Angarfather

Hello Maurice!
 
Yes I am fine and modelling is still a great pleasure. In the last time I have finished the Pinco Genovese and the Staatenyacht Utrecht. My current project is the Golden Hind on an old german plan by Hoeckel. I hope you are fine to.
 
Do you know something about Pete Coleman?
 
regards Hartmut

Hello BE,
 
your are doing an absolut amazing  Job as everytime. Thank you for showing!
 
best regards
Angarfather

Hello Maurice!
 
Yes I am fine and modelling is still a great pleasure. In the last time I have finished the Pinco Genovese and the Staatenyacht Utrecht. My current project is the Golden Hind on an old german plan by Hoeckel. I hope you are fine to.
 
Do you know something about Pete Coleman?
 
regards Hartmut

Hello BE,
 
your are doing an absolut amazing  Job as everytime. Thank you for showing!
 
best regards
Angarfather

Hello again!
 
In the last weeks at first I have made some things like the pump, the capstan, some doors, gratings and than I modeled the fore castle. Here Are some pics.









This was  the G H yesterday evening
 

 

Cheers! Hartmut
 
 

Aye, Mates!
 
Many thanks for your kind words and all the likes.
 
The  last weeks was not so much time for modelling the Golden Hind. There had been many interesting job. Thats ok. Here are some pics from the last days.
To finsh the wales in the bow I first did mount the upper and the lower wale. After this I use spacer blocks to mount the bow part of the wale in the middle 

The last  wale piece

 
 

Next step was planking the space between the two lower wales and the stern.
 

 
 

 

 
Cheers!  Hartmut
 

Hello again!
 
In the last weeks at first I have made some things like the pump, the capstan, some doors, gratings and than I modeled the fore castle. Here Are some pics.









This was  the G H yesterday evening
 

 

Cheers! Hartmut
 
 

Hello BE,
 
your are doing an absolut amazing  Job as everytime. Thank you for showing!
 
best regards
Angarfather

Post 61
Hawse Holes, cables, and Catheads.
At this point there is a lot of inter-related stuff to consider.
 
1) I intend to rig anchor cables, so I need to establish the size.
 
2) I also need to enlarge previously drilled undersized hawse holes at the bow and the hawse holes sizes are relative to the circumference of the anchor cables.
 
3) A check needs to be made that the anchor cables will have a clear run from the hawse around the windlass, and back to the Main Hatch without fouling the Catheads yet to be fitted.
 
Firstly Anchor cables
Calculating anchor cable sizes can be a confusing subject.
 
According to Lees the formula for anchor cable circumference calculation is 0.62 of Mainmast diameter.
 
Peter Goodwin  - The Naval Cutter Alert 1777 gives 11½" as the main cable circumference (1.93mm ø at 1:48 scale)
He also gives the Mainmast ø as 22", which using the Lees formula would give a cable of 13.64" circ. (2.29mm at 1:48 scale)
 
There is another formula  based on the maximum beam of a vessel. - Cable Circumference being ½" for each foot of beam.
Using the Alert figures we have a beam of 25'.11" which would give a cable circumference of 12.95" (2.18mm ø at 1:48 scale)
 
So from a given set of reference figures you do get variances using the different formulas, but in modelling terms the differences are minor, and in practice the dockyards worked to range sizes, and the nearest fit was generally close enough.
 
In relation to Cheerful the mast at the partners (model) is 10mm ø ( x 0.62 (Lees formula)) =  1.97mm ø line.
Using the beam formula; Cheerful, with a beam of 23.5' would give 11.75"circ  also = 1.97mm at 1:48 scale.
 
Having eventually arrived at a scale anchor cable diameter, we can return to the Hawse hole.
*To calculate the hawse hole size:- cable ø ÷9/4 = hawse ø
*Construction and fitting of The English Man of War - Peter Goodwin
 
I used incremental drill sizes to carefully enlarge the Hawse holes ensuring the drill was kept both horizontal and parallel to the keel.
In considering cable sizes on models I don't think that arithmetically calculated scale line sizes are the whole story, Sometimes, 'true scale' doesn't suit the eye or model.
2mm ø line looked a little heavy, particularly bearing in mind that it will have to pass around the windlass three times.
 
I am leaning towards 1.75mm ø line for the anchor cables which equates to a 10.3" circumference, and looks right to my eye.
The calculated hawse ø scales to 3.93mm.
This is pretty much the hawse ø given on the Cheerful plans.
 
The related positions of the Windlass, Bowsprit, Bowsprit step,  catheads, winch, and cables need to be assessed to avoid problems later.

5541
With the cables in place the Cathead positions can be tweaked to avoid any awkward abrasions.
Before I do any further work I attended to the bow pin rack which butts against the Catheads each side.

5544
Bearing in mind that there may be an issue with belay pins where the Bowsprit passes beneath the rack I have held off drilling the holes until later.
 
In making the Catheads I have followed Chuck's lead using 3/16th square boxwood section.

5548
The rebates to fit over the waterway and spirketing on the vertical sections of the Cathead were initially cut on the little mill, but to get the inboard shape to scribe closely to the bulwark took a fair bit of manual work with scalpel and sanding stick. The base needed sanding at an angle to sit flush on the margin plank.

5550
The sheaves for the outer end were cut on the little Proxxon mill using a 1mm bit, and holes were drilled to take the sheave  pins.

5551

5552
Assembling and fitting the Catheads I found a little tricky. 
The Cathead should have something of a stive, angling slightly upwards outboard.

5569
This means that either the vertical section or the inboard tail of the outboard section needs to be angled. I decided to angle the uprights.
Once I had got close to the angle required I glued the upright to the bulwark.

5590
The outboard section was then roughly shaped at the inboard end and glued and pinned, with final sanding done insitu.

