HMS Tiger 1747 by Siggi52 - 1:48 - 60 gun ship from NMM plans

[Siggi52]

Hello,

the first step is done 😅 Tomorrow I will turn the hansing pieces fore and aft of the waist rail. 

 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

today only a small update. Why must they have so much timber heads? 

 

 

[druxey]

Because there are so many running rigging lines!

[Siggi52]

Druxey, I know, but you can never complain enough 🙂

[druxey]

I feel your pain, Siggi!

[Siggi52]

Hello and thank you for all,

after a lot more pain I'm mostly ready with the Drift rails. 😄  Only a small quarter circle is left. 

 

 

Because you could't see very much of the details when the rails are painted, I made some pictures before painting them. When I'm ready with the Drift rails I have to start painting the hull before making the rest of the decoration.

 

 

 

Edited March 8, 2021 by Siggi52

[Keith Black]

 Siggi, that's so nice. 

[dvm27]

Nice job Siggi. I find those drift rails incredibly hard to fit at the hances. Are they steamed or cut to shape?

Edited March 7, 2021 by dvm27

[druxey]

Very nice and neat, Siggi!

[Siggi52]

Good morning,

thank you for your nice comments and likes. Greg, the hansing pieces are turned. I tried to steam them, 3 layers 0,4 mm castello, but that did't work. May be the next time. 

[druxey]

Castello doesn't bend as well as, say, holly.

[Siggi52]

Hello,

yes Druxey, I learned it the hard way. But at least I got it.

 

  But now, my nearly new model!  

The next days I would paint also the rest of the hull, before I start carving the scrolls within the hansing pieces. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

the painting marathon continues. First in repair, and repair the repair and so on. An endless story. But then I started with the first layer at the middle of the hull. Three layers should follow. 🙁 This is a lighter color to cover the different wood shades. 

 

[Hubac's Historian]

Now I see where you are headed.  I had thought, perhaps that you would not paint between the guns.  Personally, I liked the variation and grain of your chosen material. Be that as it may, she will look very smart fully painted.

[Keith Black]

1 hour ago, Hubac's Historian said:

she will look very smart fully painted.

 and historically correct. It must be hard decision to paint such a finely crafted hull, Siggi. Nice paint job, you're working the painters backsides off.

[scrubbyj427]

Wow! Amazing build Siggi!

[Siggi52]

Hello,

no Keith, it was't a such hard decision. These ships where painted, or payed. Otherwise they would look after some years dark brown. At some paintings you could see that. I will look tomorrow if I could find some.

[mati]

Hi Siggi,

 

This is definitely one of the best HMS model build on the planet. 

I'm always looking forward for updates, because I really enjoy your work!

 

Cheers,

Matt

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your nice comments and likes

Today only a small update, the second layer of paint. Now the hull looks a little more even.

 

 

And like the ship to the left at the following picture, would look ships whose paint bleached out or washed away. Dark brown! And it's brown, not black. You may see ships of that color also at paintings from Dominic Serres. Especially in his pictures about the Havana campaign. When the ships came from the now ended seven years war in North America without a stop at the shipyard to get there yearly re-painting.

 

 

It is a painting done by Charles Brooking „Shipping Becalmed in the Solvent“. I bought this print some years ago from the NMM. From that painting also arose the idea to build a 60 gunner of that period. 

It's a nice scene, the ships drying there sails, the cleaning crew clean up the traces from the morning toilets of ≈500 men and the first tourists making a great port tour. 😉 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

a small update, the 4th layer of paint. That is the second layer with the final color. I removed the masking tape from the wales, so that all the paint could dry evenly. After that and may be a little sanding here and there, comes then the I hope last layer. I paint at the moment the port lids. 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your likes

today a small update. I started with the scrolls for the hansing pieces. I'm not so happy with the result. May be tomorrow it looked better when the paint has dried, or I make an other one. This piece broke into 3 pieces. 

 

That is the largest match I have 😇

 

 

[druxey]

Looks pretty nice to me. What kind of wood are you using? If you run the grain diagonally it will be less likely to break.

[Hubac's Historian]

A thoughtful tip, Druxey.

[Siggi52]

Hello and thank you for your likes and tips

it was not so much the look of that scroll, but more the design of it. I did't get that, what I hoped to get. 😕 The rest was, I would get ready. ☠️

It was a good thing that the end of the rail brock of, so could I draw the profile of the rail at its end. To carve that, was my greatest concern. So I started today with that

 

 

I glued a part rail to the wood that should be later the scroll and fitted it in the mortise at the hull. The result of that I glued this time, with a piece of paper between them, on a piece of wood. There I had yesterday the most serious damage, getting this tiny piece loose from the wood block.

 

 

That is this time a normal cent 😊 Tomorrow more.

 

[Jorge Diaz O]

Bellisimo,master!

[Siggi52]

Hello and thank you, thank you

I think I made it. Even when the scrolls look at the moment a little bit uneven. I hope that when the paint has dried, they look better.

 

Here one is nearly ready and at the second I started carving the basic form. As you could see, here are at least the rails smooth.

 

 

And here are both ready. The left is 8 mm high, the right 7.5 mm. The rails are 3 mm hight and 1 mm deep. 

 

 

And here is all installed. The painter has painted just the rest. His favored paint is red, I think. I did't see him every day, but when I see hin he is painting red 😉

 

 

 

 

Edited March 19, 2021 by Siggi52

[Keith Black]

 Siggi, the painter seems to be much more careful with the yellow paint than the red paint, there's not a speck of yellow on his smock. He's doing a fine job, maybe you should consider raising his wages? 

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your likes

Keith, would you drive me in the ruin? The King did't pay very much

 

After the warm up rounds, now the next scroll. The left one is fresh glued and the wether is fine today, so it must wait. With the parts painted, you see at least all the unevennesses. This time I'm waiting till tomorrow and clean it then up. But I think this time I got it. The parts are 12 mm high.

 

 

 

 

[Keith Black]

Siggi, beautifully carved. These are more open and airy compared to the first ones. The first scrolls were 7.5 and 8 mm, these two are 12 mm. Are they for the same location port side? 

[Siggi52]

Hello Keith, 

the ready carved and painted one is for the starboard side. 

This one. The next one would be a challenge 😨