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

[Keith Black]

Gorgeous work, Siggi. 

[Siggi52]

Thank you Keith and also all who give me there likes.

It is done, also the port side is ready. The next thing would be the anchor lining. 

 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your likes

 

Today I finished the anchor lining. Now are only the port lids left.

 

 

 

[mati]

Hi Siggi,

 

Quality level of your model is beyond the scale!!!

 

At that stage it's already a masterpiece... damm... when it will be competed that will be insane! 🤯🤯

Are you planning to build the model full rigged?

Siggi... also I'm constantly forgetting to ask you... what kind of alloy you were using for casting your guns?

 

 

Cheers!

Matt

[Siggi52]

Thank you Matt, and also all others for there likes

 

I cast the cannons from tin with 2% Antimony.

[Jorge Diaz O]

Hello, great job, a pleasure to see your progress. Please could you tell me how you do this piece on the ports? Thank you.

[noel_colledge]

Jorge, see post 387 it is explained there

[Siggi52]

Thank you Jorge for the compliment and also Noel for the explanation, you where just a few minutes faster then I. 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

I'm busy with building the hinges for the port lids. For that I chiseled with an engraver a die out of a piece of steel and hardened it.

 

 

The hinges itself I build from copper wire, hammered slightly flat, bent one end back and soldered it with tin

 

 

Then I hammered it into the mould

 

 

filed the surface at the back flat

 

 

and at the disk sander I cut the sidelines flat

 

 

The drilling I made by eye, 0,65 mm Ø

 

 

And with that I rounded the back of the hinge

 

 

 

 

And that is it, also with a prototype of an hinge pin. The pin is made from 0,6 mm brass wire.

 

 

So, I think that I'm busy with them the next days. Today I build 10 hinges within 1,5 hours and I need 84 of them. 😟

Edited February 8, 2021 by Siggi52

[Keith Black]

Sigge, it's a lot of steps to get to the finished hinge but they come out looking great. True dedication. 

[Siggi52]

Thank you Keith,

yes it's a lot of work. But I think, bending them from sheet brass is't easier. For the Dragon I made it the same way.

[Jorge Diaz O]

12 hours ago, Siggi52 said:

Gracias Jorge por el cumplido y también a Noel por la explicación, estabas unos minutos más rápido que yo. 

Gracias.

[druxey]

Using a die like that is an interesting technique. Thanks for sharing it.

[Siggi52]

Thank you for your likes and comments,

and here the reason why I started to make the hinges. I would have all port lids ready for painting when I at least paint the hull. But there are those who get the anchor lining. But now they are also ready.

 

 

 

[druxey]

That is interesting that a gun port was placed in the path of the anchor lining. I don't question it - it is on the original draught, but quite unusual.

[Siggi52]

Hello Druxey,

for this time, or ship typ (60 gunner), I think it's not so unusual. But often the anchor lining is not drawn in the draughts or build at the models. If they where'd there, or not, I don't know. 

 

Here some examples, the Centurion 1732

 

A Warship 1745, even with a bolster below the wales

 

Ipswich 1730

 

Standart 1782 (64 guns)

 

And a warship 1735

 

And then arose, when looking at this picture a question. This model has the hinges on top of the lid and not as I build it, under the lining. I build it so, because at the second picture the hinges are there at the lid, but the left one is under the lining. Godwin wrote that they replaced the lining when it's worn out, so I think the Hinges must be under the lining. May be it's a shortcut of the modeller of this model?

 

 

 

Edited February 9, 2021 by Siggi52

[druxey]

I understand this arrangement and don't question it, Siggi but, in general, it is unusual! I imagine the hinges would be well protected when under the replaceable lining. Also, even when not shown on the draughts, the lining would have been there.

[Siggi52]

I'm with you Druxey.

From the, I think six 60 gunner who where build after the 1745 establishment, the Tiger is the only one where the lining is drawn at the plan. And that is I think, because it's a ship build at a privat yard. So the plans where a little more detailed, also with the art work.

With the models it's not the same, but the modellers would show the ship. So some small things where left out ore where simplified build. 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

it is done 😅 All the hinges are ready. 

 

 

[Siggi52]

Hello, and many thanks for your likes and comments

I have been a little lazy at the yard the last 14 days, because of the wonderful weather we had here in the northern part of Germany. Last week we had here winter with 5-10 cm snow and temperatures down to -15°C (5°F). This week the opposite, spring with 15-20°C (41-68°F) and mostly bright sunshine 😊

 

That was the sunrise this morning, the yellow color comes from the Sahara desert dust, that came with the warm winds.

 

But today I started at the yard with the sheave blocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 25, 2021 by Siggi52

[Siggi52]

Hello,

today I finished the sheave blocks at the starboard side. The next thing would be the rest of the rails and scrolls 😕 I will see how it works 

 

 

[Jorge Diaz O]

Fantastic master.

[Hubac's Historian]

Siggi, I like the way your sheave blocks stand just proud of the surface.  You have given me a very useful idea for simulating this in plastic.

[Siggi52]

Marc, that was't my idea. Here some pictures from the Centurion. At the warship I also had the opportunity to see at Chatham it is the same. Only the pictures I made are not so good.

 

 

[Hubac's Historian]

All the same, this simplifies things for me.  Thanks for the pics!

[SJSoane]

Siggi, it is looking great. Is the yellow color a mask for painting?

 

Mark

[Siggi52]

Mark, which yellow color did you mean? That below the wales? That is the final color. 

 

Now I will first finish the outside of the hull, with all that is possible except the stern. Inside the hull I have build all I could do. But as you know, you could't install the cannons before you have the outside ready. Then when the hull is from the outside ready, I go on and build the rest of the inside and with it also the stern. 

[druxey]

I think what governs the depth of the fixed blocks is the diameter of the sheave in it. In the photograph above, the sheave diameter is more than the thickness of the bulwark it is installed in.

[Siggi52]

Good morning Druxey,

in later models you would't see such blocks. Mostly they are plain.

Your theory is the same as the question: what was first, the egg or the hen. 

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your likes and comments

 

The carpenters cut a lot of wood the last days. At least I'm not sure where to start, but I tend to make first the drift rails and the fife rails only at the poop deck. After they are installed I could better fit in the scrolls, or hansing pieces. 

 

Edited March 2, 2021 by Siggi52