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Just beautiful!!
Christian
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1/30 HMS Royal Caroline Build
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Thank you my good man!!!Oh Ja - very accurate and exact work - Very good
Thank you Maarten!!!!
Thanks for the kind words my Friend!!!!Wonderful work Rick, she's looking great and very accurate. I loved the deck
Thank you Christian for the kind words!!!
Hello Everyone, Everywhere. Just a quick post showing the work progress so far. The Funnel Stackhouse is requiring a lot of work in order to get the correct height & Angle in contrast to the Forecastle Deck. I, as did Maarten, will be covering the Funnel in a Copper Covering. There is ample evidence that supports that the Funnel indeed had a Copper plated covering. I will be doing mine a little bit different but will show more as I progress. I will attach the 3 completed Deck beams & Hanging Knees after I get the Funnel work completed. More to come.....................................
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I decided to cut the Smoke Stack into 2 seperate halves at the deck line. This helps me in the Deck planking process by having the Stack out of the way & not risking damaging the Copper covering of the Smoke Stack (the Deck Planks will conceal the joint). I pulled the 3.6mm
Cables through at this point. I am not using the kit provided Rigging & Rope. I will go into more detail on the Ropes at a later time in the Blog. The other installed lines are pull lines ( for messenger cable) & I am debating if I will be adding the smaller Cables but thought I may as well put the pull line in just in case.
Onwards.................................
I decided to cut the Smoke Stack into 2 seperate halves at the deck line. This helps me in the Deck planking process by having the Stack out of the way & not risking damaging the Copper covering of the Smoke Stack (the Deck Planks will conceal the joint). I pulled the 3.6mm
Cables through at this point. I am not using the kit provided Rigging & Rope. I will go into more detail on the Ropes at a later time in the Blog. The other installed lines are pull lines ( for messenger cable) & I am debating if I will be adding the smaller Cables but thought I may as well put the pull line in just in case.Onwards.................................
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Good morning Naval Modeler 65, Congratulations it is a stupendous work of quality and finesse but , in my opinion there is too much gloss and it loses its truthfulness .It makes it look more like a suppra mobile than a masterpiece of a ship. and a matter of liking mine but , you are the modeler it has to like only YOU.FrankWIP---
I decided to cut the Smoke Stack into 2 seperate halves at the deck line. This helps me in the Deck planking process by having the Stack out of the way & not risking damaging the Copper covering of the Smoke Stack (the Deck Planks will conceal the joint). I pulled the 3.6mm
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Hello Frank48,
What Gloss are you speaking of???? The only Gloss sheen is on the Gold Paint. I use a Clear Flat Matt Sealer on everything but the Gold Paintings
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Hello, I'm sorry we don't understand each other (translator), sorry
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What can I say about this build that I have not said before? Between you and @Maarten Maarten you guys are showing just what a magnificent kit this is to build. The caveat though, is that it requires two master builders to bring out the best in her. Fortunately for all us mortal souls, we have those two master builders present ... all that we need to do, is to sit back, relax and gawk at such incredible work!
Hi Frank,
I understand what you are saying, guess you mean the ship is too much looking like new, too neat and tidy.
Think a royal yacht is one of the vessels which enables you to do this, as it was most probably maintained into perfection.
But certainly Rick's impeccable work is looking like the ship is brand new and that is as you said a compliment towards the builder.
Thank you for your kindness
I guess, it is just a matter of personal taste in how you will present your model. Personally, I like the way Rick presents, it is also a preferred choice of mine, My philosophy doesn't fall on the dependency of the type of the ship it is: Royal Yatch or First-rate ship. Frankly, if ships voyage in the calm sea, all they do is clean everything and anything!
If you were to present your model as an 'in use' model, then it is more appropriate for dioramas, IMHO. But this is for my taste, others might very well disagree. 
Agreed & very well said Jimsky!!!!I guess, it is just a matter of personal taste in how you will present your model. Personally, I like the way Rick presents, it is also a preferred choice of mine, My philosophy doesn't fall on the dependency of the type of the ship it is: Royal Yatch or First-rate ship. Frankly, if ships voyage in the calm sea, all they do is clean everything and anything!
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Hello Everyone. I purposely wanted to leave the Forecastle Deck as the last major piece of work on the Hull before moving onwards to other items. I spent a lot of time going over the actual Ship plans and making numerous adjustments for the models Forecastle. The kit does not provide a real good reference for the Forecastle placement other than enlarged prints from the Book "Anatomy of the Ship, The Royal Yacht Caroline 1749" that are not to 1:30 scale (I spoke about the scale issue earlier in the Blog). The so-called Chinese instructions are terrible and the precut Forecastle Deck plate glue location on the Bulkhead #1 is not located in the correct position (Height wise). In order to have the Bulwarks Carvings be in the correct position and the Catheads at the correct level & Angle, one will have to modify the Catheads and the The height of the Forecastle deck to have the Railings be in the correct position.
More to come...........................
Hello Everyone. I purposely wanted to leave the Forecastle Deck as the last major piece of work on the Hull before moving onwards to other items. I spent a lot of time going over the actual Ship plans and making numerous adjustments for the models Forecastle. The kit does not provide a real good reference for the Forecastle placement other than enlarged prints from the Book "Anatomy of the Ship, The Royal Yacht Caroline 1749" that are not to 1:30 scale (I spoke about the scale issue earlier in the Blog). The so-called Chinese instructions are terrible and the precut Forecastle Deck plate glue location on the Bulkhead #1 is not located in the correct position (Height wise). In order to have the Bulwarks Carvings be in the correct position and the Catheads at the correct level & Angle, one will have to modify the Catheads and the The height of the Forecastle deck to have the Railings be in the correct position.
More to come...........................
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More pics of the Forecastle work in progress. I decided to change out the Front Bollards to the standard type as shown in the AOS Book. I pre-painted both sides of the kits Bollard before attaching them to the Hull (makes it easier to get a better finish).
I will post more pics in a day or so..............................
More pics of the Forecastle work in progress. I decided to change out the Front Bollards to the standard type as shown in the AOS Book. I pre-painted both sides of the kits Bollard before attaching them to the Hull (makes it easier to get a better finish).
I will post more pics in a day or so..............................
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Welcome to the ILD frustrated Builders- I give you with 5 years- I have during my4 years here, tried to correct builders making from small to big errors, but as I am not a US citizen, few are listening to mi.
I like your start of building the keel, Bow and Stern part-easy to make the Gaerdbord, when the false keel is inserted., to insert the bulkheads OK. Then I like the Bow Filler. In my case, I added fillers between all the Bulkheads in my latest ships - when I learned this. I added the fillers up to the lover gunports-a few mm less
Then I reduce the so-called Triangle on the stern part from 4 mm to 3 mm on each side
I then measured the amount of planks needed of the mid bulkhead. this measurement of planks will
if you have 75 planks here, you should have the same amount on the bow,k meaning you will have to cut the planks so it fits on each bulkhead
Iwill not make more comments as much has already been said
I like your start of building the keel, Bow and Stern part-easy to make the Gaerdbord, when the false keel is inserted., to insert the bulkheads OK. Then I like the Bow Filler. In my case, I added fillers between all the Bulkheads in my latest ships - when I learned this. I added the fillers up to the lover gunports-a few mm less
Then I reduce the so-called Triangle on the stern part from 4 mm to 3 mm on each side
I then measured the amount of planks needed of the mid bulkhead. this measurement of planks will
if you have 75 planks here, you should have the same amount on the bow,k meaning you will have to cut the planks so it fits on each bulkhead
Iwill not make more comments as much has already been said