HMS Agamemnon by Henke - Caldercraft - 1:64

[Henke]

Hi Pontus!

I have been using Admiralty Paints Yellow Ochre. It is a water soluble acrylic paint which is rather translucent with a not very saturated yellowness. Brightest yellowness is achieved with a white base cote but painted directly on walnut and with two or three layers you get a sort of dirty color which I think imagine look realistic. I read Anthony Deane's book Nelson Favorite HMS Agamemnon at War 1781-1809. In that book it is explained that it could take years before a ship got repainted and in the meantime colors got bleached by sun light and dirty.

 

Best regards

 

Henrik

[VonHoldinghausen]

Thank you very much!

It looks very nice I must say.

 

Take care!

[Henke]

Dear all,

Thanks for all the likes and comments. It has been a wile since last update (more modelling than build log). Agamemnon himself sits on the bow now. The bowsprit is getting finished. For the moment it is just dry fitted. The iron bands on the bowsprit I made from masking tape which I painted black before applying to the bowsprit. Instructions call out fore cutting stripes out of black paper but black painted masking tape was much easier. The lower part of the foremast was something I started with last weekend.

Best regards

 

Henrik

 

Edited June 9 by Henke
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[Henke]

Last week I started with the lower foremast.This week the foremast was painted yellow. I added the bibbs (instruction call them bibbs but I have seen the spelling bibs at MSW) and glued together lower mast top and gun wales. Cross and trestle trees are glued together and painted. All dry fitted for the photo. I have also done the woolding but not the banding.

Best regards

 

Henrik

 

Edited June 9 by Henke
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[Beef Wellington]

Very nice Henke, your Agamemnon has a very authentic look to it.

[Henke]

As usual thanks for all likes and nice comments. It is very kind of you all. Here comes a picture from the first dry fitting of the fore-topmast or to be honest a piece of 8 mm dowel which eventually will turn out to be a fore-topmast.

 

 

Best regards

 

Henrik

Edited June 9 by Henke

[greenskin]

Truly, fantastic work Henke. Great attachment to details, no sloppiness in painting. I love it :). Can't wait to see the photos of rigging. (I hope I'll be able to copy a thing or two, haha :D)

[Henke]

Hi all,

Just a short up-date so that you do not think I am dead or have lost interest. The wife and I are going to re-locate to Stockholm. Our house is put on sale, another one with work-shop potential has to be bought (not done yet). Until then  I will be on shore leave.

 

Best regards

 

Henrik

Edited February 11 by Henke
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[Wintergreen]

Glad to see an update Henrik!

Relocate to Stockholm you say, soon enough we can start a subsidary there with all the Swedes on MSW 😉 😄 

A sincere Good luck to your upcoming move!

[Nirvana]

I read in the Swedish news that "Stockholmare" are leaving the area due to increased cost of living.

Wish I still had the apartment in Stockholm.

[Henke]

Dear friends,

Although there is a sort of hiatus in my Agamemnon build I thought I could show something else. A relative of mine sent me a picture.

It depicts my father with one of his model boats. I think the photo is taken around 1947-48. He later became a naval architect but unfortunately passed away many years ago far too early. Later in life he a built a sailing boat in scale 1:1. Is there a particular ship modelling gene which is passed on for generations?

 

Does anyone recognize the model? 

 

I hope I am not getting off topic in my build log?

 

Best regards

 

Henrik

 

Edited June 9 by Henke
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[Henke]

Dear friendly modelers,

After a long brake I have now taken up my Agamemnon build again. My last build was a tube phono amplifier but now I am back at the ship yard. Today I did some painting of the main mast mast and the assembly of the boarding pike rack around the main mast. Needs to be repainted but at least the boarding pikes are there. Very fiddly.

 

Best regards

 

Henrik

Edited June 16 by Henke
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[greenskin]

Fantastic news! I also returned to my shipyard after 2 months break. I'm determined to finish, but taking it slow, so it'll be a while before I post any update.

[Henke]

Dear friends,

Just a quick update of this weekend's work on the woolding and the iron band s of the lower main mast.

 

Best regards

 

Henrik

[Henke]

Relocated from Norrköping to Stockholm two months ago. My workshop is now getting ready for some modelling.

 

 

Best regards

 

Henrik

Edited October 8 by Henke
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[Stuka]

Nice workshop Henke, Ser fint ut (Looks nice) 

[Ronald-V]

That's a lot of space! Nice  

[bthoe]

That's a shop of my dreams, Henke!  Very nice!

[Henke]

Dear friends,

 

Decided to follow the instructions building the lower sections of the masts in series instead finalizing the one mast with all building moments. Started with the mizzen mast  yesterday. It was some time since a worked on the masts. I cut myself twice before I found the knife skills 🫤.

Best regards

 

Henrik