jack.aubrey Posted September 18, 2019 Author #151 Posted September 18, 2019 Perhaps it was better to adopt roperings at the end of the blocks of smaller diameter . . . any comment ? Quote
jack.aubrey Posted September 20, 2019 Author #152 Posted September 20, 2019 Thursday 19 September 2019 With these last details I finally put an end to the guns installation. I'll almost open a bottle of Prosecco or Lambrusco to celebrate this event . . . 01 Ragusian Carrack/19092019/IMG_20190919_170220.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/19092019/IMG_20190919_170300.jpg Now there are many other activities that can be started. Rudder installation, figurehead, anchor installation, masts and so on. For the moment I decided to experiment the building of the masts and maybe even various spars and rods. There is no particular reason to do one thing before the other and so I follow the will of the moment. Using my small Proxxon wood lathe, I started to prepare the foremast and the mizzenmast. The foremast consists of a 10mm diameter rod that must be tapered up to a 6mm diameter. The mizzenmast is an 8mm rod to be tapered to 5mm. Using the lathe the operation became to me particularly well and I am very satisfied. I then completed the foremast by installing the top, ready for some time. 03 Ragusian Carrack/19092019/IMG_20190919_170337.jpg 04 Ragusian Carrack/19092019/IMG_20190919_170345.jpg But now there are two beautiful problems to be solved: one is very simple, since it is a question of choosing whether to leave the masts and the yards in their natural wood-color or to color them, as they most likely were: masts in ocher yellow and yards in black. The other one is more complex and concerns the mainmast: it involves turning a 12mm diameter rod that must reach the 8mm at the end. But the problem is that my lathe reaches a maximum of 10mm and therefore cannot be used as I have done up to now. I have to find an alternative route that I currently can't see, even using Google Maps !! In the meantime I will take time working on the other elements of the masts but for my problem I need an adequate idea. 05 Ragusian Carrack/19092019/IMG_20190919_170637.jpg See you soon, Jack.Aubrey. mtaylor, GrandpaPhil, yvesvidal and 4 others 7 Quote
Kikatinalong Posted September 20, 2019 #153 Posted September 20, 2019 Jack, love your work and have thoroughly enjoyed following along since joining this site not long ago. Regarding your 12 mm mast at the base not fitting in the lathe chuck. Could you possibly drill a 10 mm hole into the 12 mm rod and glue in a piece of 10 mm dowel leaving enough protruding out to fit the chuck of your lathe. If u can't do this due to your lathe restrictions and don't possess another tool option for doing the job I'm sure u could find someone local who would be happy to ream out one small hole for you. all the best, look forward to your next post. jack.aubrey and mtaylor 2 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted September 26, 2019 Author #154 Posted September 26, 2019 Wednesday 25 September 2019 I prepared all the pieces that make up the masts of the carrack, with the sole exclusion of the mainmast due to the known problem with the lathe. At the end I took the decision to color both the masts and the yards: the masts are colored with yellow ocher paint while the yards in black. When completely dry, I sanded the pieces with very fine grain paper to give them an appearance of "used". Below two images of the foremast and mizzenmast . . 01 Ragusian Carrack/26092019/IMG_20190926_105955.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/26092019/IMG_20190926_110029.jpg Below, instead, the lower yard of the mainmast and the beam of the lateen sail on the mizzen mast . . 03 Ragusian Carrack/26092019/IMG_20190926_110054.jpg 04 Ragusian Carrack/26092019/IMG_20190926_110109.jpg Here below the other remaining yards (bowsprit, foremast and mainmast) . . 