San John the Baptist by cristikc - FINISHED - Deagostini - wood scale 1:50

[cristikc]

In january 2011 Deagostini started to sell a magazine: Great Ships, and in 100 magazines

you could build a Galleon from XVII century, 24 guns, 78 x 66 cm and that is open in one side

I also started to buy and build this ship, even i had already Something else in progress.

I see that many of us like to work to 2 or 3 pieces at a time, but that are in diferent stages

This is the start

The firs number, some parts as they come, and number 3 close

[cristikc]

This is how i started

 

[cristikc]

Build some decks

Prepare of some decks, and the first problems caused by the bad material, and the quality of the cut

Sorry, but this was what Deagostini gaved us

 

[zeptraderUK]

Thanks for posting that, are you stalled on it or still waiting for issues?

[cristikc]

Step by step, and week by week (because the magazine is one a week) i had to work, sometimes i had to wait 3-4 weeks,

and this is why i work to more than one ship.

This is done when i don't have to work hard to my job, or play with my nice

 

At the end, succed to make some decks.

[cristikc]

Step by step, and week by week (because the magazine is one a week) i had to work, sometimes i had to wait 3-4 weeks,

and this is why i work to more than one ship.

This is done when i don't have to work hard to my job, or play with my very nice Nice.

She is now 2 years and 5 month

 

At the end, succed to make some decks.

[cristikc]

Continue to add some pictures of San John

I try to put back, just some interesting pictures, not all of them

As you can see i had some problemes with the lathes i received

[cristikc]

Some new pictures of that work.

It was in may 2011

 

[cristikc]

From november 2011 i moved my workspace inside, in my son room,  afther he left for his house.

It is better to work inside, instead of work on a closed balcony, in automn or winter.

 

Start of the first plank:

 

It arrived the 58 number of the magazine, but i was far behind with my work, i had to work a lot to my job

 

but try to move with my ship, when i had time

 

[cristikc]

The first plank is finaly ready

 

[cristikc]

Time to continue

[cristikc]

Some tests with the gun painting 

 

Start of the second plank  :

 

 

 

[cristikc]

Continue planking and painting some parts that came with the new magazines

 

[majstor]

Hi! Very good work on the ship it's been very helpful. 

[cristikc]

Let's say, Ready with the second planking

And prepare some parts of the main mast, the crow nest and other

[cristikc]

Some details of the deck

And a general view on that momemt

[cristikc]

So continue

[cristikc]

She is growing

[cristikc]

Some more datails

Part of my new workspace

Parts of the masts

Some new deatails and the barrels

[cristikc]

And here i was in december, when Chistmas came

 

But aften number 100 of the magazine, they started with the Cross Section

from number 101 to 120

 

And i started to work in paralele to the whole ship and also to the cross section

 

[cristikc]

I have to make a small "lathe" in such a way i can do the masts very well

I make a small tool

And i tried my old idea to make a lathe, where to use this tool

 

But till that moment, i continue with this cross section

On the other cross section - The Santisima Trinidad i have also to work to the masts,

and this is why i have to stay, for a while

 

This is how i continue

[cristikc]

The cross section it moves very quickly

 

I like to "age" this cross section too, so this is the result

 

Start the first plank

[cristikc]

My work space this days

The first plank near the end

Strat the sanding

 

 

 

[cristikc]

Start the second plank

 

And it is nearly ready with this plank

[GTM]

My work space this days

 

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The first plank near the end

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Strat the sanding

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Hej Cristikc,

 

 

I like your creativity of reusing data, maybe you can suggest this to MSW and it might give their old MSW-1 Backup HD a new task in life 

Edited March 8, 2013 by GTM

[cristikc]

Theo, i like your humor

 but i don't want to joke with the guys from MSW, they realy wprked very hard for years,

an maybe sometime, someone can recover the data from this disks

I know that are companies that can do this, but the price is not so small, and it takes some times

I know this because this is my job, computer eng. and i had to do something like this to some very

important HDD that had problems.

For other HDD i like to make tests, and now i'm working to some ideas to reuse the Floppy drive

All the best Cristi

[cristikc]

Contiue to the interior plank, (i can say the third) and try to see if i can use some other type of guns, that i have already from Amati

Actual work

Gun carriage

The guns from Amati to compare with the guns received from Deagostini (any ideas ??)

 

Close look of the third plank

[cristikc]

Had some time to work, and i made some parts to the cross-section

The Sheet bits and the Capstan

The main Mast

Test to see the main mast in position

The deadeyes in position

Bought some new wood colors (stain) and tested to see how they look

 

[cristikc]

Prepare some exterior stairs

[cristikc]

Using  electrolysis try some gun transformation, to see more realistic

 

 

And it looks nice, but want to see if it will be ok after varnishing