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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 mtbediz 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 Jonny 007 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 glbarlow 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
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 Ryland Craze 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 JpR62 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 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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bartley got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by bartley - FINISHED - 1/48 scale
There will be a bit of delay on this build while I try to source some more boxwood. Although I did originally buy enough strips from Jason to complete the planking, I discovered that a significant number of strips had a rather ugly cross grain and they were also a couple of shades darker in colour. I may yet have to use them but I will first try to source some better quality material. I can now rip my own planks on my Byrnes but finished Boxwood sheets are becoming difficult to obtain.
John
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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 BobG 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 KARAVOKIRIS 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 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 Jonny 007 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 9
Wales and Molding Strip
The red that I am using here is Vallejo Flat Red. . Synthetic dies and bright colours were not developed until 1856 and even then they were expensive. So the paint at this stage would have been red lead - cheap but effective. I feel that this colour is close to the red lead paint we used on our barns when I lived on a farm as a boy. I dilute the paint down considerably with 50:50 Vallejo thinners and deionized water and then apply about seven coats.
John
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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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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 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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