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

[wyz]

When you have the nameplate made I guess that really does signal the end to the Vulture project.  I assume that because the model will be housed in a museum that they will provide the case.  It is fitting that this model should find a home where lots of people will view it.  Anything short of that would be a shame.  Know that there will be more than a few viewers who will be inspired to try their hand at modeling when they get a look at the Vulture.  That's how my interest in model shipbuilding started.  I was smitten by a beautiful model of the USS Constitution a friend of my father had built.  The fire was lit when I first saw that model and it never went out.  You can't help but smile to think how many fires your Vulture model will light.  What a nice legacy!

Edited August 18, 2015 by wyzwyk

[allanyed]

  Super job from start to finish.  Your log will be viewed for years to come by many builders Danny.  Congrats

 

Allan

[Kevin]

Congratulations - may I follow you on your next journey

[rth385]

Hi Danny,

Where and when will the Vulture be displayed? I have got to see this in real time.

Regards,

Russell

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks wyzwyk, Allan, Kevin and Russell.

 

When you have the nameplate made I guess that really does signal the end to the Vulture project.

 

 

Almost - I've just got to finish off the base, should happen today or tomorrow.

 

may I follow you on your next journey

 

 

Yes .

 

Russell - Can you get to Canberra on September 19/20? She'll be at the Model Show that weekend. It's being held at the Mt Rogers Primary School, 52 Alfred Hill Drive Melba - that's on the Yass side of Canberra

 

Failing that she'll be in the Port Macquarie Maritime Museum immediately after the show.

 

 Danny

[Scoot]

Been following your build for at least two years. Have never posted.

After watching a build for so long, you get a sense of who the builder is and events that happen in there lives

Great build, great patience, wonderful skills.  Has been a pleasure to watch the growth of the model.

Congrats on her finish.

 

Scoot

[amateur]

I hope there willbe an official fotoshoot of the finished product in the gallery?

Would love to see some overviews and deckdetaios.

 

Jan

[ianmajor]

Danny,

 

Beautiful work. You could place it among the models at the NMM and only its dated label would reveal that it was not one of the excellent contemporaries.

 

Once again many thanks for generously sharing your knowledge and techniques - it has been very useful to the Unicorn club!

[capnharv2]

Thanks so much for this build log Danny. I've learned so much from your various techniques, and it inspires me to do better on my models in work, as well as those yet to be started.

 

Harvey

[safir3]

I also have followed your log and learnt many tips, wonderful work, thank you. Look forward to visiting the Maritime Museum next time we pass through Port Macquarie. John

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks Scoot (welcome to my build log at last ), Jan ( the pics should be in the Gallery tomorrow), Ian, Harvey and safir3 (2 years on MSW and THIS was your FIRST POST???? Wow, thanks even more ).

 

I almost had a major heart attack this morning. I'd realized that I'd forgotten to fit the Lantern Braces, so I retrieved Vulture from my daughter's holiday caravan where I'd been storing it while I worked on the base. Her van is about 50 metres away from mine, over grass and rough gravel roads .....

 

I placed Vulture on my workbench and prepared to make the braces - NO LANTERN !!!! This is where the heart attack nearly happened - it had taken me about 3 days to build the lantern, and I'd been quite happy with the result. I REALLY didn't look forward to making another this close from the end !

 

After back-tracking like a Bloodhound for 1/2 an hour I resigned myself to the worst. I'd have to make a new one .

 

When I took a 2nd look at the Quarterdeck - there it was . It had become detached and rolled down to the quarterdeck rail. If it had rolled to starboard and fallen into the open lower deck I'd never have realised until I'd made a new one. How lucky was that? :D

 

Anyhow - here are the lantern braces. They were a bit of a trick to get the lengths right. I had a couple of goes before I succeeded :

 

 

 

 

At least the lantern won't come adrift now .

 

 Danny

[CaptainSteve]

(PHEW)

That was a bit too close for comfort .. !!

[BANYAN]

Sometimes the modelling gods have a mischievous sense of humour Dan; glad you found it in time.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[GLakie]

Glad it turned up.  I'll bet Pud was nervous too, out of fear of being blamed.   

[mtaylor]

I'm glad it had a good ending.  That definitely ranks up there as an OMG!!!! moment.

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

Praise the Lord! If it was me I would need CPR to start my heart again.

Now we can say IT IS NOW FINISH!

Haveagreatone

Greg

[Mirabell61]

Thanks Scoot (welcome to my build log at last ), Jan ( the pics should be in the Gallery tomorrow), Ian, Harvey and safir3 (2 years on MSW and THIS was your FIRST POST???? Wow, thanks even more ).

 

I almost had a major heart attack this morning. I'd realized that I'd forgotten to fit the Lantern Braces, so I retrieved Vulture from my daughter's holiday caravan where I'd been storing it while I worked on the base. Her van is about 50 metres away from mine, over grass and rough gravel roads .....

 

I placed Vulture on my workbench and prepared to make the braces - NO LANTERN !!!! This is where the heart attack nearly happened - it had taken me about 3 days to build the lantern, and I'd been quite happy with the result. I REALLY didn't look forward to making another this close from the end !

 

After back-tracking like a Bloodhound for 1/2 an hour I resigned myself to the worst. I'd have to make a new one .

 

When I took a 2nd look at the Quarterdeck - there it was . It had become detached and rolled down to the quarterdeck rail. If it had rolled to starboard and fallen into the open lower deck I'd never have realised until I'd made a new one. How lucky was that? :D

 

Anyhow - here are the lantern braces. They were a bit of a trick to get the lengths right. I had a couple of goes before I succeeded :

 

Lantern Braces 001.jpg

 

Lantern Braces 002.jpg

 

Lantern Braces 003.jpg

 

At least the lantern won't come adrift now .

 

 Danny

 

Lovely work on the lantern braces Danny,

and very nice geometry on the lanten fastening to the hull, itb looks great in side- and aft view

 

Nils

[gjdale]

Nice one Danny! I'll bet Pud was ducking for cover.....

 

Glad to hear it was a false alarm. The braces look great.

[druxey]

You forgot, Dan? Forgot???? And after all your work to make the lantern.... That's funny. Glad it all worked out for you, though.

[Dan Vadas]

Thank you for the concern and comments Steve, Pat, George, Mark, Greg, Nils, Grant and Druxey .

 

I'll bet Pud was nervous too, out of fear of being blamed.

I'll bet Pud was ducking for cover

 

 

He had no need to be nervous. I knew the lantern was on the ship when I dropped it off to my daughter's van - it could only have come loose on the way back .

 

You forgot, Dan? Forgot????

 

 

It wasn't a case of forgetting the braces at the time I initially set the lantern in place - that was deliberate as I wanted it out of harms way while I fitted up the Ensign and Stern Lights. What I DID forget was to permanently glue the lantern to the crank when I'd done the rest     .

 

 Danny

[Dan Vadas]

OK, that's IT - she's finished and pics are in the Gallery.

 

There's a Link in my Signature which will take you there.

 

 Danny

[BANYAN]

       

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Congrats Dan.

[Richard Griffith]

Fantastic~!

Thank you Dan for posting the build log and for making such a beautiful model ship.

Take care.

 

Duff

[Mirabell61]

Thank you Danny,

 

for this wonderful authentic detailed "Swan Class" model,

and the so well made and organized build log

 

Nils

[GLakie]

Congrats Danny!  She's absolutely a splendor to look at. 

 

Cheers 

[cabrapente]

Congratulations. a fantastic job. thanks for sharing.

one cabrapente greeting

[Mike Y]

Congratulations! It is not just an exceptional model, but also a great build log - thanks for all the time you spent sharing your experience, methods, ups and downs with us.

 

Small rant: such a model, and such a small and blurry pictures! If you will ever get a good camera, so we can look on that piece of art in a high definition, in details... Ah

[paulsutcliffe]

beautiful build dan, congratulations

[Dan Vadas]

Thank you Pat, Christian, Duff, Nils, George, Cabrapente, Mike and Paul. Your congratulations are very well received .

 

Small rant: such a model, and such a small and blurry pictures! If you will ever get a good camera, so we can look on that piece of art in a high definition, in details... Ah

 

 

 

I totally agree Mike. As with other "stuff-ups" I've had with the model this is one I will fix later on. I didn't have a very good day for taking the pics - raining outside so I couldn't take it out into the sunlight, and I'd also left my tripod at my daughter's place. I'd also forgotten to re-set my camera to a higher Resolution .

 

I'll take a heap of Hi-Res pics another day and replace some of the ones in the Gallery.

 

 Danny