Kingfisher 1770 1:48 POF

[dockattner]

Wow, those cannons are terrific. Is that Damon in the leaf pile?

Nope. Ethan is the oldest grandchild and he was over that day. Damian is three now and is doing great!



For those new to Damian's backstory he was born with a congenital condition that led to him having most of his left lung removed when he was about 6 months old. He survived all that and is the sweetest, gentlest little boy ever. And you can't keep up with him with your two lungs . At least grandpa can't! God is faithful.

Thanks for asking about him, Jan!

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Nope. Ethan is the oldest grandchild and he was over that day. Damian is three now and is doing great!

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For those new to Damian's backstory he was born with a congenital condition that led to him having most of his left lung removed when he was about 6 months old. He survived all that and is the sweetest, gentlest little boy ever. And you can't keep up with him with your two lungs . At least grandpa can't! God is faithful.

Thanks for asking about him, Jan!

Paul, your blessed to be the Grandpa to one of the Lords Special Kids!

Love and care overcomes many things in a child's live.

 

[Tobias]

Fantastic work, Paul.
Your anchor winch is perfect, as are the gun carriages. I can completely understand why you are only building four guns, I dread the work. I'm not a big fan of it either and am glad that Le Rochefort doesn't have any guns.

 

[dockattner]

Thanks Tobias! Even four still takes a major effort...

 

[Tobias]

I hate it when you say things like that , at La Palme I should do at least 6 so that one side is fully armed.

 

[Smithy]

Thanks Tobias! Even four still takes a major effort...

Four? Four isn't even a handful.

 

[Maarten]

Hi Paul,

You nearly get a page in your blog for every gun, please don't start on a 1st rank vessel .

Ps great gun btw.

 

[dockattner]

Hi Paul,

You nearly get a page in your blog for every gun, please don't start on a 1st rank vessel .

Ps great gun btw.

Well, I do own the volumes of: The 74 Gun Ship (Boudriot) . But that project seems unlikely at this point.

 

[Tobias]

Well, I do own the volumes of: The 74 Gun Ship (Boudriot) . But that project seems unlikely at this point.

It doesn't have to be V74, L Egyptienne is enough for now.

 

[dockattner]

It doesn't have to be V74, L Egyptienne is enough for now.

Half as many guns sounds twice as good, but 74 x 0 = 0 and 36 x 0 = 0 so it all comes out the same .
I've been kept busy with four guns for nearly two weeks .

 

[dockattner]

Work continues on the display guns...with my attitude going from bad to worse as the next unavoidable task was rigging . Have I mentioned that gun rigging is my least favorite aspect of model ship construction .

I find those 'third hand' clamping tools to be unhelpful, so for the Vasa I made this simple jig that allows me to hold what I am working on firmly in place:





In the image above I am seizing the 'knot' that connects the breech line to an eyebolt.

In the image below the breech line has been attached to the cascabel. And at the prompting of my forum friend Frank, I have added some axle straps to the side of the carriage. Whether these would have been used for this light 6 lb. gun is uncertain - but I do like the visual enhancement to the gun carriage. They might also be anachronistic; my research was mixed:





Next, I turned my attention to the out-haul tackles (I will not model in-haul tackles). Even at 1:48 these present a challenge of scale. The blocks would have been 5" or 6" blocks in real life so 3 mm boxwood blocks were selected. Antscherl argues that the customary pairing of a single block and a double block was only used when guns exceeded 32 lbs. To that end I have used two single blocks.

Handling small blocks isn't easy so I used this arrangement:





Here are the blocks ready to go...



Or so I thought. In the end I remade almost everything you see above in order to make things less bulky. I wanted to show the out-haul tackle as if the guns were housed and by the time I did the frapping it looked pretty sad.

Here is the upgraded version:



Here is one of the guns on the ship with its tackle in place and the breech line just sitting loose:





Of course, this configuration is nonsense because the gun tackle would not be frapped while the gun was hauled out and ready - but neither did I want rope coils on my admiralty model. Compromises abound on this ship.

I have now stored all four guns pending their final installation at a (much) later date.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

[Smithy]

I used this arrangement:

Here are the blocks ready to go...

I use that arrangement too. I can fire my blocks right out of the window that way.

One day I'll treat myself to a fly-tying vise or two.

 

[dockattner]

I can fire my blocks right out of the window that way.

Yup. Not foolproof . Or maybe the fact that I keep doing it this way proves that I'm the fool...

 

[Daniel20]

Well, your canon is fun to examine, and I am in awe of it. Part of me looks forward to doing this type of work again on my skill level and part of me wants to run away from it screaming no,no,no not again, not again

 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

You can also build HMS Triton; it's English and you have now learned a lot about English shipbuilding

 

[Peter Voogt]

Work continues on the display guns...with my attitude going from bad to worse as the next unavoidable task was rigging . Have I mentioned that gun rigging is my least favorite aspect of model ship construction .

I find those 'third hand' clamping tools to be unhelpful, so for the Vasa I made this simple jig that allows me to hold what I am working on firmly in place:

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In the image above I am seizing the 'knot' that connects the breech line to an eyebolt.

In the image below the breech line has been attached to the cascabel. And at the prompting of my forum friend Frank, I have added some axle straps to the side of the carriage. Whether these would have been used for this light 6 lb. gun is uncertain - but I do like the visual enhancement to the gun carriage. They might also be anachronistic; my research was mixed:

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Next, I turned my attention to the out-haul tackles (I will not model in-haul tackles). Even at 1:48 these present a challenge of scale. The blocks would have been 5" or 6" blocks in real life so 3 mm boxwood blocks were selected. Antscherl argues that the customary pairing of a single block and a double block was only used when guns exceeded 32 lbs. To that end I have used two single blocks.

Handling small blocks isn't easy so I used this arrangement:

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Here are the blocks ready to go...

View attachment 481143

Or so I thought. In the end I remade almost everything you see above in order to make things less bulky. I wanted to show the out-haul tackle as if the guns were housed and by the time I did the frapping it looked pretty sad.

Here is the upgraded version:

View attachment 481146

Here is one of the guns on the ship with its tackle in place and the breech line just sitting loose:

View attachment 481149

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Of course, this configuration is nonsense because the gun tackle would not be frapped while the gun was hauled out and ready - but neither did I want rope coils on my admiralty model. Compromises abound on this ship.

I have now stored all four guns pending their final installation at a (much) later date.

Thanks for stopping by!

A nice and representative gun tackel, Paul. And not correct? Is a half open deck correct? The admiralty style is a kind of prospect from the ‘building company’ to show the capability of it’s employees. So, no problem for me at all.
Regards, Peter

 

[dockattner]

A nice and representative gun tackel, Paul. And not correct? Is a half open deck correct? The admiralty style is a kind of prospect from the ‘building company’ to show the capability of it’s employees. So, no problem for me at all.
Regards, Peter

You make an excellent point, Peter. Admiralty Models: a celebration of design and craftsmanship (but they'll sink)...

 

[glennb17]

Work continues on the display guns...with my attitude going from bad to worse as the next unavoidable task was rigging . Have I mentioned that gun rigging is my least favorite aspect of model ship construction .

I find those 'third hand' clamping tools to be unhelpful, so for the Vasa I made this simple jig that allows me to hold what I am working on firmly in place:

View attachment 481141

View attachment 481142

In the image above I am seizing the 'knot' that connects the breech line to an eyebolt.

In the image below the breech line has been attached to the cascabel. And at the prompting of my forum friend Frank, I have added some axle straps to the side of the carriage. Whether these would have been used for this light 6 lb. gun is uncertain - but I do like the visual enhancement to the gun carriage. They might also be anachronistic; my research was mixed:

View attachment 481148

View attachment 481147

Next, I turned my attention to the out-haul tackles (I will not model in-haul tackles). Even at 1:48 these present a challenge of scale. The blocks would have been 5" or 6" blocks in real life so 3 mm boxwood blocks were selected. Antscherl argues that the customary pairing of a single block and a double block was only used when guns exceeded 32 lbs. To that end I have used two single blocks.

Handling small blocks isn't easy so I used this arrangement:

View attachment 481144

View attachment 481145

Here are the blocks ready to go...

View attachment 481143

Or so I thought. In the end I remade almost everything you see above in order to make things less bulky. I wanted to show the out-haul tackle as if the guns were housed and by the time I did the frapping it looked pretty sad.

Here is the upgraded version:

View attachment 481146

Here is one of the guns on the ship with its tackle in place and the breech line just sitting loose:

View attachment 481149

View attachment 481150

Of course, this configuration is nonsense because the gun tackle would not be frapped while the gun was hauled out and ready - but neither did I want rope coils on my admiralty model. Compromises abound on this ship.

I have now stored all four guns pending their final installation at a (much) later date.

Thanks for stopping by!

For someone who hates this part of the work, you spared no heart or skill. Beautiful guns, much worth the effort.

 

[Peter Voogt]

You make an excellent point, Peter. Admiralty Models: a celebration of design and craftsmanship (but they'll sink)...

And there guns don’t fire ……

 

[WojtasS]

Half as many guns sounds twice as good, but 74 x 0 = 0 and 36 x 0 = 0 so it all comes out the same .
I've been kept busy with four guns for nearly two weeks .

I can give you a 100% historically accurate tip how to make even a 118 gun ship, which can end up in national museum with 0 minutes spent on rigging guns. You just don't rigg any at all