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| Brigantine Leon 1880, a 302 tonne Norwegian cargo ship. scale 1:48 | ||
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| jacknastyface2 |
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 Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 745 | This was the third POF model ship after La Belle Poule, which I started some time in the new millennium 2000. She is the ship around which Harold Underhill based his two volume book, "Plank On Frame Models". Underhill was a skilled draftsman and was able to survey much of the real ship in Scotland. Her history is as follows: Brigantine Leon 1880 This ship was a merchant vessel of 302 tonnes, trading between Norway & the British Isles. Cargo was most likely pit props for British mines and on return, carried manufactured goods , machinery ,etc. Her total life span was about 35 years, , sinking, due to a leak in 1915. Her lines were taken off in Britain and are obtainable from Brown ,Son , and Ferguson , Glasgow ,Scotland. Underhill drew his plans at a scale of 1:96 and only drew the forward cant frames, so the first job was to scan the plans and copy them into Acad. I had decided to do the model at a larger scale this time, after reading a fellow modelers suggestion to "be a better modeler and build big!" I think he was right. Here are some photos of the finished model.     | ||
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| Michel9 |
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  Registered Member #3500 Joined: Sun Jul 15 2012, 03:16pmPosts: 56 | Nice ship !! 1/48 is the best scale for details model. Michel | ||
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| NovaStorm |
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  Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | Yea this is really nice work Keith. What an awesome job you did with it. Couple hopefully not to dumb sounding questions. What did you use for your tree nails are they Bamboo? And is it possible to just enlarge existing plans, say 1/64 to a larger scale on a printer? | ||
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| Winston |
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winston  Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2544 | Very nice model. Its nice to see something that doesn't have a deck full of guns or gun ports.  | ||
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| jacknastyface2 |
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| Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 745 | Hi Michel and Robin. Thanks for your kind words about Leon. I dreaded doing treenails and it is laborious, but I tried a method I read about on MSW. I cut some strips of pear wood about 1/16" square x 6" lg. (2 x 2 X 15cms.), drilled holes into the planking and frames the same size as the required trunnel. Leon's was about 1/32" diameter (1mm), then I sharpened a strip at one end with a scalpel or sharp knife, added a drop of glue, and hammered it into the hole. Broke it off, and filed, or sandpapered it flush. It's a case of square plug in a round hole ----but it works. Because the trunnel is end grain, it shows up dark. About enlarging plans. If you have a drawing program such as Acad you could import your plan (or part of) and do it on a home printer, but you would require a PLOTTER for large prints. I take stuff like that to a print company who specialize in engineering/architectural printing. Now that I understand MSB's photo uploading (I think)  I will add a few more photos of finish work. Keith.       | ||
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| jacknastyface2 |
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| Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 745 | Winston wrote ... Very nice model. Its nice to see something that doesn't have a deck full of guns or gun ports. You are so right Winston, and Leon was one of his best for a beginner. I would love to have done some of Underhill's other merchant ships. Oh well! Another life! Keith. | ||
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| Charles |
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 Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 1006 | A real beauty Keith Master work really master work How much tome to build her? | ||
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| NovaStorm |
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| Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | Oh and I meant to mention the photo's you've mastered them now. Great pics and thanks for the tree nail and plan info. I now have vol:1 of Underhills that you recommended to me. It is really well written, a gem. I picked it up for $12 delivered if you can believe that one | ||
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| jacknastyface2 |
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| Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 745 | Thanks gents. Comments and questions are always welcome. I like nothing better than to talk about these (and others) ships. To Charles: Leon took about two years if I remember correctly. After retiring I could easily spend from four to six hours a day in the shipyard, no problem. As Winston said, cutting out a great deal of cannons, carriages, gun ports and their rigging can also cut down on build time. To Robin: good for you on your purchase of Underhill's book. He could be a bit long winded at times though. If you pursue it, I would try to get his vol. 2 also. I did not do Leon's framing exactly as he directed. He doweled and glued the ends of the futtocks of his frames together, and at 1:96 that is very difficult. Mine are sistered that is, doubled and glued together. That means that if the frame has a sided dimension of 1/4" (6mm.) you make two frames at 1/8" sided. Sounds more work but you would find it easier to do, trust me. If you do it, talk to me and I may be able to give you two Acad drawings at 1:96 showing all frames, keel, sternpost, stem post and deadwood. I enlarged each frame to 1:48. Best of luck. Keith. | ||
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| NovaStorm |
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| Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | Keith I will be in touch with you on that. Honored for such a great offer and opportunity. Thank you | ||
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