Black Pearl by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - 1/72 Scale

[Beef Wellington]

Cannons looking great OC!  Are you doing hauling tackles?  Must be pretty tiny at 1:72.

[Old Collingwood]

22 minutes ago, Beef Wellington said:

Cannons looking great OC!  Are you doing hauling tackles?  Must be pretty tiny at 1:72.

Thank you jason  - much appreciated,   I do have the hauling rope assemblies included in the lit - they are pre molded ones, they could in theory  be dropped in place/glued at each end.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

3 minutes ago, Wallace said:

I can only agree here, those cannons are looking good. Very nice work sir, a real pleasure to follow.

Thank You wallace  -  very nice of you to say.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

looking good OC     are you going to put that theory to work?   those cannons look so lonely    it would be hard to come up with blocks in this scale....let alone rig them {oh,  I'm sure they are out there somewhere}.   good that you can avoid the hassle.

[Old Collingwood]

45 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

looking good OC     are you going to put that theory to work?   those cannons look so lonely    it would be hard to come up with blocks in this scale....let alone rig them {oh,  I'm sure they are out there somewhere}.   good that you can avoid the hassle.

Yeah,   I have the plastic tackle that is in the kit, might have a go a dropping them on.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

More progress  on the pearl  but a bit more slowly to be honest,   I have started working on and fitting the lids with associated lifting ropes, I have done four on each side so far.

 

Just a couple of pics.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

My little supprise prezzy turned up from my brother  (as a thank you he says)  to say I was  gob smacked is an understatment  - Its only the Trumpy  1/350  HMS Monmouth  Frigate  and a few detail bits.😀

 

Instruction from the admiral  - cant start it till the pearl is finished  at a guess  2020 then  lol.

 

Here are a few pics of it  -

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

I know.......remember.........I have a copy of the instructions   

[popeye the sailor]

your gonna have fun with that....that's for sure!   

[tuciship]

looking good OC. 

 

[lmagna]

That should keep you off the streets and out of trouble for a while.

 

Just tell the wife that you need to start it so your brother doesn't get upset that you are not building it. That way you can send him progress reports and maybe he will stay in touch a little better in the coming year. Win win all the way around.

 

(Good luck with that argument) 

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

your gonna have fun with that....that's for sure!   

Yep I cant wait.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

30 minutes ago, tuciship said:

looking good OC. 

 

Thank you sincerely.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

23 minutes ago, lmagna said:

That should keep you off the streets and out of trouble for a while.

 

Just tell the wife that you need to start it so your brother doesn't get upset that you are not building it. That way you can send him progress reports and maybe he will stay in touch a little better in the coming year. Win win all the way around.

 

(Good luck with that argument) 

It looks like a Superb kit  - very tidy molding  - I peeped inside while the admiral wasn't looking.🤪    and all the  PE.

 

OC.

[cog]

You might have as much fun as I with the WWII Tribals ... Peter Hall has some very nice PE. Got the stanchions from him too (steel). Maybe I should have looked for barrels , but at the size for these destroyers, I wonder if you can really see the difference.

Nice kit, nice gesture, al the more reason to keep at the Pearl. You may find some details lacking, but you'll probably still have some PE leftovers you can jugle with to add those

[Old Collingwood]

30 minutes ago, cog said:

You might have as much fun as I with the WWII Tribals ... Peter Hall has some very nice PE. Got the stanchions from him too (steel). Maybe I should have looked for barrels , but at the size for these destroyers, I wonder if you can really see the difference.

Nice kit, nice gesture, al the more reason to keep at the Pearl. You may find some details lacking, but you'll probably still have some PE leftovers you can jugle with to add those

Where we used to live we used to see  type 23 frigates almost every day, sometimes more than one movement a day,  here is one of my pics taken from that time  -

 

OC.

 

Edited January 8, 2019 by Old Collingwood

[popeye the sailor]

now.......now........see,  your already having fun with it,  and you haven't even started on it yet      better you put the box on top to the refrigerator.

 

that's what my mum used to do with the cookie jar.........

[Old Collingwood]

14 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

now.......now........see,  your already having fun with it,  and you haven't even started on it yet      better you put the box on top to the refrigerator.

 

that's what my mum used to do with the cookie jar.........

Think Im gonna finish the pearl minus masts - I'll tell the admiral  she had no masts   (she was just imagining that she did)  think I now the answer to that  ####@@@@   etc etc  followed by a week sent to coventry.😬

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

And the very ship herself  taken from our fave chilling place  2 mins from our old front door.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

well.....OK........as long as you rig the cannons       no...........your not getting out of this THAT easy!   she'll skin you alive 

[cog]

10 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

that's what my mum used to do with the cookie jar.........

