Hms Alert by Maarten [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Maarten]

The barrels are finished, I added the vessel name and a number on the top.



The last addition to the powder room is a fire bucket, these became standard on ships of the royal navy at the end of the 17thcentury.
Again I used the victory bucket as example.


The bucket I make of black paper. Rolled slightly conical and glued with CA.


Then glue on the bottom and after drying cut of the edges.


The handle is made from 0,4 mm brass wire.


Lastly write the george monogram on it with a gold pen.


The bucket hangs on a deck beam ready for use.

 

[Steef66]

Nice details again. smart way to make a bucket.

 

[Jimsky]

The bucket hangs on a deck beam ready for use.

Wow, Mon Amie! You added so many details, but...I guess it missing one important part...fire extinguisher

 

[Steef66]

Wow, Mon Amie! You added so many details, but...I guess it missing one important part...fire extinguisher

When you see fire in that room you better start to run

 

[dockattner]

When you see fire in that room you better start to run

You better start to swim!

 

[Tobias]

Beautiful, so small and yet so clear.

 

[Uwek]

Sorry mister !!!! You should fill the bucket also with sand !!!
Really nice details - and absolutely worth to do - especially because it will be visible from the top
Very good idea and work

 

[Maarten]

Sorry mister !!!! You should fill the bucket also with sand !!!
Really nice details - and absolutely worth to do - especially because it will be visible from the top
Very good idea and work

Hi gents thx for all your comments.

Offcourse Uwe is right by saying the bucket should be filled with sand so here we go.

I took some very fine sand to be mixed with clearweld glue or PVA.


Mixed to get a kind of sand putty.


And filled the bucket.


Now on to the entry hatch and hatch of the light house.

To make a straight frame for the hatch coaming I use a square hook. The parts I glue with CA to each other on top of a piece of aluminium tape. The aluminium tape is used to avoid that the parts are stucked to the surface by leaking CA.


First I make two pieces along the square hook which I then glue together as one frame.


By doing this you will get a perfect squared frame for your coaming.


And dry fitting in place.

 

[Maarten]

A brief update.

The deck of the powder room is fitted. I used a centre thread to keep the planks straight.
As I want to have clear visibillity into the room I kept the deck partly open.


I broke the planks to create a teared look on the end of the planks.
After scraping with a razor blade, burning the treenails and sanding with steelwool this is the current result.



Next will be the two hatches, stairs and a lantern for the light room. After that on to the hold.

 

[Tobias]

Hello Maarten, the broken floorboards have something, I really like it.

 

[Maarten]

Hello Maarten, the broken floorboards have something, I really like it.

Thx Tobias,

At least now it looks like somebody dropped a candle and wasn t in time to find the bucket with sand

 

[Kurt Konrath]

The barrels are finished, I added the vessel name and a number on the top.
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The last addition to the powder room is a fire bucket, these became standard on ships of the royal navy at the end of the 17thcentury.
Again I used the victory bucket as example.
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The bucket I make of black paper. Rolled slightly conical and glued with CA.
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Then glue on the bottom and after drying cut of the edges.
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The handle is made from 0,4 mm brass wire.
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Lastly write the george monogram on it with a gold pen.
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The bucket hangs on a deck beam ready for use.
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Was that specific detail on your bucket list of must do's for this kit?

Great job in both build and instructions and photos.

 

[schiffbaur]

Absolutely great work, and extraordinary fine pictures!
A very little question: I wonder how the wooden nails of the plank are attached to the light room?

 

[Maarten]

Absolutely great work, and extraordinary fine pictures!
A very little question: I wonder how the wooden nails of the plank are attached to the light room?

Haha, you have eagle eyes. You are fully correct, these planks are now floating in thin air. With the naked eye you don t see this, but in a picture you can t hide anything. I will add a ledge to the hatch coaming to bear the end of the planks.

 

[Maarten]

Was that specific detail on your bucket list of must do's for this kit?

Great job in both build and instructions and photos.

Hi Kurt, that s easy. For me it was cutting it in two to open up the interior.

 

[schiffbaur]

Haha, you have eagle eyes. You are fully correct, these planks are now floating in thin air. With the naked eye you don t see this, but in a picture you can t hide anything. I will add a ledge to the hatch coaming to bear the end of the planks.

Yes, it's a misery with the close-ups - you can see everything, even what's not there!

Thanks for the explanation - it remains the same: you are a super builder and model maker, if you don't mind me saying so. It has been a great pleasure so far to follow your construction of the Alert 1777.

Best regards
Fritz Baur

 

[Uwek]

Fritz is right - looking very good my friend - I like these "broken" planks - a very good solution to keep in mind for the future

 

[Maarten]

The last items in the powder room.
First the hinges for the two hatches.
Again made from 0,6mm brass wire and 0,6 mm injection needles.
0,6 mm brass wire hammered flat to create a nice forged look.


On the needle solder a very small droplet of Silver solder. On the injection needles this can be hard sometimes to get it right.


Then position the flat part hinge.


Heat it up and the solder will flow to the flat part.


Then cut of the needle on both ends and file or sand it flat, now you have a hinge.


For the other part of the hinge I just use a piece of 0,35 mm wire and bend it at 90 deg.
One part fits in the hinge the other I glue in a drilled hole in the coaming.
And the hatch is fitted.


A two step stairs is fitted to go down into the powder room.



Now the one thing remaining is a lantern for the light room.
As example again Victory is usefull and I found this one.


I make it from brass pipe and cut some holes in it.


For the conical top I have some brass sheet, heat it up and on top of a hollow pipe I hammer in a center point to creat the shape.


Turn it aroun and there it is.


Solder it to the body.


Cut and grind the hood into shape.


And finally solder a nail to simulate the top.


What do you see from it? Uhmm nearly nothing.


The powder room is finally finished.

 

[dockattner]

Amazing Maarten. I see your work and wonder to myself - where did he ever come up with that idea? Your ingenuity and craftsmanship appear to know no bounds. As for me - I can't even file a groove into a strip of wood for a handrail. Sigh...

Thanks for sharing your work with us on the forum. You are one of a kind!

 

[Maarten]

Amazing Maarten. I see your work and wonder to myself - where did he ever come up with that idea? Your ingenuity and craftsmanship appear to know no bounds. As for me - I can't even file a groove into a strip of wood for a handrail. Sigh...

Thanks for sharing your work with us on the forum. You are one of a kind!

Haha says the man who s first ship is a museum piece.