Santisima Trinidad by GTM - OcCre - 1:90 - Kit Bashed

[Sjors]

Wow, Theo,

 

I'm speechless........

 

[GTM]

..Thank you all for the comments and likes, as always they are appreciated and very motivating..

 

As I went along with the carvings they became a bit more “challenging” and the ornaments are certainly not replicas of the original.

 

The techniques i used are similar to what I have described before.

Down below a few pictures to illustrate the progress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

.. Dry fit .. 

 

 

in a closeup you will notice that "Abachi" might be a bit too grainy for this job.  

 

 

.. Anyway.. I can live with the end result.. 

[schnu]

Wow, I looked once on the occre website the trinidad, but I didn't like it beacause of the stern, but this is just amazing

[Sjors]

Great job on that carving MASTER !!!!!!!!!!

 

[DCIronfist]

Wow you really have done an excellent job. I think it looks absolutely fabulous 

[GTM]

Thank you all for visiting and for all the comments & likes

 

So.. next challenge: the balconies.

 

I made previously balusters on a lathe with a setup shown in the following picture.

 

 

But now after several attempts (even with different sorts of tree) I gave up that idea.

Mainly for the following reasons.

1. The balusters are so “thin” that it is becoming very difficult not to snap the wood.
2. When cutting them free from the stick the length variation is becoming a problem with this setup.    
3. Because the wood has a tendency to bend away from the cutter, the shape consistency still varies a lot.

They may not look that bad in the following picture, but when glued in position on the stern it certainly didn’t looked good.

 

 

I had to revise my ambitions and find another way to produce them.., after some brainstorming I came up with the following.

Using a drawplate I made a (mahogany) stick in the needed diameter and prepared an setup on the stationary router.

 

With help of a “guiding-stick” I placed the stick into position on the jig and “rotated” at the same time the stick into the running router-bit with my fingers.

After this I moved the jig 2,25 mm with the X-Y table and repeated the previous task.

 

 

.. Too bad I don’t own a "rounding end mill" with an smaller radius as this would have given a nice curved look to the balusters.. (now added to my wish-list)

 

After this I could have cut each baluster in the correct length on the table saw.

But instead I used an 2 mm "end mill" and positioned it in such way that it would leave an Ø 1mm tip (when turning the stick with my fingers)

 

 

This Ø 1mm tip I used as a guide to position and glue the balusters on the handrail.

 

 

 

 

Off course I could also have “cut” the balusters individually with a scalpel like Sherry &  Doris did/would do.    

[newbuilder101]

Your last comment made me laugh.

Your balusters look great Theo! If I had the proper tools, I'd be using them too, instead of my labour intensive method. I did try a drill, but there was nothing left of the wood!    The scalpel just worked better for me. Keep up the good work!

[usedtosail]

Nice work on those ballisters, Theo. I like your way of thinking.

[GTM]

Thank you both.

 

..Silly me.. and I was thinking that it was just me “being  lazy”

I do understand that most of the solutions we come up with are varying a lot on the tools and materials we have within our reach.

 

.. An (picture) update will come a bit later showing the final result ..

Edited June 26, 2014 by GTM

[GTM]

Here’s the update I promised earlier today..

 

I decided to glue the stern-plate in its final position before gluing any ornament or the balconies in place.

 

 

and I think this was a wise decision as it would have been an delicate task if they were.

 

After this it was just a matter of gluing the ornaments & balconies on the correct spot.

This is how she looks now ..

 

 

 

.. up to the next challenge : the quarter galleries 

[Jack Panzeca]

I only recently discovered your log.  It is a real pleasure to see.  Your work is beautiful.  

[Littlebob]

The stern plate is a huge improvement on the stock part, well done.

[GTM]

Thank you both very much for visiting and the kind remarks..

Like yourself I have been inspired by many other members on MSW and I hope to inspire and pass my ideas to many others as well with my contribution.

 

Jack, your doing very well yourself with your Oseberg.

a beautiful build with good solutions (I love you’re pictures and not to forget you’re “steaming rig”) 

[schnu]

this looks wonderfull

[GTM]

Oh NO !!!

Every model builders nightmare just happened…

 

I still don’t know what happened and I’m still in shock..

During the build of the galleries I removed her from her working stand and had her lying on the table.

Suddenly without any sign she tipped over and fell from the workbench on the floor.

.. and I was not even close to her..

 

An major setback…

 

 

 

 

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[newbuilder101]

Ohhhhhh.........I feel the pain!! So sorry this happened. I did the exact same thing a few months ago. It's a stomach turning sound when they hit the floor! I was able to fix mine and I'm confident you"ll be able to do the same. 

Here's a link to my damage and then you can see the fix - just as an encouragement to you that it can be done: accident

Edited June 28, 2014 by Sherry

[schnu]

I hope that it looks worse then it is and that you find a solution

[GTM]

Thanks Schnu and Sherry,

 

It actually looked worse than it is.

 

I’m already quite busy in repairing the damage, only the rails can’t be saved and I need to rebuild them.

On top of this I had some minor damage to some of the cannons and staircases.

In all it could have been much worse ..

 

 

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[md1400cs]

Ouch !!'

 

Theo nice repair work. I also did the same on my Vasa, but by comparison to yours a much easier repair. Your bow is much more complex. Yes it could have been worse (:-)  Very much enjoying following your build.

 

MIchael

[Littlebob]

To bad about the damage, but it looks like your repairs are going well.

[GTM]

Thank you Michael and Robert.

 

..Pfffffff..

The repairs are now completely done and here is the result of an hard working weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

a few minor "scratches" can still be seen.. but the pictures are too dark to reveal those     

 

[newbuilder101]

Damage? What damage? Great job!

[Littlebob]

Great work, can't even tell there was any damage.

[GTM]

Thanks !!, luckily everything turned out “ok” after the repair.

 

So continuing with the galleries..

When using the provided  bases, the middle base (the top one in the picture) is far off, so i decided to make a better fit.

 

 

I planked the gallery like it was a hull.

 

 

 

I always had the intention to used the supplied casted gallery ornaments, but now after having “some experience” with woodcarving, i decided to give it a try to carve my own.

 

I started by cutting the rough outlines and made sure it fitted "perfectly".

I then copied all the gallery lines and used this as the “base shape” for the ornament.  

And started carving ..

 

 

As you might notice, I’m still using abachi wood, as this wood is very soft it will break easily when trying to carve very thin surfaces or very fine details.

I found a nice solution to prevent this from happening:

When dripping very thin CA glue onto the wood it will immediately be drained completly into the wood and it hardens the wood quite well.

I agree that it slightly colors the wood, but it is not that bad anymore after carving ..   

 

 

 

 

Same thing for the top ornament ..

 

The result so far..

 

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[cristikc]

Very nice to see that you succeed to pass over the "nightmare". Maybe you can see where it was the damage, but now it looks ok.

Hope it will be the last problem with this ship.

All the best and good luck

Cristi

[GTM]

..Thanks everyone for visiting, comments & the likes ..

 

I continued with the galleries..

And of course I have to make them in same style as the stern ..

 

Because of the curves and the lack of any grip for a clamp, I had quite some difficulties in having things glued in place..

and it was a good thing that i didn't rigged the gunports yet, So in all..: the first gallery took quite some time to build ..

 

First at the selection of the pictures, I noticed that I forgot to take a few pictures during the complete progress....

Anyway, underneath (almost) the "step by step" procedure..

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used all the techniques as described earlier for creating all the windows, laths, columns  and balusters …

 

 

However it’s not completely finished, I still have to find out how to finish the “corner” towards the stern and I still need to wax it .. 

 

 

[DCIronfist]

All I can say is WOW looking awesome :)

[Sjors]

Morning Theo,

 

I just see your "accident" ! That hurts !!!!!

But great fix !!!!!

Your skills are growing by the day ......

And the gallery looks just awesome 

Soon you wil be an carving expert......

 

[GTM]

Thank you for the compliments David, Sjors & Brian, they are “as always” very appreciated !

 

I have also managed to finish the gallery on port side and it looks pretty much the same as the one on starboard ..

 

 

The next thing on the list: “framing” of the stern and the galleries..

As the stern has some “tricky arc’s”, I decided to use a template to shape the strips.

 

 

I had quite some issues bending the “lantern stern strip” without snapping the wood or shaping it into strange curves.

In the end I used 3 pieces of 0.6mm mahogany veneer (and 3 strips of 2x2mm for the top)  and glued these in the correct shape on a template.

 

 

 

I also had to cover gabs between the stern and bulwark..  

 

 

 

.. and I made an “L” shaped strip (app. 2x2mm) and used this one for “framing the stern” and the “transition” towards the galleries.   

 

 

Here’s the end result which I’m able to present just before leaving for my holidays ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully I'm not boring everyone with all these stern and gallery pictures, It just that i'm quite happy having completed the stern & galleries. 

..and all that even without having to use any paint ..   

Edited July 17, 2014 by GTM

[Kevin]

lovely work, it was nice to catch up with your log