ROYAL CAROLINE 1749 by Doris - 1:40 - CARD

[DORIS]

Hello dear friends  ,
 

in summer 2012 I have started a scratch build of HMY Royal Caroline 1749 in a scale 1/40. The model is made of card (mainly) and other materials (modeling clay, wood, self-adhesive foils etc.). I will proceed according to plans from the book Anatomy of the ship, which are quite detailed and nicely designed. Other documents and information come from foreign literature, which describes construction, fitting and rigging of ships from this period.

Because I want to build a realistic model of the RC as possible, I will be grateful for any comments and suggestions, which could help me to achieve that result.

 

I chose Royal Caroline mainly for her sleek lines and beautiful sculptural decoration, and also because finally I will not have to make so many cannons as on the previous models....

 

 

One of the most realistic painting of HMY Royal Caroline and peregrine (second picture) by John Cleveley The Elder

Full report of my work is here:

http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=68385#p1324089

 

For sailing ships lovers - here is a video with my best sailing ships; HMS Bellona and HMS Victory (modified) come from polish manufacturer Shipyard, Sovereign of the seas is my own scratch build. All these models are made of card.

Enjoy it:

 

Kind regards,

Doris

 

 

 

[DORIS]

Hull construction
 

 

 

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Hull reinforcement is made of wood and card
 

 

 

 

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Deck planking (I use strips from self-adhesive foils with wooden grain):

 

Hull reinforcement complete:

 

First layer of hull planking:

 

 

 

 

 

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Hull planking - first layer:

 

 

 

And after grinding:


 

 

 

 

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Hull planking - second layer from stripes (I used again 1mm thick card):

 

 

Second layer after grinding:



 

[Blue Ensign]

You are a fine artist Doris and a true inspiration to all model makers.

I am pleased to see your work once again.

 

B.E.

[amateur]

Still struggling with the idea that this is paper

 

Jan

[john46]

Hi Doris,

 

As always, breathless admiration for your work. Will follow your built with pleasure.

 

Regards,

John

[michael mott]

Doris it is great to be following along with this build. Your model building skills are  are amazing and inspirational I am so glad that you are sharing this build with us.

 

Michael

[druxey]

Thanks for coming back, Doris. Your paper/card models are amazing.

[Jeronimo]

Hello Doris.

Enter Google Search    Ivan  Trtanj

Results of the best  model ship builder in Germany with many models,

including the Royal Caroline.

I know Ivan Trtanj personally, very nice Person and open to question on shipbuilding.

Regards Karl

 

 

Sorry, Google-Translation

[Jeronimo]

Hello Doris.

Pictures of Ivan Trtanj and Royal Caroline.

Regards Karl

[mtaylor]

Doris,

Thank you for sharing this with us.  I look forward to following along and watching a master at work.

[michael mott]

Klaus I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor!!  What scale is that?

 

Michael

[WackoWolf]

Doris,

 

    I am also glad that you are back. You make us all sit back and wondering if it is paper, wood or the real thing. Thanks for coming back.

[DORIS]

Hello dear friends!

Thank you very much for your comments and kind words, I appreciate it a lot and I am really very honoured to be here together with you.
 

Also thank you, Karl, for a great inspiration of awesome models and carvings by Ivan Trtanj. His work is absolutely outstanding and amazing. I have known this artist some time and admire him a lot.

 

Kind regards

Doris

 

[DORIS]

And now, how I continued with Royal Caroline.....

 

Third layer of card stripes - this was a last solid layer before finishing:

 

After another grinding the hull was airbrushed by acrylic body spray/surfacer (intended for cars):
 

 

For the finishing I used self-adhesive foils....

 

 

 

[DORIS]

For planking there are used stripes cut out from self-adhesive foils with wooden look:

 

 

 

Edited March 1, 2013 by DORIS

[DORIS]

The planking (made of foil stripes) was finally improved by painting (I use Tamiya acrylic paint):

 

I decided to create treenails (used on English ships). On my model they are painted by 0,3mm wide tip of a micro-pencil. All are painted by Tamiya colours. The pencil tip was every time dipped into thin paint and after that was made one treenail on the hull planking.

 

 

 

 

[DORIS]

The hull before painting of the upper part:

 

 

 

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The real RC had blue/turquoise upper part of the hull, so I used the same colour on my model:

Before painting - the base is made of pale foil strips with wooden grain:

 

 

 

[DORIS]

The work continues on planking the inside of the hull and interior of cabins, also there were added some parts on the bow and stern:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lower part of the stern was probably decorated with paintings. On my model the paintings are hand-made using Tamiya colours as usually.....

[DORIS]

Later the background was repainted into pale blue colour, this should be more realistic according to the real ship.

 

 

[DORIS]

I started to make first sculptures and decorations for the front bulkhead of main cabin. They were made of modelling clay as at my previous models.

 

 

 

.....after baking in the oven ( temperature at 150°C):
 

 

.....and after painting:
 

 

[slagoon]

I love the detail on the lion/unicorn- still can't get over that this is paper. You are an artist!

[DORIS]

Other decorations..... all is hand made from modeling clay:

 

 

[amateur]

Now that is a unicorn!

Sculpting a 1,5 cm long unicorn. That's amazing!

(or in your case I could also say: it's up to your usual, unbelievably high standard )

 

 

Jan