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tlevine got a reaction from PeteB in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
I have made and installed the opposed lodging knees. Since I did not go into any detail on their construction for the lower deck, let me demonstrate how I made them. First, I make a template of the knee and saw it out a bit oversized. The thickness of the blank is about 2.5 times the normal thickness to allow for the curvatures. I then mark on the blank the areas that will be removed. I use a combination of my Preac saw, Dremel sanding discs and sandpaper to remove the excess material. The knees are given a final shaping and the bolts are added prior to installation.
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tlevine got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
A delayed thank you to Maurey and Pavel. Druxey, the tracks are now installed and, like so many details that we add, are now almost invisible! But we all know they are there...
Beam sets 9 and 10 are in place. The only unusual items are the opposed lodging knees at the dead flat. I did not have thick enough wood with me this week to make them, so they will be installed next week. They will be identical to the ones on the lower deck. Look at page 10 of this build to see how they are shaped.
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tlevine got a reaction from PeteB in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The last two pictures show the knees installed.
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tlevine got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The last two pictures show the knees installed.
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tlevine got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
I have made and installed the opposed lodging knees. Since I did not go into any detail on their construction for the lower deck, let me demonstrate how I made them. First, I make a template of the knee and saw it out a bit oversized. The thickness of the blank is about 2.5 times the normal thickness to allow for the curvatures. I then mark on the blank the areas that will be removed. I use a combination of my Preac saw, Dremel sanding discs and sandpaper to remove the excess material. The knees are given a final shaping and the bolts are added prior to installation.
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tlevine got a reaction from sonicmcdude in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The last two pictures show the knees installed.
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tlevine got a reaction from Jeronimo in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The last two pictures show the knees installed.
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tlevine got a reaction from garyshipwright in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The last two pictures show the knees installed.
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tlevine got a reaction from jml1083 in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The last two pictures show the knees installed.
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tlevine got a reaction from Elia in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The last two pictures show the knees installed.
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tlevine got a reaction from herask in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
Beam set 7 includes the opening for the fore hatch. These carlings are a little larger than the standard ones. As I am building the lower deck structures as I move aft, it was time to build the aft sail room. The fore sail room is one of the small rooms on the port side near beam set 4. This was a fun little structure to make. The lateral walls have louvers to allow ventilation into the room. I do not own a mill so the mortises for the louvers were made with an 11 blade. On Atalanta, the door into this room is a slider, not a hinged door. Consequently, the door must be made wider than the opening and it will be on the outside wall of the sail room. There is a pillar on the inside wall precluding placing the door there. Not having built a sliding door before, I went over to the local stable and looked at my horse's stall door. The latch is a L-shaped bolt on the door with a U-shaped piece of metal on the door frame to receive the bolt. The bolt measured 3" x 4" x 3/8". This would require making a u-shaped channel 0.01" square. Needless to say, this is well beyond my skill set so I have a flat piece of metal on the door frame representing it instead. Decking was placed under the assembly on the starboard side. The last two pictures show the sail room assembly before and after a coat of finish.
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tlevine got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
Beam set 7 includes the opening for the fore hatch. These carlings are a little larger than the standard ones. As I am building the lower deck structures as I move aft, it was time to build the aft sail room. The fore sail room is one of the small rooms on the port side near beam set 4. This was a fun little structure to make. The lateral walls have louvers to allow ventilation into the room. I do not own a mill so the mortises for the louvers were made with an 11 blade. On Atalanta, the door into this room is a slider, not a hinged door. Consequently, the door must be made wider than the opening and it will be on the outside wall of the sail room. There is a pillar on the inside wall precluding placing the door there. Not having built a sliding door before, I went over to the local stable and looked at my horse's stall door. The latch is a L-shaped bolt on the door with a U-shaped piece of metal on the door frame to receive the bolt. The bolt measured 3" x 4" x 3/8". This would require making a u-shaped channel 0.01" square. Needless to say, this is well beyond my skill set so I have a flat piece of metal on the door frame representing it instead. Decking was placed under the assembly on the starboard side. The last two pictures show the sail room assembly before and after a coat of finish.
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tlevine reacted to samueljr in 18th Century Longboat by samueljr - FINISHED
That I'd post a few more progress pics.
It's really just straight from the manual building at this point.
Sam
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tlevine reacted to Dan Vadas in HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - 16-gun Swan-class sloop from TFFM plans
Thanks for checking in again Michael, Jeff and Brian.
Making the Timberheads
There are 40 Timberheads to fit on Vulture - 16 on the forecastle and 24 on the quarterdeck. Almost every one has different angles cut into them, as they are vertical to the frames but are also following the sheer of the decks in the longitudinal direction.
I made a jig to hold the pieces while I cut and file them to shape. The jig's angles will be recut as I progress along each deck - it remains to be seen whether this idea will work, but I'm fairly confident it will.
I've cut a shoulder into the bottom of them to give them added strength where they go through the planksheers. They also fit into the top of each frame by 1.5mm :
The first one fitted - only 39 to go :
Danny
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tlevine reacted to Dan Vadas in HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - 16-gun Swan-class sloop from TFFM plans
Thank you John - I like it now .
A small "Tutorial" on how I made the Hances.
One trick I learned long ago is to make small pieces that are awkward to hold on the end of a long piece of stock which can be used as a handle for more control.
First I Milled the inside curve. These will all come out the same for the four of this type - the planking is finessed to fit the radius :
Next the outer curve is sanded down to follow the shape of the inner one. I started off with the Byrnes disc sander and finished with a sanding stick :
I could only use the molding scraper for the straight grained section :
The curved sections were cut with a very narrow Xacto chisel :
The piece will be cut off the longer stock when it's all cleaned up.
