GrandpaPhil Posted January 27, 2022 Author #61 Posted January 27, 2022 Thank you very much! Canute and Edwardkenway 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted January 29, 2022 Author #62 Posted January 29, 2022 My first takes on the engine vent pipes ended in disaster. They ended so badly that there will be no pictures of them. From now on, I will be scratch building all vent pipes and stanchions. That is much easier. VTHokiEE, Edwardkenway, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted January 29, 2022 Author #63 Posted January 29, 2022 The stack: Vent Number 1: I carved it from a bamboo kitchen skewer. Edwardkenway, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted January 30, 2022 Author #64 Posted January 30, 2022 The main stack is done and glued down: Working on updating the plans for Magenta based off the model: Currently working on the blockhouse. Canute, Edwardkenway, yvesvidal and 3 others 6 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted January 31, 2022 Author #65 Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Been busy on Solferino this past weekend! The skylights and stack are glued down. The blockhouse is not yet finished, but I need to draw it for Magenta before I close it up. The gratings still need edge painted and sealed prior to installation. But she’s starting to look like a ship. The stanchions in the blockhouse are 1/32” basswood. I couldn’t get the paper ones to fold right. Edited January 31, 2022 by GrandpaPhil Paul Le Wol, Keith Black, ccoyle and 10 others 13 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted January 31, 2022 Author #66 Posted January 31, 2022 The blockhouse is done and glued down. All gratings are done and glued down. Gahm, clearway, Baker and 8 others 11 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted February 10, 2022 Author #67 Posted February 10, 2022 Working on the ship’s wheel: The plans of the actual ship call for a third wheel in the middle, but due to scale, I’m going to leave it as is. RN77, Edwardkenway, druxey and 9 others 12 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted February 26, 2022 Author #68 Posted February 26, 2022 Progress has been very slow because life has been very busy. The ship’s wheel needs sealed in place. The frame for the ladder aft of the blockhouse needs edge painted, sealed and glued down. The other frames need their inside trim pieces cut out and installed. Baker, clearway, Canute and 6 others 9 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Joe100 Posted March 3, 2022 #69 Posted March 3, 2022 There is nothing more satisfying than a good card model build log! GrandpaPhil, Ian_Grant, Keith Black and 2 others 4 1 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted March 3, 2022 Author #70 Posted March 3, 2022 Thank you very much! This build has been fun and informative! Edwardkenway, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted March 4, 2022 Author #71 Posted March 4, 2022 Making progress: Here is the galley stove: It is tiny! The plans call for the galley to be located on the upper gun deck, so I didn’t draw this piece up on the plans for Magenta. Edwardkenway, mtaylor, ccoyle and 8 others 11 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted April 2, 2022 Author #72 Posted April 2, 2022 Life is really busy right now so all hobby work has slowed to a crawl. The stove is cleaned up and edge painted. Plus, I started another fitting that sits next to it. Completely not ship related, but I enjoy painting miniature figures. The Admiral really likes sloths. I found a set of 28mm DnD sloth figures from Dark Sword Miniatures. The Admiral asked me to buy some of them and paint them for her. So, I bought her 3 of them. Here’s the first one: Baker, Paul Le Wol, mtaylor and 8 others 11 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Baker Posted April 3, 2022 #73 Posted April 3, 2022 Nice paint job 👍 Keith Black, GrandpaPhil, mtaylor and 1 other 3 1 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
Captain Slog Posted April 3, 2022 #74 Posted April 3, 2022 I haven't visited this section of the form until recently so missed this log. Will be following from now on. Looking great. Cheers Slog mtaylor, Keith Black, Canute and 1 other 3 1 Quote _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold) Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build) Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200) Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic)
