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Moxis got a reaction from druxey in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Hello,
Thanks again for all of you who have welcomed me into this forum and encouraged to start a build log about my present project.
As already mentioned at the introduction area, I am building a wooden ketch Clara May after David McGregor plans, which I obtained already about 14 years ago, but never really started to build it. Soon however I found out that the plans could have been better to show more details as they do, but I think that with help from the forum all questions can be solved.
The reason to choose this as my first wooden ship project was, that the hull & superstructure are simple enough for the first project, and that the outlooks of the ship was appealing to me.
I chose scratch building instead of a kit because I happen to have a rather well equipped workshop to be able to cut all my timbers by myself. And having scratch built already a couple of tanks and cars in 1/6 scale I was not afraid of the work which might be ahead.
And thirdly, when scratchbuilding you can freely select your materials and are not tied to the ones included into the kit, which are not always the best possible.
So here we are, in the beginning. The first pictures show the plans of the ship and some of the equipment which I have in my workshop.
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from druxey in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Thanks Nenad, Jim Lad and aviaamator for reading!
And now to actual building. I selected the Plank on Bulkhead method for this model, and decided to make the bulkheads out of 8 mm MDF. I know the purists among you will say: "Wrong decision", but this was made because MDF is cheap, easy to cut, sand etc. and it is very obvious that the model will never see any water when standing at our bookshelf.
The planks were cut out of birch, which is also cheap, local and can be used as solid, veneer and plywood. And it is very tight grained so small details can be easily made out of it.
So here am I, half of the planks glued and no problems yet:
I didn`t want to use any nails which would be seen on the planks, so I made curved jigs like the one in picture to keep the ends of planks steady during the glue setting.
Very nice tool for tapering the planks is this tiny little plane made by Veritas, and the attachment where the plank was fastened during tapering:
And finally after few days work the planking was finished, and the hull was sanded smooth:
A false deck made of 1 mm birch plywood was installed:
And deck planking made using again 2x4 mm planks sawn from birch. Caulking between the planks was made by blackening the plank`s edges with soft pencil:
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from Doreltomin in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Hello,
Thanks again for all of you who have welcomed me into this forum and encouraged to start a build log about my present project.
As already mentioned at the introduction area, I am building a wooden ketch Clara May after David McGregor plans, which I obtained already about 14 years ago, but never really started to build it. Soon however I found out that the plans could have been better to show more details as they do, but I think that with help from the forum all questions can be solved.
The reason to choose this as my first wooden ship project was, that the hull & superstructure are simple enough for the first project, and that the outlooks of the ship was appealing to me.
I chose scratch building instead of a kit because I happen to have a rather well equipped workshop to be able to cut all my timbers by myself. And having scratch built already a couple of tanks and cars in 1/6 scale I was not afraid of the work which might be ahead.
And thirdly, when scratchbuilding you can freely select your materials and are not tied to the ones included into the kit, which are not always the best possible.
So here we are, in the beginning. The first pictures show the plans of the ship and some of the equipment which I have in my workshop.
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from Doreltomin in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Thanks Nenad, Jim Lad and aviaamator for reading!
And now to actual building. I selected the Plank on Bulkhead method for this model, and decided to make the bulkheads out of 8 mm MDF. I know the purists among you will say: "Wrong decision", but this was made because MDF is cheap, easy to cut, sand etc. and it is very obvious that the model will never see any water when standing at our bookshelf.
The planks were cut out of birch, which is also cheap, local and can be used as solid, veneer and plywood. And it is very tight grained so small details can be easily made out of it.
So here am I, half of the planks glued and no problems yet:
I didn`t want to use any nails which would be seen on the planks, so I made curved jigs like the one in picture to keep the ends of planks steady during the glue setting.
Very nice tool for tapering the planks is this tiny little plane made by Veritas, and the attachment where the plank was fastened during tapering:
And finally after few days work the planking was finished, and the hull was sanded smooth:
A false deck made of 1 mm birch plywood was installed:
And deck planking made using again 2x4 mm planks sawn from birch. Caulking between the planks was made by blackening the plank`s edges with soft pencil:
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Hello,
Thanks again for all of you who have welcomed me into this forum and encouraged to start a build log about my present project.
