maggsl_01 Posted November 20, 2014 Author #91 Posted November 20, 2014 Hello my friends, I am in vacation again - so there is no update for my Royal Caroline. We stay at the region between Hamburg and Cuxhaven - close to the river Elbe, where all the big vessels roll on to Hamburg port. So you can imagine where I am most of the time Its a very nice time although the weather is not to bright - but its november... so what? I went along to the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, a canal about 100 yrs old that connects the North Sea near Cuxhaven with the Baltic Sea near Kiel. It is a important water traffic route with a lot of photographic motives. I attached a few pics. And I visited the Germann Naval Museum in Bremerhaven... WOW... I knew about the qualitiy of museum models... But when you see them... well... respect. The work on my Royal Caroline will go on next week... Wish you all the very best Cheerio Max popeye the sailor 1 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted November 20, 2014 Author #92 Posted November 20, 2014 Oooops... didnt work proper... so I have additional pics in a new post Cheerio Max WackoWolf, schnu, Shipyard sid and 2 others 5 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted November 24, 2014 Author #93 Posted November 24, 2014 Hi ffolks... back from vacation I started to continue the work on the boat. It is a double-planked POB-boat, about 13 centimeters Long. I attached some pics to Show the Progress and the Status at the Moment. Still a lot to do, but it becomes ist shape more and more. Thank you for your Attention Cheerio Max yvesvidal, edmay, Shipyard sid and 5 others 8 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
testazyk Posted November 24, 2014 #94 Posted November 24, 2014 Boats are one of the hardest things to get right and yours is looking really good! maggsl_01 1 Quote Tom Current: Sergal Sovereign of the Seas Previous builds: AL Swift, AL King of the Mississippi, Mamoli Roter Lowe, Amati Chinese Junk, Caesar, Mamoli USS Constitution, Mantua HMS Victory, Panart San Felipe, Mantua Sergal Soleil Royal
maggsl_01 Posted November 25, 2014 Author #95 Posted November 25, 2014 Thx Tom... yes, it is tricky to get all done and in the right shape. But it makes fun too. I never thought that a BOAT can be double-planked...but it works. I use the 0.5mm thin strips from the kit for the first planking and a 0.5mm thin nut-strip from the after-sales-market. Its better than the strips featured with the kit. At least when the semigloss colorless varnish is on the surface it will give a very warm and natural impression. BTW - all the building is pure fun and relaxation. Cheerio my friend Max Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted November 25, 2014 Author #96 Posted November 25, 2014 Hello all my friends my boat grows up every hour Just a Little update to Show you the Progress. The first pic Shows my way to bend the railings. I think tomorrow I can end the boat-building era Cheerio Max GuntherMT, jwvolz, DenPink and 3 others 6 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
Jerry Posted November 25, 2014 #97 Posted November 25, 2014 Hello Max.. A beautiful job well done. So now it's time for you and the admiral to go on another vacation. Have a happy. Jerry maggsl_01 1 Quote Cutty Sark - Billings- Scale:1:64 HMS Victory - Caldercraft - Scale 1:72 https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1951-hms-victory-by-jerry-finished-caldercraft-scale-172-1805-version-wood/ HMS Bounty - Amati - Scale 1:60 https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/10200-hms-bounty-by-jerrys-admiral-finished-amati-scale-160/&hl= hms bounty jerry#39;s admiral Viking Ship - Amati- Scale - 1:60 https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/10415-viking-ship-drakkar-by-jerry-finished-amati-scale-150/ Half Moon - Corel - Scale 1:50 https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/9065-half-moon-by-jerry-finished-corel-scale-150/&hl=%2Bhalf%2B%2Bmoon%2B%2Bcorel%2B%2Bjerry Bluenose- Model Shipways - Scale: 1:64 https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/13649-bluenose-by-jerry-model-shipways-scale-164/&hl=bluenose La Nina - Artesania Latina - Scale 1:65 COMPLETED...7-8-2017
schnu Posted November 26, 2014 #98 Posted November 26, 2014 Amazing little boat, I was wondering, what is that proxon tool on the first picture? maggsl_01 1 Quote
maggsl_01 Posted November 26, 2014 Author #99 Posted November 26, 2014 Hi schnu, thx... yes, the boat Comes quite nice The Proxxon tool is a vice (Schraubstock) Cheerio Max Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
DenPink Posted November 27, 2014 #100 Posted November 27, 2014 Hi Max What a nicely made boat my friend. Denis maggsl_01 1 Quote Complete: Sovereign of the Seas - Mantua 1:78 scale Current build: Euro Model "Royal William" Scale 1:72 HMS "Revenge" Victory Model (Amati) Scale 1:64
