A couple of weeks ago Henry Turner, from Turner Miniatures, asked me if I would be interested in building a ship from his upcoming Spanish Armada Kickstarter coming out around September 1st so he can use it for advertising. Of course I said no! (NOT LIKELY!) I actually said hell yes! So here is the build of a 1588 Spanish Armada Uncas Transport Galleon. I hope you like it!
After Henry sent me the file, I sliced it with Ultimaker Cura 4.12.1 to prepare it for my Ender 5 Pro printer. Then started printing.
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I use masking tape after the brim has printed to ensure the print stays fast to the table. |
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The print turned out beautiful |
I had never built one of these before so I had to do some research. There is not much to go on.
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The first base colors are on |
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I built the masts in my usual method with steel music wire |
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The sails for this one are made from regular printer paper |
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Masts set |
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Spars are tied on and tie holes punched into sails |
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Sails get tied onto spars with just a touch of glue to hold the knots |
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All of the sails are now on |
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The first of the standing rigging is being applied |
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Time to make the ratlines. One set more for this ship due to the extra mast |
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Ratlines mounted |
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All of the standing rigging is done and the first of the running rigging has started at the stem |
I'm sorry I didn't take any photos of the running rigging process. It was a bit more involved than my usual. The rigging is complete in the photo below.
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The base is cut and vinyl texture is on and dry. The hull shape is cleaned out. |
And the finished beauty shots: