It is realy looking good, what you are doing with this (not perfect) kit...... very good workmanship
Royal Navy Ship of the Line Cross Section by DocBlake - (Mamoli's "Constitution") - 1:93 scale [COMPLETED BUILD]
At this scale, 1:93, the treenails would be so small that it’s probably not worth the effort, Mike. Making them too large would be an easy mistake to make and ruin the overall look. The simulated bolts on the frames are already too big, but I just have to live with that.
I completed the orlop deck, but I still need to add the details such as barrels, tables, crates etc that were stored there. next up in the gun deck. I'll use blood wood for the waterways and spirketing.
Hi Dave,
Your model is looking really good. Well done.
Your model is looking really good. Well done.
The section is realy looking good..... great „wood painting“
Thanks, guys, for the kind words and the “likes”.
Finished the hatch and ladder, the table, two wooden boxes with hinged tops and a bunch of barrels for the orlop deck I still need to make several rope coils to store there.
Looks good Dave.
very nice Dave
I installed the beams for the gun deck and finished the central planking. I need to install the bilge pumps before I complete the decking. The pump handles and discharge ports are pretty simple. The parts are metal, and I'll prime them with flat black auto primer and paint the discharge area a brass color with flat white tops to simulate white canvas. The pipes leading down through the orlop deck into the well are a little different. The enclosed photo of the Constitution shows they were black pipe, fitted with a brass or bronze cap as they neared the pump mechanism. I think I'l just use flat black stained dowels to simulate them. Any thoughts?
Your cross section is looking better and better. Looks realy good, you are making the best out of this kit.
Bilge pumps:
I found another photos, which are showing the actual pumps in a better way
In addition I took a look at the book of K.H. Marquardt in the Anatomy series.
Here Marquardt is showing on page 79 in sketch E4/1 Chain pumps and not the actual pumps which can be found now on the ship.
On page 27 he is writing:
"The current pump system is even jounger (before he is writing about the rudder) and would not have been installed before the middle of the nineteenth century.
Before this date, as indicated on the Admirality draught of the Royal Navy prize USS President, bilge pumping was performed by Chain Pumps, and the deck-wash water was lifted via elm-tree pumps from a cistern system. Sea water tanks were located on the orlop deck and connected via copper pipes to outboards below the waterline."
So unfortunately no better info in this book.
I think I have somewhere another book describing the Old Ironside, I have to check where it is....
Bilge pumps:
I found another photos, which are showing the actual pumps in a better way
In addition I took a look at the book of K.H. Marquardt in the Anatomy series.
Here Marquardt is showing on page 79 in sketch E4/1 Chain pumps and not the actual pumps which can be found now on the ship.
On page 27 he is writing:
"The current pump system is even jounger (before he is writing about the rudder) and would not have been installed before the middle of the nineteenth century.
Before this date, as indicated on the Admirality draught of the Royal Navy prize USS President, bilge pumping was performed by Chain Pumps, and the deck-wash water was lifted via elm-tree pumps from a cistern system. Sea water tanks were located on the orlop deck and connected via copper pipes to outboards below the waterline."
So unfortunately no better info in this book.
I think I have somewhere another book describing the Old Ironside, I have to check where it is....
Hi Dave,
Excellent model Dave.
Excellent model Dave.
I would have never known that you were having a difficult time with this. Therefore, you must know what you are doing to the nth degree.
I finished planking the gun deck and planked the bulwarks using bloodwood. I also painted the cast metal pump mechanism and installed drain pipes from the pump down to the well. Next up are the cannons. The carriages are walnut and are going to require some work. I did discover that coloring walnut with a red Sharpie produces a color that is a dead match for bloodwood! That's my plan! The carriages for the carronades are cast metal. They will have to be remade.
Hi Dave,
It's looking realy good. What are you using to simulate the caulking on the decks?
It's looking realy good. What are you using to simulate the caulking on the decks?
Hi Maarten!
Thanks! For the simulated caulking I use a water based acrylic paint pen in flat black. It dries quickly, doesn't bleed into wood pores, sands clean without "dirtying" the planking like graphite or charcoal, and any pain
t that gets on the wood scrapes off easily with an X-Acto blade.
Thanks! For the simulated caulking I use a water based acrylic paint pen in flat black. It dries quickly, doesn't bleed into wood pores, sands clean without "dirtying" the planking like graphite or charcoal, and any pain
t that gets on the wood scrapes off easily with an X-Acto blade.
Hi Dave,
Thx for the quick reply. I always used a marker but sofar not a waterbased acrylic one and sometimes indeed you get black into the pores of the wood. Time to buy an acrylic marker. I will use this for my basswood deck.
Thx again for the tip.
Thx for the quick reply. I always used a marker but sofar not a waterbased acrylic one and sometimes indeed you get black into the pores of the wood. Time to buy an acrylic marker. I will use this for my basswood deck.
Thx again for the tip.
I'm working on the long guns on the gun deck. I used some boxwood trucks I had left over, and replaced the metal axles in the kit with walnut axles. I colored the carriage with a red Sharpie, then gave it a coat of poly. I'm not sure how much hardware and rigging I'll use at this very small scale...maybe none. I will place cap squares, though. The red Sharpie on walnut turns out pretty nice, I'd say!