Royal William by pirozzi - FINISHED - Euromodels - 1/70

[pirozzi]

Constructing and installing the upper transom railing. The railing itself comprises of 2 halves. The plans call for placing the half # 11223 on the port side and #11222 on the starboard side. By virtue of the shapes of these pieces, part # 11223 needs to be on the starboard and #11222 on the port side. The plans have the parts numbered incorrectly on the drawings.

I still have to fill in the center seams of both the lower and upper railings with some filler to make the joints less visible.

 

Vince P.

[donrobinson]

That's an amazing stern gallery you have built so far, I have yet to build one and watching this one I'm not too sure I am ready for one yet. Keep up the great work

[pirozzi]

Still working on the transom and stern galleries.

 

The upper side windows are added and the upper side balconies are compete. One of the side metal decoration strips (the last one) has to be added now and the the side wall of the hull in the area has to be painted black now. The metal strip is painted black and the raised pattern is washed in a gold tinted solution. This actually completes both sides of the galleries right up to the poop deck.

 

According to the plans, there are no railings whatsoever around the poop deck. With the camber of the deck, the wind at sea, and the rolling of the ship, a sailor would just fall over the side with no support. I am choosing to add side and forward cap railings later on. The bases for the side rails have been added to the deck already.

 

Vince P.

Edited December 11, 2018 by pirozzi

[pirozzi]

The upper transom balcony bezel with the scroll end windows has been added. Two stantions have beed added to support the long ceiling opening. This is not part of the kit, so I used a couple of 12mm walnut stantions from my stash.

 

Vince P.

[pirozzi]

There are 8 tiny windows that make up the upper gallery. Each one has a unique shape to match the cutouts in the transom. It is easy to mix them up. They are numbered on the plans and on each piece. Once I cut out the window panes and adjusted the cutouts in the transom, I placed them on the plan drawing to keep them in the correct place.

 

Vince P.

[donrobinson]

going to be a great looking stern

[pirozzi]

The plans don't really show how to place the little upper windows on the transom. I have seen them just placed over the openings and also reset into the openings. I decided they look better if reset into the openings, especially because the two end windows can be seen from both front and back. They are exposed on the backside in one of the little balconies. Also, these metal window castings are only detailed on the front side and blank on the back. I had to detail the backs of the two end ones and paint them accordingly.

 

Vince P.

[pirozzi]

The large heavy casting that makes up the top decorations is all in one piece and goes across the top of the entire transom. The one in my kit was cracked about in the middle. It did not break in half, but any rough handling would have done it. Since this piece has to be heated and bent to match the curvature of the transom, the crack had to be repaired first. Some thick CA and pressing the crack closed, and placing in a clamp for a few days did the trick. Once it was heated and bent, it was painted and clamped in place on the transom.

 

Vince P.

[pirozzi]

The transom and stern galleries are finally completed. While there has not been any easy steps yet in building her, I believe the transom to be the most difficult and tedious part of the entire build, but we will see.   I am glad it is done and it took me several months and a couple hundred hours to do. It is not perfect, but I am happy with the results.

 

Next up will be the wales, I think.

 

Vince P.

[DenPink]

Hi Vince

 

Just wonderful , fantastic workmanship.

 

The best RW on this forum.

 

Denis.

[GLakie]

The stern looks great Vince. That's a scary amount of windows, and ornamentation there, and I think a lot of guys would have given up on her by now.  Nice work~!!

[petervisser]

Hi Vince,

 

Wonderful work on the stern gallery! Thanks for posting all the detailed work you have done. I have this kit waiting patiently in the wings, and will be using one or two ideas (ok, all) in building my own Royal William.

 

Looking forward to more of your build log.

 

Peter

[Keith_W]

Congratulations on your milestone, Vince. I'm still stuck at the first level of my transom. I'll get back to work on it very soon. 

[pirozzi]

Working on the main wales. The stock used on these is 7x2mm walnut. This is pretty hard stuff and requires a severe bend and curvature at the bow. I had to use a mechanical bender as well as soaking in ammonia solution and heating to make the bends without splitting the wood. Once the planks were fitted to the hull, holes were drilled and toothpicks inserted for simulating the trennels. After drying, everything will be painted.

 

Vince P.

Edited December 21, 2015 by Vince P.

[GLakie]

Looking good Vince!  Hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

Looking good Vince!  Hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

 

George has beaten me to the punch line Vince. Great job. My admiral and I wish you and your family all the best for Chrissy and a wonderful 2016.

Havagoodone mate

Greg

[pirozzi]

The main wales are completed and the hull painted accordingly from the wales down.

 

Next up are the middle wales which run across the hull above the main wales.

 

Vince P.

[marktiedens]

Looking really nice .

 

Mark

[maggsl_01]

Really outstanding - like the look very much

 

 

Cheerio

 

Max

[pirozzi]

The middle wales are added. I have seen models with these wales both left unpainted and painted black. I decided to paint them black so all of the wales will stand out. Also, you can't really see the detail in the photos, but I used tooth picks to simulate the bolts that held the wales in place on actual ships.

 

Next up are the upper wales which are also the chain wales. They consist of 2 seperate strips that will also be painted black.

 

Vince P.

[GLakie]

I think the black sets them off nicely Vince.    Sure is a lot of "windows" in that hull. 

[Kevin]

lovely work Vince, up to your usual high standards

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

G'day Vince

There's something wrong in the last photo on 30th December and the other phots above. I can't put my finger to it.......... now I know it's your desk! It's too clean! It's nothing like mine

[donrobinson]

Superb Vince, I just love that stern

[pirozzi]

The 2 piece upper wales are in place. To keep the spacing even, I put another piece between them while gluing. This finishes the wales.

Next up is to sand and finish the bare wood sides of the hull.

 

The fenders come next. You can see in the last photo, I have marked the locations with a pencil line. They go from the lower wales up to the top of the bulwarks and cut through the middle and upper wales. Since the wales are 2mm thick and the fenders need to be 2mm beyond that, the fenders need to be 3mm widex4mm deep. They have to be bent into an "S" shape to match the contour of the hull sides. Bending a piece of walnut 4mm thick is a little much, so I am going to contruct the fenders from 2 pieces 2mm thick and place them on top of each other.

 

Vince P.

[maggsl_01]

Hi Vince

 

you are doing an extraordinary job on the RW. Every update gives an great amount of tips and hints to me. I am looking Forward to build the Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde from EuroModel in the future. I got the kit and I am studying the plans all the time. They are scary somehow

 

Good luck with your RW - Cheerio

 

Max

[md1400cs]

Vince,

 

Just catching up. Brilliant work. Love the stern details as well. George is spot on, that black stripe is perfect.

 

Michael

[pirozzi]

The fenders on the port side are done. Altough the plans are marked that the fenders are supposed to be 3mm wide by 5mm deep, on the drawings it is more like 2mm x 4mm. I decided to go with the later. Like I said before, because of the complex bending required, I made them out of 2 x 2mm stock and just glued 2 on top of each other after bending and placing on the hull. The bending can be done 2 ways; making a template and then bending around this, or using the hull to bend them. I chose to use the hull, and it was not too difficult. You also need to leave a little extra on the top to accomodate the bulwark railings later on.

 

Vince P.

[donrobinson]

The fenders look good, nice planning building them.

[Keith_W]

I'm glad I took a break and let you get ahead of me in the build. Watching you do all these things is instructive for me. Thanks Vince, keep it up!