Wednesday 18 April 2012

Pirate Cutter Scratch build...FINISHED!!!!!

The rigging took a whole day and I know it´s not what  rigging would really be like..there are mistakes and compromises all over the place..but finally it´s done and dusted!  I´ll add a couple of little bits and pieces, rolls of rope, another gun or two, one of those swivel guns but basically all that remains is a name.
The sails are made from paper..cut to size and shape. Along each edge I made a 5mm fold, added a length of thread and glued the fold over it. Then a layer of micromesh net curtain on each side, glued on with wood glue and finally a covering of white Acrylic paint with a bit of sand brown mixed in.
Because the sails are covered with nylon net curtain it was easy to make holes for the rings etc. I heated up a darning needle over a tealight and burnt them in.


Total cost. In real terms..20 cents for the mast and 50 cents for a roll of thread.Paint and glue..about 30 cents worth (industrial batches bought a while ago)
And now all the stages ..(that I took pictures of)  in one go...


I only used three of the blocks..the rest I made using beads
The Yard. The jaws made from a clothes peg.
Wheel made from..a wagon wheeel and some pins
Hold cover made from foamcore with cardboard covering and Anti-Fly mesh for the grate.
It used to look like this!!!!?

Hello to Brovatar from Brovatar´s painting Blog....I love the Isabella Von Carstein!!

40 comments:

  1. Wow it looks amazing. Great work.

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  2. That's fantastic Paul! Great modelling skills.

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  3. Great work Paul - I've been looking forward to seeing the finished article :)

    As for names, I guess that depends on the nationality of the captain - if French, then "Le Cochon Noir"

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    1. Zut alors! - Yoos must be anuzzer Captain Pugwash fan?

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  4. That is really awesome work Paul. Really an amazing scratch built!

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  5. Impressive and very interesting Paul.

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  6. Superb build Paul; wonderful, wonderful work.

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  7. Paul, this is fantastic. What a brilliant way of doing the ratlines. A great piece of work.....but have you named her yet??

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  8. Stunning work Paul !!! very impressive !

    Best regards dalauppror

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  9. Paul! That is beautiful. It really works for war gaming and as a model. It reminds me of the sloop Providence that takes part in Rev-War reenactments around here and was in Pirates of the Carribean

    http://tallshipprovidence.com/

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  10. Beautiful one-of-a-kind model! Sail it with pride!

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  11. Wonderful and inspiring work! The overall result is really impressive. Cheers, Richard

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  12. Words cannot describe how wonderful this model is. Totally in awe of your skill. My vote would be to name her the "Venus" from the limerick The Good Ship Venus. I know all but the last verse. I would reproduce it here, but there are way too many words that are NSFW. Or the Unicorn if you are a Tintin fan.

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  13. Wow that is great! Very impressed that its scratch built!

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  14. Awesome Paul! One of the best things you made!

    What's the name of this beautie?

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  15. Very nice! I should get off my rear and paint the galley I made.

    Then again I just need to paint period.

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  16. Absolutely brilliant piece of work! Well done!

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  17. Superb work!

    As for a name, how about 'Tubolard'!

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  18. Thats ruddy marvellous really like all the little details.

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  19. Truly a great build mate, you must be very proud of yourself indeed!

    As for a name, may I suggest the "Saucy Sue" or "Venus" (from the song 'Friggin' in the Rigging')

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  20. That is a simply stunning piece of scratchbuilding, I am mightily impressed!

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  21. well done paul now you can sail the seas with a not so grand boat

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  22. Quite simply stunning!! What a fantastic model, really impressed with the modelling skills and effort that you have put into it

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  23. That's sooo cool! Outstanding! Great work.

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  24. Speechless.

    The best Paul, totally awesome.

    We need people like you down here mate...Shift to NZ.

    Well done.

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  25. Awesome work Paul. Well done.

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  26. Fantastic work, absolutely awesome. But...is not the flag waving in the wrong direction?

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  27. And I think they need one cannon more :)

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  28. Damn good work, your skill, well it's just breathtaking.

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  29. That is some seriously nice work! If you could do one in 28mm and send it my way it would be most appreciated.

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    1. Thanks Kris :-D
      28mm could be possible..and it would be less fiddly than in 1/72nd ;-D

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