Sovereign of the Seas by 72Nova - Airfix - PLASTIC

[Ferrus Manus]

30 minutes ago, Wawona59 said:

Just discovered your build log today.  Your log is like a good novel, I just couldn't put it down.  Incredible work on the deck and gilding!

 

Just wait til you see the Vasa he finished! His builds are definitely some of the best on the forum, and that's before you realize the insanely tiny scale. 

[72Nova]

Thank you Jan, your compliment is much appreciated,  I'm  following  your amazing  SOS card build as well..stunning.

John I really appreciate  your gracious compliment,  you have quite an array of completed  builds, are any of them posted on the site?.

 

Michael  thank you for the kudos, that's  very thoughtful of you, I do keep an eye out on your builds and see improvements with each one, keep up the good work.

 

Michael D.

[72Nova]

Since my last update I finally glued the hull together and made the base.

 

Before setting the forecastle and main deck in place, I needed to finish the belfry and rig the fore course tie halliard along with adding the eye bolts for the cannon tackles, I used .32g brass for them.

I needed to fashion a new main mast according to the dimensions in Mc Kay's book, here you see the difference from the kit supplied mast.

Up next I need to make some modifications to the beakhead, one of those is possibly adding the sleeves above the door for the collar based on Paynes plate but that would require cutting holes in the deck to feed it up through and not so sure I want to do that, my preliminary mock up of the collar and stay looks pretty good.

As always thanks for looking.

Michael D.

[kirill4]

 

Good day Michael ...

This is very interesting  as a kind of "theory" question... :), how to run main stay and its collar...

I have some doubts , when looking at your  pictures and compare it with this famous engraving, how this unit arrangement could be looks like ...

main stay , as far as I could understand question , it needs to be run on  sbs of fore mast, for this period ,

if agree with this asamption , than falls of fore yard need to be run on ps - to avoid crossing these lines each other? but You already made opening in the deck for fore yard  fall on the sbs as well...?

 Maybe, it should be looks like as it is arranged on Vasa? or on this model as example... but unfortunately I don't  have more "fully explained"  pictures ... and in this book they didn't posted pictures how fore yard falls run...?

As allways - All the Best!

ps

Do You have any other "proof" pictures of this arrangements? how main stay runs fore mast and secured "special edition" for SOS? may be good pictures of other professional/museum  made models ?

Kirill

Edited April 7 by kirill4

[72Nova]

Thank you, Kirill, yes I still need to make a figure for the knee, neither of my go too resources...Lee's, McKay and Anderson mention the collar passing on the SB side, my thoughts are that may be the case the last part of the 17th century?. Anderson states during the first half of the 17th century that the two parts of the collar run either side of the mast. My second mock up is what I'm going with based on both resources and looks suitable to me. I was able to add the two sleeves in the beakhead for the collar to pass through, when I reach the point for the final, the splice will be on the PS and the collar will be fully served according to Lee's.

 

Michael D.

[kirill4]

Good day Michael,

Oh, I see now how it will be done ... fully agree with Your version,

however on the engraving it looks like passing by sb side of the fore mast...

but as always there could be a few variants of the same value and I believe that Anderson's opinion ,in case of some doubts, has more weight for making final desicion ! :)))

 

Interesting, is there knee could be made with a kind of a hook( as it could be suggested from that engravings posted above) or there should be hole in the knee as You shown...?

On these drawings some decorative element bellow knee figure could be seen- decorative part of the knee front part/ or hook? 

Main stay collar branches crossed outside beakhead-bulkhead on the VdV drawing?

 

Edited April 7 by kirill4

[72Nova]

Kirill there is a hole in knee for the collar and yes the collar will be crossed outside the beakhead.

 

I've completed the wooldings on the fore mast and still have the simulated wooden bands left to do on the main, also the remaining deck is place along with mocking up the canons, I'm not so sure the carriages for the main deck canons are entirely correct but I'll research that later.

 

Michael D.

 

[72Nova]

I've been working on dressing out the bowsprit, fore stay collar with 5-hole dead eye and misc blocks for the bowlines. I ended up scratch building the sprit topmast, usually I stay true to the medium I'm working with but in this case, I used toothpicks to hold up to the additional stress from the top gallant and royal stay crowsfeet  attached to the shrouds , while still in the rough in stage it's looking pretty good, also the main mast wooldings are completed. Thanks for looking as always.

 

Michael D.

 

[kirill4]

Good day,

Michel,

Good solution! But bowsprit itself, from which material, how it will work with" load "? 

All the best!

Kirill

[72Nova]

Hi Kirill,

I was anticipating your inquiry about the bowsprit, I used sprue from the kit to fabricate it with a slight crown, I did perform a makeshift load test on the bench and it's actually quite stout plus with the addition of the bowsprit shrouds, the wanna be engineer in me believes this will work out.

 

Michael D.

[kirill4]

Good day Michael,

Oh, I see... if load test passed OK and consider there are bowsprit shrouds as well, it should work!!!

Follow Your building reports with great interest! :)))

All the Best!

Kirill

 

[72Nova]

Thank you, Kirill. The sprit topmast for the most part is complete minus the necessary blocks etc, I'm quite happy with the result, up next my focus will be set the bowsprit in permanently but first I need to decide if I want to use sheaves secured to the gammoning or pin rails and a range..... looking at both Payne's and Van De Velde plates suggest pinrails as the lines run directly inboard of the beakhead so that's what I'll probably go with.

 

Michael D.

