HMS Sphinx by ECK - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64

[ECK]

Thanks. My bad, forgot to check the sheet. Up to now the manual has been so good.

[ECK]

So now sanded, water line drawn in ( I used the drawing tool from Vanguard, much better than the one I previously had). Then filled/sanded 3 times.

Now with the tape off looks pretty good.

 

[bcochran]

On 5/24/2022 at 1:50 PM, ECK said:

Okay, first step is to get Captain Cochrane ready for duty

 

He decided to visit Nelson on HMS Agamemnon

 

Model is really small and makes you appreciate the 1:64 scale

I believe he was one of my ancestors, if that is Thomas Cochrane.  They dropped the "e" on the end of our name when they came to America.

Edited June 12, 2022 by bcochran

[ECK]

Strake now painted

[ECK]

So now I have to fess up on an error. Instructions show stern facia level with sides and instruction note that new level should be 2 mm above. When I had things dine I noticed I was 1-2 2 mm below. Looking back  I realized that the first stern facia was likely a bit low although things fit together well and looked like the pictures. I realized that I should have but the upper in first and worked down for the proper gluing of the lower one. It still looks ok and side/stern windows look almost properly aligned for the undecerning eye.

[ECK]

After many priming layers and sanding and finsh paint, hull seems up to snuff now

 

[Oldsalt1950]

Very nice work. That hull looks fantastic.

[ECK]

Fret work on and painted. Th elighting makes the blue look a bit on the black side.

[ECK]

Rudder now on, all those pins took awhile.

 

[ECK]

 More progress but will be taking the rest of the week off to go to the beach (in Puerto Rico).

 

[mtaylor]

Have a good trip and a safe one.  

[ECK]

Thanks !

 

[ECK]

Back from vacation. Finished the hull section. Since I was off on the stern plate by 3 mm or so you will notice lines not exactly as plans but worked out and anybody outside of the forum would not likely notice. Also molded cap to stern fascia to smooth the cure, get rid of the joints and level things off.

[ECK]

Name is missing as I dropped and lost the letter S. Have ordered new brass letters  but will take awhile to come in.

[DocRob]

Very nice ECK, you could have a glass of brandy in that lit from behind captains cabin. Great work overall on your Sphinx without name .

Cheers Rob 

 

[ECK]

Captain's cabin bulkheads in.

[ECK]

Main gun deck done except for the guns. This will take awhile as I intend to rig them all..

 

[ECK]

As I was waiting for the blocks I ordered to arrive for the guns, I decided to make the ship's boats. Also got in the letters for the stern.

 

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I did the hulls like the main ship, filler, paint and repeat until it they were smooth.

[ECK]

Finished rigging the guns. Used 5 mm double and 4 mm single blocks in the realistic style. I tried the 2 and 2.5 mm ones but they were so small I had difficulty threading them.

[ECK]

Upper deck framework in

[ECK]

Ok, back at it now after a little time at the beach.

[ECK]

So the hull is pretty much complete. I will add the stanchions later as I always end up bending or breaking them when I am doing the rigging. The ship's boats are temporary and will not fix them in place until the very end.

[ECK]

Foremast now done

 

[ECK]

Masts done and line up nicely but will not set them until yards on with pins.  Next is the bowsprit but I usually actually attach it after the shrouds done as I learned in the past my arm catches the tip and breaks it at some point.

[ECK]

Bowsprit and foremast yards done and temporarily fitted.

 

[ECK]

So have some questions. I am about to attach the yards.  Interestingly there is drover  on this model, on the plans or the finished picture. Not sure why. Also, although I can see lower yard trusses in the finished pictures, there are no instructions about them. I can make them from previous model instructions (ie Diane and Agamemnon)  but am I missing something ?

[James H]

7 minutes ago, ECK said:

So have some questions. I am about to attach the yards.  Interestingly there is drover  on this model, on the plans or the finished picture. Not sure why. Also, although I can see lower yard trusses in the finished pictures, there are no instructions about them. I can make them from previous model instructions (ie Diane and Agamemnon)  but am I missing something ?

 

I'm not sure what a drover is.

 

Also the rig plan instructions are pretty much what I followed when I rigged Sphinx for the manual. I didn't replicate every single rig item as a photo as the drawings suffice and photos of such things aren't easy to take. It'd also bloated the manual out by another 20 pages! 😁

[chris watton]

Not sure what to say, all the info is there on mast and yard sheets, and on the rig plans.

[ECK]

Sorry, I meant Driver , for the spanker. Anyway, I do see the directions for all the other yards but the lower ones but have done several in past and have the drawings from Diane so not a major problem.

 

 

 

[chris watton]

Sphinx is 1775, there was only a mizzen gaff, and not a lower driver boom