michael101

Here is a little update , 
very usefully jig for marking vertical lines on the ship i hope it will help other builders
 
so, here i have marked the bulkheads lines on the first plank and also the pattern of the butt shift system on the middle of the ship .. 
but i will talk about this method later ..
here is some pictures :
Best regards,
Michael.

Here is a little update , 
very usefully jig for marking vertical lines on the ship i hope it will help other builders
 
so, here i have marked the bulkheads lines on the first plank and also the pattern of the butt shift system on the middle of the ship .. 
but i will talk about this method later ..
here is some pictures :
Best regards,
Michael.

Here is a little update , 
very usefully jig for marking vertical lines on the ship i hope it will help other builders
 
so, here i have marked the bulkheads lines on the first plank and also the pattern of the butt shift system on the middle of the ship .. 
but i will talk about this method later ..
here is some pictures :
Best regards,
Michael.

The jig i made it without plans ,
You just need to take make a straight line on the base and then connect the supports (90 degrees supports) between the bulkheads, you can use the keel as a guid when you connecting the supports the only thing that you need to worry about its to have a straight plywood for the base it will help you later when you will measure the distance between the bulkheads to the base for making sure that all the bulkhead are on the same level ! , and also you must be careful about the supports to make them exact 90 degrees for both sides it will help you to check the level of the bulkheads by measuring from the top of the bulkhead to the base in both sides 
Be carful when you making the jig and take your time , its the must important process for the all body of your ship !!!
Best regards,
Michael.

And here is some pictures of the currenlty stage:

 

The plank that coevering the corner took me long time, from misuring untill gluing and holding hem in place ...

 
 

For tapering im using a micro wood plan , and also (for the inside taper, in the very back of the ship the planks going narrow until the last bulkhead then they going thick again until they meating the transom...)
im using the routher table of proxxon by conecting a sander instad of the miller
 

Hello friends,  Here is a little update  
First I’m posting some pictures of the process , Then I’ll post pictures of the currently stage ...  
 

I just took the clamps out : i just notice that the lime wood has difrent colors as you can see in the picture but anyway it will be cover by the secound plank  

and here is some planks that I have install until now (it take me 1 plank per day )

 

about how im banding sideway :
that idea I saw here in model ship world to use clamps and hairdryer 
but my idea was for making that sideway bend to be exact I was using a wide masking tape by putting it from the bow to the second third of the ship in the Same height ,
in my case it was 16 cm from the desk 
after all I was marking the line of the pattern 
then I just put that masking tape in the table and I got the curve line 
and after all I was bending the plank with a little water (using brush ) and clamps to be in the same line that I got from the masking tape
I did the same at the stern and after clamping the plank Im using the hairdryer 
after all that process I made a molde as the bow of the ship then im using again the hairdryer with a little water (using only brush) for making a nice curve 
 

the mold for the bow curve :
 

Hello Friends
here is a little update like I said before everything taking me a long time due to a lot of hours at the office 
 
first I will start with a little trick for the fan method I got an idea to roll the fan printed at some toothpick
and it working great you can finde the distance between the belts lines very quick by rolling up or down the toothpick :
I also recommending when you using the fan method don't mark all the belts !! just the first one that you going to start with!
because sometime you can pass the line of the belt  then you will need to calculate all the rest again ...
just finish the first one then after planking you can calculate the second belt act...

I took a picture of test for you
 

Guid for transferring lines from plans to the model 
After a lot of thinking I have found the way to transfer the Wales lines from the plans to the ship you can use the same method for other things you need to copy from the plans in a perfect and exact way  
So I’m  happy to share my guid with you  
and hop it will help you ! 
 
1. First you have to put the ship even on the desk or if it on a stand make sure the ship has the same distance from the table to the keelson at the bow and at the stern !!!!
 
2. Also make sure the ship is even left and right !
 
after the ship it’s even left and right also bow and stern are even you can start working (take the tame on this stage it’s very important to have the ship even !)
 
3. now you need to take a reference from the ship to a straight timber (in my case I mark the lower edge of one gunport but you can take reference from other things that you have already on the ship and also on the plan )
 

 
 

 
 
 
4. Now you need to lay down this timber on the plans on the same gunport edge  (on the pictures it’s not on the same gunport because I just took pictures to show you the example ... but it must be on the same gunport
when you have it on the exact edge line , mark the water line on the timber :



After you have the waterline marked on the timber just erase the gunport edge line from your timber 
 
now when you have the waterline marked on your timber you can start taking a perfect references from the plan!

