- Joined
- Oct 17, 2020
- Messages
- 1,506
- Points
- 438
I allowed myself only as information and not to judge Your work.Frank
HMS Victory [1805] 1:79 by serikoff. Started with Mantua -> Upgraded with John McKay's Anatomy.
Hooray, friends!!! I finally finished covering the hull! Naturally, there is still the steering wheel left (*but the spoiler - I practically made it today. Maybe tomorrow I'll finish it - and show the result).
This was the most painful task for me)) especially at the end, when it seemed endless))) But I managed, and didn't even do anything just to finish earlier. Today there was a beautiful sunset and I decided to take warm photos.
Symmetry +- satisfactory. Could have been better, but that's how it is. From the stern it turned out more symmetrical, but at a quick glance it will do from the front.
After finishing the steering wheel, I'll go over all the plates with a marker so that I don't forget it when removing the tape. At the same time, I'll count how many there are in total.
I can't wait to cover it all with patina, ehhh))
This was the most painful task for me)) especially at the end, when it seemed endless))) But I managed, and didn't even do anything just to finish earlier. Today there was a beautiful sunset and I decided to take warm photos.
Symmetry +- satisfactory. Could have been better, but that's how it is. From the stern it turned out more symmetrical, but at a quick glance it will do from the front.
After finishing the steering wheel, I'll go over all the plates with a marker so that I don't forget it when removing the tape. At the same time, I'll count how many there are in total.
I can't wait to cover it all with patina, ehhh))
Congratulations, Sergey! A fine result that has persuaded me to never copper a hull...
Ahaha, yes, you are right. It may be worth it... but it is not worth it!! ))))
Looks terrific Sergey, great job.
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2021
- Messages
- 2,569
- Points
- 538
Don't obsess over the symmetry. It looks fine. Besides on the real ships the coppering never looks that great and mostly no one ever sees it except to re do it.
Yours looks great!
Yours looks great!
Thanks a lot! ))
Thank you, you have calmed me down))) A couple more movements and this stage will be behind me.Don't obsess over the symmetry. It looks fine. Besides on the real ships the coppering never looks that great and mostly no one ever sees it except to re do it.
Yours looks great!
Congratulations with this milestone, Sergey. And about the symmetry: perhaps you see some differs of a few mm. But we ………Hooray, friends!!! I finally finished covering the hull! Naturally, there is still the steering wheel left (*but the spoiler - I practically made it today. Maybe tomorrow I'll finish it - and show the result).
This was the most painful task for me)) especially at the end, when it seemed endless))) But I managed, and didn't even do anything just to finish earlier. Today there was a beautiful sunset and I decided to take warm photos.
View attachment 505325
Symmetry +- satisfactory. Could have been better, but that's how it is. From the stern it turned out more symmetrical, but at a quick glance it will do from the front.
View attachment 505326
View attachment 505327
After finishing the steering wheel, I'll go over all the plates with a marker so that I don't forget it when removing the tape. At the same time, I'll count how many there are in total.
View attachment 505328
View attachment 505329
I can't wait to cover it all with patina, ehhh))
Regards, Peter
Thank you)) Yes, you are right, sometimes it is better not to bother and accept everything as it is) As we say: the ideal is the worst enemy of the good. Sometimes you can try so hard to do it perfectly that you can ruin everything. So it is better to know when to stop and accept a good result))Congratulations with this milestone, Sergey. And about the symmetry: perhaps you see some differs of a few mm. But we ………
Regards, Peter
So, the final chord - and the skin will be completely finished.
Rudder feather.
Before I started to skin the steering wheel, I glued the pins of the curtains, and then pasted the end with strips of self-adhesive copper tape. Due to the complex geometry of this area, it would be problematic to use a regular shoal, so the choice was obvious.
I polished the copper to remove the oxide.
Then I cut off all the excess and isolated with tape the area where the glue should not get.
At the same time, I left 1.5 mm of exposed copper in order to glue standard copper plates on top of it. This will prevent the self-adhesive tape from peeling off in the future.
Then I made imitation nail heads on self-adhesive tape...
... and with that the copper cladding work is OFFICIALLY COMPLETED!!
In the end:
2630 copper plates were used to cover the entire underwater part of the ship in my 1:79 scale!
The plates were in 1:72 scale and had the following dimensions: 4.5 x 17 x 0.1 mm (naturally, most of the glued plates were rectangular, but they also turned into trapezoid and triangular shapes in the narrowing areas).
One thing, those who were following the process, noticed that I glued them in groups, i.e. not only individually, but also in two, 3, 4 and even 5 plates in one strip. In the end, this saved me 2 times more time. Since in total I glued exactly half of the total number, or more precisely 1310 fragments.
Next up are the steering wheel covers... cleaning off the tape, polishing off the glue and opening up the patina... but for now I need a little break from copper. For now I'll number the parts on Alert.
Rudder feather.
Before I started to skin the steering wheel, I glued the pins of the curtains, and then pasted the end with strips of self-adhesive copper tape. Due to the complex geometry of this area, it would be problematic to use a regular shoal, so the choice was obvious.
I polished the copper to remove the oxide.
Then I cut off all the excess and isolated with tape the area where the glue should not get.
At the same time, I left 1.5 mm of exposed copper in order to glue standard copper plates on top of it. This will prevent the self-adhesive tape from peeling off in the future.
Then I made imitation nail heads on self-adhesive tape...
... and with that the copper cladding work is OFFICIALLY COMPLETED!!
In the end:
2630 copper plates were used to cover the entire underwater part of the ship in my 1:79 scale!
The plates were in 1:72 scale and had the following dimensions: 4.5 x 17 x 0.1 mm (naturally, most of the glued plates were rectangular, but they also turned into trapezoid and triangular shapes in the narrowing areas).
One thing, those who were following the process, noticed that I glued them in groups, i.e. not only individually, but also in two, 3, 4 and even 5 plates in one strip. In the end, this saved me 2 times more time. Since in total I glued exactly half of the total number, or more precisely 1310 fragments.
Next up are the steering wheel covers... cleaning off the tape, polishing off the glue and opening up the patina... but for now I need a little break from copper. For now I'll number the parts on Alert.
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2018
- Messages
- 716
- Points
- 353
Congratulations for finishing this job.
Thank you, it was bound to happen someday)
Congratulations Sergey your work looks great. Wow 2630 plates! Now I know what I have waiting for me on my Charles Morgan.
Bill
Bill
Thank you and good luck with your future implementation! It's not easy, but the main thing is to start... oh yeah... even more important is to finish it. so good luck))
I have gotten the start part down pretty good. It's the finish part that I need to work on.
Bill