Grants Xebec 1:60 (using Jabeque Cazador Occre1:60 kit) [COMPLETED BUILD]

Dean62 said:
Hey Grant, the cannon carriage looks good. I would probably make your own eyes if you have small diameter wire. ;)
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Good morning Dean. Thanks. I really like them. You guys have convinced me to make my own eyes. The photo does accentuate the oversized eyes but now that’s all I see. I was hoping to avoid that process. I have wire 0.4,0.5 and 0.6mm. 0.5mm will probably best best for scale. (I don’t know what it’s made off) however it changes to a realistic colour over time. Ahh I really don’t like making those little eyesCautious. Only 40 so not so badROTF. Cheers Grant
 
Good morning. More cannon details. I have decided to make the eyes for the outhaul tackle.

I added the stroop bed, bored out the barrels using my lathe (modified a tad)….And made a second one.

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Still more to go with details. The Trunnions on the kit cannons vary in length and are differing angles so this is going to be interesting.
…and that’s enough of cannons for time being.
Cheers Grant
 
dockattner said:
The stained ones might help them stand out on the deck more - the unstained ones sort of blend in??? I don't know else is going to happen up there.
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Pathfinder65 said:
I vote for stained. I think it will increase their visibility.
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Ptèr said:
Hi Grant, compliments on de carriages, go for the oak stain. They look stunning and better than the ones I made. Okay
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Good morning. Thanks guys. I am also leaning towards the stain. Paul has a good point though. There are plenty of walnut stanchions/reinforcements on the bulkwarks by the gun and oar port as well as waterways. It gets nice and busy. If I leave them natural the poly on the carriages will also deepen and slightly darker them. I think I will just make all of them and decide later. Thanks for your support and compliments.
Cheers Grant
 
Great work with your planking and cannon work Grant! Commiserate with the postage and corruption issues in SA with which I too am most familiar. On my visit to KwaZulu last year I found quite an impressive hobby shop called Denkit Hobbies in Shelley Beach. They used to have a storefront in the Shelley Centre but have since re-located their operations to their own backyard in Uvongo, possibly for some of the same reasons mentioned earlier including the power breaks. I was mildly surprised by the stock they carry which included a fair number of ship kits as well as tools and other consumables, although it falls well short of the variety and quality of modelling goods you get overseas. And yes, sadly, mailing anything to or receiving any postage from South Africa is pure hit and miss, not guaranteed at all, or can take many, many months to happen. I totally understand the challenges you face and well done indeed on your progress and the level of creativity that inevitably surfaces under those conditions Thumbsup
 
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RDN1954 said:
Stained, for sure, maybe even a little brighter...
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Dean62 said:
Have to agree with everyone else... stained! ;)
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Jimsky said:
I would finish them with Tung oil, or.., I would make a similar color as your inside bulwarks.
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Nomad said:
.... and yes, the stained carriage is certainly my preference as well :)
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Good morning Dean and Johan and Mark. I think you guys are just wanted me to do more workROTF. Jim’s idea of tung oil is another option for me to test. I have made 4 so 16 to go. I also am going to make all the wood stanchions, waterways and supports (all walnut) first and then see the contrast. I’m also leaning towards stain.
Nomad said:
Great work with your planking and cannon work Grant! Commiserate with the postage and corruption issues in SA with which I too am most familiar. On my visit to KwaZulu last year I found quite an impressive hobby shop called Denkit Hobbies in Shelley Beach. They used to have a storefront in the Shelley Centre but have since re-located their operations to their own backyard in Uvongo, possibly for some of the same reasons mentioned earlier including the power breaks. I was mildly surprised by the stock they carry which included a fair number of ship kits as well as tools and other consumables, although it falls well short of the variety and quality of modelling goods you get overseas. And yes, sadly, mailing anything to or receiving any postage from South Africa is pure hit and miss, not guaranteed at all, or can take many, many months to happen. I totally understand the challenges you face and well done indeed on your progress and the level of creativity that inevitably surfaces under those conditions Thumbsup
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Thanks Mark. You know the story. I have checked out the online store of this shop. The big problem is the detail parts like small 0.15 and 0.2 eyes and hooks etc. I guess I just go to make a whole load. Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
The big problem is the detail parts like small 0.15 and 0.2 eyes and hooks etc. I guess I just go to make a whole load. Cheers Grant
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It's a time consuming thing this hobby is.....I just got flashbacks of the hours and hours of work of making all the eyes, bolts, hooks for this ship. o_O
Well, with the right mindset and perseverance you'll get it done! :)
 
Ptèr said:
It's a time consuming thing this hobby is.....I just got flashbacks of the hours and hours of work of making all the eyes, bolts, hooks for this ship. o_O
Well, with the right mindset and perseverance you'll get it done! :)
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Good afternoon Peter. True story. I am have resigned myself to make hooks and eyes to get the scale right. It is when we look back and it looks so much better that we feel that satisfaction….”.I like it”. So I am telling myself ROTF . Cheers Grant
 
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