Red Dragon by Vivian Galad - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - modified

[Ulises Victoria]

Nice work, Viv.

Hey... are you getting ready for the World Cup?

[Vivian Galad]

Mark, as I´m not that specialist on woods (although I´ve studied them at university), I´ve send a mail to the caravel kit manufacturer asking about woods used. As we grow on the hobby, wood seems to become a main issue ^^. Thank u, sir.

 

Miroslav, there were no plans for the cabin on AL (Artesania Latina) junk plans. I decided it should be good to have one, and then, there it is! I´ve seem some Amati junks built here in MSW and they look great, but to modify it and put a cabin is hard, since Amati´s junk is 1:100 scale. Many thanks for the compliment.

 

Jack, thanks. After sanding them, toothpicks get really better than the brass ones - On general, the kit´s wood is fine - could be more abundant, though.

[riverboat]

Hi Vivian, just catching up on your progress......... great redo on the doors and windlass, big ,big improvement, your work is real good!!

Glad to hear your starting to feel your old self again. Take care.

Frank

[Vivian Galad]

Sam, that´s something I´ll invest in, now. I´ve got a nice genetic on sighting but to abuse is to lose. As everyone is full of lights, seems a "must have" issue.

 

Hey, Mark! Thanks for passing by. I liked the subject too and intend on getting back to it along my career as a ship modelist (bigger plans about Zheng He treasure ship scratch build)

 

Popeye, crane lights seem a good idea. I´ll use the same wood for the windlasses - all parts ready for assemblage, by the way. Couldn´t find any place selling dowels that thin - at least on brazilian stores. Toothpicks will have to do - but take a lot of work to thin every bit of it to what I need. Ty!

 

Ulises, brigada. I´m not that footbal fan anymore (we call it footbal), but will watch it on tv. Hope Brazil wins, anyways. Ppl here are very sensitive about this world cup, though - too many ppl against it, too many riot previsions. Let us see.

 

Frank, my many thanks . I don´t blame kits for being that way, I do understand they have to standardize production and so, plans follows what woods, cuts and metal they put in it. As I want to migrate, or do it too, those POF scratch build models, all I can learn bashing kits is for the cause´s good! And I´m feeling really better, getting to my job on full period already

[Vivian Galad]

Mark, kit´s manufacturer answered my mail - wood is Cedrela fissilis, "cedro rosa" in portuguese. Brazilian rosewood is the Dalbergia nigra, "jacarandá" in Brazil. The kit´s wood is cheaper (we can buy it easily on hardware stores and such), while Brazilian Rosewood we find only on specialized wood stores, since this type of wood suffers extinction process.

[marktime]

Hi Vivian: was there some special reason why you mounted the windlass bars inside the stanchions instead of where they are usually seen? To make it easier to assemble perhaps?

 

Your build really has a personality of its own and I am following with interest.

[Vivian Galad]

Marktime, I followed the traditional junk windlasses, as seen on Princess Taiping junk. AL instructions also shows the windlasses that way, but used metal bars, contrary to all I´ve seen till now on the matter.

 

 

For record, Princess Taiping was built as a traditional ming dinasty junk, the same look I want for my ship, with some differences, cause mine I want do depict an ambassador´s ship on Imperial matters behalf.

[jastrząb]

I like your progress. Keep it up. Can't wait to see more pics

[mtaylor]

Thanks for the info on the wood, Vivian.  Still, what you're using looks lovely.  Now why do I have a feeling that there's a rather large scratch build in your future..... hmm....

[marktime]

Point taken.(Love that eye on the Princess!).

[Vivian Galad]

Thanks, Pawell. I´ll put some more right away.

 

Mark, that´s because I´m already selecting which scratch built project I´m gonna take. I´m between Zheng He´s treasure ship, Cocca Anseatica, plans by Euro Model or a more substantial try - a portuguese India run´s "nau" pof. Problem is this list seems to grow all the time

 

Marktime, me too. And I´ll have to put one on my ship too.

[gjdale]

Hi Vivian,

 

Whichever you decide, I can't wait to see your venture into full scratch building.

[SawdustDave]

Vivian....the doors turned out great. Nice going indeed. Like the long shot looking at deck level. Your rails appear nice and true.

Dave

[Vivian Galad]

Some more pictures:

 

    All windlasses instaled - I´m testing a cam tripod on those ones

 

 

 

 

[jburchfield1@wowway.com]

Great shots Vivian!

 

Can't wait until I'm good enough to work on a "real" boat.

[Vivian Galad]

Grant, me too !

 

Dave, my many thanks. Those rails took me some time to fix.

 

Ty, Pops! U seem to have a good start at your build log, and lots of pertinent questions. Soon enough you´r going to build bigger ships - AL San Francisco is waiting at my shelf too, by the way!

