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

[Alex M]

Hi Siggi,

 

by the rum... if you need more painters let me known :)

 

stunning work!

 

Alex

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for all the likes and nice comments. They are very appreciated.

Today only a small update, because my lawn waits for me 😐 , but much more bad is, the shipwright would't spend a grog today 🤨

 

 

 

[Jorge Diaz O]

On 18/5/2021 at 11:00, Siggi52 said:

Hola,

Después de un largo tiempo de meditación sobre el siguiente paso, y no hay nada más que hacer en el jardín, no tuve más excusas para empezar a pintar las papas fritas. No dormí bien anoche, y las primeras pinceladas fueron realmente horribles, pero al menos creo que lo entendí. Mis nervios se calman  😊

 

Fui con el barco a mi jardín de invierno (?) Y usé mis sillas de campaña para sostener mi barco. Fue una muy buena idea, porque podía girar el barco en la dirección que necesitaba para trabajar. La primera imagen le muestra este montaje.

 

 

Y aquí estoy pintando. Usé al menos solo tres colores y el azul de Prusia para las correcciones. 

 

y el primer resultado. Este es un trabajo de al menos 3 horas. 

 

Great job, what acrylics are you using? Maybe vallejos and what brush number and brand please. Delighted with your results, very good.

[druxey]

That is excellent work, particularly at that scale! Well done so far.

[Siggi52]

7 hours ago, Jorge Diaz O said:

Great job, what acrylics are you using? Maybe vallejos and what brush number and brand please. Delighted with your results, very good.

Good morning Jorge, and thank you for the compliment.

yes, the brand of the paint is Vallejo. No 70.949, 70.913, 70.983 and for the background 70.899. The brush I use is from Boesner, a German dealer for artists, 3/0 Synthetic Retuschierpinsel BSR03. That is there own brand. But I think you could do it with every brand as well.

[Jorge Diaz O]

On 20/5/2021 at 3:34, Siggi52 said:

Buenos días Jorge y gracias por el cumplido.

sí, la marca de la pintura es Vallejo. No 70.949, 70.913, 70.983 y para el fondo 70.899. El pincel que utilizo es de Boesner, un distribuidor alemán de artistas, 3/0 Synthetic Retuschierpinsel BSR03. Esa es su propia marca. Pero creo que también podrías hacerlo con todas las marcas.

 

Thank you very much, it will be very useful to me.

[Siggi52]

Hello,

today I finished the fries at the port side. You may notice, that I also installed the port lids at the quarterdeck. 

 

 

 

[druxey]

Lovely, Siggi!

[Siggi52]

Thank you Druxey and all others for your likes

[Ainars Apalais]

Siggi,full respect to you.

Excellent painting work!!!

[SJSoane]

HI Siggi,

 

I have been away for a while, just saw your postings on the frieze. Beautiful painting! I am starting to look at the frieze for the Bellona, and they are quite complex paintings. I suppose on the actual hulls they used large house painting brushes!

 

Mark

[Siggi52]

Thank you Mark,

the frieze is 8 mm high, that means in real life 38,4 cm. So it's not so large, but very complex. If the real ships where all times so rich decorated I don't know. May be at there launch, but most of there life I think not. Also many models had there frieze painted only blue ore black.

 

Here the weather is actual very could and rainy, so it's to cold to sit in the winter garden and paint. So I'm trying to draw the upper part of the frieze. But not the mermaids and there companions, but with trophy bundles. My painting skills are also limited.

[Theodosius]

You're painting skills are remarkebly 🙂

[Siggi52]

Hello Keith,

thank you for your request. But I don't know why your post is't visible here. 

Anyway, after painting half of the frieze I was so exhausted, I had to make a break before painting the other half. But then the summer started here and I decided to be lazy. Just a little work in the garden and relaxing. 

[Keith Black]

Siggi, I posted, then I checked on the last time you had visited MSW and saw that you were in and out of MSW as usual. I Knew you were OK so I deleted the post. I too have had the summer blahs so I understand completely.......Keith

[Dowmer]

Siggi, I hope you are doing well and unaffected in your area of Germany by all the flooding and destruction.

[Siggi52]

Hello Dowmer,

here are all things ok. I'm vaccinated, and the flooding is more in the west and south of Germany. But that is really heavy there. We here in the north had till now a really normal summer. It was't so hot here and now and then a little, or a little heavier rain. But also here where regional some basements flooded, but no houses destroyed. And that should be more normal for the next years! ☹️

[Siggi52]

Hello,

because the summer is gone here, since 4 weeks we have temperatures only around 20°C and every day rain  🙁, I decided that I should be better busy at the shipyard. So I started painting the starboard side. The first half is done 😓

 

[Keith Black]

Siggi, good to have you back. It's always a treat seeing your work. 

[Siggi52]

Hello and thank you all for your likes and comments,

today I'm finished the frieze. That was a lot of work, more then expected, but now it's done

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next thing to paint is now the lower counter. 

 

If you like colourful ships, I uploaded yesterday 3 albums of Russian ship models from the 18. century, they have here in the Eutin castle museum.

https://www.schloss-eutin.de They where once a present of the Russian Tsar around 1806

[Wintergreen]

Excellent paintwork on the frieze, just wow!

 

Keep it up!

[druxey]

Beautifully executed, Siggi.

[Siggi52]

Hello and again, many thanks for your likes and nice comments, they are very appreciated 

 

Today I finished painting the lower counter. This is the look from below (in this case from above)

 

 

and this from behind

 

 

Next I would paint the frieze left and right from the quarter deck. I would like to paint there trophy bundles. The question here is, should I leave out the gun ports, or the windows? Because the windows are also decorated with wreaths, I tend to paint over the gun ports. But first I have to make some drawings. 

[JpR62]

What a wonderful paint job on these friezes and lower counter. Can't wait to see what happens next.

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your likes and comments,

 

today I finished the drawing for the upper frieze. I do not know if I should do it this way. I painted all the flags and shields in there original colours. The rest I would paint like the lower frieze in that ocker tone. (?) At some ships you could see it done this way. That would ad a little more colour to the frieze.

 

[Siggi52]

Hello,

 

there did't much happen last week. Last Monday I painted the first part of the upper frieze. But because the weather changed and it gets colder I went into the basement and forged the chain plates and today the rings for the gun ports.

 

 

I changed the colour of the flags to ocker, because the red flags where'd really visible on the dark blue background.

 

I let the cain plates etch, and because they should be in the middle 0,7mm and at the outside only 0,5mm I welded some tin on them. So that they bevels a little.

 

And today I made the rings for the gun ports lids. ☹️  They have an outside diameter of 2,2 and 1,8mm. 

Edited September 21, 2021 by Siggi52

[Siggi52]

Hello and thank you for all the likes

yesterday I painted the rest of the upper frieze. As you may see, I'm back in my shop down in the basement. It's to cold now in my winter garden to work there.

 

 

And here a picture of the whole thing. 

 

[Hubac's Historian]

I’d been laying awake for several hours with many anxious thoughts racing through my mind.  Finally, I resigned myself to a very early rising.  Looking in on your cheerful model, just now, really put me at ease.  Your frieze-work is just outstanding.

[muratx]

Looks excellent, wonderful work

[Roger Pellett]

Incredible painting of the friezes!!