Beef Wellington Posted January 7, 2015 Share #211 Posted January 7, 2015 Take a look here Jim from Dafi's Victory build...shows it nice and clearly and I'm sure is spot on. http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/76-hms-victory-by-dafi-to-victory-and-beyond/page-52#entry233564 jim_smits 1 Quote Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_smits Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share #212 Posted January 7, 2015 Cheers Jason that looks pretty good. I'll need to adapt it a little bit as there are only three shrouds on the foremast of the Ballahoo as opposed to Dafi's monster. Quote Jim-----Current builds:HMS SnakeHMS HoodMechanical Solar SystemCompleted builds:HMS Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_smits Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #213 Posted January 14, 2015 Managed to do some work on trying to 'rig' up the nun buoy by using Dafi's build as a basis, thanks for the link Jason. Will follow up with photos tomorrow hopefully. Biggest news is that my display case has arrived. Ordered a wood base and acrylic cover as a set from www.widdowsonsltd.co.uk cost £108. Looks the business but got a 'minor' modification to make, so will do quintuple check before I commit but should look awesome and different to anything I've seen. Few little touch ups and last few coils to add to belaying points and I should be done...! egkb 1 Quote Jim-----Current builds:HMS SnakeHMS HoodMechanical Solar SystemCompleted builds:HMS Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_smits Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share #214 Posted January 15, 2015 Pictures as promised! This is the display case I received yesterday. Still some work to do on it though...... Here is the first nun buoy attached to the fore shrouds by two coils of rope. Thicker rope attached the bottom of the buoy is also lashed to the anchor. And finally added guy pendants to the boom. drtrap, tkay11, GuntherMT and 5 others 8 Quote Jim-----Current builds:HMS SnakeHMS HoodMechanical Solar SystemCompleted builds:HMS Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_smits Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share #215 Posted January 18, 2015 And the build is complete! Got all the little bits and pieces finished. Painted all the rigging hooks, added the second nun buoy and rigged to the shroud and anchor, added the last belaying coils and touched up the white paint around the rudder hinges. Really happy with the completed build, and while it is not strictly my first build, it is my first completed build and it feels like a major accomplishment. I've added some images of the completed build itself but still got the completed to case to unveil! gieb8688, GrandpaPhil, egkb and 1 other 4 Quote Jim-----Current builds:HMS SnakeHMS HoodMechanical Solar SystemCompleted builds:HMS Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_smits Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share #216 Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) And onto the second of my completed build posts! The last part towards completion was the case. I've hinted that I was going to try something a little different and I'm immensely happy to say that I managed to complete the case without any mishaps. And here is the final result: I ordered a wooden base and acrylic case from a supplier and also a sheet of blue acrylic. The sheet of blue acrylic was to simulate water level and I measured up the approx. dimensions of the ship at the water level and then deducted a few mm to be safe. I then cut out the approximate shape of the ship from the acrylic sheet. Then spent a long while iterating towards a good fit, using a dremel and then files, so that the ship rested in the acrylic sheet at the water line. Once this was complete (and I polished out the scratches I accidently made), it was onto the main case. I need to drill four small holes to fit 10mm lengths of 3mm diameter acrylic rod through each hole to act as a rest for the waterline sheet. This was the most tense section as I could easily write off £80 worth of acrylic case. Stacked a load of old paperbacks and a piece of wood to brace the acrylic against. Then VERY carefully drilled a 1mm pilot hole by hand. Using the pilot hole I then used the dremel at its lowest setting to drill 2mm and then 3mm. Everything worked out well and I'm very pleased with the final result. Thank you to everyone who has followed the log and provided encouragement and support. Now I really must get back to my Snake build.....!! Edited January 18, 2015 by jim_smits Canute, Gregor, JayBee750 and 14 others 17 Quote Jim-----Current builds:HMS SnakeHMS HoodMechanical Solar SystemCompleted builds:HMS Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted January 18, 2015 Share #217 Posted January 18, 2015 Great idea Jim, and I think it makes a wonderful display! jim_smits 1 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egkb Posted January 18, 2015 Share #218 Posted January 18, 2015 Mate That Is Deadly !!! Eamonn jim_smits 1 Quote Current Build : HM Schooner Ballahoo In the Pipeline : HM Cutter Sherbourne, HM Mortar Convulsion, Emma C Berry & C18th English Longboat.. Eventually That Is..🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted January 18, 2015 Share #219 Posted January 18, 2015 Fantastic finished product, Jim! jim_smits 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtrap Posted January 18, 2015 Share #220 Posted January 18, 2015 It was a fantastic, a superb experience Jim!Now, we're expecting to join the Snake club again... jim_smits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkay11 Posted January 19, 2015 Share #221 Posted January 19, 2015 I really like the acrylic sea. A most pleasurable build to have followed. Many thanks! Tony jim_smits 1 Quote === First build: Caldercraft HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 FINISHED 2nd build: Triton cross-section COMPLETED 3rd build: La Chaloupe Armée / 42ft Armed Longboat of 1834 by tkay11 – scale 1:36, plans by M. Delacroix COMPLETED 4th build: Allège d’Arles 1833 (Ancre) POB by tkay11 – scale 1:100, plans by F. Fissore COMPLETED Working on La Jacinthe 1:96 POB (ANCRE publications) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_smits Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share #222 Posted January 19, 2015 Thank you all for the compliments and the likes. Eamonn - hope you can see now why I kept this under wraps, there was massive potential for it to go badly wrong....! And that was just the waterline, yet alone drilling into the expensive case....... Stergios - I will be back onto the Snake in a week or two as I have another unrelated project on the go that I really need to complete. I may post details on the off topic section once I am done. drtrap and egkb 2 Quote Jim-----Current builds:HMS SnakeHMS HoodMechanical Solar SystemCompleted builds:HMS Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egkb Posted January 19, 2015 Share #223 Posted January 19, 2015 Can totally understand the problems Jim, I've tried working with that material before and the word 'Shatter' comes to mind not something you'd want to do considering the price.. She looks a treat Mate, if my little Ballier comes anywhere near I'll be well chuffed !! I guess it's onto Snake for you next then.. btw do you have any other builds waiting for the off ? (I just spotted that you mentioned a 'side project') Congratulations on Completing Ballahoo !! Eamonn jim_smits 1 Quote Current Build : HM Schooner Ballahoo In the Pipeline : HM Cutter Sherbourne, HM Mortar Convulsion, Emma C Berry & C18th English Longboat.. Eventually That Is..🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_smits Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share #224 Posted January 19, 2015 Side project is an electronics project I am putting together. Came off the back of investigating using a micro controller to create flickering LEDs as lanterns on ship builds, something I will incorporate into my Diana build when I finish Snake. I saw using the micro controller to control LEDs in other ways, mainly for creating LED cubes to create a decorative 'show'. egkb and drtrap 2 Quote Jim-----Current builds:HMS SnakeHMS HoodMechanical Solar SystemCompleted builds:HMS Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted January 19, 2015 Share #225 Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Jim, your Ballyhoo came out great, congratulations! I really love that case, wow! Very creative and well done. I was thinking of doing a diorama type case for a later build with a fake sea, but your approach is very simple and elegant. Edited January 19, 2015 by Landlubber Mike jim_smits 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Wellington Posted January 19, 2015 Share #226 Posted January 19, 2015 Very impressive Jim, you should be very pleased. Love the look of the case, well worth the effort and the risk. Well done on your first completion, a milestone I have yet to reach... jim_smits 1 Quote Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_smits Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share #227 Posted January 19, 2015 Very impressive Jim, you should be very pleased. Love the look of the case, well worth the effort and the risk. Well done on your first completion, a milestone I have yet to reach... This is the advantage of being distracted by a smaller build.....! Quote Jim-----Current builds:HMS SnakeHMS HoodMechanical Solar SystemCompleted builds:HMS Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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