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Ray reacted to Beef Wellington in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Beautiful shots Ray, boy there's a lot of deck area! The colours and wood tone really look fantastic coupled with your really clean workmanship.
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Ray got a reaction from Mirabell61 in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The first real part of the build was to remove the frames/bulkheads and the keel from the ply sheets and dress down the edges, which gave me the chance to use one new toy a belt and disc sander. The keel in this kit is just ply no hard wood outer edge not as good as the other two kits I have built so I will paint the bow black to cover the ply edge. I then made up the build board, which was needed as the ply keel did have a bend in it.
With the keel slotted into the board the frames were all slotted on to it and the lower plywood deck, and they all slotted together well.
I also ordered the maple for the new decking.
Keel and frames out of the box
Keel on build board
New sander
Starting to dry fit
Allframes dry fitted
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Ray got a reaction from Kevin in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Below are some photos of the completed upper decks.
Next I will finish a few bits on the sides such as the entry steps and then turn my attention to the bow and the cats heads.
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Ray got a reaction from Bill Hime in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Below are some photos of the completed upper decks.
Next I will finish a few bits on the sides such as the entry steps and then turn my attention to the bow and the cats heads.
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Ray got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Below are some photos of the completed upper decks.
Next I will finish a few bits on the sides such as the entry steps and then turn my attention to the bow and the cats heads.
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Ray got a reaction from Barbossa in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Below are some photos of the completed upper decks.
Next I will finish a few bits on the sides such as the entry steps and then turn my attention to the bow and the cats heads.
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Ray got a reaction from dafi in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Below are some photos of the completed upper decks.
Next I will finish a few bits on the sides such as the entry steps and then turn my attention to the bow and the cats heads.
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Ray got a reaction from Blue Ensign in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Below are some photos of the completed upper decks.
Next I will finish a few bits on the sides such as the entry steps and then turn my attention to the bow and the cats heads.
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Ray got a reaction from fnkershner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Below are some photos of the completed upper decks.
Next I will finish a few bits on the sides such as the entry steps and then turn my attention to the bow and the cats heads.
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Ray got a reaction from paul carruthers in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Hi Guys Christian, Floyd, polo, Alistair Thanks for the comments I will post some photos of the completed planking soon, its been a golf and fishing week, making the best of the weather.
Paul , Joggling you need a waterway or margin plank to joggle into, and start where it starts to curve a lot and cut across about a third of the plank. If you GOOGLE joggle deck planking their are several descriptions of how to do it .
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Ray got a reaction from Polux in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Gangways
The gangways have now also been planked and the 5x2mm beech has been used to make the rail which joins up the quarter and forecastle decks just the inner batten to add and varnish.
One side done
Both sides planked
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Ray got a reaction from Polux in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Quarter deck planking
Next I have planked the quarter deck same method used as before and I joggled the planks as I did on the forecastle.
Planking started
Half way
Nearly done
Quarter deck planked
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Ray reacted to mort stoll in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Same here, same here.
Mort
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Ray reacted to fnkershner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Ray - I would like to add my voice to your build log. I am a bit saddened that it has taken me so long to find this log. As of this morning I have finally caught up and read the whole thing. You are doing a wonderful job, and I look forward to much more. It may be the series of novels that I am currently reading that turned my attention to this build. I am now up to book 17 of the Alan Lewrie series. and He is now Captain of just this class of ship. You build has helped me to better understand the layout of his ship.
Again Thanks!
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Ray reacted to Barbossa in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
hear, hear
Hi Ray
As been told by so many : great job on those open bulwarks
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Ray got a reaction from fnkershner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Gangways
The gangways have now also been planked and the 5x2mm beech has been used to make the rail which joins up the quarter and forecastle decks just the inner batten to add and varnish.
One side done
Both sides planked
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Ray got a reaction from fnkershner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Quarter deck planking
Next I have planked the quarter deck same method used as before and I joggled the planks as I did on the forecastle.
Planking started
Half way
Nearly done
Quarter deck planked
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Ray got a reaction from Billy123uk in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The quarter deck open rails have now been completed, and also, the top rail across the top of the stern has also been added, and some more of the the side decoration strips have been added, just a bit of paint touching up is required.
Completed open quarter deck rails
Stern rail
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Ray got a reaction from Bill Hime in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The quarter deck open rails
I looked at the photos in my books and worked out a hight for the top rail, and then drew out a template, (see photo), which would give me good idea of what it would look like, I also used the template to cut out the uprights. Firstly I made a trim to go at the top of the bulwark and under the bottom rail. The bottom and top rails were made from 5x2mm beech which bends really well even after a short soak the uprights were fitted into slots in the bottom rail which when they were all made were painted and glued on, the top rail was bent to shape, and all the upright positions marked, the rail was then drilled to just under the breaking through point,and then cynoed onto the uprights, one down one to do.
