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

[Siggi52]

Hello,

just to schow you that we are not lazy, here a picture of our current work

[Keith Black]

Siggi, that is so pretty and so beautifully done. 

[Siggi52]

Thank you, Keith

Edited February 8, 2023 by Siggi52

[Wintergreen]

I am with Keith, Siggi - excellent!

[Mic_Nao]

Wonderful work !

[scrubbyj427]

Just excellent work Siggi. What a wonderful build you have going! Looks awesome.

[Siggi52]

Hello and thank you for all the nice comments and likes,

today only the painter was active and because the paint must dry, the carpenters had nothing to do 😃

I'm looking at the moment how to build the rest of the grating. Especially the seats of ease and the boomkins. The drawing for the 1745 establishment shows the boomkins I think in a wrong way. The smaller part should be at the outside of the ship and the heel not against the stem, but against the knight-head. That is what Falconer and also Goodwin write. May be it was earlier in this way? 

Here is a picture of the model SLR0472, build 1745. I would build it this way. The grey boomkin above. I would think, that this is a strait boomkin bend by the rope to the bow. Goodwin writes at page 224, that the heel was butted against the knight-head. What did that mean? Later it was bolted, but what is later? After 1730 he wrote, the boomkins look like the one at the picture below. 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

the gratings are finished and the boomkins build. 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

the bowsprit is now fast and the last „seats of ease“ are installed. The next things are the boomkin cleats. But that may take a little time.

 

Should I tar the gammoning? I'm not sure 

[druxey]

Nice work, Siggi. Gammoning was considered standing rigging, and would be dark with Stockholm tar.

[Chuck]

Wonderful work.   

 

Chuck

[albert]

Great beautiful work Siggi.

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your nice comments and likes.

Today only a little update, the boomkin cleats are installed.

[garyshipwright]

Looking good Siggi. Have always enjoy your build's and enjoy the crew who are building it. Outstanding job. Gary

[scrubbyj427]

Spectacular build!

[jfhealey]

Absolutely gorgeous

[Siggi52]

Hello and many, many thanks,

here a little update. The gammon lashings are ready.

[albert]

Wonderful modelship.

[mtaylor]

Your build just blows my  mind away every time I read an update.   

[SJSoane]

Beautiful work, Siggi. Your craftsmanship is spectacular, and your carving and painting set the very highest standard for everyone else. I wish you could offer lessons in your techniques!

Mark

[dvm27]

Those blocks are called rack blocks and they are very challenging to make and install. Lovely work Siggi!

[Hubac's Historian]

All of the complimentary things said above, echo my own thoughts.

[Siggi52]

Hello and many, many thanks for your comments and likes

 

Mark, just try and try again. It's not the first lion I have carved that sits there. As an architect I think you could think in three dimensions. The rest is training. Or as some say, the lion sits already in the wood, you must only cut away all the parts who did't belong to the lion. 😉

 

Greg, that is the example after which I worked the gammon rack or rack block. Its from the Invincible 1747. All the parts they have recovered from the wreck, are now in Chatham and many on display. 

Edited February 20, 2023 by Siggi52

[FriedClams]

Wonderful work Siggi!  Just superb!

 

Gary

[Siggi52]

Hello,

so, it is done! The head is ready. 😃

The painter has to fix some things, because the man from the admiralty would come and inspect the work. He was very pleased and spend a beer for the crew 😮 Yes one beer 😕

For the next days the crew had some days free and after that, they have to cut the deck beams for the fore castle.

[scrubbyj427]

Just outstanding work!

[shipman]

Siggi, your model is overwhelming!

 

I'd like to understand thoroughly your method, techniques and materials used to render your fantastic hand painted decorative work. To me it's unbelievable.

 

I find the preserved items displayed at Chatham (above) instructive, especially the primitive carving of the blocks....no unnecessary work where not needed. So unlike the dainty perfection of such items have in this modelling world.

[dvm27]

Every update you post automatically merits a hit on the Wow button. I was wondering if the opaque whitish color of the lower hull suggests the white stuff paint used in this period or if the painters will revisit this area in the future

[Siggi52]

Hello Greg,

that white should be the final color. At pictures it looked a little noisy, because the of lack of light. 

To all others, many thanks for your likes and comments. 

At the moment I'm bending rings and eyelets for the cannons at the upper gun deck. So the next update may take some time to come.

[westwood]

It's a pleasure to watch your build Siggi, looks amazing.
Awesome detail, you are a perfect craftsman.