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Bender got a reaction from donfarr in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
I am almost finished with the planking.
The aft end needed to be finished and shaped first. I didn't take a picture when I finished planking the aft end, but here is a picture as it sits now.
I started at the aft side rail and worked my way down.
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Bender got a reaction from maggsl_01 in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
Thank you everyone for looking in on my build log and for the encouraging commits as I jump back into ship modeling.
I have added filler blocks at the bow and stern.
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Before the hull planking starts, I had to plank three of the bulkheads.
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Bender got a reaction from maggsl_01 in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
The keel, stem, stern knee, stern post went together well. All these parts are laser cut from walnut.
The only thing that I needed to do was scrape and file the laser char off the glue joints.
The bulkheads are laser cut from plywood. Fit was near perfect.
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The bulkheads are held in the proper position with wooden dowels. Each bulkhead has two or four holes, and the dowel is inserted.
These dowels help hold the bulkheads all level with each other and keeps them square. If a bulkhead is not seated correctly, the dowels will not slip through the hole.
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Bender got a reaction from hexnut in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
I need to repost the first picture in the last post. It seems to have been cropped.
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Bender got a reaction from hexnut in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
The building continues but at a slow pace. I'm still making the vertical reinforcement timbers.
These pieces go on the forecastle.
I needed to remove a vertical piece I had attached earlier. You can see the scuffed planks at the front edge of the forecastle.
It is alway "fun" trying to figure out a way to clamp each piece.
I also needed a curved piece. I tried to make it out of walnut, but the walnut kept snapping. I had some boxwood. I'm always amazed at how easy It is working with boxwood. I made one piece wide enough for the two pieces I needed.
And then cut the two pieces to the size I needed.
Here's how it looks now
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Bender got a reaction from Red in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
Zoran, I do not consider the shipping information you gave as an disruption. If someone is looking for a new ship model to build, then it is good to have all this information available in one location.
I am delighted that you are watching the building of one of your models. I sometimes don't follow all the directions, and I occasionally change little things.
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Bender got a reaction from maggsl_01 in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
I started the decking. You can also see on these pictures where the upper parts of the bulk heads were removed.
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Bender got a reaction from donfarr in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
A few more pictures of the planking near the Keel.
Next is removing all the upper ends of each bulk head that sticks above the deck. You can see in this picture from earlier in the planking the twelve bulkheads that will need the upper "ears" removed.
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Bender got a reaction from tarbrush in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
The building continues but at a slow pace. I'm still making the vertical reinforcement timbers.
These pieces go on the forecastle.
I needed to remove a vertical piece I had attached earlier. You can see the scuffed planks at the front edge of the forecastle.
It is alway "fun" trying to figure out a way to clamp each piece.
I also needed a curved piece. I tried to make it out of walnut, but the walnut kept snapping. I had some boxwood. I'm always amazed at how easy It is working with boxwood. I made one piece wide enough for the two pieces I needed.
And then cut the two pieces to the size I needed.
Here's how it looks now
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Bender got a reaction from Heinz6672 in HMS Victory by Seventynet - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 72 - first build
I just read through the ten pages of your build log. You are a top level craftsman. Great work.
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Bender got a reaction from zoly99sask in HMS Victory by Seventynet - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 72 - first build
I just read through the ten pages of your build log. You are a top level craftsman. Great work.
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Bender got a reaction from Seventynet in HMS Victory by Seventynet - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 72 - first build
I just read through the ten pages of your build log. You are a top level craftsman. Great work.
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Bender got a reaction from tarbrush in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
I need to repost the first picture in the last post. It seems to have been cropped.
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Bender got a reaction from cog in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
I need to repost the first picture in the last post. It seems to have been cropped.
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Bender got a reaction from Cathead in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
The building continues but at a slow pace. I'm still making the vertical reinforcement timbers.
These pieces go on the forecastle.
I needed to remove a vertical piece I had attached earlier. You can see the scuffed planks at the front edge of the forecastle.
It is alway "fun" trying to figure out a way to clamp each piece.
I also needed a curved piece. I tried to make it out of walnut, but the walnut kept snapping. I had some boxwood. I'm always amazed at how easy It is working with boxwood. I made one piece wide enough for the two pieces I needed.
And then cut the two pieces to the size I needed.
