Rudolf

Another small update at last - and the last one for a while.  I'm currently undergoing some intense medical treatment and won't be back at the museum (where the model resides) probably for a few months.
 
At least all the square frames are now fitted.  The next job will be to do quite a bit of fairing and sanding before I start with the forward cants and hawse timbers when I can get back to work on her.
 
John
 

Соnstructed mastluik.

In order to proceed with working on the deck, I decided to finish working on the cabin interior, because otherwise it would be hard to get to it.  
 

I have made certain pieces for constructing broadside. The piece for the breast, for the extra strength, was glued from several pieces, because I used it as a pattern for bending battens.

Ready to put the sails

Painted the hull of the boat, I will continue with the rigging

The covers of the hatches and the cabin of the camera are removable to be able to see the interior

Thanks for your comments. Part of the interior of the ship can be seen, since I will leave the cargo hatches open and the door of the cabin half-open. In addition, one of the reasons why I build part of the interior carpentry is to give the hull greater rigidity. In the system that I use, the most delicate moment is just when the false bulkheads are pulled, since the hull only has 0.6 mm walls in its raw state, that is, before sanding.

thank you very much, Steven, for your kind comment.
I continue advancing in the construction of the tartana. The images that I show correspond to a somewhat earlier stage of the work, and in a short time I hope to be already reporting in real time.

Thank you very much, Daniel. It's a pleasure to contact you again after Rochefort.
I continued with the construction of the Ligurian tartana:

Thanks for your comment. 
 I closed the hull. As the model is going to be painted, I have not taken too much care of the placement of the strakes, which I would have done if the hull were in exposed wood or in clinker-built instead of a carvel-built.
Then I have sanded and polished the hull before proceeding, as next step, to tear out the false frames. To harden the hull before its sanding I have cover it, as if it were a topcoat varnish, with a layer of liquid cyanoacrylate.

I have started the construction of a new model to add to my collection, which will be number 67.
It is a tartana from Liguria in a scale of 1: 200. I use as a main source of documentation the monograph of the tartana Gemma, by Franco Fissore, published in Ancre, although I will also use other sources, such as the book "Vele italiane de la costa occidentale" by Sergio Bellabarba and Eduardo Guerrieri, and old photographs of complementary form.
For the construction of the hull I use Finnish plywood of 0.6 mm. to make the frames.
 

Hope everyone had a nice holiday, did you get what you wanted from Santa?  
The saga with the stern continues...this pic shows the original fashion pieces I spoke of back in #41...
 


you can see how horizontal they appear compare to the plans behind the hull, and also how much distance there is between the bulkhead horns, it was the combination of these two that caused me a lot of grief.  If the distance between the horns was reduced to remove some of the horizontal run, there was not enough room in the stern for the post and rudder...soooo another tear down
the resolution, for me anyway, was to change the angle and height of the bottom of the stern timbers and thus the top of the counter

I removed about an 1/8 inch from the bottom of the transom to align with the bottom of the stern timbers
this pic show the final configuration of the transom and counter, my fashion pieces will have a slight s bend to them, but I think it will look better the the straight line it was 
 
With the stern finally were I can live with it I moved on to cutting and pining stanchions that will be needed later
and got the upper planking started 
and got the hull sanded out...
you can see the final angle of the counter in this pic...she still runs a little long but once the stern post and rudder are mounted it will be much less noticeable.  Overall I'm happy with the general shape of the hull, I think she has the buff bow and sweep to the strakes required.
 
I'll complete the fashion pieces next and then move on to the deck planking...trying to decide at this point if I'm going to paint above the main wale...has anyone left basswood bright? I've always painted it in my other builds...well that's all for now, thanks for you time and attention and for the likes and comments
 

Thanks to all for the likes and comments...the lower hull has been finish sanded, started with 80 and worked up through the grits to 400, its about as smooth as you would expect


She cleaned up pretty well and as I hoped all of the glitches fall below the waterline so they'll be covered with white stuff.
The stern post is mounted and the counter planking in place...
the gaps you see will be covered by trim and fashion pieces.
The main wale strake is mounted and trimmed...

and the waterline laid out, I may primer the bottom prior to doing anything else...still have the upper planking to do before moving on to the decking and furniture...
 

