Robert E Lee by LFNokia - FINISHED - Amati - 1:150

[LFNokia]

A friend dug up a project that was starte quite some years ago and never finished and gave it to me

The 1st inspection was about trying to see if there was any missing parts, seems a few wooden pieces are missing, all i've see so far can be replicated easily from the scraps i have arround.

Some tears in the instructions along with some water damage, still everything is readable.

 

2nd inspection on what has been built already, news are not so great, this piece is wrong

 

The main piece of the deck is not centered

 

And the castle already made didn't take into consideration that the is inclined

 

So, the work started, mostly about correcting or minimizing the mistakes

 

more updates soon, the build is already a bit further ahead than this post

[LFNokia]

Some progress

Cutting wood for the deck on a mini jig

 

Starting the deck

 

Some walls

 

Some painted walls

Edited April 22, 2018 by LFNokia

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Stained the deck with alcool and indian ink

 

started some some work on the walls

adding some wood that was missing due to the wrong assembly done by the previous builder

[ir3]

Nice recovery. Went through this on two previous builds over the years. Everything must be methodically measured and checked against the plans. If not, disaster. Keep up the great work.

[LFNokia]

the next castle

 

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Some starting pain and some windows

 

New structure

 

Bit more of dirt

 

Starting the stairs, wich are the last element on this bridge

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Current status update

 

[popeye the sailor]

looks really good   

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Some progress

 

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after all the corrections of the mistakes that affected this area

 

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More progress

 

some "moss"

 

Probably a bit of too much work on something that will never be seen, but still

[popeye the sailor]

look'in very nice  

[LFNokia]

Time for the paddles

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Looking good!

[popeye the sailor]

a friend recently sent me the remnants of this model that he had bought off of E-bay.........your log will be a great reference when I get around to rebuilding it   

 

nice job on the paddles!  

[LFNokia]

good luck on your build, let me know if you start a log

 

Now i have a decision to make, with the paddles in place, it is clear that the waterline should be higher, but if i move it, aesthetically from most points of view, only black will be seen on the hull... so... accuracy or aesthetics...

Edited May 25, 2018 by LFNokia

[vossy]

8 hours ago, LFNokia said:

good luck on your build, let me know if you start a log

 

Now i have a decision to make, with the paddles in place, it is clear that the waterline should be higher, but if i move it, aesthetically from most points of view, only black will be seen on the hull... so... accuracy or aesthetics...

really like this boat and your build of her. regarding the hull color, i'm not too sure what you mean but why not get rid of the black altogether and paint the entire hull white, which was extremely common practice at the time. a lot of old drawings of the vessel depict her with a white hull. she certainly appears in literature and art with a predominately white hull as opposed to one having a black one.

 

cheers

 

chris

 

[LFNokia]

20 hours ago, vossy said:

really like this boat and your build of her. regarding the hull color, i'm not too sure what you mean but why not get rid of the black altogether and paint the entire hull white, which was extremely common practice at the time. a lot of old drawings of the vessel depict her with a white hull. she certainly appears in literature and art with a predominately white hull as opposed to one having a black one.

 

cheers

 

chris

 

I like that a lot more than moving the black so high, i'll definetly consider it, thanks

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[popeye the sailor]

nice progress   

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[popeye the sailor]

lik'in the way she's coming along.......kind of a rustic / antiqued look  

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i would like to add stuff to the bottom deck, cargo, mabe some tree trunks, looking for ideas and suggestions

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Time to get this back to life, i seem to have missplaced a few pics of the last work on the top teck of the boat, so here's one of the nearly final job

 

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Then the time was for the stairs

 

the pieces cut

 

After assembling the stairs

 

After staining (the wood from the stairs doesn't really absorb staining that well)

 

After working a bit with dry pigments

 

Stairs in place

 

Bit of staining arround to better integrate the stairs on the floor

 

Build is moving along once again, maybe this time it keeps moving until the end

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The railings

 

A poor attempt at bending, used a lid of a jar

 

The columns/pillars

 

1st Markings for the holes

 

Marking for the drill

 

Holes drilled

 

Painted white

 

Aged

 

Final result

 

Final result on the other side

 

The copper wire was blackened with Brass Black, but applied with a brush, not dipped, to keep some of the copper showing a bit

 

[popeye the sailor]

good to see your still working on her....... looking very good     nice job on the railings.

[LFNokia]

Not sure what these are called, so, just some pictures