GrandpaPhil Posted March 11, 2019 Author #181 Posted March 11, 2019 My test fit: FriedClams, mtaylor, DSiemens 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)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 16, 2019 Author #182 Posted March 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Wallace said: Wow, I missed so much progress while I was away this week. You have done a great job Phil, really. You have a right to be proud sir. Thank you, Mark! Much appreciated! mtaylor 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 16, 2019 Author #183 Posted March 16, 2019 I made the iron strapping for my cannons. I have also traced out the parts for the anchors. mtaylor, paulsutcliffe, FriedClams 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 March 16, 2019 Author #184 Posted March 16, 2019 I have discovered some more scaling issues, which considering that I built from multiple sources, in hindsight, is to be expected. Oh well. Pressing on. mtaylor 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 16, 2019 Author #185 Posted March 16, 2019 The Prince de Neufchatel now has teeth. The guns are glued in place. I also made the anchors (final painting is pending). These are my second set due to those scaling issues that I mentioned earlier. I had to reduce them in size to fit properly. I am going to install the anchors and have a gun rigging party. Due to some more scaling issues, rigging blocks are not going to fit, but I can still put the rigging in place, oh well. Omega1234 and mtaylor 2 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 16, 2019 Author #186 Posted March 16, 2019 Anchors: mtaylor 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 16, 2019 Author #187 Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) My next iteration of rigging blocks (for the anchors): I was inspired to reshape them after seeing the work of others on this site. Edited March 17, 2019 by GrandpaPhil EricWilliamMarshall and mtaylor 2 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 16, 2019 Author #188 Posted March 16, 2019 Breeching ropes installed: EricWilliamMarshall, FriedClams, Omega1234 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 March 16, 2019 Author #189 Posted March 16, 2019 Long guns rigged: The rigging is simplified due to scale and room. DORIS, FriedClams, EricWilliamMarshall 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 March 17, 2019 Author #190 Posted March 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Wallace said: You are marching right along Phil, good for you. She is looking fine sir. Thank you, Mark! mtaylor 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 17, 2019 Author #191 Posted March 17, 2019 All guns are rigged: Anchors are ready to install. Omega1234 and mtaylor 2 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 17, 2019 Author #192 Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) The anchors are installed. I need to finish rigging them. I already made the blocks for them. Edited March 17, 2019 by GrandpaPhil Omega1234, mtaylor and FriedClams 3 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 17, 2019 Author #193 Posted March 17, 2019 Anchors are rigged and finished: On to the boats. I’m going to make male molds for the 3 different types of boats that the Prince de Neufchatel carried, and build the boat’s frames, keel and planking upside down. The molds will be made bread and butter fashion. I’m using the AOTS for the Victory, due to the time period and similarity between American and British Naval equipment, as my source. mtaylor, Omega1234 and paulsutcliffe 3 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 18, 2019 Author #194 Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) It’s been a very educational evening. I learned how to make a hull using the bread and butter technique. I layered the hulls (the male molds anyways) for three ship’s boats. I carved them to their final shapes before sanding them smooth and labeling them to put in my bits bins for later reuse, after I am done with them. I am confident that I could scratch build a ship’s hull with the bread and butter method. I took pictures of the hull blanks in the positions of the ship’s boats, which I will begin tomorrow. They will be made IAW Zu Monfeld (just out of card). The stern boat will hang by davits, which I will also begin tomorrow. Edited March 18, 2019 by GrandpaPhil Omega1234, FriedClams, paulsutcliffe 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 March 18, 2019 Author #195 Posted March 18, 2019 Test fitting my boat davits: Omega1234, bob from barton, mtaylor 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 March 18, 2019 Author #196 Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) I cut out and fitted my pin rails. I double layered them, since they are card, and set them aside to dry. Edited March 18, 2019 by GrandpaPhil mtaylor 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 18, 2019 Author #197 Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) As stated before, I am using Zu Monfeld’s method of building ship’s boats. I have made the molds and the templates of the gunwales. Next I need to make some frames and then the keels/rudders, before I plank the boats with 3mm (1/8”) wide strips of card. Edited March 18, 2019 by GrandpaPhil EricWilliamMarshall, paulsutcliffe, Omega1234 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)
peveka Posted March 22, 2019 #198 Posted March 22, 2019 Hi GrandPa Hope you don't mind me joining in as a follower at this advanced stage of your build! Cheers Pieter mtaylor and GrandpaPhil 2 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona
GrandpaPhil Posted March 23, 2019 Author #199 Posted March 23, 2019 Welcome! peveka and mtaylor 2 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 24, 2019 Author #200 Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) I have the ribs in place for the ship’s boats. I glued them to the templates. Their keels and rudders are drying (pressed under heavy books). After they dry I will fit them to the bottoms of their respective boats and install the cant frames of the launch (the biggest of the three). After everything dries, I will plank them. I have included pictures of the pin rails and boat davits (neither of which are completed). Edited March 24, 2019 by GrandpaPhil Re-added pictures Omega1234, mtaylor and rafine 3 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 25, 2019 Author #201 Posted March 25, 2019 I have three ship’s boats planked. The two smaller boats are clinker planked, the launch is carvel planked. I believe that that would have been typical of the time period. I cut out the shape of the wales and installed the rudder on one. I am going to let them dry overnight. Omega1234, mtaylor and EricWilliamMarshall 3 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 25, 2019 Author #202 Posted March 25, 2019 Davits are done and installed. Ship’s boats are mostly done. Still need to paint the two larger boats. I made four double blocks to hang the little cutter from the stern. I put some belaying pins in two of the pin rails. They are made from sewing pins. This is how I’m leaving the Prince de Neufchatel for the night. JerseyCity Frankie, EricWilliamMarshall, mtaylor 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 March 27, 2019 Author #203 Posted March 27, 2019 I broke my boat davits. I made new ones out of heavy gauge steel wire. mtaylor 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 27, 2019 Author #204 Posted March 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, Wallace said: Well they won't go breaking on you will they... Lol, nope, they won’t break again. mtaylor 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 April 5, 2019 Author #205 Posted April 5, 2019 I snuck away from a work project to hang the cutter off the stern and finish my stern pin rails: rafine, FriedClams, Valeriy V 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 April 5, 2019 Author #206 Posted April 5, 2019 54 minutes ago, Wallace said: Over here they call that playing hooky Phil 😃 Lol! Yep! mtaylor 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 April 7, 2019 Author #207 Posted April 7, 2019 The ship’s boats are permanently installed now. I also made the bowsprit and have it temp installed so I can make the bow platform and pin-rail. I am working on the foremast pin-rails now, by which I mean that I’m waiting for the glue to dry so they can be painted. Valeriy V, mtaylor, tkay11 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 April 7, 2019 Author #208 Posted April 7, 2019 At this point I only have a little more on the hull and then it’s masting, sail making and rigging time. mtaylor 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)
CPDDET Posted April 7, 2019 #209 Posted April 7, 2019 Looking great! mtaylor and GrandpaPhil 2 Quote Current build: NRG Half Hull Previous build: MS Bluenose
GrandpaPhil Posted April 7, 2019 Author #210 Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, CPDDET said: Looking great! Thank you very much! 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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