HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Wacom - FINISHED - 1:48

[Rustyj]

Great job! Finishing chapter 2 is a satisfying milestone. 

[Chuck]

Well done...that looks really good.  You should be very happy with those results.

[JpR62]

Superb work. A big milestone with a wonderful result !

[Edwardkenway]

Good looking Winnie, great job. If mine looks half as nice I'll be pleased 

[Wacom]

Thanks guys for the comments and reactions, always encouraging to know Winnie is on the right track😇

[Wacom]

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.

[Chuck]

That looks very good.   The molding looks a little wide but other than that they look fine.  Well done.

[scrubbyj427]

Very nice work! Cannot wait to get there as well.

JJ

[Rustyj]

Yes that is very nice!

[Wacom]

Thanks  guys for the comments and reactions.

[Wacom]

If you ever wondered how someone with a creaky back and even creakier neck gets to work on those difficult bits of Winnie look no further.

I find that jigs to hold this large hull are a must, this one was developed to allow me to add all that fine decorative details on the stern.

[Rustyj]

Oh that is great. I'm thinking I'll be doing the same when I get to the stern! Thanks

[Wacom]

Thanks for the reactions. Rusty I used this to plank the bottom of the hull and added an extra piece to allow it to be attached to the bench. The hull then just locks into place and is quite solid.

[RichardG]

On 6/29/2020 at 11:44 PM, nzreg said:

If you ever wondered how someone with a creaky back and even creakier neck gets to work on those difficult bits of Winnie look no further.

I find that jigs to hold this large hull are a must, this one was developed to allow me to add all that fine decorative details on the stern. 

What a good idea.

 

I used a jig to hold my hull upside down so I could copper the hull after there was stuff on the deck. I then had problems fitting the rudder. If only I'd thought of turning it through 90 degrees it would have been a lot easier. Ideas like this are so simple - when someone else shows you how. 

[Wacom]

Nearing the finish of chapter three.  The eagle eyed will notice the little lady Missing from the left column.  In one of my senior moments I broke her while removing the casting from the sprue, as luck would have it the gremlin that lives in my workshop took the opportunity to hide the missing piece, never to be seen again.

Thankfully Chuck is generously supplying a replacement, but with shipping the way it is it could be sometime yet.

My thanks must also go to Mathias (Beckman) in allowing me to use the design for the frieze on the upper counter, thank you.

Taking a leaf from Jim’s Book I spent some time making a stand from bits lying around the workshop.

The base was bought by my wife around 25 years ago as a key rack, made from Rimu a native New Zealand timber, it only required polishing with oil to finish.

By mounting the ship on the stand its possible to see the sweet lines of the hull to full advantage.

[Rustyj]

17 hours ago, nzreg said:

the gremlin that lives in my workshop took the opportunity to hide the missing piece, never to be seen again.

Great job on the stern. Sorry to hear that the same gremlin that is in my shop inhabits yours too!

[Wacom]

9 hours ago, Rustyj said:

Sorry to hear that the same gremlin that is in my shop inhabits yours too!

Possibly the American cousin to my Kiwi one🤔🤔
Thanks for the comment and thumbs up.

[Beckmann]

Well done Reg. Your stern arrangement looks very good! And I like your base. It looks really nice with those brass collumns. Where have you got them from?

Matthias 

[Chuck]

She looks fantastic.  You should be quite pleased with that.  Very nice and clean model you have.  I will note that you will need to turn the model upside down one more time to drill and file out the rudder opening hole in the lower counter.  You might want to remove the Lantern for that.  I also have a newer design coming for the lantern that is made entirely out of Boxwood so no painting is needed.   It is slightly different than the one you used.   Just in case that one might get damaged.  I was going to leave that until much later in the project.  It makes me nervous just looking at it.  Here is the prototype for the improved "all boxwood" lantern.  The windows are just .015 thick.

 

 

 

 

[Wacom]

Thanks for the kind comments Chuck, the lantern is temporarily mounted at present, I like to make delicate items like this removable so they can be added closer to the finish of the build.

Thanks for the advice re the rudder opening, it is my intention to open this up before planking the deck to make it easier to clean the debris out.

[Wacom]

Thanks for the comments Mathias, the columns are turned from a piece of gunmetal that I had left over from my model engineering days.

Gunmetal is a form of bronze and is very easy to machine, it takes on a golden colour that will compliment the yellow cedar.

[jfhealey]

Reg -  how did you finish your resin castings given the non availability in NZ (just as in the UK) of fruitwood gel? They really look the part

Fred

[Wacom]

Hi Fred,

Thanks for the comment.  After much searching I found a place in Canada that would ship to NZ via UPS.  Had to take a second mortgage to pay the shipping but feel the results speak for themselves (the joy of living at the bottom of the planet🥴)

Strange that most retailers wont ship stuff like this.

I see that both Amazon and eBay sell it in the UK but seem to be out of stock.

best of luck.

[jfhealey]

Thanks Reg. I'll keep an eye out on Amazon. In the meantime if anyone else has an alternative to the the fruit wood gel I'd love to know of it.

 

Your Winchelsea is looking superb

Fred

[Kevin]

wow, thats stunning, very clean and tidy

[Wacom]

Whilst waiting for chapter four parts to arrive (5 to 8  weeks delivery time) I decided to put my newly purchased Proxxon mill to use (mainly to learn how to use it)

The first project was to cut the hole in the stern, then using the mill to make the components for the rudder.

Took a few attempts but am generally pleased with the outcome.  I found the pintles the most difficult part to get right.

Following on from this I tackled the cannons having purchased the resin barrels from Chuck some time ago.

I initially made them from AYC but wasn't too happy with the results.  My next attempt was with the local native  timber Kauri.

This timber is easy to work and takes a nice finish.  There is still some work to do on these pending the arrival of  materials from the U.S.

Meanwhile I am tackling the capstan, then onto chapter four.

[Rustyj]

Wow that looks great Reg. 

[Guillermo Eduardo Madico]

Hello Reg,

Very nice work!

Nice color choice of the Kauri wood.

What sizes of resin cannons did you used? Have you put any finish on them?

Best,

G

 

[Wacom]

Thanks for the comments and reactions, always gratifying.

Guillermo, I used the 1 15/16” and 1 9/16” from Chuck these being the closest in size to the drawings.  No finish, used as they came except for trimming the trunnions to length and removing the odd piece of flash.

[Erik A]

been looking at this build and thinking about doing it but the fact we live in NZ and freight cost is a big downer plus i dont really have the space to do any scratch build works. would be interested in what you had sent over and rough costs if you dont mind Reg

Awesome build as well. great work