Speeljacht by ccoyle - FINISHED - Seahorse - 1/50 - CARD - 17th-Century Dutch Pleasure Boat

[ccoyle]

15 hours ago, catopower said:

Question: What blocks are you using?

 

Some leftovers from a previous project, probably Sherbourne, which I finished over twenty years ago. That's the only time I can recall replacing the blocks in a kit. I got them from Lloyd Warner. At the time, that was the only source I could find for 2 mm blocks.

[thibaultron]

Chuck's 2mm blocks look great.

[Christiaan Hendrickszoon]

It looks fantastic! I just ordered one to build myself, so i'm going to use your report as a reference. It will be my first paper model, so im curious to see if i can build an acceptable version of it.  

[ccoyle]

1 hour ago, Christiaan Hendrickszoon said:

so i'm going to use your report as a reference

 

Just don't reference my work too closely. This is my first card sailing ship, and there's a number of things I would do differently if I were to build this kit again. Good luck on your project!

[0Seahorse]

13 hours ago, Christiaan Hendrickszoon said:

 It will be my first paper model, so im curious to see if i can build an acceptable version of it.  

Christiaan,

you can look at the test building here: 

You can also watch a tutorial on FB. It shows the construction of another model, but it contains a lot of advice related to the construction of a sailboat hull from cardboard. Although you won't find basic advice there (how to cut cardboard with scissors or a scalpel), you will certainly see how to "use" paper, how to shape, how to retouch, etc. (Axel Thorsen 1810 - step by step)

 

Greetings

Tomek

Edited September 13 by 0Seahorse

[Christiaan Hendrickszoon]

Thanks for your help! I'm going to look closely at how it should be build and the tricks on how to use paper. It's going to be more challenging than the two wooden ships i've build so far. Paper seems a little less forgiving. Bare with me 🙂

Edited September 13 by Christiaan Hendrickszoon

[ccoyle]

I got around to turning and staining the masts -- all two of them. A dowel for the jackstaff is included in the spar set, but the finished staff would be so thin that I'm planning to just replace it with painted styrene rod.

 

[Keith Black]

Very nice. 

[ccoyle]

Masting and rigging is underway. Glued boltrope to foresail and laced it to foremast before gluing foremast into hull. I had a lot of trouble doing the sail hems neatly, which is why it has kind of a curled bacon look to it. 😬  I plan to do Phoenix bare-poled.

 

 

[ccoyle]

Almost there. All I have left to do is rope coils, jackstaff and flag, and hang the rudder.

 

[ccoyle]

Aaaand she's done! I will put some glamor shots in the gallery, but for now here's the finished article.

 

 

 

 

Okay, now I can start thinking about the next project!

[Keith Black]

 Congratulations on completing the model, Chris. She should take centerstage for display. Speaking of display, is she going into a case?   

[SiriusVoyager]

Wonderful looking model! It would be hard to believe that it is made out of card if I hadn't seen otherwise.

[ccoyle]

24 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

Speaking of display, is she going into a case?

 

Probably not. Quality-wise, she didn't quite make it into "must be cased" territory (and that's a comment on my workmanship and satisfaction with the end result, not a comment on Tomek's design). Plus, because she is so darned tall, she would need a custom case ($$ cha-ching $$).

[Ronald-V]

Wonderful result! And great advertising for card models  

[AJohnson]

Congratulations Chris! 
Back to 1/33 aircraft territory, or is Phoenix getting dusted off?

[Christiaan Hendrickszoon]

That ship looks amazing! 

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Very nicely done!

Edited September 17 by GrandpaPhil

[Coyote_6]

Fine work Chris.  Beautiful result!

 

Steve

[Glen McGuire]

That's a great looking ship, Chris.  Hard to believe it's made out of card!

[72Nova]

Looks every bit as convincing as if it were made of wood, well done!!.

 

Michael D.

[Michael Mash]

Finely done Chris. I think the Dutch might say “Gefeliciteerd!”

[druxey]

Nice, Chris. Pity it won't be protected, though....

[ccoyle]

23 minutes ago, druxey said:

Pity it won't be protected, though....

I'll probably find a spot for it in my IKEA unit that has doors. Not completely dust-proof, but it offers some protection.

[Canute]

very well done, Chris. I look forward to you next project, wherever it goes.  😄

[ccoyle]

Glamor shots are now in the gallery. Thanks, everyone, for your kind comments!

[Jsk]

Very, very nice! Now I'm afraid mine will look like it was built by a ham-fisted fourth-grader! (No insult intended to fourth-graders.)