Cap'n Rat Fink
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from src in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Looking good Mark,
Little stuff. Your looking at a bigger boat next time! Admiral permitting. WOW!
YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH THIS GUY.haha
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from Wintergreen in Kågen by Wintergreen - FINISHED - 1:30 - Swedish clinker-built cog work boat - SMALL
Hi Hakan,
Looking forward to your second try, but from what I see she's gonna look really nice. Your planking skills are v
VERY good.
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from DORIS in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Looking good Mark,
Little stuff. Your looking at a bigger boat next time! Admiral permitting. WOW!
YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH THIS GUY.haha
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from Piet in Meteor 1851 by Jim Lad - Scale 1:96 - Immigrant Ship
Hi John
Been gone a long while finally read thru your whole log here to catch up. Love the history of your chosen projects. A nice model in the works.
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Kågen by Wintergreen - FINISHED - 1:30 - Swedish clinker-built cog work boat - SMALL
Hi Hakan,
Looking forward to your second try, but from what I see she's gonna look really nice. Your planking skills are v
VERY good.
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Francis Pritt by Jim Lad - FINISHED - Scale 1:48 - Australian Mission Ship
Better late then never,
But the last time I was here you were building Pritt. She came out beautiful. Congrats John.
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from davec in Hannah by Cap'n Rat Fink - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - semi scratch - George Washington's Colonial Schooner by Mario - Finished 2/24/2021
The fairing of the starboard side transom went without a hitch. They look rough. But so does the rest of the hull. The final fairing will be done when I pull the model from the building jig.
I left a lot of material on the first set of transoms, being my first time doing this process I wanted to make I was good with enough material. It went well so I went ahead and removed enough material to make the fairing a bit less time consuming. The tape was there to protect the sternpost from the rough fairing.
Building this portion of the model did not seem to me to be very hard to do. Measuring and transferring those measurements from plans to material and rechecking payed off. The practicum for this part of the build was very informative.
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from hexnut in Hannah by Cap'n Rat Fink - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - semi scratch - George Washington's Colonial Schooner by Mario - Finished 2/24/2021
Nope Mark you not missing a thing. They are bigger. This is my first doing this. So I left more timber. Just did not want to screw up and have too little. The starboard I will shape them with less material as suggested in the practicum. Just covering my butt. Wood be a bear to have to remove them if not enough material.
Practicum suggest this shape will I will do on starboard...
Off course the wider side towards the deadwood.
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from davec in Hannah by Cap'n Rat Fink - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - semi scratch - George Washington's Colonial Schooner by Mario - Finished 2/24/2021
And a few more pics...
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from davec in Hannah by Cap'n Rat Fink - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - semi scratch - George Washington's Colonial Schooner by Mario - Finished 2/24/2021
Ok I am in the process of adding the other 4 transoms. I took all measurements from Hahns plans. All pieces are 1/8" in thickness including the basswood spacers. You will see pictures of the plans. To bar any issues from showing this online with all this copy rights thing going on, the pictures of the plans were taken at an angle to distort them a bit.
If anybody sees that I have an issue with my transoms please tell me because I am learning. I am following Bob's practicum. Which has been very helpful. Learning a lot here!
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from davec in Hannah by Cap'n Rat Fink - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - semi scratch - George Washington's Colonial Schooner by Mario - Finished 2/24/2021
Thanks Denis and enjoy your snow...!
Well I'm trying to get back to my model, But here in California it is just a plain pain in the butt dealing with disability insurance. But back to my build.
I bought this kit a few years back. But I failed to purchase cherry for the rest of the build at that time. So I do have some cherry from another build left over, but the color between the two is just off. Which just bugs me. So since I am trying to do what i can internally before I pull the model from the jig, I decided to use basswood for the forward deck clamps. To save what I can of the cherry I got left. This won't be a problem because my plan is the plank the hull almost completely and the same for the deck. So this deck clamp won't be seen. I just like the look of these schooners. IMO they just look real good fully planked. So that is where I'm headed.
Now this next pic you will see a redline. I am going to cut this portion of the jig out exposing the last can't frame and the stern. I have to add all the support and the other transoms to the stern, but I can't get to it unless I cut this portion of the jig out. Leaving the rest will protect the bow and the full frames while I am dealing with the stern. So thanks for stopping by
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Real Cool Mark,
I like how you added the "don't mess with me attitude to your ship".
