toms10

I've been working on the Orlop deck framework.  Here are a couple of picks of the carlings and ledges that will be exposed after the deck is planked.  I am hoping they will serve a dual purpose, first to show some of the construction and second to allow more light down into the hold to see some of the details. The decks above will also have some planking removed but to what degree I don't know yet.  I am making this up as I go along.   Couldn't seem to get the pics orientated vertically this time so you will have to turn your monitor on its side. 
Tom

Looking great, Tom!
 
 . . . and I didn't turn my laptop sideways - - - I just tilted my head!

I've been working on the Orlop deck framework.  Here are a couple of picks of the carlings and ledges that will be exposed after the deck is planked.  I am hoping they will serve a dual purpose, first to show some of the construction and second to allow more light down into the hold to see some of the details. The decks above will also have some planking removed but to what degree I don't know yet.  I am making this up as I go along.   Couldn't seem to get the pics orientated vertically this time so you will have to turn your monitor on its side. 
Tom

I've been working on the Orlop deck framework.  Here are a couple of picks of the carlings and ledges that will be exposed after the deck is planked.  I am hoping they will serve a dual purpose, first to show some of the construction and second to allow more light down into the hold to see some of the details. The decks above will also have some planking removed but to what degree I don't know yet.  I am making this up as I go along.   Couldn't seem to get the pics orientated vertically this time so you will have to turn your monitor on its side. 
Tom

Dang Tom those timbers look great She's turning out wonderfully

I've been working on the Orlop deck framework.  Here are a couple of picks of the carlings and ledges that will be exposed after the deck is planked.  I am hoping they will serve a dual purpose, first to show some of the construction and second to allow more light down into the hold to see some of the details. The decks above will also have some planking removed but to what degree I don't know yet.  I am making this up as I go along.   Couldn't seem to get the pics orientated vertically this time so you will have to turn your monitor on its side. 
Tom

I see patent pending.   Necessity is the mother of invention.  Every tool is multipurpose if you stare at it enough.
Tom

I see patent pending.   Necessity is the mother of invention.  Every tool is multipurpose if you stare at it enough.
Tom

I see patent pending.   Necessity is the mother of invention.  Every tool is multipurpose if you stare at it enough.
Tom

I'm continuing to go up with the mast. Here is my make shift sander that I use while making the mast and spars. I used this setup on the Victory as well since I sold most of my modeling tools several years ago when I got out of the hobby for a while. Yep, it's a Craftsman belt sander clamped upside down to my old Black and Decker workmate.
 
 
mike

I decided to make my own deadeyes. And here is the result.

I got a little more work done on the mast. They are not installed as yet, but getting there.
 
 
mike

Still not prepared to let her go ... Frightened parent ... or don't trust the crawling creeps around your baby ...

The rigging is going to give me headaches and probably induce me to partake of adult beverages.   As a side project I'm seeing how small I can make feedthroughs with sheaves (real or dummy) for the lines that go through the hull and belay to a cleat.   Worst case... I'll just drill a hole 
 
The plan may not be viable, but i don't see any other choice except to install the main mast and associated yards  and then rig it before I add the quarterdeck.  That just doesn't seem prudent.  To facilitate this, I'll have to cut her free from the build board once the gundeck is planked and ceiled. That will give me about 2 inches less of framing in the way.  

Little more progress.  I added some detail to the hold area. A small shot locker at midship and some level areas both fore and aft so the ladders coming down from the orlop have a place to seat.  I threw a few hatch doors and a couple of divider 1/2 walls in the in the forward area that you will see through the cutout just to busy it up a bit.  I am envisioning this as a supply storage area.  Maybe a barrel or two and a few small sacks of foodstuff just for effect.  Just made something up since I could not really find any info and will be somewhat difficult to see.
 
I also started cutting some carlings for the orlop deck that you will see in the area that I don't plan on planking.  This will allow better sight into the hold as well as show some of the internal construction.  Next is back to the orlop deck walls and such.
 
Here is the platform in the aft section.

 
The midship area.  The item on the right is a shot locker/ballast.  The item on the left is where I will be attaching the main mast.  The little platform around where the mast will be was not necessary but I did not just want to stick the mast on top of the keelson by itself.  The small dowel pin is actually glued into the keel and will act as a locating and support pin for the lower mast.

 
Finally the bow end of the hold.  I just made a large flat area that can be used to store goods as well as hatches to store ballast or non-perishable goods.  I also put a wall with 2 doors at the end so you won't see the bulkhead frame.  Again, I just made it up because I wanted a flat area for the ladder down from the orlop.

 
And the overview.

 
Thanks for having a look.
Tom

Little more progress.  I added some detail to the hold area. A small shot locker at midship and some level areas both fore and aft so the ladders coming down from the orlop have a place to seat.  I threw a few hatch doors and a couple of divider 1/2 walls in the in the forward area that you will see through the cutout just to busy it up a bit.  I am envisioning this as a supply storage area.  Maybe a barrel or two and a few small sacks of foodstuff just for effect.  Just made something up since I could not really find any info and will be somewhat difficult to see.
 
I also started cutting some carlings for the orlop deck that you will see in the area that I don't plan on planking.  This will allow better sight into the hold as well as show some of the internal construction.  Next is back to the orlop deck walls and such.
 
Here is the platform in the aft section.

 
The midship area.  The item on the right is a shot locker/ballast.  The item on the left is where I will be attaching the main mast.  The little platform around where the mast will be was not necessary but I did not just want to stick the mast on top of the keelson by itself.  The small dowel pin is actually glued into the keel and will act as a locating and support pin for the lower mast.

 
Finally the bow end of the hold.  I just made a large flat area that can be used to store goods as well as hatches to store ballast or non-perishable goods.  I also put a wall with 2 doors at the end so you won't see the bulkhead frame.  Again, I just made it up because I wanted a flat area for the ladder down from the orlop.

 
And the overview.

 
Thanks for having a look.
Tom

Today's progress and the adventure continues.....  much head scratching, much smoke blowing out the window... fed the scrapbox as I sorted out my approach but success I do believe.
 
Rather than trying to attack the whole deck (center area) at once, I decided to break it into logical sections.   So.. aft section first as that's my anchor point for measurements. I spent the better part of last couple of days setting up the drawings for this with the deck plan as a basis and adding reference points and checking and re-checking measurements.
 
I finally produced a drawing showing what I thought I needed, printed it out, cut out the section and.. rats... off... Recheck measurements, reworked the drawing and repeated the test.  Got it.  Or so I thought.  I cut a piece of thin basswood and the fit was pretty good.
 
I then cut a piece of pear with etched in planking lines thinking... "one piece.. it should look good.".  It does look good (first picture).  However, not quite as good a fit as I'd like.  I mis-calculated the kerf of the Deathstar.  Different woods and different thicknesses affect the kerf.  It's not a constant but a variable as thicker wood needs more power which gives a bit of a wider kerf... a "Doh!" moment.  Back to the drawing board.  I ran some cutting tests (3 altogether for consistancy) using pear of the appropriate thickness to check the kerf and then ran those numbers into the calculator WITHOUT rounding them and got the correct kerf.  
 
While I had the drawing in the rework process, I decided instead of one piece and trying to get it to conform to the curve of the deck beams, I choose to cut individual planks.  Re-checked 3 or 4 times my calculations and it worked...  (See pic 2).  A light sanding to remove the ash but leave some of the char gives a nice fine line for the caulking.  It's been glued down into position and still needs some more light sanding to remove a bit of smoke stain and also to smooth out decking's surface.
 
Hopefully, tomorrow's efforts on the aft midsection (the next section forward) will yield good results.  I think it'll go a bit faster once I get into the rhythm of things.  It may seem like more trouble, but with the tapered planks on the deck I think this can produce a more uniform planking than trying to mark up the beams with the tapered widths and match them. 
 

 

You have been busy.  She looks good, Tom.

