GrandpaPhil Posted October 29, 2018 #1 Posted October 29, 2018 I’m currently trying to carve my entry ports for my model of the Victory. It’s a steep learning curve, which is a nice way of saying that it’s not going well. I have carved a bas relief before, but at much larger scale. I am going to give these carvings a try. I printed the patterns out and pasted them down to the board. I’ll let y’all know how it goes. mtaylor, Canute, Keith Black and 2 others 5 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 October 29, 2018 Author #2 Posted October 29, 2018 I’m not sure what order we’re supposed to do these in, but I started with this one because it looked like the easiest to cut out. I used a #11 X-Acto blade Canute, pontiachedmark, popash42 and 2 others 5 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 October 30, 2018 Author #3 Posted October 30, 2018 1st attempt, 1/16” thick basswood lmagna, thibaultron, Canute and 5 others 8 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)
Jim Rogers Posted October 30, 2018 #4 Posted October 30, 2018 Great work. They would be calling me Stubby after I finished. thibaultron, mtaylor, John Allen and 3 others 6 Regards, Jim Rogers Damn the Torpedoes , Full speed ahead. Adm David Farragut.
paulsutcliffe Posted October 30, 2018 #5 Posted October 30, 2018 Hi Phil Great effort, if you have any harder wood like box or any fruit wood you will get a much smoother finish, lime is to soft for this kind o work really, but still a great first carving Regards Paul Keith Black, mtaylor, Canute and 3 others 6 The clerk of the cheque's yacht of sheerness Current build HMS Sirius (1797) 1:48 scratch POF from NMM plans HMS Winchelsea by chuck 1:48 Cutter cheerful by chuck 1:48 Previous builds- Elidir - Thames steam barge Cutty Sark-Billings boats Wasa - billings boats Among others 😁
druxey Posted October 30, 2018 #6 Posted October 30, 2018 A harder specie of wood than basswood is needed for miniature carvings, as Paul advises. You will immediately see the difference, especially if your tools are kept razor sharp! John Allen, Canute, Ryland Craze and 5 others 8 Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
GrandpaPhil Posted November 2, 2018 Author #7 Posted November 2, 2018 Finished the second one! Still 1/16” basswood! Still learning! Having fun and feeling better about the Victory’s carvings. I have some cedar grilling planks that are going to get cannibalized into those carvings. Canute, thibaultron, CaptainSteve and 2 others 5 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 November 2, 2018 Author #8 Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) Thank you Edited November 2, 2018 by GrandpaPhil mtaylor and thibaultron 2 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 November 4, 2018 Author #9 Posted November 4, 2018 I made the crown cipher on my third attempt. I bas reliefed it into 3/16” basswood. It’s not perfect but it’ll do for now. I made it with a #11 x-acto blade. Among my lessons learned is that basswood is not really effective for miniature carving (which I already knew, but I wanted to try it anyway, because I have a lot of it, lol). I also learned that I am going to have to buy some pear or boxwood for the carvings on the Victory, because these are giant in comparison. mtaylor, Keith Black, paulsutcliffe and 2 others 5 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)
Louie da fly Posted March 4, 2019 #10 Posted March 4, 2019 I do all my carving in pearwood and can get some pretty fine detail. Never tried box, but can certainly recommend pear. Can you post a photo of your carvings with something that can give an idea of scale? (Matchstick, coin, ruler, whatever) Steven Keith Black, GrandpaPhil and thibaultron 3 It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht
JerseyCity Frankie Posted March 7, 2019 #11 Posted March 7, 2019 Painting basswood with Sanding Sealer before you begin to work on it does a lot to combat the fuzziness of the basswood fibers. If you’re like me you’re too cheep to buy better wood to work with but there are still other species of wood more suitable to carving if you look around. For instance older wooden rulers and yardsticks are made of pretty tight grained wood, the older measuring sticks were actually made of boxwood! mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and thibaultron 3 Quote Niagara USS Constitution
GrandpaPhil Posted March 7, 2019 Author #12 Posted March 7, 2019 I have a few pieces of cedar to use for the rest of the Victory’s carvings and for the Triton. I’ve learned a lot since running through the carving tutorials, but these were an excellent starting point. thibaultron and mtaylor 2 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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