Golden Hind by Rock_From_Korea - 1:48

[Rock_From_Korea]

And finally, I put the rails in place. So, work on hull itself (or outer hull) seems to be pretty much done. Next will be the works vis-a-vis filling in the inside of the decks with various structures as well as cannons. Still long way to go until I can finally begin with masts and rigging.

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hi all~

 

It's been a while since my last visit - have been tied up with something. Anyway, work on the upper decks continued. I tried walnut color stain for the ladder and it tuned out quite OK. Belaying pin racks are once again done using decommisioned hard wood chopsticks. Below are some progress pictures.

 

Edited October 5, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

More progress pictures...

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hello All~

 

It's been a long time since my last update! I had to take time off from the shipyard due to minor injury on my left hand. Now fully functional again~ So, I have restarted on where I left off. Continuing on the quaterdeck grating and whipstaff house.

 

First, below are some pictures on the quarterdeck grating.

Edited November 20, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Continuing on grating and some work on the quarterdeck knighthead(? not sure if this is the right jargon). My beloved IKEA drill is broken..... So, until I get a new IKEA drill (I intend to get another IKEA drill!), some work that requires drill will need to wait - some refinement to be done later on the quaterdeck knighthead(?).

Edited November 20, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

I still feel a little bit clumsy with my left index finger. And as such, work is not as satisfactory as before. Anyway, for the whipstaff house, I just chose a simple (but robust) design. The end result is kind of cute and quite strong structurally. Below are the photos on this endeavor. The whipstaff house is not attached yet to the deck as I will need some space to work on the mizzen mast area and etc.

[robert952]

Glad to see you back in the shipyard.  Sorry to hear about your getting injured but glad all is well now. 

 

 

[Rock_From_Korea]

1 hour ago, robert952 said:

Glad to see you back in the shipyard.  Sorry to hear about your getting injured but glad all is well now. 

 

 

Hi Robert~
 

Thanks very much for your kind words! It is indeed good to be back~ And I realized how we take for granted our health and well functioning body!

 

Regards, Tock

[allanyed]

Hi Rock

A bit late, sorry, but are you sure there were belaying pins on this ship?  The English Navy did not use them until about 200 years later than when the Golden Hind sailed so I would think they would never have been used on the GH.  

Allan

[Rock_From_Korea]

11 hours ago, allanyed said:

Hi Rock

A bit late, sorry, but are you sure there were belaying pins on this ship?  The English Navy did not use them until about 200 years later than when the Golden Hind sailed so I would think they would never have been used on the GH.  

Allan

Hi Allan,

 

I am sure that they did NOT use belaying pins during the 16th century! As I mentioned at the start of the belaying pin work in the forecastle area some time ago, I originally planned to use no belaying pins. However, looking at the sheer number of rigging that I need to do later, I decided to use some belaying pins. Just a bit of compromise between historical accuracy and ease of work on rigging. After trying this particular method for GH1 and if I figure out a way for tackling all the rigging without help from some belaying pins, I will definitely apply it to GH2 and beyond.

 

Regards, Rock

[allanyed]

For your next adventure, should it be from the mid 18th century or earlier, maybe study some of the photos of the fully rigged models on the RMG site for some ideas.   Lees has belaying drawings for pre-pin ships as well that show where lines were belayed before pins came into use.

Allan

[Rock_From_Korea]

37 minutes ago, allanyed said:

For your next adventure, should it be from the mid 18th century or earlier, maybe study some of the photos of the fully rigged models on the RMG site for some ideas.   Lees has belaying drawings for pre-pin ships as well that show where lines were belayed before pins came into use.

Allan

Thanks very much for your advise, Allan~ Much appreciated! BTW, I am not aware of the RMG site. If you could enlighten me a bit further on RMG site, it would be great! Thanks!

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hello shipmates~

 

Final work on the decks contuned...slowly. Installed the rails for the quarterdeck and poop deck. Below are the pictures taken during the process - very similar to the forcastle deck rail construction, so will keep comments short.

Edited December 14, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Overall view of the new additions on the quarterdeck & poop deck looks OK~ And some more additional works done. Finally, the overview of the whole ship with the recent additions.

[Baker]

Congratulations
Nice work Rock

[Rock_From_Korea]

1 hour ago, Baker said:

Congratulations
Nice work Rock

Thanks very much, Patrick! 

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hello shipmates!

 

I am nearing the end of 1st phase (completion of hull structure) of the GH1 construction. The only areas left for the hull work are the installments of cannons and the main mast knighthead. I have included just a few pictures of the main mast knighthead as there were ample pictures presented during the fore mast knighthead construction. The main mast knightheads are not fixed to the deck as final fixing to the deck will be done after the cannons are all installed.

Edited December 26, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

The cannon work begins with single blocks (without hooks) being attached and rigged to the cannon carriage. There will be no hooks attached to these single blocks as there are not enough space to have hooks on boths ends - won't have room for tight rigging.  The double blocks that are connected to the inner hull wall and to the other end of the rigging have been constructed with hooks.  The demi-culverins are installed in a slightly different configurations - 2 cannons fully deployed, 2 cannons on a stand-by positions. 