05 Ragusian Carrack/26092019/IMG_20190926_110124.jpg 06 Ragusian Carrack/26092019/IMG_20190926_110132.jpg One last mention about the lathe issue: I had almost definitively decided to manually taper the mainmast but today I received an email from my common friend Antonio who offered me the availability of a "REAL" lathe located in his workshop. Obviously this changed all the scenarios. Next week I will also finish this missing element. Best regards, Jack. Heronguy, mtaylor, Louie da fly and 4 others 7 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted October 2, 2019 Author #155 Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) Wednesday 2 October 2019 Yesterday afternoon, with the friend and fellow model maker Antonio, we lathed the famous 12mm. rod destined to become the main mast. For this event, I had the opportunity to use a simply monstrous lathe, more or less 2-2.5 meters long, with which a pole could have been turned. A heartfelt thanks for the unexpected help. Today, in my workshop, I proceeded to complete the mast with its accessories and below I show you the model with all the components of the masting positioned, obviously excluding spars and beams. Sincerely, Jack. 01 Ragusian Carrack/02102019/IMG_20191002_160815.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/02102019/IMG_20191002_160825.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/02102019/IMG_20191002_160830.jpg 04 Ragusian Carrack/02102019/IMG_20191002_160836.jpg Edited October 2, 2019 by jack.aubrey paulsutcliffe, Kikatinalong, mtaylor and 9 others 12 Quote
mtaylor Posted October 3, 2019 #156 Posted October 3, 2019 Beautiful work, Jack. I think we'd all love to have a large lathe. J11 and jack.aubrey 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
J11 Posted October 3, 2019 #157 Posted October 3, 2019 Love them Carrack's! Exceptional work progressing nicely. jack.aubrey and mtaylor 2 Quote Current build project: CSS Alabama 1/96 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/20148-css-alabama-by-jonathan11-revell-196-scale-kit-bash-90-historical-accuracy/ Finished build projects 2018: H.L Hunley 1/24 CSS Arkansas 1/96
jack.aubrey Posted October 3, 2019 Author #158 Posted October 3, 2019 Thursday 3 October 2019 While some activities on masting are still continuing with bland rhythms, I started preparing the chain plates with their deadeyes. Unlike those adopted on more recent sailing ships, such as those of my Soleil Royal (which gave me quite a bit to do), on this carrack they are relatively simple to build. For today I have finished preparing those of the starboard side, in the next days I will also finish the port side. See you soon, Jack.. 01 Ragusian Carrack/02102019/IMG_20191002_173141.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/02102019/IMG_20191002_173155.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/02102019/IMG_20191002_173228.jpg Louie da fly, J11, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted October 13, 2019 Author #159 Posted October 13, 2019 Saturday 12 October 2019 These last 15 days saw me and my wife busy with a cat that got sick and gave us a lot to do to treat it. This fact, which continually created unplanned situations, prevented me from dedicating myself to the usual activities on this model and consequently I did nothing really interesting. Using few free moments I managed to finish the chain plates, to paint them and, finally, to install them, by fixing them on the sides of the hull in correspondence with the wales. The result is practically equal to the MarisStella project even if the technique I used is not the same. The first three images show the finished work. 01 Ragusian Carrack/12102019/EFFECTS.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/12102019/IMG_20191012_160621.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/12102019/IMG_20191012_160634.jpg Another task, small but truly interesting for the method I used to obtain an acceptable result, is highlighted in the last image, the result of a copy & paste of two images of the lower zone of the foremast and the mizzen mast. These are the four cleats visible at the bottom of the two mast that are very small and difficult to fix properly in their place. This experiment, perfectly successful, is important as there are many others to install and therefore replicable. 