- Joined
- Dec 5, 2022
- Messages
- 646
- Points
- 298
-
Win a Free Custom Engraved Brass Coin!!!
As a way to introduce our brass coins to the community, we will raffle off a free coin during the month of August. Follow link ABOVE for instructions for entering.
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2020
- Messages
- 447
- Points
- 323
Bravo!View attachment 540581
The sails for the foremast, split-sloop topmast, and mizzenmast were constructed, sprayed with clear coat, and weathered.
They are drying on the case holding the blueprints.
View attachment 540582
Attach a cleat to each sail.
View attachment 540583
The top one is an earring, the four below are crinkles, and the very bottom is a clump... or so I intended.
View attachment 540584
I printed the double-headed eagle decals.
The top is the front side decal, the bottom is the back side decal.
The difference is...
The patch on the belly is reversed left and right between the front and back.
View attachment 540585
To transfer the decal onto the front side of the sail, place the illustration on the light table, lay the transparent film over it, and secure it with tape.
View attachment 540586
Place the main lower sail with its weathered paint finish on top.
View attachment 540587
When held up to the light, an illustration of a double-headed eagle appears.
This shows where to apply the decal.
View attachment 540588
Soak the decal in water and wait for it to separate from the backing paper.
View attachment 540589
If the decal starts to peel off the backing sheet, quickly transfer it to the sail.
View attachment 540590
While cutting and peeling off the transparent varnish part of the decal with a design knife... the decal in the blue circle area shattered.
View attachment 540591
I corrected it using Tamiya lacquer paint (matte black).
View attachment 540592
The decals and retouched areas are completely dry, so I sprayed them with matte clear lacquer to eliminate the decals' gloss.
The front side of the main lower sail is now complete.
I haven't attached the reef points yet.
I'll apply decals to the back side too, but that's a job for tomorrow.
View attachment 540593
This is a concept illustration of the sail published online.
I believe this is the back side of the sail.
Please look at the illustration below.
The patch section on the belly is the same.
If you flip the patch section left to right, it becomes the illustration of the sail's front side.
View attachment 540594
This concept art has a shallow waterline.
I'll post again after I finish the next step.
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2020
- Messages
- 447
- Points
- 323
Hello, GrantTyler.
Thank you.
The HMS Enterprise 1774 POF 1:48 model you built is truly magnificent craftsmanship.
I was deeply impressed.
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2020
- Messages
- 447
- Points
- 323
Foot ropes and pulleys were attached to the mainmast's lower yard, top yard, and top gallant yard.
We had made about 74 pulleys, but using about 34 on the mainmast's yards leaves us completely short.
I will make a single pulley.
I will carve grooves into all four sides of a 2×2×900mm cypress board, drill holes, and shape each piece individually to create it.
Shape it like this, then sand it down...
Cut out the shaped pulleys.
I'll make a whole bunch of these by repeating this process.
The pale pulley on the left is the newly made pulley.
I made about 88 of them.
The brown-stained pulleys on the left are stock pulleys, and there are about 40 of them.
The newly made single pulleys were stained with dark walnut wood oil.
Combined with the old ones, I now have 128 single pulleys.
This should be enough... if not, I'll just make more.
The mainmast's lower yard, top yard, and top gallant yard are done, so next I'll start working on the foremast and mizzenmast yards.
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2020
- Messages
- 447
- Points
- 323
I've finally managed to install pulleys on each mast.
My eyesight is failing, so this kind of detailed work is extremely difficult.
This image shows the pulleys installed on each yard of the foremast and the pulley set on the split-top yard.
These are the yard components of the main mast.
Image showing the pulleys installed on each yard of the mizzenmast.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
■Making Parral■
I once found and bought the smallest beads at Daiso's craft section.
I'll use them for the Parral truck.
I've also used them on 1/72 scale Black Pearls and Flying Dutchmen.
Since they're brown, I can use them as-is without painting.
Measured with calipers, they were about 1.8mm. I don't know if this size will fit the Silent Mary's Parral, but I'll build the Parral anyway.
Cut the parral rib material. The material is 1mm thick, 3mm wide cypress wood.
Cut it into 1cm lengths using a chopper.
Apply Titebond adhesive to the arrow-marked sections of each cypress piece used for each mast, especially the red areas, and attach them.
Draw a rib pattern on the topmost layer of laminated cypress used for each mast.
Drill two holes in the rib drawing.
Shave it down as shown in the rib diagram.
Cut the adhesive portion and finish it with sandpaper.
Once separated, the ribs will be ready.
If they cannot be peeled off with adhesive, soaking them in water will cause them to loosen naturally.
The ribs are stained with rich walnut oil, and beads resembling trucks are used to create the parral.
The parral is complete.
This parral will be used for the Mizunto Top Gallant Yard.
I installed it on the Mizunotop Gallant Yard.
The wiring method for the parral rope attached to the mast seems to vary.
On Silent Mary's scale, it's impossible to install it like an actual ship, so I plan to install it appropriately to show off the parts.
The next parral to be made will be used in the Mizunto Top Yard.
One will be made for each yard, but since the process for making a parral is the same, the parral-making steps will not be included for each yard going forward.
Last edited:
Mellpapa,
That’s wonderful work you have done!
I have the exact same beads I got from Joyful Honda (so they probably cost me twice what you paid at Daiso
). When I have used them, I thought were still a little bit too big, but I haven’t found anything smaller, and once everything is put together they look fine.