Hi @ all!
A little progress on the upper hull and the Mayflower..
@ Mike: Thats true, I am impressed by this feature of those galeons too. Maybe that's also one of the reasons why I decided to build this model prior to the Papegojan.
@ Glen: Thx, this is a very old idea of mine, the thicker the carton the better this technique works! I still need to find the best tools for it, though.
@ Lars: Thx, but don't be afraid of trying, or you will never know how it is like..
This is my first scratch build of this kind so far. When I built the cog (Kogge) from MM and replaced the material with balsa wood I figured out that making a scratch build is pretty much the same. Just that your most used tool is not the scissor but pencil and ruler.
@ Ledo: In my plans the deadeyes have also the teardrop form. If I am right this was the shape in the old vessels, but I will still do some research on it. Thx for the detail pic!
Material
-1mm thick carton from the frozen pizza box
-2mm thick carton from my wife's PUZZLE box
-lots of CA
-oil paints and white enamel from Humbrol
Mayflower
- First I used the pencil and circle to copy the Mayflower on the 2mm carton and cut out with a very very sharp (hospital- sharp) scalpel. (pic 1) The 2mm carton is very hard thus proper for this work.
- Then I hardened the edges with CA and used my hand drill machine with an engraving attachment to form the depth of the sculpture. Afterward I used the pencil and a not so sharp knife to form the last details and finally hardened the whole sculpture again with CA. (pic 2)
- I removed almost 1mm of carton from the back side. (pic 3)
- I used the enamel paint for the white flower (pigments are much smaller and do not smear around like the white oil paint) and different colors of oil paint for the rest (viridian, sap green, yellow ochre). The result is seen in pic 4 & 5.
Upper hull
-First I made a stencil out of card to fit the upper to the lower hull and after some adjustment I copied it on the 1mm carton.
-Then cutting out and further adjustment to the ship in addition with some measurements of the height of the sides (wales??) and all openings in it.
-At last I made the inner part of the hull which is visible above the decks with self adhesive foil and black oil paint and painted the edges of the upper hull with brown oil paint.
-After about 24h drying it was ready to be attached to the model.
-Finally a little bit sanding and smoothing with this ominous "ERi keeper" glue...
So much for now. I got a little bit sick because of all that snow here (and Helsinki is at sea level!!
)...But this gives me time to work on the ship.
Regards,
Radek