maggsl_01 Posted November 27, 2014 Author #101 Posted November 27, 2014 Hi my friends thx a lot for your compliments... It makes a lot of fun to do this boat. It is like the little sister of my Caroline Still have to make the oars and the decorations (there is a photo-etched sinus-line within the kit). Think I will finish the boat up to the weekend. Then the first construction phase will be done and the masts can be build. Cheerio Max Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted November 28, 2014 Author #102 Posted November 28, 2014 Hi together Well, I am through with my boat earlier than I thought... At least: Now :D I have atached some pics (as usual) to show the result of an almost one-week-Job. I had a lot of fun although I thought at the start it will NEVER be something similar to a boat. But I admit - indeed it a boat. Thx for your attention and interest Cheerio Max schnu, edmay, GuntherMT and 6 others 9 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted December 1, 2014 Author #103 Posted December 1, 2014 Hi all, it's me again I startet to build the masts and tops now. The precut parts have to be planked, I stained the strips with a mix of teak and oak, the transoms (?) are walnut, I stained the edging black and assambled all togehter. I Comes out nice I think. Next will be the salings. Thx for your attention Cheerio Max popeye the sailor, Landlubber Mike, WackoWolf and 3 others 6 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted December 3, 2014 Author #104 Posted December 3, 2014 Hello again... the work on the foremast goes very satisfying. I am ready with the first, the lower, part. Next will be the upper part of the mast. Now, that I do this masting this way I understand how the process works best. My problem with my first build, the Half Moon, - or better with the instructions by Corel - was that there was hardly no space between the crows nest and the mast itself for the shrouds. It was very tricky to fasten them. But here with the Caroline there is more to see and understand how the shrouds thing will work. Thus I do... (As my father told me: You will never ever stop to learn... what a wise guy he is) And now I can see how it is to be done to create the masts step by step and to fix the shrouds. I like it really But pls see the pics and dont hesitate to comment if you ever want. In Germany it is winter time now, and in the region I live in winter means cold, fog, snow and a lot of time in the shipyard (as I have always my four-week-vacation from mid Dec to mid Jan because of the dogs. Its more easy to take a walk as long as it is light and in the winter evenings fall fast). So I will be able to have a lot of rigging work in my vacation. Cheerio and best wishes to you all Max GuntherMT, jwvolz, yvesvidal and 5 others 8 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
edmay Posted December 3, 2014 #105 Posted December 3, 2014 Hello Max,Sure is extremely nice workmanship,and it does not seem to have taken you long,The blue coloring you chose works nice with the natural wood colors,masts are neatly done..kudos.Edwin maggsl_01 1 Quote
testazyk Posted December 3, 2014 #106 Posted December 3, 2014 It just keeps getting better--your boat turned out beautifully! maggsl_01 1 Quote Tom Current: Sergal Sovereign of the Seas Previous builds: AL Swift, AL King of the Mississippi, Mamoli Roter Lowe, Amati Chinese Junk, Caesar, Mamoli USS Constitution, Mantua HMS Victory, Panart San Felipe, Mantua Sergal Soleil Royal
schnu Posted December 4, 2014 #107 Posted December 4, 2014 Beautiful, you are making a fast progress , I didn`t know that proxxon makes vices ^^. maggsl_01 1 Quote
maggsl_01 Posted December 4, 2014 Author #108 Posted December 4, 2014 Hi my friends thx for your words ... I do appriciate this :D @schnu - they do so much by Proxxon, make sure to visit their online-catalogue... Its a treasure for every modeller Cheerio Max Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted December 16, 2014 Author #109 Posted December 16, 2014 Hello my friends it is time for al little update. The last days I was working in the nightshift from 5 to 1 am - so when I came home all I wanted was a beer or two and then into my bed. And during the day there was so much things to do so I had almost no time to build. Well - this changed as I have my vacation of the year now - that means four weeks at home till midth of January. There will be time to continue my Royal Caroline (BTW my Admiral says I should look for a new kit asap - as she thinks I will finish the Caroline at the vacation..) I did prepare the masts. The bowsprit is mounted, the foremast also. I started to rig the formemast with the shrouds. The wood of the masts was very fine and was easy to work with as it has to be carved on the top rectangular. All the jobs with the mars and the salings are perfect to be done.Only, as regrettably, the instructions are more or less BAD. So they do not show where you have to attach eyelets for the ropes eg for the bowsprit or some other ropes. I found some good pics of a built Caroline on http://modelships.de/Royal_caroline_I/Royal_Caroline_I.htm this helps me very much. But I think its a shame for any company to distribute so bad instruction with a kit that at least costs about 320 euros (germany). Nevertheless I found the solutions and can now start to build up the masts, to rig them, to get the standing rigging done. Then the yards will follow... As a resume in-between time I at least say: I am content with the kit, the materials and the plkan at a fullview. Improvements could be done in Details. But this is as always... At least I want to be challangend - otherwise I would buy some plastic klit :D Now pls enjoy the pics - as always: comments are welcome Cheerio my merry mates CU Max kiwiron, DenPink, WackoWolf and 6 others 9 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
schnu Posted December 17, 2014 #110 Posted December 17, 2014 Nice photos, she is impressive with the masts, good luck for doing all the knots maggsl_01 1 Quote
testazyk Posted December 17, 2014 #111 Posted December 17, 2014 Really looking fantastic! If I were you I wouldn't be just content--you should be very proud of what you have accomplished. Have a great holiday season! maggsl_01 1 Quote Tom Current: Sergal Sovereign of the Seas Previous builds: AL Swift, AL King of the Mississippi, Mamoli Roter Lowe, Amati Chinese Junk, Caesar, Mamoli USS Constitution, Mantua HMS Victory, Panart San Felipe, Mantua Sergal Soleil Royal
maggsl_01 Posted December 19, 2014 Author #112 Posted December 19, 2014 Hi my friends thank you all for your words... It makes my glad... and yes: a liitle bit proud to read all this. Thx again. The build is a fun and relaxing thing - just what it should be. Of course I could improve more or scratch more... but at least the kit is quite comfortable and for me it is not the goal to rebuild an original but more to have fun an to get a real gem for my living-room. With my next model, the Endeavour by Occre (already ordered and waitng for shipment) perhaps I will do more bashing as the famous AOTS by Mr Marquardt gives a lot of hints. For today I admit that rigging is one of my favorite jobs on a model. So I started to build up the masts and the standing rigging. The attached files are more or less focussed on the photography... as this is an other passion of me. Pls enjoy the pics and - as always - dont hesitate to tell me what you think ... Cheerio Max popeye the sailor, edmay, WackoWolf and 2 others 5 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
edmay Posted December 19, 2014 #113 Posted December 19, 2014 Hello Max,Absolutely awesome, an excellent build, you must and should be proud. The extra effort done to produce these beautiful pictures is much appreciated which I will save.many thanks. I also wish you and your family great cheer and a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous new year,Edwin. Prost. maggsl_01 1 Quote
GuntherMT Posted December 19, 2014 #114 Posted December 19, 2014 I love your photo's Max, thanks for sharing them. If you don't mind answering, how are you lighting them? Are you using a soft light and a flash? maggsl_01 1 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build)
SimonV Posted December 19, 2014 #115 Posted December 19, 2014 You are doing a beautiful job Max, I am looking forward to following the rest of your build. maggsl_01 1 Quote Simon Current build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston by Vanguard Models Mercury by Victory Models - scale 1:64 - (99% scratchbuild) - on hold Finished: Bluenose by Amati - scale 1:100
maggsl_01 Posted December 19, 2014 Author #116 Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) Hello my friends... many many thanks for your words and compliments. @Edwin - thank you and have a nice, peaceful Xmas too. Ours will probably not be so nice as my wifes father died this year - the family will miss him I asume... but we will keep together - and have a glass of wine or two for his rememberance @John - yes its all for fun and relexation. @all Since photography took such an amazing progress by developing the digital world it has become much more easy to create such pictures. Modern cameras - I use a Nikon D 3 system-camera - allow to raise the sensitivity up to 1000 ISO without any loss of sharpness and quality. So you shoot good pics with the hand where your former needed a tripod. This and of course the quality of the photographic sensor inside the camera and the process of saving the information makes this part of photography quite easy. So I can focus on setting the