5591
The Catheads in their raw state
Here you can see a comparison of 2mm line (Starboard) and 1.75mm line (Port)

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I was a little surprised that a supporting bracket below the outboard cathead beam was not present on Cheerful.
 
 
B.E.
25/01/2019
 
 

Hello again!
 
In the last weeks at first I have made some things like the pump, the capstan, some doors, gratings and than I modeled the fore castle. Here Are some pics.









This was  the G H yesterday evening
 

 

Cheers! Hartmut
 
 

Aye, Mates!
 
Many thanks for your kind words and all the likes.
 
The  last weeks was not so much time for modelling the Golden Hind. There had been many interesting job. Thats ok. Here are some pics from the last days.
To finsh the wales in the bow I first did mount the upper and the lower wale. After this I use spacer blocks to mount the bow part of the wale in the middle 

The last  wale piece

 
 

Next step was planking the space between the two lower wales and the stern.
 

 
 

 

 
Cheers!  Hartmut
 

I have started the next project, an elizabethanian galleon.
I use some plans I did find in two old german modeling books, Mondfeld, Historische Schiffsmodelle, a german classic from the early 70., and Stoeckel,Risse von Schiffen des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts. Both authors showed very similar plans of an elizabethanian galleon, named Golden Hind or ex Pelican. It may be a model of Drakes Golden Hind. How Golden Hind looked exactly is unclear. But I like the plans, and they also seems quite right for the type Galeone of the english sailors in the time of queen Elizabeth Tudor.
 
Fist step was to modify the slipway. For the aligning of the frames on the keel plate I use a cross line laser
 

The plans
 



 
The bulkheads
 

 
Mounting of the bulkheads on the keel plate
 

 

 

 
The shipyard guard (named Michel ) after work
 

cheers!  Hartmut

Hello again!
 
In the last weeks at first I have made some things like the pump, the capstan, some doors, gratings and than I modeled the fore castle. Here Are some pics.









This was  the G H yesterday evening
 

 

Cheers! Hartmut
 
 

Hello guys,
 
the last two weeks I have made the Gallion. Here are some pics. First the gallions construction. It is made in the same way as I know it from the mediteranien ships like my Pinco Genovese.
 


 

 

The grating of the gallion
 

 
The door of the front 
 

 

 


Cheers!
 
Angarfather
 
 
 
 

Hello again!
 
In the last weeks at first I have made some things like the pump, the capstan, some doors, gratings and than I modeled the fore castle. Here Are some pics.









This was  the G H yesterday evening
 

 

Cheers! Hartmut
 
 

This model is of the iconic Sydney Opera House. The kit is from Schreiber-Bogen, a German kit publisher. When finished it will measure 730mm x 470mm x 230mm :


 
My thoughts on the kit are that it is not printed as well as I'd hoped, with no "weathering" at all and fairly simplistic colouring. The card is of reasonable quality without being exceptional, and the instructions are fairly basic line drawings which are easy enough to follow. The design of construction could have been better, but it's workable.

 
On with it. I started the model 3 days ago, and have completed the base to the stage of adding the vertical sections. For bracing beneath the base a number of square sections are used, some of which are integral with the upper surface and others are free sections :



 
These pieces are ready for fitting to the main section :

 
Danny

Hello everyone and thank you Moab.
 
Slowly restarting with building and started with the vertical parts of the channels.
First the necessary wood is sawn.


These pieces are first colored and finished before gluing to the hull. 


 
This is now done on the two sides.

 
To be continued, thanks for following

Hey, Omega!
 
Me and my family are very well. But the summer this year had been so warm that I was more interested in swimming, barbecue with friends and family as to sit in my dockyard. And there had been two wonderful journeys with my admiral to the Lofoten (north Norway) and to Denmark.
 
Best regards 
 
Angarfather

Aye, Omega 1234
 
very amazing pics from your model.
 
When I was an boy I dreamed of sailing on such ships.
 
Best regards
 
Angarfather

Hello guys,
 
the last two weeks I have made the Gallion. Here are some pics. First the gallions construction. It is made in the same way as I know it from the mediteranien ships like my Pinco Genovese.
 


 

 

The grating of the gallion
 

 
The door of the front 
 

 

 


Cheers!
 
Angarfather
 
 
 
 

Hey, Omega!
 
Me and my family are very well. But the summer this year had been so warm that I was more interested in swimming, barbecue with friends and family as to sit in my dockyard. And there had been two wonderful journeys with my admiral to the Lofoten (north Norway) and to Denmark.
 
Best regards 
 
Angarfather

Hey, Omega!
 
Me and my family are very well. But the summer this year had been so warm that I was more interested in swimming, barbecue with friends and family as to sit in my dockyard. And there had been two wonderful journeys with my admiral to the Lofoten (north Norway) and to Denmark.
 
Best regards 
 
Angarfather

Hello guys,
 
the last two weeks I have made the Gallion. Here are some pics. First the gallions construction. It is made in the same way as I know it from the mediteranien ships like my Pinco Genovese.
 


 

 

The grating of the gallion
 

 
The door of the front 
 

 

 


Cheers!
 
Angarfather
 
 
 
 

Hello guys,
 
the last two weeks I have made the Gallion. Here are some pics. First the gallions construction. It is made in the same way as I know it from the mediteranien ships like my Pinco Genovese.
 


 

 

The grating of the gallion
 

 
The door of the front 
 

 

 


Cheers!
 
Angarfather
 
 
 
 

Hello guys,
 
the last two weeks I have made the Gallion. Here are some pics. First the gallions construction. It is made in the same way as I know it from the mediteranien ships like my Pinco Genovese.
 


 

 

The grating of the gallion
 

 
The door of the front 
 

 

 


Cheers!
 
Angarfather