Lennox by Omega1234 - FINISHED - 1/192 - 17th Century Warship

[amateur]

Again a question: you used thread for the rigging. Did you glue the ratlines,, sewed them, or did you use proper knots?

Jan

[Omega1234]

Hi Jan. The ratlines were glued on. To do this, I used the shroud jig below. I glued each ratline on using liquid superglue. Once dried, I cut the shrouds off the jig, and then fitted them onto the masts. It works, but takes lots of practice to do well.

 

I've also attached a photo of one of the bead threads that I used (of varying thicknesses) for the rigging.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Cheers

Edited September 20, 2014 by Omega1234

[amateur]

Thanks for answering!

Jan

[Omega1234]

Hi all. Final build log. This log features the final shots of Lennox on her display stand. Hope you enjoy the photos.

 

Thanks for all your Likes, questions and comments. They're all greatly appreciated.

 

All the best!

Edited September 20, 2014 by Omega1234

[michael mott]

Hi Omega, this model reminds me of the one that McNarry did where he shows all the frames fretted out after he faired them to shape as a block first.(page 54 of his book "ship Models in Miniature").

What wood did you use for the frames? It really is a stunning piece of model work.

 

Michael

[Omega1234]

Hi Michael

 

Many thanks! The choice of wood was the most difficult decision. I first tried to slice up a solid block of wood into blanks, from which I intended to cut each frame. However, at I mm thick, I found that the wood became so fragile, that each frame just split along the grain (hope this makes sense). I eventually gave up in frustration.

 

My only solution was to laminate two layers of veneer together, to form the blanks for each frame. Only then, did each blank have the strength to be cut to the thinness required to make a realistically hollow hull. The only problem with this method is that the close-up photos of the frames clearly show the laminations of each frame! So, instead of each frame being a solid piece, the keen eye will spot that each frame is actually two pieces (ie two-ply) of veneer stuck together. The glue line being a dead give away. Eeek!

 

I can't for the life of me understand how people like Donald McNarry and Phil Reed do it! Any ideas?

 

Cheers.

Edited September 20, 2014 by Omega1234

[michael mott]

Hi Omega will see if there is any info about it in his book  later right now I'm off for a sail

 

Michael

[Omega1234]

Hi Michael

 

Many thanks. Have a great sail and if you do happen to find any info, it'd be greatly appreciated

 

All the best.

Edited September 20, 2014 by Omega1234

[Omega1234]

Hi Piet.  Thanks for stopping by and Liking my Lennox.  Greatly appreciated.

 

All the best!

[Omega1234]

HI AVSJerome and Tarbrush!  Thank you, also, for your Likes.  Greatly appreciated, as always.

All the best!

[michael mott]

Good morning Omega, having re read McNarry's book once more I was unable to find any information about his method of construction. He di though rite a previous book that described the methods he uses. it is long out of print and is called "Shipbuilding in Miniature" published by Percival Marshall in 1955. There is most likely somebody on the forum who has that book.

 

Michael

Edited September 21, 2014 by michael mott

[Omega1234]

Hi Michael

 

Cheers and many thanks for looking. I'll see if I can track that book down.

 

All the best!

[amateur]

McNarry is stacking thin slices of boxwood to each other to a sloid hull.

Next he carves the hull from the block. Soon as the hull is 'perfect' the slices are taken apart, there inside is removed, and parts of it are removed in total, to get the timbers/futtocks-effect.

The same method (with a small twist) is used by Reed. He remarkes that it depends on the quality of your wood to get crisp results.

Boxwood is the way to go he writes.....

 

Jan

[Omega1234]

Hi Jan. Thanks. That's exactly the method that I used to build Lennox and the Victory. Except in my case, I used laminated squares. For Lennox, I stacked about 100 of my laminated squares to form a solid block and then sanded the hull to shape. I then separated the frames and then used a scroll saw to hollow out each frame. I found that this method worked because each frame was strong enough due to the fact that they were formed from the laminated veneers. The photos of the bare hull in the earlier photos show that it worked.

 

HOWEVER, what I don't understand is how Reed and McNarry are able to do this from a single, unlaminated piece of wood. Each time I've tried to hollow out an unlaminated frame to the width required, ie approximately 1.0 mm, the frame would simply break in half along the grain. I hope I'm making sense!

 

So, the question remains, even if boxwood is used, how do Reed and McNarry do it? I have Reed's book and I have pondered this question many times. Even if boxwood is used, how does it have the structural integrity???

 

A mystery to me!

Edited September 22, 2014 by Omega1234

[amateur]

That I don't know.

I only know the theory as shown by Reed, never tried it myself.

 

Jan

[amateur]

second thought: is that perhaps the reason that Reed uses compound blanks for hislarger frames?

(he claims that it is for minimizing on the amount of wood needed, but.....)

 

Jan

[Omega1234]

Thanks, Jan. What are "compound blanks"?

[amateur]

Sorry, I meant that he uses not one single piece of wood for the larger frames, but three smaller strips, so that the direction of the grain is parallel to the futtocks.

 

Jan

[Omega1234]

Ahhh. Sounds exactly like what I've done by laminating the frames. Would you agree?

[amateur]

No, he does not laminat ethe frames. He glues two pieces of wood together to fabricate a double frame.

 

Jan

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Wow, really wonderful small Modell. It's unbelievable that's build of wood.

[tarbrush]

Really amazing work!  and in such a small scale.  my hat is off to you sir.

[Omega1234]

Hi John

 

Thanks and greatly appreciated.

 

All the best

 

Patrick

[GrandpaPhil]

Excellent work!  Very nicely done!

[Omega1234]

27 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Excellent work!  Very nicely done!

Many thanks, Phil.  

 

Greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Sea Hoss]

Nice!

[Omega1234]

4 minutes ago, Sea Hoss said:

Nice!

Many thanks, Sea Hoss.

 

Greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers. 

 

Patrick