Nuestra Senora del Pilar by Occre - Build log

Philski said:
Build Log: Nuestra Senora del Pilar (OccRE 1:46)

Continuing on with my build. So far managed to Install some of the pin rails, pin stanchions, fenders, external ladders, the head and head doors along with their bumpers, the stove and its exhaust, cannon port doors and the figure head.

There will be a good effort to clean things up in a bit but not yet. There is overpainted areas and dust, along with scratches and scrapes that will all be address before I start the masts and all the rigging. I still have a lot more to do on the interior too. But its coming along.

In building the stove, I opted to plank it with wood that I cut into with a triangular file to simulate brick edging. And painted the grout in too. The figure head is metal - which I first blackened with Brass Black, the painted with gold enamel.

Let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or comments.

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As far as I can see, it looks pretty well. No mistakes as I can see. Only their air intake to the kitchen looks a bit heavy -out of scale -. The kitchen area I have never paid too much attention to the, mainly when many ships at sea, had a Wall of wood to protect the kitchen from waves and water( wind. WELL DONE MATE
 
Hello Phil,
I have been watching your log for some time now and am very impressed by the quality of your build. I had been planning a purchase of this kit since before your log began, but, delayed in making the purchase for various reasons. Your log and build has again peaked my interest. Your early impressions of this kit were very positive. Now that you are well into the build, do you still feel the same. One of the main reasons I have had an interest in it is that it is 1/46 scale which I surmised would be a beneficial attribute considering my 75 year old hands are not what they used to be. Your current impressions would be very much appreciated and have you found that the larger scale has aided in the construction.
Sincerely,
Tom (tfcobra)
 
tfcobra said:
Hello Phil,
I have been watching your log for some time now and am very impressed by the quality of your build. I had been planning a purchase of this kit since before your log began, but, delayed in making the purchase for various reasons. Your log and build has again peaked my interest. Your early impressions of this kit were very positive. Now that you are well into the build, do you still feel the same. One of the main reasons I have had an interest in it is that it is 1/46 scale which I surmised would be a beneficial attribute considering my 75 year old hands are not what they used to be. Your current impressions would be very much appreciated and have you found that the larger scale has aided in the construction.
Sincerely,
Tom (tfcobra)
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Do it. EXCELLENT KIT
 
Philski said:
My impressions are that the kit is very good. Sure, therecare some things I'd like to see doe better, kit-wise, but then again, I can add detail and as I think it should be done. Its BIG so plan on some space to build. And as far as 'old' hands go, I'm 76. I got a motorcycle lift stand to help adjust the height - which will come in handy when I start the rigging.
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I used a_ when I was building _the "BLACK&DECKER" workbench, which could be set higher or lower. In my case lower, so that I could rig the mast sitting.
Philsky welcomes the GOOdD OLD BOYS CLUB-plus 75 Years
You should be happy, that there are things that you find not correct, that is why it is fun to build. I do not like a model- like in the plast industry -where everything fit as a puzzle or is it a Jigsaw? Elcapi
 
El Capi said:
I used a_ when I was building _the "BLACK&DECKER" workbench, which could be set higher or lower. In my case lower, so that I could rig the mast sitting.
Philsky welcomes the GOOdD OLD BOYS CLUB-plus 75 Years
You should be happy, that there are things that you find not correct, that is why it is fun to build. I do not like a model- like in the plast industry -where everything fit as a puzzle or is it a Jigsaw? Elcapi
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When you have built more than 30 Models like me, You little by little go your own way sometimes. Until now in 50 yers of experience, I have never seen a building instruction and pars without mistake-capi
 
Thank you gentlemen for your input. Phil, I will continue to watch your excellent build as I order my kit.
 
Philski said:
Build Log: Nuestra Senora del Pilar (OccRE 1:46)

Continuing on with my build. So far managed to Install some of the pin rails, pin stanchions, fenders, external ladders, the head and head doors along with their bumpers, the stove and its exhaust, cannon port doors and the figure head.

There will be a good effort to clean things up in a bit but not yet. There is overpainted areas and dust, along with scratches and scrapes that will all be address before I start the masts and all the rigging. I still have a lot more to do on the interior too. But its coming along.

In building the stove, I opted to plank it with wood that I cut into with a triangular file to simulate brick edging. And painted the grout in too. The figure head is metal - which I first blackened with Brass Black, the painted with gold enamel.

Let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or comments.

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Beautiful work Phil
 
Philski said:
Build Log: Nuestra Senora del Pilar (OcCre, 1:46)

Continuing on with the build. Mostly adding structures and stuff to the interior. I constructed some pin rails and stancions for several locations on the decks. I also crafted the ships wheel and put it in place, constructed the belfry and also have it in place on deck (but no photos of the final location as yet). And I started construction of 10 of the cannon carriages. There are many more cannons and carriages to be made but that will be shown in maybe the next log.

All the pin rail stancions (supports) are pinned to add strength to the build. Some are brass wire, while others utilize cut-off toothpicks. Holes had to be pre-drilled for their installation. On the ship's wheel, I found the axel they provided (a brass pin) to thin so I crafted a better fitting axel from a metal coat hanger. Works really well.

The belfry (ships bell) is all metal. I first blackened the parts using Casey's Brass Black. The parts seem to take paint (enamel/acrylics) better this way. And it was glued together using two part epoxy and allowed to fully cure overnight. Seems sturdy now. It was then painted red. The bell was blackened too and then painted gold to give it a brass appearance.

And now come the fun part of the construction - gun carriages. Each complete carriage with gun consists of 22 separate parts, so I'll probably do them assembly-line fashion. I want them all to be the same. I'll add their construction on my next build log entry.

I realize the ship is not looking all that tidy. I will clean it up later and will touch up all the paint works and finishes as needed.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
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Philsky; I have been through your last images sent out, and frankly not much to comment. I see you have secured your main PIN rail, but NOT ON THE SIDES- MAINLY UNDER TGE RIGGEN. BE SURE TO SECURE THEN- A LIFTUOP is a disaster-I added a 2x2 piece of wood below each one-one in each end.
I LIKE VERY MUCH to see that that you use a hand drill-BRAVO - About colors, you are in the driver seat- to me a little too much RED. below I have added some images. GUN LAVER N02 IS THE oriental ONE, WHERE N03 IS THE BRITISH ONE. PILAR,S GUN IS THE SECOND IMAGE- where the bottom is in one piece, where the British are divided into 2. one at the bag wheel and another one on the front wheel.

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DEAR PHILL, I do not want to interact with your build. I have just answered some doubts about the red color. have a look at the below picture. about reinforcing your PIN rail -I know there are many other things -red colors and others - which are not included or wrongly added.
this is here where we old builders sit down and think, about this or what is correct and where we can make our own decisions.
please have in mind, it cost a huge amount of money to change the production lines, apart they use many parts fro from one ship to another, to save money. about the pin rails, once you have had a lift-up of one of these, you will never forget it. why this lift up as you have made a good glue- in your area -but the change in weather conditions has a big part here. cold, then warm, humidity, wind, and many other conditions. this means a glue that you like may not be as good in another place-area, country, etc
I will follow your build now- I miss the start, so for me too late to make comments about the past. I will follow the Unicorn build too, BUT I WILL NOT TAKE MANYMOTE IN. I WILL HAVE TO ANSWER A MESSAGE FORM THE BIG MANAGEMENT about if I have to leave

all in all, take time to thing -after reading the instructions manual, as they are mostly wrong in many places, so think and use the common sense
 
Philski said:
Build Log: Nuestra Senora del Pilar (OcCre, 1:46)

Continuing on with the build. Mostly adding structures and stuff to the interior. I constructed some pin rails and stancions for several locations on the decks. I also crafted the ships wheel and put it in place, constructed the belfry and also have it in place on deck (but no photos of the final location as yet). And I started construction of 10 of the cannon carriages. There are many more cannons and carriages to be made but that will be shown in maybe the next log.

All the pin rail stancions (supports) are pinned to add strength to the build. Some are brass wire, while others utilize cut-off toothpicks. Holes had to be pre-drilled for their installation. On the ship's wheel, I found the axel they provided (a brass pin) to thin so I crafted a better fitting axel from a metal coat hanger. Works really well.

The belfry (ships bell) is all metal. I first blackened the parts using Casey's Brass Black. The parts seem to take paint (enamel/acrylics) better this way. And it was glued together using two part epoxy and allowed to fully cure overnight. Seems sturdy now. It was then painted red. The bell was blackened too and then painted gold to give it a brass appearance.

And now come the fun part of the construction - gun carriages. Each complete carriage with gun consists of 22 separate parts, so I'll probably do them assembly-line fashion. I want them all to be the same. I'll add their construction on my next build log entry.

I realize the ship is not looking all that tidy. I will clean it up later and will touch up all the paint works and finishes as needed.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
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WOW! This build is beautiful! Thanks Philski!
 
Philski said:
Build Log: Nuestra Senora del Sol (OcCre, 1:46)

Onward and upward! Continuing the build log for this big ship. This posting consists of a jig I made for bending the brass which become the trunnion bands. I used a short section of aluminum bar, some plexiglas, brass rod (wire 1.5mm), and a short piece of steel bar as well. I grooved the plexiglas to mount the brass wire as an anvil. Super glued in place. The steel bar - also grooved but with a short piece of wire, which I epoxied in place. I cut a matching groove in the aluminum bar.

The brass pieces I cut to width and length from brass sheet stock. I dimpled the brass pieces with a punch before drilling to make nail holes. Before bending, I also lightly sanded each brass piece (400 grit) to remove any crud. The strips are then bent by placing the strip across the anvil then bent by tapping the bar with a small brass hammer. Then they were each soaked in Brass Black to darken the straps. Each strip was washed in clear water and dried and buffed to a degree. It makes forming the bands a lot easier and quicker than trying to form them by hand.

Also in this presentation, I completed the first of many cannons. 10 to start with. They still need their rigging installed but I have a lot more cannons to complete first before starting the rigging. And then they need to be mounted to the decks. There are a lot of cannon barrels that are only that - barrels that mount to the ship cannon ports too. But the are just cemented in by pins at their bases. They all need to be blackened first but the installation will be done once I get all the artillery built.

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Good evening Phil. Those cannons are fantastic. Thanks for the brass bending method. Cheers Grant
 
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