Roter Löwe 1597 by Ondras71 - scala 1/60

[Steef66]

Happy birthday Ondras

 

[Uwek]

also from my side all the Best belayed for your birthday

 

[Archi]

Happy Birthday !

 

[Ondras71]

I modified my lathe to clamp long sections of masts..





Production of topmasts has started..















Add some details and I can start assembling..

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Jak zawsze piękna praca Ondras . Pozdrawiam Mirka

 

[Tobias]

Fantastic work on the cannons, very impressive, also your mast sections and the conversion of the lathe, simply great.

 

[Uwek]

so cool

 

[Ondras71]

Thank you very much Mirek, Tobias and Uwek. Thanks for the like..

Mast parts done. Topmasts supplemented with pulleys..





Making basket supports called Mast Cheeks. Again processing the glued and then soaked parts..











I have already reached model height..

 

[Steef66]

Nice way to make those mast cheeks

 

[Ondras71]

On the MSW forum, they pointed out to me that the height of the masts was insufficient, which I calculated according to the table in the book "Mondfeld - Historical ship models" and the dimensions fit the plan. However, the lower sections (mainmast, foremast, mizenmast) still seemed short to me. I compared the masts to the Zeehaen plan masts and they came out about 10 percent longer. So the masts are extended..



The Main yard and Fore yard locations will now sit as well..

 

[Ondras71]

I slowly continue on the masts..

 

[Steef66]

Hi Ondras,

I've seen you had questions on the rigging of this ship. There is a good book Peter Kirsch - Galleon: The Great Ships of the Armada Era. (German: Die Galeonen). There is a a lot to read about the rigging of these ships and a very accurate rigging plan. I used this plan and book from Kirsch and the book of RC Anderson - The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720 to make the rigging of my Spanish Galleon. On these ships there where used a lot of crowfeet in the rigging. Hope this is a good advise in your remarkeble build.

 

[Ondras71]

Hi Ondras,

I've seen you had questions on the rigging of this ship. There is a good book Peter Kirsch - Galleon: The Great Ships of the Armada Era. (German: Die Galeonen). There is a a lot to read about the rigging of these ships and a very accurate rigging plan. I used this plan and book from Kirsch and the book of RC Anderson - The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720 to make the rigging of my Spanish Galleon. On these ships there where used a lot of crowfeet in the rigging. Hope this is a good advise in your remarkeble build.

Thank you very much Stephan. I studied Dutch rigging from Ab Hoiving and I am satisfied with it. I try to follow the Dutch style.

 

[Ondras71]

After a really long break, I made progress again. Fore and main mast heads created. Just grooves for ropes and fittings..

 

[Ondras71]

I finished the details of the mast heads (cap)..

Dewetting for processing bonded parts..









Ready for the next floor with flagpoles..

 

[Fish&Chip]

Yes, an other trick for the MF 70 use. Great idea.

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Świetna praca Ondras. Pozdrawiam Mirek

 

[Tobias]

Hello Ondras, damn beautiful and precise work.

 

[Ondras71]

Thank you very much friends. Thanks for the like..

I finished the mast fight..

Towards the end there are already very fragile parts..



Repair. It's worth creating a few extra parts..



Mast parts done..





Result..









Continuation - Tops..

 

[dockattner]

Beautiful work Ondras! Wonderful precision!