amateur Posted January 20, 2017 Share #211 Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Thanks, would never have figured out that one. Jan Edited January 21, 2017 by amateur Eddie and Nirvana 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share #212 Posted February 1, 2017 Hello This is a mini-update. I have finally got some time over to start the planking. Off to a humble start: As you see I really suck at planking. But there will be a second layer so... The planking goes towards the bottom of the hull. I have to turn her upside down and therefore broken some of the tops of the frames. It'll be fun gluing them back on.... Hopefully I'll have something more exciting next time... Eddie, Jörgen, favela and 4 others 7 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted February 2, 2017 Share #213 Posted February 2, 2017 Pucko, Knowing your ability of recovery from minor mishaps the broken tops is nothing, just take it easy with no rush. Is it to late to redo some of the planking? EJ_L, puckotred and Eddie 3 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ_L Posted February 2, 2017 Share #214 Posted February 2, 2017 I too am thankful for double planked hulls to help cover my mistakes and I have also broken many of those extended frame parts off when she is upside down. I just mark where they came from and reattach later when I am done planking the bottom. It is good to see more work being done on the actual ship! Smart of you to wait till you had a lot of planking to do a bunch at the same time. puckotred, Nirvana, zoly99sask and 1 other 4 Quote "A Smooth Sea NEVER made a Skilled Sailor" - John George Hermanson -E.J. Current Builds - Royal Louis - Mamoli Royal Caroline - Panart Completed - Wood - Le Soleil Royal - Sergal - Build Log & Gallery La Couronne - Corel - Build Log & Gallery Rattlesnake - Model Shipways, HMS Bounty - Constructo Plastic - USS Constitution - Revel (twice), Cutty Sark. Unfinished - Plastic - HMS Victory - Heller, Sea Witch. Member : Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 2, 2017 Share #215 Posted February 2, 2017 Two tips from my own practice: Whenfairing your frames, make sure you go all teh way: the plank should make contct everywhere, most of the time that implies that the whole charring on the outside has gone when you're finished Second: dont start a new plank on the frame, but in between, and glue a part of wood behind the connection, that way, there will be a smoother run of the plank. Jan EJ_L, WackoWolf, Nirvana and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 2, 2017 Share #216 Posted February 2, 2017 Two tips from my own practice: Whenfairing your frames, make sure you go all teh way: the plank should make contct everywhere, most of the time that implies that the whole charring on the outside has gone when you're finished Second: dont start a new plank on the frame, but in between, and glue a part of wood behind the connection, that way, there will be a smoother run of the plank. Jan AntonyUK, Nirvana, Eddie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonyUK Posted February 2, 2017 Share #217 Posted February 2, 2017 Hi And specially for that price. Bamboo as for planking? Wondering if DeAgostino is doing this to all the "subscription" kits? The answer to the question is yes. 3 kits I have built so far and All had bamboo strip wood. If you look closely you can see the dark area of the knuckles.I replaced mine with good quality wood I milled myself. If you use it...make sure all the tools for cutting are very sharp. I like the look of bamboo as a finish but it's not easy to work with. BTW nice build. Regards Antony. puckotred, Eddie, EJ_L and 1 other 4 Quote Best advice ever given to me."If you don't know ..Just ask. Completed Mayflower Completed Fun build Tail boat Tailboat Completed Build Chinese Junk Chinese Pirate Junk Completed scratch built Korean Turtle ship 1/32 Turtle ship Completed Santa Lucia Sicilian Cargo Boat 1/30 scale Santa Lucia On hold. Bounty Occre 1/45 Completed HMS Victory by DeAgostini modelspace. DeAgostini Victory Cross Section Completed H.M.S. Victory X section by Coral. HMS Victory cross section Completed The Black Pearl fun build Black Queen Completed A large scale Victory cross section 1/36 Victory Cross Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share #218 Posted February 2, 2017 Thanks for the replies. The ****** planking is not all my fault. Lot of the strips are a little wavy and that results in the gaps. I will have to do a lot of sanding and filling anyway so I thought this could just go along. The plus side of bamboo is that it's very easy to bend.... So I'll use them. Just hope the final layer is better quality. I've done worse planking than this, (and better) and got quite a good result in the end so I'll let these strips stay on. I don't want to risk the frames breaking as they are quite thin. Hopefully the planking will get better.... AntonyUK, EJ_L, Eddie and 1 other 4 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nisseofsweden Posted February 8, 2017 Share #219 Posted February 8, 2017 I have just got my first parts by mail, and is really tempted to start building, but will try to wait until I have got a few more shipments. But Im really tempted to begin now after having seen your build-log Im really tempted to start right away. I will just finish the ship Im building right now (HMS Halifax by Mamoli) Eddie, WackoWolf, Nirvana and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nisseofsweden Posted February 8, 2017 Share #220 Posted February 8, 2017 How do you keep those small painted figures safe from being damaged after you painted them? I guess you wont attach them for many many months... Nirvana, WackoWolf, Eddie and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share #221 Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Hello Nisse, If you can wait I would recommend to start building after issue 19 or 20.... A lot of trouble with aligning etc can be avoided. You can always paint decorations until then.... I keep all the painted figures in the plastic bags they came in... Until I find some kind of box with lots of compartments (80 would do). Edited February 9, 2017 by puckotred Nirvana, Eddie, EJ_L and 1 other 4 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted February 9, 2017 Share #222 Posted February 9, 2017 Puckotred and Nisse, I would recommend the boxes used for fish tackle. I am using them and wrap the figurines in silk paper. Then label each compartment on the lid of what they contain, maybe with a picture of the figure. WackoWolf, puckotred, Eddie and 1 other 4 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share #223 Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) At last the new shipment arrived. Issues 33 to 36. And this is what I got: False deck parts, another 51 planks (239 so far) and some deck planks. no decorations this time. This is how far I've come with the first planking: Planks differ some in both width and thickness, but I will have to do some heavy filling and sanding anyway so... Three of the deck parts in place. No matter how I measured and checked, the slots on the decks did not align with the frames. There are reinforcements from earlier that line up correctly but the frames are still off. I knocked them loose but hit a little too hard on one and it broke. A couple of doors will go here: Everything fit nicely with the beam. The right frame was pulled forward a little and glued in place later And the last piece of deck: So, back to planking... Edited February 19, 2017 by puckotred Torbogdan, Sjors, Eddie and 5 others 8 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjors Posted February 20, 2017 Share #224 Posted February 20, 2017 Hi Mr. Pucko. When i see the planking of you with that bamboo then i'm happy that i use planks from my Aggy. There is a lot of work for you what about filling and sanding..... But i have faith in you that you bring it to a good end. Sjors Torbogdan, Eddie, Nirvana and 3 others 6 Quote Currend builds: USS Constitution by Sjors - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Victory by Sjors - Jotika - Scale 1:72 On hold: VOC Reconnaisance yacht Duyfken by Sjors - Kolderstok - Scale 1:50 Finished builds: HMS Snake (1797) by Sjors - Caldercraft - Scale 1:64 Nuestra Señora del Pilar by Sjors & Anja - OcCre - Scale 1:64 H.M. Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 by Sjors - Vanguard Models - Scale 1:64 HMS Agamemnon by Sjors - Caldercraft / Jotika - 1:64 San Ildefonso - OcCre Le Mirage - Corel Smit Rotterdam (sea tug) - Billing Boats - 1:75 Sovereign of the seas - De Agostini Spirit of Mississippi - OcCre Santissima Trinidad - OcCre Corsair - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share #225 Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) Yes, not the best of material. (And not the best planking skill) But then again it's very easy to bend, and nice to sand.... tested a little sanding on the hull and it was very easy, much easier than walnut or the stuff that came with the Bohuslän. That took forever to sand down. So the finishing job won't take long... I hope. Edited February 21, 2017 by puckotred Eddie 1 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share #226 Posted March 3, 2017 I have now caught up with the instructions regarding the planking. This is how she looks after 184 planks: A lot of variations in thickness and width. I gave up early trying to sand the planks so the thickness would be equal. She's one big fat mama... You get the feel of her size now that the hull is coming along. Iphone box there so I won't break any more frame tips when turning her over: A lot of sanding ahed of me (but not yet). But until the next shipment I have a few decorations to paint. EJ_L, coxswain, Eddie and 7 others 10 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jörgen Posted March 3, 2017 Share #227 Posted March 3, 2017 Nice work Pucko! Can't wait until how it looks sanded. I will catch up on you but you will always be one delivery in front of me I was thinking, the simulated floor for the battery deck, wouldn't there actually be gratings instead? I don't have the real vasa plans yet but I will check it. But maybe nothing is to be seen anyway. And also what do you think about the long guns that has arrived so far in the kit? For me the muzzle breaks looks very funny. I compare them to the Claytons fantastic work for the Vasa 1:10. https://sites.google.com/site/clayton707/1-10-scale-vasa-artillery Nirvana, EJ_L, Eddie and 2 others 5 Quote Jörgen Current: Sherbourne - Caldercraft 1/64 Vasa - DeAgostini 