Red Dragon by janet bode - Artesania Latina

[janet bode]

Here is a photo of my Red Dragon by A-Latina,

the model has taken me two years,after a little illness.

[janet bode]

Further to my build i have enclosed a photo or two.

Edited August 28, 2015 by Janet B

[edmay]

Hello Janet, It may have took long but what a beautiful looking model,what type of wood did you use on the deck and upper planking,very neat workmanship,is it a kit if so by whom, truly nice job. Edwin

[PrimoDude]

Janet, you have great dexterity and talent in your hands.. Wonderful work.

Thumbs up...

"Woody"

[jud]

Janet, Excellent work, close fitting and well detailed.

jud

[janet bode]

Janet B

            Thank you for your kind comments edmay,as regardrs Red Dragon the deck is made from lemon wood it is a wood i like using, i bought a log

and had it riped down to manageble sizes. The deck is fully treenailed and as far as i could research to scale,although it is very difficult to gain info

about Chinese Junks.Upper planking is Lime,headrails are made from flexible Beech as the curves can be tricky,i discarded the cast windows

and built new ones as i felt i wanted the practise,the rudder shaft is splt half way from the tiller it made it easier it will be eventually joined.

                                         Hope you find this interesting.

                                                                                            Janet           

[Vivian Galad]

Janet, I´ll follow your build. The 2 of us are constructing this kit and is great to see each one is a really singular ship. Yours is a neat job. Great!

[augie]

She is simply quite beautiful.  Thanks for sharing her with us.

[mtaylor]

Very well done, Janet.   I'm looking forward to more.

 

By the way, I merged your two topics on this.  To keep things together, just scroll the bottom and use the box labeled "reply to this topic". 

[The Sailor]

Hi Janet

 

Everything looks neat and clean. Very nice work.

[maggsl_01]

Hi Janet

 

congratulations - you do a phantastic work on your model. looks very very accurate. It is as Vivian said before: 2 modellers, one kit - two differnet ways to look at a model. It is interesting to see and compare.

 

Best wishes

Max

 

[Sjors]

That's just great Janet !

And this is the first model you make ???????

I wish I could do that on my first...or second...or third !

 

Sjors

[gjdale]

That is some really lovely work Janet! Please keep posting more progress pics.

[FrankG]

Hi Janet,

 

What a good looking ship - well done.

 

You say its a kit from A-Latina, but that you have had a lemon wood log ripped down to manageable sizes - does that mean you have replaced the timber that was in the kit? 

[janet bode]

Janet B

            Hi Frank

                             I replaced all of the decking and used Lemon wood (i tried to order Boxwood but my supplier said he only had Lemon, he said it was similar but i am

not so sure) however i find Lemon quite a nice wood to work with.All of the gunwale rails i replaced with Flexable Beech.

[*Hans*]

I like it! No colours but only the natural wood can be very nice! I often don't know what to do. Paint it - or not?

[Salty Sea Dog]

Really nice work Janet! I'd like to see more pictures!!

[janet bode]

To all of you who made such nice comments about my model i truly thank you.

 

The Red Dragon is my first model in a sense because i bought one Red Dragon from Antics it was the only wooden kit they sold,

so when home and atacked the kit i got as far as completing just the hull,i had just joined MSW SO When i compared my workmanship

to some of models in the gallery i realised my model was a bit of a mess so i put it in the trash bin the refuse collecter picked it up and 

put it in his cab.I Went back to Antics to see if they had anything i could buy and there on the shelf was another Red Dragon kit so now

i had bought severel  books the result is as you can now see.

                    Regards to all Janet B

Edited October 10, 2014 by Janet B

[jud]

Doesn't matter what you are making, having something to see and aim for is a great help setting the standards and quality and you can see what is possible. Great work on this one. Can't help but think that, that driver must have seen something to admire and save in your first efforts, maybe you dropped the seeds for a new modeler..

jud

[Vivian Galad]

Janet, happy to know you persevered cause you reached an awsome result. I´m anxious for your next pics ^_^ !

[janet bode]

I have posted further pictures of my Red Dragon build as you can see i have added arnement.The guns took me five attempts untill i was satisfied,

iI made up blanks for all of the sides spot glued them together and machined them all in one go, they all came out exactly the same i was quite pleased

with the results. I made a simple jig for the trunnion clamps all of the guns are fitted with wedges i have not added any tackle to date i am considering

whether too or not. hope you find my build of interest.

                                                                      Kindest regards to all janet (bode)

[Grimber]

The ship is very sharp looking.  Shows you put allot of time and thought into every piece.

[janet bode]

Hi everyone.

Thank you all for your most kind comments about my Red Dragon,i gave a lot of thought about the guns i thougt it

a little strange that they were fixed on to the deck,it bothered me so much i started to make them on trucks although

i felt a little uneasy,it was then i spotted the sketch of the guns being loaded outboard that is to say one of the gun crew

climbed over the gun rail sat astride the barrel and proceed to load, a little precariose in the heat of battle.

So that is what i settled for, has anyone any further thoughts on this i would be intrested on any details.The ship incorperates

some details may-be not found on Junks but i used the kit to practise my workmanship so i must appologise if some parts are not

true to the type.

bye for now, Janet.

[Redbeard]

Great build Janet!

 

Looking forward to more updates.

[giantdog]

wow, what great work.

[Sjors]

Great job Janet !!!!

 

So clean that it is almost unbelievable !

 

Sjors

[janet bode]

Thanks to everyone for your very kind comments,as i am very disabled it does take me considerable time to build,so i hope to post

pictures in the future. I am at the moment attempting to make the sails for my Red Dragon of course i am on home territory here,

it seems to be dificult to find any infomation as to how they are made eg: which way do the panels run and also which side of the sail

bamboo strechers go, ideas would be most welcome.

Bye to all Janet B

[edmay]

Hello Janet,Simply outstanding,love the way the woods have blended together, the neatness of your work is first class. Wishing you wellness. Edwin

[Carmelo5150]

Looks awesome! Just started my Red Dragon after finishing a few small kits. As soon as I figure it out I'll start a build log.

[Vivian Galad]

Janet, I´m struggling with my sails. At first I was all about using the kit´s cloth, but now, I´m not so sure. Thing is the sailcloth AL provides feels too industrial, so now, I´ll research a little bit more before installing the sails. The bamboo should be behind the sail as for all images I´ve seen till now.