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

[Siggi52]

Thank you Mark and Druxey,

 

that is then something I have to remember when I build them at the upper gun deck. I think for the gun deck I leave it as it is. 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

and thank you all for your comments and likes.

At the shipyard the carpenters set the last pillars at the gun deck. Next are then the carlings and the last smaller things at the deck.

 

 

 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

the mortices for the carlings are ready and the first already installed. 

 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your likes.

I'll tell the carpenters. 

 

Today they where also very busy to lay out the next rows. I hope that we get the rest tomorrow ready.

 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

the carpenters say many thanks for your likes. I should tell you that 😉

 

Today we finished the carlings and the carpenters started to cut the slots for the ledges. That will take some time, even when we install only there ledges where you could see them later.

 

 

[Mirabell61]

excellent work Siggi,

 

Nils

[Siggi52]

Hello,

 

the carpenters have there work done. That is the region where you later will see through the deck down to the gun deck. The next days I think, has the painter a lot of work 🙁

 

 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello, and many thanks for all the likes

 

the painter has all the beams, carlings and ledges painted and the carpenters have reinstalled them. I think, that is here the last action for the next years 😲 Before I set them permanent in, I have to finish the outside of the ship. 

 

From the forge came the rail for the stairs. 

 

 

 

 

 

[mtaylor]

Very beautiful and precise, Siggi.   Have a great holiday season.

[Siggi52]

Hello, and many thanks for your likes and comments

 

If you think you are ready, then it comes. I forgot the elm-tree pump 😳

So I activated the carpenters, and they build the extra carlings and ledges for them. 

 

 

[Beef Wellington]

Love your updates Siggi, so inspirational!  Have a wonderful holiday season.

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your likes,

 

Thank you Jason, the next update is not far away. The main and topsail jeer bits. For that I think I have to change something with the chain pumps fore handle. Sorry I do not know all these names. But that will take some time and thinking.

[Siggi52]

Hello,

the bits and gallows for the main mast are ready. I changed also the sprouts of the elm tree pumps. 

 

 

 

 

 

And here some pictures from the gun deck

 

 

 

 

[Siggi52]

 

🎄 The shipwright (thats me) and the crew wish you all a merry Christmas, a happy new year and stay sound in this complicated time. 🎄

Edited December 24, 2020 by Siggi52

[Keith Black]

Love that fifth photo! And a Merry Christmas to you and yours, Siggi

Edited December 22, 2020 by Keith Black

[FriedClams]

Wonderful work as always Siggi.  Happy holidays to you and yours.

 

Gary

[druxey]

Best wishes for the holiday season, Siggi

[Siggi52]

Hello,

and many thanks for your likes and wishes.

After a short break between the years, I'm back at the shipyard. Now all port lids at least are build, but not all are lined. 

 

 

 

At the picture above you see the lids without lining, flush with the planking. At the picture below the lids have already the lining, and they are now not flush with the planking. All who where not ill with measles ore what else when it came to addition at school, know what is now to do. And that is not a shortcut ☹️

 

 

 

Above without lining and below with lining. 

 

 

At the picture above the lids are looking more like at most historic models. At the Centurion (below) is interesting, that they build the lids just plain, without the bulky wails or thick planking on top! 

 

Edited January 13, 2021 by Siggi52

[SJSoane]

Hi Siggi,

 

I am just catching up with your posts. I missed these for some time, after the scratch build entries were divided into decades. I forgot that your ship predates 1750! Apologies.

 

The work is looking great, up to your usual very high standards. The gun deck photos make it feel like we are in the real ship.

 

The pillars at the centerline look terrific and very consistent even though you turned each one by hand. Did you use a special shaped cutter, or just normal tools and a template to check measurements? I am facing this fun challenge soon myself.

 

Best wishes,

 

Mark

 

 

[Siggi52]

Thank you Mark for the compliments.

 

For the pillars I used no special cutters. But I used needle files to rund the steps. 

[Siggi52]

Hello, and many thanks for your likes. 

 

today I finished the gun ports so far, that they fit and being painted. The rest comes, after I painted the outside of the ship.

 

 

 

[Keith Black]

Siggi

 Nice detail work making the port lids follow the hull profile, the Tiger is turning into a real beauty. The work crew must have had the day off?  

[Siggi52]

Hello Keith,

29 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

The work crew must have had the day off?

no, the painter had a lot of work with the lids and the rest of the gang had to plan how it's going on with the rails and rigols. 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

yesterday the carpenters profiled the planks for the sheer rail and produced a lot of shavings. Today we fit them in at the port side. After I got a little routine with the ends, it was an easy job. Tomorrow we will make the starboard side. 

 

 

 

 

[Matt D]

Siggi, your moldings look fantastic!  I love how you finished the ends so they look like proper returns.  I also just looked back at your photos from post 373 through the gunports.  What great photos!

[Siggi52]

Thank you Matt, and also all others for your likes

 

Today I finished the rail at the star board side and some small things at the gun ports and there lids. Just to mention the dimensions of the rail, she is 4,5 mm broad and 1,2 mm high.

The next things are the rigols 😧

 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

 

today I could proudly present the first installed rigols 😓

First I draw them at the computer

 

 

Then followed a sawing marathon 

 

 

And here they are. I carved them at the ship. There they are fast and could't move, so it is also healthier for the fingers. To the right is the jig for the high.

 

[druxey]

Very neatly done, Siggi!

 

Another way is to glue the blank to a piece of wood using white glue. The advantage is that you can turn the piece in any direction while carving and also keeping your fingers safe. Also, if you slip, it won't harm your model. Soak the piece in rubbing alcohol to free it when you are finished.

Edited January 26, 2021 by druxey

[Siggi52]

Thank you Druxey and all others, also in advance, for your likes

 

that was also first my intention, but they are so small (1,3 X 1,5 mm)  that I did't risk it to destroy them when doing this. In this case, if you start carving from the outside, you are with the grain at the save side. And later come those, who go over the upper wales, and you must carve also from the underside. So I thought that it is saver this way. 

Edited January 26, 2021 by Siggi52

[Siggi52]

Hello,

today I finished the rigols at the starboard side and I destroyed only one!