Steve's Models

Jimbuna · 05-05-13, 04:54 PM

That's a pretty cool looking site

Sailor Steve · 05-05-13, 05:12 PM

Oh yeah. I'm planning on spending a bit there in the future, kind of like I did on ships at Free Time Hobbies.

Sailor Steve · 05-09-13, 04:58 PM

SIDE-TRIP! DETOUR AHEAD!

It's not that I don't mind scratchbuilding, but I also can't resist a really cool kit if one is available. I'm still waiting for the kits to come, so I'm kind of on hold right now.

I thought "I'm working on my ship game, but I don't want to play with counters. I've bought some 1/2400 scale ships from different sources, so why not start on those while I'm waiting?" I already knew that a lot of the oddball stuff I want isn't made by anybody in any scale, which is why I bought the resin kit. So I decided to scratchbuild a French Fusee class armored gunboat from 1885 and see if I could make one and then cast the other three in the class. I'd better, because I really don't want to play with flat counters! I had purchased some models of similar size, but they looked nothing like the Fusee class. They were so far off I couldn't even convert them.

So I put together some of the photos I have of the class and printed them out, then printed out the counter sheet. I printed a side view to the correct scale and glued some plastic sheet together to get the correct freeboard on the hull, then glued one of the printed counters to it so I could cut out the correct shape.

Plans:

Plastic:

Pattern:

The finished model will only be 7/8" (22.25mm) long.

Sailor Steve · 05-09-13, 05:42 PM

Sanded to shape.

The first hurdle is to get the hull shape right. As can be seen from the side-view drawing, the hull had a rather severe tumble-home, meaning that like the sailing men-of-war, the hull slopes in as you near the deck level, instead of outward or flat as seen on modern ships.

Sailor Steve · 05-10-13, 04:15 PM

Finished hull. The tumble-home sides are apparent. The bow and stern also sloped outward going down from the deck, sort of like the hull of a submarine.

Sailor Steve · 05-10-13, 06:15 PM

Deck in place.

Buddahaid · 05-11-13, 12:25 AM

I love the scale and genre. I spend my time on Star Trek props mainly. Lots of resin and metal.

One of my last, and I hope final, run of movie tricorders.

05-05-13, 04:54 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,893 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	That's a pretty cool looking site __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-05-13, 05:12 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Oh yeah. I'm planning on spending a bit there in the future, kind of like I did on ships at Free Time Hobbies. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-09-13, 04:58 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	SIDE-TRIP! DETOUR AHEAD! It's not that I don't mind scratchbuilding, but I also can't resist a really cool kit if one is available. I'm still waiting for the kits to come, so I'm kind of on hold right now. I thought "I'm working on my ship game, but I don't want to play with counters. I've bought some 1/2400 scale ships from different sources, so why not start on those while I'm waiting?" I already knew that a lot of the oddball stuff I want isn't made by anybody in any scale, which is why I bought the resin kit. So I decided to scratchbuild a French Fusee class armored gunboat from 1885 and see if I could make one and then cast the other three in the class. I'd better, because I really don't want to play with flat counters! I had purchased some models of similar size, but they looked nothing like the Fusee class. They were so far off I couldn't even convert them. So I put together some of the photos I have of the class and printed them out, then printed out the counter sheet. I printed a side view to the correct scale and glued some plastic sheet together to get the correct freeboard on the hull, then glued one of the printed counters to it so I could cut out the correct shape. Plans: Plastic: Pattern: The finished model will only be 7/8" (22.25mm) long. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-09-13, 05:42 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Sanded to shape. The first hurdle is to get the hull shape right. As can be seen from the side-view drawing, the hull had a rather severe tumble-home, meaning that like the sailing men-of-war, the hull slopes in as you near the deck level, instead of outward or flat as seen on modern ships. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-10-13, 04:15 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Finished hull. The tumble-home sides are apparent. The bow and stern also sloped outward going down from the deck, sort of like the hull of a submarine. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-10-13, 06:15 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Deck in place. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-11-13, 12:25 AM	#7
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I love the scale and genre. I spend my time on Star Trek props mainly. Lots of resin and metal. One of my last, and I hope final, run of movie tricorders. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie