WackoWolf

No such thing as an idiot, just those learning a very difficult nautical language. I use to call the transom counter (that curved part under the transom) the curvy part of the transom   It's all part of learning. Not trying to point out faults, just help with the language I know....and there's still a lot for me to learn.
 
Half way, I think that was the last plank I laid.
Are you thinking of Battens, which are usually placed at certain distances along the hull. These are typically used to check the lay of the hull during fairing and to test the future fit of planking. On a hull as small as the swift I think its an unnecessary step.
 
Here's a boat lined with temporary battens

It seems that Volume 4 in English is the pricey one....

I looked through my log and found that many of the photos in earlier posts weren't appearing, so I went in and uploaded them again. Here's a couple more new ones just for good measure :-)

Thank you for the advice, appreciated
I went for the Hegner in the end and ordered it last night, maybe I will never get my head around scratch building, and perhaps never achieve anything of any standard, but as mentioned - it wont be the tools - lol

I used Yellowheart as accenting on my Mayflower.  Two accent planks on the side of the Poop and 3 moulding strips.  The white moulding is holly.
 

 
Frank

Good thinking Sal.  This template thing has caused consternation for more than a few folks.

After sanding the gun port sills and lintels my next step was to cut out the templates provided on the heavy card stock for laying out the vertical sides of the gun ports.   I cut the starboard side templates out, taped them together at the matchline and positioned it on the side of the ship lining up the end bulkhead of the template to the #26 bulkhead of the ship.  After comparing the positions of the bulkheads on the template to those of my ship’s I thought to myself… “Well, either I totally screwed this up or, as others have written in their logs, these templates are way off.”
 

 
 
Trying to determine if the templates were off or if I should retire from ship building, I decided to cut out the gun port layout shown on Sheet #2 of the drawings.  I taped it to the ship and, phew, much better.  Just to confirm that I could use this template instead of the ones supplied on the card stock I PM’ed Chuck Passaro and he in fact confirmed that it was acceptable to use the template on Sheet #2.
 

 
 
For a side by side comparison of the two templates see photo below.  The template cut from the card stock is at the bottom.
 

 
 
So much for the starboard side, how about the port side you might ask.  Fortunately I have access to a large scanner at work where I can scan the drawing and then import it into AutoCAD.  From there I was able to make a mirror image of Sheet #2 and then printed it out to use as the port side template.
 

 

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007
 
And now, let's change completely ...
 
Just in the middle of the planking activites of the ship hull, the magazine "management" decided to have a break in the main building plan and start, in another shipyard, to build one of the ship's boats (....)
 
The following is the longboat. It's length is about 13 centimeters. And the history begins ...
 
First, the hull assembly: the keel, the bulkheads. The several pieces are glued each other and then are glued turned upside down on a plywood tablet to maintain rigid the structure. I have unfortunately no photos of the boat at this stage.
 
Second, the planks. The stripes are very, very small but also flexible. I used a special kind (less liquid) of cyano-acrylate glue to mount the planks. I glued together with the boat also my fingers several times but, finally also this unbelivable step was terminated.
 
Third, finishing the hull: filler where necessary (two or three very small places) and sanding. Then I have fixed the keel, the front and the rear.
 
Fourth, the boat was removed from the tablet by cutting the bulhead hedges and then I started to work on the internal fittings and the rudder.
 
Fifth, sixth, etc. and finally the boat is completed.
 
At this point the boat should be terminated by painting her with matt transparent enamel. But I didn't like this kind of painting and so I decided to add some color here and there ...
 
Today the boat is finished without oars. The building instructions do not explain if the oars will be built in the future. If not I will decide at the proper time if it is worth to build them, in spite of the intructions, or not.
 
Next: the second boat ... but, for now, four images of the longboat.
 

 

 

 

sorry I haven't posted for a while but here's where I'm up to
at the moment. just started fixing the yards. recon ive got
a couple of months left before launch,
 
George 

It will do your boat justice.

Nice to see you back at it Alan, don't worry about having to remake a frame or two, that's par for the course.
 
Ben

Hello,
thanks for the kind words.
This component I have now burnished.
I think it looks better.

 

 

Is the hinge screw tight? I have a Chopper III and one issue i have is that the screw loosens after a time and I end up with some play in it. So it requires periodic tightening.
 
