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Royal William, Euromodel, a retro log
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Hi Grant, Thanks for the compliment. I don't know about skills, this was built some years ago well before I joined the forum and it proved to be my biggest learning curve. Ken
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Hello and thanks for showing an interest in my build.
I completed the last of the visible canons, the eight on the quarter deck. I rigged them same as before so that they w0uldl be consistent in appearance.
I also completed the grated walkway off the quarter deck. Nothing of note, the pictures will show the build better than me describing it. It had to be scratch built but once again very little of this part was shown in the plan and without getting other pictures I would have struggled quite a bit, but was happy that I got it about right.
I completed the last of the visible canons, the eight on the quarter deck. I rigged them same as before so that they w0uldl be consistent in appearance.
I also completed the grated walkway off the quarter deck. Nothing of note, the pictures will show the build better than me describing it. It had to be scratch built but once again very little of this part was shown in the plan and without getting other pictures I would have struggled quite a bit, but was happy that I got it about right.
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Hi. Thanks for following. Again just a small update.
The next step was to make up and fit the breast and gangway rails. I didn't do them as accurate or elaborate as many of you would have done but as with other detailed sections I kept it as simple as possible. I think that by keeping things easy I didn’t get intimidated by the build and I could just concentrate on getting the sections neat, it worked for me and kept the build moving forward.
The next step was to make up and fit the breast and gangway rails. I didn't do them as accurate or elaborate as many of you would have done but as with other detailed sections I kept it as simple as possible. I think that by keeping things easy I didn’t get intimidated by the build and I could just concentrate on getting the sections neat, it worked for me and kept the build moving forward.
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I now moved on to making the upper quarter deck rails. Again I went for the easiest method that I could think of. It proved easier than expected, from start to mounting on the deck took only about an hour. I've shown step by step how I did it.
I copied the plan onto a piece of 1.5mm walnut ply, I put 3 x 0.5mm strips on both sides of the ply for the uprights then cut the arches and filed them to shape. I cut these out as a unit then added the 4 x 1.5mm rail at the top and glued the finished rails into place, they were sealed and varnished. Another successful little project.
Next will be the dreaded curved staircase
Thanks for staying with the build
I copied the plan onto a piece of 1.5mm walnut ply, I put 3 x 0.5mm strips on both sides of the ply for the uprights then cut the arches and filed them to shape. I cut these out as a unit then added the 4 x 1.5mm rail at the top and glued the finished rails into place, they were sealed and varnished. Another successful little project.
Next will be the dreaded curved staircase
Thanks for staying with the build
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Hi Paul, It’s one of the very useful and easy tricks that I’ve picked up, I’ve explained the technique in detail on page three of the log. I’ve also shown how accurate I was able to transfer the gunport positions from plan to hull. Ken
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Hello, Many thanks for the likes that I’ve been given, I’m very pleased to have you along.
Todays update is the making of the curved stairs leading to the quarter deck, these are quite a feature, I’d put off doing them for as long as I could but they couldn’t wait any longer. There were no indications on how these could be made and little info as to their size, just a one dimensional view on the plan. After much thought and a few false starts I did manage to produce an acceptable set which when mounted looked ok. Rather than explain I’ve shown pictures of each stage so that you can see how I went about it.
Todays update is the making of the curved stairs leading to the quarter deck, these are quite a feature, I’d put off doing them for as long as I could but they couldn’t wait any longer. There were no indications on how these could be made and little info as to their size, just a one dimensional view on the plan. After much thought and a few false starts I did manage to produce an acceptable set which when mounted looked ok. Rather than explain I’ve shown pictures of each stage so that you can see how I went about it.
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I was happily still making good progress, I’d completed the aft bitts, the flagstaff support, ladders and the sledge beams for the ships boat.
I made the uprights for the beams from 3 x 3mm strip and the crossbars from 2 x 3mm, the gussets were cut out of .5mm ply sheet and stained black before gluing on. Needless to say the position of the coiled rope on the deck fouled the uprights, I had to remove and remake eight of them. The sticky tape that I'd used for holding them down was like trying to get chewing gum off the soles of your shoes, I had to use white spirits to get the sticky goo off then re varnish the deck. I then realized that I’d positioned and glued the bars in the wrong positions about 25mm too rearward at the front and the rear one was about 5mm out. I hadn't checked the plans prior to fitting, there were just too many plans to wade through, ( twenty 1:1 sheets) I just couldn’t keep them all out, I took a guess as to their position but checking later I saw that they were wrong. I thought that although not correct they look ok where they were so I just left them, only I will know. The last picture is a snapshot of where the ships boat would sit as it was.
I made the uprights for the beams from 3 x 3mm strip and the crossbars from 2 x 3mm, the gussets were cut out of .5mm ply sheet and stained black before gluing on. Needless to say the position of the coiled rope on the deck fouled the uprights, I had to remove and remake eight of them. The sticky tape that I'd used for holding them down was like trying to get chewing gum off the soles of your shoes, I had to use white spirits to get the sticky goo off then re varnish the deck. I then realized that I’d positioned and glued the bars in the wrong positions about 25mm too rearward at the front and the rear one was about 5mm out. I hadn't checked the plans prior to fitting, there were just too many plans to wade through, ( twenty 1:1 sheets) I just couldn’t keep them all out, I took a guess as to their position but checking later I saw that they were wrong. I thought that although not correct they look ok where they were so I just left them, only I will know. The last picture is a snapshot of where the ships boat would sit as it was.