DSiemens Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 The pirate rein-actors have requested another ship. This time for a crew called the Scavenger which is the name of this ship. I got lucky with my first commission from the pirates because they had a full set of plans. This time I had to piece together a few things based on the request. I think the customization will make this build fun though. The plans I chose were from a 1712 ship called the greyhound. It didn't have sail plans though so I put some on. The masts are a bit thick on the plans which I'll have to adjust on the ship. As usual my plans come from the Story of Sail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 I've been doing some experimenting with planking before I do the same on the scavenger. Here's a couple pirate ships I'm using wood planking on. I'll post more as the planking for the first one continues. I'm liking the results but I'm thinking a lighter stain would be better for the Scavenger. John Zuch, JesseLee, Landlubber Mike and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Nice work Daniel. I'm liking the planked hulls. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 Thanks Gwyl. The planking comes from a company called Cards of wood. Here's their website. https://www.cardsofwood.com/ I think I'll move this particular project to a separate build log. Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 I finished up with some experiments and decided it was time to put in some of the deck planking. Below is the finished sloop using the cards of wood planks and also the deck on the Scavenger. The upper deck sections were failed experiments and will be covered over later. Gwyl Blaser, IgorSky and JesseLee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 I've done a lot of work on the ship recently. From where I left off I added the bulwark and planked them. Gwyl Blaser and JesseLee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 I came up with a new method for cannons. I wanted to add more detail so I got a bamboo skewers and put it through a draw plate to get a really small diameter. I used the skewer for the wheels then used a block of wood for the carriage and wire for the cannon. All of the was attached the the wheels. I then cut them off as needed. JesseLee, Landlubber Mike, Chasseur and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 Now that is a good method of making cannons! I'll have to try it sometime. Jesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thanks. It really is easier when you have a larger piece to glue tiny bits down to. Gives you something to handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 This is turning out nice Daniel. Good work on the miniature fixtures! Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 I have the upper deck in place including an actual hatch. Most of the time I print these and glue them in place but since the deck actually had a deck underneath I thought it would be fun to do an actual hatch. You can actually see the light shining thorough it in the second photo. It was tedious and probably could have turned out better but not bad for a first attempt. I would like to see every ones ideas as far as hatches go. So far printing has worked best for me but there's something to be said for doing it with actual raw materials or even hand painting. What other methods have been used? JesseLee, Gwyl Blaser, Chasseur and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 This link shows a method for use on larger scale models, but I've sometimes wondered if it would be possible to do with thin strips of styrene using the liquid styrene cement available. Evergreen does strips about about 0.25 x 0.5 mm. http://modelshipbuilder.com/page.php?128 Alan Gwyl Blaser and JesseLee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Looks good Daniel. Alan, I have seen that link before but had totally forgotten about it. Thanks for share it here. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted January 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Made some progress on this one. added cap rails on the stern. added another hatch a capstan and some stairs. I'm still not sure about the stairs. I might redo them. I've seen some good ideas for making stairs but these are supposed to be spiral stairs. Not sure what I got myself into with this one. JesseLee, Landlubber Mike and John Zuch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Added the other stairs and caprails. Alsothe person the ship is for requested I replace the blue with black. Landlubber Mike, JesseLee, prutser and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 A lot has happened with this ship. I did a rest fit and found that the ship didn't fit the bottle. I mismeared and built ito to high. So I ended up building a second one. I found a bottle for the first one but it doesn't have the clarity I wanted for the person. I'm building it for. Doing it again has helped clear up a lot of mistakes I had in the first one. JesseLee, Gwyl Blaser, Chasseur and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 She's looking good Daniel! Build her the way you want her my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Thanks Chasseur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted March 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Some work on the transom. John Zuch, JesseLee, Landlubber Mike and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 A few small updates to the Scavenger. I got the rails almost done. They need some touch ups. Got the deck furniture almost done too. I put in the bow. It's almost ready for masts and spars. JesseLee, Landlubber Mike, Gwyl Blaser and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Starting to come together Daniel Colors look natural .... Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Wow Daniel, you even rigged cannon tackle at this size?!?! How did you do that? Jesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Daniel, this is coming along nicely. She is looking great! Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted May 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Thanks every one. Jesse I've been meaning to get pictures but haven't gotten to it yet. It's real simple though. I just glue the line to the bulwarks, then behind the cannon and to the hull on the other side. No blocks or anything. At this scale that would be to much. The only issue I've had is trying to get the line to sag downward. Some of them pop upwards. Still working on figuring that out. Wire might be a good substitute for string here. JesseLee and Gwyl Blaser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Daniel, I believe that wire would conform nicely to the intended "sag". I think this is one of the reasons Bob aka "Shipbuilder" uses wire so successfully in his builds. Another benefit of wire would be the ability use a very fine scale like diameter. That might be hard to replicate using rope, string, or other fibers. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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