If you color it gold - it would look fine.
Imperial yacht Uvalen by Falconet in 1:48 [COMPLETED BUILD]
The Tung oil makes the pearwood's color beautifully deep. And it's perfectly in line with my idea of building an aged-style model.
very good overall appearance - looking really good
Various small details...
One step to the rigging. The... sorry, I don't know the correct term - travellers? With special conductors for shaping them, and then burnished.
It's only for marking, I'll glue them into their place later.
I hate soldering...
UPD Oops... I've just discovered, that there must be TWO long ones... so back to work.
It's only for marking, I'll glue them into their place later.
I hate soldering...
UPD Oops... I've just discovered, that there must be TWO long ones... so back to work.
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Here they are.
For the masting the kit provides laser-cut blanks, which you need to make round. A mini-plane makes this work more comfortable. It's better to clean the burnt surfaces first. Attention: in the manual drawings the masts are shorter than they really are! Though all the other measures are correct.
The main mast (almost ready), the blank for the foremast, and the magic device.
The main mast (almost ready), the blank for the foremast, and the magic device.
The masts are (almost) ready. It took a long time, because I discovered that I'd forgotten about the hounds, or better to say, I hadn't noticed them in the manual's figure, and made the masts round along their full length. So I had to reconstruct them with small pieces of veneer.
The bands I decided to make them from paper instead of PE, it's easier and more in the scale.
The bands I decided to make them from paper instead of PE, it's easier and more in the scale.
That is some great detail work you have achieved there. Cheers
Main and fore booms and gaffs. The biggest one is 153 mm long.
And here is a brand new version of the manual for the Uvalen's masting and sails, corrected and translated in English. To be printed 1:1 on A4 format.
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This is great, Walter. It will be very useful when I get to that point in my build. Thank you!
Yes, I did it most particularly for you.
Bowsprit, jibboom, jackyards and staysail boom. That's all.
Finally the two biggest sails are bent. Before that I spent a lot of time making different ropes, until I've got the neccessary diameter of 0.2 mm, thanks to Gütermann 240. (First I tried to use a 0.3 rope, but it was too thick, then a 0.15, but it was too thin.) The sails I bought them ready by a guy from a Russian forum, they are very good quality, maybe a bit too rigid, like thick paper.
Preparing various blocks. Their sizes are 2.5 and 3 mm.
Hallo @WalteroneHi all, I'm back again with another WIP after a break I took to built a book-nook for my granddaughter (hello @Moarein, you're not alone). I'd like to share it with you
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Thanks a lot!
Happy Birthday!
Outstanding work- the hooks around the blocks are so cool. Did you make these- I can’t find hooks anywhere and my manufacturing of these is sad. Cheers Grant