HMS Indefatigable 1794 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - FINISHED

[md1400cs]

such excellent work 👍 a pleasure for the eyes - a bit frustrating for my brain to possibly try to get near there 😀👌

[James H]

Ok, major update time!

 

I've actually had a lot of subassemblies ready for a while, as this log shows, but now it's time for adding them in. What I haven't shown here is the spirketting that I added and fitting the eyelets to the inner bulwark gun positions. You'll have to wait until manual is finished for those! I've had to take about 100 photos these last days and sequence them, with the ones I took ages ago. Ok, first paint is for the coamings, after masking off the garlands and glue area for grates.

 

 

 

Coamings now fitted without grates as they are more flexible for deck curve.

 

 

 

I've probably posted this pic before, but this just shows that the ladders are now being fitted, along with the grates. 

 

 

 

I pre-assembled the bitts etc in situ, then removed them when dry before painting. These are now added into place for the last time.

[James H]

And more...

 

Knees(?) now added, as well as a painted brick floor for the stove.

 

 

 

 

And the gun carts now have some colour applied to them, as well as ironwork and wheels. Remember, these won't be fitted with barrels until the model is more or less complete.

 

 

 

Capstan finally done.

 

 

 

As are the hand pumps.

 

 

 

No one wants to walk down stairs without a safety rope around them!

 

 

 

And the stove makes an appearance.

 

 

 

And this is Indy up to date. Back in the shipyard tomorrow  

[Glenn-UK]

Very impressive work

[Kevin]

Very nice indeed, 

[BenD]

Really good stuff here. That stove looks incredible, the weathering powder really makes it look like cast iron.

Edited September 16, 2022 by BenD

[killickthere]

Wow

[mgatrost]

Thanks so much for sharing the design / build process. It’s really interesting to see how all this comes together. 

[allanyed]

Looks like another high quality model from Vanguard.   Are the gratings made from individual strips versus laser cut holes?  They look GREAT.

 

[James H]

55 minutes ago, allanyed said:

Looks like another high quality model from Vanguard.   Are the gratings made from individual strips versus laser cut holes?  They look GREAT.

 

They are single-piece,;laser cut parts.

[glbarlow]

Well done.  Amazing design and assembly. I never quite comprehend the speed you manage to do this work. 

[James H]

Time for another update. 

This was something I was looking forward to doing. Not covering up all that work I'd just done, but to turn a corner and be able to do it all again for the next layer in the Indy cake.

 

Before I did that, I needed to add the scale-sized cannonballs to the shot garlands. These are done with liquid CA and some thin-ended paddle tweezers that won't knock the previous ball glued into place.

 

 

 

And with that, it's onto the beams. As the upper side will have some timber showing through the deck cutouts, these were totally cleaned of char. The whole upper face was cleaned also because they look much better for the instruction photos.

 

 

 

There are two lengths of pillar, depending on whether they sit on a deck or on a grate coaming. 

 

 

 

 

All deck beams were painted red, except for the upper side and all the slots. The beam ID is engraved on each beam and this ties in with the engraved number of the deck beam sill. The beams are now slotted and glued into position. Those beams that are supported are continually test fitted with a pillar before being finally glued. Also important to make sure the pillar doesn't push the beam higher than was intended. A steel rule checks this as I go.

 

 

 

The forward beam for the quarterdeck is not only shaped in profile, but also curved across its length. To create this, the beam is made from laminated pear parts, glued together over a jig. When this is dry, the part is cleaned up and fitted into place, sitting atop two of the bitts.

[James H]

Included in the kit will be a set of optional lodging and hanging knees. It'll be up to you if you want the extra work, but for the manual, I have to take one for the team! These are the hanging knees. The truncated ones are the parts that will be fitted where the gun port would otherwise be obstructed by the longer part. Of course, each part also needs to be specifically shaped to its position. Plenty of spares are supplied.

 

 

 

 

 

Here they are fitted, along with the lodging knees.

 

 

 

 

And the fore deck beams are now added, with the optional knees also installed, followed by the boat beams. These also have optional knees. 

 

 

 

And here she is so far!!

 

[Blue Ensign]

Looking great James, would have loved those lodging knees for Sphinx, would have saved me a whole load of cutting out.

 

Ah well.

 

B.E.

[James H]

17 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

Looking great James, would have loved those lodging knees for Sphinx, would have saved me a whole load of cutting out.

 

Ah well.

 

B.E.

 

Sounds like this will be perfect for you 😉😜

[Ronald-V]

Man! It's so clean, it almost hurts!  

[yvesvidal]

2 hours ago, mugje said:

Man! It's so clean, it almost hurts!  

It is all Photoshopped..... (Evil grin).

 

Yves

[chris watton]

The cannon balls are 2.5mm. These are the closest match I could get for the 24 Pounders, which work out to about 2.4mm balls, scale wise.