1/65 Finished: Endeavour - Americas Cup J class 1934 - Amati 1/80 Other: Airplanes and Tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted March 3, 2017 Share #228 Posted March 3, 2017 Looking great (and large ) By the way: how did you solve the number-9 issue? Jan Eddie and Nirvana 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share #229 Posted March 3, 2017 Jörgen: I'm not sure I follow you. I don't see all that much of a difference on the cannons. maybe ours are a little longer? There should be gratings on the batterydeck alright. Don't know what DeAgostini is up to there but... One could always make some and put there. And you wrote, not too much will be visible down there... I guess you will catch up with me before I get to the sanding... In April these will come: Jan: I solved it the way politicians solve problems... I just pretended there was no problem.. No, I sanded the frame down to size. Eddie, Jörgen, WackoWolf and 3 others 6 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted March 4, 2017 Share #230 Posted March 4, 2017 You made it an alternative frame, sounds sensible puckotred, Eddie and Nirvana 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share #231 Posted March 4, 2017 7 minutes ago, amateur said: You made it an alternative frame, sounds sensible Eddie and Nirvana 2 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share #232 Posted March 22, 2017 The monthly shipment has arrived! Hull planks (52 of them), Upper stern decks and 2 metal pieces: They are only labelled as "Metal components" but I think they are the roofs of some of the doors on one of the stern decks... More to come when I assemble the parts... EJ_L, Sjors, Nirvana and 5 others 8 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jörgen Posted March 22, 2017 Share #233 Posted March 22, 2017 Seems that you have got the door frames and they are in plywood. So it is here the replacement starts (and ofc the gun carriages also) Nirvana, puckotred and Eddie 3 Quote Jörgen Current: Sherbourne - Caldercraft 1/64 Vasa - DeAgostini 1/65 Finished: Endeavour - Americas Cup J class 1934 - Amati 1/80 Other: Airplanes and Tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share #234 Posted March 24, 2017 It took about a half hour to assemble this months parts The two decks: The doors, or whatever it's called... The single aftmost door: Somehow the deck was 3-4 mm too low so I had to lift it up and hang it on the door frames: Later the planking will help keep it in place... The metal pieces that came are the roofs of the doors at the bottom of the photograph. More to come when I start planking again... I have also more or less finished the Battlestation now. Only have to mount the netting on top and do a couple of ropecoils for the left cannon. This is how it looks: When this is done and out of the house a tram and Lisboa diorama is up for building in the background of Vasa. Karrex, marktiedens, md1400cs and 9 others 12 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share #235 Posted March 29, 2017 Planking is now on par with instructions. A lot of cutting must be done to fit the keel and bowsprit: Why you should not use wet planks. A lot of shrinking when they dry: Instructions wants you to start planking the deck now but I'll wait a little longer before I do that. I got some new brushes and stuff so I'll do the rest of the decorations soon. Torbogdan, Jörgen, EJ_L and 4 others 7 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted March 29, 2017 Share #236 Posted March 29, 2017 Puckotred, Very nice re-thinking of the instructions. The combo of "wood - water - drying " which equal shrink and gaps is something we all can relate to. Like the recovery you did. Eddie 1 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jörgen Posted March 29, 2017 Share #237 Posted March 29, 2017 Looks good Pucko. I think it is worth to wait now until bowparts and other visual parts starts to arrive so some planning can be made how to do things. I don't like the instructions at all for how they want to build the ship. Nirvana, Eddie and WackoWolf 3 Quote Jörgen Current: Sherbourne - Caldercraft 1/64 Vasa - DeAgostini 1/65 Finished: Endeavour - Americas Cup J class 1934 - Amati 1/80 Other: Airplanes and Tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share #238 Posted April 12, 2017 This months shipment is here! And this is what I got: More hullplanks, porthole templates, 2 decorations, the keel, deckplanks and planks with the meaurements 0,5X5mm And here are the templates taped to the hull: a nice gap there at the second plank from top More to follow as usual... coxswain, Eddie, Nirvana and 3 others 6 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jörgen Posted April 12, 2017 Share #239 Posted April 12, 2017 The keel, is it plywood? EJ_L 1 Quote Jörgen Current: Sherbourne - Caldercraft 1/64 Vasa - DeAgostini 1/65 Finished: Endeavour - Americas Cup J class 1934 - Amati 1/80 Other: Airplanes and Tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckotred Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share #240 Posted April 12, 2017 Yes, you will have to line it with some nicer wood or make your own. EJ_L and Eddie 2 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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