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Phoenix by Moreplovac - FINISHED - Master Korabel - 1/72 - Russian Brigantine


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2 hours ago, jlm said:

I bought the ship’s boat from this kit  separately (shout out to Crafty Sailor)  and bashed it for my build of Pride of Baltimore II. I took some artistic licenses  with the boat —its bow is a bit bluff, it’s not clinker built, and  I had to include the lovely grating up forward, which is not present on the real thing.  Otherwise, it’s a jewel that spans the scale differences  

 

But the reason for my post harkens back to your original post. I’m torn between Syren and Phoenix as my next build after Pride of Phoenix II. It’s silly, but it comes down to copperimg the hull—I’m dying to try it. So . . . I know the Syren’s coppered.  Would the Phoenix have been? In time

and place?

 

Jeff

 

I believe it is not but i strongly suggest Phoenix as your next build. Very good kit quality and tons of room for customization..

 

I also have Syren on the shelf waiting for some other inspiration.

 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

 

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Rigging of mainmast stays continues by replacing blocks; it turned out that blocks were not positioned correctly so need to change this..

New blocks..
 

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..in building process..
 

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Once in place, the rigging can continue...
 

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Testing the distance..
 

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Happy modelling..

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  • 2 weeks later...

There are several holes in the hull used for tight different ropes to belaying pins... not sure if i missed these steps but i have not drilled the holes before. Now it is time to do so.. a bit more difficult that needed be but... mark them first and with little help from longer drill bits i managed to drill 10 holes in total, without damaging other parts. So if you are building this beautiful model, pay attention ahead of time..
 

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Now i am doing gunter iron gantline rope. First started with 2mm single block and made a hook. Simple by twisting the wire at the end and secure it with a drop of CA glue, then form the hook. Hopefully it will hold. Have some challenges making it at this small scale..
 

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Working on the rope..
 

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The length of coiled rope is correct, now i need to make few of those..

Happy modelling..

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During last missing hole drilling exercise, i thought no damage was done. Unfortunately it was.. So instead of starting with rat lines, i will be repairing (or i would say improving) the look of two rigging lines.
 

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So, lets fix it... by painting the wood and replacing the rigging line. This is my process to rig a block.
 

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Little helping hands..
 

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End result..
 

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The hook is also attached..
 

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Thole new assembly in place.
 

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Now the other side has to be replaced as well, so both are matching..
 
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Happy modelling..

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6 hours ago, Tim Curtis said:

Really like what you are doing with this kit Moreplovac...

Keep up the good work!

 

I am currently building the same kit - but adapting it quite alot. 

 

Its helpful to have this build log as a reference. 

 

Tim

 

Hi Tim, happy to share tips if you need it during building phase..

 

Cheers

 

 

 

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The rat lines have been completed. Interesting work, must say... It does really test your patience...

In the process at topgallant...
 

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All completed...
 

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During the work process, outer jib boom guy (hopefully have the term correctly) was slightly damaged, enough to bother me so i replace it with a new rope.. Here is process..
 

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And completed..
 

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Now it is time to do some touchups on the model and to start working on sails.... woohoo.

Happy modelling.

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Work on sails started by scanning and printing the copy of sail plan from the kit.
 

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Then i cut them all..
 

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Test on the sail cloth that was included in the kit.. appears to have enough space for all..
 

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Now put them aside til i am working on staining the cloth..
 

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The model is also resting a bit ...
 

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First i ironed the cloth...
 

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Than stained in golden oak stain, must say i do like this stain colour,... a bit messy job...
 

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Taking excess stain from the cloth, with a help of few sheets of bounty paper..
 

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Cloth is drying ...
 

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Happy modelling..

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There are different ways of making sails; this time i will follow sails making technique suggested by one Russian modeller. Never tried before so might as well try it now..
 

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First, material is cut in a strip 10mm wide, which is then glued to the material overlapping by 1mm.

Measuring 10mm..
 

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.. cutting the stripe...
 

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... making 1mm overlap...
 

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... run a layer of carpenter' glue, diluted 50/50 with water...
 

