Sovereign Of The Seas by firdajan - 1:96 - CARD

[firdajan]

Thank you for your likes, I little improve my decision about the pedestals😁 and at the third attempt made caryatides. They are not as big as it looks. Sorry for my clumsiness😉

 

Jan

Edited October 17, 2023 by firdajan

[GrandpaPhil]

The Sovereign of the Seas is looking good!

[AVBiker]

Hallo firdajan

Als ich meine Sovereign Scratch gebaut habe, habe ich viele Informationen von Willibald Meischel (Rotter Model) und Doris Homepage übernommen.

Wenn ich jetzt Deinen Bug betrachte frage ich mich wo Du Deinen Bugsprit plazieren willst. In der Mitte oder seitlich versetzt?????

 

[firdajan]

AVBiker: exactly as you have. It is clearly visible in the payne´s engraving and here too:

 

 

[firdajan]

Just another small update...the more I work the less is visible....😄

But I´m trying.

Jan

 

 

[Baker]

Very impressive work 👍

[72Nova]

It just amazes me what can be done with card, it just looks fantastic! A good reference to look too when I start mine.

 

Michael D. 

[firdajan]

Thanks, friends.

 

Just a small update ( as always😁) I finally start with spiral staircases and tops of quarter galeries. They are just semi products, but the main thing is they fit to their places.

And, maybe you can see the place I prepared for the belfry😉

 

Jan

 

 

[firdajan]

Tops of the galleries are almost finished,  I just have to make the edges. Nothing special, just take a shape, produce and glue aproximately 300 pcs of covering, paint it and color edges by the tip of finger... I had nice evenings🥰

And maybe you will notice some decorations on the round gunports😉

 

Jan

[firdajan]

All the best in the new year  to you all 

 

I didn´t have a lot of time, but I made some parts. Lanterns on the sides of the aft are made, and I improved the galion. I think now it is better and is more coresponding with the rest of the ship. 

 

Jan

[firdajan]

Hi friends,

 

I starded making friezes at the upper gunports and very soon I find out I had a problem. 

Distances between wales are increasing backwards from 7 to 9 - 10 milimeters. Now I don´t know why, I made the hull 12 years ago...but It was not possible to make mold or something like this for serial production ( I needed 100+ pieces), because every piece was original...🙄 .... so I had to draw them and use 3D printing. Then fit each piece to its place...  but I think the result is quite good.

 

Jan

 

[firdajan]

Another part of decoration on the balconies added. It is slowly filling up😉

 

Jan

[firdajan]

Here is the another part of decoration. Another one will follow...and I´m still at the beginning...

[firdajan]

I´m continuing with the decoration, it goes very slowly, they are very small. 

[Baker]

Slow, but beautiful  👍

[firdajan]

Baker: thank you, Patrick.

 

I made another part of the decoration. And as I said it goes very slowly... but if I count correctly, there are more than 500 pieces of gilded parts on the ship already... and this is just one quarter....

 

Jan

 

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Sovereign of the Seas looks amazing!

[firdajan]

GrandpaPhil: Thank you, I'm still working on it while I can ( In the summer I will slow down, be sure )

 

Jan

 

 

Edited March 13 by firdajan

[firdajan]

Another part of the decoration added. 

And then the sun came out....look at the last photos, it must have been a breathtaking sight at sea in this weather.

 

Jan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 17 by firdajan

[GrandpaPhil]

Excellent work!

 

The decorations are coming along nicely!

Edited March 17 by GrandpaPhil

[72Nova]

Lovely work Jan, and the sunlight really bring the colors and wood tones to life.

 

Michael D.

[firdajan]

Thank you all for your comments and likes 😊

 

Another parts of the decoration added.

Just one notice: I wanted to start to make the decoration according to the Mc Cay´s book - but I couldn´t,  check it with the engrawing. So I started to make parts based by Payne.

I noticed it in several cases  the pictures in the book are sometimes a mix of both authors .

 

Jan

[firdajan]

Nothing special, just another part of decoration. Still the same since last october🙄

 

Jan

 

[firdajan]

Thank you very much for your likes 😊

I  improved the shape of galion ( remember, It´s 13 years old hull, I was kind of in a hurry then😁 ), I had to make a shape as on the Payne´s engraving ( and now I can add another row of decoration correctly ).

And I start with the decoration of the aft finally.

 

 

[Baker]

Beautiful work 👍

[Hubac's Historian]

Firdajan - as need be, your process is highly organized and methodical.  The artistic quality of your carved works is outstanding, and you have pulled-off the hardest trick of all with a build of the SOTS - the black, "negative" space behind the gilt work, balances the whole.  'Really great work!

[72Nova]

Firdajan I just marvel at your work and the fact Its a card model is simply astonishing, just beautiful!!

 

Michael D.

[firdajan]

Thanks a lot, friends.

 

Baker:  My build and your incredible built of the Mary Rose.... these are two different worlds😉

 

Hubac´s Historian: Organized and methodical ? Maybe yes, maybe not. There are a lot of models of SOTS where can i can get inspiration from.

I hoped the Mc Kay will be the solution, but this is only partially. But - there are a lot of big mistakes in the book, Mc Kay, which I showed you before and I show you soon. But -  on the other side - a lot of parts are well done.

 

72Nova - Thank you a lot😊

 

I made just the lantern, sorry for that small piece of work.

And I finally know, where the belfry is. I will show you soon, it´s clearly visible on the engraving,

 

 

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[Bill Morrison]

On 4/4/2023 at 2:35 PM, firdajan said:

A small update... Just some windows and doors and a small attempt of making sculptures. Now I know, that´ better to make this ship in the bigger scale. sculptures, as you can see on the last pictures are about 2 - 2,5 mm wide.

I have to train a lot 😁

 

Jan 

I am most impressed!! This is an OUTSTANDING work!  Is she still available for sale?

 

Bill

[firdajan]

Thanks friens for your likes👍

 

Bill Morrison: Thank you. But I think you are confusing me with Doris, my ship is only as you see it. There is still a long way to finish.

 

Here is the proof of the belfry. It is clear visible on the engraving. You can see three of four sculptures holding coats of arms - they are in the red circles, Fourth is hidden on the other side. There is a roof of the belfry in the yellow circle. There´s a person wearing something on his back in front of it all - it's confusing at lower resolution.

If I´m wrong, please correct me.

 

Jan

Edited August 4 by firdajan