harlequin Posted May 28, 2020 Author #391 Posted May 28, 2020 chris watton, GrandpaPhil, robdurant and 4 others 7 Quote
hamilton Posted May 28, 2020 #392 Posted May 28, 2020 Great work Harlequin - quick question - how did you get the snaking done without distorting the forestay and preventer stay? I tried snaking on the Blandford but removed it because I couldn't figure out how to add it without it pulling up on the stays and spoiling their run..... hamilton Old Collingwood 1 Quote current builds: Corel HMS Bellona (1780); Admiralty models Echo cross-section (semi-scratch) previous builds: MS Phantom (scuttled, 2017); MS Sultana (1767); Corel Brittany Sloop (scuttled, 2022); MS Kate Cory; MS Armed Virginia Sloop (in need of a refit); Corel Flattie; Mamoli Gretel; Amati Bluenose (1921) (scuttled, 2023); AL San Francisco (destroyed by land krakens [i.e., cats]); Corel Toulonnaise (1823); MS Glad Tidings (1937) (in need of a refit); HMS Blandford (1719) from Corel HMS Greyhound; Fair Rosamund (1832) from OcCre Dos Amigos (missing in action); Amati Hannah (ship in a bottle); Mamoli America (1851); Bluenose fishing schooner (1921) (scratch); Off-Centre Sailing Skiff (scratch) under the bench: MS Emma C Barry; MS USS Constitution; MS Flying Fish; Corel Berlin; a wood supplier Colonial Schooner Hannah; Victory Models H.M.S. Fly; CAF Models HMS Granado; MS USS Confederacy
Old Collingwood Posted May 28, 2020 #393 Posted May 28, 2020 Really nice standard riging, and I agree with hamilton about the snaking. OC. Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1
harlequin Posted May 31, 2020 Author #394 Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/28/2020 at 10:52 PM, hamilton said: Great work Harlequin - quick question - how did you get the snaking done without distorting the forestay and preventer stay? I tried snaking on the Blandford but removed it because I couldn't figure out how to add it without it pulling up on the stays and spoiling their run..... hamilton I glued with watered down PVA after every couple of snakes......I used one continuous piece of rope and secured with a clove hitch at each stage.. It has a slight distortion but I can live with it. Old Collingwood and hamilton 2 Quote
harlequin Posted May 31, 2020 Author #395 Posted May 31, 2020 A milestone on Bellona...the first of the yards being prepped for final fixing...….to think I came within a hairs breadth of scrapping Bellona because of the way it was going is a lesson to others to just keep persevering. Loads of errors and mistakes but I think they add to Bellona overall character....well that's my theory and i'm sticking to it. yvesvidal, Bill Morrison, hamilton and 5 others 8 Quote
harlequin Posted June 6, 2020 Author #396 Posted June 6, 2020 Rigging progress GrandpaPhil, JpR62, hamilton and 3 others 6 Quote
harlequin Posted June 7, 2020 Author #397 Posted June 7, 2020 Corels from left to right, Greyhound, Bellona and Victory...all more or less the same scale Ferit, ccoyle, BobG and 10 others 11 2 Quote
Gan Do Posted June 9, 2020 #399 Posted June 9, 2020 On 5/29/2020 at 6:03 AM, harlequin said: more rigging completed....backstays all done for all three masts. She is slowly getting there. Hi Harlequin, can you cast your mind back to doing your transom. I'm having troubles bending the moulding for the deck edge & rail. Neither soaking & plank bending jig nor scope iron heat worked. I was wondering if putting a lengthways slit on one face might work. I'd appreciate your advice as yours looks fine. I also somehow stuffed up the quarter deck levels & as you can see had to improvise with some extra steps. Oh! Well. Such is life All the best G Old Collingwood, GrandpaPhil, yvesvidal and 5 others 7 1 Quote
Christopher Carl Posted June 9, 2020 #401 Posted June 9, 2020 Your work is excellent. I started my Bellona two and a half years ago, and followed your build ever since. You helped me solve a number of problems. I just started a build log myself. Take a look when you get a moment. Christopher Carl Old Collingwood and Bill Morrison 2 Quote
harlequin Posted June 9, 2020 Author #402 Posted June 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Christopher Carl said: Your work is excellent. I started my Bellona two and a half years ago, and followed your build ever since. You helped me solve a number of problems. I just started a build log myself. Take a look when you get a moment. Christopher Carl I will do Christopher...glad I could help....I had many problems with this build and to be honest I don't know how I stopped myself from setting fire to it......I have altered things on it most obviously the metal gun ports, but it was either those or the scrap yard...….will take a look at yours today.....reagards Bill Morrison and Old Collingwood 2 Quote
harlequin Posted June 9, 2020 Author #403 Posted June 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Gan Do said: Hi Harlequin, can you cast your mind back to doing your transom. I'm having troubles bending the moulding for the deck edge & rail. Neither soaking & plank bending jig nor scope iron heat worked. I was wondering if putting a lengthways slit on one face might work. I'd appreciate your advice as yours looks fine. I also somehow stuffed up the quarter deck levels & as you can see had to improvise with some extra steps. Oh! Well. Such is life All the best G I really cant remember to be honest.....if you post a pic of the edge you are talking about I will try to remember exactly what I did....cheers. Old Collingwood 1 Quote
harlequin Posted June 9, 2020 Author #404 Posted June 9, 2020 Gan Do....did you mean these areas? Bill Morrison, GrandpaPhil and Old Collingwood 3 Quote
harlequin Posted June 12, 2020 Author #405 Posted June 12, 2020 All the foremast yards now in place and the main mast yard.....progressing rather nicely......wont be long now for those infamous words.....Bellona is completed. Landlubber Mike, yvesvidal, KingDavid and 10 others 12 1 Quote
