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

[firdajan]

The bottom row of the galion decoration is finished. Only small details an the galion figure are missing on the bow.

 

Jan

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Absolutely beautiful, Jan!

[Jsk]

Masterful!

[Hubac's Historian]

I love the pictures you have of her more or less sitting on her waterline because they are so evocative of the famous Van de Velde portrait and the Boston Museum portrait.

[GrandpaPhil]

Incredible work, Jan!

[firdajan]

Thanks, friends, for your nice words and likes😊

 

I´m still continuing, piece by piece. 

Some parts of decoration above the upper parts of gunports are done, some corbels and most of the decoration on the top of the stern.

I don't even count the hours or the number of parts I made anymore...

 

Jan

[AVBiker]

Very, very few Sovereign models deserve the name, but yours is a great exception.

 

Look hear my Sovereign

Edited September 25 by AVBiker

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Augezeichnet!!!

[firdajan]

AVBiker: I know your buildI, I found it and studied it all on the SOS forum 😉. It's much better than mine is, but whatever... I do what I can.....

 

Decoration of the aft is finished. Some small parts on the bow are added too ( don´t be afraid, there will be holes for anchor cables 😁)

Only a few parts of the decoration are missing, It's about time, I haven't been doing anything else for a year and a half. I hope I will start with the armament at the end of the year.

 

Jan

[GrandpaPhil]

Amazing work!

[druxey]

Just catching up with your work, Jan. Very, very impressive!

[dvm27]

Like everyone else here I miss Doris's work but you're doing an amazing job on this model. Count me in as a follower!

[firdajan]

Thanks friends for your replies 😉

 

I´m still doing the decoration,  and I´m very close to finish. I placed some small parts, but  there is so much decorations, that you can´t see there some changes😁

And the galion figurehead is placed, finally. 

There are catheads and gun carriages paced into the ship.

I´ll start with the armament very soon.

 

Jan

[AVBiker]

Great

 

[firdajan]

AVBiker: thanks😉

 

I started with cannons, as I mentioned. Now I used the Mc Kay´s book as the source for creating of 3D model of each type of cannon. I printed them on the resin 3D printer and I was more than satisfied. It´s possible to make them from paper, but this is more accurate method.

At first I made 20 pieces of cannons of the largest caliber ( type cannon drake or cannon of 7 drakes ), 10 pieces on each side at the bottom gun deck, ports 3 to 12.

BTW, you may have noticed that I cut out the missing gunports on the lower deck on the bow😁

 

Jan

[firdajan]

Just a small update... more cannons😁

There are seven sizes of cannons on the ship now, but the difference is hardly to see. When I wil have more time, I´ll take a picture of them together.

 

Jan