04 Ragusian Carrack/12102019/Due&TreResized.jpg Good-bye, Jack. Louie da fly, J11, JpR62 and 5 others 8 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted October 22, 2019 Author #160 Posted October 22, 2019 Monday 21 October 2019 By now the classic activities on the hull are practically almost finished; only some detail activities are remaining (rudder, figurehead, etc.). They can be performed later. For example, the installation of the rudder would make the use of the building slip unpracticable; until now it proved very useful and with exceptional stability. So whoever expects to see the rudder will have to wait again . . . As for the figurehead I have to wait for the coming of some carving inspiration, something that is totally missing at the moment . . So I started thinking about the installation of the masts and then proceeding with the stanging and running rigging. So I started to study the two plans in order to understand how the whole rigging system and sails is structured. Although it is a relatively simple masting, for me this is a real headache. To understand something more and also to memorize as much as possible, I am preparing a document where I try to clarify and write down what to do. Even if it is a document only useful to the undersigned, I attach it to this post just to show the "method". Thanks to the "method" I realized that new details on the decks and tops are needed, and also some changes due to the impractical nature of the proposed solution are required. In any case, I spent a couple of afternoons making and installing the missing details. The photo 01 shows the new elements applied in the poop area: the decorated shields on the external sides, the pinrails added inside the walls, some cleats and the poop lantern . . . 01 Ragusian Carrack/21102019/IMG_20191021_165514.jpg Also at the bow I am preparing material for the belaying pins . . . 02 Ragusian Carrack/21102019/IMG_20191021_165524.jpg Finally on the main deck I installed new pinrails applied similarly to those on the poop deck . . . 03 Ragusian Carrack/21102019/IMG_20191021_165536.jpg In short, many details, even tiny ones, that will be used later for the rigging. I have prepared all these pinrails to replace an almost similar number of cleats. I thought it impossible to fix these cleats seriously because of their small size and almost no surface that could be used to glue them to the sides. Hence a functionally similar solution but which gives me more guarantees of robustness. That's all for today, Jack. Rigging.pdf Louie da fly, mtaylor, Kikatinalong and 6 others 9 Quote
yvesvidal Posted October 22, 2019 #161 Posted October 22, 2019 How colorful !! Very well done, Jack. Yves J11 and mtaylor 2 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted October 22, 2019 Author #162 Posted October 22, 2019 4 hours ago, yvesvidal said: How colorful !! Very well done, Jack. Yves Yves, you are my best supporter, many many thanks for your appreciations. Jack. mtaylor and yvesvidal 2 Quote
Louie da fly Posted October 22, 2019 #163 Posted October 22, 2019 Beautiful detailed precise work, Jack. Steven jack.aubrey and mtaylor 2 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 November 1, 2019 Author #164 Posted November 1, 2019 Giovedì 31 Ottobre 2019 I'm working almost exclusively on masts and its rigging. For the moment my strategy is to prepare all the mast individual components in a separate way with all the blocks and other necessary elements. So, as you can see from the following two images, I worked mainly on applying the necessary pieces to each of the yards or masts independently of the rest. In this way all the points in which the running rigging will pass should be ready and in theory they would not need further additions once installed in their place. 01 Ragusian Carrack/31102019/IMG_20191031_173712.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/31102019/IMG_20191031_173718.jpg Then I started putting the pieces together. In the coming days, when I'll be 100% sure, I will definitely fix the three masts with glue and a new cycle of activities will start from there. In the meantime I started doing some experience with bowsprit and anchors. The following three images show the (almost) finished assembly of the anchors and a pair of definitive cables from the tip of the bowsprit to the hull sides. Little stuff compared to what awaits me but it is a good exercise to practice patience, the true virtue of the modeler. However, this is a job that I will have to carry out in the next few weeks together with that of completely emptying my mother-in-law's house, house we recently sold. Incidentally this fact will deprive me of the availability of my much appreciated workshop which (unfortunately) is in the house in object. So at some point I will have to interrupt every activity and park all the contents of the workshop in a temporary warehouse waiting to buy a new home, where surely there will be space for the future, a new facility that, at this point, will exist as long as I practice this hobby. I hope to finish this model just before that time. I should theoretically make it but in the negative case I think I can continue at my house. The remaining activities should be more than feasible even at home . . . apart from the four cats who are my assistants. 