wefalck Posted September 20 #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
GeorgeKapas Posted September 23 Author #62 Posted September 23 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 Ronald-V, Keith Black, ccoyle 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
GeorgeKapas Posted September 23 Author #63 Posted September 23 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 Rudolf, wefalck, Keith Black 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
GeorgeKapas Posted September 23 Author #64 Posted September 23 Thukydides, ccoyle, dvm27 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
GeorgeKapas Posted September 23 Author #65 Posted September 23 For scale: Keith Black, CiscoH, Ronald-V and 9 others 10 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
GeorgeKapas Posted September 23 Author #66 Posted September 23 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
wefalck Posted September 23 #67 Posted September 23 ... 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. GeorgeKapas, Jorez de Saint Nazaire, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux
Ronald-V Posted September 23 #68 Posted September 23 Lovely ship and diorama! The water looks really realistic! Well done Keith Black and GeorgeKapas 2 Quote Currently working on the HMS Sphinx from Vanguard Models
Ian_Grant Posted September 23 #69 Posted September 23 George, your water dioramas are always superb - totally convincing! And Ares is another exceptional model. Keith Black, GeorgeKapas and Tony Hunt 3 Quote
GeorgeKapas Posted November 2 Author #70 Posted November 2 Ares is ready! Actually she is ready for quite some time, I participated to our local modeling exhibition here in Chania last week. Unfortunatelly I had to work on her with a tight schedule to have her completed in time, and therefore took almost next to no photos of the rest of the rigging process. Needless to say it drove me mad, but I learned quite a lot, to say the least. JacquesCousteau, Jorez de Saint Nazaire, Paul Le Wol and 8 others 3 8 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
GeorgeKapas Posted November 2 Author #71 Posted November 2 The tiny carving of Ares came out quite well Siggi52, Erik W, mtaylor and 8 others 2 9 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
GeorgeKapas Posted November 2 Author #72 Posted November 2 Sails are A4 paper, used pencil, acrylics and an enamel coat on top. Re-did them a couple of times, very tiring process indeed.. Ian_Grant, JacquesCousteau, Jorez de Saint Nazaire and 8 others 2 9 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
GeorgeKapas Posted November 2 Author #73 Posted November 2 More deck details Keith Black, Paul Le Wol, Erik W and 11 others 5 9 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
GeorgeKapas Posted November 2 Author #74 Posted November 2 Some more details on the rigging Erik W, wefalck, JacquesCousteau and 6 others 4 5 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
GeorgeKapas Posted November 2 Author #75 Posted November 2 cotrecerf, Keith Black, Ian_Grant and 11 others 5 9 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
JacquesCousteau Posted November 2 #76 Posted November 2 Incredible job! mtaylor, GeorgeKapas, Paul Le Wol and 1 other 4 Quote Current Builds: Lake Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32) [Scratch]; Lancha Chilota Coasting Sloop (1:32) [Scratch]; Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull Planking Kit (1:48); Midwest Maine Peapod (1:14) [Kit] Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross Section (1:32)
Ian_Grant Posted November 2 #77 Posted November 2 George - another magnificent model meeting your exceedingly high standard! Fantastic at this scale, or indeed any scale. mtaylor, Keith Black, JacquesCousteau and 2 others 5 Quote
GeorgeKapas Posted November 2 Author #78 Posted November 2 (edited) Thank you all. This was my corner, basically my first proper exhibition. And the gold medal, honorary, since we didnt organize a competition, but the three best models were given some recognition regardless. The small 1/350 paddlesteamer Karteria, which I havent made a thread, and the bigger 1/144 frigate Hellas, u/c, also needing a thread. Edited November 2 by GeorgeKapas Erik W, ccoyle, Paul Le Wol and 10 others 12 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
ccoyle Posted November 2 #79 Posted November 2 As the Germans would say, that is Spitzenklasse! Keith Black and GeorgeKapas 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
Ronald-V Posted November 3 #80 Posted November 3 Really...really nice build! Congratz with finishing and with the medal mtaylor, Keith Black and GeorgeKapas 3 Quote Currently working on the HMS Sphinx from Vanguard Models
GeorgeKapas Posted November 4 Author #81 Posted November 4 Thank you all! Although Ares is technically finished, I'll return to her in a couple of weeks, to replace some rigging that need improvement. She is a test for me as well, so I might as well continue with experiments. Also, since many suggested it in other social media, It would be a good idea to populated the decks with some sailors. Nevertheless, 1/144 scale (14-15mm tall) figures are quite rare. And even if I could get some printed, I would prefer quite a number of them, so it would be difficult. In any case, if anyone has suggestions, or links, they would be most greatly appreciated. In fact I was thinking of a 2d-partial 3d figure built, where I would print color pictures of sailors on paper, and add hats, shoes etc to give 3d effect. If you know nice drawings/plates of such a thing, I would be indebted to you as well. mtaylor and Keith Black 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
Veszett Roka Posted November 4 #82 Posted November 4 Hi George, You might try TT scale railroad men, like those https://www.reynaulds.com/catalog/dept_356.aspx I do not recommend the sunbathers though, but the workers could be suitable. They have 1:144 as well, but those are airport passengers: https://www.reynaulds.com/products/Preiser/77103.aspx GeorgeKapas, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote
wefalck Posted November 4 #83 Posted November 4 First of gratulations to this nice model and the gold medal! Concerning figures: 1/144 seems to be a common aircraft model scale. The German manufacturer Preiser (probably the best on the market for styrene figures) has a small range in that scale: https://www.preiserfiguren.de/download.php?file=PK 28 Seite 308.pdf. There are also numerous offers of 3D-printed military figures, but one would need to look around for another market platform after Shapeway went into bankruptcy last summer. I believe that the UK model railway N-scale is actually 1/148 rather than 1/160, so poking around British manufacturers might be helpful. In any case, the figures will need some carving and sculpting to bring them to the right era. This is not too difficult. I have just done this for my S.M.S. WESPE project here in 1/160 scale. GeorgeKapas, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux
Keith Black Posted November 4 #84 Posted November 4 George, beautiful model, congratulations. When Shapeway was still in business I ordered the below sets by Holden. Last I saw Holden was offering his figures on Facebook. GeorgeKapas and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
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