light, what kind of exposure I use, what kind of light-measuring etc. It is not wrong if you learned all this while the non-digital time - I had a darkroom, developed all films by myself etc. Nowadays with all this electronic gimmicks like adjustable whitebalance or all that possibilities of editing the pics in a good software like Photoshop it is possible to get very good and quite impressing pictures with a minimum of effort - compared to former days. So I just used the two ordinary working-lights on my desk. Important is to spot the part you want, to use a adequate kind of measuring as I did with a spotmeter with very low diameter and an old black t-shirt on the wall. Some years ago this kind of pics were only possible in a professional studio with light equipment and a special way of film-developing. Today its a job of half an hour to take the pics and another half an hour to process them on the PC. But nevertheless - you need some expierence and most of all the "eye" to see the motif. But all in all it is not a devils work CU all my friends - this evening I will continue with the mizzen, the shrouds left on the main mast and hopefully with the main mast's stay. BTW I am glad I received my next project today. The Occre-kit of the Endeavour was delivered. The first impression is very very good. The instructions - also the booklet with the pics and additional the drawing for building up the masts, yards and sails (presewn sails are included) - seem to be excellent. Cheerio Max PS I attached a few pics to amplify what I mean. They are the result of a minimum effort for photography (the dioramas sure are the result of years...) Edited December 19, 2014 by maggsl_01 GuntherMT, popeye the sailor, SimonV and 2 others 5 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted December 24, 2014 Author #117 Posted December 24, 2014 Hello my friends... just before the Christkind - the German pendant to Santa - arrives with all the gifts, a little update. In the book AOTS Royal Caroline there is shown a parapet on the mars of every mast. I decided to "bash" a little bit and to build these parapets. I used some walnut 2/2mm, a black stained strip with 0.3/3mm and brass wire with 0.5mm diameter (see my unprof drawing ) I think those parapets come out quite nice. The other pics show the status quo of the building. The standing rigging is not done completely yet. I wish you all a very nice Christmas, merry days with your families and a lot of fun. Cheerio Max PS... RIP dear old Joe Cocker - one of the best singer ever... cristikc, msberkman, DenPink and 4 others 7 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
testazyk Posted December 24, 2014 #118 Posted December 24, 2014 The parapets are a great addition to the build--well done! Have a great holiday season! maggsl_01 1 Quote Tom Current: Sergal Sovereign of the Seas Previous builds: AL Swift, AL King of the Mississippi, Mamoli Roter Lowe, Amati Chinese Junk, Caesar, Mamoli USS Constitution, Mantua HMS Victory, Panart San Felipe, Mantua Sergal Soleil Royal
maggsl_01 Posted December 26, 2014 Author #119 Posted December 26, 2014 Hello again Just a little update with some pics. I am more or less ready with the standing rigging. Just the ratlines have to be made yet. But I will first look if I can fasten some ropes of the running rigging on places that are just difficult to reach - like the rings on the bottom of the masts. After this I will lay the ratlines and then fabricate the yards.The pics show mostly just details of the current status. I tried to shoot some pics to show the loading device with the boat. Was kind of tricky to build - but at least: It works Cheerio my friends Max Rancid Matalot, popeye the sailor, SimonV and 6 others 9 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
maggsl_01 Posted December 29, 2014 Author #120 Posted December 29, 2014 Hello again... it's just me at present I tie the ratlines on my Caroline's shrouds. The shrouds themselves were very good to fix, it was a joy. Also I like to tie the ratlines - it is a quite relaxing job but it Needs attention to have a good balance between tension and flexibility. I enjoy to do this knotting and listening to an audible book (Ken Follet, The Pillars of the Earth). I think my ratlines are ok so far. I get one side of one mast per evening - more is impossible or you get them knots in your brain... So I have still four evenings to knot and knot and... Best wishes for a good happy and enjoyable and healthy New Year Yours Max edmay, msberkman, GuntherMT and 6 others 9 Quote Next: Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde by Euro Model 1:47 Finished: Half Moon Corel; HMY Royal Caroline Panart; HMB Endeavour Occre 1:54; Fregatte Berlin, Corel, 1:40 A life without dogs is possible... but worth to live?
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