Black Pearl Zhl Golden edition.

[AvB]

Hello everyone! I would like to introduce myself. My name is Attila, I live in Austria, and I would like to share my second ship model with you, my first ship was a HMS Victory Kit from Corel. Started in 2019 and It took me 1.5 years to complete it. Ship modeling was a completely new territory for me and I used basic tools. . This year, I got inspired again and started building the Black Pearl ZHL Golden Edition ship just couple of weeks ago. I share my experiences and build logs maybe helpful for some of you, planning to build the same kit.

 

[AvB]

This was my first ship in 2019. HMS Victory from Corel

 

[Uwek]

Hallo Attila,
first of all a warm welcome here on board of our forum.
Good work on your Victory - especially when it is your first build a very good result
I am looking forward to see your next one - we will try to help and assist or also enjoy your progress reporting in this log.
From where in Austria you are coming?

 

[AvB]

A little bit lately but I dont had much time to post my build. I alredy started to build the Black Pearl. I will try to share my experiences. I choose this kit because I like Pirates of the caribbean and it has cool lights, and the option to enhance the lights. I do not find much Information how to assemble correctly the circuit for the ship, so I have learned the basics to create a circuit map for the leds. I used 9v Battery with 5mm yellow flickering leds as I have seened in another posts as an idea. I will share later the simple circuit map created with a free tool, could be helpful to recreate for others. The start is very straightforward and the pieces fitting very well to each other. I predriller the holes for the cables before gluing the pieces together.

 

[AvB]

This is the Circuit map I created.
I use 9V battery with 18 Flickering leds. From left (rear side of the ship) to right ( Front side ). With this Setup they require 212,67 ma. With a simple 200 ma 9V battery they can work approximately 1 hour. But there are available 9V batteries with more power I Think.

 

[AvB]

I made a few photos from the Leds and setup. The middle part was a problem of course. To place the leds in the center and make enough light to the left and right side also I drilled 6,5mm holes for the lampshades. This way has a great position for the light. I choose a small Dc 2,5 mm as an output and glued on middle part, making it more stable I glued small woodden parts around it. Need to left a few mm for the planking to have the same, this way will be on the same position as the planking later.

 

[AvB]

Attaching the sides and other parts was not much of a problem. Manual has great instructions to do so. After this I started with the first planking. This was a very time consuming part of the build. I do not have any bending tool. I only using water soaking method and using nails and clips to fit the planks. It was not perfect of course so I filled up and sanding the rest of my failures.

 

[AvB]

The first planking took some weeks but it is done for now. I had some troubles on the rear side. I can show it on an other picture later. I build the captain cabin with the leds in it and made some painting tests. I have no idea yet have it will be made but it is qurstion for later. I have attached 6 leds in the cabin part and I do not made pictures from the Setup because it had a terrible, unprofessional look but its working fine.

 

[AvB]

I started with the second planking 0.5mm planks, it was a little bit easier than the first one, lot of cutting, gluing.

 

[AvB]

After planking the hull started the deck. By the way This is the rear side of the ship on the first picture, somehow the distance is smaller as it should, i hope this will be no problem later...

First I placed the planks in the middle and cut 2 small laminating film to cover the leds, and also protect them from work. The lights shining also better with this films seeing on the test third picture.

I realised later by the light test that the lights shining through the 3 canon holes
seeing on the 4. picture. Is it very bad this way or should I solve this? I can decide it later but I appriciate any ideas.

I cut the 0.5mm planks to 5 cm pieces and put them together in the following ways for a better look. Do not used the lenght in a whole, I have seen this method by other modellers, I found it great.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Looks like your making great progress.

 

[AvB]

Thank you! I have attached the railings this week, and the side parts, this was not an easy work without bending tool.

Problem I have found on the front of the ship seen on first picture. I had to much space between the middle part and the sides somehow, and the right side has relased the glue. I have installd a small wooden plank to solve this, actually it looks also great this way. I dont know how it happened.

I have attached the railing and fill the small failures. The front was not really nice so i needed to fill there also a bit more.

This is the actual point I am working on and I'll start the first painting this week when I have some time. I appriciate any opinion or question about my progress.

 

[GrantTyler]

Good evening. A fine start to your BP. So far looking awesome and I think the lighting will be very effective the way you have set it out . Lovely work. Cheers Grant

 

[AvB]

The first painting attempt is done. I used only acryl painting and handpainted the hull, the deck only very carefully just make a bit more dark. The piece at the front and the railing was not an easy task but it looks ok.

I like the patchy look so I'll painted the small pieces and used sandpaper to polish them before gluing in place. I dont used nails for positioning, just glued them in place, and it holds relative great.