Prince de Neufchatel by GrandpaPhil - FINISHED - 1/72 - CARD - from Chapelle Plans

[Omega1234]

Hi Phil

 

I think one of the things that I admire the most about your approach to building, is that you just get in there and do it!  No fuss.  No problems.  Most refreshing in many respects.

 

Well done and I can’t wait to see the cannons on deck and rigged.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited February 20, 2019 by Omega1234

[Omega1234]

24 minutes ago, Wallace said:

I can only 100% agree with you there Patrick!

Thanks Wallace!

[GrandpaPhil]

Patrick and Mark,

Thank you very much for the comments!

 

 I started cutting out the carriages for the carronades last night.

 

 I also bought a 1/8” dowel rod to make the wheels from.

 

 I am learning as I go.

Edited February 20, 2019 by GrandpaPhil

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I got my scalpel and blades in the mail today.

 

 I ordered them after reading the thread on scalpels on this forum.  

 

According to the thread, they work better and last longer than X-Acto blades, which is very important to me, because I burn through an X-Acto blade a week.  

 

So, I figured I would try a scalpel out.

 

 I tested it out on a carronade carriage when I got home tonight.  

 

It worked beautifully.  It made a very clean cut, even when I tried just shaving the poster board (which usually doesn’t work very well).

 

I’ll see how the scalpel does on wood, this weekend.

 

I’ll let you guys know how long the blade lasts.

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3 hours ago, Wallace said:

Give us a finger count on Monday Phil....... 😏

Lol!  Will do!

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I’ve got enough sides cut out for 14 of the carriages for the 12 pound carronades.  I only need 12, but I made a couple of extras.

 

 I’m working on the sides of the carriages for the 9 pound long guns.

 

On a separate note, the scalpel is working well.  The handle isn’t the most comfortable to use, but it will be okay for now.

 

I want to get a couple of the plastic molded grip handles.

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All gun carriage sides are cut out.

 

I am making:

12 12 lb. carronades 

4 9 lb. long guns

2 12 lb. long guns 

[GrandpaPhil]

On 2/24/2019 at 7:56 AM, Wallace said:

Nicely done too sir if I may say so. 

Thank you very much, Mark!

Edited February 25, 2019 by GrandpaPhil

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Busy weekend.

 

 I rearranged my shipyard so I can put in an actual workbench.

 

 I installed eyebolts in the sides of my gun carriages.

 

 I tested my new scalpel out on wood.  It worked perfectly.  I still have all fingers, lol.

 

 I need to make the rest of the parts for my gun carriages and assemble them.

Edited February 25, 2019 by GrandpaPhil

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12 carronade carriages, mostly assembled:

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First carronade carriage has wheels and is test fitted!

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12 x 12 lb. carronade carriages:

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The carriages for the 4 x 9 lb. long guns are coming along:

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4 x 9 lb long gun carriages and 2 x 12 lb long gun carriages:

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All eighteen carriages are ready to take their guns.  

 

Now, I just have to make them.

 

 I think that I will try carving them first, from a dowel rod.  If I don’t like how that goes, I will try chucking said dowel rod in a drill and making a makeshift lathe.

 

But, carving sounds safer, so I will try that first.

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The prototype carronade:

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I’ve got 4 now

 

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I’ve got eight.  They’re not perfect, but once they get painted, they’ll be okay.

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I now have 12 x 12 Lb. Carronades.  

 

Next up, I need 4 x 9 Lb. Long Guns.

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The first of the 9 lb. cannon:

It’s far from perfect, but once it’s painted, it’ll be just fine.

 

By the way, all guns are going to have glass seed beads glued to their breeches for cascabels along the getting the breech eyebolts for the breeching rope.

 

The last picture is after I sanded it to clean it up a bit.

Edited March 9, 2019 by GrandpaPhil
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I’m up to 12 x 12 lb Carronades and 2 x 9 lb Long Guns:

 

2 more long 9’s and 2 long 12’s to go

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All long 9’s are done!

 

Time to make the long 12’s!

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1st long 12:

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I’ve noticed that the bigger guns are easier to carve.

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All 18 guns are now carved.  It’s time to add a cascabel and eyebolt to each of them.  Then I’ll add the pivot point to each of them and both the guns and the carriages will get painted.

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My cascabels, courtesy of the Admiral:

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All guns now have cascabels:

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All 18 guns are now ready to paint.  I added the eyebolts and the pivot points.  I’m going to let everything dry and probably paint tomorrow.

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16 Painted cannon barrels (I missed two which will be painted shortly):

Edited March 11, 2019 by GrandpaPhil

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18 mostly done cannon and carronades.  

 

 

They just need the iron strapping over the pivot point, dry brushed to make them look like iron and then sealed prior to installation.