Sovereign of the Seas - Model Space 1/84

[406 Silverado]

Just catching this thread bro. man that is some serious wood, like the real thing, all wood the way it should be. Looking damn sharp so far.

[TRM]

Leon and Bill - Always a fun spending some time with the big girl!!     The weather was perfect!  Even better, Rob and I almost had the place to ourselves!  Late on a Friday was the way to go!

BOOTS!!    How the hell are you?   Great you could swing by for a spell!!  Things are well my friend!   I hope the same for you and yours!!    Thanks for the kind words!!  Hopefully I won't screw things up too bad!! 

Thank you Lucas!!  LOL!!   I would like to think there are still a few things hidden up my sleeve....Always a way to keep the old mind occupied I suppose!! 

Thanks Rob!!  A whole different ballgame with the wood, but still a blast!  I wonder if the fine folks down at the Mammie would want her when it's done!! 


Okay...despite a lacking of time in the past couple days and now it seems one of my pic sites decided it was a good idea to change how the URL is provided...either giving a useless "share" link where no one but me sees the pictures in forum application...or extremely loooong probably embedding a bunch of stuff I don't need in there, I did manage to get to the bench somewhat.

After the stringers and deck framing was applied, the instruction called to move on to the next gun deck up; afterwards painting of the stringers is suggested to shadow the inside of where the gunports would be. I chose to airbrush some of Vallejo's Black Primer in there which covered quite nicely I thought.



Moving on, it was time to remove the launch from its birthing and begin the final stages of construction. I cut back and rounded the upper frames to the ribbing.



Part of what needed to get added was the keep and two small stabilizers. In the process of sanding the hull, I noticed two things that took me off course a little. First being the epiphany towards fairing the framing prior to adding the decking. Apparently in my haste, I neglected to create the correct taper to the drought at the bow. This resulted in the second...oops! LOL!! It created a dimple in the hull at the bow which could be corrected through sanding but as a result there would be a couple of tiny spots that would need a little filling. The sad thing is if I stuck with following the instructions, this would have been avoided...LOL!! Guessing this would be where my wife would tell me "I told you so"!! Since the hull is to be painted at some point I took the advantage of slinging some putty around prior to the stabilizers getting glued.




Moving on back to the main hull, the most aft bulkheads under the transom needed to be installed next. All of the parts interlock into smaller segments making a tight frame once all glued together.




The upper part to the transom was constructed as well! All of these framing piece fit extremely well together and once fully glued and cured, they are hard as a rock.




At the present, the stabilizers on the launch are in place and the launch is headed to the booth for its first coat of paint. The transom has been installed and is curing. Next stop on this voyage is starting to add some planking to the sides of the hull. This will take some time to do. In the meantime, I will put together a small video and review for the second pack I received. This should give me until the end of the month to get the hull sufficiently planked for the delivery of the next pack in October.

Oh, please let me know if you see the pictures or not...LOL!! I am still fighting with new systems on my end of this!! Thanks!

Thanks again for stopping in!!!

[Leon]

Todd,sounds like your making nice headway on this!

Sorry to say no pictures are up.

[TRM]

Thanks Leon....how about now? Seems the Gods of Google are still striking their wrath!!

[eastrock]

I can see the pictures clear and the wood work are great!!!

[`Boots`]

Looking most impressive indeed buddy , yeah things are all good this end fella and keeping busy with a couple of builds, one of them is the D9R and i`m following the one you did as inspiration

modelworx.proboards.com/thread/1624/mengs-d9r

Did this little build for fun.....an Apocalyptic moment, did have plans for figures and a base but the figures never arrived.....i may get back to it at some point tho!!

modelworx.proboards.com/thread/1413/apocalyptic

Also a Chevy FAT with a full rear conversion to a crane recovery (all scratched crane/winch/load-bed etc etc), i`ll see if i can dig up some pics of that for ya

Cheers dude

[Leon]

All's good with the pics now Todd! Your doing a great job.

Sorry for the late reply.

[wbill76]

Yep, can see pics now Todd! Looks good, always nice to have things go together according to the instructions (when you follow them!) and produce some solid construction in the bargain.

