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

[Mirabell61]

Beautiful work Siggi,

she`s looking very good

 

Nils

[Siggi52]

Hello, and thank you Nils

There was not very much activity at the shipyard the last weeks, but I managed to build all the remaining sheaves for the ship and some ornaments for the bulkhead. Now the artist could come 😟

 

 

[md1400cs]

Siggi  -- Just catching up - Wow continued great work. Your figures also add a wonderful visual perspective to the size of these types of ships!

Well done indeed.

 

Regards,

[garyshipwright]

Hi Siggi. I gain a lot of information when going through your log and really enjoy what the crew is doing, which is a really outstanding job. Watching what your doing really help's my crew carry on with building Montague/Alfred.   Look forward to the next job that your crew under takes in the coming future.  

[Siggi52]

Thank you, Michael and Gray, and also all the others for your likes.

The next thing to do should had be, painting the bulwark. But then arose the question, where are the other seats of ease? So I decided first to build the main-headrail. With build in the rail I could see where to build the seats of ease. At least not at the side of the round houses. There is not enough space for them. So I think in front of them.

 

 

That is the stand of work yesterday, and I'm not ready with them. Today I cleaned up my winter garden, and tomorrow the windows in the house are my goal. So, at the moment there is not very much activity at the shipyard 😉

[Keith Black]

 Great profiling as usual, Siggi. Good to see a post from you, I thought the workers might have gone on strike. 

Edited April 12, 2022 by Keith Black

[Wintergreen]

14 hours ago, Keith Black said:

I thought the workers might have gone on strike

Or maybe out to chase the easter bunnies?

[Siggi52]

Hello, no the workers are busy at the yard 😉 

and after fine tuning the rails for some hours, I decided that it's ok. And that is the result

I would say, here would nobody would have an easy seat. So the seat of ease has to be in front of the round house and I have to change the decoration there.

[garyshipwright]

Looks good Siggi. On the one photo that you showed  how you  draw out the size of the main headrail what angle are you using? Thank's Gary

[Siggi52]

Hello Gary,

I did't had there a special angle, as you could see at my drawing. The green lines are the given measurements, and then I draw the main head rail from the edge of the fore castle to the edge of the hair pice. And then you have the angle and the length of the rail too. The rest is measure. Sorry my english, but I hope you could follow.

Edited April 14, 2022 by Siggi52

[garyshipwright]

Thanks Siggi. It's no problem, the new photo show's what was missing, the  over head view of the forcastle. Thank you again Gary

[Siggi52]

Hello,

it is done, I painted the bulkhead! 😲 

Edited April 16, 2022 by Siggi52

[albert]

Very very nice work and fantastic model.

[druxey]

Painted in place, that friezework on the curved bulkhead is exceptional. Frohe Ostern, indeed, Siggi!

[allanyed]

Sorry if I missed this in an earlier post, but I could not find anything..    For the beakhead bulkhead frieze work, did you do this as you did in earlier frieze work that you posted May 18, 2021, that is, did you paint directly on the bulkhead?  Beautiful work!!!!

 

Allan

[Hubac's Historian]

I agree with Druxey that this is an extraordinary effort!

[Keith Black]

 The painter deserves two extra rations of grog! 

[Siggi52]

Hello and many, many thanks for your likes and comments.

My garden took at least a lot of my attention the last week, so the shipyard had to pause a little. The beakhead bulkhead is now fast installed and yesterday I build the seats of ease in front of the round houses. Today I started with the cat-hats and -tails. I think, the pictures speak for themselves.

[druxey]

A very neat, one-piece solution, Siggi.

 

Is there a reason why the steps up to the roundhouses are offset from the doorways?

[Siggi52]

Thank you Druxey,

the steps should be for both doors. The door to the round house and to the beakhead. I don't know if that is correct, but I had these steps.

[Innisfree]

Also seems to make sense in that one could stand on the steps without being within the swing of the outboard doors?

[Siggi52]

Hello,

only a short update. I carved and painted a little over the weekend. 

[Keith Black]

 Absolutely gorgeous, Siggi. 

[mtaylor]

Beautiful work, Siggi.  Correction.. make that stunning work.

[Siggi52]

Many thanks Mark, Keith and all others for there likes

today I have build the sheaves and finished the cat blocks I started yesterday. So I think, tomorrow I must paint again scrolls 😒

[Siggi52]

Hello,

except for his knee, the cat head is now ready. The knees comes then together with the rest of the head rails. But before that I would build the rest drift rails around the beakhead bulkhead.

[scrubbyj427]

Just awesome work Siggi. What an inspiring build.

[druxey]

Lovely. Good luck with the cathead supporters. Those are the hardest pieces in the ship to make!

[Siggi52]

Hello and many thanks for your nice comments and likes.

the last days I finished the drift rail here at the fore castel. I took her out of the basement, so that the paint could dry better. Since I changed there my light system to LED, is that a problem.

The next days I would first build the rest of the head rails and then the cat head supporter. So it may take some time before you hear again from me.

[Hubac's Historian]

Just gorgeous.