Museum ship Joseph Conrad 1:96 scratch build

[jimbean]

hi all,
I guess this is as good as it's going to get. I am no painter.
I see in the closeups a couple of touchups are still needed.
Starting to route the chains for the rudder in the last photo.
cheers Jim

[elliott]

Considering the issue you had, I'd say you handled it pretty well. Couple of touchups (as you said) and then time to move on to something else (which you are already doing). So, looking forward to your next post!

[jimbean]

Thanks Elliott,
I just completed the steering gear which is quite interesting.
On the ship today the wheel mechanism is exposed, see last 2 pics, but I don't
think they would have put to sea with all of that steel vulnerable to salt water.
There would have been a cover.

So I built a cover which freed me from modeling all that gearing!
The little shiny tubes are supposed to suggest the turnbuckles.
cheers Jim

[elliott]

Smart man Jim!

[jimbean]

Thanks for the endorsement, that smaller gear would be less than 1/32" diameter in scale.
Today the forward hatch, the first one right size and the smaller painted one that fits.
It was hard to paint until I discovered that it fits over my little finger.
Acrylic paint washes off fingers if you don't wait too long.

It is all paper except for the slider which is wood.
Last pic it is placed but not glued.
cheers Jim

[jimbean]

Next is the channels, carved out of basswood left over from a Bluejacket kit.
I slapped a coat of paint on to seal the wood and act as a primer.
cheers Jim

[jimbean]

Yesterday and today is the forward deckhouse. It is a steel structure.
It contains the galley and several stairwells along with what appears to be storage.
The wood frame is intended to form the rounded corners when a paper skin is added.
That kind of worked. The same could be achieved with a solid wood block.
I don't have saws to prepare such a block, thus this method.
There will be a galley stack and a ventilator. on the roof later.
It is painted the same color as the structures by the windlass.
cheers Jim

[jimbean]

Back at the stern the binnacle and its leveling base.
Forward of the binnacle is a skylight with etched glass panels. How to model this?
I am trying out an idea which may work. Starting with a picture courtesy of Kent, pic 3.
Using the GIMP I leveled the side frame, cropped it and reduced it to scale size
and printed it 4 times. It comes out really small. The structure is ordinary paper style
painted. I will glue on the panels and hope it looks OK.
cheers Jim

[jimbean]

back again same day.
The result is not entirely satisfactory but it will have to do.
The concept is OK just needs better execution.
cheers Jim

[jimbean]

hi sll,
Today is pin-rails. Not possible in card I think do to the pull on it by the lines.
I used 1/32 plywood and small dowel plus the pins.
The paint color is "honey brown", acrylic.
They are just placed on the deck, not glued.
cheers Jim