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HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - FINISHED - 1/4" scale


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Great job Mike!

Rusty

"So Long For Now" B) 

 

Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1/48  Duchess of Kingston

 

Completed Build Logs: USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross SectionCutter CheerfulQueen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat

 

Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout

 

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Over the weekend I worked on the rudder trunk and benches. Of course, Chuck's laser cut parts made things relatively easy. The tricky part was getting a tight fit between all the parts. The top of the rudder trunk needs to be angled where it sits up against the transom. I had to sand the bevel almost to a point in order to get a clean joint. When it came time to add the benches, I found that I needed to sand the bottoms slightly curved in order to match the camber in the margin plank. Further adjustments were made to insure that the benches did not sit on the deck.

 

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Mike

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Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF)

Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful  1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB)

 

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Very nice Mike!

Rusty

"So Long For Now" B) 

 

Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1/48  Duchess of Kingston

 

Completed Build Logs: USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross SectionCutter CheerfulQueen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat

 

Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout

 

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Wonderful work! It's always so clean and precise!

Jean-Paul

 

'You are not carving a bear with a chain saw here folks',

Chuck Passaro, ´Queen Anne Style Barge´ manual of instructions

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

I thought it might be a good time to get this post in as it covers a number of tasks that I've been working on.

 

Starting with the gun port lids.

 

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The first step was to get these two planks fitting correctly

 

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The last plank is placed underneath so that the bottom edge can be traced

 

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The final result with all three planks in place

 

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When adding the frieze, the top section is cut away so it can be registered with the frieze below.

 

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Final result with lid lining attached, painted and ready for hinge

 

Pinned cleats to the bulwarks.

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Transom windows and sills 

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Mike

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Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF)

Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful  1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB)

 

Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey

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Very nice Mike!

Rusty

"So Long For Now" B) 

 

Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1/48  Duchess of Kingston

 

Completed Build Logs: USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross SectionCutter CheerfulQueen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat

 

Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout

 

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Thanks, Matt,

 

I'd gladly do those lids anytime over having to do those pesky window sills. They were a pain!

Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF)

Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful  1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB)

 

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Beautiful work Mike! Your build log is like an alternative instruction manual to Chucks build log.

 

JJ

Current Builds: HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 - 5th rate 32 gun frigate (on hold for now)

 

                         HMS Portland 1770 Prototype 1:48 - 4th rate 50 gun ship

 

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On 5/3/2021 at 2:57 AM, Stuntflyer said:

I thought it might be a good time to get this post in as it covers a number of tasks that I've been working on.

 

Starting with the gun port lids.

 

Winchelsea_9883.jpg.2d4308fc28453086e54cf77998891007.jpg

The first step was to get these two planks fitting correctly

 

Winchelsea_9884.jpg.38a45eea2b2dec99ae701fd002131bec.jpg

The last plank is placed underneath so that the bottom edge can be traced

 

Winchelsea_9886.jpg.fc7da2f9e43d9050682fc4040edc2927.jpg

The final result with all three planks in place

 

Winchelsea_9887.jpg.955d445c7477eb599e9ca0741cf6910a.jpg

When adding the frieze, the top section is cut away so it can be registered with the frieze below.

 

Winchelsea_9958.jpg.c3acd3ba7fd7ee043c1ba59ad7bba0ad.jpg

Final result with lid lining attached, painted and ready for hinge

 

Pinned cleats to the bulwarks.

Winchelsea_9950.thumb.jpg.430da3a2335f3258f8067435ab292b29.jpg

 

Transom windows and sills 

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Mike

Oh Mike astounding.i love kind of dry color of it very much matching carving statues. this is modeling  porn level:) 

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The eyebolts and split rings for the bulwarks and gun deck are done. Boy! I just love making those🤥 I made them as small as I could. The ID the bolts are around .025" which conforms to the smallest round nose pliar that I have. Just enough to get the 24ga rings through. Be careful not to drill too deep into the bulwarks against the plywood bulkheads. It wouldn't be hard to snap a bit if you did.

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Mike

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Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF)

Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful  1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB)

 

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45 minutes ago, Matt D said:

I assume you wrap them around something several times and then cut to separate them.

Yes, that's basically how I do it. I wrap the wire around the shank of a drill bit and then use a very fine blade on a fret saw to separate the rings.

 

Mike

Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF)

Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful  1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB)

 

Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey

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Well, here goes another update. . .

 

Not a small task was completing the work on the cheeks and hair brackets. Rather than repeat what Chuck has already described it might be useful to mention a few things I did, including some observations, while completing the work.

 

After assembling the four cheeks, the outer two layers were thinned down even more. I would say that I removed about 1/64" overall

 

Before rounding off the center insert for the hair brackets, I lowered its profile a bit before rounding off. If it's too round the frieze won't span its width.

 

I did not use the three laser cut pieces which go between the cheeks. They were about 1/64” short in height on my ship and I didn’t want any gaps showing at the outer end between the cheeks. Luckily, I had some .025 boxwood sheet from a previous build. The bolster was scratched as well. Drilling the hawse holes at an upward angle is crucial. I recommend filing the holes from both directions. After adding the bolster it was easy enough to cleanup the transition between the hawse holes and bolster with some wood filler.

 

Prior to adding the friezes, I painted the paper edge with un-thinned POLY Scale Dark Green 414272 which I found to be a close overall match. My suggestion when adding the friezes to the cheeks and hair brackets would be to do that after those pieces are glued in place. Even though the friezes overlap, establishing the proper length in order to match the frieze pattern should not be too difficult to do.

 

The wash cants were added after painting them black. I think I'm going to add the short decorative molding along the front of the figures leg after the figure is glued in place.

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There was what seemed like an endless amount of fitting, adjusting and more fitting needed in order to get all the parts working together. Getting both feet of the figurehead to sit against the hair bracket was tricky. The joints between the cheeks and hair bracket as well as a uniform tapering of those parts all required some of extra work. Even the angle of the carving had to be tweaked. No rushing here, at all!

 

The knee was made by first shaping one side and then pinning that side temporarily to the hull. This was done in order to make it easier to fit the other half to it. Using a hand turned disk sander with tilt table makes it easier to get the angle just right between the two halves. The finished knee was painted off the ship.

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Mike

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Current build - Sloop Speedwell 1752 (POF)

Completed builds - 18 Century Longboat (POB) , HM Cutter Cheerful  1806 (POB), HMS Winchelsea 1764 (POB)

 

Member: Ship Model Society of New Jersey

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Hi Mike, 

very well done!!! How did you position the figurehead, so it does not sit too much forward of the stem? Did you remove a bit of the stem behind the back of the figurehead? And did I understand that right: You glued the wooden pieces of the hair brackets to the model and afterwards added the paper frieze?

Matthias

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That is just picture perfect, Mike!

 

If I were building this model, one thing I would be tempted to experiment with would be to use the printed frieze as a template to overpaint with either an oil, or a full-bodied acrylic.  My objective would be to try and approximate the slight relief one sees on the original models.

 

As it is, the printed frieze looks fantastic, but it could be interesting to see whether hand-painting enhances or detracts.

 

Anyway, it is just a thought.  I really enjoy watching your progress, here, Mike.

We are all works in progress, all of the time.

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