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Bender got a reaction from riverboat in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
Thanks, Don, Brain, and Ian, for your commits. Don, before I ordered this kit from MarisStellia, I searched for someone else that had dealt with the company. I guess I didn't do the search correctly because I missed your Trabakul build.
I have finished planking but haven't resized all the pictures yet.
Here is a picture of the last plank before being glued in.
I'll post more pictures tomorrow.
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Bender got a reaction from maggsl_01 in Ragusian Carrack by Bender - Marisstella - 1:59
More pictures as the planking continues. This is a single planked kit, and the planks are 4mm X 1.5mm walnut. As I get closer to the keel, the planks need to be bent against the 4mm width. In three days I've managed 3 planks on each side.
To take a rest from plank bending, I jumped to deck beams at the head of the ship.
Now back to the plank bending. I lack 15 planks on each side.
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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 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 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 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 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 Cathead 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 Red 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 MarisStella.hr 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 Cathead 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 WackoWolf 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 Red in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
Making the sails.
This is the tea mixed with wood glue.
Drip drying a little.
I used bags of gravel to form the sail into a bellowing shape.
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Bender got a reaction from Red in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
Here are some pictures of the fore shrouds. I cut off the first three attempts.
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Bender got a reaction from Red in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
Thanks each of you for you kind words.
I added some more of the kit supplied decorations.
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Bender got a reaction from Red in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
Next was the cooking box. This brings up a point. The actual ships of this type had 59 oars, each manned by 7 men. That is 413 men eating a lot of food. The deck on these ships were low. This allowed the waves to wash over the deck. Think of this as flushing the toilet.
I mixed together charcoal and diluted glue, and pressed this into the box. When it was dry I used red fingernail polish to give the appearance of glowing embers.
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Bender got a reaction from Red in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
I really appreciate each of your commits.
Here are some pictures of the finished fore castle.
This piece was build off the ship and then installed.
This structure will hold the shade canopy.
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Bender got a reaction from Red in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
Next was the rails on the fore castle.
I added the brass pins for added strength.
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Bender got a reaction from Red in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
Here is the boat rack.
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Bender got a reaction from Red in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
Thanks very much Michael.
I added the swivel gun supports.
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Bender got a reaction from Red in Reale de France by Bender - FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:75
Mark, it is good to be back at it. Thanks for looking in . . . again.
Sara, the decorative brass pieces are supplied in the kit. I've replaced most of the wood pieces.
Here are some pictures of the overdeck handrails.
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