USS Bonhomme Richard 1779 1:48 [COMPLETED BUILD]

[Charles QC]

Nice gun rigging
Well done

 

[Uwek]

Due to the high quality of your kit and built, I decided to buy the pear version of the section.
I started also a building log of the section model, so if you are interested go to

USS BONHOMME RICHARD - POF - Cross Section in Pear - 1:48 - by Uwe

Yesterday I started the first activities on my section model - in order to warm up At the end it should look like this a kit review you can find here...

shipsofscale.com

 

[OlegM]

Thanks Uwe, I will be following!

 

[OlegM]

Rudder blade, rudder tackles were installed a little later

 

[Donnie]

Absolutely Stunning. At a loss of words here.

 

[Uwek]

Very good eye for the detail - I like the splash water cover very much -

 

[OlegM]

Thanks a lot Donnie and Uwe!
I continue with channels, deadeyes etc.

 

[OlegM]

Part 2

 

[Uwek]

Great looking details of the hull

Only to mention this once more:

THIS IS A KIT Model !!!

Look at this:


I checked in your older posts the construction of the second planking, and realized, that you did not simulate the caulking between the planks somehow.
Now, looking at your last close-up photo, we get an impression of caulking between the planks (red arrows)



How you get this impression - some kind of weathering?
BTW the treenails made with your birch toothpicks are looking very good. Usually birch is very light, but now, I have to state, that they are looking very good

 

[OlegM]

For the caulking: the secret is in bithumen varnish. First of all, I slightly open the seams either with a needle from a compass, or I make a small chamfer on the edges before putting the planks. Then, when I use the varnish, I apply it with a brush a wipe it with a cloth straight away. Varnish goes inside the cavities, creating a darker colour.

 

[OlegM]

Part 3

See, the colour of the hull depends a lot on the lighting. These were done at the evening glow

 

[Charles QC]

I try to do my chain mail scratch once result was not good (lack of constancy) Your are a good succes

 

[Uwek]

The appearance of your model in daylight is absolutely great
BTW: and it is looking like, that you have still summer in Montreal, or? Lucky you

 

[OlegM]

Thanks a lot Uwe!
Well no, these are all old photos. I finished the hull at the end of July and I'm posting the photos of 1.5 years of work, I haven't posted all of them yet. I'm working on the shrouds now

 

[OlegM]

Here the rudder installation completely finished

 

[OlegM]

Bumpkins

 

[OlegM]

And that's me

 

[Charles QC]

Wow what a superb ship

 

[Squarebriggs]

Beautiful work, I admire your skills. Well done.

Bob

 

[Uwek]

Oleg, this is a beautiful model - Really beautiful
And seeing the model in your hands, we can see, how big such a model in 1:48 can be .