HMS Royal Caroline kit ZHL 1/30

Maarten said:
Next to my current HMS Alert build I am still working on my RC in the background.
Currently some testing on tarring ropes with actual Stockholmer tar, the product that was originally used to tar the ropes, but also the hull of ships.
I had already tested some solid stockholmer tar but one of the issues it is nearly impossible to dillute it with turpentine to get a lower consistency. After a little more searching I found horse hoof tar which is available in a spray can. This is diluted stockholmer tar which can be sprayed onto the rope.
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To have minimum loss I sprayed it into a small container and submerged a clear hemp colour test rope into it.
After submerging for 1 night this real tarred rope is the result.
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Followed by a few hours drying this is the end result.
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For complete ropes submerging works the best, smaller parts of rope can easily be treated with a small paint brush.
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Hallo Maarten,
the rope is looking very good and realistic - Independent of the smell, I think it is more important, if the tar could pollute the timber with loosing colour. How is the rope, when you touch it? Does it getting really dry?

kalliboot said:
It's a model to read in, one can spend hours with it. Thanks for showing!
Some decades ago I had contact with Dr. Sergio Bellabarba, Milan, and I got the blueprints from him. Since then I am fascinated from this ship.
Karl I.
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Hallo Karl Ingwer,
this would be a great project for you - the Royal Caroline in scratch ....... Oh JA
 
Uwek said:
Hallo Maarten,
the rope is looking very good and realistic - Independent of the smell, I think it is more important, if the tar could pollute the timber with loosing colour. How is the rope, when you touch it? Does it getting really dry?


Hallo Karl Ingwer,
this would be a great project for you - the Royal Caroline in scratch ....... Oh JA
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Hi Uwe,

The rope feels dry and if pulled through a piece of paper it is slightly brownish.
Additional drying if needed can be done by adding some siccative.
 
to Poul:
the Bellabarba blueprints from 1977 show the usual body/frames plan, not the single frames separated.
All drawings are in 1:48, in the "Anatomy ..." they are often in 1:96. Of course there are some other differences.
Greetings
Karl Ingwer
 
Maarten said:
Yes finally finished the tree nailing on my RC, 6.000 wooden cocktail pins have been added to the hull and the last can be seen in the picture below. Now it is time for some progress and I have started the addition of the cherry wood layer to the keel. The caulking between the keel parts is simulated in the model by adding additional laser burned lines in the cherry feneer. These laser lines I have additionaly coloured with a common black pencil. The caulking between the edges of the keel parts has been simulated by colouring the edges with a black marker. To finish the hull I have decided not to use any varnish but to rub the hull with bee wax and polish to a nice vinish. The effect of the wax is realy beautiful putting the focus on the grain of the wood with a satin gloss. After bee waxing the hull I have to repaint the whales as the turpentine in the bee wax is dissolving the black paint on the nails of the whales.
In the coming weeks I hope to start with the cabins as I plan some days of around the Christmas days.

Above a real tree nails from an anchor from the 17th or 18th century. The anchor is in our garden and was fished from the bottom of the North Sea 18 years ago, it is in perfect condition and shows the treenailing used to attach the achor stock. The tree nail is a wooden pen with a smaller tapered wooden pen in the middle. This anchor is about 2,5 mtrs and is 650 kg weight. It could be the size of Royal Carolines anchors. Sorry it is litted for Christmas at the moment.

A large part has to be removed from the keel veneer, I do this by first rougly cut of the major part and then using my grinder stone.

The aft part of the keel veneer has to be cut in less then half as I have changed the stern of the vessel.

In the model kit the lower part of the keel on the aft is also covered by veneer, this is incorrect and should be covered with planks, so I changed this in the model. There is sufficient of planks available in the kit to do this and gives to my opinion a better look and feel.

Finally the hull is polished with clear bee wax to get a nice finish.

The top whale in the pictures is a temporary one, this will be replaced by the carved whale in the near future.
Now I have to polish the rest of the hull with bee wax, repaint the whales and then start with the cabins. See you next time.

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Hello Maarten, One of the kits discrepancy I have found is the Bulkheads actually shouldn't go all the way down into the Keels Slots. The Keels veneer coverings are actually to scale per AOS. I am currently in the stage of preparing the keel with the Rabbit & Bearding Line. I am getting ready here soon to start a build log and show pics of what I am doing and was wondering if you recall if you were frustrated with the frames, ect.
-Rick
 
still perpetually in awe!!! the more i looked here, the more i realized that there is no way i could do justice to building this kit.....i'd need another couple of lifetimes to develop the skill and patience that you have.....cheers....vic
 
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yancovitch said:
still perpetually in awe!!! the more i looked here, the more i realized that there is no way i could do justice to building this kit.....i'd need another couple of lifetimes to develop the skill and patience that you have.....cheers....vic
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Hi Vic, have you ordered yours already?
 
Thx to @mati.n I found a new perfect product for tarring my ropes.
I have tested real Stockholmer tar which is more difficult to work with.

Mati uses bitumen of judea for tarring ropes. He dillutes it and finally uses a top layer to reduce static electricity atracting dust to the poly rope.
Here in the Netherlands I couldn t find clear bitumen of Judea but found maybe an even better solution.
What I found is etching primer which contains bitumen of judea but also beewax, so it tarres the rope and seals it with beewax.
The product is from Charbonell called liquid etching ground.
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It dries quickly and is very simple to apply, even with a brush.
Cabinet makers use it also for aging furnature, so also made a test on wood, it gives a wonderfull warm coloring which I keep in mind for my next build.
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