harlequin Posted June 19, 2020 Author #406 Posted June 19, 2020 I can utter the immortal words......Bellona is COMPLETED...……..apart from the ensigns which I may or may not add.....after over 7 years of toil, Bellona and me are at one. It has been a journey full of angst and doubt. At one stage Bellona came within a hairs width of being scrapped. Pictures to follow soon. Morgan, BobG, Bill Morrison and 2 others 4 1 Quote
ccoyle Posted June 19, 2020 #407 Posted June 19, 2020 1 minute ago, harlequin said: I can utter the immortal words......Bellona is COMPLETED Congratulations! She looks great, too! harlequin 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, TBD
harlequin Posted June 19, 2020 Author #408 Posted June 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, ccoyle said: Congratulations! She looks great, too! cheers ccoyle….will post some pics when it has finished raining ….HMS Unicorn is already underway....lockdown has certainly been an advantage in completing her. ccoyle 1 Quote
Overboard Posted June 20, 2020 #409 Posted June 20, 2020 Congratulations Harlequin, I've been following your build for the last 2 years, ever since starting my own. Your build log has been very helpful as this is my first build,(I think I might have bitten off more than I can chew). Anyway I have plenty of time on my hands, so slowly slowly. Fantastic model you must be very pleased. Maybe time for a celebratory Rum, aaargh. Cheers Overboard harlequin 1 Quote
harlequin Posted June 20, 2020 Author #410 Posted June 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Overboard said: Congratulations Harlequin, I've been following your build for the last 2 years, ever since starting my own. Your build log has been very helpful as this is my first build,(I think I might have bitten off more than I can chew). Anyway I have plenty of time on my hands, so slowly slowly. Fantastic model you must be very pleased. Maybe time for a celebratory Rum, aaargh. Cheers Overboard cheers Overboard.....I am quietly pleased with the result, and if I can help you with yours I will be more than happy......I have to decide whether or not to include the ensigns or not....corels flags are not very good so need a more realistic one before I add them.....keep going with it, mine nearly ended up in the scrap yard buy i'm glad I persevered with it....will post some pics soon. If anyone has a flag producer I would love to know. Quote
bill24 Posted June 20, 2020 #411 Posted June 20, 2020 She looks great Harlequin, as Overboard said , you build log is very helpful, I need to restart my own build and finish the second planking. Will post new pictures once i restart (hopefully in the next couple of weeks. cheers Bill24 harlequin 1 Quote
Voyageur Posted June 20, 2020 #412 Posted June 20, 2020 Congratulations on a superb build! Wonderful to see. harlequin 1 Quote We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is a habit, not an act. ~ Aristotle I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me, fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs, have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all of my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I would spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life! ~ The Voyageur, Grace Lee Nute
Kevin Posted June 20, 2020 #413 Posted June 20, 2020 lovely build and great log thank you for sharing harlequin 1 Quote Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold MHS Britannic by Kevin SD 14 - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 - Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72 U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48 Amerigo Vespucci 1/84 - Panart- HMS Enterprise -CAF - 1/48 Finished Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020 HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat
reklein Posted June 20, 2020 #414 Posted June 20, 2020 Very nice ship model indeed. The mistakes you have worried about are only visible to you. This model is your reward for not giving up. I'd be very proud. harlequin 1 Quote Bill, in Idaho Completed Mamoli Halifax and Billings Viking ship in 2015 Next Model Shipways Syren
harlequin Posted June 20, 2020 Author #415 Posted June 20, 2020 a couple of pics of completed Bellona....will post some more soon. chris watton, Bill Morrison, Landlubber Mike and 6 others 8 1 Quote
petervisser Posted June 20, 2020 #416 Posted June 20, 2020 Congratulations on your very fine looking Bellona. I was following along and you had a very interesting build log. I like the fact that you kept with the all natural wood finish. it really shows off your craftsmanship. Cheers, Peter harlequin 1 Quote Build Log: Billing - Cutty Sark In The Gallery: HMS Unicorn, HMAV Bounty, L'Etoile, Marie Jeanne, Lilla Dan, Zeeschouw "Irene" A Toast: To a wind that blows, A ship that goes, And the lass that loved a sailor!
Bill Morrison Posted June 20, 2020 #417 Posted June 20, 2020 On 6/19/2020 at 9:45 AM, harlequin said: I can utter the immortal words......Bellona is COMPLETED...……..apart from the ensigns which I may or may not add.....after over 7 years of toil, Bellona and me are at one. It has been a journey full of angst and doubt. At one stage Bellona came within a hairs width of being scrapped. Pictures to follow soon. CONGRATULATIONS on an exquisite model! Well done! Bill harlequin 1 Quote
ollyweb Posted June 20, 2020 #418 Posted June 20, 2020 On 7/6/2020 at 11:25, harlequin said: Corels da sinistra a destra, Levriero, Bellona e Vittoria ... tutti più o meno alla stessa scala Un lavoro stupendo, vederle tutte e 3 allineate è bellissimo Gianni Beautiful work , HMS Bellona it's my preferite harlequin, Bill Morrison, BenD and 2 others 5 Quote
Overboard Posted June 21, 2020 #419 Posted June 21, 2020 What fantastic models, something to be truly proud of. No doubt Harlequin I will have some queries for you to help with as I continue my Bellona build. Cheers Overboard harlequin 1 Quote
Christopher Carl Posted June 23, 2020 #420 Posted June 23, 2020 The work is truly excellent! Please take a lot of pictures of the rigging, as I will no doubt need them to decode the Bellona instruction diagrams. Thanks so much, Chris Quote
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