Little more progress.  I added some detail to the hold area. A small shot locker at midship and some level areas both fore and aft so the ladders coming down from the orlop have a place to seat.  I threw a few hatch doors and a couple of divider 1/2 walls in the in the forward area that you will see through the cutout just to busy it up a bit.  I am envisioning this as a supply storage area.  Maybe a barrel or two and a few small sacks of foodstuff just for effect.  Just made something up since I could not really find any info and will be somewhat difficult to see.
 
I also started cutting some carlings for the orlop deck that you will see in the area that I don't plan on planking.  This will allow better sight into the hold as well as show some of the internal construction.  Next is back to the orlop deck walls and such.
 
Here is the platform in the aft section.

 
The midship area.  The item on the right is a shot locker/ballast.  The item on the left is where I will be attaching the main mast.  The little platform around where the mast will be was not necessary but I did not just want to stick the mast on top of the keelson by itself.  The small dowel pin is actually glued into the keel and will act as a locating and support pin for the lower mast.

 
Finally the bow end of the hold.  I just made a large flat area that can be used to store goods as well as hatches to store ballast or non-perishable goods.  I also put a wall with 2 doors at the end so you won't see the bulkhead frame.  Again, I just made it up because I wanted a flat area for the ladder down from the orlop.

 
And the overview.

 
Thanks for having a look.
Tom

Little more progress.  I added some detail to the hold area. A small shot locker at midship and some level areas both fore and aft so the ladders coming down from the orlop have a place to seat.  I threw a few hatch doors and a couple of divider 1/2 walls in the in the forward area that you will see through the cutout just to busy it up a bit.  I am envisioning this as a supply storage area.  Maybe a barrel or two and a few small sacks of foodstuff just for effect.  Just made something up since I could not really find any info and will be somewhat difficult to see.
 
I also started cutting some carlings for the orlop deck that you will see in the area that I don't plan on planking.  This will allow better sight into the hold as well as show some of the internal construction.  Next is back to the orlop deck walls and such.
 
Here is the platform in the aft section.

 
The midship area.  The item on the right is a shot locker/ballast.  The item on the left is where I will be attaching the main mast.  The little platform around where the mast will be was not necessary but I did not just want to stick the mast on top of the keelson by itself.  The small dowel pin is actually glued into the keel and will act as a locating and support pin for the lower mast.

 
Finally the bow end of the hold.  I just made a large flat area that can be used to store goods as well as hatches to store ballast or non-perishable goods.  I also put a wall with 2 doors at the end so you won't see the bulkhead frame.  Again, I just made it up because I wanted a flat area for the ladder down from the orlop.

 
And the overview.

 
Thanks for having a look.
Tom

Thank you guys .
To Greg: The moldings isn´t done with scraper, it is made with milling bitt - the same method I used for standard production (see pictures in this contribution)
Small step forward - installation of chanells.

Thank you guys for nice words .
The next stage were channels.

Thank you for following along on this adventure and for the comments and "likes"....
 
Update weekend...
 
I've added the carlings where there will be a hatchway or ladderway.  Since the French laid their planks and then put the coamings ontop of the deck planking, the carlings will seen.   I've also added the mast partners, the capstan partner (I think that's the right term) and have started making bits and pieces while sorting out the deck planking.   The officer's ladder from the gundeck to the lower deck can be seen laying on the beams, the crew's ladders are in work and both fit in between the main mast partner and the oven on the lower deck.    I was 1/16th of an inch off on the making of the various deck pieces and planning the centerline planking (thick stuff).  It should be 3/32" of an inch instead of the 1/8" I mentioned previously... a miscalculation on my part.  I left the mizzen mast partner at the thicker size to better fit the pantry around it.   
 
Pictures show things ready for the next step.  The second picture is just a reference shot with dummy masts and the capstan in place to get an idea of things...  
 
 

 

 
As always, comments, corrections, and critiques are welcome. I'm still learning this art...
 

Mike,
Very nice.  That bowsprit would put any unicorn to shame!
Tom

Mike,
Very nice.  That bowsprit would put any unicorn to shame!
Tom