[TRM]

Thanks ER!

Thanks again Boots!! A D9? Very nice!! I remember that being a fun one to put together....paint and weather!! Post Apocalyptic to the FAT....nice and diverse!!

Thanks Leon! No worries on the reply my friend! LOL! Look how long it took for me to get back to my own thread!!

Thanks Bill!! LOL!! I was actually following the instruction...somewhat! I kind of rushed through the fairing. Won't make that mistake again! At least on this one! LOL!! I just finished fairing the main hull...getting ready to start planking soon....well, the first layer!!

[dierk]

Looking more and more boat-like - I'm liking this a lot  Thumbs Up!   BTW there are still some pictures missing from your third update (the last three?)

Question: why is there a tie fighter on the battle ship?

Sept 5, 2015 8:40:06 GMT -5 TRM said:

LOL

Don't worry if you don't like carrots - they do bugger all for your eye-sight. It was just a rumour spread by the Brits to explain why their AA batteries were so successful at picking German planes from the sky, when really it was all down to radar. I'd stick with the opti visor.

[wing_nut]

That's a hell of a project. The construction process looks impressive. As will be the finished project.

[deafpanzer]

Damn! This is serious wood work... can't wait to see how it comes out. Nah, I am not trying to make you feel the pressure... you know, right?

[TRM]

Well it's taken a little while to get to the point where an update makes some sense. Once the initial framing was completed, the inner planking of this double planked ship needed to be done. This task is just something that needs to be whittled away at...which I did. Now it's time to get the thread up to speed...

Attacking the somewhat endless pile of bamboo strips fo the inner hull



All of the bow sections of planking needed to be bent first to help bring things around.



Combinations of glue and the supplied brass nails held the planks in place.



Once the sides and lower hull were covered, the next gun deck needed to be added along with stringers for the next level up. These were painted, as were the ones before, to shadow the area behind the cannons.



Slowly I plugged away at both sides. While I waited for sections to dry, other planking could be added. Once dry, I could go back and pull out the brass nails and snipping the end nails off flush.





Along the way, I took a quick break to assemble a number of the supplied cannons.



Finally, the inner planking was done! The sections of planking above the ribbing are glued to each other. Surprisingly, the bond is very strong!



The instructions outline the installation of this planking very well; however, I did go off the beaten path a little and cut a few corners not following the prescribed manner of installation of the lower hull to get this section added a little quicker. This is the base for the outer planking helping with contouring the shape as well as structural support, but as it is not seen and I was gong to need and fair the hull with sanding and filler pieces, laying the planks was the big part.



The transom sides wee added along the way as well. Once the outer planking goes on, more framing at the stern is needed as well as the second gun deck.




At the moment, I am laying out the gun port openings along both sides of the hull. Then the daunting task of cutting all of the 12mm x 13mm squares out can begin.



So this is where I stand right now. I have to cut all of the openings prior to installing the Sapele and Basswood strips. I hope to start drilling soon!

Thanks for stopping in!!

[dierk]

I'd almost forgotten about this one - glad you've made some grat progess Todd!
I haven't reached my quota of bad puns for today, so inevitably my comment has to be: looks like you got your work cut out for you

Are you going to be adding hemp beading between the planks for added realism ? And how are you going to deal with the triangular gaps around the curved planks at the bow?

[TRM]

Thanks Dierk! No worries on the bad puns...I am still trying to get my sea legs after the holidays and just stay afloat!!

LOL...hemp? Ahh....no! Maybe next time! There will be enough just to get the secondary planking installed correctly! The gaps are a product of me breaking from the instructed path of installation. Filler, filler pieces and sanding will take care of all of that! The base needs to only be smooth for the next layer.

[dierk]

Just in case you think I'm pulling your leg: traditional caulking on wooden vessels was done with oakum: hemp fibres soaked in pine tar. Here you can get hemp fibres from plumber's suppliers - I could send you some, but I think homeland security would blow a gasket

[Leon]

Completely forgot about this Todd! Awesome work on the planking.

