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Anybody using Chinaberry, species Melia azedarach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melia_azedarach, in ship modelling?

 

Commonly known by many names, including white cedarchinaberry treebead-tree, Cape lilacsyringa berrytreePersian lilac, and Indian lilac

 

According to wikipedia it is in the Mahogany family and has a 'timber of high quality.' 

 

'This is of medium density, and ranges in colour from light brown to dark red.'

 

'Seasoning is relatively simple in that planks dry without cracking or warping and are resistant to fungal infection.'

 

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I have several of these on my property and have to pull out the chainsaw regularly to keep them in check. 

Samuel Pepys notes in his diary on 19 July 1667: "the Dutch fleets being in so many places, that Sir W. Batten at table cried, By God,says he, I think the Devil shits Dutchmen."

 

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From the Wood Data Base:   " Due to it’s moderate density and generally straight grain, Chinaberry is quite easy to work: it cuts, planes, sands, and glues well. Perhaps the only difficulty is in its large pores, which tend to give a very open and grainy finished appearance, which may need to be filled, particularly if a smooth glossy surface is desired. "

 

Some use Oak and  Walnut, which are woods with open pores.  If you do not mind that the wood does not give a convincing appearance of timbers scaled down to 1:50 or lesser size -  soup bowl sized holes,  it should otherwise work.

NRG member 45 years

 

Current:  

HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - Navall Timber framing

HMS Beagle 1831 refiit  10-gun brig with a small mizzen - Navall (ish) Timber framing

The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842
Flying Fish 1838  pilot schooner -  framed - ready for stern timbers
Porpose II  1836  brigantine/brig - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers
Vincennes  1825  Sloop-of-War  -  timbers assembled, need shaping
Peacock  1828  Sloop-of -War  -  timbers ready for assembly
Sea Gull  1838  pilot schooner -  timbers ready for assembly
Relief  1835  ship - timbers ready for assembly

Other

Portsmouth  1843  Sloop-of-War  -  timbers ready for assembly
Le Commerce de Marseilles  1788   118 cannons - framed

La Renommee 1744 Frigate - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers

 

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No thanks, no soup bowls for me! Will find some other use for it.

Samuel Pepys notes in his diary on 19 July 1667: "the Dutch fleets being in so many places, that Sir W. Batten at table cried, By God,says he, I think the Devil shits Dutchmen."

 

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