03 Ragusian Carrack/31102019/EFFECTS.jpg 04 Ragusian Carrack/31102019/IMG_20191031_173405.jpg 05 Ragusian Carrack/31102019/IMG_20191031_173417.jpg Sincerely, Jack. J11, JpR62, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted November 5, 2019 Author #165 Posted November 5, 2019 Tuesday 5 November 2019 I finally started, I fixed the masts and . . . . for now I'm working on standing rigging. It takes a lot of patience. 01 Ragusian Carrack/06112019/IMG_20191105_160027.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/06112019/IMG_20191105_160047.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/06112019/IMG_20191105_160144.jpg 04 Ragusian Carrack/06112019/IMG_20191105_160042.jpg 05 Ragusian Carrack/06112019/IMG_20191105_160150.jpg JpR62, mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote
yvesvidal Posted November 5, 2019 #166 Posted November 5, 2019 Very impressive Jack. Yves mtaylor, jack.aubrey and J11 3 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted November 7, 2019 Author #167 Posted November 7, 2019 Wednesday 6 November 2019 Further small progresses . . . . this time it's up to the mast. For the future I have decided that I will limit myself in posting messages only when significant steps in setting up the rigging are complete, otherwise I think to run the risk of being too much repetitive. So I give you a rendez-vous for other images and comments when I'll finish the installation of all the standing rigging, a milestone that seems to me adequately representative to show and explain. Greetings, Jack.Aubrey. 01 Ragusian Carrack/06112019/IMG_20191106_170332.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/06112019/IMG_20191106_170339.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/06112019/IMG_20191106_170342.jpg 04 Ragusian Carrack/06112019/IMG_20191106_170401.jpg paulsutcliffe, Deperdussin1910, JpR62 and 7 others 10 Quote
Kikatinalong Posted November 7, 2019 #168 Posted November 7, 2019 Such a beautiful ship Jack mtaylor and J11 2 Quote
J11 Posted November 7, 2019 #169 Posted November 7, 2019 Has always been amazing to me that those hull designs floated and were actually used. Beautiful representation. mtaylor 1 Quote Current build project: CSS Alabama 1/96 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/20148-css-alabama-by-jonathan11-revell-196-scale-kit-bash-90-historical-accuracy/ Finished build projects 2018: H.L Hunley 1/24 CSS Arkansas 1/96
jack.aubrey Posted November 18, 2019 Author #170 Posted November 18, 2019 Monday 18 November 2019 Standing rigging is finally over . . . . rat lines obviously were the major, boring effort. 01 Ragusian Carrack/18112019/IMG_20191118_165745.jpg 02 Ragusian Carrack/18112019/IMG_20191118_165759.jpg 03 Ragusian Carrack/18112019/IMG_20191118_165809.jpg 04 Ragusian Carrack/18112019/IMG_20191118_165815.jpg 05 Ragusian Carrack/18112019/IMG_20191118_165818.jpg JpR62, mtaylor, yvesvidal and 4 others 7 Quote
yvesvidal Posted November 19, 2019 #171 Posted November 19, 2019 Great work Jack. You are very patient..... Yves jack.aubrey and mtaylor 2 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted November 29, 2019 Author #172 Posted November 29, 2019 Friday 29 November 2019 I'm working to prepare the sails. In total there are five sails: one on the bowsprit, one on the foremast, two on the mainmast and finally a triangular sail on the mizzen mast. To consider them finished I have to wait for my wife to sew stitches around their perimeter, task I prefer to have her do as I don't feel enough good for it. The first image shows the main mainmast sail. I have greatly reduced the height of this sail because I want to present it curled up the main yard and therefore the task would be easier to manage with less amount of fabric. 01 Ragusian Carrack/28112019/IMG_20191128_155621.jpg Here the lateen sail of the mizzen mast . . I think I will present it wrapped on the yard. 02 Ragusian Carrack/28112019/IMG_20191128_155613.jpg Here is the upper sail of the mainmast that will be shown unfolded . . 03 Ragusian Carrack/28112019/IMG_20191128_155601.jpg The sail of the bowsprit, shown unfolded . . I think to redo some sewing here resulting too coarse. 04 Ragusian Carrack/28112019/IMG_20191128_155548.jpg The fore sail to be presented wrapped on the foreyard. 05 Ragusian Carrack/28112019/IMG_20191128_155553.jpg That's all for now, cheers, Jack. JpR62, Louie da fly, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote
jack.aubrey Posted December 10, 2019 Author #173 Posted December 10, 2019 Monday, December 9th, 2019 In the ten days since my last message I dedicated very little time to modeling: all I managed to do was finishing two of the five sails that would now be ready to be fixed on their respective spars. Unfortunately the day I have to leave my mother-in-law's house free (I remember that it was sold) is approaching and there are still many activities to do to free all the rooms. So, even if ahead of my original plans, I find myself in the need to dismantle my workshop and move everything inside it to a temporary location (I hope for as little time as possible) +/- by the end of the year. Consequence is a mandatory stop to the modeling activities related to the Ragusian Carrack for an indefinite period of time. Obviously, when I'll be less busy it should be possible to resume work on the sails and on the final set-up of the rigging, activities that I theoretically could perform at home, but now it's early to have a accurate plan. I am therefore greeting all those who are following or have followed my log hoping to write and read news soon. In the meantime, I offer all my best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, in case we don't have to hear ourselves in the coming weeks. Best regards, Jack.Aubrey. mtaylor, yvesvidal, Louie da fly and 1 other 4 Quote
the learner Posted April 6, 2020 #174 Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Looking foward to your return and hope that you are doing well during this covid-19 pandemic time. Edited April 6, 2020 by the learner mtaylor 1 Quote Cheers, GuyThe LearnerCurrent Member NRG,SMA Current Build: HMS Triton 1:48 on line
jack.aubrey Posted April 6, 2020 Author #175 Posted April 6, 2020 5 hours ago, the learner said: Looking foward to your return and hope that you are doing well during this covid-19 pandemic time. I'm going very well, for the moment. Unfortunately I'm forced at home and quite far from my model: when the rule to avoid moving away was issued I was in Tuscany at my daughter's house and I cannot return to Milan. This is anyway a big advantage 'cause Milan and surrounding towns are the main epicentre of he pandemic virus. I cannot forecast when I'll be able to return and finish this model. Sincerely, Jack. JpR62, BLACK VIKING, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted April 6, 2020 #176 Posted April 6, 2020 Best of luck. Stay healthy and stay safe. jack.aubrey and mtaylor 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)
mtaylor Posted April 7, 2020 #177 Posted April 7, 2020 That you and your family are not infected is good new, Jack. I hope it remains that way. jack.aubrey 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
Louie da fly Posted April 7, 2020 #178 Posted April 7, 2020 Best wishes, Jack. I can sympathise with you being so far from your modelling, but you're keeping safe; that's the main thing. Steven jack.aubrey and mtaylor 2 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
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jack.aubrey Posted June 7, 2022 Author #180 Posted June 7, 2022 Tuesday, June 7, 2022 Two and a half years have passed since my last message, in which I informed all of you that I had to stop my shipmodeling activities. I think that the "WHY" was fully explained in my last message. Finally, after such a long time, I can write that I have now set up a new workshop in a large and comfortable garage right under my new house. In a short time I plan to resume making shipmodeling, starting with finishing this model of Ragusian Carrack . . . all I am missing now is the necessary mental preparation to restart after so much time of inactivity. While I'm reordering my ideas, a warm goodbye . . . see you soon, Jack.Aubrey 01 Miscellanea/07062022/IMG20220607135122.JPG 02 Miscellanea/07062022/IMG20220607135131.JPG 03 Miscellanea/07062022/IMG20220607135139.JPG 04 Miscellanea/07062022/IMG20220607135148.JPG Prowler901, Louie da fly, ccoyle and 5 others 8 Quote
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