With the arrival of the Dry dock and some more buildings from Langtons I can now make a start on the final part of my seaport.
Rob.
What's on your workbench for September?
With the arrival of the Dry dock and some more buildings from Langtons I can now make a start on the final part of my seaport.
Rob.
Yesterday I cut out the base and started to sculpt the contours.
Rob.
Today I completed the basic shaping and glued up the two parts.
Rob.
This morning I have retrieved the glued up base.
Cut out the detail for the top of the hill.
And then glued and cramped it all together.
Later I will give it a coat of PVA overall surfaces.
Rob.
Now that the Glue is dry, I have undercoated the whole piece and then added grass scatter whilst it was still wet. This will later be varnished over.
Cliff faces are also painted lighter.
Rob.
Blast! The cannons of rep will not fire upon your efforts! But the elves will salute you this evening in the great gathering . . . must give this side of the obsession some attention . . .
In addition to the ongoing rifle build (not helped by the fact that every time some fool "public servant" runs their big mouths they cause a run on parts or a price spike or both), working on rescaling some Greenwich draughts to SGN for comparison, and trying to debug why the draught on my screen viewed "full size" post-resize looks closer to the size of a Swan than Victory.
The drawing: 1811 HMS Union, one of Victory's second-rate sisters. (I'm using Union's draught because it's more "readable" than the badly worn docs for Victory herself.)
Source: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collect...cts/80037.html
Fullsize sheet is 1958mm across at 1/48 scale. Upsized to 12"-to-the-foot would yield a sheet 93984mm wide, then dividing by 1000 yields a target sheet-width of 93.98mm/3.7"
Unfortunately, I have two interleaved projects that I absolutely *have* to get the process on this debugged on before I can go forward... :(
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I had a look at this briefly for you DB, but the leaking water tank and it's replacement has taken most of my attention over the last four days. If I get chance I will try and unravel the size problem this weekend.
Rob.
This morning I have started to paint the Dock Yard and detailed some more of the base.
Rob.
Thanks, compadre--Immediate Action problems in meatspace are always priority. :)Originally Posted by Bligh
I am now getting the dockyard ephemera painted ready to install on the dockside. Should be ready for gluing up later this evening.
Rob.
Beautiful, Rob. Depending on how long and how badly Clipper's incapacitated, I may end up asking you about performing an accurizing job on my EIM's once Wave 4 comes out... :)
You have me there DM!
I only know of accurizing in relationship to refining the accuracy of firearms,and can't for the life of me define what an EIM is in that context, nor why Clipper is involved.
I must just be being thick again!
Rob
Rob, the Wave 4 East Indiamen are all specifically sculpted as their sister Bonhomme Richard. Converting them back to Groignard's original design doesn't look really difficult, just that it'll require a steadier hand than I can muster--and with our Chief Engineer possibly not being in shape to do the surgery that means I need to find another potential candidate for someone who I can subcontract it to. :(
Once Wave 4 releases, I'll post a thread about the detailed engineering changes between Jones's raider and her mercantile sisters.
Found the problem! Math was right, but my screen displays everything reduced to 75% actual size. Did it with an 8.5x11 Letter Size blank page in Word too...
Great DB.
I had tried the maths this morning and could not find any errors.
I was wondering if you had printed it out on a setting other than A4 my printer often tries to print photo scale unless you spot it.
I was getting ship cards about a mm under the size I had set.
Rob.
Last evening I got most of the Dockyard done and am now about to start work on the rest of the town.
Just sent off for a few more bits for the Dockyard now I can see how it looks.
Rob.
Looks good Rob, do both ships come with the dock or they extras added ?
The ship on the stocks comes with the dock Chris. Also two buildings are moulded into the dockside. You also get a lock gate, not added yet, and a whole load of cut timber, spars, barrels, sacks, cannon balls and crates for dockside ephemera. I added the tall warehouse, and the long building in the foreground, plus the dockside crane.
Rob.
May have to indulge in this set myself at some point although would like another Temeraire to turn into Aigle for the French fleet first
Well worth the money Chris. I have not done much today so no pictures.
Just a few houses and rooftops. Hope to press on tomorrow.
Rob.
Here is the Dockyard just about finished and ready to go to the shop for a top coat of varnish.
Rob.
Nice work!
And I'm guessing it's been made to be fit into your existing harbour?
How nice! I love it. You have known how to use the dimensions correctly.
Can I suggest a material?. It is cork sawdust, it is sold on Christmas in Chinese bazaars. The dimensions of cork sawdust are very good to represent the breakwater off the coast.
You are correct Jonas. Once the dry brushing is done and a few bits and bobs, I will set it up for you to see how it fits. It now means that I can have a small, medium, or busy large Seaport.
Rob.
Cheers Julián I will look out for it at the International Christmas Market in Nottingham this year. I have been using large cork bark for rocky outcrops in other models but never seen the dust.
