Very good result -> Bravo !
https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/yq-bluenose-by-johan.8304/page-36#post-266538I'd love to see your method, if you took intermediate photos of the work.
I know that photos are often taken at the last minute and not while working, but if you have them I would like to see them to learn some modeling methods.
Great work on the fife rails. Your hanks look great too!Buona sera a tutti.
Ho dedicato molto tempo a questo pezzo. È mostrato nelle prime immagini.
In italiano si chiama "pazienza" che in inglese verrebbe tradotto con patience.
Penso che sia meglio chiamarlo bitta o bitta.
Le "caviglie" vengono inserite nelle tavole.
In realtà ci sono due bitte, una su ogni albero.
Ho passato molto tempo a capire come venivano realizzati quelli della metà del XIX secolo.
Ho anche cercato le dimensioni precise delle caviglie per poterli scalare alla giusta dimensione. Alla fine dovevo capire quante manovre correnti avere.
Ad ogni manovra corrispondeva una caviglia.
L'altro problema era l'apertura dell'impavesata, cioè le aperture per i cannoni.
Un discorso a parte andrebbe aperto sui cannoni di quel periodo, in quanto l'argomento è vasto ed interessante.
Purtroppo (che io sappia) nessuna casa modello produce cannoni di quel periodo. Ci sono molti periodi precedenti e successivi ma nessuno di quel periodo.
Sono principalmente i tipi Dahlgreen, provenienti dagli Stati Uniti.
Ho provato a riprodurli con il disegno 3D di alcune foto, non avendo le misure esatte, e poi li ho fatti stampare in 3D. Ma questo lo vedremo più avanti.
Adesso parlerò solo delle aperture perché ho modificato un po’ il piano iniziale.
Alla fine, dopo molte prove, ho creato otto aperture per altrettanti cannoni posizionati in batteria.
In realtà, per rispettare l'assetto bellico di una cannoniera, avrei dovuto mettere un cannone in caccia (e non tutto in batteria) o uno a centro nave. Avrei dovuto differenziare anche i pezzi di artiglieria. Quelli a caccia e a centro nave di calibro maggiore.
Non potevo mettere il cannone in caccia perché avrebbe intralciato le manovre dei fiocchi (già abbastanza difficili per me) e non c'era spazio.
Con il pezzo a centro nave avrei dovuto demolire gran parte della murata e l'idea non mi piaceva per niente.
Molte scelte sono condizionate dal fatto che si tratta di un modello RC e ho sempre dovuto trovare il giusto compromesso.
Good evening everyone.
I spent a lot of time on this piece. It is shown in the first images.
In Italian it is called "pazienza" which in English would be translated as patience.
I think it's better to call it a bitt or bollard.
The belay pins are inserted onto the boards.
In reality there are two bitts, one on each tree.
I spent a lot of time understanding how those from the mid-19th century were made.
I also looked for the precise dimensions of the belay pins (or belaying pins) to be able to scale them to the right size.
Finally I had to figure out how many running maneuvers to have. Each maneuver corresponded to a belay pin.
The other problem was the opening of the "ports", i.e. the openings for the cannons.
A separate topic should be opened on the cannons of that period, as the topic is vast and interesting.
Unfortunately (that I know of) no model house produces cannons from that period. There are many previous and subsequent periods but none from that period.
They are mainly the Dahlgreen types, from the United States.
I tried to reproduce them with the 3D drawing from some photos, not having the exact measurements, and then I had them printed in 3D. But this should be seen later. Now I will only talk about the openings because I modified the initial plan a bit.
In the end, after much racking, I created eight openings for as many cannons positioned in battery.
In reality, to respect the war layout of a gunboat, I would have had to put one cannon in the hunt (and not all in battery) or one amidships. I also should have differentiated the artillery pieces. Those in the hunt and amidships of larger caliber.
I couldn't put the cannon in the hunt because it would have hindered the maneuvers of the jibs (already difficult enough for me) and there was no space.
With the piece amidships I would have had to demolish a large part of the bulwark and I didn't like the idea at all.
Many choices are conditioned by the fact that this is an RC model and I always had to find the right compromise.
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Grazie Uwek.Very good progress,,,,
Unfortunatly you uploaded your photos only in small size, so we can not see all the details
It woiuld be great, if you upload them here in SOS with full size ......
Grazie Johan.Great work on the fife rails. Your hanks look great too!
I would have sworn your chimney was painted black, to my surprise I now see a metal finish on your chimney.
Our forum software is reducing the size automatically to the best size - so we have no limitation in the sizeGrazie Uwek.
Non mi fa caricare immagini originali.
Vuole che riduca la dimensione altrimenti l'upload delle foto fallisce.
Io riesco a vederle, riproverò a caricare quelle originali perchè mi dispiace che tu non possa vedere i dettagli.
Thanks Uwek.
It won't let me upload original images.
He wants me to reduce the size otherwise the photo upload will fail.
can see them, I will try to upload the original ones again because I'm sorry that you can't see the details.
Very good progress,,,Unfortunatly you uploaded your photos only in small size, so we can not see all the detailsIt woiuld be great, if you upload them here in SOS with full size ......