Axel Thorsen 1810 in scale 1/72

[Dubz]

Working on more details (to avoid doing the cap rail ... haha) ...

Anchors, boat, steering wheel and pumps are 3D printed parts in different quality. Anchors are nice, boat is ok (not finished yet), steering wheel .. mm I don't know (still needs some fixes), the pumps are square completely wrong crap (pumps not shown), I will need to scratch them. PE Parts of the kit are good, just to mention it.

Overall look at the moment. Channels are done.










The anchors, sprayed black and the using pencil dust (no idea how to call it) to get a metal finish.






Some more details aft, washer for the rope passage. I usually have lots of micro parts like washers, rivets, nuts and else in my stash to "pimp" details.






The boat, not sure about coloring yet.




The steering wheel.






The aft area.







cheers

Dirk

[Dubz]

Pimped the wheel, found some Dry Dock brass Belaying Pins which fit perfectly.







cheers

Dirk

[tkay11]

Interesting project, well executed as usual. Glad to see the new work.

Tony

[Dubz]

Glad to read you Tony. Happy New Year! :-)

Dirk

[Dubz]

Progress is slow unfortunately. I did the Ore Storage Cages. I am not sure about the photo etch ones so I rebuild them with evergreen profiles. Very fragile. Still considering trying to do them in brass. Anyway, pictures :-)










Painted and graphite powdered :-)












Comparison:




Which one do you like more?

cheers

Dirk

[Dubz]

It was time to start working on the handrail. In my opinion, this is another area where the design of the kit could have been improved.



The handrail consists of three parts, but what I really cannot understand is the way these parts are divided. Why on earth are they not split at the positions of the stanchions? Instead, the breaks are placed in completely illogical, “empty” areas. This kind of separation makes no sense to me.



The bow section is even more puzzling. It fits very poorly and required a lot of patience. I had to make adjustments in very small steps, constantly test-fitting and correcting, until it finally sat more or less correctly.




Anyway the result up to now, the metal stanchions are missing though.















cheers

Dirk

[Dubz]

Handrail done :-D

Unfortunately, it is very fragile and broke already in one place (I must mention again what a suboptimal design it is to place the joints NOT on the stanchions), and now there is a small bend visible.














I am quite happy with the small detail additions and the metal stanchions; I think they round off the picture nicely.




Comparison:






The "teeth" :-D





cheers

Dirk