HMS Winchelsea by Beckmann 1/48

[CiscoH]

ok thats just ridiculous!

amazing work Matthias

[glbarlow]

Maybe for our German friend, in this context “ridiculous’ is American vernacular for “incredible.”  Not sure how our younger generation gave this word two meanings that can only be sorted by context but they did.  Those with English as a second language probably just shake their heads.

 

Your work with ivory is incredible, your Winnie is really special.

[Beckmann]

Thank you all. Glbarlow, I thought it would be something like that. But thanks as well for your explanation!!

Next challenge is the breastrail. I am in the middle of it.

Matthias 

Edited January 28, 2023 by Beckmann

[FrankWouts]

Unbelievable beautiful work...

Frank.

[Beckmann]

That was a long break for Winchelsea now, I had to do something against the mice under our living-room flooring.

Then, more fun, some macro planking

These old Floorboards are wonderful stuff. About 200 years old. Just lovely.

 

Anyway, back to my breastrail

 

I first made a jig for the detailed profiles, to get them all in line around the columns.

Next step was sanding the profiles in a nice shape

 

 

... and polishing each corner to get this lovely dull gloss, wich this material has, when being polished.

 

 

... cutting the collumns in the right length and assemblying everything...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally the installment on the model...

 

 

 

 

 

 

This almost finishes chapter 10. I have to do the eyebolts for the guns on the quarterdeck and then proceed to chapter 11.

 

Matthias

 

 

 

 

Edited March 6, 2023 by Beckmann

[Chuck]

Beautiful work as always.  She looks really spectacular.

[scrubbyj427]

Very nice work Matthias,  looks great!

Hope you took care of those Mice! I know what a pain they can be.

[FrankWouts]

Beautiful work Matthias! Hopefully no mice beneath those beautiful deck planks...

Frank.

[Beckmann]

Thank you for your comments and likes. The mice are gone. I filled the hole they came in with concrete and completely filled the space under the flooring with insulation. It is actually much wormer now.  

[FrankWouts]

1 minute ago, Beckmann said:

Thank you for your comments and likes. The mice are gone. I filled the hole they came in with concrete and completely filled the space under the flooring with insulation. It is actually much wormer now.  

And no concrete and insulation under the deck planking in your Winnie I assume... LOL....

Frank.

[glbarlow]

Such nice work. Amazing detail and more amazing is the consistency from one to the other. Well done!

[Beckmann]

Hello everybody,

Thank you all for the comments and likes.

Work continued with some deck details, I finally finished the breastrail and the gangways. 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthias

 

[glbarlow]

Wow, those columns are absolutely gorgeous.  If you want to make another set, send them my way😳😂

 

That is really excellent work, just one would be impressive, having so many absolutely identical is really amazing.  

[Chuck]

Beautiful work as always....a stunning Winnie model for sure.

[scrubbyj427]

Very nice work! Those columns look excellent!

[Steve20]

The detail in your work is remakable and your model very impressive.

[Freebird]

I found this build log a few days ago and I’m totally in awe of you workmanship! Just beautiful!

 

Best Regards …. Rick

[Beckmann]

Hello Everybody,

thank you very much for your nice comments!

I continued chapter 11 with the deadeyes and chainplates. It is all so well explained in Chucks instructions, there is not much to say about it. It all worked very well. The only bigger problem was to not stretch the acrylic chains too much, so they remain close. I tried the position in advance and made a hole with a needle, where the brass-nail is supposed to be. That worked quite well, I hope you know, what I mean.

So here are some photos of the result.

 

 

 

 

I also installed all the guns on the lower gundeck. I followed stuntflyers method and pinned them onto the deck with brass-nails, so they cannot get lost. I will now proceed to the next chapter and think about, if I will add the swifel guns or not. They are a nice feature, but somehow interrupt the lovely flow of the quarterdeck-rail. 

Matthias

 

[Hubac's Historian]

This is spectacularly clean work, Matthias.  I really like your breastrail upgrades. 

[Rustyj]

Very very nice!

[Nunnehi (Don)]

Matthias, that’s some really fine work! 
 

Don

[FrankWouts]

Absolutely beautiful and skilled work Matthias!

Frank.

[Beckmann]

Thank you,

I continued with the head-rails of  the gallion.

I must say, this is by far the most challenging part of the whole model. I messed up the first pair of headrails and had to ask for a new set, wich Chuck immediately sent to me. Thanks for that!!

I started all over again. Every part here is important for the whole appearance of the construction. Ther are plenty of graceful curves and angles. If any of them are out of place, the whole construction looks weird.

 

Here are the new headrails, I tried to remove most of the laser-char.

First parts are in position now.

 

 

 

 

Matthias

[scrubbyj427]

That looks very good! Really completes the model.

[Rustyj]

Very nice.

[Beckmann]

Thank you,

I continued with the gratings between the rails.

The triangular gratings in the corners of the bow-area, I made separately with a template. I glued the parts on the template, assembled everything, cleaned it, painted it again an glued it to the model.

 

 

 

 

Then the facilities and false rails were added, 

 

 

 

 

 

and finally the figure-head.

I have been waiting long for this point.

What a lovely figure. I actually like it, that it is not a warrior or something like that, but a musician. Remembering, that securing the peace should alway be the goal for every army or navy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthias

 

 

[Chuck]

Just beautiful!! Wonderful execution of those head details.

[dvm27]

Beautiful work Matthias! It must have anguished you to have to cut the upper scrollwork and stem to fit the figurehead but it is invisible now. Is that just a quirk of your models or did others need to do the same?

[Beckmann]

Hi Greg,

I actually don't know. I used all the laser cut parts and did not alter anything. But when I put the figurehead on the model, it somehow did not fit properly. The position was  too far forward. So the only posibility was to cut the scrollwork or to cut away a part of the arm of the figurehead. I took the scrollwork.

Matthias

[glbarlow]

Amazingly well done. True craftsmanship!