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

[king derelict]

The details are spectacular Phil. Beautiful work.

alan

[GrandpaPhil]

On 8/4/2025 at 7:01 PM, king derelict said:

The details are spectacular Phil. Beautiful work.

alan

Alan,

  Thank you very much!

 

Thank you to everyone who has hit the “like” button or just stopped by!

 

The main mast has railings on the mast top now:

Everything is painted and sealed.

 

I am currently working on the machine guns:

At 1/200 scale, these things are tiny!  To give an idea of scale, the squares on the building mat are 1/2”.

[Knocklouder]

I see the green mat, they are very tiny. Very impressive work, way beyond my eye sight. Amazing work GP.  

Bob M.

[GrandpaPhil]

On 8/10/2025 at 9:53 AM, Knocklouder said:

I see the green mat, they are very tiny. Very impressive work, way beyond my eye sight. Amazing work GP.  

Bob M.

Bob,

  Thank you very much!

 

My miniature machine guns are built and ready for installation:

They need painted, but are black going into a black location so I will paint them and seal them after installation.

[Coyote_6]

Those look amazing Phil.  Great uniformity for sure.

[Keith Black]

  Your "tiny" work is impressive, Phil. 👍

[Glen McGuire]

Love those mini-machine guns!!

[SaltyScot]

You have made good progress, Phil. I commend you on being able to get all those tiny pieces looking the same!

[GrandpaPhil]

Steve, Keith, Glen and Mark,

  Thank you all very much!  I have a special pair of glasses for working on my models that greatly improves my ability to make and work with the small parts on these models.
 

The machine guns are installed and painted to match:

While waiting for the glue to dry, I went ahead and installed the standing rigging:

I wasn’t really planning on installing the standing rigging, it just kind of happened.  
 

I am going to make and install the yards, gaffs and booms in the near future.

 

I just need to figure out if the running rigging would be steel cable, or if it would have been hemp.

This will determine if I use tan rigging thread or black for the running rigging.

 

Each yard will get lifts and braces, slightly simplified due to the scale.

Edited 4 hours ago by GrandpaPhil

[Coyote_6]

Very elegant with the standing rigging.  Wow!