Schwarzer Rabe - fluit 1627 (Shipyard 1:96)

[romiol]

Then was time for all the deck details, i.e. gratings, doors, spill, tiller, water pump. A lot of very small things, nicely done by Shipyard.

Also the galion could be constructed from many parts, most of them lasercuts.

The most difficult part for me was the rails, with the very small pillars.

[Michael Mash]

Hello Rosemarie,
The hull looks very nice.
The system of overlapping planks gives the hull an excellent appearance.
Mike

[Bluenoser]

This looks like a challenging model. Your work on it so far is very good.

[elliott]

You did a very good job with the rail pillars. The other details you have added also are quite good. This should be a beauty of a ship when you finish.

[romiol]

Thanks a lot for the kind comments!
Cheers,
Rosmarie

[romiol]

Finally, the rudder could be attached and the few gunport lids were glued in place. I decided to show the fluite with closed gunports because its a merchandise vessel.

[romiol]

The masts are made from wood which has to be sanded in form. Tops, caps are made from card, lasercut parts. I have problems with all those nautic terms, so I simply place the pictures here.

[romiol]

Then the masts are put together and are set on the hull and rigging can start...

I decided to do the sprit mast first, befor I fixed it to the hull because I thought this to be easier for handling. First I placed the lower deadeyes, however without fixing them definitively. Then I added the takles and the upper deadeyes so all had the same lenght. Finally I attached the shrouds, with small seizings. BTW: I used wooden deadeyes (2mm).

Next I prepared the channels with the lower deadeyes. Here I used 2.5mm deadeyes, wood, which were placed in the small noch of the channel and then covered with small strip of card. They are not fixed in the channel but can move up- and downwards, as long as the futtocs are not glued to the hull (well, I'm not sure wheter I use the right words for all these parts of a ship...). As to the takles: they are not yet fixed i.e. I will give them the definitive tension later on when the shrouds are set. Anyway, the pictures will show what I do...

[firdajan2]

Very nice ship, Rosemarie. As I can see. Shipyard made the second planking in much more better quality.

jAN

[birder]

Nice job on this, nice to see another Shipyard kit, they are great models