HMS Winchelsea 1:48 by Vlad

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

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  raise the imginary glass for me :)) and  cheers to everyone! 

LAST ONE ! 

Tour de force is nearing end, i cant imagine how near i am to 3rd part i  most excited for. Now unexcited  and demanding work is over. Hooray.. Well i sort of liked planing from keel up. Almost no hot bending...thank you for watching. You all are making me doing my best. 

 

 

 

[Chuck]

So close!!!!

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

[Rustyj]

Hooray! It's a great milestone and looking really good.

[bruce d]

39 minutes ago, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

Hi Vlad, bad news, the link is broken.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

Something went wrong when uploading, I am adding some pics. My girl is dressed up now  so next work will go around putting some "makeup" on so she could go out properly thank you for watching etc. Execution is not flawless, especially at stern counter line...:( i guess it may take another talent or years of experiences I dont have. nevertheless. Here she is. ready to put some coat on...not sure if leaving  her blonde though...but basswood doesnt take stain well so i have to better be careful ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 24, 2021 by Vladimir_Wairoa
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[Vladimir_Wairoa]

56 minutes ago, bruce d said:

Hi Vlad, bad news, the link is broken.

yes thank you Bruce I reuploaded.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 hour ago, Rustyj said:

Hooray! It's a great milestone and looking really good.

Thank you Rustyj. I learnt aplenty. V.

[Ron Burns]

I can't believe the speed at which you work! Awesome job Vlad. I wish I could have looked over your shoulder as you planked your Winnie so I could learn something  She will look amazing when you dress her up and give her a coat. 

 

Ron

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Congratulaition for reaching this milestone.

Have a look at the top of your knee of the head. I think, that you havve to rind there some material.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 hour ago, Ron Burns said:

I can't believe the speed at which you work! Awesome job Vlad. I wish I could have looked over your shoulder as you planked your Winnie so I could learn something  She will look amazing when you dress her up and give her a coat. 

 

Ron

Thanks a milion Ron, I bet im not the one to look over the shoulder:) , its really my first proper model aside of cutty scratch attempt. When i think it cant be better and take pic and look at Chucks or others perfect straight tight seams etc ...I keep asking what the hell?  as for my speed i am at home at the moment so time pays off...coating dilemma this seek to solve  so fingers crossed. V. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 hour ago, AnobiumPunctatum said:

Congratulaition for reaching this milestone.

Have a look at the top of your knee of the head. I think, that you havve to rind there some material.

Thank you ! , and you mean i scratched off some bit from there i will have to repair it for sure.:) v. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

3 hours ago, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

Something went wrong when uploading, I am adding some pics. My girl is dressed up now  so next work will go around putting some "makeup" on so she could go out properly thank you for watching etc. Execution is not flawless, especially at stern counter line...:( i guess it may take another talent or years of experiences I dont have. nevertheless. Here she is. ready to put some coat on...not sure if leaving  her blonde though...but basswood doesnt take stain well so i have to better be careful ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for likes youre very kind all ! 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

No, I think that you haven't put enough material at the top away. Sorry, my English is ot so good. Perhaps the picture better illustrates what I am trying to describe.

 

[Matt D]

23 hours ago, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

 

 

I see what Christian is saying.  In this photo from Post #66, the stem does look a little too thick.  It needs to be tapered as Chuck describes in Chapter 1.  It's clearly not too late to take care of that and you have to be careful to not overdo it.  If you have the figurehead, you'll see that she won't fit as you have it now.

[Chuck]

You need to taper the top of the stem much thinner or the figurehead wont fit.   This is mentioned in chapter one of the monograph.   It gets pretty thin.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

understood, Thank you folks. I thinned int in the middle but left it go wide at the top again ...will correct it. 

[wyz]

Getting the planking done is always a nice to achieve milestone.

Tom

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

she is no more baswood ...End of chapter 2. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 26, 2021 by Vladimir_Wairoa
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[bruce d]

Vlad, well done. This is looking great.

Maybe I missed something but I have a question. The cap rail in this photo ...

 

... is beautiful. Previously in post #60 it looks like this ...

 

 

Do you mind telling us how you achieved that perfect spiral?

 

Thanks,

Bruce

 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 hour ago, bruce d said:

Vlad, well done. This is looking great.

Maybe I missed something but I have a question. The cap rail in this photo ...

 

... is beautiful. Previously in post #60 it looks like this ...

 

 

Do you mind telling us how you achieved that perfect spiral?

 

Thanks,

Bruce

 

Bruce, its Chucks provided laser cut piece for part 3. ! All credits to him!  i would say it is really impossible to achieve as by any sort of handworking as it would be  watch jewelery. Thanks for like. 

[bruce d]

51 minutes ago, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

Bruce, its Chucks provided laser cut piece for part 3. ! All credits to him!  i would say it is really impossible to achieve as by any sort of handworking as it would be  watch jewelery.

