greatgalleons

Now is a good time to check the bowsprit piece.   the knight heads are too far apart, I've added more supports closer together to make sure there is a tighter fit.

I notice that there is a gap between the planksheer and where the outer hull planking will be attached.  this is one reason why I have not painted the waterway and planksheers yet.   I will add some filler wood and file and sand them flush with the bulkhead also.

so now I have to file down the gun ports and sweeps which are protruding out. these supports must be flush with the bulkheads on the inside and outer hull

framing the ports and sweeps

the cannon ports are slightly bigger on the plans than are allowed for on the build,  I added a piece of wood to the tops of the bulkheads so I would have room to place some planking above the cannon ports as shown in the plans.   I made a cannon port jig to check for exact size for each port.

adding some shims to the bulkheads which are shorter than others to ensure the fairness of the hull

assembling and placing the waterway and planksheer

timberheads and knightheads

shaped filler blocks, some struts inbetween the horn timbers

some filler blocks to be shaped for the stern and bow, I left the sternpost off in order to shape these better.

there are 3 sets of transom timbers to be installed.   Inner ,Outer, and horn timbers. 

 I have added struts in between each bulkhead and  mast supports, this is a common practice for all bulkhead models

I could not help but notice my work desk here is looking purdy rough.  20 years old and countless ship builds have left it scored really bad.   Here is a pic of what it looked like when I first started building ships. This was my scratch build Ark Royal I was working on from the HMS Revenge Plans. 

I have glued the bulkheads to the center keel.  I stand the fair-a-frame upright so the glue does not run down past the bearding line into the rabbit.    waited for the glue to dry overnight and then glued the forward side of each and repeated the process overnight.

thanks for the info, I have left off the sternpost so far, I was waiting for a good time in the build to place it on, your idea sounds good after the planking. thanks

Using Model Shipways Fair-A-Frame ship slip to keep the frames and keel aligned.

more bulkhead view

the bulkheads went in surprisingly well, very little deviation  and little curve in the center keel

I have filed down the slots in the center keel and bulkhead frames just enough so they accept each other without too much force.

I have added pins to the keel and stem at the seams.,  supposed to taper the stem , will do it later after its secured to the center keel. I will not attach the sternpost just yet till the filler blocks have been placed in and shaped.

placing the stem, keel, and stern post

filed in the rabbit, I cant imagine trying to chisel this out.

Bearding line place on center keel

Hi AJ

I do have a build log although it is not updated very often at the moment

It is called " US Brig Niagara by Kenr"

 

Regards

Ken

ok, what type of paints are you using on bulwarks and waterway and planksheer,are the water base ,acrylic or enamels. I'm not sure if I'm going to use the typical palette of colors everyone has been using. I may use stains ,dyes,maybe some India inks.

Ken  you should start a build log for us to follow and learn from your mistakes and experience.  I'm shooting in the dark here with this kit.