Chinese Ironclad "Ting Yuen"

[Schmidt]

Hi. I am a beginner in this forum.
I would like to introduce myself with my last model. It is "Ting Yuen", flagship of the Chinese fleet until 1895 when she was sunk in the war between China and Japan. She was built on German Vulcan dockyard, quite similar to the ships of the �Sachsen"-class, who themselves where "inspired" by the famous "HMS Inflexible". "Ting Yuen" ist still quite well known in China, a "reconstruction" lies at ancor in Wei Hai (as a tourist attraction and as a museum afloat).
Basis for the model (scale 1:100) was a kit by the Chinese company "arkmodel" (has a site in the web). However I supplemented and improved the model in many many details using parts made by several suppliers or by myself . Thus for example I built the rigging the ship carried during the transfer to China.
But I think, the photos will say more.







Schmidt

[ARH]

Very nice.

[Jimmy Conway]

Hi Schmidt!!
As a beginer, you had brought here a wonderful model just like a vet!
Superb and full of details, I would like to know what kind of material did you use to assembly the sails........are the sails made of paper?
Congratulations on your work, we loved it!
Nice regards: Jimmy

[Schmidt]

Thanks!
The sails are made the way I learned from a semi-professionell sail model builder in the internet. The material is what we call in Germany "silk paper", it's very thin and a bit crumpled. I paint it with normal white wall paint (thinned with water) and let it dry hanging from a clothesline. When dry it looks very much like the original sail material.
I cut out the sails, leaving 1-2 mm at the edges where thin copper wire is inserted. The overlap is then folded around the wire and glued together with super glue. If there are spots of glue on the paper: no problem, I can paint them over. The wire makes that I cand bend the sails the way I like and give them a dynamic look as if swollen by the wind. Finally I draw the lines that demonstrate the joins etc.
Hope my English (and my Internet Dictionary) are able to communicate the process.
Schmidt

[MichelB]

Very good! Aint nothing like a good predreadnought with sails and torpedoboats on board!

[DanCinSD]

She is a beauty!!

[JIM BAUMANN]

Hallo Schmidt!

That is... tip-top!

A very very fine model indeed!

I shall spend more tie looking later!

Tschuess

Jim B

[Edward Pinniger]

Very impressive! Really a museum-quality model. Is it static or radio-controlled?

[Rowdy75]

Very cool. Ships with both sail and steam look brilliant.

[Schmidt]

Another impression of Ting Yuen, entering the Chinese waters early in the morning:



Schmidt

[Hanchang Kuo]

Amazing Ting Yuen(Ding Yuan)!