GrandpaPhil Posted April 3, 2022 Author #75 Posted April 3, 2022 Thank you both very much! Baker, mtaylor, Edwardkenway and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted April 9, 2022 Author #76 Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) The stove and another fitting are on: The other fitting needs some paint, but it’s too small to paint off the model. I’d lose it. In other news, I painted another sloth figure for the Admiral: This one is a cleric. They are all 1:48-1:56 scale. And in Solferino related news, I’m thinking that when I get to that stage and test build a cannon, I might just carve them all. If I think it will look better. Carving cannons isn’t particularly difficult, it’s just time consuming (like everything in this hobby). It’s also very relaxing to me (also like everything else in this hobby). Edited April 9, 2022 by GrandpaPhil ccoyle, Ian_Grant, Canute and 7 others 10 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted April 9, 2022 Author #77 Posted April 9, 2022 The last sloth figure, a DnD Bard: Now, to place them all in the Admiral’s curio cabinet, and back to the Solferino! Baker, Keith Black, Paul Le Wol and 6 others 9 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted April 10, 2022 Author #78 Posted April 10, 2022 The first vent pipe failed, so I made another: Captain Slog, ccoyle, Edwardkenway and 5 others 8 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted April 10, 2022 Author #79 Posted April 10, 2022 I have a very difficult time rolling the really small parts, it’s usually easier to just make them from wood. Keith Black, mtaylor, Edwardkenway and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
ccoyle Posted April 11, 2022 #80 Posted April 11, 2022 14 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said: I have a very difficult time rolling the really small parts I think we all do -- unless we happen to be Polish. Ian_Grant, mtaylor, Edwardkenway and 5 others 5 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
GrandpaPhil Posted April 17, 2022 Author #81 Posted April 17, 2022 The galley funnel is up: Working on bitts: These are tiny. On the Magenta, they will be much larger. Edwardkenway, Baker, Paul Le Wol and 8 others 11 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted April 18, 2022 Author #82 Posted April 18, 2022 I’m doing the Zu Monfeld thing of working fittings forward to aft so I don’t forget anything. In that spirit, the first five bitts are in place: The rest are being made right now, since it isn’t really any harder to make a bunch than make a few: On a side note, this has been an interesting building experience. With transition era warships there are many more modern fittings, like superstructures and stacks, mixed in with the old binnacles, bitts, and a ship’s wheel that had its twin on the Constitution or Victory. It is neat looking at the differences between this model and those I have built in the past. My usual era is the mid-18th to early 19th Centuries. EricWilliamMarshall, robdurant, BenD and 8 others 11 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted April 18, 2022 Author #83 Posted April 18, 2022 This is just me musing about future builds. My hands down favorite ship models are the Baroque Era floating palaces of the 17th Century. The only one of those that I have built is a Heller La Reale. That one died horribly in storage (it got knocked over). I have the AAMM plans for another one and am probably going to buy Gerard Delacroix’s monograph of La Fleur De Lis, this summer. I also have the plans for Sovereign Of The Seas (the John McKay Book) that I will turn into a model one day. I would also like to build one of the French Two or Three-Deckers from the Seventeenth Century, too. I’ll keep an eye on AAMM and Ancre for those. EricWilliamMarshall, robdurant, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted April 18, 2022 Author #84 Posted April 18, 2022 Since I already made them, I installed all bitts: Next up: rope coils and forward pin rails! Gahm, Tony Hunt, Edwardkenway and 13 others 16 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted May 7, 2022 Author #85 Posted May 7, 2022 1/200 scale rope coils in progress: mtaylor, mcb, Canute and 6 others 8 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Old Collingwood Posted May 7, 2022 #86 Posted May 7, 2022 Looking most excellent Phil - keep up this great work. OC. Edwardkenway, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 4 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
GrandpaPhil Posted May 9, 2022 Author #87 Posted May 9, 2022 Thank you very much, OC! A bunch of very small rope coils, that still need a band around the base: Those were a doozy to make! Canute, EricWilliamMarshall, Edwardkenway and 5 others 7 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted May 14, 2022 Author #88 Posted May 14, 2022 The Main Deck Rope Coils are on: There’s a band that goes around the base. I only put the bands around the ones at the Foremast, because I don’t think it adds anything to the model at this scale and actually detracts from the appearance. Keith Black, clearway, Canute and 9 others 12 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted May 16, 2022 Author #89 Posted May 16, 2022 Next up, I’ll be making the ladders. I sealed both sides of the pieces. mtaylor, Keith Black, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted May 23, 2022 Author #90 Posted May 23, 2022 Working on the ladders: Work is going really slowly on them. Even on normal sized models, ladders are difficult for me. But at 1/200 scale, they are a royal pain. We all have one fitting that we don’t like. Ladders are that fitting for me. Paul Le Wol, Richard44, Canute and 9 others 12 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
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