Good day all--with autumn setting in =>heading for November ....
in I am spending more time at the bench
Recent progress;--still dealing with the minutia...
there is much on deck detail, to be made
almost all needs some or total scratch building.
Planning ahead to solve problems ahead of time- when inspiration strikes
hence -I am jumping around to different parts everywhere,
consequently there is no real order of proceedings ( as yet ! )
The Sagres is festooned with quite number of modern Liferaft canisters
These sit on racks at the edge for easy deployment via quick releasing webbing straps
The racks were cobbled together from various sections of PE misuse !
these metal parts are tacked together with matt varnish and the raft placed on- also using tacky half dry varnish=> instant grab!
Now the assembly is fragile and structurally held together with willpower only!
Once the varnish is dry--the life-raft cannisters are placed loosely upside down on blu-tak,
the bottom square is filled with matt varnish to form a ' bowl ' and when dry
a droplet of CA glue is placed in to add strength
The stairways Fwd and aft -unusually - have a solid backing--
(..at a guess these vessels assume some strange and severe angles of heel
so I guess a crew-members leg through the slippery stairs could be suboptimal>? )
The most suitable proportioned stairs were from a spare REGIA MARINA old ROMA PE set ( Giampiero
)
These were bent up in revere so so that the treads would be within the sides .
This allowed me to infill the treads with white glue--when dried it self-levels
and this did not increase the --depth-- of the stairway--keeping it proportion
Once installed the effect is quite pleasing
I re visited the 2 x 3" Q/F saluting gun pedestals again ....
in an attempt to get closer to scale when a crew member stood alongside
The pedestal bases needed to be still thinner--some old -quite chunky- PE circles were cut and sanded
Painted as below
and married up with a resin cone and spigot that was the right height in scale
The gun itself will be added at a muuuch later time because of the fragility and danger of knocking whilst rigging
At the belaying pin rails surrounding the fore and main masts,
Inboard of the previously made belaying pin rails
-there are a line of turning blocks attached to a rail
I had puzzled how to make them ( if at all
)
I found by accident in my boxes of old brass Photoetch....
this very old piece of PE--no idea what is was
but inspiration struck.....
The images explain...
and after wrestling with tweezers
The end result ( after a bit of tuning )
will look like this
Once the the rail is black and the 'blocks' have their centres filled with white glue and painted white
the effect should be quite good.
Aft of the funnel ( neither made or in place yet! )
There is since approx 2006 a covered wooden Nav station 'cupboard'
This is in scale quite small as the top of the cupboard is only around 5 ft - 5ft6in high ( 1m 50 cm-1m67 cm
when measured against an adjacent crew member
Laminated styrene block with brass sides, lid and lower ' dash'
..> Once painted with a decal nav chart screen added and instruments in decal strip
it started to look similar to thereal thing in 1:1 -
a subtle amount of high-lighting and sharp pencil work to make ' edges' are still to come
The big life-raft and boat supporting racks
have occupied my mind for a while-- how to make...
Having tried to make them in metal was alas a failure
so I went back to strip styrene-
But first measure the spacings.....
I find it easier to do this by eye using a suitable size 'check 'strip twixt the strips
searching through that stash I found some
Evergreen of a suitable size ( 0.75 x 0.75 mm )
WRONG !!... Too thick !
More searching and some Plastruct section appeared in the box
This was better and the styrene was able to be " set " after bending.
This was looking better
I managed to find some very thin and narrow stainless steel strips from a unusual source on a fret
with all the remaining arches measured, test-fitted, trimmed and installed ( laborious and many failures !!!)
and the longitudinal stringers installed ( as above sourced metal strip) --it did start to look better
The real thing has a " Heath -Robinson " impromptu awning above the two doors at the aft end of the super-structure
this was also included and spanned with white glue which will simulate the canvas once painted
Next to make to stowage boxes and the additional framing and life raft racks atop of this !
The ships wheels were from the Toms MW PE set of Gorch Fock class--and ingeniously have a fold to
increase the heft of these wheels ( 3 x main wheels and 1 x aft )
But first I had to make 2 x identical binnacles
and these were added along with helm wheels assembly
--in summary the effect was not displeasing !
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More soon JIM B
Good day all--with autumn setting in =>heading for November ....
in I am spending more time at the bench :smallsmile: :thumbs_up_1:
Recent progress;--still dealing with the minutia...
there is much on deck detail, to be made
almost all needs some or total scratch building.
Planning ahead to solve problems ahead of time- when inspiration strikes
hence -I am jumping around to different parts everywhere,
consequently there is no real order of proceedings ( as yet ! )
The Sagres is festooned with quite number of modern Liferaft canisters
These sit on racks at the edge for easy deployment via quick releasing webbing straps
The racks were cobbled together from various sections of PE misuse !
[attachment=29]P1030039.jpg[/attachment]
these metal parts are tacked together with matt varnish and the raft placed on- also using tacky half dry varnish=> instant grab!
[attachment=28]P1030044.jpg[/attachment]
Now the assembly is fragile and structurally held together with willpower only!
