jfesterman
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My (limited) understanding of the word “head” is a board over the side with a hole in it, forward, at the head of the ship. -
Hatches and gratings. New game - spot the missing cannon ball. 🤬😢🤨😂
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Cabin.
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Latrine duty.
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Not super pretty, but planked. Made some progress on the longboat.
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First layer, one side done. Only needed 4 stealers. I see plenty of fairing in my future...
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Gunwale woes. The supplied gunwales (3mm thick plywood) don’t look right (too thick), and don’t fit right (not long enough). There’s even a spec’d part for the transom gunwale (p.n. 164) out of that same 3 mil plywood material, but it doesn’t exist. Looks like they forgot to stamp that one! I was wracking my brain trying to figure out how I could edge glue some of the 1.5 mil planks and cut new gunwales out of that, when I took a look in the Scottish Maid kit, and lo! Behold some scrap 1.7 (ish) material! Plenty to cut some gunwales out of. Scottish Maid to the rescue!
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Progress on hull planking and longboat.
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Skipping around a bit. Finished planking the deck while building the longboat. Regretting my choice of Sharpie for caulking a bit. We’ll see how it looks after some sanding. The Mukali strips for the decking are not only old and dry, but quite a bit shaggy and splintery. Crisp seams were out of the question. In a way, the Sharpie is kind of hiding the mess. I chose a pattern that would reflect the planks being fastened to the frames.
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Took a break from frame shaping and lining off to work on the longboat and some oars today. I’m waiting on a special vice for clamping planks for tapering. Early hand tapering efforts were an abysmal failure. Had my first “oh crap” glue up moment. Yay isopropyl alcohol! All’s good now...
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She’s also buried not far from Baltimore...
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Next project in the shipyard, since I’m related to the original owner.
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I think I’ll name her after my 4th Great Grandmother, Hannah, who was 19 at the time (1847), when this fictional ship was launched. She gave birth to my 3rd Great Grandmother in 1849.
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I was lamenting my lack of rubber bands, until I remembered my giant bag of zip ties! They work much better, actually. Just a couple more to glue up on the bow, then I can get on to fairing the frames.
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The glue up. The cross bracing is temporary (not glued) to square up the frames a bit. I’ve discovered my (personal) tolerance is +/- 0.5 mm. I’m sure that might change at some point. Been studying Chuck’s planking videos for the big step.
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Thanks!
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Today’s progress is inventory and dry fit false keel and frames. Wood type identification is tricky, parts list print is absolutely microscopic. Ramin? Bokapi? Wow!
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My first build. I bought the kit probably more than 30 years ago. So, I’m a late starter... Copyright date on kit box is 1984. My oldest has left the nest, so I guess I have room for a workshop! Step 1: Clean the dust off box. Also, thanks to Blackie and others for sharing their exceptional quality work and providing an inspiration to get started. My plans for going forward on this build are as follows, in this order: 1. Learn how to build ship wooden models. 2. Build this model to the accuracy I choose in my noggin (this particular ship was never real, so accuracy exists only in the builder’s imagination, right?). 3. Have fun. 4. Share my progress.
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Bought this Harvey 1847 kit probably 30 years ago. Might as well get started on it now, eh? Step 1: remove dust from box...
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