wefalck Posted September 20 Share #61 Posted September 20 No, the OLYMPIAS together with the armoured cruiser AVEROF and some other ships are on display in a sort of museum harbour a few kilometers to the south, outside Piraeus. Ian_Grant and Keith Black 2 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeKapas Posted Monday at 10:54 AM Author Share #62 Posted Monday at 10:54 AM Good evening all! So the past month I had some changes done on the ship. I was not really happy with the rigging, both the running ones, and the ropes for the guns and anchors. Also I changed my mind on how I want her displayed.... Long story short, I built a sea diorama base for Ares, I almost completely re-rigged her, and changed all the gun and anchor ropes etc. I'll spare you the back and forth, and post some photos of her updated situation Ian_Grant, Ronald-V, Keith Black and 3 others 3 3 Quote Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 -Soon Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 - Soon Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 - Soon Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/350 - Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeKapas Posted Monday at 10:58 AM Author Share #63 Posted Monday at 10:58 AM The water caused me a bit of a trouble, as I added swell as well as waves. I added the anchors, properly rigged the guns, and added all the folded ropes on the foremast Keith Black, wefalck, shipman and 3 others 4 2 Quote Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 -Soon Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 - Soon Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 - Soon Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/350 - Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeKapas Posted Monday at 10:58 AM Author Share #64 Posted Monday at 10:58 AM shipman, Keith Black, Thukydides and 7 others 10 Quote Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 -Soon Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 - Soon Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 - Soon Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/350 - Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeKapas Posted Monday at 10:59 AM Author Share #65 Posted Monday at 10:59 AM For scale: Ronald-V, wefalck, shipman and 8 others 9 2 Quote Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 -Soon Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 - Soon Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 - Soon Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/350 - Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeKapas Posted Monday at 11:15 AM Author Share #66 Posted Monday at 11:15 AM On 9/21/2024 at 12:20 AM, wefalck said: A couple of weeks ago I had, during a business visit to Athens, the opportunity to visit the Hellenic Maritime Museum in Piraeus. They have a 1/50 scale model of the ARES on display: I think your small model compares quite favourably with this model, which is three times the size! Thank you wefalck! I know this Ares, an old style traditional model, the few ones displayed in the other Greek museums are based on that. In fact mine is 1/3 the scale, and since it goes for all dimensions, it is 27 times smaller in volume, hehehehe Keith Black 1 Quote Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 -Soon Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 - Soon Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 - Soon Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/350 - Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted Monday at 11:23 AM Share #67 Posted Monday at 11:23 AM ... I was just about to ask for something to judge scale 😁 You follow an interesting procedure for the rigging, sort of completing one mast and then proceding to the next. I am curious to see, how you will manage to bring the stays for the mainmast to the foremast and the deck in front of it without breaking other things 😲 You also need to attach the sails to the yards still. dvm27, Keith Black and GeorgeKapas 3 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald-V Posted Monday at 11:24 AM Share #68 Posted Monday at 11:24 AM Lovely ship and diorama! The water looks really realistic! Well done GeorgeKapas and Keith Black 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Grant Posted Monday at 01:55 PM Share #69 Posted Monday at 01:55 PM George, your water dioramas are always superb - totally convincing! And Ares is another exceptional model. Keith Black, GeorgeKapas and Tony Hunt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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