Clare

I saw some pictures of Kevin's Triton cross section on a facebook group the other day and it got me thinking about my Triton so I pulled it out of the box and did a little bit of work on the deck framing, though its not much its progress. I have straightened out the alignment issue that probably was bugging anyone who saw my last post. 

 
 
 
Lextin.

I made another deck beam for the orlop deck bringing the total to 3 beams. I also made some temporary cross beams so I could see what it might look like when its done.

This is my Triton build so far.

I just reached a major milestone on my Vanguard build, i.e., completing the ship's boats as shown in the picture below. Those little guys took a considerable amount of time. Next will be the front of the ship. I have most of the parts and pieces dry fitted and painted for that area but it's still a pretty complicated portion of the ship and will also take a lot of time. I've also included a couple of pictures of the deck to show progress there. Until next time...
 

 

 

 
 

Installed 7 frames around midship to see how the all look together.
 

 

 
Now it is starting to look ship-alike!
 
Very curious how the edge of a frame will look like when faired and sanded...
A shot inside the hull promises that there would be a lot of fairing to make it smooth
 

More progress! This is now a two piece hull that will be aligned with bamboo dowels now I have access to the mechanics once I get them built. First the hull has to be completed.

I agree that the guns would be trained on the target. I also think that this might look at bit strange on a model. However, I could imagine where the guns would be loaded and run out and they would all be perpendicular to their gunport. Then as their target came into line, the crews would use the tackle to adjust the aim. All that said, I would play with it until you like it and go with that.
 
One thing that was pointed out to me (by Chuck) was since my guns were also pointed out and ready for firing was the lines coming from he blocks were  bundled neatly and laying to the side. This would have caused them to knot terribly once the cannon was fired. So I ended up just coiling them (not using the flemish flake), but just coiled since they were ready to fire.
 
I also placed the canon both before and after rigging and took lots of photos. I felt that allowed me to see the ship better and study what I liked or didn't before actually attaching and gluing the cannon to the deck.
 
Here are some photos of both the canons how I had them originally bundled and how I ended up with them installed.
 
 

I'm a little bit erratic with my build. I did the gun tackles on one of the guns quite a while ago then moved on to something else. Today I thought I should finish them all off and get that job out of the way, fiddly work though because the blocks are so small. Well I got one more gun done. Gee the camera shows up flaws that you just cant see with the naked eye, like dust and white stains from the CA glue
 

Still working on the bow trims, new wood received from Cornwall Model Boats will certainly help, Ayous and it unwilling bending wasted a lot of of strips

hi all
the glazing has now been installed in the case and the back panel temporarily placed in position.
 im waiting for a particular item to be delivered from across the pond in order to complete the back panel......all will be revealed in good time.
 
since ive got a few days off i shall take some construction photos of the case construction, esp for kees   as he asked , but it may be of interest generally.
 
cheers for now.....mick

Thats the plan Druxey.  We shall see how it goes.  I think it will work out OK.  
 
Bill,
 
All laser cutters cut on an angle.  You can minimize it a lot but never get rid of it entirely.  Basically the laser is cone shaped as it travels through the lense that focus' it.  Much like how you would focus the sun through a magnifying glass.   So it gradually comes to a point.  If you focus that beam so the point ends in the center of the thickness of wood you can minimize the angle of cut but its hard to do.
 
So its just a matter of focusing well and the,
 
choosing the proper laser power for that thickness along with the most appropriate speed.  If you pick the slowest setting possible along with the least power possible to just cut through the wood,  then the Kerf will be as thin as possible......thus reducing the angle.
 
The angle is always more noticeable on thicker pieces which are few on a model.  So I enlarge them by 1% or 2% to compensate.  Once the laser char is removed with a sanding stick while you at the same time make a true 90 degree angle the part will be the appropriate size.  Its just a fact of life for laser cutters and all kit cut pieces.  But you can minimize it quite a bit with practice,  trial and error.
 
Chuck

hi all
its about time for an update on the cross section progress. 
unfortunately i got carried away with unbridled enthusiasm and forgot to take any photos of the completed lower deck.
however some of the work can still be seen, as ive left some deliberate gaps in the planking.
photos show current state of play , just about to start the gun deck , and this time i will remember to take some photos!
 
been busy this morning cutting up some holly and boxwood.
 
also purchased a couple of 1mm 3 flute milling cutters. i will need these when i get round to making the ladders, plus they will come in useful generally!
 
might just get some in 1.5,2 2.5 and 3mm to cover a few eventualitys
 
thats all for now folks
 
 
cheers....mick