HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - 16-gun Swan-class sloop from TFFM plans

[gjdale]

Beautiful work on those detail pieces Danny.

[BANYAN]

Very nice details Danny, filing the square in the spanshackles must have been 'fun'

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks Grant and Pat.

 

filing the square in the spanshackles must have been 'fun'

 

Not too bad, but I'm rather glad I decided to only do the ONE .

 

Wooldings

 

My 0.3mm black rigging line has turned up from Chuck, so I can continue with the Wooldings. The pics below show the sequence of fitting them so they can't come untied :

 

 

 

 

The upper bands were then fitted :

 

 

 

  Danny

[Jim Lad]

Man, but she's looking good, Danny!

 

John

[Dan Vadas]

And thank you John .

 

All the Wooldings and Bands are done. There is only one on the Mizzen Mast :

 

 

 

  Danny

[popeye the sailor]

progress looks super Danny 

[mtaylor]

Impressive work as always, Danny.  The bands on the wooldings, are those paper or wood?

[SkerryAmp]

Absolutely amazed with the overall full shots.   I mean, impressed as hell through every step but the whole thing together was just amazing.  The masts look fantastic and so crisp and neat!!!

[amateur]

I haven't been here for some time. I see I have to do some catching up...

 

Jan

[sticlaru]

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS

[Kevin]

many happy returns Dan , hope you had a good day

[Dan Vadas]

Thank you Popeye, Mark, Geoff, Adam and Jan.

 

Mark, the Woolding Bands are thin (0.3mm) Manilla Folder card. I tried a couple of ways to make them from wood with no success.

 

Thanks for the Birthday wishes sticlaru, Spyglass and Kevin, and also all those who PM'd me. Much appreciated.

 

I'm afraid my computer is malfunctioning at the moment. I can't post any pics, so an update on my progress (and I've made a fair bit) may take a while until I fix the problem.

 

  Danny

[Markicorbett@aol.com]

Hi Dan, 

 

Happy Birthday.

 

 

Thank you for giving me the inspiration to re start my "Royal Caroline" that has been untouched for about 8 years! I stopped because as it was my first build, I reached a point where I got stuck. I thought I had done a good job so far, but did not want to spoil her.

 

I can’t wait re start. Thank you and all the other guys out there for all the tips. I wish I had

 

found this site sooner!

 

 

Also due to my father being an antiquarian book dealer, I have acquired some not great, but interesting old books regarding rigging ect. for sail boats and early ships modellers handbooks. I will dig them out and share them with anyone who is interested.

 

 

Take care,

 

 

Mark

 

[mhegazi]

Happy Birthday Danny .. and many happy yet to come

 

And many more impressive ships to build . . 

 

Be well :-)

[Dan Vadas]

Thank you mhegazi, and a warm welcome to MSW to you Mark .

 

Forecastle Railings

 

I'm nearly at the stage of "Stepping" the Foremast, but I realised that it would be nearly impossible to fit the Forecastle Railings if the Shrouds were already fitted, so this was my next step.

The Stanchions have a wide flair at the bottom, so to simulate that I silver soldered some 1.6mm tubing (ID of 0.85mm) to the bottom of some 0.8mm brass wire. I calculated the length of each stanchion first - none are the same length.

Then I soldered a piece of 0.6mm ID tubing to the top of each stanchion for the Eye through which the rope will pass :

 

 

I made the eyes a little on the large size to make soldering easier, then filed them down to the correct size :

 

 

The top rope has an eye seized into one end, and a lashing at the fore end secures it :

 

 

 

The aft end terminates with a seizing on an eyebolt :

 

 

 

 

  Danny

[Vivian Galad]

Sharp work, lovely results. Railings look really, really great.

[Jim Lad]

Great railings, Danny!

 

John

[BANYAN]

You have a real talent for 'smithing' Danny; must be something in your genetics?

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks very much Vivian, John and Pat - no Blacksmiths in my family as far as I know .

 

Mast Heads

 

Back to the Masts, I'd made the Crosstrees earlier. They are notched halfway through to match the notches in the Trestle Trees :

 

 

 

Before fitting them I fitted the Bands around the heads. I made these from thin card which I'd stained black - the finish has a slight metallic "sheen" at this stage, probably caused by diffraction of light, which may disappear when I apply Minwax - I hope not, as they really look like iron at the moment :

 

 

 

I also cut and fitted the Battens - they are 1.2mm wide by 0.6mm thick. These run 3/5 of the way up the mast head, and needed to be notched to fit over the bands :

 

 

 

 

Next I fitted the Crosstrees - a rather straightforward operation :

 

 

 

 

Finally, I made the Caps. These took a bit of careful marking out and cutting. Their eyebolts have also been fitted :

 

 

 

  Danny

[gjdale]

Wow. What a pleasure to see your updates Danny. You never fail to delight.

[SailorGreg]

Beautiful! And so small! I sweep up shavings bigger than your battens - so much useful timber gone to waste!!

 

Great work Danny, as always.

 

Greg

[Mirabell61]

Your masttops like all your work looks great Danny

 

Nils

[Jim Lad]

It just keeps getting better and better, Danny!

 

John

[WackoWolf]

Excellent.

[dgbot]

It like a Chinese wooden puzzle.

David B

[CaptainSteve]

You have such an amazing eye for detail !!!

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Dan,

 

really nice progress on your masts. It's allways a pleasure to follow your fantastic log.

[cog]

Danny,

 

Top of those masts are extraordinary in detail. Superb job!

[archjofo]

Hey Danny,

 

excellent and precise work!

Edited September 26, 2014 by archjofo

[Erebus and Terror]

Wow Danny! I really like your use of card rather than metal here - I can't tell the difference between well-blackend brass/copper. You are giving me all sorts of ideas.