Baker Posted November 9 #31 Posted November 9 1 hour ago, vvvjames said: Does anyone have any better ideas? No 😇. looks good to me, much better than te kits instructions Keith Black and vvvjames 1 1 Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
vvvjames Posted November 9 Author #32 Posted November 9 34 minutes ago, Baker said: No 😇. looks good to me, much better than te kits instructions Thank you Baker! Also cheers for unlocking "page 2" of the build log 🍻 Geordie Tyne, GrandpaPhil, Ronald-V and 3 others 6 Current build: Albatros 1:100 OcCre (First build)
vvvjames Posted November 11 Author #33 Posted November 11 Ahoy all, With the addition of the ships boat, everything that needs to be on the deck is now on the deck! I may add some accessories after masts and some rigging are up, but this is a big milestone:) Ships boat: And here's how everything looks at this stage! It's hard to get everything in one shot, excuse the blur. Today I also worked on the bowsprit: Before: After: And a dry fit on the boat! Not too shabby! Hatches are being thoroughly battened! That hole where the bulwarks meet needs some tidying before I lock it in place. Wooo! Best, James Baker, JacquesCousteau, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Current build: Albatros 1:100 OcCre (First build)
Geordie Tyne Posted November 11 #34 Posted November 11 Congratulations on the completion of the deck. Your Albatross is looking very nice, indeed. Regards vvvjames and Keith Black 1 1 Geordie Current build: HM Gun Brig Adder
JacquesCousteau Posted November 11 #35 Posted November 11 Very nice work! Before going on to the masts and rigging, you may want to check that the blocks aren't backwards (the one at the tip of the bowsprit looks like it is). Real blocks are basically pulley wheels in a casing, but many modeling blocks just have a single hole to represent this. So you would want to set it up so that it looks like the rope is passing over the wheel, not below it, if that makes sense. Keith Black, Baker and vvvjames 3 Current Builds: Bateau de Lanveoc (1:32) [Scratch]; Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack (1:32) [Rescaled and modified from kit]; NRG Capstan (1:32) [Scratch] Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull (1:48); Midwest Peapod (1:14) Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross-Section (1:32); Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32); Lancha Chilota (1:32)
vvvjames Posted November 11 Author #36 Posted November 11 26 minutes ago, JacquesCousteau said: Very nice work! Before going on to the masts and rigging, you may want to check that the blocks aren't backwards (the one at the tip of the bowsprit looks like it is). Real blocks are basically pulley wheels in a casing, but many modeling blocks just have a single hole to represent this. So you would want to set it up so that it looks like the rope is passing over the wheel, not below it, if that makes sense. Ahh good eye and thank you for pointing that one out, I learned this lesson the hard way when doing the anchors, I shouldve known better haha. I think I may have been getting tired last night when I put that final block on. Thank you!!! Keith Black and JacquesCousteau 2 Current build: Albatros 1:100 OcCre (First build)
Keith Black Posted November 11 #37 Posted November 11 James, very impressive work considering that this is your first.The hull with it's deck furniture look very nice. 👍 vvvjames and JacquesCousteau 1 1 Current Builds: Billy 1938 Homemade Sternwheeler Mosquito Fleet Mystery Sternwheeler Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Sternwheeler and Barge from the Susquehanna Rivers Hard Coal Navy 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Perfection is an illusion, often chased, never caught
vvvjames Posted November 11 Author #38 Posted November 11 8 hours ago, Geordie Tyne said: Congratulations on the completion of the deck. Your Albatross is looking very nice, indeed. Regards Thank you Geordie! 8 minutes ago, Keith Black said: James, very impressive work considering that this is your first.The hull with it's deck furniture look very nice. 👍 Appreciate you saying that Keith, thank you! Geordie Tyne, Keith Black and JacquesCousteau 3 Current build: Albatros 1:100 OcCre (First build)
vvvjames Posted Friday at 09:55 AM Author #39 Posted Friday at 09:55 AM (edited) Hello all, It's been slow work on the masts, lots and lots of sanding! I tried using a method where I attached the wood to a drill to sand it evenly in shape, but I liked sanding by hand a bit better so I did a bit of both. Hours of sanding later here are the masts: Oops wrong picture... Here are the masts! Most of the bits and bobs are attached to the foremast, minus all but one yard, and nothing on the main mast yet, I ran out of glue! I believe this is the first time in my life I've run out of glue. What a great hobby! Neither mast nor the bowsprit is glued in place, I ran across another post about whether or not to glue the masts in, there were mixed opinions so I am holding off for now. I also saw another post by @wmherbertabout doing as much rigging as possible with the masts off. So I will be looking into what can be done before tackling the rat lines! Should I hold off on attaching any more yards ect. to the masts to make the rat lines easier? Best, James Edited Friday at 05:22 PM by vvvjames Typo Knocklouder, SiriusVoyager, ccoyle and 6 others 9 Current build: Albatros 1:100 OcCre (First build)