As already mentioned at the introduction area, I am building a wooden ketch Clara May after David McGregor plans, which I obtained already about 14 years ago, but never really started to build it. Soon however I found out that the plans could have been better to show more details as they do, but I think that with help from the forum all questions can be solved.
The reason to choose this as my first wooden ship project was, that the hull & superstructure are simple enough for the first project, and that the outlooks of the ship was appealing to me.
I chose scratch building instead of a kit because I happen to have a rather well equipped workshop to be able to cut all my timbers by myself. And having scratch built already a couple of tanks and cars in 1/6 scale I was not afraid of the work which might be ahead.
And thirdly, when scratchbuilding you can freely select your materials and are not tied to the ones included into the kit, which are not always the best possible.
So here we are, in the beginning. The first pictures show the plans of the ship and some of the equipment which I have in my workshop.
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from trippwj in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Thanks Nenad, Jim Lad and aviaamator for reading!
And now to actual building. I selected the Plank on Bulkhead method for this model, and decided to make the bulkheads out of 8 mm MDF. I know the purists among you will say: "Wrong decision", but this was made because MDF is cheap, easy to cut, sand etc. and it is very obvious that the model will never see any water when standing at our bookshelf.
The planks were cut out of birch, which is also cheap, local and can be used as solid, veneer and plywood. And it is very tight grained so small details can be easily made out of it.
So here am I, half of the planks glued and no problems yet:
I didn`t want to use any nails which would be seen on the planks, so I made curved jigs like the one in picture to keep the ends of planks steady during the glue setting.
Very nice tool for tapering the planks is this tiny little plane made by Veritas, and the attachment where the plank was fastened during tapering:
And finally after few days work the planking was finished, and the hull was sanded smooth:
A false deck made of 1 mm birch plywood was installed:
And deck planking made using again 2x4 mm planks sawn from birch. Caulking between the planks was made by blackening the plank`s edges with soft pencil:
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Thanks Nenad, Jim Lad and aviaamator for reading!
And now to actual building. I selected the Plank on Bulkhead method for this model, and decided to make the bulkheads out of 8 mm MDF. I know the purists among you will say: "Wrong decision", but this was made because MDF is cheap, easy to cut, sand etc. and it is very obvious that the model will never see any water when standing at our bookshelf.
The planks were cut out of birch, which is also cheap, local and can be used as solid, veneer and plywood. And it is very tight grained so small details can be easily made out of it.
So here am I, half of the planks glued and no problems yet:
I didn`t want to use any nails which would be seen on the planks, so I made curved jigs like the one in picture to keep the ends of planks steady during the glue setting.
Very nice tool for tapering the planks is this tiny little plane made by Veritas, and the attachment where the plank was fastened during tapering:
And finally after few days work the planking was finished, and the hull was sanded smooth:
A false deck made of 1 mm birch plywood was installed:
And deck planking made using again 2x4 mm planks sawn from birch. Caulking between the planks was made by blackening the plank`s edges with soft pencil:
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from reklein in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Hello,
Thanks again for all of you who have welcomed me into this forum and encouraged to start a build log about my present project.
As already mentioned at the introduction area, I am building a wooden ketch Clara May after David McGregor plans, which I obtained already about 14 years ago, but never really started to build it. Soon however I found out that the plans could have been better to show more details as they do, but I think that with help from the forum all questions can be solved.
The reason to choose this as my first wooden ship project was, that the hull & superstructure are simple enough for the first project, and that the outlooks of the ship was appealing to me.
I chose scratch building instead of a kit because I happen to have a rather well equipped workshop to be able to cut all my timbers by myself. And having scratch built already a couple of tanks and cars in 1/6 scale I was not afraid of the work which might be ahead.
And thirdly, when scratchbuilding you can freely select your materials and are not tied to the ones included into the kit, which are not always the best possible.
So here we are, in the beginning. The first pictures show the plans of the ship and some of the equipment which I have in my workshop.
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from hexnut in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Hello,
Thanks again for all of you who have welcomed me into this forum and encouraged to start a build log about my present project.
As already mentioned at the introduction area, I am building a wooden ketch Clara May after David McGregor plans, which I obtained already about 14 years ago, but never really started to build it. Soon however I found out that the plans could have been better to show more details as they do, but I think that with help from the forum all questions can be solved.