Can I suggest a material?. It is cork sawdust, it is sold on Christmas in Chinese bazaars. The dimensions of cork sawdust are very good to represent the breakwater off the coast.
Rob.
If you do not find I can send a package, it is very cheap.
Very kind of you. Thanks.
Rob.
Beautiful scene, Rob. Gives me an idea for a scenario, actually...
"Your country's navy has a ship under construction that promises to outclass anything yet built of similar size and rate. Our enemies cannot let this ship put to sea, which is why construction has been under great secrecy. However, the cat's been let out of the bag, and now you and your meager squadron must hold the line against an attacking flotilla until either reinforcements arrive or our new weapon is ready to fight."
Admittedly I am playing a little fast and loose with how ships were fitted out, but it makes for a hell of a "protect/destroy this objective at all cost" drama. Thinking the ship in question would be something like the 1782 refit of Egmont, throws all its attack chits every turn and makes C/D attacks at B range but has no A-range attack. (Or perhaps a what-if Egmont-ized armament variation on a Victory hull...) Reinforcements/"New Toy Ready" maybe something like on turn 4 you roll a die and each turn after you add one to the number rolled, each 6 rolled means a new standard ship enters for your squadron and three or four 1's means the experimental ship is ready to cast off. (But conversely, the other team gets to roll for reinforcements too...)
A very interesting scenario idea DB.
You may be interested in the one which I am going to unveil at our Doncaster event at the end of this month.
Rob.
A very impressive dockyard!
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Here is the Dockyard module inserted into the harbour.
Just a bit of refining to make it blend in better at the edges now needed.
Rob.
Lovely
Thanks Dave.
Rob.
That looks great!
Brilliant modeling Rob, the harbour is an excellent show piece
And you will get to see it in action in a week or two Chris.
Rob.
Now finally today I have sorted out a box to store all my terrain, with a couple of layers free to add anything else I might come up with in the future. Good VFM.
The box labeled for the base items. Note some of Keith's off-cuts from his storage hangers to demark the areas for each terrain item. They stick very well. He could market them as job lots if he wanted to!
Layer one in situ with the town Harbour, Julien's fort and two coastline components in place.
Next layer is a pick and pluck tray from Figures in Comfort, for those in the U.K. and shows all the harbour bits and fortified Islet, plus another smaller fort, supported on the spacers from level one.
Above that comes level three.
Now with more land fill inserted.
Finally the gap still left at the side is temporally just packed with a bit of superfluous foam until I get more items made for the game.
The box has a lid (not shown) which with a bungee around it will keep everything safe and rattle proof for taking to shows.
Rob.
Magnificent piece of modelling Rob. Really congratulations. Have you thought about putting a lighthouse? Morro fort had a lighthouse in its part closest to the sea.
I had not thought about it Julián, but now you mention it!
Rob.
You can add it but no fix to the fort. In this way you can use the fort with or without lighthouse. Langton has a generic lighthouse.
For reference: What was this refit?
All carronades.
Cheers Julián.You can add it but no fix to the fort. In this way you can use the fort with or without lighthouse. Langton has a generic lighthouse.
I have added it to my next Langton order.
Rob.
And the bad news is:-
Floodlit every night, the lighthouse also displays two white flashes every 15 seconds to guide ships into the harbor. Built by the Spanish colonial government of Cuba in 1845, the 82-foot tower is one of the island's oldest lighthouses and certainly one of its best known. The fortress is much older; it was built 400 years ago to guard the entrance to Havana Harbor. The tower is 82 feet high and displays two white flashes every 15 seconds at a focal plane of 144 feet. The fortress and the lighthouse are open to tourists daily.
Built after our period, but it could have been, so I will get it anyway.
Rob.
Exactly Rob, it is outside the historical period but you can also use
Hi Julián.
It was only whilst I was looking at the photographs of the actual Fort Morro in detail that I realized what a superb job you had made of it, not only in the great modelling, of which I was aware, but in your attention to accuracy. It makes me even more proud to own a piece of your work.
Rob.
Indeed the name of fort of Morro is a generic type of Spanish fortification. This name is always accompanied by another name that particular situation. For example: "Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro" or "Castillo de San Felipe del Morro". The purpose of these forts was to entertain the enemy fleet while defenders preparing a counter-attack from another position.
Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro (Havana)
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
To my diorama of Havana I used the fort of Morro of Puerto Rico
Ah! the generic fortification fits in well with my idea for using it in a variety of roles Julián.
Even better with the lighthouse I can add or remove at will.
Thank you for this extra information. You are adding to my knowledge every day.
Rob.
Just finished off and ready for Doncaster
HMS Victory leading a squadron consisting of HMS Zealous, HMS Implacable and HMS BelleIsle
HMS Victory
HMS Zealous
French Temeriare Argonaute
Also completed is French Temeraire Scipion with the Pluton on the bench, no pics though
Once completed this will give my French fleet 6 first Rates and 14 74's
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