Black Pearl - Zhl 1:50 by Vfordyce [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Rowboat]

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Ironing makes the planks smoother. I’m using an old iron my Admiral was going to throw away. View attachment 192044

Wait what?
Ironing makes them smoother? Never heard that, sanding yes.

Another new thing I learned on this site.

 

[Rowboat]

Captains wardrobe. View attachment 192263View attachment 192264

Nice paint job, detailed.

How the heck did you get the black trim around the gold so good?

That would be a tough paint job for me.

 

[Vfordyce]

Windows for the captain’s quarters. I sandwiched window frames and sheet of plastic between two layers of black walnut. The plastic came from one of the containers in the kit, and I painted the window frame with Artist’s Loft old gold acrylic then a coat of Testers Craft Precious Metals Premium gold leafing finish.

 

[Vfordyce]

Nice paint job, detailed.

How the heck did you get the black trim around the gold so good?

That would be a tough paint job for me.

The black was laser burn from ZHL. I bought some very fine brushes. I still wound up scraping a bit of gold off with my xacto knife before it dried.

 

[Vfordyce]

Wait what"



Wait what?
Ironing makes them smoother? Never heard that, sanding yes.

Another new thing I learned on this site.

You might want to view the thread “This needs ironing.”

 

[Vfordyce]

I tried to bend the back window with a soldering iron on wet wood, but it warped and was unmanageable. So I drowned it overnight in Davie Jones’ locker and keelhauled on a paint can. That’ll teach the scurvy lubber!

 

[Vfordyce]

Captain’s quarters almost done!

 

[Heinrich]

Where is the bottle of rum that is missing from the table????

 

[Vfordyce]

Better?

 

[Vfordyce]

I started to make a deck of cards. Then I said, “Nah!”

 

[Heinrich]

Much better!!!!

 

[Vfordyce]

Last shots before I button up the captains cabin.

 

[Vfordyce]

I lied. I forgot to show how I did the lights in the cabin. I was able to hide most of it or paint it black. I thought it was easier to solder several pieces together to a lead and thus have fewer wires to solder at one time. I also cut a groove for a lead wire to go toward the aft lateens. So one more set of pictures.

 

[Rowboat]

Captain’s quarters almost done!View attachment 192590

You put a rug in the captains room, awesome!

 

[Rowboat]

Last shots before I button up the captains cabin. View attachment 192737View attachment 192739

There's a cannon in the captains chambers, he's one badA$$ captain.

 

[Vfordyce]

You put a rug in the captains room, awesome!

I looked up Persian rugs and found one for sale. I printed it off and cut the extra paper. Then I used rubber cement so it wouldn't wrinkle or glob and would still hold fast. I had to put on two coats to make it stick well. I think it adds a nice touch.

 

[Vfordyce]

There's a cannon in the captains chambers, he's one badA$$ captain.

The wall was supposed to be one rafter and bulkhead to the right, which would have given more room to the cabin. OOps! That's what I get for trying to get it done by Thanksgiving.

 

[Vfordyce]

There's a cannon in the captains chambers, he's one badA$$ captain.

Have you received your Pearl yet? Can't wait to follow your log.

 

[Vfordyce]

I also missed a cutout into the captain’s cabin. I put the walnut backing with the corresponding cutout on the port side instead of the starboard. Again, that’s what you get when you rush things. I don’t mind, though. There are plenty of apertures with the sets of windows and a skylight. I’m just mentioning it in case someone else building this vessel runs into the same types of things.

 

[Vfordyce]

I also noticed the tail piece is wider than the wings it attaches to. That will take some trimming. Perhaps ZHL provides more than needed on purpose. Better too much than too little.