Rail profile drawn out
trim added under bottom rail
bottom rail
bottom rail and uprights
Top rail ready to fit
Top rail fitted
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Ray got a reaction from fnkershner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Hi Jason
Good Question, I have been pondering this point, and your question has made me make the decision on how I will depict the armament. I have looked at other open rail models, most do not show any guns, and some show 9-pounders at all the gun ports on the quarter deck, and four, on the forecastle, but this gives her too many carriage guns. I consulted my books The Sailing Frigate A history in ship models (which backs up ) the information in The Anatomy of ship Diana,the book states that Diana received 32-pound carronades on the 23rd of February 1795, but she was only given six,not eight, the establishment requirement and she also did not lose any of her 9-pounders, and she most likely received the other two 32-pounders at the time of her refit in 1796.
I will therefore arm Diana as in mid 1795 with four 32-pound carronades and eight 9-pound carriage guns on the quarter deck and two carronades on the forecastle with two 9-pounders as bow chasers. She would still have had an open rail quarter deck, as she did not have a refit until 1796, which logically would have been the first opportunity to fit solid quarter deck bulwarks.
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Ray got a reaction from fnkershner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
The quarter deck
The forecastle deck now completed I now turned my attention to the quarterdeck ,this is were I change from the kit version, to the as built in 1794 Diana with the open rails, and only 9 pounders. Firstly I cut out and fitted the waterways, I then discovered the gun ports were all wrong, the bottom of the ports were to low as was the hight of the bulwark when a cannon was offered up to the port, Please note this problem only applies to the 1794 version not the kit version.
My solution was to remove firstly the outer hull planks, glue together two planks and plank the inner bulwark covering the old ports,then extend up the middle planking row and fill in the old ports,and lastly re-plank the outer hull,and when both side had been done I cut out the gun ports using a cannon to get the correct heights,I would highly recommend anyone building Diana to this spec build the bulwarks above the deck and do not cut out the gun ports until you reach this point. The ports were cut 1mm oversize to allow them to be lined. next I painted the outer hull and inner bulwark, the open rail is the next job.
Quarter deck waterway
Removing old planking
New planking
Fitting inside plank
Rebuilding bulwark
rebuilt bulwark
Re-cutting gun ports
New bulwarks completed
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Ray got a reaction from fnkershner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Forecastle deck planking
The deck was planked in the same manner as the gun deck using the maple planking and blackening the sides, I joggled the planks from the position as shown in The anatomy of ships Diana, the effect is much better than just tapering the planking but you do need the waterway to do it, I planked over the cutter-ways in the deck and will add the fittings over them, there are no joints as the plank lengths are to short where there are no fittings.
First plank down
A few rows down
Just more than half done
Joggled planks
Deck completed and varnished
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Ray got a reaction from fnkershner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Firstly thanks for the comments guys
The forecastle bulwarks
These were the next job,I decided to lay the waterway down first and add the inner bulwark planking over it, this way should give a nice edge better than cutting the waterway to fit the curve. The waterway was made up from 6mm deck planks glued together and cut them to the bulwark shape,if they look a bit wide this is to allow the deck planking to be joggled into them. I laid them both sides and then planked the inner bulwark did a bit of filling on the top and filed them both square. I then removed the capping rails from the sheet offered them up to the bulwarks and they were only just as wide with no overhang !! so I checked the bible and all the capping rails show an overhang, I laid the rail over the plan and they are about 3mm to narrow (see photo) so using the rail I marked and cut out two new wider ones from the ply sheet they came from, I did not cut the location slots, I will do them later, they were first painted, and then glued in place with thick cyno and repainted.
Waterway
Waterways fitted
Bulwark planked
Undersize rail
New rail marked out
Ready for rail to be fitted
New rails made and ready to fit
Forecastle bulwark and rails completed
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Ray got a reaction from fnkershner in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Top decks
With the the gun, deck guns, and fittings completed the next part of the build is fit the top decks, all be it they are in one sheet, the quarter deck, the gangway and the forecastle. The first part was to fit the beams between the gangways, the beams were fixed to under side of the ply deck and slots cut into the inner bulwark to allow the deck to fit I considered this better than shortening the beams. Then all the other beams were fixed to the frames. Next I snapped off the top of the frame stubs and dressed them level, the ply deck was trial fitted to ensure it went down on all the beams OK and the levels and cambers were correct a few slight adjustments were made.
The deck was then ready to fit, I normally use Speed Bond PVA but in this case you need a longer drying time so I used a std PVA as it takes a fair bit of time to apply the PVA and place, and pin the deck down. With the deck now fitted I then decided to fill the gaps around the edges and were the frame stubs had been removed, the edges at the gangways had gaps around 2-3 mm as showed in the photos these had a ply filler added, you will not notice this from side on as it will be painted.
Deck beams added
Beams fitted stubs removed
glued and pinned
started filling
gangway gap
deck fitted and filled
gap filled
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Ray got a reaction from Bill Hime in HMS Diana 1794 by Ray - FINISHED - Caldercraft - A 38 gun Heavy Frigate
Hi Andy Rope coils
I tape down some masking tape sticky side up, and just start the coil with a small loop, holding the rope with my finger and wind it, around it, pushing it down to keep it sticking to the tape, it takes a bit of practice and sometimes two or three goes to get started, as getting it to stick to the tape is the trick, only use the tape once, when you are happy with the coils brush them with dilute pva and leave till dry then slice of the tape. Hope this helps I have added some photos.
After pva treatment and dry
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