[TRM]

LOL...I was aware of the oakum...even have some here for misc plumbing repairs from time to time! I doubt even using something as plausible as putty to simulate would make much of a difference in this scale. But the thought is good! Maybe on one of the larger hull cross sections which I have been after wanting to build!

...Back to plotting my gun port cuts!

[panzerjager2]

Very cool S-O-S.... is this the same one that comes with 10 pounds of brass fittings?

I saw one completed long ago.....

Will be popping back

[TRM]

Missed you there Leon...thanks buddy! Sorry for the delay in updating. Figured it was a bunch of planks...not too interesting until the top layer goes down. Definitely happy to be getting to this point though!

Thanks PJ! It is indeed a heavy one! A bunch of the ornate pieces are Britania. I think the next section that is due to arrive soon will have it in there.

I forgot to pop the link to a review of Pack 4...which I just tarted getting into with the gunports - modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=11775 I am still trying to get the video covering Packs 3 and 4 together. I am a bit behind in that respect!

Started cutting the gun ports tonight as well. The bamboo is some tough stuff. I ended up drilling holes around the perimeter to each of the ports...going to take some time to get these cleaned out...all part of the game!

[tigrazor]

Not my sujet at all to be honest, but look at all that incredible work done here.

Speechless.

[armorguy]

Jan 7, 2016 1:43:44 GMT -5 tigrazor said:

Not my sujet at all to be honest, but look at all that incredible work done here.

Speechless.

I looked and I agree...hats off bandanas on and swords sharpened harhar !

[wbill76]

Wondered what had happened to this one, nice to see it's still moving along! Don't envy you cutting out all those ports but I'm sure you'll manage just fine. Just don't lose a finger along the way...

[deafpanzer]

I love it already! Am afraid to ask how many wood splinters you have in your fingers by now...

[TRM]

Lucas, G, Bill and Andy...sorry I missed you guys in here after the last update! LOL!! Been all over the place but here it seems! Thank you for hanging about!!

Back at it!!!

Well, all of the gun ports were finally cut out. Not too bad...a little drilling around the perimeter of each on and then attacked the openings with my dremel.



As you can see the outer planking as begun. This process is half as tedious as the first layer. I am actually using contact adhesive for this part. Apply the glue to both halves, allow to dry and bang....stuck!



I am using the same template I made to create the initial gun ports to mark out and cut the top layer. This is of course a cleaner cut that will get filed back to allow 12mm x 13mm gun port framing to be installed a few pages ahead in the instructions.



That's it for the moment. I am just about ready to construct yet another piece for the stern. This will define how the outer planking will terminate in the aft section of the ship....then....a little painting will commence!

[John Everett]

I had worried that you were just allowing the monthly "parts shipment" to arrive and then not building any of it. The hull is turning out beautifully!

How did you find the bamboo planking? Bamboo has an inconsistent grain pattern every few inches. Did this give you any heartburn with splitting or sanding weirdness?

[adt70hk]

Looking really good there! A definite labour of love with all that planking!

Keep up the good work!

andrew

[TRM]

Thanks John! Model Space does have the shipments down close to what can get done in between shipments...if this is the only project one is working on. Certainly that inner planking was the longest thing I have come across on the build. As for the bamboo....not to bad to work with. I cut most of the joints with sprue snips. It was yough to get the nails in sometimes but they do go in! Bending was typical...soak in water and then just used the heat shield, rounded section of my soldering iron to roll it into a cutout of the bow shape. No splitting that I seen and sanding went well also. I used some wood filler to close up any big gaps I didn't feel like planing spears up for. All in all, still pretty cool! I am waiting on Pack 5 ...and possibly 6. I spoke with MS about the review and build and they let me know manufacturing was a tad behind and as soon as they arrive, they will ship straight away!

Thanks Andrew!! LOL...it certainly is! I am not a huge fan of the work that goes into the hull as much as everything else topside. But the process has been rather pleasant for the most part. Instructions are just perfect so far...big help there!

[Leon]

Nice work on cutting out all the gun ports! I love the look of the top layer planking.

[dierk]

Good progress Todd! Really like the look of this! Been tempted by a few kits that are sold in monthly installments here - until I calculate the total cost of all the issues needed to complete the model