AntonyUK

Good afternoon.. Thanks John. Another little update. Jigs to hold the Slide rail in place while drying. Skylight gets some finishing timbers. Lots mor to add yet. Then quite a bit of sanding to a nice finish. Not sure if I can make them opening because the hinges are bespoke and made out of brass. Might be able to 3D print them. Deck hatches Sliding parts. Timber at bottom is a jig for the correct curvature. Regards AntonyUK.

Hi Vaddoc. Nice build so far. Like the CAD work. I got a set of plan's from the Albert Strange trust. Albert Strange – Albert Strange – his life, boats, art They are copy's of the original set of plans. Quality is good and they come in PDF format. Original size. But as you say there are issues with them. Regards AntonyUK.

Thanks Kenny. Another Cad File for your inspection. Thanks for looking in. Regards AntonyUK.

Hi again. Thanks John. Ok been making the deck Furniture this week Basic cutouts with the laser and strip wood glued in place. All the photos are still work in progress ATM. Lots of finishing and bits to be added EG Hatch runners, Handles, More strip wood on Skylight. Portholes. Above is cockpit area seating handrail still in its jig Corners laser cut and hand cut strips on the straight sides and back. Cling film so no glue sticking to the jig. Above. Cockpit well Planked but not finished. Got to add Engine control's and gear shift/throttle leaver. Forward hatch very much work in progress ATM. Above. Skylight with only sides and end planking in place. Not making the skylight with openings for ventilation. Above. Cockpit seating area wall with skirt (Planking thickness). Two bits of thin ply wrapped around jig while glue sets and Handrail glued in place. Again Lots of work in progress. Above. Main companion way hatch. Tried to copy the same construction methods as Leo's team used. Next job will be to Epoxy the false bulwarks(Plywood) onto the fibreglass bulwarks. This will give me a nice flat finish to mount the stanchions onto. And start to finish the deck furniture. Ongoing for the next few months. Regards AntonyUK.

Thanks John. Another update. I have started on the deck furniture IE Hatches, cockpit area and the rest of the Cover boards. Not in place yet. Only for show and photo. All laser cut from 3mm plywood. Deck furniture supports in place. Templates for inner bulwark face. will be cut from 1mm plywood and fixed in place with resin. So when I cut the waterways there will be no gaps. I hope. Next it will be the strips of wood on the deck furniture and the cockpit area. followed by the bulwarks. Thanks for looking in. AntonyUK.

Hi again. All excess fibre glass trim removed with Dremel and cutting disc. Laser cutting Walnut Cover boards out of 2mm Walnut. Got 4 more to cut out but run out of Walnut. While awaiting delivery of timber. Will give the shed a good clean down. Not yet cleaned up. King planks are next out of the same Walnut. Then the lining of the bulwarks on the inside. Regards AntonyUK.

Good Morning. First I apologise for the Big gap in my posting. My wife has had her Hip replacement and I was doing the cooking and housework for 3 months. Have little time to spend on the build. And Yes the hip replacement went very well. Good old NHS. OK the update. Hull covers with 2 layers of mat and then sanded to remove any bumps that should not be there. IE were the glass overlaps. Then I started covering the hull with a filler section by section. then sanded most of it off using the sanding boards below. These worked better than any other tool I tried. Removing the foam @ the bulwarks. The hull will be left as it is for the time being. 100% sure if I finish it off now it will get damaged during the build. So final filling and sanding (repeat) until smooth and ready for paint job. Will paint it the same colours as Leo did. Next job will be to construct a cradle to sit the boat in during the rest of the construction. Thanks for looking in. AntonyUK.

Hi Vaddoc. Thank you for your kind words. Yes its a Static model. Good advice on cleaning uncured epoxy.. Yes its my first time using the stuff. Only Glassed one side at the moment as life gets in the way. or should I spell it with a "W" The Plans :- The trust has all the plans of the boat and the ones I ordered are Accommodation Plan which has a Top view and a side view. lines Plan. Construction Plan. Top view and a side view. that shows the Deck beams and a centre section side view. Table of offsets. Detail sketches Showing 5 sections across the boat. Sail Plan. and a Mid section scanting's. The Plans are full size all from scans original of plans, Hoping to carry on next Wednesday as got lots on ATM. Thanks for dropping in. AntonyUK.

