G'day Mike, yes I painted the decorations, I still have to touch them up a bit, it is a gold enamel paint that I bought from Woolworth,
best regards John,
Friedrich Wilhelm Zu Pferde 1/48 scale by Euro Model
G'day Mike, yes I painted the decorations, I still have to touch them up a bit, it is a gold enamel paint that I bought from Woolworth,
best regards John,
Beautiful Bro the gold adornments look awesome, my wife had an idea to good leaf the Black pearl parts using the gold sheets I have gold leaf paint so if she messes it up I can always paint it over I guess
Next on the menu was the support brackets for the cat arms, i made a cardboard template, transferred it to the
wood, cut and filed it to shape, then glued it in position has in the pic, I then did the same for the other side,
The cat beam now glued in place,
and another view looking up,
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This is the casting that sits on top of the main head rail, I drilled a hole up into the head and CA glued a brass pin
into it to secure it to the rail,
I drilled a hole down into the top of the rail then I glued the head in place,
And a view of both heads glued in place,
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I then turned my attention to the Gammoning rope guides,
Thanks John. Woolworth is a name I haven't heard in a long while in my neck of the woods.
G'day John
Brilliant in both production and explanation of your step by step instructions.
Keep up the exceptional work
Havagooday and happymodeling
Greg
Brilliant in both production and explanation of your step by step instructions.
Keep up the exceptional work
Havagooday and happymodeling
Greg
Thanks guys for the comments and the likes,
best regards john,
best regards john,
The second rail pinned and glued in place,
The third rail glued in place,
This is the second rail on the port side being attached, You can see the hole drilled to take the brass pin,
I am just test fitting and trimming the rail to length, a lot of trial and remeasuring to get it right,
Head on view, the port top rail is just a little higher than the starboard one, but I think I am going to leave it
as it is, Lazy Bludger aint I,
Thanks Pat, I will just leave it,
Hello John,I am glad you are back in the shop,always enjoing to whatch your builds!
Thanks Zoly, I'm just finding it hard to catch up with all the other build logs, one day at a time,
I am now installing the head rail upright supports, the first two in position,
a close up of the first twoo,
And the full six glued in place,
another view at a different angle,
and looking down on the head rails,
a closer view, I have to do the Starb side, then I will probably attach the Bow Sprit lashings, the Gammoning,
it will be easier than after I have attached all the gratings etc, the very last support only attached to the three rails,
I presume it ended there so it would not interfere with the anchor cables, any questions just ask,
best regards John,
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Keep going!!! Looks great! Nice build! Gonna sand the whole hull from my wilhelm and plank it again. Have sorted out all the wood i have and found some nice pieces for this ship. Also gonna try to make my own castings with tin or pewer i guess its called. Want to make some for felipe . Gonna try one tonigh if shaking hands will Let me do it. 6 weeks inside the house now... was someone on the second floor of the appartement building who called the Police and told that he opened all the gas in his house and wanted it to lett it explode. The evacuated the building but i stayed and watched from my 7th floor. Nothing happend. Bloke was arrested.
Wow Pat, that must have been frightening, you took a big chance staying in the building, glad everything worked out OK, you take care and I hope you feeling better soon,
best regards john,
Thats both sides of the head rails glued in place,
next is the two support pieces to hold the flooring strips in place, I like the English way so I decided to use gratings,
I had enough left over from when I had made the other gratings on the ship,
I then made a template using some card board, it was just a case of cutting and re cutting till it fit, you can see
the template sitting on the support pieces that have been glued to the inside of the rails,
I glued up the grating strips and left them to dry overnight,
The template sitting over the gratings,
Started to cut the gratings to size,
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Test fitting the grating after roughly trimming to shape, I have to take a bit more off the sides to allow
for the side battens to be attached, and also the back has to be sanded to the final shape,
Another view,
These two pics show the grating after final shaping and after attaching the side and back battens,
another view, got to make a smaller one to go up in front of the gammonig ropes,
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