vvvjames Posted Saturday at 08:06 AM Author #40 Posted Saturday at 08:06 AM (edited) Hello all, I may have jumped the gun a bit, but I really wanted to try my hand at the shrouds. I hope my installation of the foremast won't have any ramifications, if so I'll adapt as they come! The process went fairly smooth, 2 of the bulwark deadeyes snapped off and had to be replaced but otherwise it went well! I am (unfortunately) using the kit provided cotton thread for the main lines since I don't have any polyester thread thick enough (yet). But I passed over the thread with a lighter and it looks better now than it does in these pictures. Also, after a quick headcount, I am 4 deadeyes short for what's needed. Unfortunate but I still have my dad's old modeling scraps and I remember a few in there that could work. Up at the top, I tried to mimic this diagram from a new rigging book I got: Petersson, L. (2000). Rigging: Period ship models. Chatham Publishing. This worked out very well I think. I am attending a meeting at the local Shipwrights club tomorrow and am excited to show off the progress so far. Very excited for what's to come later in the rigging process! Loving it so far. Best, James Edited Saturday at 08:20 AM by vvvjames SiriusVoyager, Knocklouder, Keith Black and 3 others 6 Current build: Albatros 1:100 OcCre (First build)
SiriusVoyager Posted yesterday at 01:02 AM #41 Posted yesterday at 01:02 AM (edited) With that supplied thread, a coat of beeswax can help keep some of that fuzz down. Great job so far! Edited yesterday at 01:02 AM by SiriusVoyager vvvjames and Keith Black 1 1 - Eric Current build: Occre Cala Esmerelda (as the Santa Eulalia) Finished: MS Norwegian Sailing Pram, MS Lowell Grand Banks Dory, MS Muscongus bay lobster smack, OcCre Palamos, AL San Francisco Cross Section, AL Sultan Arab Dhow
vvvjames Posted yesterday at 07:05 AM Author #42 Posted yesterday at 07:05 AM 5 hours ago, SiriusVoyager said: With that supplied thread, a coat of beeswax can help keep some of that fuzz down. Great job so far! Thank you! I did apply beeswax to the thread, but those strands just keep popping up, the lighter worked well but I'm very afraid of accidents. I've been applying beeswax before and after the rope is taut and it's working fairly well. SiriusVoyager and Keith Black 2 Current build: Albatros 1:100 OcCre (First build)
vvvjames Posted 3 hours ago Author #43 Posted 3 hours ago HARK! The shrouds are done! I ended up being one deadeye short of what was needed after another dive down the floor vent, but my dad's old scraps had 2 that were close enough in size. Although slightly different I like that they stand out. I used them for the backstays(?) Looking sharp I'd say! I also have begun the much loved process of rat lines on the port side. I do need some input from anyone if possible: I am happy with the result so far (feedback welcome as always), but I'm not really sure how high up on the shrouds I can realistically go using the clove hitch. Where I'm at here, the lines are just getting too close together and I'm worried it'll look more and more mangled if I go further. Should I switch to a different knot? Or maybe do a hitch on every other shroud so there's still room to see some horizontal line? Let me know your thoughts! Aaaand here's where I'm at! Only a few more dozen or hundred or so clove hitches left and I'll be done with the rat lines! (The masts are aligned well, the angle just looks weird here) Thank you all for the support and input, I wish you well on whatever you are working on this week! Best, James Keith Black and Baker 1 1 Current build: Albatros 1:100 OcCre (First build)
Baker Posted 3 hours ago #44 Posted 3 hours ago 56 minutes ago, vvvjames said: backstays(?) Correct. The height, I don't know,m. Maybe higher would be nicer. But would it be useful in a 1/1 scale? Nice work Keith Black 1 Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
Keith Black Posted 2 hours ago #45 Posted 2 hours ago Your Albatros is looking awesome, James. Wonderful ratlines. They would look more complete if you could get up to the bottom of the cheeks but go as high as you feel comfortable with and don't worry about it. Baker and Knocklouder 2 Current Builds: Billy 1938 Homemade Sternwheeler Mosquito Fleet Mystery Sternwheeler Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Sternwheeler and Barge from the Susquehanna Rivers Hard Coal Navy 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Perfection is an illusion, often chased, never caught
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