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

[Sjors]

I don't say a word...      

 

[usedtosail]

Not boring at all Theo. This is lovely work and a real inspiration.

Edited July 17, 2014 by usedtosail

[DCIronfist]

I am willing to look at every picture you post. Your ship is gorgeous :)

[Mirabell61]

Lovely work Theo,

 

just let the natural Wood Colors work on the appearance, it Looks great

 

Nils

[Sjors]

Here is what i was waiting for....

All the others are saying what i want to say !

 

[GTM]

Thanks everyone for the feedback, comments and likes, every single one of them is appreciated a lot  

 

After a few weeks of “relaxing” I’m working on the ST again..

I managed to manufacture and install the balusters and rails for the quarterdeck just before my holidays.

"Not exactly" as suggested by the kit, but not so much different either.. 

.. i added a few extra details to them with the previously mentioned techniques..

 

 

So today I started to produce the pin racks.

Instead of the suggested “square look” I decided to give them rounded edges and milled a rabbet in them ..

 

 

To fasten them better to the bulwarks I decided to reinforce them with 2 pcs Ø0,8mm brass wire.

After using the same holes as a template for the bulwarks holes, I glued the wire in position and finished off with a 0.8mm treenail.  

 

 

    

 

The result 

 

 

 

..

[Sjors]

Fabulous again Theo !

 

That's a real beauty !!

 

[GTM]

..An minor update..

I’m working on some details for the channels, chains and lower deadeyes.

The instructions/drawings are not really revealing anything about this, so I searched the forum/internet for as much detail as possible.

 

I started with straps for the lower deadeyes and ended up with these:

 

 

If you’re interested, I show in another topic in “Wooden Tips and Tricks and Making Jigs”  LINK how I made these.

 

..The ST uses chains to fix the lower deadeyes to the hull..

According to the instructions this is simply done with a “nail”, but this seemed a bit to basic for me..

 

 

So again after searching the net I found out that these are normally fixed in place with help of an “preventer”.

I made one, and it looks much better already but I still wasn’t really satisfied.

 

 

So I made another version which I think looks better, but is (off course) more difficult and time consuming to make..

 

 

Here’s a picture showing all 3 solutions.

.. during blackening of the provided nails i also found out that they are not made of brass/copper  .. 

 

 

.. I think there’s no other way and I have to settle for solution no.3 ..

[schnu]

Some real improvement to the kit, is the whole chain custom maid? The last thing on number 3 looks real complicated to make. Will you change the nails to copper nails or just work with the ones in the kit?

[GTM]

Thank you for the nice comment Schnu.

Luckily the chain used is provided by the kit and it can be used as it is.

However, I’m not sure yet what to do with the nails..

..either I leave them “as is” or I’ll might have to paint them..  

[Sjors]

Nice Theo,

 

I think it looks better when you paint the nails also black.

Then the picture is complete !

 

Sjors

[GTM]

I think you are right Sjors and I probably will paint them black ..

On the other hand my canon lids also have “shiny” nails, so.. who knows ..

 

But before I will make that decision, I decided that it would be wise to do some “cannon-port” rigging before installing the channels permanent..

 

To ease the rigging (and alignment) of these, I removed the "eye" from the lid, fixed the rope to it and glued a piece of Ø1mm blackened brass tube on the rope and installed it once more.

 

 

 

Even dough this seems like a good solution, it will still take me quite some time to rig all of them..

Here's the result sofar ..

 

 

 

..and with the channel in place ..

 

 

 

[lamarvalley]

Theo,

I have been out of the loop for awhile so it has taken a bit of time to catch up but what a fun trip it has been. Your work is as outstanding as always. She is looking fantastic.

[Sjors]

Very nice idea Theo to use a brass tube...

Something to remember !

Looks great.

 

Sjors

[GTM]

Thank you all for visiting, comments and for hitting the like button.

 

Continuing ...

The instructions instructs to “drill holes” in the channel for the deadeyes.

but after “all my research”, I decided to do it a bit more authentic and wanted to “carve” dedicated slots for the deadeyes and to install a “capping strip”

 

 

I “thought” I was very thorough when I marked all the positions for the slots and preventers.  

 

 

But it turned out to be a real puzzle to get everything in place.

Somehow I placed this deadeye not so nice when looking at the shooting angles of the cannon behind it..

 

 

It turns out that there’s just not much space to play around with..

After a quick fix of this mistake and moving the slots "a bit more" to the left, it became a bit better but it’s still not really perfect..

 

On this picture you can also see that i have additionally strengthened the channel with (3) nails

 

 

Here’s the final result with all the chains installed. 

At least it can shoot “straight” without damaging the deadeye and rigging 

 

 

“Another bonus”,  I rigged all the canon hatches and have now installed all the cannons on port side.

 

   

.."Quite impressive firepower" she had..

 

[schnu]

impressive, the capping strip is great, I almost didn`t notice it.

[Sjors]

Theo,

 

Here I'am again   

Chainplate looks perfect !

Nice idea to "cut" the holes for the deadeye's.

But.....You are not the only one with this problem.

Sometimes there is no different way to do it different when a shroud is blocking a cannon.

The only answer that I can tell you is that that cannon is a spare one........or reserve.

But you find a lovely solution for it.

Building is just like chess......look 3 steps forward and one step back.

 

Sjors

[GTM]

Hej Sjors & Schnu

Thanks for dropping in and the comments, they are as always very welcome.

 

This way of installing the lower deadeyes and using a capping strip seems to have been common praxis in the old days and it is actually a quite easy way of implementing them.

 

I made a really good decision by not drilling  the holes on the locations pointed out by the instructions and shown in the drawing…

This would have been a disaster for me as in my case it would even have blocked a few more cannons ports.

 

So I agree with you Sjors, it is really important to look a few steps forward and not to rush things 

 

Ups.. I forgot to mention: 

Never trust the instructions and/or drawings and always "double check" yourself   

 

Edited August 21, 2014 by GTM

[Kevin]

very nice photo's

[md1400cs]

Theo,

 

Super nice update. Your attention to details is so impressive. She's a beauty.

 

 

PS: following your build led me to decide on building the carriages for mine, as well as rigging them correctly. I so appreciated the effort you took with your weather deck guns - they look so awesome (:-)

 

Cheers,

 

Michael

[DCIronfist]

Hmm I read this after I drilled my holes. Well if mine are blocked I will look the other way lol but you sure did a nice job getting around the problem

[jastrząb]

I'm really impressed with your work. Superb!

Regards,

Paweł

[GTM]

.... Thank you guys   ...

[GTM]

Yes !!!

 

....It has taken some time..

(so this will not even be an update with a lot of dazzling new stuff..)

but ....

 

I managed to install all the channels on port and starboard including all the lower deadeyes and the corresponding chains !

In parallel I rigged all cannon hatches and installed all the armory "OcCre" has included in the kit. 

 

Naturally here are some pictures of the final result..

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2014 by GTM

[Sjors]

That's a lot of armoury and deadeyes !

But again, great work !

Should be a lot of shrouds and stay's ....

 

Sjors

[lamarvalley]

Theo,

 

What a nice way to begin the morning. Your work has always been so beautifully crisp and precise and I see that is still very much the case.

Thanks you for the images…. they entertain and inspire.

Well done Sir!!

[md1400cs]

Theo,

 

Beautiful project, such a wealth of perfectly executed details.!! As you know you were the catalyst for my efforts at hand building the carriages on mine. I am really enjoying following your build. Also a really impressive ship. 

 

MIchael

[GTM]

Thank you for your nice comments Michael, Randy & Sjors, and thanks to everyone for visiting/using the like button.

 

Finally I have some time to spend on some other details of the ST..

I had an idea in my head about how to create my own version of the poop lantern ..

 

Too be sure I use the right dimensions I started out with an template and made sure everything was in the same scale.

 

 

Creating the frame for the glass was a bit of a struggle (after several attempts) I found a "easy" way to manufacture these ..   

I used my mill setup (with an X-Y table) to have length consistency of the individual frame parts …

 

 

And used the table saw (with some “homemade” additions) to get the needed thickness of the frame.

 

 

The result after cutting/assembling them.

 

 

I used the same technique for the muntins and assembled them with the template I made earlier to make sure they fit inside the frames.

 

 

I made a top & bottom of 2 different sized pieces of 0.6 mm finer...

... and to make life a bit easier, i used a brass bar to keep the frames in place during the gluing process.

 

 

So far so good, the wrap up will follow soon...

 

 

[Jack Panzeca]

Hi Theo,

 

Very nice work, I look forward to seeing the lantern complete.  Your project is a true work of art.  Thank you for sharing.

[GTM]

..Thank you Jack..

 

So here's the promised wrap up..

Next thing was to add some nice attributes so it really starts to looks like a lantern, (and to hide some of the imperfections of the wood).

 

.. I started with “twisting” 3 strings of Ø 0.4 mm brass wire with a drill, pictures will show later where i used it.

 

 

I used a “rounding over” and an “edge cutter” and milled the profiles into 2 laths and by using the table saw I cut them into 4 individually shaped laths (but I ended up in only using 3 shapes..)

 

 

Then i really challenged the table saw by cutting them into 8 egual angled pieces (2x22,5 degrees cuts).

 

 

And could glue these into "perfectly" shaped octagons..

 

 

Glued the different octagons on top and bottom..

 

 

And camouflaged the “rough” sides of the lantern with pieces of twisted (blackened) brass wire.

..the final finish was to glue an (cannon) ball on top and to add a Ø1,5mm stick  and to cut the holder for it …

 

 

Taa-daa..

 

 

So next project will be to create the 2 "smaller" lanterns.. 

.. the ST has not "1", but "3" lanterns