Oryol 1902 by GrandpaPhil - Orel - 1/200 - CARD - Russian Battleship

[Keith Black]

 Impressive model, Phil. 

[clearway]

Haven't looked in for a while- wow she has really come along nicely Phil.

 

Keith

[GrandpaPhil]

On 4/23/2025 at 9:46 PM, Keith Black said:

 Impressive model, Phil. 

Keith,

  Thank you very much!

On 4/24/2025 at 2:51 PM, clearway said:

Haven't looked in for a while- wow she has really come along nicely Phil.

 

Keith

Keith,

  Thank you very much!  This one has been a fun learning experience!

All bulwarks are now installed, painted and sealed!

 

The forward stack is now on too!

Waiting on the amidships platforms to dry so I can finish cutting them out and assemble them!

Edited April 26 by GrandpaPhil

[SaltyScot]

Now that both stacks are on she looks quite imposing, Phil. Coming along very nicely there.

[GrandpaPhil]

On 4/26/2025 at 7:10 AM, SaltyScot said:

Now that both stacks are on she looks quite imposing, Phil. Coming along very nicely there.

Mark,

  Thank you very much!  Yes, she is looking like a battleship now!

 

I have the middle platforms made and installed.

I am taking a step back.

 

I lost a ladder.

 

It went flying and disappeared into lost part space so I am scratch building another one.

I am sure that the other ladder will appear in plain sight tomorrow, long after I make the replacement!

[Coyote_6]

19 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said:

I am sure that the other ladder will appear in plain sight tomorrow, long after I make the replacement!

 

Isn't that how it always is.   Looking good Phil!

 

[amateur]

And the original will be 4 mm too short to replace the nect one that is eaten by the carpetmonster

 

Impressive ship/model. Seeing her withthe guns mounted will be another major moment .

 

Jan

[king derelict]

14 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

 

I lost a ladder.

 

It went flying and disappeared into lost part space so I am scratch building another one.

 

I know the feeling. I made a brass mast for The Iron Duke, painted it and set it aside to dry. And it’s gone! Searched on hands and knees with a torch, vacuumed through the house, no sign of it. Even the cats look innocent. I just finished building a replacement so I’m expecting to find the original any time now.

alan

[Old Collingwood]

Excellent work Phil  -  first rate work.

 

OC.

[GrandpaPhil]

On 4/27/2025 at 9:19 PM, Coyote_6 said:

 

Isn't that how it always is.   Looking good Phil!

 

Steve,

  Lol!  Absolutely! Thank you very much!

 

On 4/28/2025 at 11:32 AM, amateur said:

And the original will be 4 mm too short to replace the nect one that is eaten by the carpetmonster

 

Impressive ship/model. Seeing her withthe guns mounted will be another major moment .

 

Jan

Jan,

   Thank you very much and absolutely!  The funny thing is that I work on a hardwood floor and still manage to lose parts!  Lol!

 

On 4/28/2025 at 11:57 AM, king derelict said:

I know the feeling. I made a brass mast for The Iron Duke, painted it and set it aside to dry. And it’s gone! Searched on hands and knees with a torch, vacuumed through the house, no sign of it. Even the cats look innocent. I just finished building a replacement so I’m expecting to find the original any time now.

alan

Alan,

  I ended up getting my last ladder for “free”. It was a replacement for one that ended up in “Parts Space” and then turned up after I had already made what I thought was a replacement for the second to last ladder!  It ended up being the last ladder!

 

On 4/30/2025 at 3:27 PM, Old Collingwood said:

Excellent work Phil  -  first rate work.

 

OC.

OC,

  Thank you very much!

 

All ladders for the middle platforms are done and in place:

Here’s a side on view of the ship!

And now for more railings!

[SaltyScot]

She's starting to look quite chunky there, Phil. That is A LOT of fiddly work with those wee ladders etc. You have some patience, I will give you that.

[Veszett Roka]

To be honest, i never seen such complex paper model yet. I built only one in my childhood (Jylland, a Danish tug from the 1920's) but that ship was far simply compared to your model. Excellent workmanship.

[GrandpaPhil]

On 5/5/2025 at 7:44 AM, SaltyScot said:

She's starting to look quite chunky there, Phil. That is A LOT of fiddly work with those wee ladders etc. You have some patience, I will give you that.

That’s the thing with these pre-dreadnoughts, there are a LOT of small parts.  This one has been a learning experience.  I still have several more pre-dreadnoughts in my stash that will get built one of these days!

 

On 5/6/2025 at 3:46 AM, Veszett Roka said:

To be honest, i never seen such complex paper model yet. I built only one in my childhood (Jylland, a Danish tug from the 1920's) but that ship was far simply compared to your model. Excellent workmanship.

Thank you very much!  I really like these kits.  The level of detail in them is amazing!

 

Working railings, slowly but surely!

[GrandpaPhil]

All the railings for the middle bridges are finished and installed:

I still need to paint and seal them.  Then it will be time for the main guns.

 

The Borodino’s had two double turrets for the primary batteries and six double turrets for the secondary batteries.

 

Once those are in, I’ll get the 47mm guns, the search lights, and the rest of the small inner deck/superstructure fittings, to include the ship’s boats and fit them in place.

 

Then the rest of the outer hull fittings.

 

Then it will be time for masts.

 

All masts will be painted wood, with the rest of the mast fittings in card, much like the Solferino.

 

Sometime in between I need to install a bunch of eyebolts to tie off to on the decks and stacks for the rigging.

 

This ship had a brig rig.

Edited 2 hours ago by GrandpaPhil