G.L.
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When the glue has dried. It is the turn of the knees.
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Now the gun deck structure has to be re-puzzled. I start with the gun deck stanchions. They will be kept on position by a bamboo pin on the foot and at the top. The deck beams are glued on top of them.
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A cross section is in fact a slice of a ship which is sawn out of it. I want to up light all the kerfs by painting them in red. On the lower deck a piece of deck remained to support the stairs, where the deck is cut, the kerf is painted in red.
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The surfaces which keep the natural wood color are coated with a blend of 2/3 linseed oil and 1/3 turpentine and then finished with a layer of matt varnish.
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All painted areas had three layers of white paint and were sanded in between the layers.
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Starting to paint the lower deck. The inner hull is quickly painted. It takes a lot more time to do all the other pieces part after part.
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I intend to paint the lower deck in white. I guess that it would be very difficult to do so when the gun deck is already in place, so beams, knees, carlings and ledges are not glued already. I remove them again and will paint them before gluing on position.
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And finally all ledges are made.
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Between deck beam two and three:
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After making two new amidships carlings:
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Dragged by my enthusiasm in carving notches, I fill also the gun deck stairwell.
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I remember from the lower deck that the making of the notches for the ledges in the carlings a monotonous job, so I decide to make them in parts and fill them immediately with ledges. In-between the first two deck beams.
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Next step is the making of the carlings.
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The production process of the knees is the same as in my post of February 19, 2017.
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Derek, Glad that we'll be at least two to work at the cross section. I just visited your log, your guns are looking great. I signed me in as follower. G.L.
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So this is the state in which I continue my work on the cross section.
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Here the stanchions are placed in the model almost on their positions. They are placed just behind each deck beam because I do not want to saw them to height before I place definitively the deck beams.
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I see that the pictures are coming up in reverse order. My apologies for that.
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In March my lathe was still a 30 years old mounting of my Bosh drill, not quite high technology. In the next series of photos you see the making of the gun deck stanchions.
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It has been since March that I made any progress in the Triton cross section project because I gave priority at my Ostend shrimper project for some months. Time to take up the thread now. The deck beams and gun deck stanchions were already made in March.
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I wish also that I could make CNC machines. It is really a pleasure to see so many talented and skilled persons on this forum.
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I see no mistakes. I wish that I could make such nice carvings. G.L.
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ancre Chebece 1750 by Jeronimo - FINISHED
G.L. replied to Jeronimo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Jeronimo, Sometimes I have the same problem. My pictures also don't occur always in the order that I send (and want) them. Some explanation would also please me. I think that I can imagine the sequence of your story. I just can say that I admire your accurate way of working. G.L. -
ancre Chebece 1750 by Jeronimo - FINISHED
G.L. replied to Jeronimo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
No, I do not see them as well. G.L.
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