Hello again. A change of plans. After testing polyester resin on the Polyisocyanurate foam it showed no signs of melting the foam. I just wet the foam with the resin then added 300g chopped strand mat and wetted it through. Left it 24 hours and sliced it through with a bandsaw. So I will Not be using the plaster of paris to give the hull a firm surface for finishing. Looks good to me So I will apply 2 layers of 300g matting and sand to a good fare curve mabe adding more matt and resin or filler if needed. then I will spray a grey gel coat onto the sanded surface and fine sand to a finish. then a white gel coat and fine sand and polish. I am hoping that I can cut the planking seams in with a diamond edge and fare curve plank. Will test this on some scrape before attempting to do it on the hull. This fibre glassing is all new to me. Any advice ?? . Thanks for looking in. AntonyUK.

Hi Andy. from the SouthWest. A little update. The deck beams and Stanchion post are added to the hull. The gaps between the Stanchion posts were filled with Polyisocyanurate foam and trimmed. This was then sanded to its final before covering with plaster of paris bandage. Now for the messy bit. Covering the hull with the plaster of paris bandage. That's a tomorrow job. Another CAD view of the assembly. Thanks for looking in. More updated as I progress. Regards Antony UK.

Good morning. Just a little insight into how the drawings are created. I use Fusion360 Hobby Home version. The plans were imported and scaled to the correct length at the waterline. Then there positions were adjusted to match together so that when you rotate the drawings it looks and reacts as it should in 3D. All the Components then have Drawing plane's on all X Y and Z planes added(Just a habit encase I need them latter on) Each part has its own drawing so that I can use Origin Shaper add-in to export the SVG files in the next stage. The parts are drawn one at a time in the correct order so I can see them to check on the fairings and assembly alignment. A few screenshots. The Keel is made using a bread and butter construction. This gives me a true shape and is easy to fare when it comes to the sanding. Used dowels to get the alignment spot on. The layers are 4.2mm in thickness. and the bottom one is 6mm thick. Sternpost is made up using 4 parts and and I used 16mm thick timber. All the parts were marked with a laser and also marked the rabbet line at the same time. parts were cut with correct grain direction. Final fitting with file and chisel to get the fit. The stem was done using the same method as the Sternpost. Using 14mm thick timber and the mast step was 21mm timber. The assembly matched together. Assembly with Frame drawings. Showing the lines very nicely. The frame drawing were put onto a sketch which is the size of my laser. this made it easy to manipulate the parts ready for Shaper to do its magic. The inverted building Base. That's it for now. Regards AntonyUK.

A little update after 4 hours of fairing. Using power tools and hand tools. The Keel faired to the hull. Still needs finishing before coating. Cutwater fairing is going well still needs finishing with hand tools and finer grit. another view if the Cutwater. Sternpost fairing going well. As above need finishing. More sanding before coating and recoating a few times. Regards AntonyUK.

Good Afternoon John. Yes a do have and used a dust mask for the cutting and sanding as the dust is very fine and could do a lot of damage in the lungs. Thanks for the heads up and GOOD advice. AntonyUK.

A little update. The Polyisocyanurate boards were cut down into strips that are a tight fit between the frames. over size as its easy to sand to a good fit with sandpaper. Used Everbuild 502 wood adhesive to glue the foam in place. The extra bits were flats so a little scraps are applied to fill the spaces. The interior of the hull looks like its scrap but this will be cleaned up after fibre glassing. Did a little trimming today to get rid of most of the excess foam. by trimming with a hacksaw blade and then sanding with flat board with sandpaper. and the concave parts I used a spray can with sandpaper wrapped around it to get the contours right. The photo above is the first level of sanding. will sand down till the charcoal from laser cutting is removed from top of frames. And yes this if a very dusty process and the correct type of raspatory mask and eye protection were used. I estimate the sanding will take me a few days as its easy to work with but I want to get it as close as possible to perfect before continuing with the next phase. Thanks for looking in. Regards AntonyUK.

Hi Keith. yes I have seen them. poor health ETC. Shame as I liked the Little pancho and the Forklift. I have never Not finished a model As yet... but Age and health .. Who can tell. Regards AntonyUK.