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Ray got a reaction from GuntherMT in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Progress has been a bit slow mainly due to having a bout of flu which laid me up for over two weeks.
The first photos show the tac toggles some start at a block and some go through a rope loop. The next part of the rigging was to add the leechlines and the buntlines to the fore & main yards and the crossjack,I then added the cluelines and sheets to all three masts,I am not adding the tac sheets for the moment to give access, the next decision, is wether to add the braces before the gaffs and the spritsail yard are fitted as some braces are rigged to the gaffs its is still a mater of turning space.
Tac toggle in the making
Toggle through rope loop
Toggle through a block
Fore main yard
Main yard
Main & Mizzen
Mizzen
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Ray got a reaction from Bettina in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The next boat to be completed is the 26ft launch built as the other two plus some photos of all three only the pinace to do now as before the early stages done but on holiday for two weeks from Sunday so they should all be completed by the end of the month.
Keel & frames
1st planking
2nd planking
false keel
inside ribs
decks added
seats
row locks & winch
tiller
painted
tiller added
inside fitted out
completed
tiller inboard
three finished boats
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Ray got a reaction from Blue Ensign in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The next boat to be completed is the 26ft launch built as the other two plus some photos of all three only the pinace to do now as before the early stages done but on holiday for two weeks from Sunday so they should all be completed by the end of the month.
Keel & frames
1st planking
2nd planking
false keel
inside ribs
decks added
seats
row locks & winch
tiller
painted
tiller added
inside fitted out
completed
tiller inboard
three finished boats
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Ray got a reaction from Dfell in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats
I decided the next job was to build the four ships' boats,I started with the smallest one, the 18ft cutter, this was to be my first real build of a ships boat, as the ships boats on Pegasus were hulls I fitted out. Again the kit drawings are a bit basic, so using the boat kit as a starting point, I built the boats adding detail from The Anatomy of ship Diana s drawings, off the ships boats and will hopefully, using the experience gained on the first one built, be able to build, the others even more closely to the books boats. ( below is a photo of the the kit plan for the 24ft cutter and the plan from the book)
The cutter hull build went OK double planked with some 4mm x .5mm timber I already had, I made sure to overlap the joints of the first planking with the second planking to add strength (after a little bit of filler to the the first planking), the frame tabs were then broken off and the hull sanded inside and out with only a tiny amount of filling required, I then planked the bottom inside, the A O S Diana shows fore and aft gratings, so some wooded packs, and a plastic moulded one were ordered, they were both way too thick, so I cut the shape for the aft one from the plastic grating, and then reduced its thickness, and it looks fairly good,next the internal frames were added using plastic strip and painted yellow ochre, and the the seats added, the wash strake next, again from plastic, and the row-locks were then filed out. The tiller was again made from plastic sheet with the hinges added and lastly the tiller arm, the outer hull was then painted, on the 18ft cutter a green band waqs painted, and the rest of the hull satin white. Lastly the anchor, boat hooks, ropes and oars were added for effect, overall I am pleased with this cutter and hope to improve my small boat building on the other three, and I have made a start on the next boat whilst waiting for coats of paint to dry on this one.
Kit plan and the plan in A N O S Diana ( these are the 22ft cutter)
first planking
2nd planking
keel added
grating
wash strake thwarts & grating
Painting
tiller
Completed no fittings
Completed cutter fitted out
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Ray got a reaction from drtrap in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Gaff & Booms
Time to add the Spanker boom and the Gaff boom,again the supplied rigging drawings are sketchy and difficult to follow,so I decided to rig the booms as per L Petersons R P S M which is my rigging bible I highly recommend this book which can be purchased for around £25.The booms are now both rigged and the last of the braces which rig into the booms have also been added. One thing that will to be attended to is re-tensioning some of the rigging, but I will do this when the rigging is completed,the only rigging remaining are the tac sheets,and then just the dummy rope coils and a few odds and ends.
Next job ships boats or the stand.
Diana as she is now starting to look the real deal
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Ray got a reaction from russ in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Braces
The braces were rigged next the fore main braces were rigged as per Pegasus and R P S M which runs through blocks fixed the the rear of the top not blocks around the lower mast. The rest of the braces other than those from the mizzen rigged to the gaff have also been added.
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Ray got a reaction from Blue Ensign in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from mrshanks in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats
I decided the next job was to build the four ships' boats,I started with the smallest one, the 18ft cutter, this was to be my first real build of a ships boat, as the ships boats on Pegasus were hulls I fitted out. Again the kit drawings are a bit basic, so using the boat kit as a starting point, I built the boats adding detail from The Anatomy of ship Diana s drawings, off the ships boats and will hopefully, using the experience gained on the first one built, be able to build, the others even more closely to the books boats. ( below is a photo of the the kit plan for the 24ft cutter and the plan from the book)
The cutter hull build went OK double planked with some 4mm x .5mm timber I already had, I made sure to overlap the joints of the first planking with the second planking to add strength (after a little bit of filler to the the first planking), the frame tabs were then broken off and the hull sanded inside and out with only a tiny amount of filling required, I then planked the bottom inside, the A O S Diana shows fore and aft gratings, so some wooded packs, and a plastic moulded one were ordered, they were both way too thick, so I cut the shape for the aft one from the plastic grating, and then reduced its thickness, and it looks fairly good,next the internal frames were added using plastic strip and painted yellow ochre, and the the seats added, the wash strake next, again from plastic, and the row-locks were then filed out. The tiller was again made from plastic sheet with the hinges added and lastly the tiller arm, the outer hull was then painted, on the 18ft cutter a green band waqs painted, and the rest of the hull satin white. Lastly the anchor, boat hooks, ropes and oars were added for effect, overall I am pleased with this cutter and hope to improve my small boat building on the other three, and I have made a start on the next boat whilst waiting for coats of paint to dry on this one.
