Onni Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 Having visited Chatham Historic Dockyard in the UK a couple of years ago I thought that it would be nice to model HMS Gannet in a large 3 liter bottle which I found in a junk shop(thrift store).Here are a few of the photographs that I took. JesseLee, John Zuch, Landlubber Mike and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted June 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 Made a start. Had to patch some wood that I had together as she will be 22,5 cm long (9 " approx). Luckily a book on HMS Gannet has just been published so I am using it for reference... Chasseur, JesseLee, James w rogers and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted June 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 As HMS Gannet is mostly white ( a unforgiving colour for a model ship) I am using white plastic (styrene) to skin the hull. Made up some paper templates to try for size and fit.Drilled out portholes,anchor hawse and gun ports and then glued to the hull. Hoping to just to have one split in the hull to fit through the bottle neck but its looking like I may have to split it in four pieces as the neck opening is only 29 mm wide. Landlubber Mike, IOAN, John Zuch and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted June 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 'The early bird catches the worm' or in this case the ship.Got a bit fed up with making the hull for the minute so had a go at the figure head or is it figure bird?? Bernard Kelly, IgorSky, Landlubber Mike and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 Looks really good Onni. For the planking and bulwarks, did you just use a single piece of styrene per side? I thought about taking a similar approach with my current build, but I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get the piece to lay flat against the hull with all the compound curves. Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted June 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 Thanks Mike. Yes I used single pieces either side. They are 0.5 mm thick so I can bend them easily. The real Gannet has a wooden hull but that is too much effort for me to replicate. Would of been nice to model a full hull but the height inside the bottle doesn't allow for that. Chasseur and Landlubber Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted June 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Checking the height for the masts and seeing what it looks like with the bowsprit. Landlubber Mike, Chasseur, John Zuch and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted June 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Moving on to constructing the armoured embrasures. Took a lot of measuring and trail and error before I was satisfied with them. John Zuch, IgorSky, JesseLee and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted June 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 There are the two (port and starboard) 5 inch pivot gun bases which will be on the Poop deck. They are indicated by the arrow. I made these simply by cutting a couple of wooden beads in half. IgorSky, IOAN, Landlubber Mike and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 I like your idea of using styrene to sheath the wooden hull blank. Good technique on your part and makes modeling the portholes etc. very easy to do. Nice job! John Zuch and James w rogers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted June 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Many thanks Chasseur. Equally impressed by the template's you've made for HMS Wivern, fantastic work. Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 The Gannet figure head turned out too large so I made a smaller version . IOAN, John Zuch, Landlubber Mike and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Using 0.4 mm birch veneer cut out the raised fore and poop decks. Haven't figured out yet how I am going to fix them in place. Chasseur, James w rogers, IOAN and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 First painting with a spray white primer. Bernard Kelly, JesseLee, Chasseur and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Had a visit to Chatham 2 years ago during the EASIB convention which was held there. Whilst booking tickets on line, I spotted that there were a couple of organised tours of 'Behind the Scenes', and was lucky enough to get a couple of places. We were taken around the model ship storerooms, where the models belonging to Maritime Museum Greenwich are stored.. There are some outstanding models from, old as the Ancient Egyptian tombs to early last century. Some of these can never be put on display to the public as the cases are works of art in their own right, but the glass does not meet modern safety standards and the cost of dismantling and replacing the glass is exorbitant. If you are doing research, you can however ask for a model to be brought forward to a back room for study. Takes a few weeks to organise. The Gannet, along with the other exhibits are well worth seeing. I have my 18 inches of rope I helped make in the rope walk (still a commercial concern) and will incorporate it into a stand one day. Well worth a visit if you get a chance Alan Bernard Kelly, James w rogers, Onni and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Using masking tape defined the width of the black stripe.Needs a touch up in places. I don't use thin sticky black tape which can be bought from a hobby store because I have the feeling that it can peel off at a later date.The three litre 'Grants' whisky bottle that I hope its going in! Added some reddish oxide for the waterline and tentatively marked where I think the masts and funnel will go.When I am happy with their position I will then cut up the hull,in four pieces? Bernard Kelly, James w rogers, John Zuch and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 She is coming together beautifully. Wonderful work. Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 She is coming together beautifully. Wonderful work. Many thanks. Still a long way to go yet. The larger the ship the more detail has to go into it. I will take it one step at a time . I have never made a ship in the bottle at this scale so this is new ground for me. James w rogers and Chasseur 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 After a short break I went ahead and cut up the hull in four pieces;not an easy thing to do as I always have in the back of my mind that it can go horribly wrong. This time slow and steady wins through and the result is satisfactory for me.Most difficult part I find is to align it up afterwards so that it fits back together how it was before the cutting. To achieve this I drilled small 2mm holes in the hull and then fashioned some small pointed metal pins to fit in the holes so that when I pushed the hull pieces together it marked the opposite side ;so that was the place for the joining pegs. Landlubber Mike, Bernard Kelly, John Zuch and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 Bit of bow decoration near the anchor hawse with Gannet temporarily in place. (Looks more like a duck ! ) Landlubber Mike, Bernard Kelly, James w rogers and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 Fashioned the bowsprit and tried to copy the original with a combination of wire,styrene and bamboo sticks. Bernard Kelly, James w rogers, JesseLee and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 Funnel made from a wooden dowel with white styrene instant glued around it and the top of the funnel is a piece of old copper tube I had laying around. exwafoo, JesseLee, James w rogers and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 Beautiful work . Artur Bernard Kelly and Chasseur 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted July 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 20 minutes ago, Artur said: Beautiful work . Artur Thanks.Fantastic work on the Constitutionen Artur.You have a great talent which I strive to emulate. Bernard Kelly and Chasseur 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted August 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 'Getting the Bird' (three to be precise) Not happy with the scale so reduced to a smaller size. Wife says that I am too fussy which is true. Made some furniture for the Captains cabin even it can be seen only through a tiny hatch or porthole but I know its there. Comprises of a table and chair (forgot to take a photo of the chair) chaise longue, stove and captains cot with wash basin and draws underneath. Painted some of the masts and spars etc using yellow ochre colour.I will clear coat them with a varnish spray when the paint dries. Next will be muzzle loading guns and other armament . James w rogers, Landlubber Mike, JesseLee and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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