Lancia Armata 1803by mikeaidanh - FINISHED - Panart - Scale 1:16 - Small - Armed Pinnace

[egkb]

Brilliant update Mike, good to see this cracking boat again !

 

All The Very Best With The Knee !

 

Eamonn

[mikeaidanh]

Early April '14

 

Must make bit more progress before an enforced break in proceedings so time to fake the furled sail, attach it to the lateen yard and rig both to the mast.

 

First the sail was marked out on the material. The kit was short on material so this sail will look ok as presented but would not set correctly if one were to try.

 

 

The edges that are to cut have been sealed with dilute PVA.....

 

 

....and the cloth is cut.

 

 

The seams are sewn in on a sewing machine and the bolt rope is added.

Because the sail will only ever be displayed furled I am only adding bolt rope to areas that will be seen. This is to make the attaching of the sail an easier task.

 

 

 

 

 

In this last image ageing and dirt have been added to both sail and yard.

 

Now the sail is attached to the yard.....

 

 

....and the yard to the mast.

 

 

Now that all the rigging is in place some rope hanks are needed to finish off the belays. My method of fixing belays, for what it is worth, is to pass the line under tension through the belay pin hole then use the pin to lock it in place. Leaving a short length of line below the pin allows for future tensioning. The belay is then completed by hanging a shaped hank over the pin.

 

 

 

The larboard boom cradles are fitted and the boom stowed. This repeated starboard side. 

 

 

The anchor is made but not stowed......

 

 

...and the boat hook.

 

 

Thats it for now. Just a few final up to date images and then I am off to the MSW Sick Bay (see) for month or two. Whilst laid up I shall ponder the Panart Gun Deck kit that is awaiting my attention and think about the Sloup Coquillier that I hope to scratch build after that.

 

 

 

 

 

Bye for now,

 

Mike.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[egkb]

Beautiful stuff Mike.. That furled sail is the biz !

 

Very Best of Luck on your Lay Up

 

Eamonn

[mikeaidanh]

Cheers Eamonn.

 

I believe there is dark medicine that is good for pain. Maybe I'll have some.

 

Mike.

[egkb]

I've a passing familiarity with that stuff too Mike.

 

Take Care

 

Eamonn

[mikeaidanh]

Here we are back again after knee surgery. This will be the final post for this build as the model is now in my study in its final position.

 

Making the internal fittings and fixtures:

 

 

The anchor and its rope and stowage.

 

 

Two buckets made by parting a solid barrel and turning out a recess and adding a lid to one. This is not the LA method.

 

 

The gun serving tools. There are also two smaller versions for the small cannons.

 

 

One of six oars.

 

 

General view of some of the internal kit.

 

 

Milling the cannon ball tray. I thought I would try this rather than making a framed tray. The "milling machine" is a Dremel drill and stand above a Proxxon X-Y table. There is so much "slop" in this device that I hesitate to call it a milling machine but, with care, a result can be achieved. I must improve on this aspect of my tooling!

 

 

The completed tray and some buckets with contents.

 

 

 

 

The model on its display base. I have not mounted the vessel vertically but allowed it to come to rest on its port side skid.....it is on the beach.

 

The profile on the base was made using my old and trusted Wadkins Handy Trimmer. I reckon I have had this for about 40 years. They were sold as laminate trimmers and came with a selection of jigs for that purpose. I have made lots of "special" and "one off" bases to enable various routing tasks to be performed. The unit is small and can easily be use one handed yet it is powerful enough to take most things in its stride. I reckon it will outlive me!

 

The following images show the various internal fittings in situ:

 

 

 

 

Thats it folks! Done and dusted. I am reasonably pleased with the result and my decision to make this model as a hard working boat. I could have gone further with the "distressing" work and I will once I have got to grips with weathering techniques and materials.....and that is an art within an art.

 

 

I have greatly enjoyed this build with the possible exception of triple planking. I found the kit to be pretty good. The instructions were not great but the pictures told most of the story. The materials were ok and mostly sufficient with the exception of the sail cloth which was woefully short. To my mind this is a good kit to experiment with.The scale is large enough to encourage an individual approach rather than a slavish adherence to the build notes. I recommend it as a very interesting project.

 

Mikeaidah. 11th July 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[HSM]

Wow, that looks great! I've built this kit twice and both times left much of it natural wood, but I really like the way it looks painted too. Excellent job!

[Blue Ensign]

Just come across your log Mike, a fine build beautifully finished, well done.

 

B.E.

[jastrząb]

Beautiful!!!

[egkb]

Wonderful stuff Mike !!

 

 

Stay Well

 

Eamonn

 

 

Right Then What's Next For You.. ?   

[mikeaidanh]

Thank you HSM, BE, Jas and Eamonn  for your kind words. There is now a gap in my life which I must fill and I will be posting again soon!

 

My next two projects will be models for friends, friends who do not know about my plans.

 

The first is the Panart gun deck for an avid reader of period sea stories. He will be able to project his mind below decks as he reads.

 

The second will be my first scratch build, a Sloup Coquillier, for a shanty man who loves Brittany. 

 

I had better be off to the workshop and get started!

 

Mike.

[Jay 1]

Beautiful build, Mike--she looks great and I really like all the details you put into her; well done!

 

Cheers,

Jay

[egkb]

Hi Mike, Thanks for the reply re your plans, they sound brilliant ... Any chance of you dropping a quick 'Heads-Up' on here for when you start your next projects so that we can follow you along from the outset ? if you follow me   

 

Stay Well

 

Eamonn

[Ian B]

It was just great following this build I think mounting her as you did on the angle is a super finishing touch

[mikeaidanh]

Thank you Jay and Ian.

 

Eamonn I will be starting a build log for the Gun Deck section next week.

 

Mike.

[aliluke]

Hi Mike

Only just found this log. I've always liked this kit and have considered it as a future build. You confirm that desire - it looks wonderful and you have done a superb job in all respects. Congratulations - very well done!

[mikeaidanh]

Alistair,

 

Many thanks to you. I must confess to being pleasantly surprised by the praise for my Pinnace. Being fairly new to ship modelling it is gratifying to be tested by my peers and found satisfactory.

 

If you are tempted to build this model just remember to take a deep breath before embarking on the triple planking!

 

Thank you,

 

Mike. 

[ross]

Hi Mike,just been looking through your lancia armata build log,like your build very much,thats a nice sized model with plenty of detail well done,this may be just the thing to give me a rest from riging on my endeavoure,never done a plank on frame large model and am intrigued how removing the frames was done, Ross.

[Gerardo Vergara]

Excelente modelo. Espero iniciarlo la siguiente semana y gracias por compartir

[Fernando Bianchi]

Hello Mike, first of all congratulations for the great work on this model, many hours and meticulous dedication, a friend gave me this model, he only did the first step and had not finished assembling it, it is almost complete he had only assembled the first part figure 4 from the original plan, so I have a great challenge ahead and what you have shared on the web will be very useful for my task. all the best Fernando