5.now just put the waterline you have marked on your timbre on the waterline of the plan under the  mark you want to transfer and use 90 degrees ruler between the timber and the waterline to be sure it’s straight 

 
 
6. Simply mark the line you want to transfer on the timber in my case it’s the line of the wale:


 
 
7. When you have it marked on the timber you need to put the timber again on your table and adjust your pencil holder to be exact on the same line 
 

 
 
8. Now after adjusting the pencil holder move it and carefully mark the dot on the model 
 

 
do the same for all the dots you need then put a temporary plank on the ship and connect all the dots by runing a pencil along the plank to get a beautiful line as the plans :

 
 

 
 
here is pictures after taking the planks out :


 

Hello friends,
here is a new update for my build log ,
at this days I had to mark the Wales on the ship..
the instruction says you need to take reference from each gunport to the wale from the plans and transfer it to the model
by marking a dot then just mark the lines and connect all the dots...
the problem is ; the gun-ports on the model they are far to be exact as the plans (I mean they are not on the same level as the plans but the good thing is they has the same distant between each other !)
and if you taking the reference from each gunport and try to transfer it to the model you getting line with steps and not a nice curve line !
 
so I decide to take the curve line from the plans and not to do it as a free style and transfer it to the ship ,even it will touch under the gun-ports in a different places and not like the plans
anyway each model plan give a different line even at the book : anatomy of the ship it show the line at different way and not like the caldercraft plan 
(no one today can tall where was the line on the real ship because they change it several times when they did renovation to the ship at Portsmouth )
 
so first I have thinking to mark the waterline on the ship and the to take reference from this line to the wale at the plans then to transfer it to the model 
but I wasn’t able to do it because at the model there is a lot of curves an the angel of the caliper wasn’t on the same angel as when you taking the measurement from the plans and it will give you the dot on another place and you will get again line with steps and not a nice curve line !
at the next topic I will show you a nice guide how to transfer lines from the plans to the ship in a perfect manner 
 

Hello friend ,I hope all of you are well and safe at this days 
Here is a little update for my build log,
I have done it a few month ago but not had the time for sharing with you
So now before starting the next stage on my victory I had to share with you guys a new method for drilling the holes in a perfect way inside the gunport for the cannons 
 
until now I saw a lot of beautiful build logs and a lot ways for drilling this holes for the cannons but I wasn’t happy with non of them 
I saw some people who used a water level and other who used the stand of the proxxon drill but you can’t get the perfect central hole in the middle of the gunport with this methods....(and there is also other problems with this methods ,I will speak about them later,)
 
So before starting expanding what I have done 
I will start talking about the issues in this matter 
The cannon must be in the middle of the gunport  The cannon also need to be 90 degrees from the keel ( vertical ) and the problem is- the gunport is not square with the keel and each ship has his shape .... And also the cannons need to be 90 degrees horizontal from the sides of the gunport (before at issue no.2 I was talking about the 90 degrees from the keel and I was referring vertical ! and now in the second issue I’m talking about the horizontal way means the cannons must run smooth with the curves of the bow and the stern ) here you can see the issues : 
 
 
So like I said I saw who the builders dill with the drill holes 
some of them used a water level but this level can’t be precise for our needs , also I saw other who used the stand of the proxxon drill ,that one maybe can be ok only for the issue no.2 but not good for the other problems ....
 
All those issues above made me to think a lot about the solution 
and after a lot of thinking I made this jig for my drill who going to resolve all those issues 
I will cut the words and will show you some pictures 
 
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And after all here is the result :

 
 
 
 
I hope this guide will help you out 
Best regards,
Michael.

A little update 
The building going a bit slowly because I'm working on the Ship Skeleton...
I come back late in the evening and do not have much power to work on the construction of the ship also the table saw making a lot of noise at the evening lol
most of my time build right now is in Friday that i have all a day free to build
 
here is some pictures of my progress , i installed blocks between the bulkheads also behind the barrel strip i glue some wood (1mm thick ) to push the strip outside in the slots ...
 
 

a little update
today i glued the bulkheads in positions 
 i had to fix bulkhead no. 13 , and to put all of the bulkhead in position 
my advice : never trust the laser cut !!! check in the plans what is the highest of the water line or in our case the middle gun deck..
and hold the keel in 90 degrees to some board , and start measuring every bulkhead than double check all the walls/decks act.
For more accuracy i cut 2 pieces of 11 mm (the same size as the keelson that installed in the front ) and i have put on that to pieces of plywood and did the same thing in the bow i have put 2 pieces of plywood but without the extra pieces of the 11mm becouse there is a keelson , than i had enough space to put the 90 degrees ruler to check the bulkheads 
and because of that model its huge, i had to put all the bulkheads in the right place then i glue them from out side by timbers 
the deck is in , but without glue (not had time to glue that today )
my next stage before putting the patterns of the gun ports its to make it ready for fairing the hull proses 
by putting columns between the bulkheads i think to use 17mm plywood (that what i have in stock lol) but becoase the bulkheads are very big
i will make the wide of the columns 5cm wide by 17mm and to glue them in a diagonal position .. but will see  
 
Cheers 
Michael.
 

