Black Pearl by having-fun - Zvezda - 1/72

[having-fun]

Well, I have started the building of the Black Pearl, first thing I did was to have son-in-law order the lights from Evan Design , while waiting for the lights I started to weather the ship to look old and battered by time and weather, including adding to the hull something that hopefully looks likes barnacles.

Received the lights, however I found out that my-in-law has mistakenly order the flashing lights instead of the flickering ones. Called Evan Design and talked to some nice people who immediately understood the problem and worked with my in exchanging the wrong ones  with the proper lights, they should be arriving shortly.

Attached are 3 photos of the progress I have made:

 

[having-fun]

Well, here is another progress report on the Black Pearl. First I like to thanks Ryland Craze and ccoyle for fixing the title, I am know for being a lousy speller.

The ship is moving along I have added some 22 LED flickering lights purchase from Evans Design to it to make it look that there are candles burning at nigth, I also getting most of the furniture installed on the ship.

I am planing to use cloth sales, I found this material used for wedding gowns and I am hoping it will make a good sail material. (I went looking for Egyptian cotton but my local Joann Fabrics did not carry it) The shrouds and dead eyes will be made by hand, I have purchased wooden dead eyes which I have dumped in a black wash to give it an old look and they came out nice.

Following are some photos, the one with the lights, have a very bright light on the back, those are the lights that are going to be installed inside the lamps.

The lights are powered by a 7-9 transformer and on the base there is a switch to turn them on or off. That is the main reason I added to wooden base, to hide the wiring.

Until next time

Joe

[having-fun]

Well, I am back! I have been busy working on the ship and doing other things which is the reason I have not been keeping up with the blog.

I have completed the hull work and I just finished doing the shrouds and getting ready to start doing the rag lines. As I stated before, I am not using the shrouds that came with the kit, I am doing my own, attached here are photos that shows the completed shrouds, I have started making the rag lines an have dome general clean up and adding additional details to make the ship look more ancient and distressed.

I also plan to use fabric sails, that is when I discovered that the crossbeams (I am not sure that is the proper name, I am referring to the wood bean that holds the sail) are also molded to the kit sails, they are not a separated part. I went to Hobby Lobby and found a dowel of the same size which I will be using to fabricate the crossbeams. Here are the photos as the ship stands today:

Well, until next time

Joe

[having-fun]

Hi!

I have completed the manufacture of all sails, first I sew the sails to make the lines on them, then I added a border to the sails. After that. I airbrush Tamiya dark grey followed by a light spray of Vallejo ochre. finally I distressed them with a hobby knife to make then look tattered and worn out.

The following photos shows the sequence I used and also show 3 of the sails already mounted on the ship. This particular model has a rather complex rigging, it takes me anywhere from 1/2 hour for the  smaller sail to over 2 hours for the bigger ones.

The photos may not be in the correct order, because I have not figure out how to put then in order for his blog.

Enjoy!

Joe

[Jeff T]

Looks good!  

[Chilliard]

You are moving a lot faster than me on this model.  Great Job!

 

Cody

[having-fun]

Hello! I have finished the  Black Pearl. I can not show a photo because my son-in-law, which is the individual who asked me to build it, took it to his home. What I have is a U tube short movie (about 1 minute) that he, being a computer graphics expert ) made to advertise his business. following is the link to the movie, it has sound and and other computer generated effects, it also has his advertising.

 

Have fun

Joe