HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Wacom - FINISHED - 1:48

[Wacom]

Hi Erik,

Total cost to date (chapters one through to four) including shipping is $1938.58 nzd.

Keep in mind this has been spread out over nearly a year.  I find Chuck’s shipping prices very reasonable and please remember whatever you buy from Chuck is of the very highest quality and backed up by service second to none.

 

[Erik A]

Thanks Reg

I will get on and get some more of my Victory done then. need to get a bit further along to warrant the spend to the wallet holder. she wont part with the dollars if i have part finished items laying around. im in the process of re designing my back yard so am looking at building a man cave so i can actually look at builds like this where i need to make stuff

[Timmo]

I’m continually impressed whenever I check in on you build Reg. That’s money well spent in your expert hands and you are also answering questions I’ve been wondering about like the fruitwood gel. Eagerly awaiting more.

[Wacom]

Thanks Timmo, too busy in the garden at this time of year to spend time on Winnie, progress is being made but very slooowly.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

On 6/25/2020 at 5:14 AM, nzreg said:

Slow progress to date, the port side quarter gallery and frieze installed.

The mouldings are not as per Chuck, the making of the scrapers for them had me beat after many, many attempts so I decided to go with the A.L. scrapers I had

As Mr Sinatra said "I did it my way" whilst trying to keep the ship in the spirit of this fine prototype.

The roof and lady in the corner are only sitting there as are the windows, I consider them too delicate to permanently attach at this stage.

And so onto the starboard side.

very pretty  

[Wacom]

Looking at my last post I see it was on the 21 November 2020, time flys

Most of the intervening months were spent remodelling the garden.  What started as a small deck build mushroomed into a total revamp of the outdoor areas.

Build on Winnie has been slow but productive.

I made the decision early on to limit the amount of painting, relying instead on using different timbers to highlight the beauty of Chucks design. Timber varieties would be limited to AYC, Cherry, Boxwood and Kauri.

The photos show how progress has been.

Now its onto the hair brackets.

 

 

[Nunnehi (Don)]

That’s just beautiful, Reg!

 

Don

[Wacom]

Thanks Don, I only hope my hair brackets measure up to yours.

[Chuck]

Looking good.  Glad to see your progress.  

[scrubbyj427]

Looks very nice! Like the use of cherry in the stern and coamings! 

 

[rafine]

Looks great Reg.

 

Bob

[Wacom]

Thanks for the comments and likes guys, really appreciated.

 

[Timmo]

Lovely work Reg. 

[Wacom]

Thanks Timmo, always good to hear from “them up North”😁

My latest offering are photos of the hair brackets just finished today.

Not as difficult as I thought they may be, Chucks instructions are easy to follow.

Eagerly awaiting the parts for chapter seven.

Edited June 22, 2021 by nzreg

[Malcolm Greig]

Very impressive. Top modelling skills. What a fantastic project.

 

regards

 

Malcolm 

[Wacom]

Thanks for the likes guys + your comment Malcolm, I see we share the name Robbie for our dogs🦴

[Wacom]

While waiting for Chapter Seven parts to arrive I took the opportunity to mount the cannon using a method borrowed from C. Nepean Longridge’s book “THE ANATOMY OF NELSONS SHIPS”.
This was achieved  By drilling a .8mm hole through both carriage cheeks , rear axle and deck, then by inserting .8mm brass pins into these holes the carriages are held firmly in place with the advantage that they can be removed should the need arise.
Having purchased the blocks from Chuck some time ago I decided to have a go at rigging the cannon.
First off was to make some rope, 1mm for the breaching and .4mm for stropping plus the purchase for hauling the cannon into the firing position.
Next up a jig was made to strop the single block, form a becket at one end and attach a hook at the other.
The double block was stropped with its hook on the same jig.

I chose to use this configuration after coming across the drawing in Doctor Longridge’s book.
(Mods please delete anything that may violate copy-write)

Edited July 11, 2021 by nzreg

[Chuck]

Nicely done

[jfhealey]

Nicely done indeed! That looks like the product of hours and hours of very patient work. You must be delighted with how your Winnie is coming along.

All the best
Fred 

[Freezing Parrot]

Beyond impressive! The only flaw I can see is that you seem to be out of Glad Wrap.

[rafine]

The guns look great Reg. I know just how much work that took.

 

Bob

[Wacom]

Thanks for the likes and encouraging comments from, Chuck, Bob, Fred and “Polly”.

 Bob your build was the inspiration in my deciding to rig the cannon👍 Fred, by my reckoning around two hours to rig each gun including making all the sub assemblies and rope, of course if your fingers dont twitch around like mine it could be done quicker🤔

[scrubbyj427]

Very nice! I love the colors! I’m very tempted to leave my guns natural now. 
 

JJ

[Wacom]

Thanks JJ, my feeling is the guns look good either painted or natural, its really down to personal preference.

[Timmo]

Good work Reg. That's a busy looking gundeck of very tidy weapons.

[Wacom]

Thanks Timmo, having therapy on my eyes right now🥺🥺🥺

[Rustyj]

Very nice workmanship Reg!

[jfhealey]

Lovely work rigging the guns. I've ordered rigging rope from Syren today so I hope to make a start soon. I prefer the way you've hung the tackles ropes from hooks on the bulwarks rather than coiling it on the deck (that looks a bit Sunday best to my eyes - not that I know anything about it). 

[Wacom]

9 hours ago, jfhealey said:

Lovely work rigging the guns. I've ordered rigging rope from Syren today so I hope to make a start soon. I prefer the way you've hung the tackles ropes from hooks on the bulwarks rather than coiling it on the deck (that looks a bit Sunday best to my eyes - not that I know anything about it). 

Thanks for the comments, I found (with jittery fingers, poor eyesight etc etc etc) that this part of the build probably took longer than it should.  The “ping factor” being very high🥴🤔

I have seen photos which showed the opes hanging on wooden cleats but found these jut too fiddly to make.

[Chuck]

Im eager to see more progress on this one…..Hows chapter seven coming along.