Golden Hind by Rock_From_Korea - 1:48

[Rock_From_Korea]

In the same fashion but applying different design, I finished the stern section of the upper part. Also, after much consideration, I tried a very different design for the highest part of the stern section. I am not completely satisfied with this particular part and considered painting this part in dark green or even dark blue - but still not sure. I would appreciate and welcome any/all recommendations/suggestions from experienced MSW members. I may even strip the whole wood panels and redo this particular section with other designs/patterns/paintigs. Until I get a clear idea, I may leave it as is for the time being.

Edited November 15, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[AON]

Possibly maintaining one common angle to the decreasing height right angle triangles might be pleasing to the eye.  Presently the angles vary which might be what is distracting to the balance.  Otherwise I think it looks amazing.  Well done.

 

As for COVID.

It is climbing back here in Canada... it never went away, people just decided they had enough of it and any restrictions imposed.

I understand that if we'd have only kept wearing masks the damn virus would have died out as it could not have been passed on.

Masks kept Covid, Influenza (the flu), and the common cold at bay... and now cases are increasing and heads are buried deep in the sand.

I have always been impressed by the care people in the far east display for their neighbours.  Donning a mask when having the sniffles so as not to pass on any cold.  Here it seems people are more concerned for their "assumed rights" then the health of their fellow man, and politicians are more concerned with our vote then our health.

 

Edited November 15, 2022 by AON

[Rock_From_Korea]

13 minutes ago, AON said:

Possibly maintaining one common angle to the decreasing height right angle triangles might be pleasing to the eye.  Presently the angles vary which might be what is distracting to the balance.  Otherwise I think it looks amazing.  Well done.

 

As for COVID.

It is climbing back here in Canada... it never went away, people just decided they had enough of it and any restrictions imposed.

I understand that if we'd have only kept wearing masks the damn virus would have died out as it could not have been passed on.

Masks kept Covid, Influenza (the flu), and the common cold at bay... and now cases are increasing and heads are buried deep in the sand.

I have always been impressed by the care people in the far east display for their neighbours.  Donning a mask when having the sniffles so as not to pass on any cold.  Here it seems people are more concerned for their "assumed rights" then the health of their fellow man, and politicians are more concerned with our vote then our health.

 

Hi Alan,

 

Thanks very much for your kind comments and suggestion! I agree with you that at least on one side, the angles do vary (quite prominently) on the triangles - don't know how/why I missed that. I think I will retouch those areas later on - maybe to the extent of not damaging or polluting the overall area. 

 

On COVID, sorry to hear that Canada is experiencing more cases as well. I just don't understand how we all got COVID despite the vaccinations and constant wearing of masks. Guess even the masks have limitations - even the sturdy KP-94 masks!

 

Thanks and regards,

 

Rock

Edited November 15, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Ondras71]

Hello Rock. I follow your work. Since I was young, I have associated this ship with coloring, such as the one on the Heller kit. I think that this is the most consistent with the coloring of English ships of that time.
But the result of course depends on your decision. I keep my fingers crossed. Ondras

[Baker]

When I painted my Pelican/Golden Hind I found these possibilities.
The number behind the examples indicates which way was most common.
No painting (the word "niets" behind the examples)  was actually the most common way. But, that's not much use to us model builders, not?? 😉

 

[Rock_From_Korea]

2 hours ago, Ondras71 said:

Hello Rock. I follow your work. Since I was young, I have associated this ship with coloring, such as the one on the Heller kit. I think that this is the most consistent with the coloring of English ships of that time.
But the result of course depends on your decision. I keep my fingers crossed. Ondras

Hi Ondras71,

 

Thanks so much for your input! Will definitely put these on family vote!

 

Best regards,

 

Rock

[Rock_From_Korea]

17 minutes ago, Baker said:

When I painted my Pelican/Golden Hind I found these possibilities.
The number behind the examples indicates which way was most common.
No painting (the word "niets" behind the examples)  was actually the most common way. But, that's not much use to us model builders, not?? 😉

 

Hi Patrick,

 

Thanks very much for these! You definitely seem to have put a lot of research on Golden Hind. I did not realize that 'no painting' of the upper hull was that common. I will defintely take your research into consideration. Anyway, I decided to put these decisions (pretty much only these) to family vote. So far, the biggest supporter of the current state is my daughter who is an art student - so she has quite a big weight! Nonetheless, I am still not very satisfied on how this particular section turned out. Either way, thanks again for your valuable information!

 

Best regards,

 

Rock

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi All,

 

I am finally doing prep work for the stern side balcony to be installed. Touching up the ceiling(?) above the balcony with strips of thin wood. Also, I decided to put in place 2 stern cannon doors (fake ones) just to be true to the contemporary historical depiction of Golden  Hind - Aeropiccola plan does not include the stern cannon openings. Stern Cannon door work being done in tandem wirh the supporting structure to be installed above the balcony...ceiling(?)

 

Edited December 3, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Finishing up on stern Cannon doors and finally fixing the balcony in place for good.

[Rock_From_Korea]

Supporting structures (cannot remember the name) for the balcony are cut into the shapes (2 different shapes applied) sanded and installed.

[Baker]

The "supporting structures" These are knees.

Types and how to remember.

Hanging knees hang one the ceiling.

Standing knees stand on the floor.

lodging knees lie horizontal.

[Rock_From_Korea]

1 hour ago, Baker said:

The "supporting structures" These are knees.

Types and how to remember.

Hanging knees hang one the ceiling.

Standing knees stand on the floor.

lodging knees lie horizontal.

Ah yes~! Knees! I just remembered. Although I did not know about different types of knees. Thanks~ Patrick!

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi All,

 

Quick update on the GH prototype shipyard. I decided to finish the stern part before moving to next items. I contemplated on what kind of decoration/coat of arms to use for the stern decoration (?, once again, I am not sure about the right jargon for this part). Aeropiccola plans suggest the royal coat of arms, but I find this highly unlikely as Drake was a privateer who had a secret and unofficial backing of the crown (Elizabeth I). Although Elizabeth invested in Drake's endeavors and secretly condoned the attack on enemy ships and cargo, royal coat of arms on the GH seems too far fetched.  So, I considered couple of alternatives - 1) no decoration, 2) a big golden hinde (as in the London replica), 3) Christopher Hatton coat of arms, 4) royal coat of arms. I concluded for number 3 as although a coat of arms of Sir Christopher Hatton may also be somewhat far-fetched, it is still more plausible than the royal one. Furthermore, the ship's name change was specifically to honour the endeavor's principal patron - Sir Christopher Hatton - and thus golden hinde in his coat of arms. Anyway, I sourced a number of coat of arms of Christopher Hatton and decided to go for one of them. The below picture show the final candidate and the works on frame..

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Work continues first on the overall touching up of the stern face with thin strips of hard wood. Also, the face where the paintings will be done have been prepared with the thin strips used for decking (soft wood).

[Rock_From_Korea]

The painting begins in ernest. I regretted this decision from this point onwards (I should have chosen the big golden hinde option!!) as the chosen design seems to be much more difficult to render as I thought. Anyway, although the final result is not exactly satisfactory, I think it looks OK at least  from some distance. The close up picture definitely shows my lack of artistic talent. I did not make another attempt as I was not sure if the subsequent attempts would produce significantly better outcomes. For GH2 and GH3, I shall attempt for improvements, if not achieved I think I may either turn to a simpler design or decide to glue a print-out and varnish over it - which I was tempted many times for the GH prototype as well. The small golden hinde at the top looks more like golden hound than hinde......lol~

Edited December 13, 2022 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi All,

 

It has been quite hectic at work and thus the recent tardiness on the shipyard. I have managed to do the finishing touches on the balcony, and further deck laying on the forecastle area and the upper quarterdeck. The below are some recent pictures of the finishing touches on the balcony. 

