The Black Pearl by Twokidsnosleep (Scott) - Zvezda - 1/72 scale - PLASTIC

[Old Collingwood]

Good work,   they  will  make  So much difference  when you  start  the  Standing  Riging  as they will  not  bend  like  the  plastic  ones  would have done.

 

OC.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Messing around with some vinyl Sparrow logos for a pirate flag…a good friend made these for me onto crate paper

I have some fabric for sails that I will try and get these on or used as a template

 

 

 

 

Edited May 27, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep

[Twokidsnosleep]

I am about to head into putting up masts and the rigging stages.... which is a bit intimidating

This is a six minute 'summary of modifications so far' video

 

 

 

[Jeff T]

Very nice summary video! 👍🏻

[Twokidsnosleep]

3 hours ago, Jeff T said:

Very nice summary video! 👍🏻

Cheers Jeff😊

[Old Collingwood]

Very nice video  -  puts  it all  into  perspective.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I have thes  riging  studies  of the  Pearl  hope  they  help.

 

OC.

[Twokidsnosleep]

29 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

I have thes  riging  studies  of the  Pearl  hope  they  help.

 

OC.

Thanks OC

I have seen the bottom ones but not those in the first pics. Excellent!

[Old Collingwood]

49 minutes ago, Twokidsnosleep said:

Thanks OC

I have seen the bottom ones but not those in the first pics. Excellent!

No problem Scott,  glad  to  help.

 

OC.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Bowsprit and Lower foremast are cemented in. I did a metal rod in Bowsprit and pinned it to the foremast so things won't move

 

 

The two mast locked together

 

The anchor line is in and test fitting the railing  up front

Then I added the Gammon rope to the Bowsprit. A bit fiddly and not perfect but it will work

 

[Jeff T]

Gammoning looks good!  

Does the polyester line tend to smooth out well, or does it need a lot of tension to straighten it when it is rigged?

[Twokidsnosleep]

15 minutes ago, Jeff T said:

Gammoning looks good!  

Does the polyester line tend to smooth out well, or does it need a lot of tension to straighten it when it is rigged?

Thank you

The polyester is lovely to deal with. It holds the knots fairly well and stays put as I wound it around.
A bit of fun trying to thread it through the base part but it went ok

Mind you , I have not used natural fiber rope before so cannot really give a full comparison 

[Old Collingwood]

41 minutes ago, Twokidsnosleep said:

Thank you

The polyester is lovely to deal with. It holds the knots fairly well and stays put as I wound it around.
A bit of fun trying to thread it through the base part but it went ok

Mind you , I have not used natural fiber rope before so cannot really give a full comparison 

Those ropes  look awsome,  the  threads  I was using from the kit  and  stash  from my old  wood  build, needed  smearing with  diluted PVA  to tame  the  fraying  -  a  tedious  job.

 

OC.

[Twokidsnosleep]

12 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Those ropes  look awsome,  the  threads  I was using from the kit  and  stash  from my old  wood  build, needed  smearing with  diluted PVA  to tame  the  fraying  -  a  tedious  job.

 

OC.

I agree

These polyester 'ropes of scale' are fantastic to work with and the results are very encouraging

More work on the bow and you get another angle view of the gammon rope

I have started to fit in the cathead block for the anchor support and the starboard forward side dasher is now glued in

 

Edited June 8, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep

[Twokidsnosleep]

Well this was a thing. Getting some more ‘deck furniture’ ready before the ropes of rigging are in the way

adding brass pins so it fits tight to the deck and won’t pull up easily

I broke a belaying pin with little effort🙄

I don’t trust this styrene is areas of stress so repaired it with brass…and will replace  the rest of them the same way

 

 

Then testing of weathering the flat black hull

Some grey cement pigments. There will be some rust as well and salt wash lines

This stuff can be wiped away with water so is easy to control degree of weathering

 

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

  'Looking good.  What's next on your list? ... the Flying Dutchman?

