How to make a model of an ancient ship

How to make a model of an ancient ship
                                             






Ship models are those who do not swim, but only accurately convey the appearance of floating vessels prototypes.

 In fact, the work is not too difficult, especially if you use a new material - plastic, which has mastered the issue is not one factory. Unlike clay products from plastics can be cured. For this, they must be immersed in water at 18 + .. - +25 °, slowly bring to boiling water (increasing the temperature to + 3 ... 5 ° per minute) and boiled 10 - 15 minutes. Another option - to stand in the oven at 80 ... + 100 ° 10-20 minutes (depending on size). The product is ready, if you purchase the color of coffee with milk.

Because the plastic material is quite hard, before working it should stretch my arms to either heat the water or the oven to a temperature of +30 ... +40 °. Experience working with plastics shows that it in no way be dampened with water: to the hands and a board on which the work is being done and it will not stick out of water, but the parts of the product are joined together are stronger and do not fall off during the heat treatment. Warm up in front of a lot of work recommended by the radiator.

Uncured plastic lends itself well to the pressure, stamping, well rolled and keeps shaping it. Being cured, is easy to work: sawed, cut, drilled, sanded with sandpaper. Glue together separate parts made of plastics can be nitrocellulose glue or "Moment 1". The greatest strength of the epoxy resin compounds provide EAF and EKF. However, it is better to work with them in a circle, as if at home, adhering strictly to the instructions as themselves resins and hardeners if misused are dangerous to health.

Paint products from the cured plastic gouache, followed by any water-resistant lacquer finish, as well as oil-based paints, nitro or polyvinyl acetate tempera. Decorative effect can be obtained if prior to painting nitroemalyu cover article of plastics layer of epoxy glue. Absorbed, it will give the surface layer not only added strength, but also the subsequent paintwork shine that looks as if our product is made from porcelain. But at the same time keep in mind that because of the nature of the chemical composition of the plastics nitroemalyu without epoxy primer is dry on her for a long time!

Suitable for work and colored plastic, though, it just comes in three colors: yellow, green and red. Make a color set for modeling a variety of help to the introduction of the plastic oil paint. Stretching plastic with a small amount of paint, virtually any material obtained hue. This method increases the plasticity of the material and, if the excess shelf-life it's a little hard.
Spectacular and, perhaps, the simplest is the pattern of production and patterns of plastics nitropaints with addition of tooth powder. This method allows you to matte painted surface and even partly mimic the texture of its material "under the tree", "cloth". This nitro and dries quickly and does not require a primer. Adding or reducing the amount of powder in the paint, you can also play with colors.

If you want to make a plastic model of the ship 'Ra', then first you need to soften the plastic and roll (Figure a, b). Then she pulled out of the workpiece, a thinner to the extremities (Fig. c), which will need to flatten slightly (Fig. g). The elongated tip bent upwards (Fig. d) to obtain profile papyrus boat.
    
                        
          Production of the model papyrus boat "Ra":

Production of the model papyrus boat "Ra":
a - plastic, б - blank,  в- blank with elongated tips of, г - flattening the workpiece, and д - bend extremities, е - making bulls-nadelok, ж - the application of longitudinal strips,  з - the application of transverse grooves, и - revanty sails to,к - Blueprint; 1 - body, 2 - cabin, 3 - mast, 4 - rack steering oars, 5 - steering oars, 6 - mast mounting pins 7 - Sail



But that's not all - because the body had side-nadelki boule, to expand the deck. They also rolled out of plastic (Fig. e) and attached along the sides (up to the line shown in dashed lines). Connection with the body should be strong, otherwise in "boiling" them in boiling water loosely attached a boule fall off.

Then with a knife or a sharp angle metal ruler to the body by a longitudinal strip of papyrus bundles (Fig. g), for which the body of the model put on the bottom. The transverse grooves of tightening cords ropes make a metal ruler, shallow pushing it in plastic (Fig. h).
This is followed by curing of the finished housing 1 in boiling water and you can start making different small parts. 2 hut made of rolled half of the plastic cylinder with a truncated inner cavity (it is visible through the open entrance) and the intended lane of netting and ropes. 3 Mast traditional Egyptian A-shape-of flat wooden slats cross fixtures attached threads crosswise.

On the model of the system need to show is hilarious, but not necessarily that they acted just like on a real ship. "Ra" controls two oars 5 paired with large flat blades. They relied on the lower part of which lies across the stern of a thin beam. And above is a second point of support - the cross bar connecting the two paddles on the rope loops. Pushing the bar from side to side, you can turn a paddle around the longitudinal axis as parallel rudders.

Paddles (their installation is shown by the dotted line) to bind to the bars on the front quadrangle 4.

By installing the mast, note that from each cross were fixing ropes to the body. Tie them to wooden pins of 6 matches. Pins are glued into the holes at the bottom edge of the board of boules glue EAF.

Sail 7 - from bright red or scarlet silk paper with a white circle in the middle. To mount it on the yardarm, at the upper edge of the sail to be cut strips revantov (Fig. i) and wrap them with glue smeared yard. If the sail out of the matter, to secure the yardarm should be starched and pull on the glass jar. Then it will seem filled with wind. If the paper - impregnated with liquid white glue and bend, sending him a stream of air from a vacuum cleaner or hair dryer for hair styling.

The finished model nitroemalyu yellow dye dissolved in it with tooth powder.

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