Louie da fly Posted June 8, 2022 #181 Posted June 8, 2022 Beautiful workshop. I'm envious. Steven Knocklouder 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
jack.aubrey Posted June 22, 2022 Author #182 Posted June 22, 2022 Tuesday June 21st, 2022 About a week ago I decided to reopen the Ragusian Carrack shipyard with the aim of finishing asap this model. The activities to be carried out to complete it are not many. Most of them consist of completing the installation of the yards, sails and all related rigging. Then, there are still some carpentry activities, for example build and install the rudder, carving the figurehead and prepare the stand to house the model and its clear plexiglass cover. Once completed these activities the model should be 99% finished, the remaining 1% will be identified along the way. All the yards and sails have been ready for months, perhaps even a couple of years, so it would seem a simple matter to start again but, as I see it, it is necessary to go back to study the running of all the rigging maneuvers and, therefore, this fact complicates my life . . . that's why in my previous message I had spoken of "mental preparation" to start again. For this need of "mental preparation" I opted to resume the shipyard from the carpentry activities I mentioned at the beginning. First I dedicated myself to the construction of the figurehead, to be obtained from a block of solid walnut. It was my first carving experience and I do not consider it a great success, also due to the wood used, which in my opinion is not suitable. But in any case this blessed figurehead has seen the life and thanks to the subsequent gilding I am moderately satisfied with the result. . 01 Ragusian Carrack/21062022/IMG20220615173024.JPG 02 Ragusian Carrack/21062022/IMG20220615173036.JPG Later I built the rudder, still a long way from completion. . . 03 Ragusian Carrack/21062022/IMG20220621155154.JPG Then the final hull support for the model. . 04 Ragusian Carrack/21062022/IMG20220621155120.JPG 05 Ragusian Carrack/21062022/IMG20220621155033.JPG Finally, lastly the basement for the plexiglass case, rather elaborate in terms of wood used (and built by an artisan, known here at the Como lake, who enjoys building cutting boards for the kitchen using precious woods essences. Its beauty consists in the different combinations of wood essences and color, even if one aspect that should not be underestimated is that it overshadows my model. . . 06 Ragusian Carrack/21062022/IMG20220621172936.JPG 07 Ragusian Carrack/21062022/IMG20220621173004.JPG A cordial goodbye. . . see you soon, Jack Aubrey tkay11, GrandpaPhil, Knocklouder and 4 others 6 1 Quote
Louie da fly Posted June 28, 2022 #183 Posted June 28, 2022 Looking good, mate. I agree, walnut's not a good carving wood. The best is apparently boxwood, but I've never tried it - I have stacks of pearwood and apricot wood, which will probably last for the rest of my lifetime. Steven 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
jack.aubrey Posted July 7, 2022 Author #184 Posted July 7, 2022 Saturday July 2nd, 2022 Let's talk a bit about the displaystand basement, built to house the model and its plexiglass cover. The measurements of this base were established taking into account the overall length of the model, but above all the width of the mainmast yard. Unfortunately the yard forced to define a base in which the excessive width affects a bit its aesthetics, where in the areas at the model sides they are perhaps too large and, above all, unused. To remedy this fact, I thought to add other elements, with the aim of filling these empty spaces: so I thought to place lifeboats more or less as shown in figures 01, 02 and 05. I have also prepared two plates, their color for now is light ivory, but it's still to be defined, where my wife will execute the writing shown in image 04 with acrylic colors in a way she has already done for other models. If the result will be satisfactory, fine, otherwise I could opt for a brass plate with the same writing. We will see. 01 Ragusian Carrack/01072022/IMG20220626174533.JPG 02 Ragusian Carrack/01072022/IMG20220626174541.JPG 03 Ragusian Carrack/01072022/IMG20220626174551.JPG 04 Ragusian Carrack/01072022/IMG20220626174725.JPG 05 Ragusian Carrack/01072022/IMG20220627122114.JPG In the next few days I will start adding sails. In the meantime, I await the delivery of brass material to build the needles and the rudder shanks. A cordial goodbye. . . see you soon, Jack Aubrey ccoyle, Paul Le Wol, Knocklouder and 5 others 8 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted July 8, 2022 Author #185 Posted July 8, 2022 Monday July 6th, 2022 As anticipated, I started installing the sails. Spritsail and its yard: after studying the plans to understand the necessary rigging, after an afternoon of work I finally managed to install and position everything properly. Only the details of the terminations of the ropes near the fiferails are missing, activities that I will mamage all together at the end. At the moment some maneuvers are definitively fixed while others I have left for safety still modifiable. 01 Ragusian Carrack/06072022/IMG20220705172211.JPG 02 Ragusian Carrack/06072022/IMG20220705172220.JPG Then I started and completed the topmast studding sail at the mizzen. This was a little more complicated and took me two afternoons. Same procedure used for the spritsail even if the sail is totally different. The result can be seen in the next two photos. 03 Ragusian Carrack/06072022/IMG20220705172231.JPG 04 Ragusian Carrack/06072022/IMG20220705172302.JPG A final comment: this phase of period ship modeling is for me the one I like least. Even my patience, which is usually a lot, is critical and unstable in this situation. I console myself by thinking that this model has a sail plan relatively simple, I dare not imagine the rigging of a three decker . . A cordial goodbye. . . see you soon, Jack Aubrey VTHokiEE, Knocklouder, ccoyle and 1 other 4 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted July 28, 2022 Author #186 Posted July 28, 2022 Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 Rudder: in this period of time I had many other things to follow and I wasn't been able to spend much time on this model. It was only this week that I was able to resume. And I decided to finish and install the rudder. The wooden base was already done, so I had to prepare the hinges that allow the rudder to move. I think the correct name is "gudgeon." and "pintle" even if I don't know which of the two is the part mounted on the rudder blade and which one is fixed on the hull. It turned out to be a job that requires great precision, both during the making of the pieces but, above all, during their installation on the rudder and the hull. The images below show the work done. Obviously now I have to retouch the areas of the hull painted in black. In fact, the paint has unfortunately proved to be a major weakness for the sealing of the cyanoacrylate glue and, to ensure a good seal, I had to remove it before gluing. 01 Ragusian Carrack/27072022/IMG20220727172135.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/27072022/IMG20220727172146.jpg A cordial goodbye. . . see you soon, Jack Aubrey ccoyle, VTHokiEE, Paul Le Wol and 1 other 4 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted July 31, 2022 Author #187 Posted July 31, 2022 Saturday, July 30th, 2022 Finally, the rudder finished. Then I'll be back to the sails . . . . 01 Ragusian Carrack/30072022/IMG20220730164112.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/30072022/IMG20220730164245.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/30072022/IMG20220730164245.jpg A cordial goodbye. . . see you soon, Jack Aubrey greenstone, gsdpic, VTHokiEE and 2 others 4 1 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted August 4, 2022 Author #188 Posted August 4, 2022 Thursday, August 4th, 2022 Another small milestone with the sails and their rigging . . . . 01 Ragusian Carrack/04082022/IMG20220803185950.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/04082022/IMG20220803185959.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/30072022/IMG20220803190013.jpg A cordial goodbye . . . . see you soon. Jack Aubrey ccoyle, Knocklouder, MateuszPL and 1 other 4 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted August 8, 2022 Author #189 Posted August 8, 2022 Sunday, August 8th, 2022 Yet another small step with the sails and related running rigging: mainmast topsail. 01 Ragusian Carrack/07082022/IMG20220807122408.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/07082022/IMG20220807122417.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/07082022/IMG20220807122425.jpg 04 Ragusian Carrack/07082022/IMG20220807122459.jpg Cordial greetings . . . See you soon. Jack Aubrey VTHokiEE, Louie da fly, Knocklouder and 3 others 6 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted August 13, 2022 Author #190 Posted August 13, 2022 Friday, August 12, 2022 Yesterday I practically finished to install the yards, the sails and their running rigging. At this point the model is very close to be finished. In fact I'm missing few (however important) details to be able to officially declare that I have finished this model: 1) install the flags, 2) four falconets (pivoting cannons) still missing at poop and midship, 3) on the pinrailss I need to place some curls of rope to complete the aesthetic part of the rigggings, 4) the plexiglass cover; this detail will be performed by a specialist and I will almost certainly have to wait until the end of the vacation period to get it done. 01 Ragusian Carrack/12082022/IMG20220811184452.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/12082022/IMG20220811184527.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/12082022/IMG20220811184534.jpg That's all for today Cheers . . . see you soon Jack Aubrey BobG, Keith Black, ccoyle and 2 others 4 1 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted August 17, 2022 Author #191 Posted August 17, 2022 Martedì 16 Agosto 2022 A review of details that I have been working on the whole today afternoon . . . 01 Ragusian Carrack/16082022/XX.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/16082022/XX.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/16082022/XX.jpg 04 Ragusian Carrack/16082022/XX.jpg 05 Ragusian Carrack/16082022/XX.jpg 06 Ragusian Carrack/16082022/XX.jpg 07 Ragusian Carrack/16082022/XX.jpg 08 Ragusian Carrack/16082022/XX.jpg 09 Ragusian Carrack/16082022/XX.jpg See you soon, even if it's very close now, as far as I am concerned, to finish. Jack Aubrey Knocklouder, ccoyle, Louie da fly and 1 other 4 Quote
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