davetwin

I am currently building the T90 Cast turret from trumpeter, kit number 05560, it looks like this kit contains mostly exactly the same sprues.

Stunning detail foxy

Looks like this will turn into another excellent build, looking forward to following

Oops, I thought I had posted this, this my last progress on the 22nd July The gunwhales have finished being planked and they do look soo much better although the macro zoom makes it look like there is a big gap between the planks which isnt the case I then made two more surrounds for the holes that were left, you can see how they start off, after cutting and sanding the parts sticking out the instructions have you sticking them on and job done. I decided to round the edges off as I thought it would look better, I think the final restul is pretty nice Next I moved onto planking the part under the transom, this seemed to go quite well and had no issues. You will notice that the pins are pushed in to the wood quite well, I use a punch and a hammer to give them a little tap so there no part of the pin protruding, this something I have done to all my pins Next the door hinges were painted gold using Tamiya X12 Gold Leaf. After the doors are stuck on a 0.75mm hole was drilled to put the door handle in. I have just noticed a bit of white on the wood, I get some matt varnish on that and it will disappear [biggrin] Ladders down to the mid deck were added after surrounds were stuck down and ladders upto the poop deck also added. This takes me up to stage 33 now and where we start shaping the the lower hull to start the plankinng, I am hoping this goes as easy as shaping for the dummy gun strips.

Sorry for the lack of update, not had much opportunity to build or get on the forum much recently as work has been a bit busy, I'm involved with a project to electrify the Great Western railway which is currently involving lowering the railway through Box (Near Bath, Avon) tunnel by 300-500mm Hope to get some progress made shortly

Thanks all, Im certainly wouldn't have wanted to be on the facing end of all those cannons

Thanks all for the comments The upper row of dummy gun strips have now been added and really show off the shape of the hull. The bow end of the strips had to be soaked a bit to get the shape. The gunwhales have been dry fitted and adjustments made for fitting then stained with Teak, I will do another coat before attaching. During the drying period I have started to attach the gratings, after measuring to make sure they were in the centre I used the rulers as a guide for after I applied the glue. In these pictures I finished attaching the gunwhales and decided to take some advice and plank them with hard wood hull planks rather than the stain. They really do make a massive difference, you can see the difference where I have half planked the gun whale. I have also done the edging around the hole on the middle deck, this was done with the suppled hardwood. Cannons and stairs were just dry fitted for the picture as I though it would look cool I still havent decided if I will paint the cannon carriage or not yet, I really like how they look as supplied, maybe just add a wash but I also really like the look of them painted. Still plenty of time to decide.

Beautiful work, loving this so much

Lovely work

Thanks Kev Thanks Bob, the nails do stay in as they are tacked into the ribs, the strips were also glued. The nails will be hidden underneath the layer of planking that comes to the top. [Thanks Beefy , I'm really enjoying it at the moment You are indeed correct, it sunk about 25 miles off shore I believe, due to the heavy damage sustained at Trafalgar, as it was being towed back as a prize. Planking is the stage I am looking forward to the least as well as the rigging

I have been sailing ahead with this and making great headway lol Hardwood strips added to edges of poop deck. The hull was shaped for the dummy gun port strips, this was actually easier than I thought it would be, only ribs 1, 2 & 3 needed the most shaping, the rest was just a little bit of sanding required. 2 rows of dummy gun strips added and the blanking plates added too. After doing one row I decided it would be easier to add the blanking plates first and then stick the strips on. I also flooded the fronts of the blanking plates with Super phatic glue as it runs into all the gaps and soaks into the wood, I thought this would add some extra strength. This takes up to the start of step 25 now.

Planking of all the decks is now complete. The main deck had its third coat of Danish Oil this morning so is all done. Today I planked the poop (hehehe - sorry couldnt help it) deck and poop deck 'bulkhead'. These have been given their first coat of Danish Oil. With the first coats I am using a Danish Oil and White Spirit mix to help soak into the wood. The poop deck and bulkhead as well as the grates are just dry fitted for he picture. Hardwood strips added around main deck opening I am now just about finished Stage 14.

Thanks for sharing that video, I've just add it to my favourites for when I get to my rigging, nice Trinny by the way

Thanks Planking is the stage I am not looking forward too, oh and the rigging! Today was one of those Fridays where I had the day off and nothing to do, so spent most of the day at the bench, only a little bit got one on the Trinny as I was also working on repainting parts of a 1:43 scale Milennium Falcon. Here is my current progress; Today I trimmed all the planks that were over hanging and gave them a good sanding. I then applied the first coat of danish oil, at this point I realised I had missed out the treenailing [cursing] I will have to wait for the danish oil to dry now before doing them, I will then add another 2 layers of danish oil and 3 layers of varnish.

Thats some pretty fine looking work with your rigging Kev, excellant job

Cheers guys I managed to finish off the planking of the main deck today, as well as all the little fillers around the edges. I now need to cut around all the deck openings, trim and sand the planks over hanging the outside of the deck, 3 coats of Danish oil and then 3 coats of varnish. In between doing this I now need to chop more planks to start on the poop deck. You will notice near the stern of the main deck there are still gaps near the edges, I really didnt see the need to fill these as they will be impossible to see once the poop deck and grates are on.

Between working nights and various other things I have been making some progress on the main deck planking. Whilst planing I thought to myself that I had never actually checked the decks to see if all the mast holes aligned. I grabbed the dowl from the cross section and popped it into the holes, as you can see in pictures they all aligned perfect, result All the completed grates have been dry fitted to see what it looks like A couple more pictures to show where I am at the moment, as you can see not much more to do now

Simply stunning!

Great work beefy! See if it mentions aanything about macro mode in the cameras instructions, with that on you can get right up close with the lense and it will still focus

A little more progress has been made. All the main deck panels have now been glued in place, weighted down or clamped while the glue dried. I finished making up the rest of the grates and think they came out quite nice, a lot of time was spent on these [biggrin] The top too in the picture are completely finished now with 3 coats of Ronseal toughcoat. All the others now have the first coat of varnish applied. The very observant will notice I had finished 3 in a previous post and not 2 as in this post, if you look back you will see that one of the 3 x 9 grates I made as a 3 x 10 DOH! So out with the saw to chop of a one row, resulting in a new end piece being cut and shaped, then revarnished and added to the others awaiting the last two coats. Next I used a long (1m) steel ruler to mark the centre line of the decks to start the planking from and finally the front of the bow planked before starting on the deck, which I am really looking forward to

Awesome work! You are making some fantastic progress.

Thanks Kev After using a fine sand paper and gently sanding down the two coats of varnish a third coat was applied. As this has now dried I continued to add the deck supports for the next deck as well as the deck itself. I have also finished the first 3 grates, 3 coats of varnish also added to them, as well as made more progress on the rest of the grates, will post pictures of them when they are finished. This is where I am at now. I will plank the top deck in one go

Great looking work on the PE Warren

Awesome work as always Frank, cant wait for the rigging to start going up

Thanks Gimmer Shelter Wanted to see if I could pull it off to a good standard Thanks Frank, I understand what you mean now lol, blonde moment I did get a couple more grates done and first coat of varnish on but didnt do the taper, also started making up the next sets of grates too. In between doing this I have applied my second coat of varnish (Ronseal tough coat) to the decks, this will be lightly sanded when dry for the third and final coat. At work we are in the process of gearing up for a rather large 1:1 railway 'diorama' project, probably the biggest one on the Great Western railway for decades so modelling time might get limited as work time gets longer due to things getting manic before it all kicks off for 6 weeks over the summer holidays In the meantime, just the one picture