Royal William, Euromodel, a retro log

[GrantTyler]

Hello. Just some pictures today. The canons mounted on the fore deck and the mast collar.


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A classic Ken model- you have skills. Cheers Grant

 

[Ken]

A classic Ken model- you have skills. Cheers Grant

Hi Grant, Thanks for the compliment. I don't know about skills, this was built some years ago well before I joined the forum and it proved to be my biggest learning curve. Ken

 

[Ken]

Hello and thanks for showing an interest in my build.

I completed the last of the visible canons, the eight on the quarter deck. I rigged them same as before so that they w0uldl be consistent in appearance.

I also completed the grated walkway off the quarter deck. Nothing of note, the pictures will show the build better than me describing it. It had to be scratch built but once again very little of this part was shown in the plan and without getting other pictures I would have struggled quite a bit, but was happy that I got it about right.

 

[Ken]

Hi. Thanks for following. Again just a small update.

The next step was to make up and fit the breast and gangway rails. I didn't do them as accurate or elaborate as many of you would have done but as with other detailed sections I kept it as simple as possible. I think that by keeping things easy I didn’t get intimidated by the build and I could just concentrate on getting the sections neat, it worked for me and kept the build moving forward.

 

[Ken]

I now moved on to making the upper quarter deck rails. Again I went for the easiest method that I could think of. It proved easier than expected, from start to mounting on the deck took only about an hour. I've shown step by step how I did it.

I copied the plan onto a piece of 1.5mm walnut ply, I put 3 x 0.5mm strips on both sides of the ply for the uprights then cut the arches and filed them to shape. I cut these out as a unit then added the 4 x 1.5mm rail at the top and glued the finished rails into place, they were sealed and varnished. Another successful little project.

Next will be the dreaded curved staircase

Thanks for staying with the build

 

[dockattner]

I copied the plan onto a piece of 1.5mm walnut ply

How did you do that, Ken?

 

[Ken]

How did you do that, Ken?

Hi Paul, It’s one of the very useful and easy tricks that I’ve picked up, I’ve explained the technique in detail on page three of the log. I’ve also shown how accurate I was able to transfer the gunport positions from plan to hull. Ken

 

[dockattner]

Hi Paul, It’s one of the very useful and easy tricks that I’ve picked up, I’ve explained the technique in detail on page three of the log. I’ve also shown how accurate I was able to transfer the gunport positions from plan to hull. Ken

Thank you, Ken. I am following your log but must have missed that posting. As I read it I seem to remember others showing something similar. My thanks!