svein erik

Some progress on the hull,  (the New one) soon its time to glue the false dekk , some sanding and 

some wire rigging in the hull for lights before planking, 

I took some photo of the first hull beside the New one... a huge differents all the way.

and also thanks for the likes , its going to be more interested later on with this build 😊

Svein.erik 

wondeful ship, good luck with the build Peter, i did mine in basswood that come with the kit, but now i wish i had use boxwood or yellow ceder insted,

but i use the confed... as a tool to learn to plank and many other stuff , this ship started my ship building career😉

svein erik

11 hours ago, Peter Bloemendaal said:

Another update with a few photo's. 

When working on the Quarter deck port sill and lintels I noticed I goofed up with the placement on the laser parts H-H. I placed them on the wrong side of the laser edge on the bulkhead extension. This required some fixing. I think I got away with it. This is shown on photo 4 & 5. (the photo's were imported in random order).

The other pics show a bit more progress after that (hopefully without any stuff-ups this time)....🙂

Peter

thanks for the likes,

i have glued everything together and started to shape the hull / fairing the hull 

the stern is going to take some time because of the round shape that needed from the dekk to  the keel ....

i think its going to be fun to see the lines and compare it to the plans ....

svein erik

wat a model , you make it look so easy😊 

svein erik

finish cutting out bulkhead former and bulkheads and for now its yust 

dryfitted , next is to trim the BF a little and chek it against the plans .......... Then glue it together😉

when all the stern/bow filler are glued on am at the stagde where i was on the first hull!!

am back on track😊

svein erik

dont feel bad! i did the same mistake on my scratch build Pequot , so i have to cut everything out again....😲

as Chuck say .... it comes out better the 2 time😆 good luck with the winni build😊

svein erik

thanks for the likes

am now finish with the templates and its been drawn to the sheet ready to cut out,

this time i dont have all the bulwark extension, this wil be made later!

also the bulkhead former is ready to be cut out.

after my mistake with the first hull i did learn a hole lot and the 2 hull is going to be a better one😊

(learning by doing, its yust wood )LOL....

svein erik

congrats😀 a beauteful ship and modeling😊

svein erik

am ready for round 2 on this prodjekt😊

am planing the bulkhead templates and trying to understand the curve / deck curve,

so i can cut out the templates correckt ??

here are some photo of wat i have dunn , am i on the right track here??

svein erik

thanks for the likes!

am back in shop.... 

the first belt of planks are now finish, need some more sanding and the wales need some paint too(later)

i wil start the next thing to do is to start with the square tuck.... see you!

svein erik

1 hour ago, Y.T. said:

This saw pictured above is only for crude work to my opinion. Look at the size of teeth on the blade. Hopefully this would not matter much if you work on ships at very large scale.

am trying it out,  i yust got one today, and the teeth is small also😊

On 9/5/2019 at 2:35 AM, mtaylor said:

Don't feel bad.  It is easy to mix up plans and cause yourself confusion.  Hopefully you can save and use some of the parts you have cut.

Mark 

i do not feel bad , so am now good to go.....

i got some new ply 5mm (ligt ply) 8 sheets . 33cm×66cm and a new tool 😲 proxxon 

so am starting to make a new frame😊

svein erik

thanks for te likes and coments...

am in my cabin and doing some planing for the pequot prodjekt in the rain!! (am inside.. 😉)

so how do i say it😲......

i just descover that am are a knokelhead , i think i have to re do the hole frame work and start all over ,

how did it happen!   i have so many plans that i have some wrong plans inside some of the right one 

it dident get in the trash 😖 so i did some re masuremant and come up with ,

the bulkhead frames are in 1:50 the backbone is in 1:45  (this is buildt) 

the righte scale is 1:48 , i have the plans for this scale (OMG, how stuped i am)

when am home again a have to look at this more, now am yust mad at my self... 

but the prodjekt is on hold not stoped, it just going to take more time .

need to order some ply for new frame😨

svein-erik

Am now using chuck metod of planking with edge bending ( am also use my wife's iron to heat it)

and i think /i know for me this was the best metod and easy to do! 

Chuck describe it in the winni log☺

am also sad to say i cant do any building on any of my models fore a week..... 

am curently in the mountains in our cabin... 

because of our daughter's disease we staying here..

its a scool camp thing so the rest of the class staying a place not far from us!

but i did take with me some plans for the Pequot ,so if i get time i do that..LOL😊

some morning photo of the mountains , wel it yust a small peace...

and some photo of the edge bending plank!

svein-erik

it is, yust look for brig syren (by svein erik ) its not finish yet😉, 

but pleace do look at Dubz build log for the syren , he has outstanding photos of the build☺

svein.erik

and some more,  12 punds long guns from syrens modelcompany , also the wheel !

hope that helps! and good luck with your syren build😊

svein erik

here is a photo of the guns☺ corronadas 18lb 

svei erik

hi,

for my syren i used 18 lb , the long guns i had some extra 12 pund from syrens model ship (Chuck)

als you can get the ships wheel from chuck, go to his web site!

svein erik

19 minutes ago, Chuck said:

it works like a charm......its my method of choice.....well done!!! Its a very quick method to use.    It requires few tools.....you could always use any old full sized iron.  But having the smaller one is much better.  You also wont get in trouble from the admiral, LOL.

ups🙊 i have the iron and i diddent tell my wife😲😉

i did try out chuks metod he write  about not spilling yust edge bending etc,

and am supriced how akkur it is ( after the 3 time is on the hull...😉 but on the cheerful)

i also used the iron to heat the plank, i was happy to use the template edge bending plank that was in the box for the confederacy.

it was so muth better this metod its now my favorite😆

svein-erik

so i gess i can do this metod on the cheerful without the spilling 😊

am looking farword to the video of planking☺ a grait looking model!!

svein erik

thanks for the likes and coments😊

i have bin testing som material for the simulated steel plates .

i first used some alu foil , but i think te seem was not thick for the scale, so i have to go and think out some thing again🔧🔩🔨🚀.....

i did find some card stock , cutting it in some peases (not in scale yust randum) used some pva glue om the back and glue it 

to some wood , i think this is it!! nice seems and teksture . Is low cost and i can cutt it in any way i want!

the test is not painted yet, but after this is glue on the hull and painted i thing this is going to be very nice😊

svein erik

this is a grait tool, i have bin looking for some like this😊 its on my favorites too!

svein erik

The pequot was built in 1909 by the New York Shipsbuilding company in Camden, New Jersey with the name

General Samuel M.Mills and first commissioned as an Army mine layer.

She was driven by two compound- expansion 2 cylinder coal fired steam reciprocal engines which generated 900 horsepower.

the length was 166' and beam of 32' with a draft of 13' she displaced 1106 tons.

October 12, 1908 the keels for the Mills and Schofield where laid on the same day,

My build wil be based on the Mills/ later Pequot from 1908/1909 and the hull is constructed of wood 

with wood planking, later i wil make simulated steel plates with the bolts etc ( hull)

the main deck cabins wil also have simulates steel plates , but the upper cabins wil be in wood as constructed in 1909.

some photo of the building of the Mills /Pequot, and my frame work as it are now .

i need more wood filling at the stern an some more fairing of the hull befor planking.

svein erik.

Am started to plank the first belt of 8 planks (10 at mihtship) 9 at the bow (drop plank )

I have lining off the hull and all the tick marks are in place.

I use chuck's method of spilling the planks and here is the result of the 1 plank of the first belt!