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

[Charlie1805]

Für mich immer erstaunlich, welch perfekte Oberflächenbehandlung an jedem Part

[tkay11]

Lovely work continues, Dirk. As to your earlier question, I find the duller blacks for the metal work more realistic to my eye, but it is only my opinion, and you can see it for real while the photos may not reflect the true appearance.

Tony

[Dubz]

A lot happend, but a lot frustrating stuff too ...

Oar Brackets. Kits nails are way to oversized. I used Dry Dock nails.



And added some washers to raise it a bit.





Way to big the kits nail/bolt




Gunport lock Missing in the kit.









Built the case.











The damn ******** rudder hinges.

Unfortunately, this is a representative example of the issues with this kit. I do not want to speak too negatively about it, but I always find it very disappointing to see how a truly excellent kit could have been developed with just a little more effort, yet compromises were made in exactly these areas. In short, nothing fits on the rudder hinges – absolutely nothing. They appear to have been taken generically from somewhere and have no real connection to this ship. That is extremely frustrating. Furthermore, they cannot fundamentally fit perfectly because the stern has not been properly designed from a construction standpoint – please compare this with the last image.







Missing holes.




Trying my best.








Can't be perfect unfortunately.




Here it becomes clear that some shortcuts were taken during the build: the rudder was shortened, the hinges were simply attached rather than properly embedded, and the upper hinge runs along the stern in a strangely bent line. Oh and btw the metal tiller you can see here is another not fitting nightmare .. haha.



Anyway, next post will be more positive :-P

cheers

Dirk