G.L.
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12.4 Here it is assembled and standing into position. Before it will be placed permanently it has to be blackened.
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12.3 As there is a stove in the crew shelter, there has to be a chimney. I make it of a 5mm brass tube sawn under 45° and soldered together. It stands on a small brass ring, sawn and filed out of a brass plate.
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12.2 I add also the a small rail with 3 holes for belaying pins, connecting the jib boom support with the knight head. The belaying pins are made on the lathe of a spar of beech. 1. I first cut the thin part of the pin. 2. With a round file I shape the body of the handle. 3. I then cut off the pin from the spar and turn it around with the thin part in the chuck and I round the upper side of the handle with a flat (triangle) file. 4. The result. 5. The pins in the rail.
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Part 12: Making deck gear 12.1 Now the deck is laid, I can finish the jib boom support with props on the deck.
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Thank You Michael. I discovered recently your Bristol pilot boat log. That is ship modelling at a whole different level. It is clear that I have still a lot to learn. It is thanks to logs like yours that we can continue improving our skills. G.L.
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John, Thank you very much for your comment. G.L.
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11.7 The deck is finished with tree nails and then sanding, sanding and sanding...
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11.6 When the model is fully planked. I lay some weights on the deck and let everything dry. When the glue is dry, I scrape the planks smooth with a knife blade.
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11.5 I start the planking from amidships and use a lath to glue the first planks in a straight line. At the sides and the heads of each plank I glue black cardboard strips to imitate the caulking. As the planking reaches the sides of the boat they can been cut into the waterways.
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11.4 The waterways in place, but not glued. The inner edge is not yet shaped. I will do that while laying the deck planks.
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11.3 I copy the shape of the outer edge of the waterway on a piece of tracing paper. After the template is glued on a of pine plank of 3 mm thick, it can been sawn.
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11.2 At the stern, an oak plank is covering the space between the stern and the last but one deck beam.
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Part 11: Laying the deck: 11.1 Only the port side of the deck will be closed. I will leave the biggest part of the starboard side uncovered to preserve a view on the deck beam structure and the interior. I start with making and placing small filling pieces between the bulwark stanchions. On the sides of them I glue a strip of black cardboard to imitate the caulking.
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The jib boom support finally into position. Remark the round groove in the port knight head for the bow sprit, it was filed out with a round file.
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10.5 A wooden roll which will guide the jib boom when it is rolled in or out is added.
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10.4 The stringers are shortened to the correct height and the clamp is glued into position. A sheave is added on top of the starboard stringer.
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10.3 Sawing the clamp for the outside of the port stringer.
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10.2 The block is glued between the stringers in the slots and on the inside of the starboard stringer a sheave shell is glued into position.
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10: Finishing the jib boom support 10.1 In part 7, post 7.1 I made the stringers of the jib boom support. Now it is time to finish it. Once the deck is laid it can't been removed any more. I start with cutting the slots for the block on which the bowsprit will rest. The block is sawn from a small piece of oak and the round groove for the bowsprit was filed in it with a round file.
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9.15 Some of the deck beams have to be sawn trough for the gaps of the hatches.
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9.14 While placing the deck beams, I make the grooves for the carlings which will connect the beams on the edge of the waterway.
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9.13 Now the bulkheads are in place, the deck beams can be glued into position. Before doing that, I coat the inside of hull with a blend of 2/3 linseed oil and 1/3 turpentine. With the deck beams in place the inside of the hull won't be accessible any more
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9.12 The fish hold is separated from the sail shed by a low partition. In the sail shed the stringers for the fishing winch are not yet in place.
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9.11 The stove, after it has been painted black and placed in position in the crew shelter.
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9.10 The lids are of cardboard, the hinges of small pieces of brass and the ring at the top side of a piece of copper wire
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