 

[72Nova]

The inboard beakhead pin rails are completed along with the range pin rail, 28g brass wire is used for the belaying pins. I did spend a considerable amount of time to mock up the lines if using the gammoning sheave but did not like the run of the lines to the forecastle with the offset bowsprit. I'm still aways from setting the bowsprit assembly in for good but getting closer, while a bit premature I started prepping the Fore and Main stays....76mm and .88mm lines are used.

Cheers!

Michael D.

 

 

[72Nova]

Shifting gears a bit I decided to do a mockup of the canon/ tackles and breech rope, at this scale I simply knotted up the ends and painted to simulate the blocks, looks convincing enough to my eyes for this retina stressing exercise. These close-up shots are great for spotting where touch ups are needed. Thanks for looking.

 

Michael D.

[kirill4]

 

Good day Michael,

What a microscopic parts!!! :))) Looks very readable + work of imagination and I could say in this scale You made it pretty,pretty good!

One of the option , if I may to suggest, these guns gears could be ommited at all as they often performed ommited on classic museum models of thus period...where scematic gun cariages( even w/o wheels) shown  only... there will be some kind of "hermetic " message for those  of us who are  involved in this business :)))...

but from other side -  when all shown, it is demonstration of your  highest modelling skills, if You want to show them in modern style! - as all gears settl ed 

All the best ! 

Kirill

Edited April 23 by kirill4

[72Nova]

Somewhat of a crowning moment having finally glued on the stern and Qtr Galleries, all close gun port lids are on, minus the gun chaser lids and the tedious gilding is ongoing but looking pretty good thus far.

Thanks for looking

Michael D.

[Ian_Grant]

"Pretty good"? 

 

At this scale, it's incredible!  Or any scale really.

[72Nova]

Thank you, Ian. A majority of the stern work is completed, the gun port lids are installed and added the grid design above the upper glass panes to closely resemble that of the Pett painting, for this I gold leafed tulle as this stood out better than gold paint. Up next, I'll be reworking the rudder before moving back the beak head. As always, I appreciate you all stopping by and taking a peek. 

 

Michael D.

 

 

[fmodajr]

Beautiful Work Michael!!!

 

Frank

[72Nova]

Thank you for the kind comment, Frank.

Rudder work continues, I modified the kits rudder by first cutting it away from the hull and then adding the details, the gudgeons are simulated by using .040" rod and .012" styrene, pintles using the same .012" styrene.

 

Michael D.

 

[72Nova]

Starboard side of the gudgeons are completed, at this point I'm unsure if she carried chains or ropes for the rudder and their arraignment, I'm thinking chains and if so, I'll need to search for some super small scale chain. Cheers.

 

Michael D.

 

  

[72Nova]

The modifications to the rudder are completed, the shackles are in place awaiting the chain, something in the 30 to 40 LPI should suffice for this scale and contemplating adding the rudder coat, overall happy with the result.

 

Michael D.

[kirill4]

Good day Michael!

Looks Great!!!

Follow your build with great interest!

All The Best!!!

 

50 minutes ago, 72Nova said:

The modifications to the rudder are completed, the shackles are in place awaiting the chain, something in the 30 to 40 LPI should suffice for this scale and contemplating adding the rudder coat, overall happy with the result.

 

Michael D.

 

[Hubac's Historian]

Gor-ge-ous!

 

Interesting thought on the rudder coat.  Might be able to simulate that with wrapping tissue and dilute white glue.  Would have to maybe create some kind of conforming pattern that fayed nicely into the stern counter.  Not really sure how to do it, really.

[Bill Morrison]

5 hours ago, kirill4 said:

Good day Michael!

Looks Great!!!

Follow your build with great interest!

All The Best!!!

 

 

I love your paint work, especially with your overall detailing of the hull.  The basic kit is very drab with its bare hull; the hull is bereft of any planking detail.  Your addition of such detail, coupled with your excellent paintwork is truly making this into a serious model!  I cannot wait to see the finished product!

 

Bill

[72Nova]

Thank you, for the gracious compliment's gentlemen. This first attempt in mocking up the rudder coat ended up being the final result, is it what It looked like in reality? who knows, I must say though it really adds a finished look for such a subtle detail. Once I had the tissue paper ready, I worked my around the perimeter using PVA letting each section dry before proceeding. I used a base of red brown and a black wash to achieve a darkened leather appearance. As always thanks for looking.

 

Michael D.

[72Nova]

Adding some detail to the lantern and will need to address the gap between the poop deck and taffrail/stern, something I should've caught earlier but oh well and prep the deck for an offset Ensign staff.

 

Michael D.

[72Nova]

The lantern is about 90% complete, some touch up and repairs still left to do, filled the gap in the deck and fabricated the knees. While not entirely pleased with the look of the lanterns panes, they look presentable, but I might try something else with later. 

 

Michael D.

[kirill4]

Good afternoon Michael !

It looks between good and very good !!! :)))

You know, there are miniature plastic nets  with rhomboid cells that can be borrowed for the manufacture of models lanterns

- such nets are used for packaging garlic in vegetable stores, or a mosquito net also often has suitable cells ... household stores could be checked.

I also saw on classic models such lanterns have an imitation of glass - black imitation glass with hand -drawn drawings of the framework inside like You presented now? I saw You used such net with diamond shaped cells in your smaller windovs? Or big lantern should have big glass panels?

All the best!!!

Kirill

[Hubac's Historian]

Michael, is it a fiction of my imagination that the Sovereign had a small step ladder into the lantern, between it and the jackstaff?

 

I remember reading in Pepy’s Diary that for fun they’d bring noble ladies up into the huge lantern so that all could marvel at the sheer size of it.

 

I don’t see any trace of that, really, in the VdV port side drawing, though.