Thanks, I wondered if it was CNC milled but I hoped there was a secret method. It is perfect, isn't it?

[Chuck]

Thank You....No CNC.....Its 100% laser cut and engraved.   It took about 2 dozen attempts and maybe more to achieve that look.  Lots of experimenting.    I tried to push the limits of the laser technology as much as possible.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

28 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Thank You....No CNC.....Its 100% laser cut and engraved.   It took about 2 dozen attempts and maybe more to achieve that look.  Lots of experimenting.    I tried to push the limits of the laser technology as much as possible.

 its wonderful Chuck. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

Enough for today. If you look closely - Yesterday disaster happened. I smashed one glorious round window to 5 pieces ! .And - impossible task for 2   hours and surgical instruments -  i managed to restore it !  I used asphaltum color for moldings - just from the tube on t-  shirt and wipe out -or with tiny brush into bigger hole -  it will leave color inside the lines...and leave awesome boxwood beautifuly golden. 

 

 

Edited January 27, 2021 by Vladimir_Wairoa
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[Chuck]

Sloooow Doooown.........Enjoy the ride.  ⏱️ There is absolutely no reason to rush through the build.   Plus you will just end up waiting for the next chapters to be released.

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

1 minute ago, Chuck said:

Sloooow Doooown.........Enjoy the ride.  ⏱️ There is absolutely no reason to rush through the build.   Plus you will just end up waiting for the next chapters to be released.

Chuck, it only looks like rush.  I have possibly week or max two to finish 3d. than I will have to leave it until end of summer so there will be no waiting for parts soon. I am at home in quarantine next 14 days cannot go anywhere as i dont have covid test . so I worked in relaxed pace thru it last two days up to the bits i like finished. no disaster so far I follow the chapter it is so completely and helpfuly written. 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

How i worked transom...

 

I must say it is like a price for me after planking, but it is not easy even it may look like.  Chuck carefuly mentions all tricky parts and dangers in monograph. I never read better written guide for modeling. He mentions more ways and i opted intuitively for gluing outer windows frame to transom outside the boat not when transom is glued. Im glad i did because i made one important mistake ij chapter one and put windows little bit lower than should be or my boat is wide whatever. You cam see i had to remove inner side of window frame so i could stick windows in . Thabkfully no broken bones. I carefully tried windows and finally   managed to glue ttansom firmly to the boat. Than i despite of Chucks waring dared cutting on windows here along the grain and even sanded with grinder. But never do that, its like feather. I crushed one window and managed to repair it, but I wound not like to again :). So after satisfied i left them aside -  untill finally firmly glued. Than I mounted round side windows - easy task and i protected them by tape so tape is not touching it. With work around aft, there is really dust coming and visible oj black window- yes those windows are just so georgous. ...

than i started most difucult part. Gallery base. Main complex beam is godsend to us from Chuck ! And i want to thank for all parts. It so rewarding working them. Beam must be sanded so it touches flush all parts it touches to. Plank is grear But most dufficult part was attaching plank and bottom of the base - each boat us skightly different and those parts are perfectly oversized to accomodate that. I went with different approach. I first glued plank to too base and than gradually cut bottom side to match the curve. But i again cyt counter a little bit more than i should so i pushed plank a but too much towards the boat to touch counter. I funally managed to glue it together satisfactorily but it is not without flaws even those are hidden now. So again no pain. With moldings -  i first attached frezie to see how big and where is the border so there is no gap between molding and paper. And for the finish I onky regret i dont have mire complex scraper to make more complex  underwindows molding. But i wont try to make scraper so i go safe route. I managed ky way to combine them with paints and i like the outcome so even if not complex i think they are pretty. What you think? I observe other so i can see how to proceed further so I hope my pics could be of some value to someone. Hope you enjoy it and thsnk you. V. 

 

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

Good weekend everyone. 

I took a lean way this week and made only one gallery. It is tough! I only now understand why Chuck left almost entire chapter to it. Unless measurements match of course. otherwise windows would not match...I had to improvise a little as  roof was not aligned properly. At the beginnig i was thinking of painting window frames white but i changed mind as along with darker hull and fluted statues i think now it makes nice contrast...I also changed main stern underwingows molding and as i got used to scraping more i made classic 90 degrees one one that its top reaches more outwards  ...finally i painted columns underroofs filling blocks that sit on windows with diluted asphaltum to unify the look. .next week i am about to sand down few blotches from hull and put another coat up. And second gallery. Thank you for look, any comment, etc. 

Edited January 30, 2021 by Vladimir_Wairoa
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[Vladimir_Wairoa]

@Chuck Guys, 

I have a question to ask please,

I guess i should even these holes in this case to wider umdertransom hole ( not sure how yet...? 😕 to match stransom one  as i observe monograph is that correct? Thanks a lot. 

V.