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Thanks again Alistair, Timmo, Jack, Craig for your great advice and words of encouragment! I know that when I was starting my planking, it was in the midst of the "crash" of Model Ship World 1.0, and there was very little resources for me to look at with respect to planking at that time. Sometimes the mistakes need to be made in order to learn from them. The input is so much more relevant only on the reflection of what I have done in the past with regards to those mistakes. My problem is I am a detailed and perfectionistic personality and it is surprising how this build process can really "wear" on you when mistakes arise. Nevertheless, I am enjoying my time and efforts immensely. PS Timmo - your build log is my primary reference and inspiration. Thanks again for the support. Much appreciated! Julian -
Thanks for your reply... I appreciate your reply and of course critique and input. Your instructions for the planking is absolutely great, I wish I would have learned your technique earlier. I was actually putting CA on the full length of the plank and then rushing the job. Thanks for your words of encouragement! Cheers, Julian
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Once the decals were applied to the screen, the color seemed to even out but unfortunately I go some CA glue on some of the margins of the decal screens when applying the 0.5mm by 3mm maple strip to the front of the screen dividers and got some whitening. I will touch up with the blue paint and hope that the blemishes are eliminated. I also noted that the door outlines on the screen with the door decal was noticeable diminished once the decal was applied to the screen. I will try to touch that up as well.
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I achieved some additional progress but again ran into a bit of trouble... the painted finish of the screens were not optimal. The painted finished was thick and the color seemed dark by comparison of some of the other build logs. I used the Admiralty brand - French Blue color and when painting the backside of the decal screens, also found the paint to go on thicker than my liking with some mottling of the decal screen.
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It seems that my skill level is well below other builds on this forum. It is so impressive to see the workmanship and high skill levels on the similar builds of the Granado that are present on this forum. I think I may have tackled a project above and beyond my current capabilities, especially when I go back and review in my log some of the work done to date ie: for example the planking job - "OMG" - what a disaster and thank goodness for the white paint. Anyways... to correct the present error, I diluted some walnut stain and experimented with coating the exposed first layer of planking (the maple) to get a close as possible match to the walnut planks. It looks like a hack job to me and if anyone as any other suggestions, it would be much appreciated. Thx!
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Some more progress to note and some problems to note.. .a big problem in that after I affixed the stern fascia and when working the stern counter, I sanded down the second layer of planking right through and down into the first planking layer, the goal of course was to blend nicely the counter into the stern planking.
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Here is some of the progress I have made with the cannons and carriages. Of course the cannons are primed and then painted metal black. (I gave up on blackening the metal with solution).
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One of the reasons that my work was stalled was that I was missing a strip of 1x7mm walnut from the kit. So in order to complete the spirkeeting, I had to wait for the part to be shipped to me. I thus put in the sheer rail first and worked on the cannon carriages in the mean time. The sheer rail went in fine with just some minor trimming in the superior margins of the first 2 gun port openings. Once the strip was received and once installed, I was able to complete the spirkeeting. And with a priming and painting, the deck is starting to look great.
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I added some of the deck and hatch covers and the progress feels good.
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I also decided to cut out the small sweep ports at this time. I marked out according to the plans, from the outside of the hull, and drilled out the centres with a 2mm drill and with a 3mm square file, slowly worked out the corners.
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Well... after a trip to Italy in April, some major surgery that my wife had, and a busy summer with work and holidays, only lately have I finally found some time, here and there mind you, to commit to my Granado. I happy with the progress to date and happy with the result so far. I was able to finish the planking above the wale, cutting out for the gun ports and adding the stern post.
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Thanks Timmo for your reply and advice. I noticed your build log and it looks great. You are right though and I am reworking the outer gun port pattern to reflect the inner profile and port holes. Cheers, Julian
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Thanks Ryland for your advice and direction! Cheers, Julian
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This past weekend I was able to glue the gun deck down. That particular sheet with the part (gun deck) was missing and waited for nearly 4 weeks for the replacement sheet to arrive from Jotika. Since also found out that I am missing the 1X5 mm walnut plank and 2 mm dowel. No reply from Jotika on that enquiry but made do with a quick trip to the hobby store for the dowel. Luckily the gun deck arrived late on Friday afternoon and I was able to complete the planking of the gun deck this weekend. I also fiddled around with the best aesthetic method of simulating the caulking lines between the planks with various colors. I ended up using black enamel paint thinly brushed on so as not to bleed into the body of the plank. Did a bit of sanding and all looks good. Ready for varnish.
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Finally have had some time to post some progress. I had some problems with blackening the mortars - cleaned them up well and then used diluted sulfamic acid to condition the brass and then used Krick brand of blackening solution. I fiddled around on a Saturday morning last week with solutions at 1:1 and 1:2 without success. I decided to just paint them with the matt metal black. I can not figure out what I was doing wrong with the blackening process but decided that I spent enough time on it!
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I am at the stage on my Caldercraft Granado build in which the patterns do not match. I knew earlier that I placed the gun port pattern low (by mistake) by about 4-5 mm at the bow and 1-2 mm midship but need help from any members who may suggest the best course of correction. The patterns match perfectly laterally in the openings. Thank-you! Julian
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At this stage I started to build the mortar housings. I was, according to the plans, supposed to build the upper gun deck but I noticed that I was missing an entire ply sheet from my kit. I emailed Jotika and they are sending me a replacement sheet. Very straight forward were the housing with respect to the build. I finished them with a satin varnish which to me looks quite good.
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I masked off and primed the hull with 2 coats of Admiralty matt white to finish.
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Marking the waterline was an easy effort with a cup and pencil.
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I rushed through the second planking layer and unfortunately my skill level has brought some defects to the fore. This was my first time working with CA glue and at the bow and stern some of the planks were not as tight as I had hoped and a mess could not be avoided. Some stealer planks and a bit of fill has found the hull at a more finihed stage. I knew that I was going to paint the hull so I was not hugely disappointed in my effort.
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The wale was a bit of work and effort for me... I laid one side and then did the other side to the specs in the instruction manual but found after comparing the two sides at the bow, they were a bit off as one swooped down greater than the other side. I had to add a fill strip to the bottom at the bow on one side and a fill strip at the top at the bow on the other side. Asthetically... looks fine. I decided to prime and paint to follow... with second layer of planking yet to come.
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I then tackled the planking, blindly in retrospect... I was pinning and using Titebond for the majority of that first layer of planks. The learning curve was slow for me but I was happy with the end result. I used some fill and with some sanding I was proud of my first "planking" effort.
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I fussed with the gunport pattern and was quite pleased with the result and progress but on my first (earlier) log, very quickly it was pointed out by other members, that at the bow, the pattern was sitting too low to the top of the extensions by 3-4 mm. I noticed on other logs on the old build forum that that was a common mistake made by most. I have not fixed this early mistake but I think I have an opportunity to fix it when I am working at a later stage on the inner bulwark (I hope).
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Came across my first dilemma with regards to the bearding line as the plans were not quite clear with regards to the position of the bulkeads and the line to be profiled (sanded) back to the stern post. I sent a query on the forum but did not get a clear reason or answer why the bearding line was inside to the bulkhead profiles but nonetheless it seems to have turned out fine now that my planking has bee done and all looks and appears well.
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I soaked the gun port pattern and created the proper shape for future attachment to the hull.
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