118 Gun French three-decker - Le Commerce de Marseille / L'Ocean - scale 1:72

[WojtasS]

Next things in que

"Guns, lots of guns"

Life brutally verified my chances of making my own gun barrels. As you probably guessed I went to @SZKUTNIK with this issue.

Gun carriages, port Lids, pipes for ropes above them. Repetitiveness, here we go again

 

[WojtasS]

Updated on port lids

It's firts version and only dry fitting for now.
Eyelets are from 0,4mm brass wire and strips on outside of port lid are from 0,3mm copper sheet. In hull are 0,5mm brass pipes for ropes

Main theme is simplification, but I still want to make some easier details. That's why there won't be nails on the inside part but there're eyelets.

Question for you should I keep ropes on inside eyelets, because I see a lot of models without them, or maybe keep them only for looks?

 

[WojtasS]

Update on port lids

Almost all of first part of port lids are ready to glue and paint. There's a matter how to finish them


I did one attempt how it would look and how much dose it take to make one. The difference is too significant to ignore it. I was thinking how to do it so as not to get stuck doing only this thing and I came to the conclusion that I'd rather do 1 piece, even per week at a time, than go with simplification. In addition, they will be mounted at the very end so that they don't get damaged, so there is a lot of time. It remains only to complete the hull with pipes for ropes and I can proceed to the next stage.






Next stage:






I did some attempts how to make this pins marked in green




There is no great philosophy here, you just have to hit it with a hammer The matter is made easier by the fact that I found a Tamiya puncher with a diameter of 1.5 mm, otherwise it would not be so rosy Sooo you need to hit it with a hammer about 480+ times then drill with a 0.5mm drill bit in a 0.2mm copper plate and here you go

 

[dockattner]

Impressive! That's going to be a lot of work but the result will be magnificent!

 

[WojtasS]

Thanks Paul

I have 64 port lids to make if I could do 1 per week that leaves me with 16 weeks. That's not some unimaginable time period. Completion of whole model will take much more. I think you know how much it takes to fully rigg a ship of the line

 

[shota70]

Update on port lids

Almost all of first part of port lids are ready to glue and paint. There's a matter how to finish them
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I did one attempt how it would look and how much dose it take to make one. The difference is too significant to ignore it. I was thinking how to do it so as not to get stuck doing only this thing and I came to the conclusion that I'd rather do 1 piece, even per week at a time, than go with simplification. In addition, they will be mounted at the very end so that they don't get damaged, so there is a lot of time. It remains only to complete the hull with pipes for ropes and I can proceed to the next stage.

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Next stage:

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I did some attempts how to make this pins marked in green
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There is no great philosophy here, you just have to hit it with a hammer The matter is made easier by the fact that I found a Tamiya puncher with a diameter of 1.5 mm, otherwise it would not be so rosy Sooo you need to hit it with a hammer about 480+ times then drill with a 0.5mm drill bit in a 0.2mm copper plate and here you go

I salute your persistence and patience!
I would be happy to learn from you how you produce the effect of the nails that are mounted on the inside (painted red) of the cannon port cover. Thank you

 

[Herman]

Thanks Paul

I have 64 port lids to make if I could do 1 per week that leaves me with 16 weeks. That's not some unimaginable time period. Completion of whole model will take much more. I think you know how much it takes to fully rigg a ship of the line

Time consuming but rewarding decision. Go for the details to the level you are able to make them.

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Cierpliwość popłaca bądź wytrwały. Pozdrawiam i czymam za ciebie kciuki Mirek

 

[WojtasS]

Thank you all for coments and good word.

Yes, patience is reqired but it's more like skill that you can develop. When I started building this ship a lot of thing seemed to last. With every new part or piece done this feeleing was going away and things seem to be much easier and not so tiring.

 

[WojtasS]

Witaj
Cierpliwość popłaca bądź wytrwały. Pozdrawiam i czymam za ciebie kciuki Mirek

Cześć Mirek

Kiedy uświadomiłem sobie, że te kalpy jest bardzo łatwo uszkodzić i powinienem je zamontować po olinowaniu cała presja, że muszę je teraz zrobić przeszła. Jak poświęcę godzinkę czy dwie na tydzień to nic się nie stanie, a właśnie koło godziny trwa gwoździowanie wstępnie przygotowanej klapy. Pewnie dało by się szybciej, ale takim spokojnym tempem tyle wychodzi

 

[WojtasS]

I salute your persistence and patience!
I would be happy to learn from you how you produce the effect of the nails that are mounted on the inside (painted red) of the cannon port cover. Thank you

No problem

When both parts are already glued. I cut patterns to check dimensions.
Parts pointed with red arrows are cut and put on reverse(red) side
Green ones are for eyelets







On reverse I mark points for eyelets and drill them a little deeper, so there's a mark



This used to be a screwdriver now after scharpening makes for pointer


Next I put patern with nails and drill them with 0,5mm shortened drill bit.





Next I is just placing and cutting copper wire 0,4mm.
For the eyelets I place them first and leave a little longer

 

[archjofo]

Very fine detail work.

 

[WojtasS]

Very fine detail work.

Thank you . Job is pretty easy, difficulty comes in amount of pieces to make

 

[WojtasS]

Hello. This is progres form this weekend




And this is THE rabbit hole I swore to myself not to fall into, but here I am

 

[WojtasS]

Here are the effects of few hours of work over the past week. The work is quite easy but time consuming.
It's a small portion, but you can already see the difference. In "+" or in "-"? I don't know. Now I must finish it no matter the result.

 

[Bryian]

Great work so far.

 

[WojtasS]

Great work so far.

Thanks. I'm afraid after finishing that I'll start thinking about copper plating

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Wojtas czy będziesz kołkował poniżej wali. Pozdrawiam Mirek

 

[WojtasS]

Witaj
Wojtas czy będziesz kołkował poniżej wali. Pozdrawiam Mirek

Nie. Z tym i tak będzie aż nadto roboty

 

[GrantTyler]

Here are the effects of few hours of work over the past week. The work is quite easy but time consuming.
It's a small portion, but you can already see the difference. In "+" or in "-"? I don't know. Now I must finish it no matter the result.

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Good morning. Wow- that is a load of nailing. It looks awesome though. Cheers Grant