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1/160 Sailing Ship Isolda
I came across this free download at S/V Isolda, Göteborg
The site is in Swedish but Google translate did a decent job of revealing the Isolda's history. Built in 1902, it's story becomes interesting in 1910 when the captain, Carl Julius Ahlgren, takes his bride aboard. It is home for the next 30 years. Four children are born and raised at sea. Africa, South America and the Caribbean are its territory. It does it's part in WW2 but then times are tough and by the late 1950s it's glory days are over, finishing up in the Baltic. But it survived and is saved from being turned into a floating workshop by a motorcycle club when it is bought in 1994 by the Isolda Economic Association, who plan to restore it and sail it as a tourist operation. The parts print very neatly onto 5 pages of parts. The sail page is printed double sided. There is a rigging diagram and instructions in English and I presume Swedish. The instructions are a Word document and as Word is playing up on my computer I was unable to read them. But never mind, as each page of parts has diagrams which gave me all the information I needed to proceed. |
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The hull frame is made of two halves which glue in the middle to form a keel and then fold out to form the base. Double sided parts form the ribs. Sockets for the masts are built into the hull frame. So far the fit is very good. Formers No.6 were fractionally short on each side. It probably is my fault and if needed can be padded out a little. The yellow colour on the formers is because I printed on the back of some sheets of a model I decided I was not going to make.
Last edited by Robert Woolley; 04-11-2013 at 11:05 PM. Reason: extra information |
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I made the hull. It is one piece including a base. It folded up nicely but the back was tricky. I should have left the back till I had the deck down. Then I could have cut a little off the back to make it fit around the rear edge better. The deck is in three parts. The middle part includes the inside walls that glue to the hull. This pulls everything into place. I didn't need to glue the frames to the hull sides to get the correct shape. With more skill I could have shaped the rear a bit better before I put it together to get some nice curves. The sides are a little wobbly but look ok to me. When i put the middle deck on the glue grabbed before I had it lined up so it is squashed at the rear. I think I will print another deck and lay it on the top.
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I mad a couple of deck houses and the bowsprit just to see how things looked. The deck houses were very straight forward. They will need just a little trimming on the bottom to fit snuggly to the deck. I printed the masts on normal copy paper. When I cut the bowsprit out I left a fair bit on one side to start the roll and provide a bit of body. It rolled up fairly easily and looks good but is not very strong. i think some super glue down the middle might do the trick. On the masts I think I will put a stick or something inside. The only problem is that the colours used and rolled paper make the bowsprit look like a cigarette.
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Nice to see this built. I see that it is Gunnar Sillen's kit. I purchased and built his Hajen class submarine years ago from Paper Models International. It was designed and colored by hand, and was a charming kit to build. His site is well worth visiting:
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Off to a very good start. I've wanted to see this one built for a long time.
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Nice work so far! I think I've seen a build on this one but it's been many years. Can't wait till you get to the rigging steps.
Curt |
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