The Black Pearl... a slow build log

[Twokidsnosleep]

some very nice work happening in this thread

Thank you kind sir

[Stokesy44]

I would compliment you on the awesome skills on show in the captain's cabin but I know you like to stay humble.

But it does look great mate. Well done.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I would compliment you on the awesome skills on show in the captain's cabin but I know you like to stay humble.

But it does look great mate. Well done.

[aur0ra145]

Oh wow, that's really cool!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Oh wow, that's really cool!

In a bit of a fit of OCD, I reprinted the gold statues outside the doors so I could make them more three dimensional…
as I know how to now and I needed two more inside the quarters.
Tried an oval table like Barbossa and miss Swan were sitting at. Meh not so hot
WIP but I am up at the Ski Place again for Remembrance day w/e

[Stokesy44]

In a bit of a fit of OCD, I reprinted the gold statues outside the doors so I could make them more three dimensional…
as I know how to now and I needed two more inside the quarters.
Tried an oval table like Barbossa and miss Swan were sitting at. Meh not so hot
WIP but I am up at the Ski Place again for Remembrance day w/e

You're the George Lucas of the forum. As the technology becomes available you go back and create special editions of the original releases. Just don't go selling your soul to Disney!

Although I admit some of the new stuff has been awesome - Rogue 1 and some of the TV series for example

[Twokidsnosleep]

Catch up my photos to the work over the last week
The cabin is complete and Barbossa and Miss Swan figures are in there and the Greek statue girls too.
I had fun with the 3D printing of the bottles and skulls and such





Now the bridge deck is glued in and I am sealing any openings with styrene decking that will be painted to match up

All the cannons are secured in and the newly printed female statues added

[BigWall]

There's just not words! Absolutely brilliant!

[digger303]

[aur0ra145]

Wow, those look amazing!

[psmithmags]

Cracking work. I applaud your efforts (and continue to have joy at this thread) Very well done

[Stokesy44]

Insert (various superlatives) here!

[Tomcat64]

Absolutely awesome work in the Captain's cabin and those lashed cannons look great against the deck planking.

Fabulous stuff mate - properly fabulous

[Twokidsnosleep]

Thank you everyone for commenting
This is a real long slog of a build both for you to watch and for me to grind through
I appreciate your motivations

Getting the gun bay doors on the cannons. Some doors are open and some are closed.
They need a rope to pull the door up so I used a square shaped brass tube as the support for the rope to go through; you would pull the inside ship rope end and the door would flop open.
The kit just had a round styrene plug with the rope end tied to it on the outside of the ship....the physics make no sense as it would not pull the door open that way




I cut twenty two of those square brass doodads and have them all pinned, put in place and now primed tan
Next is rope and tie tiny knots for the doors

[Twokidsnosleep]

Stern of the ship has some lovely mouldings.
I also cemented in the three lamps and did an electrical test on them







Some silly details added to hide the wiring

[Twokidsnosleep]

Filling in open spots on her bum
Adding some styrene planks to gap areas. I think the lack of fitment were my issue with not gluing the hull and parts all at once
I have been more careful now to test fit everything at once while gluing





Once shaped, textured and painted up it will all blend in

[digger303]

There's always a hiccup at some point, but it's slowly coming together. You did a great job of populating the interior.
Those ejector pin marks are bit of a bugger to clean up afterwards or is there something else to glue in there to cover them ?

[Twokidsnosleep]

There's always a hiccup at some point, but it's slowly coming together. You did a great job of populating the interior.
Those ejector pin marks are bit of a bugger to clean up afterwards or is there something else to glue in there to cover them ?

More things to glue in there. Mermaid statues

[digger303]

There's always a hiccup at some point, but it's slowly coming together. You did a great job of populating the interior.
Those ejector pin marks are bit of a bugger to clean up afterwards or is there something else to glue in there to cover them ?

More things to glue in there. Mermaid statues

[Stokesy44]

Quality work to correct kit failings - check

[Tomcat64]

That's neat work on the gunports - and the rear end is really nice & busy

[Twokidsnosleep]

Thank you gentlemen, one and all
Yes some kit failings but honestly everything fits pretty well...surprisingly well in fact. The issues were with me and the order I glued things up
The moulding is really well done; the complicated fancy detail on the stern is lovely and it fit in absolutely perfect.

Deciding if I have all the cannon doors open or all closed or a haphazard mixture....ya likely the latter

I am slowly messing with the external hull colour and weathering. I am doing it like the decking but much darker and more black acents
Then a cement wash that leaves a bit of a sea spray effect.
Should be good. Just stealing little bits of time after work or supper to work on her

[Stokesy44]

That's neat work on the gunports - and the rear end is really nice & busy

Like I said in the Churchill Build, this is not a Carry On Appreciation society. Busy rear end?

[Tomcat64]

And at the risk of repeating myself

[Twokidsnosleep]

Moving on…
Got the cannon doors on and their lifting ropes all attatched too.
Now random priming the side of the hull for a black oil layer and then some brown highlights overtop before weathering



Got a new drink these days: whisky sours, sans the egg white top.

[digger303]

Looks very good. Going to be awesome when all the masts are in place and the rigging is up.
Coming back to a comment you made about the gun ports. If your going to have the guns run out as in the top deck then would it be usual to have all the ports open and at least in the action of opening ports and moving the guns out to firing positions. I don't know it's just what crossed my mind. What do you think or what other scenario do you envisage ?

[Twokidsnosleep]

Looks very good. Going to be awesome when all the masts are in place and the rigging is up.
Coming back to a comment you made about the gun ports. If your going to have the guns run out as in the top deck then would it be usual to have all the ports open and at least in the action of opening ports and moving the guns out to firing positions. I don't know it's just what crossed my mind. What do you think or what other scenario do you envisage ?

I put all the masts on the other day and the thing becomes absolutely enormous!
I pushed the lower deck guns inboard when I cemented them.
In most of the movie photos I have, the lower doors are closed or floppily closed.
If I do a water scene the doors would be closed so as to minimize water ingress.
The upper deck cannons had to be extended out to make some blinking deck space!

[Stokesy44]

Good call on the lower gun doors. Dont want her doing a Mary Rose on us!

This thing is going to be massive once you start on the sails and rigging. Difficult to comprehend

[Twokidsnosleep]

Good call on the lower gun doors. Dont want her doing a Mary Rose on us!

This thing is going to be massive once you start on the sails and rigging. Difficult to comprehend

Yes that was the ship that swamped herself...I think you got me on that rabbit hole a few pages back and the lesson stuck!
The masts were so tall they only did a portion of the masts for the working prop

[aur0ra145]

Good call on the lower gun doors. Dont want her doing a Mary Rose on us!

This thing is going to be massive once you start on the sails and rigging. Difficult to comprehend

Yes that was the ship that swamped herself...I think you got me on that rabbit hole a few pages back and the lesson stuck!
The masts were so tall they only did a portion of the masts for the working prop

They do call them "Tall Ships" nowadays. Have you decided on what you're going to use for rigging? String, EZ Line, etc.?

[Twokidsnosleep]

Good call on the lower gun doors. Dont want her doing a Mary Rose on us!

This thing is going to be massive once you start on the sails and rigging. Difficult to comprehend

Yes that was the ship that swamped herself...I think you got me on that rabbit hole a few pages back and the lesson stuck!
The masts were so tall they only did a portion of the masts for the working prop

They do call them "Tall Ships" nowadays. Have you decided on what you're going to use for rigging? String, EZ Line, etc.?

I have these "ropes of scale" that I will try and rig with
They come in various diameters and colours. Very realistic looking
https://ropesofscale.com/

[Stokesy44]

I think the rigging will be your Magnum Opus! Cant wait to see it all come together.

[Tomcat64]

The masts were so tall they only did a portion of the masts for the working prop

I hadn't realised they'd not bothered with the top section & a half of each mast for the movies, I guess it's a lot of extra building & rigging to avoid if you can get away without it

I think the rigging will be your Magnum Opus! Cant wait to see it all come together.

Can only echo this - I'm really looking forward to seeing this all rigged up

[Twokidsnosleep]

I am dangerously close to starting the rigging
Little row boat placement
Hull up:

Hull down:


Opinions?

[Stokesy44]

HULL DOWN man, no question. Show all that beautiful paintwork and detail off Sir.

[digger303]

Really like the external hull of the row boat it looks so nice.

[RangerNeil]

Think I'd vote for hull down, too much good work inside that boat to hide.

[aur0ra145]

HULL DOWN man, no question. Show all that beautiful paintwork and detail off Sir.

Think I'd vote for hull down, too much good work inside that boat to hide.

Concur!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ok that was a good fast response
I have blackened both sides for weathering and am thinking a black tarp over part of the boat
There are some oars and stuff to add in as well
My computers are not talking to each other at the moment and this one won't let me access Flickr...so no pics yet

[Tomcat64]

On my recent trip to Cutty Sark I saw that they had them stowed both ways up so both are equally correct


So my vote is the same as the other lads - it'd be a real shame to hide all that internal work so keel down/thwarts up please

[BigWall]

I'm with everyone else. I think it will be a good eyecatcher, pulling people's attention around the ship.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Ok cool guys I will go that way

[Phillip1]

Twokidsnosleep-I see your outstanding detailing continues throughout the build. Looks great!

Phillip1

[Twokidsnosleep]

Twokidsnosleep-I see your outstanding detailing continues throughout the build. Looks great!

Phillip1

Thank you so much

[Stokesy44]

Ok cool guys I will go that way

Its tenuous but hey, I'm posting it anyway

[Twokidsnosleep]

Some micro woodworking
Trying to see if I can make some of the block and tackle rope pulleys
This is Alder wood, a nice hardwood to use

[Twokidsnosleep]

Then some more finishing and stringing them together as a lanyard for the bowsprite forestay line…yes I have a book telling me all this lingo







Then a dip in my flat magic ink wash

[aur0ra145]

Wow, looking really good. The Ropes of Scale look great!

[Tomcat64]

Awesome work on those miniature blocks & tackles mate

[Stokesy44]

I wont bother posting the meme because you've seen it before.

You Sir, are a genius, Sir.