

Thank you Srodbro!!

I marked the whole left side with a spike and immediately started drilling 0,65 mm holes. There's cca 1600 of them on one side, but it's going unexpectedly well..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Vivian Galad]

Great work, Ondras! Nice looking planking! 

[Ondras71]

Thank you Vivian!!

 

I started with the installation of pins ..

 

 

 

 

The first piece is polished. After waxing the pins will be beautifully seen ..  O.

 

[Ondras71]

Somewhere I read that the pins are like Braille... I guess it is true, I quite enjoyed reading these lines ..

 

 

The polished left side.. After waxing the pins are well noticeable..

 

 

[Ondras71]

The pins placed at the bottom of the sides..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ondras71]

I've finished pinning the lower mirror. There's no pins at all in the plan. I was looking for a suitable pattern, I found it in the Prins Willem monograph..

 

 

I altered my pins a bit in a way they would look on a smaller ship..

 

 

 

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Very nicely done!

[Ondras71]

Thank you GrandpaPhil..

 

I prepared the keel on the stand ..

 

Pins between wales, approx. 3,300 pins placed ..

 

I cut the spruce into 1x5 mm strips..

 

And increased the base of the hips with the 2 and 1 mm layers, That makes it 3 mm strong, on that comes the outer and inner cherry planking ..

 

 

[Ondras71]

After raising the sides.. 

 

 

..I modified the shape with balsa ..

 

 

The hull is ready for the outer cladding up to the colored part of the sides..

 

 

I found a Czech beer of the right year.. 

 

[Baker]

Great work Ondras. 

Enjoy the beer 

[Ondras71]

Thank you Backer!! 

After a long break I started laying planks over the wales ..

 

 

I picked up and made a tool for safe sanding of planks to create narrow strips around the gun ports..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I bought additional clamps, four sizes of office ones and the commended MT 70 clamps with 11 cm jaws..

 

[Ondras71]

While drying the planks I started making doors. Soon I will need first ones for the mirror. I was so into it, that I also made all the door wings and prepared a form for frame bending..  O.

 

 

 

 

 

[Ondras71]

Doors placed in frame, frame bent over a template, wood shortly boiled in water ..

 

 

First attempts to produce fittings. 0.2 mm brass sheet out of frames from accessories from HiSModel.com ..

 

 

 

 

Still thinking about having the fittings etched, the result would definitely be better, but maybe after trying longer I'll manage to make it ..