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2011-12-19: upper deck ledges, riding bitts, gratings, capstan partner

2011-12-24: main jeer bitts, main topsail sheet bitts, lower deck pillars, pump well

2011-12-24&25: the whole assembly

2012-01-05: lower deck cabins

Jingyang,

 

I played around with 3d years ago and never came close to the skill you are showing. Well done.

 

David

Thank you, David!

At the beginning I was not sure about how to draw this in 3D either. And I tested quite a few methods until I found the one that works for me.

Jingyang

2011-12-09: internal planking of the Lower Deck, elm tree pumps, chain pumps, upper deck beams, carlings, partners, and upper deck hook

2011-12-09: coamings of the upper deck hatches

2011-12-09: assembling all parts

2011-12-04: First rendering attempt. The material was too reflective.

2011-11-11: Masts were added.

2011-09-19: Longitudinal section

2011-09-19: Putting all the parts together.

Midship section

2011-09-18: The platforms in the hold.

Putting the keel assembly, the planking in the hold, and the platforms together.

2011-09-18: The planking in the hold was also completed.

2011-09-18: By this date, the lower deck was completed.

2011-06-15: main wale

2011-06-15: shape of the external planking

The frames can be seen by setting the external planking transparent!

2011-06-16: Cutting the bottom planking into individual planks.

2011-06-17: Finished cutting the bottom planking.

2011-06-18: The main wale was also cut into individual pieces.

2011-05-17: internal planking and external planking

2011-05-20: The space between the internal planking and the external planking was filled to form the shape of the frames.

2011-05-21: the shape of the keel assembly

2011-05-23: cutting the frames

2011-06-12: All frames were completed!

2011-02-26: details of the chains and deadeyes

2011-02-28: HALF-BREADTH PLAN added - keel assembly, main half breadth, toptimber half breadth, top side half breadth, half breadth of the rising line, projections of the diagonals

2011-03-02: BODY PLAN added. A set of lines for the inner surface of the frames are also drawn but not shown in this figure.

2011-03-04: water lines, cant frames, fashion piece, hawse pieces, transoms, inner post, apron, keelson, first thick limber strake next the limbers

2011-03-05: deadwood knee, disposition of the frames

2011-03-08: disposition of the square frames

The 3D build began from this point!

Let's get started!

2011-02-09: keel, false keel, perpendiculars, cutting down line, lower deck, upper deck, stem post, stern post, stern counters, stern timbers

2011-02-10: toptimber line, top side lines, water lines, forecastle, quarter deck

2011-02-12: lower breadth line, upper breadth line, main wale, sheer rail, waste rail, drift rail, fife rail

2011-02-15: gun ports

2011-02-17: channels, deadeyes

2011-02-18: planking above the load water line, platforms, knee of the head, ladder, fenders, chestree

2011-02-19: lower cheek, upper cheek

2011-02-20: head rails, head timbers, cathead

2011-02-21: taffrail, quarter gallery

2011-02-22: rudder

2011-02-24: gun port lids, sweep ports, scuppers, hammock cranes, swivel guns. The taffrail and the quarter gallery were modified.

Hello,

This is my 3D build log for HMS Pandora. The build was started in February 2011, and it is still in progress.

The primary references include the Anatomy of the Ship: The 24-gun Frigate Pandora (the plans), The Shipbuilder's Repository (it contains the dimensions and the scantlings of HMS Porcupine, which is of the same class as the Pandora), and the “Swan” Series. Many other books and online resources are also referred to.

I began with drafting a 2D drawing of the ship, and then I imported different parts of the 2D drawing into Solidworks to guide the 3D building process.

In the following posts I will post the screenshots I captured during the build and briefly describe what is new in each figure.

Jingyang

 Welcome to MSW ppddry.  I'd really like to see you start a log of your Pandora.

Thanks, SketchupModeller. I will try to start the log in the next few days

Very interesting to me - I am working on a 3D model of the Pandora, too!