Cabbie Posted August 18, 2015 Share #61 Posted August 18, 2015 Hello Nick That is a great job you have done on the planking. Sand it up and put on some finish coats and should look brilliant. On my next ship (2nd) I want to do the planking like this, so I have book marked your blog so that i can fire the questions at you. I think you are being a bit fussy about the timber colours, Timber is timber, it quite often varies, some fades a bit quicker, and even after you put a finish on, keeps fading. Hold a bit of wood up and turn it around it often goes from light to dark and back again. That's why we like it so much and this hobby, its real, nature made it. Keep the posts coming. Thanks Chris fnick and Nirvana 2 Quote HM Cutter Mermaid 1817 HMB Endeavour 1768 by Cabbie - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Kit Fiddle Every action has a consequence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share #62 Posted August 19, 2015 Thanks for the likes Belco, Gunther and Chris! Hi Chris Thanks for your comments! Much appreciated. Yes maybe I am being fussy but heh it's my ship! . The colour differences are a bit difficult to see from the pictures. I know what you mean about the timber varying naturally but with the naked eye the walnut on the keel looks different enough to the walnut used for the planking that to me it just doesn't look right. Also the walnut timber I used originally was very brittle and difficult to work with which makes the keel look a bit messy anyway irrespective of the colour. Anyhoo this is all a bit of a moot point now since I have removed said wood and have started replanking. When everything is replanked I'll post some before and after pictures side by side which will hopefully show what I meant. Cheers Nick Nirvana 1 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMBROOK Posted August 19, 2015 Share #63 Posted August 19, 2015 Excellent planking work Nick!!!! .Your hard work has paid off in spades. I fully understand where you are coming from,there is a definite contrast between the prow and the hull and finish will only exaggerate it. Kind Regards Nigel Nirvana and fnick 2 Quote Currently working on Royal Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted March 5, 2016 Author Share #64 Posted March 5, 2016 Evening all time for my 8 monthly update . Where does time fly? Oh yeah work, kids, sleep, etc . Finally got one side replanked. I'm much happier with the result. Here's an overall shot to start off with. Here's a couple of before and after shots. and finally Just need to finish the other side and then I'm back exactly where I was in the summer last year! Nick Landlubber Mike, cristikc, hexnut and 4 others 7 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulises Victoria Posted March 5, 2016 Share #65 Posted March 5, 2016 Beautiful. You are doing an excellent job. Your planking looks very well done. Never mind the discolored planks. I think they give the ship more realism. fnick and Nirvana 2 Quote There aren't but two options: do it FAST, or do it RIGHT. Current Project Build Log: Soleil Royal in 1/72. Kit by Artesania Latina. Last finished projects: Royal Ship Vasa 1628; French Vessel Royal Louis 1780. 1/90 Scale by Mamoli. 120 Cannons Future projects already in my stash: Panart: San Felipe 1/75; OcCre: Santísima Trinidad 1/90; Wish List: 1/64 Amati Victory, HMS Enterprise in 1/48 by CAF models. So much to build, so little time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMBROOK Posted March 6, 2016 Share #66 Posted March 6, 2016 Great to see an update Nick It may feel like three steps forward and two back,but it will be worth it in the long run Kind Regards Nigel fnick and Nirvana 2 Quote Currently working on Royal Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share #67 Posted March 6, 2016 Hi guys Thanks for the feedback! Never mind the discolored planks. I think they give the ship more realism. I completely agree as long as it at least looks like the same species of wood! My lighting setup in my garage ( two fluorescent bulbs) doesnt help show what I mean on the photos. I probably should take some pictures with natural light but UK weather is not the best at the moment!! It may feel like three steps forward and two back sure does... but it will be worth it in the long run it already is Nigel! Cheers Nick Nirvana, NMBROOK and Ulises Victoria 3 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtdoramike Posted March 7, 2016 Share #68 Posted March 7, 2016 Beautiful job on this ship model. But the hull planking does not look like walnut, it's too light for walnut or at least it comes across that way in the pictures. mike Nirvana and fnick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share #69 Posted March 8, 2016 Hi Mike Thank you very much for your comment! .It is walnut I can assure you . The walnut above the yellow wood (can't remember name...) came with the kit and the walnut below I ordered from Jotika and they do match. However I also got some other walnut (supposedly) that looks nothing like what I'm using now so go figure. I know you can get dark walnut as well. Maybe that's what you're thinking of? Cheers Nick Nirvana 1 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtdoramike Posted March 8, 2016 Share #70 Posted March 8, 2016 That could be Nick, it's just I have never seen walnut that light before, although it does look pretty. But of course your planking job could make a crappy inferior wood look fantastic. mike Nirvana and fnick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share #71 Posted May 6, 2016 Evening all Minor update but mini major milestone as far as I'm concerned. I've finished replanking what I ripped off last August! Only took me 9 months! A loooooooooot longer than I thought but oh so worth it. So back to finishing the second planking. One band of 9 planks to do. That won't take long right?!? Thanks for looking Nick jbford, tasmanian, Landlubber Mike and 3 others 6 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted May 11, 2016 Share #72 Posted May 11, 2016 Beautiful work Nick! Nirvana, fnick and tasmanian 3 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 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 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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...
