HMS Sovereign of the Seas - Bashing DeAgostini Beyond Believable Boundaries

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

The guns for ports 1 through 3 from the bow on the upper gun deck were fixed in position and preparation for cutting the six gun ports for the bow chase guns was made.

1.5mm eyebolts for the gun tackles were glued in pre-drilled holes in the bulwarks for all broadside gun ports. The six carriages for gun ports 1 through 3 from the bow were glued to the deck.


Then, the eyebolts for the breeching lines were glued into pre-drilled holes beneath the gun tackle eyebolts. The breeching lines were then arranged in a realistic lay on the deck, with spots of glue used to hold them in place as necessary.


Four gun carriages for the bow changes guns are assembled with barrels and trunnion caps, then the breeching line is installed


The second eyebolts are seized at the other end of each breeching line.


One of the guns is wetted with black paint on the muzzle.


This gun was used to mark all six gun port hole locations in the beakhead bulkhead.


The locations of the holes will be adjusted left or right to be symmetrical and in accordance with McKay's rendering of the beakhead bulkhead plan.

 

[Hoss6262]

You're a lot more productive with your COVID than I was. What do you eat for breakfast?

QQ: Are you fixing your gun carriages to the deck with a physical element or just glue?

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

You're a lot more productive with your COVID than I was. What do you eat for breakfast?

QQ: Are you fixing your gun carriages to the deck with a physical element or just glue?

Just this:

It's got what plants crave.

I just glue the carriages down.. 'cuz I'm lazy. If they break loose, the gun tackles hold them in position just like real cannons.

 

[Daniel20]

Paper trunnion caps, great idea wish I had thought of it for mine. Man, those canon barrels are just gorgeous over the top. I'm going to have to bookmark this section.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

With the holes marked for the chase gun ports, a small drill was used with the Dremel to make a hole in the center of each mark, after measuring and adjusting two of the marks so the holes will be symmetrical port to starboard. Tow other drill bits of increasing diameter were used to enlarge to the holes, then the edges of the holes were filed smooth with a small round diamond file. The edges were then painted red, and the gun carriages place on the deck to check the hole alignment vertically, relative to the gun barrels. The measurements paid off, and the holes are right where they should be.

 

[GrantTyler]

Good morning Kurt. Who would have thought ...Paper trunnion caps. Great Cannons. Ingenuity of wooden ship models never stops. Cheers Grant

 

[Namabiiru]

Looks fabulous. Might need to adjust the quoin on the outermost gun on the port side. Seems to be sitting low in the gun port.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Looks fabulous. Might need to adjust the quoin on the outermost gun on the port side. Seems to be sitting low in the gun port.

The gun carriage is not glued in place yet.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Good morning Kurt. Who would have thought ...Paper trunnion caps. Great Cannons. Ingenuity of wooden ship models never stops. Cheers Grant

As a parts become smaller, you have to think of alternative materials to be able to make them in scale.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Work continues on the gun carriages for the upper gun deck.

Airbrushed more barrels with AlClad II copper paint


Before applying black panel liner


After applying black panel liner


Test fitting the gun carriages in their assigned gun ports


Progress so far

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

More cannon carriage work.

Quoins were cut using the chopper from scrap pearwood left over from carriage laser cut kits.


Drill hole for the quoin handle.


Glue quoin handle in the quoin. Quoin handles are made from cut down 9mm Falkonet belaying pins


Stained the quoins and handles using brown panel liner. The one on the left is unstained.


First attempt at making gun tackles from 1.5mm blocks. They took and hour each, and a technique had to be developed just to hold and maneuver the tiny blocks. A sharpened wire tool is used to clear the block holes.

 

[Vfordyce]

More cannon carriage work.

Quoins were cut using the chopper from scrap pearwood left over from carriage laser cut kits.
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Drill hole for the quoin handle.
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Glue quoin handle in the quoin. Quoin handles are made from cut down 9mm Falkonet belaying pins
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Stained the quoins and handles using brown panel liner. The one on the left is unstained.
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First attempt at making gun tackles from 1.5mm blocks. They took and hour each, and a technique had to be developed just to hold and maneuver the tiny blocks. A sharpened wire tool is used to clear the block holes.
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Those block are sooo teeniny

 

[oldflyer]

Kurt,
Just catching up -- looking very good - lots of progress indeed

 

[Daniel20]

More cannon carriage work.

Quoins were cut using the chopper from scrap pearwood left over from carriage laser cut kits.
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Drill hole for the quoin handle.
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Glue quoin handle in the quoin. Quoin handles are made from cut down 9mm Falkonet belaying pins
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Stained the quoins and handles using brown panel liner. The one on the left is unstained.
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First attempt at making gun tackles from 1.5mm blocks. They took and hour each, and a technique had to be developed just to hold and maneuver the tiny blocks. A sharpened wire tool is used to clear the block holes.
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Jeezzzz Kurt, and I thought my tiny 2.5mm blocks were hard to deal with. Hats off to you my friend.

 

[dnalley]

Kurt, do you sleep or just amaze people with your talent. On your deck planking I see a carpenter mis-aligned one nail by 0.00000003479 mm. Fire that guy! Amazing detail my friend, and the rum bottles are where?

 

[Richie]

More cannon carriage work.

Quoins were cut using the chopper from scrap pearwood left over from carriage laser cut kits.
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Drill hole for the quoin handle.
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Glue quoin handle in the quoin. Quoin handles are made from cut down 9mm Falkonet belaying pins
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Stained the quoins and handles using brown panel liner. The one on the left is unstained.
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First attempt at making gun tackles from 1.5mm blocks. They took and hour each, and a technique had to be developed just to hold and maneuver the tiny blocks. A sharpened wire tool is used to clear the block holes.
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Excellent the blocks look in scale great work, many blocks I see are larger then a the wheels and don't look right to me.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Excellent the blocks look in scale great work, many blocks I see are larger then a the wheels and don't look right to me.

I need to buy more tiny 1.5mm blocks, but Dry-Dock Model Parts is out of them and won't see more anytime soon, so I'm on the waiting list. The blocks are very well made but so tiny they are very difficult to work with. Until you get up to 1:48 scale, you really can't get gun tackle blocks the correct size.

 

[GrantTyler]

More cannon carriage work.

Quoins were cut using the chopper from scrap pearwood left over from carriage laser cut kits.
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Drill hole for the quoin handle.
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Glue quoin handle in the quoin. Quoin handles are made from cut down 9mm Falkonet belaying pins
View attachment 351375

Stained the quoins and handles using brown panel liner. The one on the left is unstained.
View attachment 351376

First attempt at making gun tackles from 1.5mm blocks. They took and hour each, and a technique had to be developed just to hold and maneuver the tiny blocks. A sharpened wire tool is used to clear the block holes.
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Good morning Kurt. Wow, that is beautiful work and detail. Cheers Grant

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Good morning Kurt. Wow, that is beautiful work and detail. Cheers Grant

Thanks to EVERYONE for their generous comments, even Vic, who is encouraging me to add even more detail, probably because he's curious if there's a threshold beyond which I'll experience a mental breakdown. Thanks for the challenge, Vic. It only makes the model better. Also thanks to the lurkers, who never make comments in this build log but read along (is you have any ideas or advice, SAY something).

The bow chase fortified culverin drakes were installed. All of these lighter guns will have half trucks with a few exceptions.


For the broadside guns visible in the waist, the line used for the breeching lines were replaced with line supplied by Syren Shipyard. This is a huge improvement over the leftover Corel line I had been using up to this point.


The first few demi-culverin drakes were installed on the upper deck broadsides.


Here is a close-up of one of them.


The waist demi-culverin drakes look nice, especially considering how small they are. The real challenge will be making the gun tackles as usual.


Here are the guns installed so far.


Progress so far

 

[Vfordyce]

Thanks to EVERYONE for their generous comments, even Vic, who is encouraging me to add even more detail, probably because he's curious if there's a threshold beyond which I'll experience a mental breakdown. Thanks for the challenge, Vic. It only makes the model better. Also thanks to the lurkers, who never make comments in this build log but read along (is you have any ideas or advice, SAY something).

The bow chase fortified culverin drakes were installed. All of these lighter guns will have half trucks with a few exceptions.
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For the broadside guns visible in the waist, the line used for the breeching lines were replaced with line supplied by Syren Shipyard. This is a huge improvement over the leftover Corel line I had been using up to this point.
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The first few demi-culverin drakes were installed on the upper deck broadsides.
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Here is a close-up of one of them.
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The waist demi-culverin drakes look nice, especially considering how small they are. The real challenge will be making the gun tackles as usual.
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Here are the guns installed so far.
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Progress so far
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Kurt, I guess I didn't realize how tiny those guns actually are until I looked at one of them next to a penny. So what will you use for gun tackle rope? I wound up using sewing thread on my SR just to be able to get it through 3 mm blocks. Probably to thin according to scale.