Kevin Kenny

Like most of the people on this site I am avaible when ever you wish. Good luck you will find this an excellent kit

The liquid clamp i am referring to is CA. Once you hold a piece of wood against another and put some CA glue it will bond in a few seconds.

Massime There  are some general videos and three practiums if you go to Vimeo and search HMS Granado you shoulf get all 47 videos on the build.

for the Swan class which is still under construction search HMS Thorm

and for the America search America, 1851

Here is another excellent video

I am constantly looking for videos that either tell a story about models or show me how models are built. Thats why  i am obsessed with recording and sharing my builds in the hope of sharing my limited knowledge with others and so encouraging the craft to grow. In trinidad i am yet to find anyone who builds wooden models. So videos are my answer to the problem.

You might like my video on making cleats

Last video as i am on holiday for teo weeks. No modeling allowed.

Last deck addition to build for  the front hatch for the scratch build but i will wait until i get the Campbell and Geisendorfer plans before i stick it to the model.

On Vimeo just use my name Kevin Kenny or search by the ships name. 

There is a set on HMS  Granado, HMS Thorn a “Swan” class and America 1852 along with some general videos on tools etc

This is the scratch built version of the kit. I am in touch with the Great Britton  Trust who have 4 plans done, 2 by Campbell and 2 by Geisendorfer and am hoping they will agree to send me digital copies.  The main change to the scratch built boat is the change of the grating to a second hatch opening. The bow also shows a access hatch. This is reflected in some of the historical paintaings while in others it is not shown.

This is the kit layout of the boat based on the plan.

The two different deck set ups. Now just trying to figuer out the foredeck layout. There is a hatch in some of the drawings although many of the historical artist seem to show a clean foredeck.

I finished the capstan and the forward round skylight and am still struggling with the deck layout. I plan to follow the kit layout for the kit build  but for the scratch build i want the deck layout to be as it would have been during the first race. So far i cant find definitive directions so have turned to the paintnigs of the time. I will include the ones that i am being guided by. 

• I feel that the top of the Capstan was painted red.
• While the top moulding around the skylight was white.
• The forward grating would have been covered either with a canvas cover or with a wooden cover to keep the sea water out while crossing the Atlantic. Only one of the paintings shows a civered grating, all the other show a rather large structure like a second access point.
• I also see no cushions on the seat so will not show any. I any case they would never have been covered in black canvas. I will use blue or red for kit boat.

Any input would be appreciated.

Making the skylight base from a piece of brass plummimg pipe

Yes its unfortunate that your good work will all be covered up. Having said that it facilitates the finishing of the bottom of the boat with various fillers to give a fantastic finish. Some builders may object to this but personally i like perfection when possible. 

Copper plate to rudder complete and installed along with the second cockpit seat.

Thanks Gary

For the last 4 months I have been busy rebuilding a real sailboat an SRMax and had to take time off from modeling. But am now back full time, these two models are much too long in the pipeline .