This build has been started some years ago. The reason, I post it again are twofold, one reason being to add another aspect of modelling to LSM Mark II and on the other hand to motivate myself to finish the build, which stalled with rigging.
The name giving Duchess was a very interesting person, to say the least. In her later years, she owned the ship of the same name as a yacht, cruising the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Baltikum in it.

Elizabeth Pierrepont, Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hull - Wikipedia

The kit is made by Vanguard Models, who´s owner Chris Watton designed it to historical correctness. It is a fantastic kit, addressing experienced builders, which I´m not, I have to confess. In fact, it was my first serious attempt in building a wooden ship. I found the experience extremely satisfying, and I propelled through the build in about five month and learning to know the completely different world of working with wood scale wise.
There were challenging parts, but nothing proved unsolvable and the precisely prepared kit helped a lot

I had a build log in the old LSM and will only show some of the important steps of the build. I do not have the old text, but feel free to ask, if you are interested in details about the build.


The box art of the beautifully decorated ship:



I started with the framing, which proved very sturdy and was a good base for planking, in this case double planking:



After adding the false deck, I applied the bulwarks, which needed to be pre formed with water and heat:



The first plank was installed:



First planking is done. If I remember right, the planking was done with limewood planks. The bulkheads were bevelled, to accept the planking.



Here, I added the stern gallery base parts and the rudder:



Second planking was done with the supplied pear wood strips. As most of the hull will be left unpainted, I pre selected matching planks beforehand. To speed up the planking job, I used CA glue for that, which may not be the classic approach, but worked for me.



So far for now.

Cheers Rob

I remember this one. Thanks for posting again Rob

Impressive work that requires a whole new skill set

16 hours ago, GusMac said:

I remember this one. Thanks for posting again Rob

1 hour ago, Jeroen Peters said:

Impressive work that requires a whole new skill set

Thank you Gus and Jeroen, you are right about the skillset, but I like to challenge myself and learn doing new things. Unfortunately, the rigging turned me off, after breezing through the build. I hope, I can regain momentum soon.
By the way Jeroen, you are exploring new areas of model building / designing as well. I guess, you know the satisfying feeling to have mastered something entirely new for yourself.

Cheers Rob

After second planking was finished, I started adding paint and decoration. The wood was sealed with Wipe on Poly and if I remember right, I used mainly Tamiya X-colors for painting, which were good to brush on and had good coverage. I also tried LP colors, which were not up to the task, they are better suited with plastic and metal.



More decorations and I have to confess, the black planks gave me some creeps. Misalignment would have been easy spotted and the risk of ruining my wood finish with CA residues was also an issue. The underwater part was sprayed white after priming.



The stern decoration was one of the troubled areas of the build, all due to my faults. I soaked the basic wood layer to get it easier into it´s rounded shape, which lead to an expansion of the wood by more than half a centimeter. Finally, after drying the wood thoroughly and using the bended resin decor piece as a guide, I managed to sandwich all and to glue it in place with a liter of CA and really strong rubber bands to hold in place.



Here the wonderful fitting PE decorations were added, which I airbrushed with Vallejo liquid gold, which our Jim recommended in the manual for the job. It was perfect, because it airbrushes to a high shine gold finish and is also perfect for brush painting, which was used for the stern decoration.





Next was the outfitting of the deck, with adding the rudder, gratings, rackets for the belaying pins, the ships bell and finally cannons. Yes, it is a yacht, but it has six four pounders on board. Additional to the manual, I added a simplified rigging for the cannons, because I like a busy deck.



That left me with a ton of other things to do, but it started to look like a beautiful ship slowly.





Cheers Rob

Very beautiful. Nice colors and details.

I remember this one... you were doing so well...

19 hours ago, FullArmor said:

Very beautiful. Nice colors and details.

9 minutes ago, GazzaS said:

I remember this one... you were doing so well...

Thank you FA and Gary. I hope to continue the Duchess of Kingston build soon, but there are more obstacles than just the rigging. Without full masting, I can place her in my shelf. With masts, I need a new shelf and the only place for that is occupied by a large top milling machine for wood, which I try to sell, ...

Cheers Rob

20 hours ago, DocRob said:

Thank you FA and Gary. I hope to continue the Duchess of Kingston build soon, but there are more obstacles than just the rigging. Without full masting, I can place her in my shelf. With masts, I need a new shelf and the only place for that is occupied by a large top milling machine for wood, which I try to sell, ...

Cheers Rob

Perhaps the missus will let you put it atop a dresser in the bedroom?

6 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Perhaps the missus will let you put it atop a dresser in the bedroom?