Edited December 26, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

The cannons are all rigged and fixed in place.

 

Edited December 26, 2023 by Rock_From_Korea

[robert952]

Continues to look great.  

 

Did you paint the rings or blacken them chemically?

 

 

[Rock_From_Korea]

1 minute ago, robert952 said:

Continues to look great.  

 

Did you paint the rings or blacken them chemically?

 

 

Hi Robert~ 

 

Thanks for your comment! I blackened them chemically. I usually put the chemical in a small plastic holder and put it in a bigger container that has hot water in it. This way, the chemical process happens almost instantly and I can save time and the amount of chemical to be applied.

 

Hope this clarifies~

 

Rock

[Rock_From_Korea]

Happy New Year~!

 

I have finished all the hull & deck related work last week. Instead of starting the mast & rigging work on GH1, I decided to work on GH2 for a while - plan to finish the hull & deck work on GH2 before resuming work on GH1. I plan to apply different style, deck configuration, colour schemes and etc for GH2. I will be posting the work on GH2 only on the areas that do not duplicate the previously posted work streams.

 

Below are some pictures taken from the last hull & deck work on GH1. Also posted are some pictures with unfinished masts put in place.

Edited January 2 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hello All~

 

It has been really long since my last update on GH1. I have been working on GH2, but progress has been extremly slow as it has been quite a busy half year at work. I originally planned to post the progress report on GH2 at one go, with all the hull/deck related work finished. However, I think that would make my next progress report due sometime around the end of the year. Therfore, I decided to put forward an interim report on GH, just highlighting the different methods/styles that I am applying to GH2.

 

First, the GH2 pictures that show the progress level before I began working on GH2 again at the beginning of this year. I have posted these pictures in this thread sometime in 2022 (I think). But, to make things easy for everyone (including myself), I am reposting here.

Edited July 5 by Rock_From_Korea

[Rock_From_Korea]

Now the progress pictures - I took pictures only on the works where I applied different (from GH1) methods, styles and/or materials. 

 

I am applying darker colours in GH2 - the grating has been dyed with walnut colour (vs. no dye, light wood colour in GH1), gun port rims also dyed with walnut paint, cannon carriages also used darker wood with different methods (smaller).

 

GH2 overall theme would be darker colour, less decorative painting, slimmer design and etc. My next interim report may also take some time as I plan to report only on those areas where GH2 differs considerably from GH1. 

 

 

 

Edited July 5 by Rock_From_Korea

[robert952]

Interesting timing. As I was looking through my followed content and noticed I hadn't seen anything from you.  Real Life (RL) has a way of changing our priorities.  (Even as a retired person, that is true.)

 

Glad to see this posts.  Everything looks very good!  Keep up the great work.  

 

I look forward to other updates. 

[Rock_From_Korea]

4 hours ago, robert952 said:

Interesting timing. As I was looking through my followed content and noticed I hadn't seen anything from you.  Real Life (RL) has a way of changing our priorities.  (Even as a retired person, that is true.)

 

Glad to see this posts.  Everything looks very good!  Keep up the great work.  

 

I look forward to other updates. 

Thanks very much, Robert!! My ship modeling activities are still on-going, just having longer interval between posts due to circumstances~
 

Rock

[Rock_From_Korea]

On 11/23/2023 at 10:12 AM, allanyed said:

For your next adventure, should it be from the mid 18th century or earlier, maybe study some of the photos of the fully rigged models on the RMG site for some ideas.   Lees has belaying drawings for pre-pin ships as well that show where lines were belayed before pins came into use.

Allan

Hi All,

 

I am trying to figure out how to get some reference belaying drawings for pre-pin ships from RMG site, as Allan advised me on my previous threads. So far, I have not found any and I plan to contact Allan directly for more guidance, but I would appreciate any additional advise on the belaying methods of pre-pin ships as I am considering to do without belaying pins for my GH2.

 

Best regards, Rock

Edited July 9 by Rock_From_Korea

[Baker]

I don't use pins on my Pelican (see link in signature). But I found this to be a clumsy method.

How it must have been correct without these pins? I don't think there is a right answer for that

[Rock_From_Korea]

17 hours ago, Baker said:

I don't use pins on my Pelican (see link in signature). But I found this to be a clumsy method.

How it must have been correct without these pins? I don't think there is a right answer for that

Hi Patrick,

 

Thanks very much for your valuable insight! You having gone through the process of not using pins and arriving on above conclusion gives me much to think about.

 

I will take your advise and will re-evaluate my decision of not using any pins for GH2. As always, much appreciated!!

 

Best Regards, Rock

[Rock_From_Korea]

Hello shipmates~!

 

It has been almost too long since my last post. I am getting much more busy at work these days (until 1st quarter next year at least) and can manage very little time at the ship yard. Anyway, the below are some updates on GH2 that I managed to get done after my last post.

 

For the forecastle entrance area, I am deviating fundamentally from GH1 - basically GH1 was just a wall with 2 doors, for GH2 I am applying more or less open entrance area.

Edited September 27 by Rock_From_Korea