Slowhand
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Everything glued together and rough sanding done using my sanding pad /grinder. Can’t risk doing anymore using this tool so it’s slow and careful by hand now.
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Thanks Tony, the hardest part of cutting the bulkheads was getting the slots which fit into the false keel perpendicular, had to redo one bulkhead. Bandsaw blade had a tendency to wander. Because of the length of the hull and relatively few bulkheads decided to infill the spaces with blocks to give strength and stop the keel warping. Pine 6 x 4“ left over from a raised garden bed cut into lengths with a bow saw then shaped with the bandsaw. Everything’s just loose at this stage. Cut out the stem to replace with some nice wood. Any similarity with Backer’s wonderful build of the Golden Hind merely coincidental.
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First steps scaling up the plans before copying across onto the plywood. No expense spared here mind, this 5mm 3 ply from B&Q a few months ago cost all of £ 3/4. Did a dummy run with a coping saw but as it happened got much better results with my Scheppach bandsaw which I finally seemed to have mastered. The dummy keel was laid on the 11th May. The mouse police looked typically distainful.
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I finally decided to start my first scratch build project after lots and lots of deliberation, I didn’t want something too complex/ ambitious so the starting point was the Amati plans of a kit which is quite small hence the scaling up from 1:50 to 1:25. The Polacca was used by Venetian Fleet to protect the shipping routes of Venice from the Dalmatian, Greek and Turkish Pirates. That lateen sail at the front must have been useful for sailing to windward and perhaps downwind as a primitive gennaker or spinnaker! Expect I’ve a lot to learn but guess I’ll have plenty of time with this Corona virus thing. My version will be over 24” not including the bowsprit so the original would be about 50’ which looks about right. Intend to open up the rear cabin for lights and put a lower deck midships partly visible through the grating.
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Hi this is an interesting model never come across a build of the Portsmouth. Progressing well.
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All the yards added with some of the upper rigging. Not going to do all the rigging as I’am still in a mind to redo the ratlines and need access, although at 1:90 scale not sure how much better I would get them. As they say a man has to know his limitations.
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Hi Afonso, just spotted this thread. Have to say I wouldn’t choose the Occre San Martin again, simply because of the lack of historical accuracy and I do like galleons with stacked up forecastles and sterns. I spent quite a lot on stub cannons, a wooden ships boat, more realistic cannons for the deck and extra timber all mentioned in the log. To be fair to Occre it is a budget model and you get what you pay for. With hindsight would have chosen the San Marcos as it looks more like a 16th galleon based on the paintings of Armada vessels I’ve seen. My next model will be semi scratch at a larger scale once I’ve finished the San Martin hopefully this winter and more historically accurate. Hope this helps.
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Didn’t it used to be called duck egg grey or blue always thought it was a funny name
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Upper ratlines and yards attached. Occre rigging instruction need much to be desired IMHO so using previously completed Half Moon as guide.
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Lower yards attached. Finding working on rigging at 1/ 90 scale difficult to say the least
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Better view. When I originally added the rubbing strakes using the walnut supplied I coated them with dark oak Danish oil which conveniently has faded over time to match the hull
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Thanks for the complements, happy with the hull, less so with the rigging -
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Oh I do hate doing ratlines, going to let the brass hinges etc naturally age. Ratlines as good as I can do as have already redone them once, just going to continue with spars and finish the build and make a decision on whether there good enough.
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This is definitely the best San Francisco I’ve seen to date.
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Hi, if you’re in the UK look at Timberline’s at Tonbridge website and look at the Decorative and Specialist hardwoods there are some geometric patterns on wood which might suit your needs, expensive but when you consider how long it takes to make a model Not too bad IMO
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Think it passed Dockyard QC. Need to buy in some brown rope for the ratlines from Cornwall Models as the beige hemp supplied would look very odd IMO. Also some parrels needed as no where near enough in the kit. Best get them in before Brex**** could be a problem for the non scratch builders. PS why are those funny blocks used to hold the anchors called cat heads.
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Working through the rigging, shrouds done and the stays, ratlines next
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Have been following your thread, no pun intended and used your advice to buy a pack of needle hole threaders from Hobby-craft to thread the deadeye things, thanks.
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Zappto, Just spotted your excellent log. How did you do you ratlines, they look really net and tidy.
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Thanks for the kind words guys, there are so many fantastic builds on this site it’s so easy to get lost in the weeds
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Girona by augustus
Slowhand replied to augustus's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Thanks for the info, I can get the former from one of our UK superstores Screwfix , but need a good dust extractor first for the mancave. Already got a stash of cherry drying. -
Girona by augustus
Slowhand replied to augustus's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Ah, I am jealous, I can’t buy that quality of mahogany or its substitute, sapelli as pre-cut planking in the UK. Out of interest how big is your milling machine?
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