Good morning Michael. Wonderful execution of a tricky task. Cheers Grant
HMS Vanguard 1787 1:72 a Victory Models kit
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Grant thank you for your compliment and interest, it is truly appreciated.
Making progress with the ship boats and building the mast tops.
The boats are challenging projects as the smaller size accentuates any imperfections.
Creating the rounded edges of the 3x3 bolsters on the tops required me to use my MF70 with a router bit. I am happy with the result but couldn’t think of any other way to achieve the same result by hand. I would be interested to know if anyone has any suggestions or experience to do the same.
The boats are challenging projects as the smaller size accentuates any imperfections.
Creating the rounded edges of the 3x3 bolsters on the tops required me to use my MF70 with a router bit. I am happy with the result but couldn’t think of any other way to achieve the same result by hand. I would be interested to know if anyone has any suggestions or experience to do the same.
Good morning.Small and tricky these little boats may be, however you are owing them! Cheers Grant
Thanks Grant. They will be filled with equipment, oars, rope, grapple anchor and pikes.
Have finished the construction of the Launch, Barge, Pinnace and Cutter.
Preparing to paint and add the details including the oars, boats hooks, grapnel anchors and rope coils before mounting on the beams.
Preparing to paint and add the details including the oars, boats hooks, grapnel anchors and rope coils before mounting on the beams.
All the boats stocked mounted and lashed to the beams. Used 1mm beige rope from Ropes of Scale for lashing and love the appearance.
For others who may be following it is important to note the 34’ launch is not set in the middle of the beams and the cradles for the beams need careful placement and adjustment, not consistent with the plans.
Major transition in the build as I will start on the masts and yards.
Thanks for following along.
For others who may be following it is important to note the 34’ launch is not set in the middle of the beams and the cradles for the beams need careful placement and adjustment, not consistent with the plans.
Major transition in the build as I will start on the masts and yards.
Thanks for following along.
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Your boats look quite nice. For the future keep in mind barges and pinnaces were typically single banked. Even a 36 foot barge was single banked and had ten thwarts with one rower per thwart so the tholes alternated on each side. Cutter were single banked most, if not all of the time and were lap straked (clinker built) rather than carvel built. I realize these are probably kit boats/instructions, but for any build it is often a good idea to look at drawings and information based on contemporary sources to confirm or correct what may be in the kit. There are a LOT of details on ships boats in Brian Lavery's The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War and in W.E. May's The Boats of Men of War. Actually, making boats from scratch is not difficult and the results are usually superior.
Thanks Allan. Your comments are always well considered and well received. I will read up on these references.