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I DECIDED TO START MAKING THE BITS HERE AND THERE THRU OUT THE BUILD SINCE THERE WAS SO MUCH TO DO. THOUGHT IT WOULD BREAK UP AND GIVE A BREAK FROM BUILDING THE BOAT.
I MARKED THE LOCATIONS OF THE STAVE LINES FROM THE PLANS AND USE MY TINY FILE TO SCRIBE THEM ON THE BASSWOOD BLANK. I DIPPED MY FINGER TIP INTO SOME WATER AND WET THE BACKSIDE. LET IT SOAK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THE BLANK BENT VERY EASY FOR THE FORM. I ALSO DECIDED JUST VARNISHING THE STERN TUB AND THE REST OF THE BUCKETS AND SUCH. IT JUST LOOKED NICER TO ME.








cheers Mario.......

AS FOR THE COOPERAGE I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE HOW I WAS GOING TO HANDLE BUILDING ALL THESE BITS. SINCE MY BUDDY HAD BUILT THE KIT.
AS IT TURNED OUT ANOTHER FRIEND HAS A SON YOU WAS ENJOYING AND GETTING TO KNOW HIS NEW TOY. A LASER PRINTER/CUTTER WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. HE SAID HIS SON WAS NEEDING A PROJECT OR TWO TO HELP LEARN HIS NEW TOY. SO I GAVE HIM ONE. THE KID WAS GRATEFUL AND AS YOU CAN SEE SO WAS I.

I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT UPPER CASE. YES I DO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TYPING ALL IN UPPER CASE. I MEAN NOTHING BY IT BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER LEARNED TO TYPE. SO IF IT BOTHERS PEOPLE I WILL CEASE N DESIST. JUST A FRIENDLY FYI. THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME HERE. KNOW HOW I AM. BUT JUST LET ME KNOW. THIS WHY I AM CONSIDERING MAKING THESE MY LAST BUILD LOGS AND MAYBE CREATING MY OWN SITE/BLOG.
 
HELLO,
I DECIDED TO PAINT THE BOAT. THE INBOARD WOULD BE YELLOW AND THE HULL GREEN. THE FRAMES WERE DONE IN SWISS PEAR. I PAINTED IN HIGH GLOSS BECAUSE THE SHINE HELP BRING OUT ANY PERFECTIONS TO DEAL WITH AND CLEAR UP. AFTER THAT I WILL BE ADDING A DULL CLEAR COAT SO IT WILL LOOK A LOT BETTER.

HI EVERYBODY,
RIGHT NOW I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF INSTALLING THE FRAMES TO THE MODEL. BUT WHERE I HAD LEFT OFF WAS PLANKING THE HULL. I USED BASS WOOD BECAUSE I DO PLAN ON PAINTING THE MODEL. NOW FOR THE INTERIOR I AM CONTEMPLATING NOT PAINTING.
THE PLANKING WAS ACTUALLY VERY EASY TO DO EVEN WHEN YOU HAD TO PLACE THE SEAM BATTENS FIRST AND THEN THE PLANK. PLUS I MADE SURE I SANDED THE BEVELS NEEDED ON EACH PLANK TO SIT PROPERLY. WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THE BOOK. I TRACED THE PATTERNS FROM THE PLANS, MADE MY PLANK AND CONTINUED ON FROM THERE. I WOULD PLACE TWO PLANKS ON ONE SIDE THEN I WOULD SWITCH TO THE OTHER SIDE. THIS KEPT ME AWARE THAT I WAS INSTALLING THE PLANKING EVENLY ON THE PORT N STARBOARD SIDES CORRECTLY.
ONCE DONE I SANDED WHAT I COULD WHILE ON THE JIG, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR AREAS. ONCE I INSTALL SOME OF THE FRAMES I WILL REMOVE THE REST OF THE BUILD JIG TO SAND AND CLEAN UP AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. MAINLY TO REMOVE BITS OF GLUE.
SO HERE IS A FEW PICTURES FOR TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. APOLOGIES FOR TAKING SO LONG TO POST PICS.
OOOOPS JUST NOTICE I HAD "CAPS LOCKED"! OH WELL.













 

NOW THE PROGRESS






















 

Well its been a little will. just have been very busy with other things lately. Finding spare time has been a challenge. So what i"m going to show is parts of the plans and book. Because I thought it would be easier to understand what I am trying to accomplish here. This model ain't for the young. Practicums are practicums, I'm saying this because I treat them like the Pirates Code, they are more like guide lines to me. If it works well for the writer of the practicum then all is well, but if something works better for me I will go that route.
It's gets a little complicated here so if I do not explain it right please ask or tell me and maybe I can clarify a little better.



So the plans and book pics first...















Now the pic above shows how the stem n stern post will come together with the keel. But also shows how i mush creat the bevels for the garboard strake.

