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Stunning workmanship!

 

Cheers..........Fernando :cheers:

Current Builds - Colonial Brig Perseverance 1807 by Fernando E - Modellers Shipyard - 1:48 scale

 

Previous Builds - 

S Lucia by Fernando E - Panart - Scale 1:30

Sloop Norfolk 1798 by Fernando E - Modellers Shipyard - Scale 1:36 

 

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This just keep getting better, beautifully executed work.

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

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Thanks guys.

 

She was entered in the Davistown putt putt and wooden boat regatta last Sunday but the weather forced cancellation. It would have been nice to see what the judges thought of her though I didn't build her as a show boat so didn't expect to win anything.

 

Hopefully I'll have my electric drive next month so I'll be able to enjoy her a bit more and then after I find myself a permanent home will come the mast, boom, gaff and sails.

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  • 3 weeks later...

My son lives in Canberra and each time he's come to Sydney the weather has been lousy for boating so on Sunday I took her to Canberra and put her in Lake Burley Griffin, it was a perfect day for it.

It took a while for him to get out of kayak paddle mode and into row mode but when he did we made pretty good head way, we came alongside the jetty at the Australian Museum, tied up and went in for lunch followed by more rowing and a spot of fruitless fishing before rowing back to the boat ramp.

 

He took a pic of her when we launched her and he has an eye for pictures, always takes a better pic than I do.

 

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She finally has her name.

She's named in honour of my daughter who passed away at 13

 

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Hi Bedford,

 

congratulations to your self built dinghi. She is a beauty and you did a wonderful job to be proud of......

I wish you and your family much fun and enjoyment with her

 

Nils

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

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Time to build the rig.

 

I went and bought a lump of Sitka Spruce 75x150x5100 from which I can get all three components:-

 

Mast is 4100x70 diam

Boom is 2530x52 diam

Yard is 2580x50 diam

 

Obviously they all taper but those are the max dimensions. It took some planning to physically cut it all due to the size.

 

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11 hours ago, wefalck said:

Wish I had even the space for the bandsaw ...

Yeah space is an issue for most of us, you'll note the bandsaw is on wheels so it can be put away.

When the boat and car are in the garage everything fits in like a jigsaw puzzle but thankfully I have the room to do that.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Work is proceeding on the rig, the sails are ordered and should be available mid January while the hardware is in the garage and the spars are slowly taking shape.

 

I've planed enough shavings off the spars in rounding them to fill a 240ltr bin!

 

I've been sanding for a few days and now only have the 240 grit to go on the mast and they're done. I came to the realisation that I could either have three near round spars or three perfectly round toothpicks!

 

I opted for the near round spars.

 

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Nice work, Bedford.  I doubt that perfectly round masting and yards are in the majority, unless they're steel, aluminum or fiberglass.   

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Yeah Mark that's what I was thinking.

 

Today I finished the sanding and stepped the mast head to accept the mast band, I had to go with this size, 32mm I.D. because the next size up was 51mm I.D. which is the O.D. of the mast at that point. When I set it up I'll see if I need to put a more gentle taper on the shoulder.

 

So armed with a nice sharp chisel and a compass I was able to come to the end result shown, the mast band fits on very nicely.

The next step is to decide if I will use 40mm diameter sheaves in the mast for the halyards or turn up some 50mm ones in brass. I'll do the 40mm first and see how it all feels.

 

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I'd be lost without the lathe, it's been so useful in so many ways in this build, the latest is the sheave axle in the mast. It's easy to put a bit of 6mm brass rod through the mast but how to secure it?

 

Solution, start with 20mm brass offset in the 4 jaw chuck. Turn down to 5.95mm then part off with 2mm of the original stock then a little bit of hacksaw and a touch of file and wet&dry and it's sorted.

 

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Very nice work, much attention paid to details !

 

Nils

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

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You've done a beautiful job on that build, well done.