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... put the cut stripe on the top of the overlapping area, in that 1mm grove, carefully remove all rules and press lightly to remove excess glue. Use a piece of bounty paper to grab the glue. After gluing few stripes, run heated iron (on silk setting) over the strips to speed up glue drying..

In the process...
 

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So far...
 

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Will continue tomorrow.. Happy modelling..

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moreplovac,

 

Very nice indeed - thanks for the step-by-step instructions. Had not thought of Golden Oak stain (always used tea), nor cutting strips - excellent work looks very good.

Let us know how the glued together strips hold up after much still needed handling of the sails. 

Your ship is also looking great; your rigging work and details are  👌.

 

Regards,

 

Michael

Current buildSovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal

Under the table:

Golden Hind - C Mamoli    Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati

Completed:   

Santa Maria-Mantua --

Vasa-Corel -

Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th

Gallery :    Santa Maria - Vasa

 

 

 

 

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Certainly, will provide a feedback...

With this technique the amount of provided fabric is not enough since the length of it is shortened for at least 1mm after each strip cut.

Need to find another piece of suitable fabric and try again..

 

 

 

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Still need to practice this technique, mostly on some bigger scale model... It turns out that with this way the amount of sail cloth provided in kit might not be sufficient. Also needs to practice on type/amount of glue used to glue strips together to simulate joining of two cloths..
 

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Anyhow, the new material was located and in this case i will try simulating with a pencil line... I will also practicing with another sail cloth material and using "pulling the threads" technique for simulation overlapping seams..
 

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Tracing the sails down...
 

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Simulating overlapping seams..
 

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Cutting strips that will be glued to the sail..
 

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In order to protect the cloth from starting to tear apart, the cloth for strips was covered with diluted white glue, 50/50 with water, left overnight to dry and ironed before used. Then it was placed down, with material threads as vertical as possible. Then i put several strips of transparent scotch tape to prevent tear, very much the same reason of putting the scotch tap on veneer before cutting it...The strips are cut 3mm and 4mm wide.
I started with the longest run first... following the sail template..

 

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I used white glue, not diluted to glue strips to the fabric. The scotch tape is pulled off easily once the glue settles down.
 

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The sail is cut off..
 

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The simulation lines have to be put on the back as well.. Two lines of scotch tape with measurements are put on the desk and the lines are run on the material..
 

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Running out of strips and making the new bunch described above..
 
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All sails completed.
 

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Now it is time to run a boltrope, 4mm thick, using combination of cyano glue for a quick grab/hold and 50/50 diluted white glue running with the line, to make sure rope stays on..

 

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Will continue tomorrow.

Happy modelling...

 

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First part of making sail is completed.
 

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Fore topsail..
 

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Jib..
 

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Main topsail.. with few reef points ...
 

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Fore-gallant sail...
 

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Main-topgallant sail...
 

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Fore and aft mainsail...
 

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Fore -topmast staysail...
 

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Happy modelling...

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Reef points installation process..

Mark it on the sail..
 

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The knot was made on one end of the rope..
 

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With needle it will be pushed through the sail.. if the hole is big enough, the reef line can be frozen with CA glue on one end and that end can be pushed thru the hole... this way no need for needle..
 

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On the other side of the sail, the another knot was made..
 

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The string is pooled and the knot was finished on the sail..
 

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The knots were frozen with a drop of diluted PVA glue on each knot.. and dried with the hot gun (on lowest heat setting)...
 

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Haircut time..
 

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One row is completed..
 

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Happy modelling...

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A bit of a white glue, diluted 50/50 to freeze the reef band...
 

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A bunch of reef lines were pre-cut, a knot was tight on one end and opposite end frozen with a drop of CA glue so it can easily go thru the hole..
 

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Once all lines with a knot were pushed thru the sail and secured with a drop of white glue, the work on opposite side started by making another knot... Then all lines were cut to the length..
 

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Just to break a bit from reef lines, started to work on attaching a sail to the yard....
 

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... first attaching the corners of a sail with a strangle knot...
 

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The holes for robands were also predrilled..
 

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Then it becomes very hot in my little workshop so continue tomorrow...

Happy modelling...

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