[Rock_From_Korea]

An interim overall look and the decking begins. I have posted just a few pictures on decking work as this involves much generic work already covered in my log.

Edited January 17, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Mostly done on the forecastle and upper quarterdeck decking.

[robert952]

Good progress.  Thanks for the new pics. 

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hello shipmates~!
 

Still quite busy at work, but getting slightly better. I have finshed the forecastle decking, treenails on the forecastle deck, railings around the forecastle area and the grating on forecastle. A tiny amount of olive oil has been applied to the forecastle deck - looks better and cleaner than the gun deck where I applied lots of olive oil and thus inadvertently smeared the deck with the black pen used to bring out the caulking effect.  Please see below some pictures during the work.

[mtaylor]

Olive oil?  Like the cooking kit?   If ii is, I worry about pests going for it and also it turning rancid.  

[Rock_From_Korea]

10 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Olive oil?  Like the cooking kit?   If ii is, I worry about pests going for it and also it turning rancid.  

Oh~ ok.. did not know that olive oil would have such an adverse impact compared to teak oil. I just could not get hold of teak oil in Korea. Someone in MSW suggested that olive oil could be a good alternative to teak oil. I suppose I will have to look harder for teak oil then. Thanks for you input,  Mark!

[Rock_From_Korea]

2 minutes ago, Rock_From_Korea said:

Oh~ ok.. did not know that olive oil would have such an adverse impact compared to teak oil. I just could not get hold of teak oil in Korea. Someone in MSW suggested that olive oil could be a good alternative to teak oil. I suppose I will have to look harder for teak oil then. Thanks for you input,  Mark!

By the way, when a certain section is all done and no more glueing required, I usually apply varnish to finish that section. I suppose varnish would mitigate some of the negative impacts of olive oil?

[Rock_From_Korea]

Continued from the 1st upload. Railings around the forcastle intalled and forcastle inner hull work done. Forcastle grating work begins- I decided not to put a ladder there.

[Rock_From_Korea]

Finishing the forecastle deck area. The main railing on top of forcastle had to be bent a bit in order to adjust to the hulls's curvature.

[mtaylor]

15 hours ago, Rock_From_Korea said:

By the way, when a certain section is all done and no more glueing required, I usually apply varnish to finish that section. I suppose varnish would mitigate some of the negative impacts of olive oil?

It probably will as it will keep the air from reacting with the olive oil.  Though with varnish, I'm not sure you'd need the olive oil.   

[Rock_From_Korea]

1 hour ago, mtaylor said:

It probably will as it will keep the air from reacting with the olive oil.  Though with varnish, I'm not sure you'd need the olive oil.   

Yeah~ I think you are right. I used olive oil to see how the wood would look like once vanished. But I suppose I can do without olive oil in most instances.

 

Thanks Mark!

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi All~

 

Almost spring here in Korea~ I had to make some emergency repairs to Santa Maria that I built about 20 years ago (my first wooden ship model) - a present to my mother.

Consequently, I did not have much time to spend on my current project. Nevertheless, there has been some progress on the forecastle - the front rails and its structures, forecastle belaying pin rack. 

 

Originally, I intended to use no belaying pins on my GH and only apply 16th century belaying structures. However, after much consideration, I decided that belaying all the required rigging without any belaying pins would be too painful. I will, however, limit the usage of belaying pins as much as possible. Below are some pictures on these works.

 

I still have not been successful in sourcing hard wood strips. And once again, decommissioned hard wood chopsticks became quite useful. 

Edited February 25, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

I decided to put in an alternative structure (I forgot the name of this) in place (on top of the forecastle front rail) to ease the rigging work later on. I was not sure how these would look in the end, but they came out OK I think.

 

[Rock_From_Korea]

Forecastle belaying pin rack work - once again decommissioned hard wood chopsticks came in handy.

Edited February 25, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea