Polaris by boerscht - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:50

[Boerscht]

After finishing the OcCre Bounty launch my next project already started: The OcCre 1:50 Polaris. 
Little bit bigger than the Bounty launch but same amount of sails. 
 

With this Model I will try a weathered look, let‘s see how this will work out.

 

False kiel was perfectly straight out of the box this time. Scelleton is already done and the false deck is mounted with glue and the help of some nails. It is a little bit bended so the nails were useful and I would recommend everyone to apply the false deck first before planking it. In the instructions planking comes first. If you do so, you cant use nails to fix it to the scelleton.

 

 

marked my planking pattern on the deck and started with 6 cm pieces planking. Also here I will do it different than the instructions. They use whole planks but I will use smaller pieces like it would be in reality.

 

 

also glued the provided stand together and did the first two layers of Black colour. One more and clear coat will follow I guess.

Edited November 5, 2023 by Boerscht

[Boerscht]

Deck planking is finished:

 

 

tried the weathered look on one plank:

First Layer of Black which then is sanded down. Then apply the occre pine dye and clear coat.

Looks like this:

 

i am happy with the look so started blackening the Deck 

 

[Boerscht]

The weathered deck is finished and I am happy how it turned out.

 

sanding the black layer off:

 

 

adding pine dye, clear coat and marking small nails with a pencil:

 

 

 

 

[Boerscht]

 

Did some work on the Main cabin. Planked it and blacked everything to get the right look again…

[ibozev]

Nice job with the deck weathering! I will be looking forward to see your progress on Polaris.

[Vlax]

Looking good! I am Just starting this model as well and am looking forward to see yours progress. Gl and good work! 

[Boerscht]

21 hours ago, ibozev said:

Nice job with the deck weathering! I will be looking forward to see your progress on Polaris.

Thanks! Already read your build log. Nice job with your polaris, especially the sails.

 

2 hours ago, Vlax said:

Looking good! I am Just starting this model as well and am looking forward to see yours progress. Gl and good work! 

 

Thank you! You too.

[Boerscht]

Sanded down the kiel and frames:

 

 

and parallel did some work on the main cabin and more decking stuff:

 

 

 

 

 

[Boerscht]

Bulwalks are added with the help of some nails

 

 

started planking with the pattern which is shown in the instructions

 

 

 

And this weathered decking part is finished:

 

[Boerscht]

Planking the first layer is finished now without any problems:

 

 

 

Did some sanding on it but will need some more with 80 and 120…

 

 

think I will not need any filler at all.

[Boerscht]

Dry fitted the kiel and broke it…damn. But nothing a little bit of glue cant fix.

used my dremel to flex the kiel zone which worked well. 

 

 

also the rear is planked now

 

[Boerscht]

Started with the second planking:

 

 

also I decided to plank the inner sides of the rear and bulwarks and weather them with white look. Normally in the instrucions the inner sides are not planked…

 

 

the Final Look:

 

[Sgmartz]

On 10/18/2023 at 9:02 AM, Boerscht said:

The weathered deck is finished and I am happy how it turned out.

 

sanding the black layer off:

 

 

adding pine dye, clear coat and marking small nails with a pencil:

 

 

 

 

That weathering looks phenomenal!

[Boerscht]

7 hours ago, Sgmartz said:

That weathering looks phenomenal!

Thanks a lot! 

[Boerscht]

First side is planked with the second layer and sanded down:

 

 

Weathering every part takes a lot of time:

[Boerscht]

A lot of progress today. Finished planking the second layer:

 

sanded it down a first time and then painted everything black 

 

now sanding it down again until it looks good 

 

 

clear coat now on top 

 

 

also working on the inner bulwarks 

 

 

 

whalers are added, decided to add some golden nails to them

 

 

 

 

thats it for now

[Boerscht]

Worked a lot on the deck. Some parts I had to fix with additional nails:

 

 

rudder in the making:

 

 

Bow:

 

 

rear:

 

 

deck:

 

 

 

Weathered every small wooden part so far to get this look. Was quite some work.

Edited October 28, 2023 by Boerscht

[Sgmartz]

What’s your weathering technique? I’m new to wood ship building (not plastic). 

[Boerscht]

24 minutes ago, Sgmartz said:

What’s your weathering technique? I’m new to wood ship building (not plastic). 

I am painting the wood completely black, then sand it down a lot so that there is more wood to see than black. Then dye it in the wood colour you like and apply clear coat. I am also a newbie so maybe there are better or easier ways to do so…

[Boerscht]

Lately no updates but I just finished my weathered Polaris. Rigging was easy and fast done. little bit too fast, thought it will be more…

 

I broke one mast while sanding it but could fix it with a nail inside and some glue. The sails went into some black tea to get the look right.

 

All in all it was a relly fun, but short and easy build. I could need some reccomendtions for my next model!  should be something more challenging. elegant like my Endeavour but more rigging (I like rigging), good quality and can be time consuming. Definetly a sailing vessel. Any recommendation is welcome!
 

pictures of the finished Polaris 1:50 by OcCre:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ccoyle]

Congratulations on finishing!

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Well done!