HMS Ontario 1:48 by Maris Stella

[Neil_jo]

I desided to make my own pins, need 14 but ended up making about 24 to get the same size and look. Used toothpicks and a collet from my pin drill to shape the bottom halves, then micro files.

Thanks
Neil

 

[Neil_jo]

These are nuts to tie, I've made 3, lost 1 on my bench somewhere. Think I'll only make them for the 6 guns on the upper deck and 6 or 8 on the gun deck. It seems a lot of finished models I see only use the thicker recoil lines.?



Thanks

Neil

 

[Seagull Shipwright]

Hi very impressed with your model. I was wondering the approximate age of this vessel and would the bilge pump tubes pass through the decks into the bottom of the bilge itself.

Has any one read this book and will it have any recommendations of a bilge pumps c1830 English Packet Ship?

Ships' Bilge Pumps: A History of Their Development, 1500-1900

 

[Neil_jo]

Thanks for the nice comments. It's a 1780 snow class.
And yes the bilge pumps go through both decks but not much past the gun deck.

Thank
Neil

 

[AllanKP69]

It seems a lot of finished models I see only use the thicker recoil lines.?

If you look at contemporary models at RMG, Preble Hall, and other nautical museums, the guns are rigged in different amounts of completion. I think the choice is really up to you and you would be in great company regardless of your choice. In general it seems that fully rigged model tend to have the guns, but the amount of rigging varied. Admiralty style models, that is with no rigging, rarely, if ever, seem to have any guns on the models.

Guns but no rigging at Preble Hall

Running out tackle and breech but no train tackle at Preble Hall


22 Gun sixth rate with no guns at RMG

28 gun sixth rate with no guns at RMG

 

[Neil_jo]

Thanks Allan, I think I'll just put the breech lines on the visible 6 or 8 on the gun deck, and fully rig the 6 on the top deck.
I bought the Enterprise 1:160 and have put the Ontario off to the side for now.

Thank Neil