GrandpaPhil Posted February 22, 2020 Author #451 Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) I’m glad that you liked the cannons! Thank you very much. Daliab, you will most likely see a very close twin of the keel clamp when I build my next ship. Thank you very much. I am making eyebolts and putting them on the breech of Victory’s guns. My method for making them is simple because of where they are going. I just make a curly Q and cut then off. For an eyebolt anywhere else, I do the same and bend the loop back to make the traditional eyebolt shape. They are a bit large for the scale, but that cannot be helped due to the wire I have and the scale to of the model. Edited February 22, 2020 by GrandpaPhil Edwardkenway, Old Collingwood, Bill Morrison and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted February 22, 2020 Author #452 Posted February 22, 2020 All guns are now ready for final painting, after the glue dries. Edwardkenway, KeithAug, FriedClams and 5 others 8 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Emmet Posted February 22, 2020 #453 Posted February 22, 2020 21 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said: I’m glad that you liked the cannons! Thank you very much. Daliab, you will most likely see a very close twin of the keel clamp when I build my next ship. Thank you very much. I am making eyebolts and putting them on the breech of Victory’s guns. My method for making them is simple because of where they are going. I just make a curly Q and cut then off. For an eyebolt anywhere else, I do the same and bend the loop back to make the traditional eyebolt shape. They are a bit large for the scale, but that cannot be helped due to the wire I have and the scale to of the model. Nifty job with such tiny stuff. Annealed wire is pretty tough so I imagine it will keep its shape. The little cannons are great. I am just a newbie but I enjoy watching these kinds of thngs. GrandpaPhil, Old Collingwood and Duanelaker 3 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted February 22, 2020 Author #454 Posted February 22, 2020 I’m pre-tying rigging blocks to eyebolts to make installing easier. I need to make 72 of them. These are Tichy HO scale eyebolts with 3mm double blocks from Model Shipways. For those having difficulty with rigging thread fuzzing out, I use a block of beeswax to prevent this. JayCub, Duanelaker, Retired guy and 9 others 12 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted February 22, 2020 Author #455 Posted February 22, 2020 Correction, I forgot about the carronades. Make that 88 double blocks tied to eyebolts. Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted February 23, 2020 Author #456 Posted February 23, 2020 All guns are final painted and ready to receive eyebolts. EricWilliamMarshall, Bill Morrison, SIDEWAYS SAM and 3 others 6 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Edwardkenway Posted February 23, 2020 #457 Posted February 23, 2020 Great job as always Phil. Cannon and carronade look excellent 😃👍 Bill Morrison, Old Collingwood, GrandpaPhil and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED
GrandpaPhil Posted February 23, 2020 Author #458 Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) Thank you very much! The first set of eyebolts with double blocks are on! The long 12’s are done! Edited February 23, 2020 by GrandpaPhil Edwardkenway, Retired guy, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Henke Posted February 23, 2020 #459 Posted February 23, 2020 I have to ask a question (Grandpa)Phil. Have the cannons been dry brushed with white or silver to give them a more vivid appearance? Kind regards Henrik Old Collingwood, Retired guy and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote "The secret of getting ahead is getting started" - Mark Twain
GrandpaPhil Posted February 23, 2020 Author #460 Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) Yes, white. I used a faux metallic technique with two shades of gray and finished by highlighting with white. Edited February 23, 2020 by GrandpaPhil FriedClams, Retired guy, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted February 23, 2020 Author #461 Posted February 23, 2020 The bow chasers are done: Bill Morrison, FriedClams, CDW and 3 others 6 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Emmet Posted February 23, 2020 #462 Posted February 23, 2020 33 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said: The bow chasers are done: Holy cow-something else-great stuff SIDEWAYS SAM, GrandpaPhil, Retired guy and 1 other 4 Quote
