Hannah by GrandpaPhil - FINISHED - 1/72 - CARD - from Hahn Plans

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The recently added details are now painted.

That’s about it for the hull fittings.

 

Now to work on the stern.

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Stern’s good:

 

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Thank you very much for all the likes and for stopping by!

 

The hull is done, so it is now time to make the deck fittings.

 

Hannah only had a few deck fittings by comparison to Victory or even the Prince de Neufchatel.

 

I started with the stop for the bowsprit and the hatches with gratings over them:

The stop is basswood, the hatches are posterboard and regular printer cardstock.

 

Once these are done, I’ll make the hatch going into the lower deck area and the deckhouses.

 

All will be painted a forest green as in the painting I am using for reference.

 

Once all immovable fittings are done, I’ll ink the deck with an Army Painter Strong Tone wash.

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Making progress on the deck fittings:

The hatches with gratings and the ladder are done except for painting.  The deckhouses and binnacle require detailing.

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Hannah’s tiller:

I used a random piece out of a 28mm bits box, lol.

And...another random piece out of the bits box. 

[SIDEWAYS SAM]

Hi Phil,

This really is a fascinating build to watch.

Looking good,

 

Sam

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you very much!

 

The first round of fittings are painted and on:

The deckhouses and binnacle are in the process of being detailed.  I am cloning Hahn’s method, just with posterboard instead of veneer.

 

There really isn’t that much to this model.  I still need to make one more hatch, a windlass, a ship’s belfry with bell, two pumps, a stove pipe, four small carriage guns, 10 swivel guns, 2 anchors and one ship’s boat and the deck will be complete.  That sounds like a lot, but it really isn’t, especially next to the Prince de Neufchatel or the Victory, and especially mostly made out of card.  I’ve just been running really short on time lately.

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Working on the forward deckhouse:

[rkwz]

Phil, your Victory and Prince de Neufchatel are no doubt special builds, but the Hannah being something made from scratch using your ingenuity would surely score higher in terms of satisfaction? Looking forward to more updates

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you.
 

I am having a lot of fun building Hannah.  

This is my second scratch build.

 

I built the Prince de Neufchatel from the plans in the Chapelle books.  I am trying to refine my methods that I used there.  I made the discovery that I have a lot more fun building from scratch than I do building a kit (it is much more satisfying too).

I used it as a learning project so I could improve my skills to finish the Victory as a bash, instead of out of the box.  It has worked beautifully.  I will hopefully finish the Victory next year.

 

I tried several new things with this build than what I did with the Prince de Neufchatel.  I made the impression of there being a second deck.  I made an actual stern instead of cutting off the hull covering and bulwarks and gluing on a transom.  The corrugated cardboard worked like a dream.  I didn’t have the twist in the hull that I did with my earlier models.

 

I used many of the same methods for my deck fittings that I used with Prince de Neufchatel.  The binnacle is nearly identical to the one I made for Victory.

I will use the same method of carving my cannons and making the gun carriages, that I did with Victory.

 

Hopefully, this project will be done within the next couple of months and I will get back to working on the Victory.

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Two deckhouses are made now.  The binnacle is roughed out and the supports for the windlass are made:

[Edwardkenway]

Your deck fittings are real good Phil.😃

I don't know if you've said earlier, but are you putting a full rig on her?

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you!

 

She is getting a full rig!  She’s getting sails too!

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The binnacle is made:

The two deckhouses are going to be getting their iron banding in the near future:

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Speaking of iron banding:

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One roughed out belfry:

The bell will be made from a dowel rod, like I did for the Victory.

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One belfry, with bell:

Some painting still required.

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The fittings on the aft deck are made, except for the swivel guns.  They just need painted.

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One pile O’ fittings being painted:

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The pumps, the stack for the galley, the deckhouses and the binnacle are all complete and in place:

In other news:

The belfry is drying because the bell keeps breaking off.  I started on the last hatch and I resized and printed off the plan for a cutter out of my Victory AOTS book.  I’ll carve a blank out of it and build it with the shell method, using card instead of wood.  I also cut out the supports for the windlass which are just laying on the forward deck in the top picture.

I still need to make four carriage guns and ten swivel guns, two anchors and chain plates.

 

I am planning on using a bunch of leftover deadeyes and rigging blocks from my bits box to rig Hannah.

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The last hatch is made and is sitting in place.

The windlass is under construction:

For those who would like to try this method of construction.  I used a generic dowel rod that I squared off and then turned into an octagon.  I then cut a groove in the center to simulate the gear in the middle.  I drilled holes for the posts used to turn the windlass and squared them off with my scalpel.

[SIDEWAYS SAM]

Hi Phil,

Still here, still watching, still learning.

This build is fascinating.

 

Sam.

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you!  And thank you all for all the likes!

 

Painting the next round of fittings:

Working on the ship’s boat:

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All fixed deck furniture is in place:

 

Once the glue dries, I’ll use Army Painter Strong Tone to shade the deck and give the deck depth.  Then it will be time for shading and highlighting using dry brush techniques.

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The Hannah is inked.

Time to finish the ship’s boats and make the guns.  Part of that will be making 100 eyebolts.

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I cut out the shape of the ship’s boat and laminated the two slices together.

The finished one is a leftover from the Prince de Neufchatel.  It is slightly too large to fit on Hannah’s deck.  
 

I included it in the picture because I used the same drawing out of the AOTS, for the Victory,  for the one I’m making now.

[vaddoc]

Phil, just found time to catch up, you have come a long way and the boat looks great! The way you build is fascinating. How did you "ink" the deck? Looks very nice.

[GrandpaPhil]

Thank you very much!  I used an Army Painter Strong Tone wash.

I have the new mould carved and wrapped in plastic wrap, so the glue doesn’t stick.

The keel is glued to the support around the mould and all frames are on.  I am currently working on planking the boat.

This is a little cutter so it was most likely clinker built, so that is what I am doing.  That means the plank above overlaps the plank below.  It’s a little challenging but not overly difficult.

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This is the little cutter:

It still needs the wales and the rest of it, but the hull is done.  This went better than the last round.

 

Here is my first 4 pound cannon barrel:

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The cutter progresses:

Even as imperfect as this is, these still look so much better than what comes with the kits.  
 

That’s why I am going to scratch build the ones for my Victory instead of using the Mantua boats that I bought.