Twokidsnosleep Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share #121 Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) Ever notice how when you use a garden hose or an extension chord, those buggers will form an unreleasable knot spontaneously? Ya well not the same rigging up ships I have found! This is a two tweezer, often cursing, battle Royal…actually not that bad just being dramatic, but threads sure do what they want and not what you want. So I am putting in the upper deck cannons I added a black wire pin and drilled a deck hole to anchor those suckers on tight then the beautiful ropes of scale tan rope 0.45mm as a breech line the reference photo I may add in the tackle lines, but things get pretty small and busy….we shall see I kept the ropes tan to highlight them a bit more vs the black few I started with. Edited November 29, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Old Collingwood, Pitan, Scottish Guy and 1 other 4 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted July 7, 2023 Author Share #122 Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) Yahoo, got my ropes of scale order in These are the shrouds and such…forgot to get some smaller diameter for ratlines, so will need to order again I did a bit of dulling in the ropes with this flat clear varnish. Seems to work well to take that slight gloss shine off the ropes takes off the shine and makes it look less toylike Edited July 7, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Scottish Guy, Old Collingwood and Jeff T 3 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted September 23, 2023 Author Share #123 Posted September 23, 2023 (edited) I have not vanished the project is still alive, just summer duties have had precedence. she got out on the desk last night and some minor internal paintwork done Good to get her out and fondled a bit to get the modelling mojo moving Edited September 23, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Jeff T, ccoyle, Scottish Guy and 2 others 5 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted September 23, 2023 Share #124 Posted September 23, 2023 More excellent work - loving it. OC. Lee J H, Jeff T and Twokidsnosleep 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share #125 Posted October 17, 2023 Some time at the Pearl... Rats nest of LED wiring to sort and fish though the keel and then hide in the upper decks Then a test fit of the decks, mast and the plumbing of the wires Scottish Guy, Jeff T, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted October 29, 2023 Author Share #126 Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) After covering the rats nest of wiring with the deck I am now detailing the captain’s cabin before closing it in. There are two LED’s that colour shift through the spectrum and I have 3D printed some furnishings Test fit here Then I made some bookcases; one will be will be an alcohol storage cabinet and the other is chart scrolls. Another is for books Those bottles are shapes from a resin test file that just happens to look like small bottles. Add a bit of clear green or orange and you have rum and wine bottles Edited October 29, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Scottish Guy, Javelin, Jeff T and 3 others 6 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted October 29, 2023 Share #127 Posted October 29, 2023 Very nice! 👍 Twokidsnosleep and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Jeff Current build: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/24519-spanish-galleon-by-jeff-t-revell-196-plastic-with-modifications/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted October 31, 2023 Author Share #128 Posted October 31, 2023 Desk globe, map and some bottles. Skull candle holder. Everything here is SLA 3D printed Wintergreen, BLACK VIKING, Old Collingwood and 3 others 5 1 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share #129 Posted November 4, 2023 Messing around arranging stuff in the captain’s quarters Old Collingwood, Jeff T, Scottish Guy and 1 other 3 1 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted November 4, 2023 Share #130 Posted November 4, 2023 Detail is amazing. Adding Elizabeth Swann is a nice touch, too! Twokidsnosleep and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Jeff Current build: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/24519-spanish-galleon-by-jeff-t-revell-196-plastic-with-modifications/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share #131 Posted November 14, 2023 Last good views of the captain's quarters before I closed it over with the bridge deck. It gets a bit busy in there. Will make the two side windows removable with mini magnets likely Other than the canons and Barbossa figure, everything is 3D printed Snug Harbor Johnny, CDW, Jeff T and 3 others 2 4 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share #132 Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) I have done more at my workbench this past couple weekends than I have for months! Feels like some good progress as I finally button up the hull and get all the decks in place permanently. Perhaps the rigging by Christmas vacation?? The last of the cannons were put on and their ropes added. Then I started refining the areas of the deck that had gaps with thin 'planks' of white styrene. Once these are properly painted, they will disappear. I have a few areas I need to close up due to fitment issues, mostly of my own doing. The railing still has to be repaired from a tumble the ship took. Edited November 15, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Old Collingwood, BenD, Snug Harbor Johnny and 3 others 6 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share #133 Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) Buttoning her up more Some lovely mouldings for the stern of the ship and addition of the lamps with a quick electrical test Edited November 20, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Old Collingwood, yvesvidal, Jeff T and 4 others 7 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share #134 Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) Filling in open spaces with white styrene planks on the bridge deck and the stern. These were my fault for not test fitting well before gluing and for gluing in horizontal and vertical parts separately. This was quite a gap on the stern, but that is where the window needed to sit. Would rather take up the slack with a styrene plank than mess with the window. These will get primed, painted and oiled up and disappear. Edited November 27, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Javelin, Scottish Guy, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share #135 Posted December 24, 2023 Some Christmas time modelling 🙂 Detailing the cannon doors and their rope line system. Messing with the hull and some paint blending and weathering tests Blackening the planks and then adding the sea spray, verdigris and rust areas Darkened and weathered the small boat up a bit too Scottish Guy, oakheart and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share #136 Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) A pre-rigging exercise over Christmas break Tried to make some wooden blocks. This is Alder wood, a hard wood I used for a cabinet front a brass rod as the internal pivot and a wood splice back into the base for strength else those sides will split Then some wire bending and soldering the loop for strength. That is the kit part in the photo. The loop for the rope line is not one piece of styrene but two halves. I felt that was going to be way too weak for the ropes of scale. Edited December 26, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Scottish Guy and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share #137 Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) The lanyard for the bow sprite is what this will become, #44 and on what I believe to be the forestay line Stringing them together with 0.7mm black Ropes of Scale rope comparison vs the kit lanyard Then dipped in flat ‘magic wash’ for the burnt Pearl effect Edited December 27, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Old Collingwood, Jeff T, Scottish Guy and 1 other 4 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share #138 Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) I have tried making some smaller blocks so I can stay closer to scale Just trying to get in the ballpark of the kit ones I don’t plan on making all the blocks in wood, just ones in very visible locations Edited December 28, 2023 by Twokidsnosleep Scottish Guy, BenD, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share #139 Posted December 30, 2023 I have knocked off on lamp and bent both the others🙄 Off they come before I damage the entire wire. I will add new lights and wire them and make better attachment points Rigging the last lines on the canons, one side of the out haul tackle lines done Threaded 0.5mm brown lines were challenging.I need to do some clean up and flat everything CDW, Jeff T, BenD and 3 others 6 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted January 2 Share #140 Posted January 2 Great work - really impressive. OC. oakheart, Twokidsnosleep and Jeff T 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted January 3 Author Share #141 Posted January 3 (edited) On 1/2/2024 at 8:20 AM, Old Collingwood said: Great work - really impressive. OC. Thanks OC I am trying to get everything done on deck before the rigging starts. Likely just delaying the process Final canon pics I am working on the belay pins for the rigging to make them out of brass instead of plastic to avoid breaking off on me later Edited January 3 by Twokidsnosleep Scottish Guy, BenD, Jeff T and 2 others 5 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakheart Posted January 3 Share #142 Posted January 3 24 minutes ago, Twokidsnosleep said: Likely just delaying the process I know the feeling. I am struggling with a scratch build of a cutter in wood, can't decide whether to rig or not. You have inspired me with your excellent build, I will have to get and build this kit. I need to watch the movies again to get in the mood. Tim Twokidsnosleep and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Current Builds : Cutter "Speedy" 1828 from Plans by Bill Shoulders at 148 Bounty Launch - Scratch build - FINISHED 85 ft. Harbour Tug. scratch built from plans by Francis Smith. ( FINISHED but no build log for this ) HMS Lightning. kit bashed from Deans Marine HMS Kelly kit ( FINISHED ) yes at last.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted January 9 Author Share #143 Posted January 9 (edited) Remade her building berth, the foam was sagging and she nearly fell a couple times Some wood, some leather, some glue Edited January 9 by Twokidsnosleep Old Collingwood, Jeff T, ccoyle and 2 others 5 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted January 11 Author Share #144 Posted January 11 Making belaying pins brass rod, solder top brass tube Shape and telescope together I am thinking these will be a bit stronger for the rigging Scottish Guy, Old Collingwood and Jeff T 3 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted January 13 Author Share #145 Posted January 13 Finished shaping belaying pins on a makeshift mandrel and spinner CDW, BenD, Jeff T and 2 others 5 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted January 14 Share #146 Posted January 14 Nice and sturdy! Twokidsnosleep, Old Collingwood and CDW 3 Quote Jeff Current build: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/24519-spanish-galleon-by-jeff-t-revell-196-plastic-with-modifications/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted January 15 Author Share #147 Posted January 15 (edited) Good to take a step back and see the forest for the trees so to speak Quiet Sunday afternoon primed the belaying pins tan and then a thin layer of burnt umber by Aqueilung. I usually use Windsor Newton burnt umber but it is running out so I tried this Abteilung for a slightly different contrast colour as it is lighter. Nice fine pigments and it dries quick so I will get more of them. Oils are nice to work with as you can thin them out well and not clog up details. Edited January 15 by Twokidsnosleep Old Collingwood, BenD, CDW and 2 others 5 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted January 15 Share #148 Posted January 15 Those look very convincing with oils. I need practice with oils. I have the materials but need to start applying them to learn the ins and outs. Any tips starting out? Old Collingwood 1 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted January 15 Author Share #149 Posted January 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, CDW said: Those look very convincing with oils. I need practice with oils. I have the materials but need to start applying them to learn the ins and outs. Any tips starting out? Indeed They are super easy to use, just need a bit of patience to let them dry. I often paint on Sunday and let it sit for a few days over the work week so I don't f with it Quick tips Place a little blob of oil paint onto a bit of cardboard...it will soak out some of the linseed oil and let paint set faster For say making leather or wood effects an acrylic light tan primer layer down first. You can put clear orange tamiya over that primer too Thin oil burnt umber or sienna and mind your brush strokes direction so they look like grain over top that primer/orange You can wipe some of the oil away to expose the under layers, gives convincing wear So many good videos on it, will post some links later This is my favourite video from Plasmo, awesome guy. He started my desire to use oils. I have this airplane kit and want to duplicate the video. Will is annoying a hell, but has some good tips Edited January 15 by Twokidsnosleep CDW, Jeff T, Knocklouder and 1 other 2 2 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted January 23 Author Share #150 Posted January 23 (edited) Ok so here we go starting rigging 😱 Starting with the Standing Rigging, saw that the main mast has these huge dead eyes on its line 8 So off to the garage and the lathe to make some appropriate sized ones Then lacing up the deadeyes and a temporary placement of the line. I muffed the spacing a bit as one of the eyes rotated on me as a I glued in the line. Edited January 23 by Twokidsnosleep oakheart, Old Collingwood, Jeff T and 2 others 5 Quote Scott Current Build: 1/72 Zvezda The Black Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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