Lady Nelson by flyenrw - Amati/Victory Models -1:64th scale

[Danstream]

10 hours ago, flyenrw said:

In my opinion,  this area of assembly is a necessary total redo.

Indeed, this is the natural conclusion. I will redo it as well, so I am not bothering more than necessary. I suggest you inspect the pictures of period models of British cutters published in this forum (if you have not seen them yet) to get inspiration about plausible configurations for the new pieces:

In addition, I visited the build log of a Lady Nelson model built by @glbarlow, who discussed the problem and re-built the parts in subject (but probably this issue had been treated also by other modelers). You could have a look also on that.

Cheers,

Dan

[glbarlow]

On 9/30/2024 at 12:45 PM, flyenrw said:

Possibly I'll be able to find a pedestal

There are multiple heights of that same style brass pedestals available. I used two different ones on my model. 
 

I did scratch build a few of the deck furniture as the kit supplied ones are horribly out of scale, as described in my log. 
 

Nice work for a first model, you’re doing great. 

Edited November 1 by glbarlow

[flyenrw]

Thar she blows!

An Easy mod to the Bowsprit support! 

By lowering the horizontal support, measuring from the bottom,  9mm up to the bottom first cut of new notches , ( included in that dimension, is the tab that fits into the deck ), I filled the original notches with the same wood from the laser cut sheet and cut the two new notches. Leaving the original Square hole to provide a top of the Bowsprit support.

I had noticed in my searches for bowsprit supports,  that a top support as such shown,  wasn't uncommon, so it made no sense to remove it, also by leaving it, it adds an additional detail.

Yet to be done will be to cut the taper into the dowel and drill a cross hole to pin the Bowsprit to the support frame.

Shown temporarily assembled for illustration and now ready for glue. 

 I'll drill the cross holes for a Bowsprit pin, thru the frame sides and Bowsprit, using a tooth pick dowel to secure it in place.

By this simple mod, the original pieces could be retained, and achieve the proper angle for the bowsprit to follow.

 

 

 

[flyenrw]

Well, I thought I would take a break from the build , per se!

The inner shipwright kept knocking, until I answered with, well, OK...I'll do it!

While prepping bulwark and cap rail wood pieces for painting and a sundry part exploration, I gave a shot at artistic license and decided to bling my companionway.

With painting, hinges and door pulls yet to finish, I envisioned a little more external detail for this thing and donned my Squirrel suit and went flying.

It was all of 3-4 hours, a couple mistakes, words that can't be mentioned, a complete re-do's of the front and doors and the finished product materialized!

 

I have a few more chosen victims such as this, that I have planned to be changing, but this is what makes a hobby for me.

 

In brief, the four sided shell was built and then, simply laminated with the wooden strips. For the vertical boards, I beveled the four edges, with 400 grit paper,  to provide for a little detail and visual space.

Because of the increased widths of the sides , I cut a new top, to include an overlap.

I used wood, from left over kit wood,  to cover and complete the companionway.

 

[Danstream]

Good to see that you resumed work on the Lady. Nice elaboration of the companionway, it really looks the part.

Cheers,

Dan

[JGoff]

I love the detail on the companionway. You (and Dan) are really elevating this build, and I look forward to what’s next.