HMS FLY 1763 by 0Seahorse - FINISHED - 1:100 - CARD

[0Seahorse]

Greetings to all.

My name is Tomek. For some time I have been working on my next card sail ship the British cutter HMS "Fly". I build my models only from paper and cardboard without painting (of course masts and rigging are made of wood and thread). I will honestly admit that "Fly" is my 20 cardboard model of a sailing ship so it looks much better than my first models from 15 years ago.

The "step by step" how I design and build card sailing ships...

1. Frames made of 1mm card. The model is really small (about 16 cm long)

2. The first layer to strengthen and stabilize the hull 

3. The second layer made of 0,5 mm card. The glue is applied only in places where the edges of the frame are located . Thanks to this the hull gets soft curves without visible "cow's ribs" ... 

4. Attaching the third final layer on a well-prepared hull is a pleasure. 

5. The deck equipment and artillery

 

6. The current stage - the mast and the bowsprit with standing rigging

 

Regards

Tomek

[michael mott]

Hello Tomek, welcome and thank you for the details of how you build, the model looks very nice. A lot of fine detail in the small model.

 

Michael

[0Seahorse]

Hi,

thank you Michael.

 

HMS "Fly" is ready. Some final pictures.

 

Regards

Tomek

 

[Dowmer]

Tomek,

Outstanding work.!!!!!

 

Could you detail how you make the sails and what material?  You have excellent craftsmanship.

[Blue Ensign]

Very nice result Tomek, such a lot of fine detail in a model so small.

Well done.🙂

 

B.E.

 

 

[0Seahorse]

Dowmer,

Thank you for appreciating.

SAILS. I think, that in 1:100 scale any sewing is far out of scale, so I use only transparent glue (for wood for example Pattex). The material is batiste. I soak a part of it with glue and when it is dry I cut of long stripes. I glue them on the sketch of a sail. Then I cut out the sail and glue stripes on the other side. At the end I glue ropes and some cringles. Such sails are rather stiff (because of glue) but can be bent. Sometimes I use glue, water and hairdryer to give them the "windy" shape. Pictures below

 

Regards

Tomek

[ccoyle]

Hello, Tomek.

 

Fantastic finish! I didn't think to ask about it earlier, but I assumed at first that this was a Shipyard kit, but then I remembered that they usually publish in 1/96 scale rather than 1/100. Could you fill us in on the publisher of this kit?

 

Cheers!

[0Seahorse]

Thank you Chris.

the kit is going to be in "Modelarstwo Okretowe" (http://www.modelarstwookretowe.pl/index.php?p=21) and FB (https://www.facebook.com/modelarstwookretowe/?fref=gc&dti=103236332496&hc_location=ufi)

 

Best

[RdK]

Cześć Tomek!

Nice to see you here, too. Excellent work on the sails! I really like the detailed rigging work you did to the cutter. Beautiful!

 

Rgds,

Radek

[Richmond]

Tomek,

 

When you state you only glue the edges did you mean both the horizontal and vertical edges of the frames, rather than gluing the whole face of the first planking?

 

Richmond

 

 

[0Seahorse]

1 hour ago, Richmond said:

Tomek,

 

When you state you only glue the edges did you mean both the horizontal and vertical edges of the frames, rather than gluing the whole face of the first planking?

 

Richmond

 

 

Sorry for my English, it is not perfect so... on the picture below you can see what I meant "the 1-st and 2-nd layers" and "frames". I put on glue only where green lines are. Then I apply glue on the whole face of the final planks (3-rd layer).

 

Regards

Tomek