Didn't help much I reccon ...

 

9 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

well.....OK........as long as you rig the cannons       no...........your not getting out of this THAT easy!   she'll skin you alive 

She won't skin him, than he will be useless to her ... Coventry is much better ... she could also send him to the Netherlands ... on foot 

[EJ_L]

Ah, the temptations of new models... I'm not very good at resisting that call as is evident by the multiple builds I maintain. Still, you never want to anger the admiral. She can cast you ashore and leave you stranded with no ship or hope for one. I've learned that if I keep mine happy, she lets me use the good ship Visa to buy more ship stuff which in turn keeps me happy.

 

Okay, I've said the correct things. Now I can say that I am looking forward to seeing you start that build! All that PE will really make it a spectacular model! I will be watching for that log as the Pearl finishes up.

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, EJ_L said:

Ah, the temptations of new models... I'm not very good at resisting that call as is evident by the multiple builds I maintain. Still, you never want to anger the admiral. She can cast you ashore and leave you stranded with no ship or hope for one. I've learned that if I keep mine happy, she lets me use the good ship Visa to buy more ship stuff which in turn keeps me happy.

 

Okay, I've said the correct things. Now I can say that I am looking forward to seeing you start that build! All that PE will really make it a spectacular model! I will be watching for that log as the Pearl finishes up.

"I must - I must - I must  resist the temptation"     I have put the new build away under lock and key,  and even posted the key off to a key keeping service that also asks me for a 1000 digit security number,   so  it should be safe for me to continue the pearl.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

5 hours ago, cog said:

Didn't help much I reccon ...

 

She won't skin him, than he will be useless to her ... Coventry is much better ... she could also send him to the Netherlands ... on foot 

Hey  I like the Netherlands  - one of my fave airlines to photograph in my past was KLM.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, EJ_L said:

Ah, the temptations of new models... I'm not very good at resisting that call as is evident by the multiple builds I maintain. Still, you never want to anger the admiral. She can cast you ashore and leave you stranded with no ship or hope for one. I've learned that if I keep mine happy, she lets me use the good ship Visa to buy more ship stuff which in turn keeps me happy.

 

Okay, I've said the correct things. Now I can say that I am looking forward to seeing you start that build! All that PE will really make it a spectacular model! I will be watching for that log as the Pearl finishes up.

Hi EJ,   I promise to make lots of nice work and additions to the pearl, so that should keep us all  motivated and interested.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, Wallace said:

We all have numerous tools and jigs at our disposal to help create these models we enjoy so much and that, along with the experience we gain both from other kindred spirits and our own fumblings makes this an enjoyable pastime. BUT, another factor never to be forgotten is the effect the Admiral can certainly have on this existence. She also has means at HER disposal to turn the whole thing around and is a key "player" in the whole affair. 

That was just my 10 cents worth

 

And the Most important aspect of our projects is  our  site here,   from my viewpoint is so instrumental  and generates such an incentive to  build or works of art  - That goes for ever single one  on here.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening/Afternoon/Morning all,    I thougt I would do an update -still to do type list  -

 

1)  Continue making ropes and attaching them to the bottoms of the remaining gun port lids, then glue them in place.

2)  Build the rope trunking devices (but this time add a slightly wider extension - and glue the end of the rope into a hole drilled here).

3)  Fit the the above in place and when set tie the two ropes together -allowing some slack.

4)  Give all the lid/trunking devices  a coat of paint and weather.

5)  Attempt to tidy up the plastic pre-moulded tackles and paint/weather as needed.

6)  Have a go at attaching both ends to each side of the cannons/bulkhead.

 

Then start the mast work......

 

Well that a rough idea.

 

OC.

[cog]

12 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Well that a rough idea.

Very rough ... sounds like mine ...

[Old Collingwood]

Good day all,

 

Right  stage one complated  - all  lids fitted with ropes attached.

 

Slightly oof  - but you get the idea.

 

OC.

Edited January 10, 2019 by Old Collingwood

[popeye the sailor]

where are the rope that open them?  on most early ships, the ropes are tied along the spar deck railings  {then I got a brain storm........look at the instructions}    they are tied to poles that jut out from the hull above them.  even though you choose to have the ports closed......you'll still need to rig them.   I do find it odd though.......do the sailors hang from the railings to open the ports?   strange design