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Saint Albans 1687 in Navy Board Style - 1 : 48 scale [COMPLETED BUILD]
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Nothing is getting done right now. I still don't have the right material for the chainplates. But everything I had sent to me from Knupfer, Ebay and Modellbau-Profi was inappropriate. It's stupid that I first order the material and then think about it more carefully and look at the photos.
Now I know that I need half-round brass profiles with a thickness of 2 mm and I will get the material soon.
To cut the channels in a wedge shape, I glued my drawer for the thicknesser with strips a little underneath. The wood to be planed sits at a slight angle. To be on the safe side, I attached the strip correctly to the drawer with adhesive dots. So it worked well and safely.
The attachments for the dead-eyes are made of 0.8mm brass wire which I bent into an 8 shape on a small jig.
Four more figures are carved for the ship's sides, which should optically embellish the sheers of the decks.
The sheers of the railings are realized by 8 lying dogs. I printed these in halves with the plan drawings and then worked them out roughly with carving tools.
Then the halves will be glued together and the carving would be finished.
Greetings Alexander
Now I know that I need half-round brass profiles with a thickness of 2 mm and I will get the material soon.
To cut the channels in a wedge shape, I glued my drawer for the thicknesser with strips a little underneath. The wood to be planed sits at a slight angle. To be on the safe side, I attached the strip correctly to the drawer with adhesive dots. So it worked well and safely.
The attachments for the dead-eyes are made of 0.8mm brass wire which I bent into an 8 shape on a small jig.
Four more figures are carved for the ship's sides, which should optically embellish the sheers of the decks.
The sheers of the railings are realized by 8 lying dogs. I printed these in halves with the plan drawings and then worked them out roughly with carving tools.
Then the halves will be glued together and the carving would be finished.
Greetings Alexander
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Thanks to the likers!
The dogs are ready. But they are still a bit fat. Like golden retrievers. I want to go back there and trim them more towards greyhounds.
I also attached the gunport lids and -wreaths, which were made years ago. The gunport wreaths are not glued on yet.
The showcase should have a mirror on the floor, like the original model. As a test, I put a mirror under it. I actually really like it.
Regards Alexander
The dogs are ready. But they are still a bit fat. Like golden retrievers. I want to go back there and trim them more towards greyhounds.
I also attached the gunport lids and -wreaths, which were made years ago. The gunport wreaths are not glued on yet.
The showcase should have a mirror on the floor, like the original model. As a test, I put a mirror under it. I actually really like it.
Regards Alexander
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In my opinion the dogs are looking great - When my dog, a Lagotto Romagnolo is laying in the way, she is doing this like a Retriever
Your model is looking great - POF models exhibited on a mirror is a very good way to present - Good idea
First, the dogs were reworked and airbrushed golden.
Then there were sticky weeks.
-tens of prepared parts had to be attached. Most with epoxy glue.
To clamp parts to the fuselage until the glue hardened, two universal vices were very helpful.
That's what it looks like now:
Cheers, Alexander
Then there were sticky weeks.
-tens of prepared parts had to be attached. Most with epoxy glue.
To clamp parts to the fuselage until the glue hardened, two universal vices were very helpful.
That's what it looks like now:
Cheers, Alexander
Wonderful work Alexander!
Thanks Dockattner and to the Likers
Making of the chain plates:
I use semi-circular brass profiles (2 x 1 mm), I bought a polished smoothing hammer and a rubber-mounted anvil.
A hole was drilled in the center of the flattened profile using a simple jig.
A 3 mm circle was drawn around the hole with a drawing template and this was filed out.
Because the hammering made the material hard and easily breakable, I softened the material again using a gas torch and quenching in water. Then the part was bent and finished.
The deadeyes are readymade parts from Dry-Dock Models.
The narrow angel of the chainplates in relation to the channels is according the model in Trinity House:
This Van de Velde drawing of the "Tiger" shows the difference of the angel at original ships:
Regards Alexander
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Hi Alexander
Great work great Model.
The different angels are because the Tiger has more space between the gunwales
Cheers
Willi (schifferlbauer)
Great work great Model.
The different angels are because the Tiger has more space between the gunwales
Cheers
Willi (schifferlbauer)
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Outstanding outcome, congrats!
It's been a month since this isn't going any further.
There were a few things that kept me from my workshop in the basement: vacation, warm weather, etc.
In the meantime, I have completely attached the chainplates and also made the end strips of the channels. The upper supports (Timber Spurs) for the channels are still missing.
I built the upper railing in the area of the Quarterdeck (Fife Rail) from profiled wood, into which a slot was milled from below. This is 2 mm wide and the railing supports fit in here exactly. The whole thing can be slipped over the stanchions without much adjustments and assembled very precisely. The installation angle of the stanchions was checked with a slanted wooden block.
The profile wood of the Fife-Rail was made from pear with a moulding plane.
I carved and filed the starting pieces of the Fife-Rail out of boxwood.
Unfortunately - and that was actually foreseeable - you can see the differences between the handmade and the planed profiles. Since the eye is incorruptible.
Regards Alexander
There were a few things that kept me from my workshop in the basement: vacation, warm weather, etc.
In the meantime, I have completely attached the chainplates and also made the end strips of the channels. The upper supports (Timber Spurs) for the channels are still missing.
I built the upper railing in the area of the Quarterdeck (Fife Rail) from profiled wood, into which a slot was milled from below. This is 2 mm wide and the railing supports fit in here exactly. The whole thing can be slipped over the stanchions without much adjustments and assembled very precisely. The installation angle of the stanchions was checked with a slanted wooden block.
The profile wood of the Fife-Rail was made from pear with a moulding plane.
I carved and filed the starting pieces of the Fife-Rail out of boxwood.
Unfortunately - and that was actually foreseeable - you can see the differences between the handmade and the planed profiles. Since the eye is incorruptible.
Regards Alexander
Hallo Alexander my friend,
good to see, that you are working on your amazing model - I hope to see her (and yourself) next year somewhere in real
good to see, that you are working on your amazing model - I hope to see her (and yourself) next year somewhere in real
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Hi Alexander
Absolut "Great"
As I send you the Pictures of the plan of the ST. Albans I know from your Model of the WASA that you are a great model builder,
but I don`t expect that your St. ALBANS got so perfect. Congratulation.
Willi (schifferlbauer)
Absolut "Great"
As I send you the Pictures of the plan of the ST. Albans I know from your Model of the WASA that you are a great model builder,
but I don`t expect that your St. ALBANS got so perfect. Congratulation.
Willi (schifferlbauer)
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Hello,
Watching your work and the 'product' itself is a huge pleasure. I particularly like the tasteful, subdued colours, the happy choice of wood species (maybe except for the masts, sorry
) and the structural convention you have adopted, i.e. without internal bulkheads inside the hull, so that the main deck structure from beneath can be seen.
Probably any museum would welcome such a work for its collection. Have you already thought about your next object?
Hello,
Watching your work and the 'product' itself is a huge pleasure. I particularly like the tasteful, subdued colours, the happy choice of wood species (maybe except for the masts, sorry
) and the structural convention you have adopted, i.e. without internal bulkheads inside the hull, so that the main deck structure from beneath can be seen.Probably any museum would welcome such a work for its collection. Have you already thought about your next object?
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Ergonomy Is a quite recent science. The main stair in my old mansion in Piemonte, Italy, built in the XVII century, has got some 35 cm steps or so... and so steeply as well... .
Thanks very much for your nice compliments, Uwe, Willi, Waldemar and Albertmary. Also thanks to the many likers.
Waldemar: The choice of pine for the masts is according the model of the Trinity House in London. I watched this also at other Navy-Board Models of this period made in the same way.
I think I will continue with a 1:32 model of a yacht or a 1:48 model of a 6th rate ship of the same period. Maybe there will also come a little in-between-project before, Waldemar
Cheers Alexander
Waldemar: The choice of pine for the masts is according the model of the Trinity House in London. I watched this also at other Navy-Board Models of this period made in the same way.
I think I will continue with a 1:32 model of a yacht or a 1:48 model of a 6th rate ship of the same period. Maybe there will also come a little in-between-project before, Waldemar
Cheers Alexander
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Thanks a lot, Alexander, for the clarification on the masts on those ship models. I didn't even know that this was common practice in those days to make them of pine too, as in the real size originals.
I'll have to complain to the manufacturers of Admiralty models in London and elsewhere about this, then. Anyway, outstanding work in my favourite style, both structurally and in terms of the colour scheme...
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I have dealt with the channel support timbers. Jib and main had 4, mizzen 3 on each side
A first picture with the sprayed primer.
The main channels:
Incidentally, in the meantime I have also redone the ramps on the railing. This time the parts are planed, then softened with ammonia, and then shaped. The result is slightly better.
The spurs of the mizzen channels:
The spurs of the fore channels:
Regards Alexander
A first picture with the sprayed primer.
The main channels:
Incidentally, in the meantime I have also redone the ramps on the railing. This time the parts are planed, then softened with ammonia, and then shaped. The result is slightly better.The spurs of the mizzen channels:
The spurs of the fore channels:
Regards Alexander
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Hi Alexander,
I can only agree with Johann, it's fantastic. You did a much better job of replacing the ramp on the railing.
I can only agree with Johann, it's fantastic. You did a much better job of replacing the ramp on the railing.