HMS Beagle by Robp1025 - OcCre - 1:60

[LucienL]

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[Robp1025]

@LucienL @Keith Black they have us attach the eye loops so it's probably in the rigging instructions to use them. Thank you guys

[Techtonic]

The box art and promo pictures show a prototype model which has them pointing downwards, but in the video and once you assemble it they end up pointing upwards.

 

Note there is another error in the instructions. The eye bolts that go on the inner end of the spreaders should be rotated 90 degrees from how they are shown in the instructions.

[Robp1025]

Alright so lesson for the day. None of my glue works with the stain. And I wont know until I've stained if it will show through. So now I have to stain everything before gluing so it actually be fully stained. So yea lol will be done differently from now on unless doing acrylic paint.

 

if anyone has any better ideas then sanding the specific spots(which I cant get to at this stage) and restaining until it covers. I would love to know any ideas!!

[LucienL]

19 hours ago, Robp1025 said:

Alright so lesson for the day. None of my glue works with the stain. And I wont know until I've stained if it will show through. So now I have to stain everything before gluing so it actually be fully stained. So yea lol will be done differently from now on unless doing acrylic paint.

 

if anyone has any better ideas then sanding the specific spots(which I cant get to at this stage) and restaining until it covers. I would love to know any ideas!!

Argh, I know your pain. On my first boat I brushed glue all over one of the planks. It was a small launch boat so the internal planks were visible and it was just impossible to stain right. There is no real solution, maybe try scraping it with a sharp blade. More stain is just going to make the contrast more stark. Alternatively you could try mixing some varnish with some stain, thats what I ended up doing and it did hide it a bit.

[Keith Black]

 Rob, have you thought about acrylic paint?

[Robp1025]

10 hours ago, Keith Black said:

 Rob, have you thought about acrylic paint?

I thought of acrylic but if I do acrylic on this one I would have to do it to all because it would be obvious the difference. 

 

11 hours ago, LucienL said:

Argh, I know your pain. On my first boat I brushed glue all over one of the planks. It was a small launch boat so the internal planks were visible and it was just impossible to stain right. There is no real solution, maybe try scraping it with a sharp blade. More stain is just going to make the contrast more stark. Alternatively you could try mixing some varnish with some stain, thats what I ended up doing and it did hide it a bit.

Yea I saw that when I tried it to over stain a small hidden part to try it. I might just chalk it up to learning because some of the spots I literally cant get to. Maybe I'll use some acrylic like Keith suggested but just to hide my mistakes and just have it as a thing me and the few of you following my build will know. Lol

[Kevin]

You could just replank it, but to be honest by the time the treads, blocks and deadeyes are attached its going to get busy in that area, so put it down to experience 

Personally i dont stain much, but i do weather the wood by using a clay based colour from Flory, brilliant stuff

[Robp1025]

2 hours ago, Kevin said:

You could just replank it, but to be honest by the time the treads, blocks and deadeyes are attached its going to get busy in that area, so put it down to experience 

Personally i dont stain much, but i do weather the wood by using a clay based colour from Flory, brilliant stuff

Can you send a link so I can check it out. Weathering instead of staining sounds like it might be a better look because I cant guarantee the same color through the whole project with stain because of the different woods that are in the build. 

[Kevin]

 

8 hours ago, Robp1025 said:

Can you send a link so I can check it out. Weathering instead of staining sounds like it might be a better look because I cant guarantee the same color through the whole project with stain because of the different woods that are in the build. 

Flory Models Products — PM Models (pmmodelsuk.com)

[Kevin]

8 hours ago, Robp1025 said:

Can you send a link so I can check it out. Weathering instead of staining sounds like it might be a better look because I cant guarantee the same color through the whole project with stain because of the different woods that are in the build. 

i use flory stuff all the time, as my modelling skills are quite bad

this is a couple of the colours 

grime, rust, grey, sand are on this test peice for my St Nectan build, i use grime a lot 

 

as its water based it can be made up in layers or watered down, desigbed purposely for plastic as it can be wiped of when dry, obviously not with wood

 

having said that though i painted my mast tops in black primer

 

 

 

[Robp1025]

1 hour ago, Kevin said:

i use flory stuff all the time, as my modelling skills are quite bad

this is a couple of the colours 

grime, rust, grey, sand are on this test peice for my St Nectan build, i use grime a lot 

 

as its water based it can be made up in layers or watered down, desigbed purposely for plastic as it can be wiped of when dry, obviously not with wood

 

having said that though i painted my mast tops in black primer

 

 

 

I'll give it a shot but that all black mast top looks extremely clean and I love the look. Glad to have you following along with my build!