Danny
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tlevine reacted to Dan Vadas in HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - 16-gun Swan-class sloop from TFFM plans
Thank you Frank, John, Pat, Ben and Mark .
Pat, the fourth pic in my previous post is as close to the "real" colour of Chuck's rope as I can get it. The others ARE a little paler due to different lighting angles.
I've finished Re-Rigging all the guns. To hold the rope coils in place I used a Fabric Setting gel used by seamstresses etc to glue down hems before sewing them. I can't vouch for the longevity of the product for this application, as it washes out with water. I may have to use some dilute PVA at a later stage if it looks like the coils will come undone.
The coils are still damp in these pics, and will take a more natural colour when the setting gel dries.
Danny
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tlevine reacted to Dan Vadas in HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - 16-gun Swan-class sloop from TFFM plans
Thanks for looking in, and the kind words John, Michael, Grant, Joe, Nils, Randy, Jeff, Gerty, Ron and Ben - much appreciated .
Bulwark Spirketting
I've fitted all the Bulwark Spirketting that I intend to do. The Port side is completely covered, and I've fitted half of them to the Starboard side Quarterdeck to cover an error I made very early in the build - about eight of the frame Toptimbers were a couple of millimetres short. I didn't discover this until WELL after the time had passed to correct them .
The piece above the Cathead was rather interesting to make :
Danny
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tlevine got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
A delayed thank you to Maurey and Pavel. Druxey, the tracks are now installed and, like so many details that we add, are now almost invisible! But we all know they are there...
Beam sets 9 and 10 are in place. The only unusual items are the opposed lodging knees at the dead flat. I did not have thick enough wood with me this week to make them, so they will be installed next week. They will be identical to the ones on the lower deck. Look at page 10 of this build to see how they are shaped.
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tlevine got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The sixth beam set is relatively straight forward. The aft bulkhead for the boatswain's cabin was temporarily removed to make installation easier. The pillar is supposed to go through the hatch coaming. I cheated and it is simply glued to the surface of the coaming. There is a tenon on the superior aspect of the pillar with a mortise on the under surface of the beam.
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tlevine got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The crosspiece of the bitts is comprised of two different wood species. The fore section is oak and the thinner aft section is elm. Both of these are light-colored species so I did not want a stark contrast between the two pieces. I used pau marfin for the "elm". The crosspiece is attached to each pin with two bolts. The metal work for the bitt will wait until I have a few other metal projects, although the holes to accept the metal pieces have already been drilled.
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tlevine got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
The bitt standards are knees that extend anteriorly from the bitt pin. They are let into the deck beams and ledges by 1". I rough-cut the standard and then cut in the notches using the Preac saw with the blade elevated 1" above the table. To make things more interesting, the round-up of the deck needs to be taken into consideration. Also, the deck slopes upward towards the bow but the bitt pin is perpendicular to the water line. That angle had to be cut on the aft side of the standard so it would fit snuggly against the pin. Once I was happy with the fit, I transferred the shape of the standard onto the rough piece and cut it to the correct shape. The edges are beveled.
After the starboard standard was fabricated, the port one was made. The pictures show the port standard before and after final shaping.
The standards are bolted to the underlying frames. The cable stopper hole is drilled near the intersection of the pin and the floor height. It is 2.75" in diameter. I used a #60 drill bit and then enlarged and rounded over the hole with Swiss needle files. The hole is barely visible in the last photo. The color difference betweeen the pin and the standard is because I put finish on the pin but will be delaying putting any finish on the standard until after the deck has been installed.
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tlevine got a reaction from sonicmcdude in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
A delayed thank you to Maurey and Pavel. Druxey, the tracks are now installed and, like so many details that we add, are now almost invisible! But we all know they are there...
Beam sets 9 and 10 are in place. The only unusual items are the opposed lodging knees at the dead flat. I did not have thick enough wood with me this week to make them, so they will be installed next week. They will be identical to the ones on the lower deck. Look at page 10 of this build to see how they are shaped.
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tlevine got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
Beam set 7 includes the opening for the fore hatch. These carlings are a little larger than the standard ones. As I am building the lower deck structures as I move aft, it was time to build the aft sail room. The fore sail room is one of the small rooms on the port side near beam set 4. This was a fun little structure to make. The lateral walls have louvers to allow ventilation into the room. I do not own a mill so the mortises for the louvers were made with an 11 blade. On Atalanta, the door into this room is a slider, not a hinged door. Consequently, the door must be made wider than the opening and it will be on the outside wall of the sail room. There is a pillar on the inside wall precluding placing the door there. Not having built a sliding door before, I went over to the local stable and looked at my horse's stall door. The latch is a L-shaped bolt on the door with a U-shaped piece of metal on the door frame to receive the bolt. The bolt measured 3" x 4" x 3/8". This would require making a u-shaped channel 0.01" square. Needless to say, this is well beyond my skill set so I have a flat piece of metal on the door frame representing it instead. Decking was placed under the assembly on the starboard side. The last two pictures show the sail room assembly before and after a coat of finish.
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tlevine got a reaction from Richard Griffith in HMS Atalanta 1775 by tlevine - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - from TFFM plans
A delayed thank you to Maurey and Pavel. Druxey, the tracks are now installed and, like so many details that we add, are now almost invisible! But we all know they are there...
Beam sets 9 and 10 are in place. The only unusual items are the opposed lodging knees at the dead flat. I did not have thick enough wood with me this week to make them, so they will be installed next week. They will be identical to the ones on the lower deck. Look at page 10 of this build to see how they are shaped.
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