elainedouglas Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share #31 Posted March 29, 2017 Moving on to the stern ports on the lower counter...... GrandpaPhil, Ryland Craze, Mirabell61 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share #32 Posted March 29, 2017 Then I got back to do shadow box. With the original "backing piece" on, I found the mounts #30 and #31 are way too proud of the frames, which means quite a lot to be faired. I cut the "backing piece" by 5mm, put it in center position, so mounts #30 and #31 would sit lower. GrandpaPhil, Mirabell61, coxswain and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted March 29, 2017 Share #33 Posted March 29, 2017 Hi Douglas, good work, you sure are a swift builder, nice progress in the first months.... Nils Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share #34 Posted March 31, 2017 On 2017-03-29 at 5:37 PM, Mirabell61 said: Hi Douglas, good work, you sure are a swift builder, nice progress in the first months.... Nils Thank you Nils ! I am new to this subject, still got a lot to learn. Quite a lot of fitting work which recall me of the time as a trainee some twenty plus years ago. Regards, Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted March 31, 2017 Share #35 Posted March 31, 2017 Loveley work reminds me of my old build, can I ask if you dont mind - whats the connection with your avatar name and picture - just curious. OC. Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share #36 Posted April 1, 2017 23 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: Loveley work reminds me of my old build, can I ask if you dont mind - whats the connection with your avatar name and picture - just curious. OC. Hahahaa, no, I wouldn't mind at all. That is not my eye, nor my wife's eye. It is a photo I copied from internet more than ten years ago. I use it in some forums. Hehe, sorry to disappoint you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share #37 Posted April 5, 2017 Cut away section, assembled, faired, and a coat of tung oil applied. Tigersteve, coxswain and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share #38 Posted April 5, 2017 False deck fixed (port side only). pompey2, coxswain, Tigersteve and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share #39 Posted April 10, 2017 I am not too sure about how curve the stern should be, so I transferred the drawing and cut a card board to check. I did it too curve and I made a correction. KennyH78, coxswain and reklein 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share #40 Posted April 10, 2017 This is my first time building a wooden ship. I found it difficult to visualize the shape of the stern so I think I better do a stern filler. Here is the pair. What do you guys think ? Are they look right ? They are not yet attached onto the frame. WackoWolf, Haliburton, coxswain and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted April 10, 2017 Share #41 Posted April 10, 2017 Looks okay to me Douglas. You are doing a great job for a first build. Cheers. Martin Tigersteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share #42 Posted April 11, 2017 14 hours ago, MartinB said: Looks okay to me Douglas. You are doing a great job for a first build. Cheers. Martin Thank you Martin ! Now I dare to attach them onto the frame and do a bit more fairing work. Hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted May 8, 2017 Share #43 Posted May 8, 2017 Hi Douglas, Are you still active on this build, Or, are you just really busy like everyone else in Hong Kong. Love that place! Cheers Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share #44 Posted May 29, 2017 On 2017-05-08 at 5:36 PM, MartinB said: Hi Douglas, Are you still active on this build, Or, are you just really busy like everyone else in Hong Kong. Love that place! Cheers Martin Hi Martin, yes, I am still here. I tried to make perfect the bow and stern filler blocks, well, I tried to make it better. Then I went for a family tour, and then to arrange shipment of a R/C model boat from Bristol.............haha, these were what made me busy and seemed to be disappear. I am still here and I will get back onto the model, soon. Regards, Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #45 Posted June 21, 2017 Got the wood filler and tried it out at the simulated bolts at keel scarf joint. Looks quite light in color. May be staining would make it looks better. Tigersteve, KennyH78 and coxswain 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #46 Posted June 21, 2017 Wood filler is also applied to the bow and stern filler blocks. Haliburton, KennyH78, Tigersteve and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #47 Posted June 21, 2017 Bulkhead No.3, somewhere is undersized. It was discovered during faring process. A thin strip was added and sanded to shape. Tigersteve, KennyH78 and coxswain 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #48 Posted June 21, 2017 Moving onto the beakhead bulkhead deck. Basswood strips were planked. It was said that the top of the planked deck should flush with the door opening sill. It was already a little lower than the sill. After sanding, it is even lower. May be I have to plank a second layer and make it good. Should I sand the deck to a curve shape ? Lower at both sides and higher at center ? Haliburton, KennyH78, Tigersteve and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share #49 Posted June 21, 2017 Then the beakhead bulkhead. Tigersteve, BenD, Haliburton and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share #50 Posted August 30, 2017 Was away from the Confederacy and had my hands on an Italeri 1/48 ES-3A and a Gundam model. Now back on this project. Hope to post a little progress soon. Dubz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryKap Posted August 30, 2017 Share #51 Posted August 30, 2017 Hello Douglas - I am also building Confederacy and am working on the filler strips under the stern counter. I have been looking at other build logs to try and understand how the final shape should look. I hate to say it, but I don't think yours are quite right. Check the instructions on page 19: "The outer edge of the strip should be flush with the edge of the lower counter (as defined by the stern frames)" and take a look at the picture. Dubz' build log illustrates how this should look: Click on the arrow at the upper right to go to the correct entry. With your current filler block, I don't think the planking will turn out very well. <<Gary>> Quote current build: SYREN nearly done: Fair American, Benjamin W. Latham future builds: Emma C. Berry completed builds: Rattlesnake, Newsboy, Sultana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rony Posted August 30, 2017 Share #52 Posted August 30, 2017 https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/it/kit_it_2735.shtml hiiA good model of an airplane, I bought one at the time and painted it with a brush.I loved the shape of this special plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share #53 Posted September 1, 2017 On 8/30/2017 at 6:54 AM, GaryKap said: Hello Douglas - I am also building Confederacy and am working on the filler strips under the stern counter. I have been looking at other build logs to try and understand how the final shape should look. I hate to say it, but I don't think yours are quite right. Check the instructions on page 19: "The outer edge of the strip should be flush with the edge of the lower counter (as defined by the stern frames)" and take a look at the picture. Dubz' build log illustrates how this should look: Click on the arrow at the upper right to go to the correct entry. With your current filler block, I don't think the planking will turn out very well. <<Gary>> Hi Gray ! I love you so much ! Finally there is one telling me whether I am doing right or wrong. It is my first time and I found it very difficult to visualize the shape of the bow and stern. Now you are telling me what it should be like. I am glad that you are telling me at this early stage. I got to figure out what to do to make it right. Looks I got away to another modelling project is to wait for your comment ! Thank you again ! Regards, Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share #54 Posted September 1, 2017 I see, Dirk ! Thanks for the tips. Learning while building. Haha ! Regards, Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryKap Posted September 1, 2017 Share #55 Posted September 1, 2017 Hi Douglas - You are certainly welcome. Glad I could help. That's one of the nice things about this web site - people helping other people without the "snarky" remarks so often seen on web sites. All things considered, you are doing an admirable job; especially for your first build. <<Gary>> JohnB40 1 Quote current build: SYREN nearly done: Fair American, Benjamin W. Latham future builds: Emma C. Berry completed builds: Rattlesnake, Newsboy, Sultana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainedouglas Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share #56 Posted September 1, 2017 Thank you for the kind words Gary. Now let me think of a way to add another block and make the shape. Regards, Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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