I like the tammie norrie design (or Grebe as it used to be). I'm a member of the Living Boat Trust here in Tasmania and we have 6 grebes, all built by local school students under supervision of a boat builder from the LBT. These boats get a lot of use and we always have one or two out of the water for a clean/repaint.

Kits awaiting build: Charles W. Morgan [Artesania Latina], Skuldelev Viking [Billings], Lyde [Euromodel]

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Thanks geoffs, I've seen the ones tied up under cover outside the Wooden Boat Centre next door to LBT

 

They're just a nice boat that looks right aren't they.

 

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Another day in the workshop has resulted in the boom now having a yoke and reefing sheave fitted. This sheave axle required no fancy machining as it is captive once the yoke is attached.

 

The first pic is for anyone who wonders how you get two parallel flats either side of a spar.

It's simple really, the sides of the bench plane are perpendicular to the sole therefore if you clamp the spar securely so it can't move at all then lay the plane on its side and plane the first flat you can then swap to the other side to plane the second flat, even if the blade is out of square with the sole the flats will be parallel because the error is repeated equally on the other side.

 

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Superb work and outcome. What a joy to see her come to life. I still have an itch to do a small boat such as yours. Have you ever thought of writing an article for Wooden Boat. You may know they even have a "offspring" for Small Boats.

Joe

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7 hours ago, Thistle17 said:

Superb work and outcome. What a joy to see her come to life. I still have an itch to do a small boat such as yours. Have you ever thought of writing an article for Wooden Boat. You may know they even have a "offspring" for Small Boats.

Joe

She's going to be in Wooden Boat Magazine in March under "Launchings" but I haven't written much in that.

I'll have to check out this "offspring"

 

It has been a joy to build and very rewarding, every time I take her out someone always comes up to me and comments or wants to talk about her.

If you have the desire and the skills, do it!

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I just read your que comment and want to offer in some small way to your desire to build Caroline. I just became aware of this site which offers her carvings you may wish to consider.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HMY-Royal-Caroline-1749-Scale-1-50-33-Pear-wood-Carving-pieces-Wood-Ship-kit/253177119950?hash=item3af28844ce:g:2VMAAOSwaSZaFEcj:rk:158:pf:0

One of our members is building her and is considering this product.

Joe

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2 hours ago, Thistle17 said:

I just read your que comment and want to offer in some small way to your desire to build Caroline. I just became aware of this site which offers her carvings you may wish to consider.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HMY-Royal-Caroline-1749-Scale-1-50-33-Pear-wood-Carving-pieces-Wood-Ship-kit/253177119950?hash=item3af28844ce:g:2VMAAOSwaSZaFEcj:rk:158:pf:0

One of our members is building her and is considering this product.

Joe

 

Thanks so much Joe, I'll  have a look at both.

The Caroline is going to be  bit of a challenge as I need to be in the right place physically and emotionally to undertake that build but one day I'll do it. I've always planned to have a portrait of my girl hanging in the Kings cabin.

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Wow Joe, that kit is very interesting.

 

Just a side thought on the ship itself, she has tiller steering and having had the helm on the Bark Endeavour which is a 6ft diameter wheel that acts on the tiller I have to say she would have taken a strong man or two to steer because with two on the wheel of Endeavour she was hard work at times!

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  • 3 weeks later...

Work is progressing slowly on the sail rig

 

Boom yoke in mahogany

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Gaff yoke in mahogany

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Finally the mast is rigged and standing

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It's been about 40 years since I did a little leather work in school and one of the few things I remember is to wet the leather, kangaroo in this case and it shaped very nicely

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Very nice nice work indeed in both, wood and leather ! I gather the leather would need to be greased in operation, to waterproof it and to reduce friction ? Actually, I don't seem to remember seeing yokes leathered, but rather the mast, or it had some battens added, where the yoke would be during operation.

wefalck

 

panta rhei - Everything is in flux

 

 

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