So now after contemplating what wood. I decided to build two boats. I have so much basswood probably make one from that. Then go with Intarsia for the other. The book says if your using planks 3/64's thick or 1/32. Does not explain wht two different thicknesses.
I have milled that thin with basswood. But not with the hardwoods. Plus using a slitting blade for me anyway is a big pain in the butt. but I'll see how it goes.

FINAL STEPS TO THE BUILD BOARD!













 

Hello all,
     I gave my whaleboat kit to a friend of mine to try and giver it a go. Once done he gave me what he had left and I decided to scratch build one out of basswood and other woods. I started the build a long while ago. But really got busy in life, and with this virus thing going on and being told to stay home else face getting pulled over and fined up to 1000.00 dollars. So having sometime with the models again.
 
Jeezz! The building jig is a practicum in itself...

MORE

and the rest

Thanks Dave and Mark for your opinions....your very right.
 
 
Hello All,
Been having internet problem for just about 2 weeks, the problem has been resolved so here we go.

I worked on the mast and spars, plus the Hannah's little boat. The mast and spares were made from dowel and stain a light shade of walnut. The spares were shaped and painted black and goes for the crosstree area too. The crosstree area was built from basswood and painted.
The ships boat was build upside down like so many other small boats builds in these boat forums that I have seen. So I didn't show this. I just had to pick a size and go from there. Bob Hunt does not do any of this(longboat) on the Hannah practicum. But mentioned that the boat was about 2.5 inches. Well mine was a little bigger and to me it matched or was close to the size seen on Hahn's model. I decided to use holly, boxwood, and ebony for the boat. Add as much detail as I was wanted. Ring bolts an rings, tholes were all brass. The craddles out of boxwood. Hanh placed his across the breadth of the ship and a tight fit for the cannon but it worked. It worked for me too, but I decided to go with the Halifax settting with a couple of adjustments to mine. Hey gotta make it my own as they say. Plus it looks pretty good to me. What say you all? It's not glued in place yet, because I will be rigging it to the craddles off the deck. Which will be easier, then I will glue it into place maybe before or after the rigging. The Hannah is mentioned to be a good starting POF model with minimul rigging. I have done more complicated rigging before, thats why I haven't decied as of yet. I have learned to make the rigging as easy as possible. If I do rigging!

So internet don't fail me now...here we go.

Hi John I thank you very much for your kind remarks. You take care Bro.
 
Thanks again Dave and I hope your Hannah build is going good for you too. Too me I am almost done and i consider rigging a whole different project. I will probably leave the guns, boat off, because I know when i will most likely knock the off sticking my hands and rigging tools in an out of there.

Coming along nicely Phil!

and the rest

Thanks Dave and Mark for your opinions....your very right.
 
 
Hello All,
Been having internet problem for just about 2 weeks, the problem has been resolved so here we go.

I worked on the mast and spars, plus the Hannah's little boat. The mast and spares were made from dowel and stain a light shade of walnut. The spares were shaped and painted black and goes for the crosstree area too. The crosstree area was built from basswood and painted.
The ships boat was build upside down like so many other small boats builds in these boat forums that I have seen. So I didn't show this. I just had to pick a size and go from there. Bob Hunt does not do any of this(longboat) on the Hannah practicum. But mentioned that the boat was about 2.5 inches. Well mine was a little bigger and to me it matched or was close to the size seen on Hahn's model. I decided to use holly, boxwood, and ebony for the boat. Add as much detail as I was wanted. Ring bolts an rings, tholes were all brass. The craddles out of boxwood. Hanh placed his across the breadth of the ship and a tight fit for the cannon but it worked. It worked for me too, but I decided to go with the Halifax settting with a couple of adjustments to mine. Hey gotta make it my own as they say. Plus it looks pretty good to me. What say you all? It's not glued in place yet, because I will be rigging it to the craddles off the deck. Which will be easier, then I will glue it into place maybe before or after the rigging. The Hannah is mentioned to be a good starting POF model with minimul rigging. I have done more complicated rigging before, thats why I haven't decied as of yet. I have learned to make the rigging as easy as possible. If I do rigging!

So internet don't fail me now...here we go.

Thanks Dave and Mark for your opinions....your very right.
 
 
Hello All,
Been having internet problem for just about 2 weeks, the problem has been resolved so here we go.

I worked on the mast and spars, plus the Hannah's little boat. The mast and spares were made from dowel and stain a light shade of walnut. The spares were shaped and painted black and goes for the crosstree area too. The crosstree area was built from basswood and painted.
The ships boat was build upside down like so many other small boats builds in these boat forums that I have seen. So I didn't show this. I just had to pick a size and go from there. Bob Hunt does not do any of this(longboat) on the Hannah practicum. But mentioned that the boat was about 2.5 inches. Well mine was a little bigger and to me it matched or was close to the size seen on Hahn's model. I decided to use holly, boxwood, and ebony for the boat. Add as much detail as I was wanted. Ring bolts an rings, tholes were all brass. The craddles out of boxwood. Hanh placed his across the breadth of the ship and a tight fit for the cannon but it worked. It worked for me too, but I decided to go with the Halifax settting with a couple of adjustments to mine. Hey gotta make it my own as they say. Plus it looks pretty good to me. What say you all? It's not glued in place yet, because I will be rigging it to the craddles off the deck. Which will be easier, then I will glue it into place maybe before or after the rigging. The Hannah is mentioned to be a good starting POF model with minimul rigging. I have done more complicated rigging before, thats why I haven't decied as of yet. I have learned to make the rigging as easy as possible. If I do rigging!

