HMS Greyhound by Old Collingwood - Corel

[Old Collingwood]

Hi everyone,   I got a bit more time on the bench today,   I finnished painting the capstan and compass bass (I used the kit metal parts for this as they shaped up ok and painted fine)  I also  fitted the funnel from the kitchen(although no kitchen is fitted lower - "shhhh no one knows")

I am still working on one of two of the cannons that go under the poop deck extention, needed the wheeels painting (black or yellow ocre????)

 

Anyway here are a couple of pics.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Latest work on the bench including finishing my first cannon off - minus the breach rope (I have not been to fussy with the first one and two  as they will be manily hidden out of view under the poop deck over hang)    I also fitted two rings into the bulwarks (this was a tricky job as I had limited room to get an angle to use my small finger drill,  I had to come in at an angle over the top of the opposit side bulwark.

I then pinched in the hoop in the ring pins to close them up sligtly, then pushed them into the holes and added a drop of CA  by a narrow pin head.

 

After I painted the rings black.

The pics show - my cannon  and  views of the rings,   also a view with the poop deck dry fitted  - and finally  an almost sucsessful  view through the opposit side gunport showing the poopdeck stairs and behind that the cannon.

 

Thank you warmly and sincerely for all the likes and views - it means a lot.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

some nice clean work OC.........some rig and some don't.   if the cannon won't be visible,  it isn't a crime if you don't do the complete rigging.

[Old Collingwood]

46 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

some nice clean work OC.........some rig and some don't.   if the cannon won't be visible,  it isn't a crime if you don't do the complete rigging.

Thats what I was thinking mate,  I am just attaching the breach rope then I will glue the cannon down with a bit of ca,  then I will do the same the other side - then after fitting the ships wheel, I will then be able to glue the poop deck in place.

 

OC.

[Landlubber Mike]

Really nice work OC.  Very crisp and clean, looks fantastic!

[Old Collingwood]

11 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Really nice work OC.  Very crisp and clean, looks fantastic!

Thank you sincerely mike.

 

OC.

[cog]

You're getting the hang of it OC! Great job

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, cog said:

You're getting the hang of it OC! Great job

Thanks Carl.

 

OC.

Edited May 12, 2018 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

I did a bit more work today by first pre drilling the other side ready for the breach rope hooks,  then it dawned on me that I wont have enough tiny hooks, I only have about ten and  I need 32,   they where not included in the kit to do the cannons anyway.

Not sure where I can get any from at this scale 1/100.

 

I then decided to add an extention edging piece to the poop deck(kind of fineshes  it off better)

 

Lastly I have been working on the forecastle deck bulwark extentions, they had to be cut back and shaped ready to take some rounded end pieces(I did the later by firstly fitting a thick piece of wood that will be sanded down to create a curve)

 

Anyway that how she is at the moment  till tomorrow when I get back on the bench(table)

 

OC.

[Piet]

Nice work OC. About your hardware dilemma - get some thin brass wire and make your own.

 

Cheers,

[mtaylor]

OC,

Dafi has hooks and other assorted goodies (etched brass) for the Heller 1/100 scale Vic.   I bought the hook sheet and it's working for me at 1/64.   Have a look here:  http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en#anker7

[Old Collingwood]

12 hours ago, Piet said:

Nice work OC. About your hardware dilemma - get some thin brass wire and make your own.

 

Cheers,

Thanks mate,   I was thinking similar.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

10 hours ago, mtaylor said:

OC,

Dafi has hooks and other assorted goodies (etched brass) for the Heller 1/100 scale Vic.   I bought the hook sheet and it's working for me at 1/64.   Have a look here:  http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en#anker7

Thanks mark,   I will give that a look.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

More work today continuing with the forecastle bulwark extentions,   I sanded the first one to give it a curved profile then a couple of coats of black,   pictures show the before and after including the other side prior to shaping.

Also a general shot with my first cannon just chilling on the deck before I fix it in place.

 

OC.

Edited May 13, 2018 by Old Collingwood

[Zapto]

Beautiful progress you have done. Very clean work!

[Old Collingwood]

3 minutes ago, Zapto said:

Beautiful progress you have done. Very clean work!

Thank you so much.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I even got the time to build the keel  - made up from three pieces of 4 x 4mm, I glued these together then shaped  the profiles  - next will be to attach the hinges.

 

Just the one pic so far.

 

OC.

[BANYAN]

Some good progress OC; coming along very nicely.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Old Collingwood]

4 minutes ago, BANYAN said:

Some good progress OC; coming along very nicely.

 

cheers

 

Pat

Thank you pat.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Eveniing all,   more work on the rudder today -firstly I had to cut out (well flat box file) the three cut outs to house the hinge linkages, this was a system of several dry fittings and more filling, then I concentrated on the metal hinges that needed some light cleaning up, then It was a case of applying a light run of ca glue and placed the hinges into place,   this was repeated three times,   afterwards any overspill of ca glue was sanded off.

 

Here are a few pics -

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

are they Britannia metal ?  kit supplied?

[Piet]

Very nice progress OC.

 

Cheers,

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

are they Britannia metal ?  kit supplied?

They came out of my corel HMS Peregrine  kit that for now I am using its small parts for my build,   tomorrow I will file the hinges to remove the detailing as its quite rough and crude,  I think at this scale they will look better just plain and smooth.

 

The next stage after filling the hinges will be to apply a couple of coats of dull black to them, then a few coats of flat white to the rudder, and black near where I will attach the tiller.

 

Then when dry it will be a case of gluing them to the hull with ca glue (but as tidy as I can,  not to get the glue on my white painted lower hull)

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

11 minutes ago, Piet said:

Very nice progress OC.

 

Cheers,

Thank you so much

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Nothing much to report really apart from a a couple of coats of black and white paint applied to the rudder I made.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Hi all,   I swollowed hard and found a way to support the rudder while gluing the hinges with ca, I used a thin wood stick to apply a thin coating of ca to the backs of the hinges then pressed them down one at a time, after all six where done I did a little bit of touch up - and here is the current stage minus fitting the tiller.

 

OC.

[Piet]

Looking good mate!

 

Cheers,

[Old Collingwood]

9 minutes ago, Piet said:

Looking good mate!

 

Cheers,

Thank you kindly,  after those pics were taken I have also worked on and fitted a "stuby" tiller/head arrangement, this was fashioned out of a piece of 3x2mm  I drilled through near to one end then ran a box file through the hole to create a square cut out so it would fit over the top of the rudder post,  then I shapped a small section with shoulders that shaped into a narrow stem, this was pushed into the narrow opening and glued ontop of the rudder.

 

Pics tomorrow after it has had a bit of black paint, then it will be a case of creating some restriction chains and hooks.

 

OC.

[BANYAN]

Great result O.C.; sometimes you have no option but to hold your breath and press on.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Old Collingwood]

41 minutes ago, BANYAN said:

Great result O.C.; sometimes you have no option but to hold your breath and press on.

 

cheers

 

Pat

Indeed pat,  I was concerned about the fitting of the rudder to the hull, as when I did a dry run I scratched some of the white paintwork on the hull, I had to put my "thinking cap on"  to work out a tidy way of gluing the hinges , I was quite pleased how it turned out.

 

OC.