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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 18
I have now completed the planking. Not in Chuck's league by any means - there are a few places where the planks could be tighter but on the whole it looks OK. Its all a learning exercise for me.
Time to move on to the treenails now
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
I have now obtained some boxwood and ripped some planks so I can now move ahead:-
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bartley got a reaction from Jonny 007 in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 16
A few minor illnesses and a bit of much needed work on the yard have kept me out of the shipyard for a while but have made a bit more progress lately. The first ten strakes are on each side now.
And I have completed the square tuck now as well
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 15
Lining out the hull.
I did this several times but in the end the difference between the various versions was only around 0.5mm. There seems to be no tapering required aft of about bulkhead B. I hope this is correct!
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Post 14
Finishing the wales.
The second layer of the wales was added and painted black. I painted the edges first as I was not confident that I could do this afterwards and not get paint on the planking.
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 13
Chuck suggests adding the second layer to the Wales at this stage. However, others on the site have suggesting added the next two layers of planking first and so I adopted this course of action. I found the drop plank a bit tricky to fit but after several paper patterns I developed a better understanding of what the shape should and I am now satisfied with the fit.
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 12
Fashion Pieces added. Some tweaking was needed to fit them to the shape of my transom
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 11
Planking the Stern
First the outer frames had to be thinned down. Pretty scary this!
Then the actual planking. Planking the counter was OK. I had more trouble with the transom.
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 10
Planking above the wales
Planking up to the Molding strip was straight forward:
However planking around the gun-ports was tricky (for me at least) and took some time. However it is a nice little feature once done
Previous builds have involved continuous planking up to the sheer and then cutting the gunports into those planks an lining afterwards, Chuck suggest that the rabbet should be 1/64 ‘’. This is 0.39 mm. I was not confident I could do this consistently so I made mine 0.5 mm. I also found that for the fairly constant gaps amidships pre-making a set of planks helped me to get the rabbet parallel to the port. This is not my idea and I must thank Rafine for the suggestion:
So here is the result:
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 7
And now the stern filler blocks. A bit rough but I think faired well enough to serve the purpose
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 5
Framing the Stern
Following Chuck's suggestions, I first glued in the main outer frames (z)
Then the outer frames themselves (zz) are glued to these:
And the whole assembly faired to match the hull:
After installing the central frames, the gun-port sills and lintels were installed. As reported by others, I found this step surprisingly tricky and I had to un-glue and reinstall several times! I used a level and a sized block to ensure that each was level with the waterline and sized the same:
Here is the result
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A word of warning.
Chuck warns about this later with respect to the stern ports but it is also important to make sure that all the gun-port sills fit snugly. If they are a fraction long they will push the bulkheads out of square and negate all of your careful fairing because it changes the angle. This happened on a couple of mine but fortunately I noticed the bulkhead move and so took a little off the sill in question. It doesn't take much.
John
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Here are some further images of the result
I also lined the chase ports as others have done on this forum (BE and Mike)
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 4
I have now finished the Gun-port linings. I used the method recommended by Chuck using a batten to obtain smooth curve. Although I eyeballed the port and starboard battens to make sure they were the same. I also double checked by using a level as here:
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bartley got a reaction from Jonny 007 in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Although it is difficult to see in a photo, I think its done now. Time to move on.
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bartley got a reaction from Jonny 007 in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Unfortunately there are lots of photos of this step but obviously good planking depends on this step being correct.
Test battens seem to sit flat on most bulkheads but it is a bit proud at the bow. So I thought I needed to take bit more of the marked bulkheads.
Obviously it is difficult to see how good (or bad) this is without seeing the actual model but this is the best I can do at this distance
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
The starboard side at least is looking close. I notice from Chuck's pictures that there is virtually no lasr char left anywhere so maybe I need to go a bit further?
John
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bartley got a reaction from Jonny 007 in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
After a false start in which I snapped off the bow extension when removing the bulkhead former from the sheet! Things seem to be going well now. The two sections of the bulkhead former were glued together and the rabbet strip glued in place.
The stem pieces and the keel were sanded on their faces to remove laser car but the edges were left unsanded. The treenails were simulated as described by chuck using a 0.5 mm drill and filling with neutral filler. After a coat of wipe-on-polly they were glued to the bulkhead former and fitted well with out the need for fettling.
As recommended by Chuck no laser char was remove from the bulkheads and all fitted firmly. Care was taken to retain each one square in all directions.
The bow and port filler blocks are added.
Next comes, for me, the challenging process of fairing the hull correctly
I think I have a way to go yet but trial battens are beginning to look close. I am taking a rest now. I think patience is the key here I am a little concerned about taking too much of the stern as others report it getting too narrow here.
John
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bartley got a reaction from mtaylor in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by glbarlow - FINISHED - 1:48
Glenn,
After my parcel from CMB sat in Heathrow for two weeks it is suddenly in Sydney. So that's three weeks compared to the usual two. So unfortunately you are probably right - you parcel has gone astray, Bad luck. No wonder Chuck is not keen to post abroad at the moment.
John
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bartley got a reaction from glbarlow in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by glbarlow - FINISHED - 1:48
Glenn,
After my parcel from CMB sat in Heathrow for two weeks it is suddenly in Sydney. So that's three weeks compared to the usual two. So unfortunately you are probably right - you parcel has gone astray, Bad luck. No wonder Chuck is not keen to post abroad at the moment.
John
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Thanks Chuck, that's pretty clear now. Actually the last photo in Chapter Nine shows it quite clearly. I didn't look far enough forward!
John
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bartley got a reaction from JpR62 in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Thanks Chuck, that's pretty clear now. Actually the last photo in Chapter Nine shows it quite clearly. I didn't look far enough forward!
John
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Chuck,
Here's a pic. I see two eye bolts between the deadeyes and two on the cap rail there is a scupper port also but there is also something marked on the wale between the straps.
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 22: Margin Planks
I have been away from the workshop for a bit but the caprails and margin planks are now complete. The margin planks were difficult until I established a technique for fabricating these. several attempts ended up in the bin. They are not in Chuck's league but are as good as I could get them.
John
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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
Post 25 : Deck Planking.
The deck planking is now complete. The scaphs were a bit of a challenging but interesting to do. I first made paper patterns by the age old technique of rubbing over with graphite like this:
Here is the completed decking:
Chuck:
Your deck looks very flat. Did you scrape it after it was laid?
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