 

All of the upper deck beams, with the exception of the boat beams, were originally done in 6mm MDF, but decided pear would be a much better choice. So each kit will have a big slab of 6x100x500mm pear sheet..

Edited September 22, 2022 by chris watton

[Surgeonstone]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Three questions. Overall dimensions anticipated with masking and rigging up. 2) planned availability date. 3) Expected cost. 
kerp the great posts coming. 

[chris watton]

56 minutes ago, Surgeonstone said:

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Three questions. Overall dimensions anticipated with masking and rigging up. 2) planned availability date. 3) Expected cost. 
kerp the great posts coming. 

Overall length

(with Flying Jibboom) - 1345mm

(without Flying Jibboom) - 1247mm

Hull Only - (approx.) 880mm

 

Height Overall - Approx 875mm

 

Width of Main Yard and Stunsail Booms tips- 500mm

 

Planned delivery date - When it's ready! Am hoping end of this year.

 

Price - Between £1250 and £1350, but this can change.

 

Today I completed mast and yard drawings, so 'just' the rigging plans left to do for my part...

 

ETA - Had this arrive today..

Edited September 22, 2022 by chris watton

[allanyed]

4 hours ago, chris watton said:

These are the closest match I could get for the 24 Pounders, which work out to about 2.4mm balls, scale wise.

 

Can't get much closer than that Chris. 😀   What material are the balls?   Number 8 shot is smaller but may be hard to find these days although that is what we used when dove hunting back in the day.  Great to see your attention to detail in even the small things at Vanguard. 

Allan 

Edited September 22, 2022 by allanyed

[chris watton]

The black balls are Cellulose acetate. Certainly not the cheapest option, but for the job, certainly the best.

[JerryTodd]

On 6/28/2022 at 2:52 PM, James H said:

There'll be an update in the next days, but in the meantime, here are some pictures of the Indy figurehead and also 1:64 figures of both Pellew and Hornblower. Both of the figures will be on the website in the next days, but Pellew will also be included with HMS Indefatigable when the kit is released.

 

 

 

 

Hornblower was a midshipman on Indefatigable.  He wouldn't have that coat or epaulets, and midshipmen carried a dirk (about a foot long blade) as a badge of rank), or a ship's cutlass in combat, not a sword.

[James H]

11 minutes ago, JerryTodd said:

Hornblower was a midshipman on Indefatigable.  He wouldn't have that coat or epaulets, and midshipmen carried a dirk (about a foot long blade) as a badge of rank), or a ship's cutlass in combat, not a sword.

 

Hornblower isn't supplied with this kit. Just Pellew. It's up to the modeller if they want to include Hornblower and any uniform vagaries (bearing in mind most folk wouldn't know anyway...I certainly didn't).

[Peregrinator]

What a wonderful looking kit and a simply superb build so far. Congrats to both Chris and James.

 

This is the kind of build I dreamt of when I first bought my HMS Cruiser kit as a "learner build". Maybe one day I will feel up to attempting such a beauty. (Mind you I need to finish the Cruiser first!! lol) 

[James H]

2 minutes ago, Peregrinator said:

What a wonderful looking kit and a simply superb build so far. Congrats to both Chris and James.

 

This is the kind of build I dreamt of when I first bought my HMS Cruiser kit as a "learner build". Maybe one day I will feel up to attempting such a beauty. (Mind you I need to finish the Cruiser first!! lol) 

While it's an advanced level kit, if you've got some building experience under your built and can think logically, this won't be beyond many people. 

[chris watton]

14 hours ago, JerryTodd said:

Hornblower was a midshipman on Indefatigable.  He wouldn't have that coat or epaulets, and midshipmen carried a dirk (about a foot long blade) as a badge of rank), or a ship's cutlass in combat, not a sword.

I think it is quite certain that almost everyone on these forums know this, me included, as I have read every single book more than twice over. I also know the books refer to Indy actions at a time when she did not even exist as a razee.

 

I asked for a Lieutenant Hornblower, and this is what I got.

[Ronald-V]

Price is beyond my reach, but someday... lovely to see everything come together!

[Trussben]

On 9/22/2022 at 1:24 PM, chris watton said:

Overall length

(with Flying Jibboom) - 1345mm

(without Flying Jibboom) - 1247mm

Hull Only - (approx.) 880mm

 

Height Overall - Approx 875mm

 

Width of Main Yard and Stunsail Booms tips- 500mm

 

Planned delivery date - When it's ready! Am hoping end of this year.

 

Price - Between £1250 and £1350, but this can change.

 

Today I completed mast and yard drawings, so 'just' the rigging plans left to do for my part...

 

ETA - Had this arrive today..

I have that same print Chris!

[ECK]

It will be my postponed Christmas present.