Kingfisher 1770 1:48 POF

[ConsNZ]

Construction of the magazine (gun powder and cartridges) and light room continued this week with the addition of some details...

The floor of this portion of the ship is a layered affair which means everything can't be seen at the same time. To that end I will be skipping the lead floor lining. But I will include some palleting supported by beams and a segmented carling (beam posts interrupt the carling):

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A closer look (note the perimeter rabbet):

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And now with the pallets (panels) in place. The addition of battens kept stuff off the floor:

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Very fiddly work all around.

Next, I added a box around the mizzen mast (open on one side for viewing):

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This brought me to the forward wall of the magazine and light room. First, some wall panels were glued up and shaped to fit the contours of the hull. The little hatch/doorway on the far left will lead to a bread room:

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The tiny window frames will eventually allow candlelight (?) into the light room. I had to wear stronger glasses for this part:

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Mica was used for the glass. Here is the light box under construction:

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A support piece was added to the bottom of the light box (and never to be seen again once the wall panel is installed):

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And now (temporarily) in place:

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I'm not sure if the light box is my best work on a model to date - but it's in the running.... That thing is super tiny and delicate - almost impossible to work on.

Until next time...

Ok, many "Wow, Wow!'s on your excellent work . Now if you don't mind my asking, how did you do/make the window frames?.

 

[shota70]

Dear Paul
your work is so beautiful and so accurate, well done my friend

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Wszystko pięknie spasowane, podziwiam piękna praca. Pozdrawiam Mirek

 

[Tobias]

Good morning Paul, absolutely neat work.
Your attention to detail is wonderful and the smaller the parts get the more difficult it becomes. Your lamp box is perfect, as is the rest of your work. Simply fantastic.

 

[pianoforte]

You're working in a master class, it's just wonderful to watch you. Your lamp box is absolutely outstanding.

 

[Gilbertm]

Construction of the magazine (gun powder and cartridges) and light room continued this week with the addition of some details...

The floor of this portion of the ship is a layered affair which means everything can't be seen at the same time. To that end I will be skipping the lead floor lining. But I will include some palleting supported by beams and a segmented carling (beam posts interrupt the carling):

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A closer look (note the perimeter rabbet):

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And now with the pallets (panels) in place. The addition of battens kept stuff off the floor:

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Very fiddly work all around.

Next, I added a box around the mizzen mast (open on one side for viewing):

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This brought me to the forward wall of the magazine and light room. First, some wall panels were glued up and shaped to fit the contours of the hull. The little hatch/doorway on the far left will lead to a bread room:

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The tiny window frames will eventually allow candlelight (?) into the light room. I had to wear stronger glasses for this part:

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Mica was used for the glass. Here is the light box under construction:

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A support piece was added to the bottom of the light box (and never to be seen again once the wall panel is installed):

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And now (temporarily) in place:

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I'm not sure if the light box is my best work on a model to date - but it's in the running.... That thing is super tiny and delicate - almost impossible to work on.

Until next time...

Splendid work

 

[Chestcutter]

Like others have said your work never disappoints.
I too will keep to form and ask exactly how did you do it.
Specifically how do create such consistent rounded edges on such small pieces of wood?
I’m hoping the answer is not sandpaper.
Thanks Paul.

 

[dockattner]

Like others have said your work never disappoints.
I too will keep to form and ask exactly how did you do it.
Specifically how do create such consistent rounded edges on such small pieces of wood?
I’m hoping the answer is not sandpaper.
Thanks Paul.

Sandpaper . Glued to a small block of wood.

 

[dockattner]

Good morning Paul. Ditto on everyone’s comments. You have skills and they multiplying….Cheers Grant

Thank you, Grant. Multiplying skills are common on this forum!

This is looking really good

Much appreciated Christian. I was expecting you to be the one who pointed out I was building the mirror image of TFFM. Not exactly sure how that happened but now I'm committed .

Ok, many "Wow, Wow!'s on your excellent work . Now if you don't mind my asking, how did you do/make the window frames?.

The first version or the fifth?

My solution was to glue a tiny rectangle of wood (the precise size of the interior of the frames) down to a piece of cardstock. I then built the perimeter frame around that rectangle of wood (glueing the corners). Then I added the mica glass (glued with CA to the perimeter frame). Now I could remove the window panel and insert the mullions. Like most everything, it was easy once I figured out how to make it easy.

 

[dockattner]

Dear Paul
your work is so beautiful and so accurate, well done my friend

Thanks Shota! Your remarkable increase in skills has inspired me to try to do the same!

Witaj
Wszystko pięknie spasowane, podziwiam piękna praca. Pozdrawiam Mirek

Thank you, Mirek. You are always very kind.

Splendid work

Much appreciated Gilbert!

 

[dockattner]

Good morning Paul, absolutely neat work.
Your attention to detail is wonderful and the smaller the parts get the more difficult it becomes. Your lamp box is perfect, as is the rest of your work. Simply fantastic.

You're working in a master class, it's just wonderful to watch you. Your lamp box is absolutely outstanding.

Vielen Dank, meine Freunde.

It's actually the work that you guys do that impresses me! What a delight to see what can be accomplished at scale. I'm just trying to keep up!

 

[WojtasS]

The first version or the fifth?

My solution was to glue a tiny rectangle of wood (the precise size of the interior of the frames) down to a piece of cardstock. I then built the perimeter frame around that rectangle of wood (glueing the corners). Then I added the mica glass (glued with CA to the perimeter frame). Now I could remove the window panel and insert the mullions. Like most everything, it was easy once I figured out how to make it easy.

Great work Paul. Especially envy your windows and I was about to ask the same question.
I guess making two instead twenty eight makes job much easier

 

[dockattner]

Great work Paul. Especially envy your windows and I was about to ask the same question.
I guess making two instead twenty eight makes job much easier

I was actually thinking of you the whole time .

 

[WojtasS]

I was actually thinking of you the whole time .

It's good to know my mistakes were helpful. When making the side galleries, it turned out that it could be even more difficult due to the need for bending and narrowing under an angle.... and there's eighteen of them

 

[pingu57]

I have no idea what to add to the comments that are already written , so al i say is WOW

 

[Thrasher]

Great work on the light box. Amazing how much work goes into such a tiny part

 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Much appreciated Christian. I was expecting you to be the one who pointed out I was building the mirror image of TFFM.

I was thinking about it, but did not have a look in the books this morning.

 

[Don Case]

I'm really going to have to knuckle down when it comes to the ships lantern. You can see that one.

 

[RogerD]

Question: is it normal to spend an entire day making a single small bulkhead? Asking for a friend...

At your level of expertise I can’t help your friend with an answer. But I do know your friend needs to know how long it takes to read through your build logs .

 

[dockattner]

I have no idea what to add to the comments that are already written , so al i say is WOW

Thank you my friend!

Great work on the light box. Amazing how much work goes into such a tiny part

Hi Geoff, thanks for this nice post!

At your level of expertise I can’t help your friend with an answer. But I do know your friend needs to know how long it takes to read through your build logs .

Yup. Already eclipsed the century mark . Sigh...