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from cog in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Real Cool Mark,
I like how you added the "don't mess with me attitude to your ship".
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from Mike Y in Hannah by Cap'n Rat Fink - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - semi scratch - George Washington's Colonial Schooner by Mario - Finished 2/24/2021
The fairing of the starboard side transom went without a hitch. They look rough. But so does the rest of the hull. The final fairing will be done when I pull the model from the building jig.
I left a lot of material on the first set of transoms, being my first time doing this process I wanted to make I was good with enough material. It went well so I went ahead and removed enough material to make the fairing a bit less time consuming. The tape was there to protect the sternpost from the rough fairing.
Building this portion of the model did not seem to me to be very hard to do. Measuring and transferring those measurements from plans to material and rechecking payed off. The practicum for this part of the build was very informative.
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from EJ_L in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Real Cool Mark,
I like how you added the "don't mess with me attitude to your ship".
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from Omega1234 in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Real Cool Mark,
I like how you added the "don't mess with me attitude to your ship".
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from Canute in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Real Cool Mark,
I like how you added the "don't mess with me attitude to your ship".
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Real Cool Mark,
I like how you added the "don't mess with me attitude to your ship".
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from mtaylor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Real Cool Mark,
I like how you added the "don't mess with me attitude to your ship".
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from Piet in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Real Cool Mark,
I like how you added the "don't mess with me attitude to your ship".
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from Piet in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Looking good Mark,
Little stuff. Your looking at a bigger boat next time! Admiral permitting. WOW!
YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH THIS GUY.haha
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from Piet in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Hey been gone awhile witch you. So it took a while catching up with your build. Looks great!!!
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Cap'n Rat Fink reacted to mtaylor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Thanks for the likes, the comments and the following along on this adventure.
The first 12 guns are installed on the port side with their breeching ropes. The traversing tackle is waiting for some Chuck Blocks. I've drilled the holes and installed the eyebolts for the when the traversing tackle needs to be moved to pull the guns in manually along. Also installed were the eyebolts for securing the ship's boats. Holes have been drilled for more eyebolts for the mainmast running rigging. Those are also on hold until the blocks arrive as I'm not about to try to rig blocks to the eyebolts in place. The breeching has been seized to the eyebolts but instead of the two seizings shown in various references, I only did one. My eyes have begun crossing... and I have the starboard side to do yet.
There's a couple of guns not quite in perfect alignment with the rest but I can live with that.
I'm holding off on the deck furniture until all the guns are installed and all the gun tackle is installed. I'm not going to go through the "oops, broke something" any more if I can avoid it. For those keeping score... three carriages were broken in the pursuit of installing them and re-made from the extra parts I made. Fragile little things they are.
Anyway, enough of my blathering on, here's the pictures.
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from CDW in Hannah by Cap'n Rat Fink - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - semi scratch - George Washington's Colonial Schooner by Mario - Finished 2/24/2021
The fairing of the starboard side transom went without a hitch. They look rough. But so does the rest of the hull. The final fairing will be done when I pull the model from the building jig.
I left a lot of material on the first set of transoms, being my first time doing this process I wanted to make I was good with enough material. It went well so I went ahead and removed enough material to make the fairing a bit less time consuming. The tape was there to protect the sternpost from the rough fairing.
Building this portion of the model did not seem to me to be very hard to do. Measuring and transferring those measurements from plans to material and rechecking payed off. The practicum for this part of the build was very informative.
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Cap'n Rat Fink got a reaction from hexnut in Hannah by Cap'n Rat Fink - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - semi scratch - George Washington's Colonial Schooner by Mario - Finished 2/24/2021
The fairing of the starboard side transom went without a hitch. They look rough. But so does the rest of the hull. The final fairing will be done when I pull the model from the building jig.
I left a lot of material on the first set of transoms, being my first time doing this process I wanted to make I was good with enough material. It went well so I went ahead and removed enough material to make the fairing a bit less time consuming. The tape was there to protect the sternpost from the rough fairing.
Building this portion of the model did not seem to me to be very hard to do. Measuring and transferring those measurements from plans to material and rechecking payed off. The practicum for this part of the build was very informative.
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