The Lazy Saint Posted February 24, 2020 #463 Posted February 24, 2020 Very nicely done Grandphil, l am looking forward to seeing them in situation. Well done you. Best wishes as always, The Lazy Saint. GrandpaPhil and Old Collingwood 2 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted February 24, 2020 Author #464 Posted February 24, 2020 Thank you both for the comments! Thank you everyone for all the likes! All guns now have eyebolts, complete with double blocks. They are complete. It is now time to resume work on the ship herself. I drilled all holes for the eyebolts yesterday. I am doing the same thing by preattaching blocks to eyebolts prior to installation. The eyebolts for the breech ropes will be made from that annealed wire. The eyebolts located beneath the quarterdeck and spar deck will have their breech ropes pre-tied to them. SIDEWAYS SAM, FriedClams, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted February 25, 2020 Author #465 Posted February 25, 2020 Making progress on the eyebolts with blocks: Old Collingwood, Edwardkenway, EricWilliamMarshall and 6 others 9 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Old Collingwood Posted February 25, 2020 #466 Posted February 25, 2020 So much work going into her - hats off to you phil. OC. Bill Morrison and GrandpaPhil 2 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
GrandpaPhil Posted February 25, 2020 Author #467 Posted February 25, 2020 Thanks, OC! The detailing and the rigging are my favorite parts of ship modeling. Old Collingwood 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 6, 2020 Author #468 Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) The Victory has been moved again, and is in her new home. Edited March 6, 2020 by GrandpaPhil EricWilliamMarshall, Jeff-E, VTHokiEE and 10 others 13 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 7, 2020 Author #469 Posted March 7, 2020 The rigging blocks for the forward guns are installed: At this point, all she needs are the eyebolts for the breech ropes, except for the bow chasers, which don’t have breech ropes. Next up, 36 eyebolts! Duanelaker, SIDEWAYS SAM, Sundt and 6 others 9 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 7, 2020 Author #470 Posted March 7, 2020 Thanks, Mark! Here’s 40 eyebolts: I only needed 36, but I made a few extra, because every one of us knows what happens when you only have just enough small parts, lol. EricWilliamMarshall, Duanelaker, VTHokiEE and 5 others 8 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 7, 2020 Author #471 Posted March 7, 2020 Finishing up preparations to install the cannons (adding eyebolts for the breech ropes). Edwardkenway, Retired guy, Old Collingwood and 6 others 9 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 7, 2020 Author #472 Posted March 7, 2020 All eyebolts for the guns are installed: Retired guy, Edwardkenway, Old Collingwood and 5 others 8 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 7, 2020 Author #473 Posted March 7, 2020 All guns are now installed: Edwardkenway, Duanelaker, Bill Morrison and 11 others 14 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
rkwz Posted March 7, 2020 #474 Posted March 7, 2020 2 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said: Thanks, Mark! Here’s 40 eyebolts: I only needed 36, but I made a few extra, because every one of us knows what happens when you only have just enough small parts, lol. Exactly right... Need to account for the "angels share" always! SIDEWAYS SAM, gieb8688, Bill Morrison and 1 other 4 Quote
Duanelaker Posted March 7, 2020 #475 Posted March 7, 2020 Looks great! GrandpaPhil 1 Quote David Builds in Progress: Phantom Pilot Boat - MS Completed Builds: Bounty Jolly Boat - AL Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff - MW Grand Banks Dory - Bluejacket The Dinghy - MW Grand Banks Dory - MW 32 Pound Carronade - MS Skiff - MW Peterboro Canoe - MW On Hold: 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull - NRG Ponte Berlin - Corel Taurus Steam Towboat - MS
GrandpaPhil Posted March 9, 2020 Author #476 Posted March 9, 2020 Thank you everyone for all the likes and the comments! All guns that require breech ropes, have them: The first set of guns have their tackle (inhaul anyways, the outhaul wouldn’t fit). JayCub, Bill Morrison, Sgt_Hoser and 8 others 11 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Emmet Posted March 9, 2020 #477 Posted March 9, 2020 5 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said: Thank you everyone for all the likes and the comments! All guns that require breech ropes, have them: The first set of guns have their tackle (inhaul anyways, the outhaul wouldn’t fit). The pictures do justice to the work EricWilliamMarshall, SIDEWAYS SAM, HIPEXEC and 5 others 8 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted March 9, 2020 #478 Posted March 9, 2020 All your hard work and attention to detail is paying off phil. OC. Bill Morrison, Sundt and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
GrandpaPhil Posted March 14, 2020 Author #479 Posted March 14, 2020 Thank you all for the comments and the likes! I finished the upper gundeck rigging and am moving on to the quarterdeck guns rigging. Technically speaking, I don’t need to rig the spar deck and quarterdeck guns yet, but...why not? gieb8688, EricWilliamMarshall, SIDEWAYS SAM and 8 others 11 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 15, 2020 Author #480 Posted March 15, 2020 The first quarterdeck gun is rigged. Note to self-person: always make sure other rigging is on the correct side of the rigging you are working with BEFORE securing the rigging with glue. Henke, EricWilliamMarshall, JayCub and 7 others 10 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
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