clever idea ....
Saint Albans 1687 in Navy Board Style - 1 : 48 scale [COMPLETED BUILD]
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2019
- Messages
- 201
- Points
- 253
Pretty good idea
Thank you for your constant support during the built!
I continue with the vertical decorative parts of the quarterdeck bulkhead. Series production goes quite quickly with carving tools. Doesn't take much longer than it takes for a single figure. Looking through the photos, I had my doubts as to whether they weren't animal heads (lions or bears?). But the plans show human heads. I left it at that.
Cheers, Alexander
I continue with the vertical decorative parts of the quarterdeck bulkhead. Series production goes quite quickly with carving tools. Doesn't take much longer than it takes for a single figure. Looking through the photos, I had my doubts as to whether they weren't animal heads (lions or bears?). But the plans show human heads. I left it at that.
Cheers, Alexander
Schöööööön
On the poop deck I revised and attached the deck pieces again. I carved the interior carvings on the hackbord. These don't really correspond to the carvings on the original model. I'm considering changing something there. In order to achieve an optimal fit, I would have to remove parts of the rear figures. Maybe, I will redo it.
After that, I continued with the rudder. I prepared the rudder three years ago. Here is the rudder with the brass connection for the whipstaff:
The pintles of the rudder on the original model are missing. It is no longer possible to determine whether these have been lost or whether they were dispensed with from the outset.
So I thought about how to make this connection. I prepared the pintles in the form of four 1mm thick pins. To get them in the right place, I drilled slanted holes in the rudder blade above the cutouts (see the blue lines in the photo).
There the pins were inserted and the rudder blade pressed against the upside down model. Then the model was rotated. The pins slipped out of the holes in the eyelets of the gudgeons. It had to be helped with tweezers until they were properly seated in the eyelets
The result fits and I felt a load lifted from my heart that the uncertain plan I had made 3 years ago has now worked out.
Still the obligatory proof photo that shows, that the connection between tiller and whipstaff is there. It won't be visible later because I will show the gunports closed.
Cheers, Alexander
After that, I continued with the rudder. I prepared the rudder three years ago. Here is the rudder with the brass connection for the whipstaff:
The pintles of the rudder on the original model are missing. It is no longer possible to determine whether these have been lost or whether they were dispensed with from the outset.
So I thought about how to make this connection. I prepared the pintles in the form of four 1mm thick pins. To get them in the right place, I drilled slanted holes in the rudder blade above the cutouts (see the blue lines in the photo).
There the pins were inserted and the rudder blade pressed against the upside down model. Then the model was rotated. The pins slipped out of the holes in the eyelets of the gudgeons. It had to be helped with tweezers until they were properly seated in the eyelets
The result fits and I felt a load lifted from my heart that the uncertain plan I had made 3 years ago has now worked out.
Still the obligatory proof photo that shows, that the connection between tiller and whipstaff is there. It won't be visible later because I will show the gunports closed.
Cheers, Alexander
Last edited:
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2020
- Messages
- 5,665
- Points
- 738
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2019
- Messages
- 201
- Points
- 253
Hi Alexander
Really great work. Congratulation. You can be proud what you have done
Cheers
Willi ( schifferlbauer )
Really great work. Congratulation. You can be proud what you have done
Cheers
Willi ( schifferlbauer )
But we know it - Very good work my friend
and the idea with the pins is very good - you are a clever guy
I decided to try the inboard carvings of the transom board (Hackbord) again.
Molded in one piece with ammonia, it actually looks better now. Also corresponds better to the original. I still have to clean up the small irregularities. But I'm very happy now.
Cheers, Alexander
Molded in one piece with ammonia, it actually looks better now. Also corresponds better to the original. I still have to clean up the small irregularities. But I'm very happy now.
Cheers, Alexander
Clean thing Alexander looks very good.
Hello friends!
Thanks for your commendation!
In the meantime I have completed the bulwark with its inboard planking in the rear half of the ship. The Fife Rail is still missing. I prepared the square holes in the railing for its supports.