Once the varnish is dry--the life-raft cannisters are placed loosely upside down on blu-tak,
the bottom square is filled with matt varnish to form a ' bowl ' and when dry
a droplet of CA glue is placed in to add strength
[attachment=27]P1030048.jpg[/attachment]
The stairways Fwd and aft -unusually - have a solid backing--
(..at a guess these vessels assume some strange and severe angles of heel
so I guess a crew-members leg through the slippery stairs could be suboptimal>? )
[attachment=26]P1030062.jpg[/attachment]
The most suitable proportioned stairs were from a spare REGIA MARINA old ROMA PE set ( Giampiero :thumbs_up_1: )
These were bent up in revere so so that the treads would be within the sides .
This allowed me to infill the treads with white glue--when dried it self-levels
and this did not increase the --depth-- of the stairway--keeping it proportion
[attachment=24]P1030064.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=25]P1030062a.jpg[/attachment]
Once installed the effect is quite pleasing
[attachment=23]P1030066.jpg[/attachment]
I re visited the 2 x 3" Q/F saluting gun pedestals again ....
in an attempt to get closer to scale when a crew member stood alongside
The pedestal bases needed to be still thinner--some old -quite chunky- PE circles were cut and sanded
[attachment=22]P1030065.jpg[/attachment]
Painted as below
[attachment=21]P1030068.jpg[/attachment]
and married up with a resin cone and spigot that was the right height in scale
The gun itself will be added at a muuuch later time because of the fragility and danger of knocking whilst rigging
[attachment=20]P1030074.jpg[/attachment]
At the belaying pin rails surrounding the fore and main masts,
Inboard of the previously made belaying pin rails
[attachment=15]P1010252 - Copy.JPG[/attachment]
-there are a line of turning blocks attached to a rail
I had puzzled how to make them ( if at all :scratch: )
[attachment=19]P1030082.jpg[/attachment]
I found by accident in my boxes of old brass Photoetch....
this very old piece of PE--no idea what is was
but inspiration struck..... :thumbs_up_1:
The images explain...
[attachment=18]P1030083.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=17]P1030084.jpg[/attachment]
and after wrestling with tweezers
The end result ( after a bit of tuning )
will look like this
[attachment=16]P1030086.jpg[/attachment]
Once the the rail is black and the 'blocks' have their centres filled with white glue and painted white
the effect should be quite good.
Aft of the funnel ( neither made or in place yet! )
There is since approx 2006 a covered wooden Nav station 'cupboard'
[attachment=14]P1030089.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=13]P1030090.jpg[/attachment]
This is in scale quite small as the top of the cupboard is only around 5 ft - 5ft6in high ( 1m 50 cm-1m67 cm
when measured against an adjacent crew member
Laminated styrene block with brass sides, lid and lower ' dash'
[attachment=12]P1030091.jpg[/attachment]
..> Once painted with a decal nav chart screen added and instruments in decal strip
it started to look similar to thereal thing in 1:1 -
a subtle amount of high-lighting and sharp pencil work to make ' edges' are still to come
[attachment=11]P1030092.jpg[/attachment]
The big life-raft and boat supporting racks
[attachment=5]11 boat racks.jpg[/attachment]
have occupied my mind for a while-- how to make...
Having tried to make them in metal was alas a failure
so I went back to strip styrene-
But first measure the spacings.....
I find it easier to do this by eye using a suitable size 'check 'strip twixt the strips
[attachment=10]P1030096.jpg[/attachment]
searching through that stash I found some
Evergreen of a suitable size ( 0.75 x 0.75 mm )
[attachment=9]P1030097.jpg[/attachment]
WRONG !!... Too thick !
More searching and some Plastruct section appeared in the box
This was better and the styrene was able to be " set " after bending.
This was looking better
[attachment=8]P1030099.jpg[/attachment]
I managed to find some very thin and narrow stainless steel strips from a unusual source on a fret
[attachment=7]P1030106.jpg[/attachment]
with all the remaining arches measured, test-fitted, trimmed and installed ( laborious and many failures !!!)
and the longitudinal stringers installed ( as above sourced metal strip) --it did start to look better
The real thing has a " Heath -Robinson " impromptu awning above the two doors at the aft end of the super-structure
this was also included and spanned with white glue which will simulate the canvas once painted
[attachment=4]P1030107a.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=6]P1030107.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=0]P1030117.JPG[/attachment]
Next to make to stowage boxes and the additional framing and life raft racks atop of this !
The ships wheels were from the Toms MW PE set of Gorch Fock class--and ingeniously have a fold to
increase the heft of these wheels ( 3 x main wheels and 1 x aft )
[attachment=3]P1030080.jpg[/attachment]
But first I had to make 2 x identical binnacles
[attachment=2]P1030094.jpg[/attachment]
and these were added along with helm wheels assembly
--in summary the effect was not displeasing !
[attachment=1]P1030101.jpg[/attachment]
===================================================================================
More soon JIM B :wave_1: