Santa Maria by jastrząb - FINISHED - Mantua - Scale 1:50

[jastrząb]

Nevertheless, I didn't mean to reef it aloft. Therefore, there is a ray of hope for it to look like from a by-gone era.

[Kamil]

Witam!

 

Well you are doing awesome job here . She looks nice with those "old" look . And the work with the ropes and sails-damn.... I`m doing my first build and its all before me . Keep a good job, will love to follow further (think i take this popcorn my wife did for me ).

Edited February 20, 2014 by Kamil

[jastrząb]

Welcome to my building log, too

 

Kamil,

 

thanks for your kind words. Your Corsair also look pretty

[NAZGÛL]

I agree with Kamil, it looks great with your old look.

 

Glad to see your updates.

 

 

/Matti

[jastrząb]

A couple of pics showing the footropes and stirrups. 

 

The stirrups are made by sewing the rope with a needle. Then they are coiled round the yard.

 

The rope that is used as a footrope has been done by myself. It looks better than the ropes from the kit ( I thinks so at least  )

[jastrząb]

Hi Matti,

 

Thanks for your words. I am also popping into your building log which I find myself useful looking at the nice details you've made.

[popeye the sailor]

nice how you made the stirrups from rope....... really cool!

[jastrząb]

Thanks Popeye; it's always nice to read kind words. I'm glad you like it. 

 

Now I'm re-considering sewing another sail. A friend of mine told me about the ropes on the sail and I must agree they are a bit over-scaled. What do you - my friends think of that?

 

Another solution would be to use a hard pencil (6H) and point the dots along the sail cloth to imitate the gores (?)

[popeye the sailor]

   you could make a new sail if you wish......it's good practice.   as a rule anyway........most sails are out of scale in some way or another,  so we try to portray them as best we can.   as long as you used threads {ropes}  that are comparable to the sails,  it should be alright.

[jastrząb]

I will place the pics of the two versions... 

Thanks Popeye for your interest in the topic

[marktime]

Hey, come on now, you're cheating. Footropes tut!tut! But very nicely done.

 

 

I like the way you give instructional hints for others, too. Sometimes we see stuff we like on builds but have no idea how it was done.

[Moonbug]

That's nice technique Jas!

 

- Bug

[jastrząb]

Sometimes I have to cheat  because the scale is not appropriate to do all the detalis like in reality.

 

If it helps anyone to do these parts, go ahead. I also took it from someone else's building log ( I forgot the name) and modified it a bit...

[NAZGÛL]

Thanks for the how to pics. I can't really help with your questions but the pen idea sounds more in scale.

 

/Matti

[jastrząb]

Bug, thanks for your comments

[jastrząb]

After a long break, I'd like to show you what I have done recently. Finally the sail has been attached to the yard. The yard is on its position I'm going to leave the sails fully visible - it makes her look gracefully (my opinion).

Any comments - go ahead

Paweł

[MarisStella.hr]

Hi jastrząb

... are those sails made ​​of fabric? are these vertical stripes sutures? was it attached in the kit made in such a form?

[jastrząb]

Hi MarisStella,

 

The sails that were attached to the kit were awful. I have replaced them with my material ( a sort of canvas). The vertical stripes have been done by me. If you don't mind - rewind some pages and there are pictures of sewing them.

 

Regards,

Paweł 

[MarisStella.hr]

right jastrząb !

 

usually it is a problem ... you've done  fantastic sails .. it seemed strange to me that such a well-made ​​sails are placed in the kit .... If you did not mind, please, take a look at this ... this kind of sail we put the Santa Maria  kit...

Otherwise ... you've done this model very well ... congratulations on the sails ...

 

 

[jastrząb]

These sails look amazing. I realy like the embroidery. Was it by hand or machine?

[MarisStella.hr]

I am very pleased that you like their look ... it's a computerized embroidery ... all samples are identical, they have to be ... sometimes it happens that in some series the color of thread is a little different, that's all the difference ... the interesting thing is that the color of embroidery is the same on the both sides of the sails ... we put the sails made of embroidered fabrics in all our kits ...

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

very nice work on the sails Pawel..........the embossments look great! 

[mhegazi]

The sails makes her looks graceful .. Good work

[Vivian Galad]

Really nice sails. Would like to see a full view picture of the ship with sails, though

[jastrząb]

Thanks Friends for your nice comments. They give me a positive kick to do the next steps

 

Vivian, I'll try to post some more new photos soon, however, there is an obstacle - football matches on TV... What about the atmosphere in Brazil?

 

MarisStella - I know this technique but for one sail it turns out to be pretty costly

 

Mhegazi - thamks for your comments. I like when someone likes what I do

 

Popeye - It's nice to read kind words (as always). The sails took me sooooo many hours... But they are far better than the attached ones

 

Regards,

Paweł

[Vivian Galad]

Well, today it starts - Brazil x Croatia - Mixed feelings about it in here. Some ppl are complaining about the cost of it, others are using it to criticize government. Probably the majoraty just waiting for the games itself. For me, I´ll watch the games with no enthusiasm, but hoping Brazil wins the cup.

[NAZGÛL]

Nice work Pawel!

 

 

/Matti

[jastrząb]

Today I have been treating my Santa Maria with oil. The outcome is really nice. The wooden elements have darkened, giving SM a new look.

 

[jastrząb]

Thanks for your likes I appreciate them .

 

Paweł

[MarisStella.hr]

jastrząb, your model looks very good, complicated hull and excellent rigging ... Well done !