With that, the shabby frame look is gone - except where it is wanted.
Cheers,
Alexander
Thanks for your commendation!
In the meantime I have completed the bulwark with its inboard planking in the rear half of the ship. The Fife Rail is still missing. I prepared the square holes in the railing for its supports.
With that, the shabby frame look is gone - except where it is wanted.
Cheers,
Alexander
Last edited:
Further equipment of the quarterdeck. The ringbolts, cleats and railing blocks were fitted.
Trumpeter hut's bulkhead is now solid and got 8 decorations.
Regards Alexander
Trumpeter hut's bulkhead is now solid and got 8 decorations.
Regards Alexander
I continue with the upper end carvings of the quarter galleries. These are two putti embracing. My last project, the pleasure bargue according Chapman's drawings, had a similar motif. There I carved the two putti separately.
For the Saint Albans, however, it was more harmonious to carve the figures as one.
The port side is now complete but not yet painted.
This is how it looks on the model:
Here is the overall view again:
Meanwhile, I'm also in the process of planning the showcase. I would already have a suitable place for the showcase at home. I think it would be ideal if I could also find a small table for the showcase that is similar to the one in Trinity House. But despite searching in antique shops, I have not found anything suitable. But maybe you can also keep your eyes open? It is a Queen Anne style console table with a length of approx. 110 cm and a width of 30 to 40 cm.
This is what Trinity House in London looks like:
Messages to me please.
Greetings Alexander
For the Saint Albans, however, it was more harmonious to carve the figures as one.
The port side is now complete but not yet painted.
This is how it looks on the model:
Here is the overall view again:
Meanwhile, I'm also in the process of planning the showcase. I would already have a suitable place for the showcase at home. I think it would be ideal if I could also find a small table for the showcase that is similar to the one in Trinity House. But despite searching in antique shops, I have not found anything suitable. But maybe you can also keep your eyes open? It is a Queen Anne style console table with a length of approx. 110 cm and a width of 30 to 40 cm.
This is what Trinity House in London looks like:
Messages to me please.
Greetings Alexander
Last edited:
Dear Foxtrott,
it's a real pleasure looking at your St Albans and studying the details. Thank you for the model!
- Do you remember? We met at the IMMH exhibition in Hamburg in 2018, nicht wissend, mit wem wir es eigentlich zu tun hatten. I was fascinated by your little Chapman barge, as I am a "fan" of him and his art of ship decoration.
Best wishes for the new year!
Karl Ingwer
it's a real pleasure looking at your St Albans and studying the details. Thank you for the model!
- Do you remember? We met at the IMMH exhibition in Hamburg in 2018, nicht wissend, mit wem wir es eigentlich zu tun hatten. I was fascinated by your little Chapman barge, as I am a "fan" of him and his art of ship decoration.
Best wishes for the new year!
Karl Ingwer
Yes of course, Karl!
Thanks a lot and also best wishes for you and your family !
Liebe Grüße
Alexander
Thanks a lot and also best wishes for you and your family !
Liebe Grüße
Alexander
It seems, that you have summer in Munich !?!?
Very good work my friend - and a Happy new year
Also to Karl Ingwer - all the Best
Very good work my friend - and a Happy new year
Also to Karl Ingwer - all the Best
Thanks, Uwe!
It's a grimly winter this time. But we already had a little bit snowy.
Cheers, Alexander
It's a grimly winter this time. But we already had a little bit snowy.
Cheers, Alexander
Last edited:
Yes, we almost had that with up to cu 19 degrees but from tomorrow the snow is supposed to come back.
in the meantime I have also finished the second pair of angels.
I like it better than the first. I have therefore placed it on the port side, as that is later to be the viewing side.
A metal worker made me angles out of brass, which serve as a stand. A mirror will be placed under the model later, just like on the original model.
Cheers, Alexander
I like it better than the first. I have therefore placed it on the port side, as that is later to be the viewing side.
A metal worker made me angles out of brass, which serve as a stand. A mirror will be placed under the model later, just like on the original model.
Cheers, Alexander
sehr schöne Arbeit