The reason to choose this as my first wooden ship project was, that the hull & superstructure are simple enough for the first project, and that the outlooks of the ship was appealing to me.
I chose scratch building instead of a kit because I happen to have a rather well equipped workshop to be able to cut all my timbers by myself. And having scratch built already a couple of tanks and cars in 1/6 scale I was not afraid of the work which might be ahead.
And thirdly, when scratchbuilding you can freely select your materials and are not tied to the ones included into the kit, which are not always the best possible.
So here we are, in the beginning. The first pictures show the plans of the ship and some of the equipment which I have in my workshop.
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from GConiglio in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Hello,
Thanks again for all of you who have welcomed me into this forum and encouraged to start a build log about my present project.
As already mentioned at the introduction area, I am building a wooden ketch Clara May after David McGregor plans, which I obtained already about 14 years ago, but never really started to build it. Soon however I found out that the plans could have been better to show more details as they do, but I think that with help from the forum all questions can be solved.
The reason to choose this as my first wooden ship project was, that the hull & superstructure are simple enough for the first project, and that the outlooks of the ship was appealing to me.
I chose scratch building instead of a kit because I happen to have a rather well equipped workshop to be able to cut all my timbers by myself. And having scratch built already a couple of tanks and cars in 1/6 scale I was not afraid of the work which might be ahead.
And thirdly, when scratchbuilding you can freely select your materials and are not tied to the ones included into the kit, which are not always the best possible.
So here we are, in the beginning. The first pictures show the plans of the ship and some of the equipment which I have in my workshop.
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from wyz in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Hello,
Thanks again for all of you who have welcomed me into this forum and encouraged to start a build log about my present project.
As already mentioned at the introduction area, I am building a wooden ketch Clara May after David McGregor plans, which I obtained already about 14 years ago, but never really started to build it. Soon however I found out that the plans could have been better to show more details as they do, but I think that with help from the forum all questions can be solved.
The reason to choose this as my first wooden ship project was, that the hull & superstructure are simple enough for the first project, and that the outlooks of the ship was appealing to me.
I chose scratch building instead of a kit because I happen to have a rather well equipped workshop to be able to cut all my timbers by myself. And having scratch built already a couple of tanks and cars in 1/6 scale I was not afraid of the work which might be ahead.
And thirdly, when scratchbuilding you can freely select your materials and are not tied to the ones included into the kit, which are not always the best possible.
So here we are, in the beginning. The first pictures show the plans of the ship and some of the equipment which I have in my workshop.
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from tadheus in Clara May by Moxis - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - ketch - after David McGregor plans
Hello,
Thanks again for all of you who have welcomed me into this forum and encouraged to start a build log about my present project.
As already mentioned at the introduction area, I am building a wooden ketch Clara May after David McGregor plans, which I obtained already about 14 years ago, but never really started to build it. Soon however I found out that the plans could have been better to show more details as they do, but I think that with help from the forum all questions can be solved.
The reason to choose this as my first wooden ship project was, that the hull & superstructure are simple enough for the first project, and that the outlooks of the ship was appealing to me.
I chose scratch building instead of a kit because I happen to have a rather well equipped workshop to be able to cut all my timbers by myself. And having scratch built already a couple of tanks and cars in 1/6 scale I was not afraid of the work which might be ahead.
And thirdly, when scratchbuilding you can freely select your materials and are not tied to the ones included into the kit, which are not always the best possible.
So here we are, in the beginning. The first pictures show the plans of the ship and some of the equipment which I have in my workshop.
To be continued...
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Moxis got a reaction from Canute in Clara May
Thanks a lot guys for help! I think too that the round things on both sides of the mast are pumps, and the rectangular "boxes" are tanks, perhaps for water, because on early days she didn't have engines.
I think this matter is closed and I can continue my build!
Regards Matti
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Moxis got a reaction from mtaylor in Clara May
Thanks a lot guys for help! I think too that the round things on both sides of the mast are pumps, and the rectangular "boxes" are tanks, perhaps for water, because on early days she didn't have engines.
I think this matter is closed and I can continue my build!
Regards Matti
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Moxis reacted to druxey in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
Well, that's a nice workbench that you built, Mark. Particularly those long dovetails - sweet detail!
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