Thank you David
i did the sanding in the firs stage 
by the way before sanding i made an external support for the corner of the keel 
in the manual they say that the secunde keelson will be install after doing the second plank ... 
its mean that aria of sanding will be without support because the L supports that i made on the construction board not going to support that aria 
they will touch the keel above the sanding aria , and the corner of the keel can get curve until you will finish plank the first plank
so first of all i cute some plywood same thick as the keel and same hight as the first keelson (11mm)
and drilled exactly in the middel of that plywood to the bottom of the keel then i connect the external plywood by brass pin 
and now the L support are holding the sanding aria exactly in the middle of the L supports
here some pictures :
and for the pillars for sure i will follow your advice ! 
Regards ,
Michael.
 

Thank you friends for all the likes  
im glad to see you like the guid 
and i will be more than happy if it will serve you in the future 
 
Michael.

Thank you Blackreed for visiting my build log and also for your kind words !
 
Best regards,
Michael.
 

Thank you dear friend !
and like you sayid i just taking the time because there is a lot to plan before starting this stage 
 
Best regards 
Michael

Guid for transferring lines from plans to the model 
After a lot of thinking I have found the way to transfer the Wales lines from the plans to the ship you can use the same method for other things you need to copy from the plans in a perfect and exact way  
So I’m  happy to share my guid with you  
and hop it will help you ! 
 
1. First you have to put the ship even on the desk or if it on a stand make sure the ship has the same distance from the table to the keelson at the bow and at the stern !!!!
 
2. Also make sure the ship is even left and right !
 
after the ship it’s even left and right also bow and stern are even you can start working (take the tame on this stage it’s very important to have the ship even !)
 
3. now you need to take a reference from the ship to a straight timber (in my case I mark the lower edge of one gunport but you can take reference from other things that you have already on the ship and also on the plan )
 

 
 

 
 
 
4. Now you need to lay down this timber on the plans on the same gunport edge  (on the pictures it’s not on the same gunport because I just took pictures to show you the example ... but it must be on the same gunport
when you have it on the exact edge line , mark the water line on the timber :



After you have the waterline marked on the timber just erase the gunport edge line from your timber 
 
now when you have the waterline marked on your timber you can start taking a perfect references from the plan!

5.now just put the waterline you have marked on your timbre on the waterline of the plan under the  mark you want to transfer and use 90 degrees ruler between the timber and the waterline to be sure it’s straight 

 
 
6. Simply mark the line you want to transfer on the timber in my case it’s the line of the wale:


 
 
7. When you have it marked on the timber you need to put the timber again on your table and adjust your pencil holder to be exact on the same line 
 

 
 
8. Now after adjusting the pencil holder move it and carefully mark the dot on the model 
 

 
do the same for all the dots you need then put a temporary plank on the ship and connect all the dots by runing a pencil along the plank to get a beautiful line as the plans :

 
 

 
 
here is pictures after taking the planks out :


 

Guid for transferring lines from plans to the model 
After a lot of thinking I have found the way to transfer the Wales lines from the plans to the ship you can use the same method for other things you need to copy from the plans in a perfect and exact way  
So I’m  happy to share my guid with you  
and hop it will help you ! 
 
1. First you have to put the ship even on the desk or if it on a stand make sure the ship has the same distance from the table to the keelson at the bow and at the stern !!!!
 
2. Also make sure the ship is even left and right !
 
after the ship it’s even left and right also bow and stern are even you can start working (take the tame on this stage it’s very important to have the ship even !)
 
3. now you need to take a reference from the ship to a straight timber (in my case I mark the lower edge of one gunport but you can take reference from other things that you have already on the ship and also on the plan )
 

 
 

 
 
 
4. Now you need to lay down this timber on the plans on the same gunport edge  (on the pictures it’s not on the same gunport because I just took pictures to show you the example ... but it must be on the same gunport
when you have it on the exact edge line , mark the water line on the timber :



After you have the waterline marked on the timber just erase the gunport edge line from your timber 
 
now when you have the waterline marked on your timber you can start taking a perfect references from the plan!

5.now just put the waterline you have marked on your timbre on the waterline of the plan under the  mark you want to transfer and use 90 degrees ruler between the timber and the waterline to be sure it’s straight 

 
 
6. Simply mark the line you want to transfer on the timber in my case it’s the line of the wale:


 
 
7. When you have it marked on the timber you need to put the timber again on your table and adjust your pencil holder to be exact on the same line 
 

 
 
8. Now after adjusting the pencil holder move it and carefully mark the dot on the model 
 

 
do the same for all the dots you need then put a temporary plank on the ship and connect all the dots by runing a pencil along the plank to get a beautiful line as the plans :

 
 

 
 
here is pictures after taking the planks out :


 

Thank you Blackreed for visiting my build log and also for your kind words !
 
Best regards,
Michael.