Kit plan and the plan in A N O S Diana ( these are the 22ft cutter)
first planking
2nd planking
keel added
grating
wash strake thwarts & grating
Painting
tiller
Completed no fittings
Completed cutter fitted out
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Ray got a reaction from russ in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Gaff & Booms
Time to add the Spanker boom and the Gaff boom,again the supplied rigging drawings are sketchy and difficult to follow,so I decided to rig the booms as per L Petersons R P S M which is my rigging bible I highly recommend this book which can be purchased for around £25.The booms are now both rigged and the last of the braces which rig into the booms have also been added. One thing that will to be attended to is re-tensioning some of the rigging, but I will do this when the rigging is completed,the only rigging remaining are the tac sheets,and then just the dummy rope coils and a few odds and ends.
Next job ships boats or the stand.
Diana as she is now starting to look the real deal
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Ray got a reaction from GuntherMT in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Braces
The braces were rigged next the fore main braces were rigged as per Pegasus and R P S M which runs through blocks fixed the the rear of the top not blocks around the lower mast. The rest of the braces other than those from the mizzen rigged to the gaff have also been added.
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Ray got a reaction from Blue Ensign in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Lower stun sail booms
One other outstanding job was to make and add the lower stun sail booms, the plans and instructions are rather sketchy on these, so a look at the box photos sorted out the main mast ones,but it does not show them fitted to the fore mast but they must have been fitted and a look in R P S M shows them hooked into the hull,the kit supplies enough brackets for four booms so I just lined up the fore mast ones with the yard, and added them the same as the main mast one.
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Ray got a reaction from Dfell in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from drtrap in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Hi guys thanks for the coments and ticks.
Nils the other boats in the shipyard are a 24ft cutter which is nearly finished (photos soon), a 26ft launch and a 32ft pinace.
Mort the gratings are Amiti A4328 100x40mm hole size 1.5 mm to my mind they look very good at this scale as mentioned in the log they are too thick but with care can be thined down. I obtained mine from Cornwall Model Boats.
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Ray got a reaction from schooner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from Mirabell61 in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from russ in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats
I decided the next job was to build the four ships' boats,I started with the smallest one, the 18ft cutter, this was to be my first real build of a ships boat, as the ships boats on Pegasus were hulls I fitted out. Again the kit drawings are a bit basic, so using the boat kit as a starting point, I built the boats adding detail from The Anatomy of ship Diana s drawings, off the ships boats and will hopefully, using the experience gained on the first one built, be able to build, the others even more closely to the books boats. ( below is a photo of the the kit plan for the 24ft cutter and the plan from the book)
The cutter hull build went OK double planked with some 4mm x .5mm timber I already had, I made sure to overlap the joints of the first planking with the second planking to add strength (after a little bit of filler to the the first planking), the frame tabs were then broken off and the hull sanded inside and out with only a tiny amount of filling required, I then planked the bottom inside, the A O S Diana shows fore and aft gratings, so some wooded packs, and a plastic moulded one were ordered, they were both way too thick, so I cut the shape for the aft one from the plastic grating, and then reduced its thickness, and it looks fairly good,next the internal frames were added using plastic strip and painted yellow ochre, and the the seats added, the wash strake next, again from plastic, and the row-locks were then filed out. The tiller was again made from plastic sheet with the hinges added and lastly the tiller arm, the outer hull was then painted, on the 18ft cutter a green band waqs painted, and the rest of the hull satin white. Lastly the anchor, boat hooks, ropes and oars were added for effect, overall I am pleased with this cutter and hope to improve my small boat building on the other three, and I have made a start on the next boat whilst waiting for coats of paint to dry on this one.
Kit plan and the plan in A N O S Diana ( these are the 22ft cutter)
first planking
2nd planking
keel added
grating
wash strake thwarts & grating
Painting
tiller
Completed no fittings
Completed cutter fitted out
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Ray got a reaction from russ in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from Timmo in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from mobbsie in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from GuntherMT in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from Bettina in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from drtrap in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from MEDDO in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from rafine in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters
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Ray got a reaction from Brian Oates in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ships boats 2
The next boat to be built was the 24ft cutter, which was built the same as the 18ft one again it was a mini build and again towards the end I have started the next boat. I am also very pleased how the boat has turned out and looks nice with the blue painted band, and quite workman like with added oars,anchors,ropes,boat hooks,and barrels.
Frames and keel clamped
1st plank
1st planking and filler
2nd planking
planking done and false keel added
inside hull prepared
deck & grating
inside painted
inside fitted out
wash strake & rowlocks
painting
tiller
Completed cutter
Both 18ft and 24ft cutters