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[Beckmann]

Hello Everybody,

here is just a brief comment about my attempt of building the bulkheads around the cabins. I started with the centerpiece of the aft bulkhead. It is more difficult than the panelling of the surrounding cabin walls, because it has to look good from both sides. So it is like building them in 1:1 scale, just without "slit and cone". 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next thing will be the doors.

 

Matthias

[Matt D]

Amazing work, Matthias.  Those are hard to build in full scale.  I have no idea how you did it in 1/4” scale!

[Beckmann]

Hi everybody, 

I continued with the aft bulkhead, wich separates the captains cabin. 

The bulkhead panels and doors were assembled and glued in place, underneath the deck beam. The doors can be opened, but for now, I leave them shut, because of the danger of being damaged. I am not shure yet, I propably leave them closed anyway.

Here are som photos of the result.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthias

[jfhealey]

Looking wonderful, Matthias. You must be thrilled with the result.

All the best 

Fred

[Chuck]

Great stuff

[Matt D]

Those came our beautiful, Matthias!  I'm still amazed that you can make those panels in 1/4" scale.  

[scrubbyj427]

Wow! That looks awesome! Well done!

 

JJ

[glbarlow]

Did you hand paint the black and white squares?  Sorry if this was explained elsewhere, it looks really good. 

Edited November 8, 2021 by glbarlow

[Beckmann]

Thank you for the feedback.

The flooring and panels are not painted, it is the colour of the material (old piano bars, ivory and ebony)

[glbarlow]

1 hour ago, Beckmann said:

old piano bars, ivory and ebony)

Then….wow!

[Matt D]

35 minutes ago, glbarlow said:

Then….wow!

That's what you do when you give up playing the piano in favor of building model ships.

[Beckmann]

I indeed play the piano. And I don't want to stop playing... it is just increadible, what people throw away nowadays. Such lovely, valuable materials like ebony and ivory and you can pick it up from the bulky waste. I use a lot of old stuff like that at my home.

Edited November 9, 2021 by Beckmann

[Mldixon]

Just incredible workmanship. You should be very proud when you get a chance to display that. Hopefully many will get to enjoy this. 

Unfortunately many of my models just become dust collectors.... 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

Incredible indeed !

[CiscoH]

Matthias (hope I got your name right)- could you comment/show pics of the tools you used to make the ivory partition doors and panels?  And what glue you are using?  Beautiful stuff, I am hungry for more information, thanks Cisco

[Beckmann]

Hi Cisco,

I will make some photos from the next panels I make, and post them here. Then you can see how it is done, it is not very complicated. Everbody can do this.

Matthias

[Beckmann]

Here we go step by step:

 

1. The material:

I use old piano-keys, if you don't have some, just use bone. From cattle for example, Cut it into strips of about 1,5 mm thickness.

 

 

2. Sand the edge 

 

 

3. Cut a mortise in the edge with your saw

 

 

About 0,5 / 0,5 mm

 

 

4. Then cut the strips into the proper width of the framings:

 

 

5. Clean them with fine 400 sand paper

 

 

5. Glue them in 3 layers together. In the middle put a small veneer strip to create a gap between the ivory strips.

 

 

 

6. Then make a little jig, to get the shape right and cut and dry-assemble the framing

 

 

7. Then make the fillings

 

 

 

8. Afterward you assemble it part by part and glue everything together

 

 

 

 

9. Finally clean and polish it with the dremel 

 

 

And that's it

 

 

Matthias

Edited November 15, 2021 by Beckmann

[CiscoH]

Thank you for documenting your process Matthias.  It was different than what I was imagining and very educational.  2 questions:

 

1) In the first picture what did you cut the ivory keys into 1,5mm strips with?  The tablesaw?  or possibly a bandsaw?

 

2) What glue did you use?

 

thanks again, cisco

[Beckmann]

Hi Cisco,

These ivory keys were cut a century ago. But you can cut it with a circular saw.

I glued it with superglue?? I dont know the englisch expression. It is dry within seconds.

Matthias

[CiscoH]

Thank you again Matthias.  I have always wanted to work with bone or ivory, your post was a great help.

[Beckmann]

Hi everybody,

today just a small update,

I proceeded with the next bulkhead, wich is half wooden, half ivory.

The way to build it is almost the same as shown above. The difference is just the two materials being glued together in advance.

 

 

 

 

 

Next will be the doors.

 

Matthias

 

 

[scrubbyj427]

That looks really nice! Great work!

[FrankWouts]

Fantastic, very beautiful and inspiring interiors!

Frank.

 

[Beckmann]

Hello everybody,

 

This weekend I proceeded with the building of the doors for the front bulkhead. And I finally installed the bulkhead-arrangement to the model.

The doors were built the same way as the rest of the front-panel: inside ivory, outside boxwood. For the windows I needed something more stable because of the glazing bars on both sides. After looking around a while I decided to cut a ferrero-rocher-box into peaces, they are from acryl and really thin an nice. Perhaps 0,3 mm thick. That worked quite well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After finishing this, I took the model out of the workshop and made some photos, because some prominent visitors came around to have a look at the great cabin. I think it was Tomas Slade himself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthias

 

 

 

 

Edited December 6, 2021 by Beckmann

[scrubbyj427]

That looks amazing! Very nicely done!

JJ

[Rustyj]

That is some great workmanship! Beautiful. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

This IS gorgeous. Very Nice. V. 

[Beckmann]

Thank you all for the likes and comments!!

After finishing the bulkheads, I continued with the deck beams, knees and fittings, wich is great fun to do. Everything comes together now, and you get an impression, how the model will look, once finished. 

I have this idea of a photo from the main deck under the quarter deck with a little camera, if that is possible some day. So I painted the beams and knees from the underside, to  have it all in color, .

Here are photos from the current stage of the building:

 

 

 

 

 

I will clean the top side of the deck beams once they are all finished. The numbers on the knees will be covered by the planking later on. 

 

Matthias

Edited December 14, 2021 by Beckmann

[Chuck]

Lovely work.

[FrankWouts]

Beautiful work, a treat for the eye…