My best to you and your's during this holiday season🎄
 
 

Thanks for all the likes and comments...got the lower hull planked...early on I had set a goal for myself to make this the perfect plank job, we're gonna call that a stretch goal at this point🙄, I'm glad I had decided early on to paint the hull below the water line, it will allow me to fix/cover/hide the many fubars that reside there!
 
most of the planks were pre-shaped using water and heat 
I think may have run the garboard a little long?
I had all but completed the planking ( 2 strakes to go) when I decided I didn't care for the stern layout...I originally had just run planks horizontally across the stern below the transom...it just didn't look right, so off it came and I re-planked allowing the strakes to roll up under the wing transom, the edges will be covered by the counter planking
the bow is a little crowded, but I'll live with it, all is clean above the wales
 
a lot of sanding remains

Thanks to all for the likes and comments...much appreciated
The keel is repaired, still at a lose as to how it got broken in the first place...I cut the original keel at an approximate 45 degree angle and cut the patch to match, glued it in with pva and trimmed and sanded when dry...simple fix but aggravating to have to do

and finally started to plank...got the first two strakes in place next will be the garboard then I think I'm gonna jump to the stern planking, that section will be have some guess work involved as there is no definitive stern drawings to go by , gonna do some interweb searching to see what others have done

 
 

Hello all, thx for the likes.
The latest update...I had a bit of trouble with the birch I was using to plank...the planks bent great with the grain but would not take a bend laterally, I tried water, heat,  heat and water all to no avail, I could not get the line of the wales to lay correctly...so I have switched to basswood.  The hull has been striped clean and the first line of the wales run, but nothing to see yet...so no photos.  I have to prepare the new planking stock so planking will be a few days off.
 
In the interim I decided try my hand at scratching out the grate stock,  I started with a 1/16 sheet and 1/16 X 1/16 strips...that is a little over-scale but still has a good look. 
one of the strips is a little longer and has been waxed, it is in the foreground in the pic above, using a needle applicator wood glue was carefully applied to one side of a strip, that was adhered to the edge of the sheet...the spacer put in place and the next strip glued down...


this continues 

until all the strips are glued down...


at this point I coated everything with diluted white glue...which did not work out so well, the bond proved to be to weak for the ride through the saw...

so I coated the entire assembly with full strength wood glue, a thin coat applied with a brush, after drying more test cuts were made...
which turned out satisfactory, so after cutting and sanding them out here is the finished result
pretty happy with the way the grate stock turned out
 That's it for today
 

Thanks to all for the likes and comments,
The hull fairing is complete

you can see all the ugly bracing in this shot, it don't look good but it has been effective in stiffening the hull, it is very solid at this point, proceeded to add the false decks

You'll notice the transom has been removed, I had done 5 evenly spaced timbers...which means I had a timber square in the path of the rudder...certainly glad I noticed it now, would have been a real pita latter

it was during this phase that i noticed an issue, there is a concavity between the first and second bulkheads that will cause problems during planking

so some fill was called for...

at this point it will be fill/sand, repeat until I get it where it needs to be,I want to single plank this hull so I'm taking as much care as I can to insure it's smooth at this stage
Since I've got to wait for fill to dry I decided to test the planking to see haw flexible it is, I'm using clear birch...

bent around a 3/4 inch with no issues

and looks good when removed...
Well that's all I got for now, next stp is to get the bow where it needs to be so the planking can commence 
THX again

Thanks for the likes
Made a little progress today...
The plans I have only show 3 stern timber frames, didn't seem like enough and  the book Colonial Schooner, 1763-75  shows at least 5...so I cut and added two more


which makes a lot more sense, moved on to making and fitting the false deck, I've no plans for it so I just set the framework upside down on 1/32 material and rough sketched around it then just cut and fit a little at a time...took a while but got them there.

move on to the keel...the scarfs keep separating while I was try to sand it so I decided to peg them

hoping that solves the issue.  The framework is roughed and should be ready for final fairing, so I started prepping some tools

and the frames are marked for fairing...
Hoping to find some time this weekend to fair the frames, but we will see, important family business to attend to
 

Used the Dremel sanding drum to thin out the bulwarks. After I put in the plywood pieces, I will thin some more. Luckily, the Forecastle decking will hide most of that space.

*sigh* another application of Bondo.

 
But finally, it is starting to look like it should.

The stern has a pronounced "knuckle" which I lost during the sanding. So, I have to build it up with some Bondo.

Al's advice is to " go gently and let the machine work." It takes the wood down in a hurry. Now I just need to finish sand to the templates and then do the bulkheads.