fnick Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share #73 Posted May 12, 2016 Thanks for the comment Mike. Appreciate it! How's your Pegasus coming along? Nick PS: Thanks for the like as well Nigel Nirvana 1 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted May 12, 2016 Share #74 Posted May 12, 2016 Hi Nick, my Pegasus is slowly coming along, thanks for asking. I'm finishing the upper hull second planking which is a little tricky given that I'm testing and using stains and taking extra care to get the lines right. I'll post an update soon. Nirvana and fnick 2 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 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 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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...
fnick Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share #75 Posted August 24, 2016 Wait for it.... YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Second planking is finally finished* *well ok apart from two/three planks to reglue, gaps to fill and sanding the entire hull... Sorry for poor quality pics (from mobile) but I just couldn't wait till tomorrow to get the SLR out and tell you guys and girls Happy Dance Time! Nick Landlubber Mike, ccoyle, hexnut and 4 others 7 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtdoramike Posted August 25, 2016 Share #76 Posted August 25, 2016 All I can say is WOW, what a beauty and you sure are doing her justice. mike Nirvana and fnick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share #77 Posted August 25, 2016 Thanks Mike! And thanks to all who have pressed the like button. Nick Nirvana 1 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md1400cs Posted August 25, 2016 Share #78 Posted August 25, 2016 Nick, Your #72 pic of the stem is indeed perfect, as is all of your hull planking. A pleasure to follow along. Cheers, fnick and Nirvana 2 Quote Michael Current build : Sovereign of the Seas 1/78 Sergal Under the table: Golden Hind - C Mamoli Oseberg - Billings 720 - Drakkar - Amati Completed: Santa Maria-Mantua -- Vasa-Corel - Santisima Trinidad cross section OcCre 1/90th Gallery : Santa Maria - Vasa - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share #79 Posted August 25, 2016 Thanks a lot Michael. Glad you like it. Have to admit I like it too! Cheers Nick Nirvana 1 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share #80 Posted September 19, 2016 Evening all First of all thanks for all the comments and the likes. Finally got round to taking a couple of shots with the SLR. I've sanded down one side and sorted out all the gun ports so hopefully they are all the same size (more or less ) First of all here's the non sanded side for comparison. And then the sanded side. Sanding and gun port sorting out probably took around 8 hours ish. Thanks for looking. Nick NenadM, md1400cs, Robin Lous and 5 others 8 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 20, 2016 Share #81 Posted September 20, 2016 Turning out to be a real beauty Nick. Very nice job! Nirvana and fnick 2 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 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 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 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 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...
NenadM Posted October 1, 2016 Share #82 Posted October 1, 2016 Very nice ! My dream is to make model from natural wood, which require more skill than I have. Nirvana and fnick 2 Quote In progress: CUTTY SARK - Tehnodidakta => scratch => Campbell plans http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-1#entry64653 Content of log : http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-62#entry217381 Past build: Stella, Heller kit, plastic, Santa Maria, Tehnodidakta kit, wood, Jolly Roger Heller kit, plastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share #83 Posted October 2, 2016 Hi Nenad Thank you for your nice comment! My dream is to make model from natural wood, which require more skill than I have. You Sir are seriously understating your abilities!! Nick Nirvana and mtaylor 2 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted October 9, 2016 Share #84 Posted October 9, 2016 He daddy Nick :-) Great job you are still doing. And now another year for the next update????? Sjors Nirvana and fnick 2 Quote Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share #85 Posted October 11, 2016 Great job you are still doing. Thanks Sjors! And now another year for the next update????? Heh! They're every 6 months now. . Give me some credit! Nick Sjors and Nirvana 2 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share #86 Posted February 20, 2017 Hi all Very minor update. Managed to drill a hole in all the gunports to fit the dummy guns. I wanted to do that before installing the decks and wales. Hasn't come out too badly. I did manage to loose one of the guns between counting them (and yes I did have the correct number!) and installing them. I am not too worried as I am sure that it will turn up as soon as I order a replacement. Couple of pictures (excuse the quality...) The guns are not glued in at the moment. I'll do that at a later stage. Next step is installing the deck beams and the main deck. Thanks for looking Nick coxswain, md1400cs, tasmanian and 3 others 6 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted February 20, 2017 Share #87 Posted February 20, 2017 Stranger in the house Welcome back! Few things to do before she is finished..... How are the kids? Sjors Quote Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share #88 Posted February 20, 2017 growing up, testing my wife's patience (they are on half term holiday) and stopping me from doing more ship modelling . My boy is a typical 5 year old bulldozer and my daughter is a fully fledged threenager... So pretty normal really Nick PS: Love them really Sjors and Nirvana 2 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnick Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share #89 Posted February 27, 2017 Evening all The deck supports are all cut to size. I'm in the process of sanding them down to a slightly curved shape. Question for you all: the instructions mention (see pic below figure 13) that once the deck is glue the top of the bulkheads should be cut off. It just seems far easier to mark the top of the deck support on the bulkhead and cut it before the deck is glued. Yes the deck does have notches to help line it up with the bulkheads but in true Corel style they don't appear to!. so anyway I can't see why I shouldn't cut the top of the bulkheads off before gluing the deck as that seems far easier. Or am I missing something...? Nick hexnut and Nirvana 2 Quote Le Mirage by fnick - Corel - 1:75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktiedens Posted February 28, 2017 Share #90 Posted February 28, 2017 I would say you could go either way,but you may want to set the deck in place & mark the extensions at the level of the deck first so you won`t have a dip when you lay the deck planks. In other words, the extensions should be cut off at the same level as the false deck. Hope that helps. Mark fnick and Nirvana 2 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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