[Twokidsnosleep]

3 hours ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

  'Looking good.  What's next on your list? ... the Flying Dutchman?

Ooo good question, yes the Dutchman would be a good next ship project

I have a few other  unfinished builds I want to get done, The Miss Budweiser Hydroplane is among those

Have the Blue nose kit and would love to find the Gotheborg Swedish wooden kit but it is out of production

[Twokidsnosleep]

There we go; these will look better evened out and painted, but will be very functional

I thickened the beam across the two supports with a white styrene piece and it made things less flexy

 

 

 

Edited June 11, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep

[Twokidsnosleep]

I would appreciate some knot tying input here

Am trying to tie off the anchor line that is quite thick. Internet searching finds an “anchor bend”

 

my attempts at this knot..it still needs the seizing part at the top

 

 

 

whaddya think?? 
Am I way off base here??? Help!!!!

 

[Old Collingwood]

19 minutes ago, Twokidsnosleep said:

I would appreciate some knot tying input here

Am trying to tie off the anchor line that is quite thick. Internet searching finds an “anchor bend”

 

my attempts at this knot..it still needs the seizing part at the top

 

 

 

whaddya think?? 
Am I way off base here??? Help!!!!

 

@mtaylor  can you  help  spread the  word  about this  please.

 

OC.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Planning the  deadeye supports using some brass pins and some black wire for the wrapping 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 17, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep

[Twokidsnosleep]

Happy little blackened screaming heads temporarily positioned on the starboard side

I busted one and lost another to the floor

Yes they will all be aligned perfectly when they are fixed to position…everything is a dry fit here

 

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep

[Twokidsnosleep]

Found an interesting research source today…the site of the team that made the scale version of the Black Pearl for filming

https://www.jduncandesign.com/work/project-two-8wzh7

 

some good clear pics for me, especially details around the cat heads and anchors

 

 

 

The amount of weathering and gunk on the bottom of the hull are also interesting

 

 

super cool stuff made by very professional modellers with exceptional pedigrees……unlike me🤪

 

[Old Collingwood]

On 6/17/2023 at 8:46 PM, Twokidsnosleep said:

Happy little blackened screaming heads temporarily positioned on the starboard side

I busted one and lost another to the floor

Yes they will all be aligned perfectly when they are fixed to position…everything is a dry fit here

 

 

 

 

If you  can  position the  dead  eyes  so they all  line  up  perfectly  -  your  a  better  man  than me  and  most  others  -  threading  the  dead eyes  is  a  delicate  operation  -  well  it  was  for  me.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

4 hours ago, Twokidsnosleep said:

Found an interesting research source today…the site of the team that made the scale version of the Black Pearl for filming

https://www.jduncandesign.com/work/project-two-8wzh7

 

some good clear pics for me, especially details around the cat heads and anchors

 

 

 

The amount of weathering and gunk on the bottom of the hull are also interesting

 

 

super cool stuff made by very professional modellers with exceptional pedigrees……unlike me🤪

 

Love  these  pics  -  just  shows  they  where  just  like  us  model  makers  but  on bigger  scales.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Talking of large  scale   -  check  out  this  restoration of  a  super large   HMS  Warspite   - 

 

OC.

 

 

[Twokidsnosleep]

8 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Talking of large  scale   -  check  out  this  restoration of  a  super large   HMS  Warspite   - 

 

OC.

 

 

Wow That is a big project. Very interesting.

I wonder if they finished, so many things get started and then disappear off the internet

Have lost many good modellers off my other forum site with Covid and life changes. Sad people just vanish

[Twokidsnosleep]

Metal eyelets and ropes around the foredeck railings and hand rope down the stairs to the lower deck

 

‘’ARRRrrr, there be safety here”

 

 

 

[Twokidsnosleep]

The cat head blocks reinforced and installed

Just tied a rope through with brass pin to hold as likely leave anchors off until late in build

 

 

[Jeff T]

Looking good!