[NAZGÛL]

Nice work Vivian! The color tones are great and those doors make it look realistic. Looking back I wish I've made a few doors opened on my model. Well done!

 

 

/Matti

[ziled68]

Hola Mija,

It's good to see that you are back in business. Señorita, it has been a while since I've looked in on your progress and it looks great. I can't wait to see what you come up with in regards to the masts and the rigging of them.

[Ulises Victoria]

Splendid!!! I love the old worn look you gave to the decks. Very nicely done. Felicidades, linda.

 

(Hey... in two hours... Brazil vs. México)

[Vivian Galad]

Matti, thank you. Yours is a great ship and a superb model. I love the wood contrasts u got in there - mine just follows your ideas.

 

Getting there, Raymond, getting there. Need to figure out how to turn lights on/off on the cabin, first, and fill my compartment with tiny boxes and such. Brigada!

 

Gracias, Ulises! Tedrás que perdonarme, pero soy Brasil en eso!!! :P   (excuse-me, but I´m Brazil in there)

[Ulises Victoria]

 

Gracias, Ulises! Tedrás que perdonarme, pero soy Brasil en eso!!! :P   (excuse-me, but I´m Brazil in there)

Couldn't expect less. 

Here's to a great match, whoever wins. 

Edited June 17, 2014 by Ulises Victoria

[md1400cs]

Vivian,

 

Nice update. Your doors are also great.

 

 Go Brasil  oh and maybe France for me (:-)

 

Michael

[popeye the sailor]

very well done Vivian........ a very unique concept.   amazing detail  

[Vivian Galad]

Hey Michael, Thank u. France is good, for u... We still have that Zidane headache!! :P

 

Popeye, I´m trying!   Thanks.

[md1400cs]

Hey Michael, Thank u. France is good, for u... We still have that Zidane headache!! :P

 

Popeye, I´m trying!   Thanks.

Yes, Zizou still a headache depending which side you are on. Best player ever in the world, hmmmm - Pelè quickly comes to mind.

 

 

We met Pelè years ago. We had dinner with him and Emerson Fittipaldi. They happened to be in LA at the same time and Eliana's best Brasilian girlfriend was a close friend of both of them.  And she asked us to also come for dinner -SO lucky-

 

Both before your "time", but of course you know who they are. Good luck next week. Let's see how your headache, Spain, does on Sat.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[Bindy]

Hi there Vivian,

 

It made my day to open your log and see you have been feeling a little better and able to do some ship building.  My day got even better still when I saw your doors, windlasses and deck and how good they look!

[Sjors]

Hi Vivian,

 

I thought I bring you a visit.

 

That's great work what you have done !!!!!!

And this is the second build ????

Amazing......

You know, we both are watching the soccer game and we play well.

But you are building as the Goddelijke Kanaries ( our Dutch words for your soccer team      ) are playing........

Try to translate it other wise I will tell you .....  

I will follow the Brasil things on both ways....building and soccer !

 

[ScottRC]

Love the work your doing on this build Vivian. I am fond of the desk and how you applied your stains.  Very well balanced.

 

Scott

[Vivian Galad]

Michael, really great! Me myself never saw one of them on flesh!

 

Bindy, getting better by the hour! Thanks for your words.

 

Sjors, thanks for visiting! Can I get u some coffee? I was really optimistic about Brazil this Cup, but that went well. I blame Mick Jaeger for that part - he really shouldn´t be there on the stadium. As for the build, I´m really gratefull Mick Jaeger isn´t here . I´m doing my best and with a lot of care. Thank u. =*

 

Scott, thanks. That´s funny, cause I was planning to paint all black and red as some pictures show Ming ships, but after getting the results at hand I´ll simply let it as it is - All contrasting wood stains and waxes.

Edited July 9, 2014 by Vivian Galad

[Vivian Galad]

I´ve worked a bit more in the past few days. Truth is I still can´t go fulltime on her, as I feel some pain yet. Overall I´m okay for many things, though

 

After some while trying to figure it out what should be on the compartment, decided for some boxes, crates and sacks. Ming ships from the 1400´s  would carry no barrels, at least not the ones we´re used to see around. After seeing pictures from lots of models, junk ships and museums (as the Imperial Granary Museum), sacks for grains turned into the best choice for acompanying the boxes first planned. I was stuck on that, researching as a crazy for pictures to close this chapter .

 

So, after deciding that I made some boxes and a crate (that is a hard thing to do) and the trapdoor for the compartment. The trapdoor was something I had to think about, as the kit ones are horrible.

 

Closed compartment

 

Open compartment

 

Box and crate

 

Next I was for the stairs. AL gave me some headache here - the precut parts were wrongly assembled. Instead of four left strips and four right ones, I got all right - 8 pieces identically cut. So, I had to scratch mine.

 

AL precut stair strips

 

 

 

And here are the final results, till now: