Santa Maria 1492 by firdajan - FINISHED - CARD - 1:96

[mtaylor]

Beautiful work, Jan.  I am in awe....

[firdajan]

Thank you, friends, for your replies.

 

I´m continuing  - deadeyes are made, there´s just a few on this ship . Main part of standing rigging is made also. Now the progress is as on any other sailing ship model, I use the same materials ( just deadeyes and blocks are made from paper ) and methods as you.

 

Jan

[Omega1234]

Nice job Jan.

 

Well done.

[dgbot]

What is the thickness of your final planking?  And how are you going to paint the hull to show it off?

David B

Edited March 17, 2015 by dgbot

[firdajan]

Thank you, my friends, for your replies.

 

dgbot: I once answered this question to Reg, but I´ll do it again for you, David

I use normal drawing paper, thickness 0,2 mm. 1 st layer is from two papers glued together = 0,4 mm + 2nd layer 0,2 mm + 3rd layer 0,2 mm = 0,8 mm.

4 th - final layer is made from strips of cartoon thickness 0,5 mm.  I´m gluing next layer acrocc the previous one.  Then I sand the hull - it must be extremelly smooth.

Thickness together after completing is cca 1,5 mm. My aim is to make extremely strong hull ( and now it is ) and extremely smooth because of using foils - so this is not paint what shows the planking effect, but patinated strips of foil. I pratically made someting like plywood 

 

Now back to the ship.

I made some blocks - you can see the part of progress on first photos, I´m producing semifinished block - I can to complete simple, double or triple blocks now. Smaller blocks are 2,5 mm.

I finished standing rigging, made and completed yards and hung up them. The ship is ready for the first part of running rigging now.

Next progress very soon.

 

Jan

[Mirabell61]

wonderful Jan,

 

when looking at the last pics...., unbelieveable that it is basicly made from Card, you did a very good Job !

 

Nils

[firdajan]

Thank you, Nils.

 

The first part of the running riggin is done, ship is quite small - there´s just 5 yards   I´ve just started working on sails.

 

Jan

[dgbot]

You are doing a fine job keep up the good work and have fun.

David B

Edited April 14, 2015 by dgbot

[Omega1234]

Very nice. I look forward to seeing your sails going up as that will add a whole new dimension to your wship.

Edited April 15, 2015 by Omega1234

[firdajan]

Thank you, friends

 

Sails are almost finised. I made  them from the piece of silky shirt ( this is the same material as " batyst " ). Before cutting I impregnated it by thinned glue. Now I need just to convex them.

 

Jan

[NAZGÛL]

As a fan of your work, it's been a pleasure to read through this thread. Gorgeous work Jan!

 

Would it be hard to weather a model built like this? My experience is thats its easier to weather a wooden ship model compaired to say a model in plastic. For me it comes down to do light sanding to make the coats of paints blend and also let the wood show here and there. I guess that would not work well on your material?

 

 

/Matti

[firdajan]

Thank you, Matti.

 

About your question - I still want to build a model as a new ship, I never though about weathering , it doesn´t make me a sense, to make weathered model - but each man has another taste    . It is possible to do - but just by painting. As you know, I´m usin foils for surfacing, and this material is uncomparable to wood. I´m just patinating it by water colours ( see pictures at 1 st page ).

 

Back to the ship: sails are convexed  and hung on the ship. Now I can continue with the second part of the running rigging.

 

Jan

[tuciship]

It's wonderfull, I like it

[Omega1234]

Beautiful!!!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Reg]

Hi Jan,

 

Just a beautiful ship model.  How did you do the pattern on the sails?

 

Reg

[firdajan]

Thank you, friends.

 

After finishing of the second part of running rigging and some details ( rudder, anchors ), I can say - the model of Santa Maria is finished. It was one of my wishes - to have models of the whole fleet of Christopher Columbus. Now it is fulfilled.

I would like to say a big Thanks for your attention, comments and likes.

Thank you very much !!!

See you at next ship model.

 

Jan  

[Omega1234]

Hi Jan

 

Congratulations! She's looking great and a welcome final addition to Columbus' fleet.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited May 2, 2015 by Omega1234

[Mirabell61]

Hi Jan,

 

rigging and the beautiful sails look fantastic,

I like the way you made the sails and glued the boltrope on at that scale

Well done !

 

Nils

[dgbot]

Well done.

David B

[mtaylor]

Beautiful work, Jan.  I'm always amazed at what can be done with paper and card.  Congratulations on having the whole fleet.

[firdajan]

Thank you, my friends.

 

Today I will try to take some photos of the whole fleet and put them here.

 

Jan

[firdajan]

Dear friends,

 

here are promised photos of Columbus´ fleet.

 

Jan

[Omega1234]

 

Hi Jan

 

What a beautiful set of models you've built.

 

Out of interest, how will you be displaying them? On a single display board as a fleet?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Mirabell61]

Hello Jan,

 

beautiful fleet, they could act in a historic Columbus film......

 

Nils