To HMS Victory and beyond

[dafi]

And now something completely different: The Christ Child was in a very good mood before Christmas and delivered the first samples of the channel irons and hammock holders for my Constitution *jumping for joy*





And finally, I had a little time to tinker with it

So, popcorn and beer at the ready, X-Files in the DVD player, and off to work with joy!



See you on a ship yard on other side of the Atlantic.
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XXXDAn

[dafi]

After being away for a while due to work on the Constitution and work in the mids Austria´s mountains, here’s a little something again concerning Victory.

I fancied continuing the gratings extravaganza of the upper decks upon the two lower decks as well. Since I was already at it. So I scaled and printed out the plans of the lower decks and checked how they lined up with the model.



Then I modified the 3d print files for the upper decks and printed them ...



... and added other already existing parts.







And then the fine-tuning began. Transfer the printed parts onto the decks to mark out the cut-outs.

First, use the scalpel to mark the length and ...



...then use the compass-scriber to mark the long sides.



To saw out the openings, I use the fretsaw ...



... and then scored along the length with a scalpel and snaped it simply off.



That was a real nightmare of planning and fiddling about ...



... naturally with a few casualties : )



And suddenly just like that, the gratings were in place.



Then was painting time for those parts involved.





The deck was given some colour shading along the run of the planks.









As it was still a bit too subtle, I added a bit of black ink in the same direction.





I tried out a few things with the planks, like scribing the joints and so on. But none of it was convincing for my liking. Then came the winner: a very simple and straightforward pencil line.



An old New Year’s Eve firework stick made a good ruler, as it allowed for a slight irregularity in the line despite the parallelism.



And then I carefully removed the excess graphite with tape, otherwise it smudges – I really don’t like working with clear varnish. The visibility of the texture turned out just right, so that in my view it can also be a good alternative to visible decals.

Right then, best regards, DAniel

[JIM BAUMANN]

very very excellent!

The pencil is an underrated tool--especially for the butt ends

In your gargantuan scale.... you can put all the butt ends in--but make the, a bit narrower a line than the for and aft planking--otherwise it can look like a chessboard....


In my small scales I put some random pencil strokes on- about 25 % of what would be there
-so that the observer when he/she -sees a butt end--believes they are there
But ( haha! ) it does not overwhelm the decking

weiter so!
JB

[dafi]

Thank you Jim, very appreciated!

Anyway ...

... somehow I had a vague recollection that, after the modelling show in Stuttgart last November, the transport box containing the ship had slipped out of my hands. I thought to myself, with the big biannual convention in Augsburg this weekend coming, I’d better have a look inside before.

I have to say, I’ve got my research wrong again. Firstly, I can’t remember the maintop mast being shot down, and secondly, the mizzen mast was severed from its base a bit higher up. So back to the research department to see where that incorrect information came from.

See you Saturday in Augsburg perhaps? The artist will be present ,

XXXDAn


PS: @marijn van gils Have a good look, that is the way it should look like

[SG1]

Superlative rendering of planking, excellent work. Love the ruler!