So internet don't fail me now...here we go.

Thanks John for your kind words!
 
 



My internet is up again so before it goes down again....here we go.

the photos are self explaining. but the last 3 are there to get some advise or help. remember i started this in 2016. the hannah has 10 swivel guns for some reason i only had 8. i don't even remember wher i got them from. so to order more and to match would be a guessing game. i have 2 others,,,,,But di ships have all the swivel guns the same or did they have a couple of different guns. i thinking they kept it the same.
the last 2 pics is what i am having trouble with. the rigging. so here you go.




















 

Dave, Ken thanks for your kind remarks, and all the likes!
 
hello everyone,
I have been a lot of internet problem with my provider. so have not been able to post. at this time the chain-plates and dead-eyes are completed. swivel gun posts and guns are completed. almost completed with the painting. i am adding eye-bolts everywhere. i am done with the grading. i only graded 2 locations. the reason being is i add a below deck detail and adding grading at each location would of made it difficult to see. the rudder being the only thing i have left to do other then the sticks.
as for the masts, yards and bowsprit, i am considering rigging. but when you look at hanhs model and look at his plans both are rigged differently. i am a woodworker not a seaman. so i really need some step by step instruction of where all the lines are to be rigged, blocks to be placed, and eye-bolt locations. But still i do need step by step. i would love to rig it but worried to screw up. hanhs rigging sheet doesn't help too much for me. i even search places like ebay to see if someone was selling left over plans of a hannah kit that has the rigging instructions, but no luck as of yet. if i can't find them, then i am just about done with the hannah. i can add rigging block and eye-bolts that i can figure out to the model, but not everything.
BUT THE BIG CONFUSION IS WHY HANH RIGGED THE MODEL DIFFERENT FROM THE PLANS.
and another issue for me is i started this model in 2016 and here it is 2020. I am fighting burn out of this model. there is no way this should of taken this long, but there was so many times i could not get to it through the years.......I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM SAYING YEARS!!!
so i have a few pictures to add here and more to come once i clean them up. just having a wonderful time with our www provider. i never should of retired. or i would fix the damn service myself.

Thanks John for your kind words!
 
 



My internet is up again so before it goes down again....here we go.

the photos are self explaining. but the last 3 are there to get some advise or help. remember i started this in 2016. the hannah has 10 swivel guns for some reason i only had 8. i don't even remember wher i got them from. so to order more and to match would be a guessing game. i have 2 others,,,,,But di ships have all the swivel guns the same or did they have a couple of different guns. i thinking they kept it the same.
the last 2 pics is what i am having trouble with. the rigging. so here you go.




















 

Dave, Ken thanks for your kind remarks, and all the likes!
 
hello everyone,
I have been a lot of internet problem with my provider. so have not been able to post. at this time the chain-plates and dead-eyes are completed. swivel gun posts and guns are completed. almost completed with the painting. i am adding eye-bolts everywhere. i am done with the grading. i only graded 2 locations. the reason being is i add a below deck detail and adding grading at each location would of made it difficult to see. the rudder being the only thing i have left to do other then the sticks.
as for the masts, yards and bowsprit, i am considering rigging. but when you look at hanhs model and look at his plans both are rigged differently. i am a woodworker not a seaman. so i really need some step by step instruction of where all the lines are to be rigged, blocks to be placed, and eye-bolt locations. But still i do need step by step. i would love to rig it but worried to screw up. hanhs rigging sheet doesn't help too much for me. i even search places like ebay to see if someone was selling left over plans of a hannah kit that has the rigging instructions, but no luck as of yet. if i can't find them, then i am just about done with the hannah. i can add rigging block and eye-bolts that i can figure out to the model, but not everything.
BUT THE BIG CONFUSION IS WHY HANH RIGGED THE MODEL DIFFERENT FROM THE PLANS.
and another issue for me is i started this model in 2016 and here it is 2020. I am fighting burn out of this model. there is no way this should of taken this long, but there was so many times i could not get to it through the years.......I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM SAYING YEARS!!!
so i have a few pictures to add here and more to come once i clean them up. just having a wonderful time with our www provider. i never should of retired. or i would fix the damn service myself.

i was really surprised how they came out. With all the steps to do i was certain i was going to srew up some where down the line. having never done this before.

THANK YOU JOHN AND FOR ALL THE LIKES TOO!!!
 
 
The cannon carriages were a lot of work. so many steps and so many cuts to so to make it happen. Here's the results...