G.L.

14.8

One side is sanded oblique to fit against the stanchion.

14.7

There are four bollards on the deck, two forward and two aft.
I make them of small oak bars.

Here they come, Patrick.

14.6

The bulwark is at the outside strengthened with seven vertical planks on each side.

This is the point where I lost my log in December! From here on we will continue the building log with new posts.

14.5

It looks already a lot more like the boat I want to build!

14.4

The job is finished off by tree nailing the bulwark.

14.3

The slot for the jib boom is filed out with a round file.

14.2

Now I can shorten the excesses of the frame futtocks. They are sawn so that the extend about a millimeter above the bulwark.

Part 14: Finishing the bulwark

14.1

Planking the bulwark.

The wales form the base for further planking upwards.

When the glue is dry, I sand them an glue them into their position on the model.

... and glue in strips of two layers on top of a copy of the drawn pattern.

I saw the different planks of the wales with the help of paper templates with the table circular saw...

I start the outside planking with placing the wales.

Inspired by a lot of Triton cross section builders, I decide to make the wales in an anker stock pattern. Accordingly to 'Historic ship models' of Zu Montfeld the planks were 384 cm long and 12 cm wide at the ends and 24 cm in the middle. It is not possible to keep those exact sizes due to the frame intervals and the wales with on the cross section drawings. I draw a pattern with wales of which the dimensions are as close as possible.

The deck

After that coarse sanding, scraping the deck with a cutter knife blade and fine sanding.

Next thing to do is putting tree nails.

All the planks are laid.

The deck is spreading out plank by plank. Sometimes it is necessary to put some pressure with lead weights.

To imitate the caulking, I glue black 220 grams paper strips at one side of each plank.

The lower deck is painted in white, so the ceiling also has to be painted. I paint it plank by plank when gluing them on the deck beams.

While applying the inner planking and rectifying my mistakes with the port holes and the frame lengths, I continue laying the gun deck. Like on the lower deck only the portside will be fully planked. At the starboard side planking will be omitted from the starboard topsail sheet bit on. I lay the first two planks on each side of the forward hatch.

37 minutes ago, Wintergreen said:

Nice build GL.

It looks very much like the British smack.

 

You have a challenge in that you work with pine and oak, but I think you manage very well. The deck looks excellent.

Thank You Hakan,

The 'Ostend shipje' has some similarity with the British smack, but it is only half the size of it. Flemish fishermen who evaded to Great Brittan during the 1st World War got acquainted with the smack and introduced the type in Belgium after the war. I have somewhere a smack cross section project on the shelf, but have to finish first my HMS Triton cross section.

G.L.

13.9

The deck parts are made now, but not yet attached to the deck. Next thing to do is closing the bulwark and finishing the rail.

13.8

The tiller arm.