No models in the house Gary, first, because WE don´t like it, second, our cleaning woman is very thorough, but prone to collateral damage.

Cheers Rob

Like I said before, I love busy looking decks and therefore, I had to add something, which was not part of the build, a boat. Besides, it is always better to have one, when sailing. The cutter is a wooden plank on frame kit from Vanguard models and it took nearly as long to put together, as the whole ship. I´m happy, that I´ve done it once, but for my upcoming HMS Sphinx, a 20 gun 6th rate, there would have been three boats and I opted for 3D printed substitutes from Vanguard. The boats stand was build up from spare materials.

For masts and yards, I bought a tiny Proxxon lathe, which was very helpful to form the round material into the desired shape. Like everything, the kits plans are exceptional detailed and show the masts and yard shapes, along with the rigging and even include some rigging tips and knot types.

I also added the Gentlemen Pellew and Hornblower for inspection



A last hull shot before.................................................................................................................................................................................................... rigging

I started with the bowsprit, learning how to rigg blocks. It is as difficult as it looks and that was the point, where I stopped. I need a good plan for rigging, which works for me. Do I start with the shrouds? Do I build the masts slowly from deck to top? Do I try to rig a mast as much as possible off the ship? Questions from a newbie.

Cheers Rob

6 hours ago, DocRob said:

No models in the house Gary, first, because WE don´t like it, second, our cleaning woman is very thorough, but prone to collateral damage.

Cheers Rob

Was said in jest.

6 hours ago, DocRob said:

No models in the house Gary, first, because WE don´t like it, second, our cleaning woman is very thorough, but prone to collateral damage.

Cheers Rob

13 minutes ago, GazzaS said:

Was said in jest.

Wherever the finished kits are displayed, the briefing to our cleaning ladies has always been short and to the point :  « DONT’ TOUCH ! »

This said, my kits used to be « stored vertically » a few weeks after being finished. It’s only with Patricia that I have been encouraged to keep the finished kits (as dust magnets, of course 😂)

Hubert

22 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Was said in jest.

I know, Gary

22 hours ago, HuberB said:

Wherever the finished kits are displayed, the briefing to our cleaning ladies has always been short and to the point :  « DONT’ TOUCH ! »

This said, my kits used to be « stored vertically » a few weeks after being finished. It’s only with Patricia that I have been encouraged to keep the finished kits (as dust magnets, of course 😂)

Our cleaning lady is so thorough, that dust flees, before she even started. Don´t touch is hard for her to accept though. How many time have I told her not to touch my turntables, but often they are dust free, when she leaves, but she didn´t touch, she says .
Finished builds are not that important to me. I love the way to get there, but then loose interest and store my finished kits im my cave tight packed. Sometimes I give some away as a present.

Cheers Rob

Nice Rob and glad to see you back to the Lady.The rigging methinks starts with the shrouds(?) except for rigging the inner blocks to mast platforms.I think the shrouds give the mast rigidity.I have a fella I can email who does ship model by consignment and get the low down.

Here you go Rob

Kevin:

1. Do as much rigging as possible off the model. Yard arms etc. Get as much rigging done before the pieces are mounted on the model. 

2. Standing rigging, generally, goes on first. This helps keep things steadier when rigging the running rigging. 

3. Many modelers have developed their own process. For running rigging, I have heard that rigging from the top down, inside to outside, and back to front tends to work the best. But, experience may teach this guy something different. 

4. No long sleeves, no rings, no watches etc. Nothing that could get caught on something else when reaching into the model's rigging. 

5. Cursing. Lots of cursing. 😆

Russ

Edited June 4Jun 4 by KevinM

9 hours ago, KevinM said:

Nice Rob and glad to see you back to the Lady.The rigging methinks starts with the shrouds(?) except for rigging the inner blocks to mast platforms.I think the shrouds give the mast rigidity.I have a fella I can email who does ship model by consignment and get the low down.

Thank you Kevin, and I think your fellow modeler is right about the process. Point #5 I can clearly verify . All the other recommendations make sense, and I think, it is agreed that standing rigging like shrouds are first. The yards are already rigged with rat lines and the masts received their woolings.
Additional to the best rigging sequence, I have to learn all the necessary knots and techniques of rigging, which makes the task feel a little overwhelming.
Poco a poco, step by step is the way, but first, I have to prepare some space for the model to park somewhere in my cave.
I´m on MSW as well and there are so many experienced ship modelers, who I will ask for help and advice as well, but unfortunately the forum was gone like ours, so no more accessible build threads of the DoK.

Cheers Rob

I hate looking at your threads. You always make me want to try new things I don't have time or money for. 😁

Tim