1/100 HMS Zinnia ( 1915 )

[Laurent]

Hi all ,

I didn't do a lot those last weeks

just glueing almost 80 rigols ( eyebrows ) to the portholes yesterday , a two hours job :








I used therefore 0,3 mm brass wire , wound around a 3,5 mm drill , it has been glued with CA glue ...

wishing you all a happy 2008 ,

Laurent

[J. Soca]

Fine work there Laurent

[nick]

Really amazing!!

[Avery Boyer]

Looks so much like real plating!

[Reid]

o man NICE JOB!!

[Laurent]

Hi Guys ,

thanks for the comments !

Today , I was busy with the freeing ports , I try to do them moveable , like in reality ...

I did some attempts , some pictures will follow tomorrow ...

Regards ,

Laurent

[Guest]

I was going through my great grandfathers photo album and found a picture of the Zinnia. He served on her in the great war. I was doing a web search on the vessel when I found your build.

The photo is full length, port side, flying Royal Ensign about 13cm by 7cm, would a scanned copy help your build?

Regards

Richard
UK

[Reid]

WOW!! i love it when people do that kinda stuff... they pop in and say "i was on" or "i my ... was on" i think it really brings this hobby alive when you stories about you model from real people!!!

[Avery Boyer]

I was going through my great grandfathers photo album and found a picture of the Zinnia. He served on her in the great war. I was doing a web search on the vessel when I found your build.

The photo is full length, port side, flying Royal Ensign about 13cm by 7cm, would a scanned copy help your build?

Regards

Richard
UK

How cool is that??

[Jimmy Conway]

I was going through my great grandfathers photo album and found a picture of the Zinnia. He served on her in the great war. I was doing a web search on the vessel when I found your build.

The photo is full length, port side, flying Royal Ensign about 13cm by 7cm, would a scanned copy help your build?

Regards

Richard
UK

Richard, this photo will help and please all of us................ TIA!!
Nice regards: Jimmy

[Jimmy Conway]

Laurent:

The plating is amazing and like real ships, full of imperfections...... Perfect!!

Nice regards: Jimmy

[Dave Wooley]

Nice job Laurent . Eye brows they can send you ga ga . I very much like your plating detail
Dave Wooley

[Laurent]

I was going through my great grandfathers photo album and found a picture of the Zinnia. He served on her in the great war. I was doing a web search on the vessel when I found your build.

The photo is full length, port side, flying Royal Ensign about 13cm by 7cm, would a scanned copy help your build?

Regards

Richard
UK

Hi Richard ,

Yes , I would be pleased to get a copy of this picture , but I would prefer to see this picture on this very forum , I'm not the kind of guy who wants to keep such information for himself ...

Many thanks anyway

Laurent

[Edward Pinniger]

Looking very nice as usual! - particularly the hull plating detail.
I am soon going to have to make about 25 eyebrows for Peder Skram and 50-60+ for HMS Abdiel, a job I am not looking forward to - although I've had some success using metal wire ones as you have done, I'm considering ordering some PE ones from John R Haynes, which aren't too pricey.

[Zinnia]

I have added the photo of Zinnia to the pictures section.

Glad to be of help.

Richard
Devon, UK

[Laurent]

Hi Guys ,

it's been a long while , he ?

I've been busy , a lot , those last weeks , so there couldn't be worked on Zinnia ...

I've built the washports , they are done in cardboard and are mobile , they swivel round a brass rod :






seen from inside :



I did them mobile to be sure that any green water coming on the decks will wash away while sailing , it really is a little model on the water

As many , I always have had problems with soldering brass ...

I decided once again to give it a try , and this time , I succeeded in soldering one of the mast's shrouds & rat lines and some two holes stanchions .

the stanchions are made out of a 0,5 mm wire , with 0,3 mm thick bras wire for the holes :




I did already 20 stanchions , still 50 to go

here under the after mast rigging , I used 0,5 mm wire for the shrouds and 0,3 mm wire for the rat lines :



other updates should come soon

Regards ,

Laurent

[Andy G]

Soldering your own stanchions, eh? I'm watching with great interest! Lovely work, Laurent!

Andy

[Dave Wooley]

Hi Laurent Impresive and I do like your solder work .
Dave Wooley

[Laurent]

Hi Guys ,

thanks for your inputs

This week , I worked a little on the two masts rigging .

here under my way of soldering the stays & ratlines :




the masts being fitted & rigged :





to fix the upper part of the stays , I use home made shackles , made in 0,3 mm brass wire


the stanchions holding the wheelhouse deck



I got from someone , an english man , a few days ago , a picture of the Zinnia , while at anchor , in february 1935 , this picture is very sharp :



Of course , if I had had this picture beforehand , I would have done some things different , I just see now that the ladder on the wheelhouse deck leading to the monkey bridge has been moved from the left side of the wheelhouse to the rear , I also see that the wheelhouse deck has been enlarged ...



Well , some further works that will have to be executed , nothing worse , might be happy instead , I guess

Regards ,

Laurent

[Avery Boyer]

excellent work, very sharp and delicate! Can we have an overall view of your build as it is now?

(PS: I will have the QM plans copied this week and sent off to you )