Here's how it looks now
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Bender got a reaction from riverboat in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
This picture show the start of the vertical timbers.
I measured and pinned the vertical reinforcement timbers in place. I did this in sets of 5 and made sure the five were perpendicular to the keel and parallel with each other.
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Bender got a reaction from riverboat in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
Thank Zoran for looking in on the build. You have made a good kit, but it is a challenge to my rusty skills.
Hi Red. You ask about the skill level. The round bow is very hard to plank. It is single planked with 1.5X4mm walnut. I broke a few strips The maker of the kit, Zoran from MarisStella--who made the post right above yours--has written the direction for this kit with a skilled person in mind.. This would not be a good choice as a first kit but third, fourth, or fifth would be okay. This is my twelve the kit.
Don, on the mitres I use paper board and "cut and check" until I have it. And I still end up throwing away some wood pieces.
I don't have any updates but wanted to show a picture of my work shop.
I try to get outside early while it s cool and cut enough pieces to keep me busy inside. It was 92*F or 33* C today when I finally went in. I am about a week behind in posting pictures.
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Bender got a reaction from donfarr in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
Hi Don. I have been playing around with linseed oil. I like how it looks on this light colored walnut. I've never used it before so I need to read up on some how tos.
I started attaching the top gallant rails.
I need to add some explanation here. The plans did not have the top gallant rail curving up from horizontal on the bulwark to vertical up the back side of the forecastle and font side the bridge deck.
The plans had the rail running parallel to the main deck between the fore castle and bridge deck. And then once the rail was in place, breakwaters were placed on top of the rail and against the forecastle.
I had a hard time matching the mitered edges while attaching this rail on the aft deck, so I glued the edges together first. It was much easier this way.
Sometimes you just have to stop and clean up the mess.
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Bender got a reaction from maggsl_01 in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
I did a lot of sanding on the hull and deck, and attached a few more pieces.
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Bender got a reaction from donfarr in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
Thanks Mark, Red and Don for looking in and for your comments, and thanks all for all the "likes"
Here are some pictures I took while building the head.
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Bender got a reaction from maggsl_01 in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
I'm about two weeks behind in posting pictures. After finishing the decking on the main deck, the bridge deck comes next. I first needed to cut the holes for the main mast and mizzen mast. Here a picture of marking the main mast hole.
The directions said to use the supplied 4X4 walnut and bend to the correct shape or cut and shape from a larger pieces. I had some cherry wood, and decide it would be easier to cut and shape the beams.
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These last pictures show the decking going down.
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Bender got a reaction from maggsl_01 in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
I cut the cannon holes and the deck drain holes.
I leveled the keel to the work table and used a building quick square to mark the side of the holes.
Drilled holes
Used a file and a knife to cut the hole to shape.
Inside view
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Bender got a reaction from riverboat in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
Well, I made a mistake. I'm a firm believer in reading the directions very well, and then maybe changing things if I think it might be easier or look better. This mistake is 100% me not reading the directions correctly.
Notice in this picture from earlier in the build: Starting at the bow there are three bulkheads that are tall and solid. These are bulkheads 1,2,3. Next are five bulkheads that are short. These are bulkheads 4,5,6,7,8. Next are four taller bulkheads that form the bridge deck. These are bulkheads 9,10,11, 12. The direction clearly state to extend the planking along bulkheads 13,12,11,10,9 and nearly to bulkhead 8. The direction say to refer to the drawing to get the measurements to know how much past bulkhead 9 toward 8 to extend the planking. I stopped at bulkhead 9.
In order to fix this I made two pieces for each side.
And attached one where bulkhead 9 was--which is where the planking ends--and one where the planking should have ended.
I then ran planking up the gap.
I tried to match the color of each run of planking.
Now the side profile matches the drawing.
I did get lucky. A timber goes on the outside on top of the seam. Here are some pictures of the drawings that show the timber. I used a small file as a pointer to indicate which timber
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Bender got a reaction from riverboat in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
Stevinne,
Zoran at Maris Stella is great to work with. The shipping was 36 usd, but Zoran took care of half the cost. I had the model in ten days.
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Bender got a reaction from riverboat in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
A few more pictures of the planking near the Keel.
Next is removing all the upper ends of each bulk head that sticks above the deck. You can see in this picture from earlier in the planking the twelve bulkheads that will need the upper "ears" removed.
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