[Robp1025]

Finished the first parts of the foremast. Which is quite interesting and kind of making the rigging aspect of this feel much more daunting cause I'm coming to the realization of how tall this boat is gonna be lol.

 

[Keith S]

19 hours ago, Kevin said:

i use flory stuff all the time, as my modelling skills are quite bad

 

..nice try, mate. You can fool the fans, but you can't fool the players. I've looked at your models. 

[Robp1025]

5 minutes ago, Keith S said:

 

..nice try, mate. You can fool the fans, but you can't fool the players. I've looked at your models. 

He is being humble right? @Kevin it's a great trait I appreciate in people when they aren't boastful

[Robp1025]

So I decided to get the rest of the initial foremast done so I could see it in full scope and it truly is going to be amazing. Still working on the top of the foremast and decided to put our brand new flock member in the picture for scale lol. More so I want to make a pirate hat for him (his name is pickle) and have pickle the pirate as a star of my updates if I can lol.

[Keith Black]

 Pretty Boy needs to be assigned to the poop deck. 

[JJolley]

Looks really great! After following your build I have decided to order this kit for myself. I'll need to finish my Bluenose first but I think this will be my next build.

[Robp1025]

1 hour ago, JJolley said:

Looks really great! After following your build I have decided to order this kit for myself. I'll need to finish my Bluenose first but I think this will be my next build.

It really is quite a nice kit and very friendly to the builder. If you want historical accuracy I've come to find there is changes for sure that need to be made but all in all it comes together really easily. 

[Keith S]

You're doing a great job on this kit, and I'm enjoying following along. My own model has taken me two years so far; I'm so slow at building.

 

I love the picture of Pickle. A little green budgerigar is pretty much the perfect pet. Out of all the parrot family, they are my favourite. Be sure to feed him a varied diet without too many seeds, and he will live a long time. I love those little guys. 

[Robp1025]

7 hours ago, Keith S said:

You're doing a great job on this kit, and I'm enjoying following along. My own model has taken me two years so far; I'm so slow at building.

 

I love the picture of Pickle. A little green budgerigar is pretty much the perfect pet. Out of all the parrot family, they are my favourite. Be sure to feed him a varied diet without too many seeds, and he will live a long time. I love those little guys. 

Thank you so much for your complments!! While your build is slow it is an amazing looking ship and you are doing it justice for sure from what I see We have had birds for quite some time. We feed them chop and millet and some seed but not a lot. If you look earlier in my build my cockatiels actually chewed part of my ship and had to do repairs on it. Lol

 

 

Edited May 29, 2021 by Robp1025

[Keith S]

Oh yeah, I do remember seeing that. I have a pair of conures. They chew everything. They are not allowed near the ship.

 

[Robp1025]

1 hour ago, Keith S said:

Oh yeah, I do remember seeing that. I have a pair of conures. They chew everything. They are not allowed near the ship.

 

I can only imagine lol

[Robp1025]

So my work schedule has killed me literally where I have been lacking in energy so much but i almost have the full foremast done. This is it dry fitted just ignore the mess like I said it's been rough week for me lol. 

[Keith Black]

 The Beagle is looking good, Rob. Your work surface looks well organized compared to mine, mine looks like it was stirred with a stick. 

[Robp1025]

3 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

 The Beagle is looking good, Rob. Your work surface looks well organized compared to mine, mine looks like it was stirred with a stick. 

I appreciate it cause it makes me feel better about just how bad my apartment is lol.

[Robp1025]

Alright so I'm sorry I have been MIA but I got hit with change of Job and all sorts of things to stop my progress but I got a little bit done. Went back to the life boats and started getting them squared away. 

 

one issue I am having is the wood no matter how much I sand keeps staying frayed like this

 

I don't know how to stop this so any suggestions or tips would be appreciated!!

[Keith Black]

Rob, the ships boats look good. As far as the sanding goes, try a finer paper, 600 grit or steel wool #0000. 

[Robp1025]

Finished on the boats now back to the masts. Wanted to take a break from them because I was going to fast and skipping steps and having to redo things. 

 

the staining underneath is kinda messed up but it's a lesson learned to just use acrylic paint instead of trying to be fancy. Would thinning out the acrylic let the separations of the planks show so it looks like wood? Because that's the only problem I have with it is that it doesn't really show wood details it's just a layer over everything.

[Keith Black]

2 hours ago, Robp1025 said:

Would thinning out the acrylic let the separations of the planks show so it looks like wood?

 

 Rob, I'm afraid it would look exactly like thinned acrylic paint. You should test a piece of scrap to see what you think.