Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Trebuchet (Fredericus-rex)

This is a monster!!!!  No castle walls are safe, MUH HA HA, MUH HA HA!!!!
Another lasercut model from the house of Fredericus - rex.
As with the houses this kit  can be painted with Acrylics and this time I´ve got over my initial fear of damaging the material by using the paint too watery ( swelling or warping) and I just sloshed it on. This kit got 4 seperate layers of paint added and absolutely no ill affects. The walls of the bucket warped with the first layer of paint but went back to their original flat condition after a minute or so.
 Vital stats : H: 11cm´s W: 12cms L: 18cm´s..
 Notice...the winding gear and the rope on the throwing arm are not connected....it´s in the moment of "just about to launch"


 Crew from Fredericus-rex plus a couple of bods from orion and Zvezda.
Both my Trebuchets together. The one in the background is a resin kit from MiniHistory. All that´s missing now is the Zvezda one and I´ll have the three sisters, "Faith, Hope and Charity"

 The kit fits together really easily, all that´s needed are scalpel, tweezers and woodglue.
I recommend painting up ALL the parts before fitting, as when it´s put together it would be IMHO pretty fiddly to get into all the corners. The ladder. In the instructions it shows fitting the rungs in one go, they come on a sort of comb but it is impossible to get all the rungs lined up with the holes so I cut off every rung from the "sprue"  and fitted them individually, lining them up by laying the ladder on it´s back and using two CD boxes pushed up from left and right. I dripped revell liquid contact glue onto the ladder to "plastify" it and make it stronger.
The thread provided is a bit white..so I put it in a cup of hot water, added two old teabags and a teaspoon of coffee powder and  left it for 1/2 an hour  ;-D

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30 comments:

  1. The Angry Lurker27 March 2012 at 05:47

    She's a big beautiful girl, how much was she?

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    1. Paul´s Bods27 March 2012 at 06:21

      Thanks Fran.
      She cost 20 Euros...not bad considering that the Miniart one cost 19, but the Fredericus -rex one is bigger and IMHO more historically /technically accurate
      Cheers
      Paul

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  2. Thanos27 March 2012 at 05:59

    Charity none the less!!
    Nice model Paul. Seems daunting even from a distance!
    T.

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  3. PatG27 March 2012 at 06:31

    That's a beauty - just need a couple of dead horses....

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  4. Broeders27 March 2012 at 06:49

    We bought a working model trebuchet when in France last year. It can chuck a marble across the room!

    Link here : http://philbancients.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/our-own-personal-trebuchet.html#!/2011/06/our-own-personal-trebuchet.html

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    1. Paul´s Bods27 March 2012 at 13:14

      Nice I want one.....it´s a model of a Mangonel, it´s got a fixed counterweight ;-D
      Cheers
      paul

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  5. Michael Cremerius27 March 2012 at 06:58

    Hi Paul , Nice painting of you !!!
    Yes I paint the houses of Fredericus Rex also with VALLEJO Acrylics, and doing it carefull is without problems. Drybrushing is very easy because of the good lasercut surfaces.

    Looking foreward to your next models :-)
    Ciao Michael

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  6. Richard27 March 2012 at 07:09

    Beautifully built and painted model. Your blog is a wonderful playhouse for all of us. Everything in it is greatly to be admired and envied. :-)

    Thanks for the warm welcome! Richard

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  7. Shriff27 March 2012 at 07:31

    Awesome monster, Paul. I can imagine the damage it can give.

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  8. Jay27 March 2012 at 07:57

    Very nice work, Maestro.

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  9. Mojo27 March 2012 at 08:19

    Wow! That's lovely! Is it "operational"?

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    1. Paul´s Bods27 March 2012 at 09:52

      Thanks. :-D
      Unfortunately not. It could work but I reckon the stress on the throwing arm would snap it. I´m going to use the plans to make a sclaed up (1/32nd) one..that should be a working one.
      Cheers
      paul

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    2. Mojo27 March 2012 at 12:04

      Nice! You NEED TO post it here :)

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  10. Ian27 March 2012 at 10:18

    Very impressive model. Have you space for all your stuff?

    Ian

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  11. lrqan27 March 2012 at 11:04

    BLOODY FANTASTIC!Does it work?

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  12. Silver Whistle27 March 2012 at 11:11

    As I mentioned in an earlier post, your work would make an excellent advert for the company that sell the models. Superb as always.

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  13. Herkybird27 March 2012 at 12:15

    Evil beast! (no - not you Paul!)

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  14. Ray Rousell27 March 2012 at 12:19

    What an excellent piece of kit! Nice one Paul!!

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  15. Hugh Walter27 March 2012 at 12:49

    Beautiful work as always! This laser-cut stuff is taking modellimng to a whole 'nother-level isn't it?

    Bernard Kempinski at the http://usmrr.blogspot has been cutting is own stuff with a laser, I wonder how easy it is to get one and use it? I'm guessing a smaller toy than a sign-writers or cartographers plotter, and with a laser at the business-end rather than a pen or revolving scalpel-blade? Hummm...I'm off to Google!

    Hugh

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    1. Paul´s Bods27 March 2012 at 13:31

      Thanks Hugh :-D
      I´ve just had a look at Bernards blog and it´s a good un. thanks for giving the tip.
      Cheers
      paul

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    2. Hugh Walter27 March 2012 at 13:53

      They start at twelve-hundred and fifty, which is doable in a year or two, if my re-training goes OK!?

      Presumably you can cut anything you can draw? As my retraining is to be in CAD, this looks like a goal...something my work psychology people say I need to develop! Like Barnsly FC - I lack goals...

      RMS Bismark in 1:72 scale?...Coming right-up...Two-year delivery though!

      H

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  16. Michael Awdry27 March 2012 at 12:49

    What a sensational looking bit of kit and nicely put together Paul.

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  17. Paul O'G27 March 2012 at 12:50

    Fantastic!

    I too built an up scaled, working model. She can throw a golf ball about a hundred yards!

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  18. kingsleypark27 March 2012 at 15:32

    Fearsome looking bit of kit. You definitely would not want to be on the receiving end of one of those!

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  19. Captain Richard's miniature Civil War27 March 2012 at 17:36

    Nasty looking weapon...great job done on it.

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  20. Daisy Gowan Ditchburn27 March 2012 at 20:35

    nice one paul.

    i made a trebuchet that came up to waist height. it threw a glue stick across the science class. But in general the range was o.1m and it was more likely for the swinging arm ot hit the user (my friend) in the face, than a target

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  21. Paul28 March 2012 at 03:20

    Freakin epic Paul.

    Four layers of paint! Madness.

    Well done.

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  22. Prufrock28 March 2012 at 18:07

    Nice work!

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  23. peter1 April 2012 at 10:44

    Oh no, he's attacking his neighbour again!

    Excellent painted model!

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

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  24. Pieter Bergli14 February 2015 at 19:03

    tremendous attention to working details ... it takes real care and patience to put together the ensemble .. well appreciated!

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