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DenPink reacted to mattsayers148 in Benjamin W Latham by mattsayers148 - Model Shipways 2109 - 1:48 July 9, 2016

Thanks CaptainSteve, Mark, Buck, Sam, Bob and everyone for the likes and words of encouragement.

Here's a small mock up of the treenail patterns. The left side is #2 with bamboo plugs and the right is #3 that I just punched the holes with a ,5mm lead pencil. More time will be spent on the final product to get the holes evenly spaced. I'm liking #2 as several of you thought so as well. But #3 doesn't look to bad either. Any thoughts?
DenPink reacted to mattsayers148 in Benjamin W Latham by mattsayers148 - Model Shipways 2109 - 1:48 July 9, 2016

Thanks again to everyone for the likes.

The deck planking is mostly complete. For this fishing schooner there were the semicircles painted onto the decks. So I did the division with the two woods.

The fore deck lays straight while the aft deck follows the curve of the ship. Scaled out, the deck planks are at 3 inches by about 20 feet. There are also going to be thickened areas around the masts and bowsprit, which will be added a little later on.

Buck, I love the look of the French polish but am unsure if I have the skills to pull it off. I am considering it though.

My plan is to add treenails, which leaves me at a crossroad. Pattern 1 will be used on the decks, but I'm unsure what is the best pattern to use on the hull. The hull planks scale to 9 inches at the widest points. 1 & 2 work out to around 5000 treenails, while number 3 will double that figure. I'm in the process of making them out of bamboo so I have a little while to get that figured out. What does everyone think? I also scaled them to a one inch treenail(.02 inch/,53mm) which I'm also in question over. Any thoughts or suggestions?
DenPink reacted to mattsayers148 in Benjamin W Latham by mattsayers148 - Model Shipways 2109 - 1:48 July 9, 2016

Thanks Buck, Nils and for all the likes.

I finished up with the planking above the waterline as well as the planksheer on the fore and aft decks. Now comes the process of planking the decks. I took a bit of time also on getting the transom fine tuned a little better, it looked a little wonky.
DenPink reacted to mattsayers148 in Benjamin W Latham by mattsayers148 - Model Shipways 2109 - 1:48 July 9, 2016

Thanks Don, Mark and everyone for the likes.

Finished up with the planking below the waterline. Filled the cracks and gave it a light sanding, then a coat of wax for protection. The final finishing will be done later on.
DenPink reacted to mattsayers148 in Benjamin W Latham by mattsayers148 - Model Shipways 2109 - 1:48 July 9, 2016

Thank you Frank and Buck. I always enjoy hearing from a couple of master-craftsmen.

So I decided on these two woods(cherry and yellow poplar I think) and will split these on the waterline.

Got the keel/stem and stern post covered as well as a portion of the planking below the waterline.

More to come soon.
DenPink reacted to riverboat in Benjamin W Latham by mattsayers148 - Model Shipways 2109 - 1:48 July 9, 2016

Beautiful! job on your first planking, like Mark said ..."good enough to put a finish on" nice work Matt

frank
DenPink reacted to mattsayers148 in Benjamin W Latham by mattsayers148 - Model Shipways 2109 - 1:48 July 9, 2016

Thanks Ken, Stubby, Sam and everyone for the likes and words of encouragement.

I know, I know...I broke the rules and used CA for the first planking. However, the lines of this ship are smooth and gradual. That, and making the planks more true to scale, made things so much easier.

Now I'm left with a very nice, smooth and flowing surface to double plank. I've been reading MS's book 'Planking the Built-up Ship Model', and I highly recommend it. Made my first stealers which turned out ok, except I should have done one more(note the sliver). But hey, that's what practice is for.

As I mentioned previously, instead of painting, I plan on leaving finished wood instead. I would like to use different materials to accentuate where these color changes are made. Next up, the decks.
DenPink reacted to mattsayers148 in Benjamin W Latham by mattsayers148 - Model Shipways 2109 - 1:48 July 9, 2016

Thanks Mario, Ken, CH, David, Stubby and to everyone for the likes and encouragement.

I'm definitely going to double plank, but I'm taking my time doing a decent first plank for the practice. I decided to hack off the bulkhead/stanchions points since I'm staining and they are ply, which doesn't look good when stained. I'll build all the stanchions and install them later on.

The next step was making a solid plank sheer since the models piece had cutouts for the stanchion points. It took a minute to visualize how the plank sheer met up to the transom.

Next was to divide the planking into belts and lay them out with battens. Measurements were taken at each bulkhead and evenly spaced ticks were drawn on.

The top six planks (7 at aft deck) were fairly simple to install since they were all close in size. I only had to spill a few of them. Now I'm off to the next belt of 6 planks,
DenPink got a reaction from edmay in Red Dragon by riverboat - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Chinese Junk July 17, 2016

Hi Frank

Can I take the seat next to Mark please as I also wish to follow your build.
You did a wonderful job on your last build, you showed other model builder what can be done with a little bit of an imagination and 10 out of 10 for that.
I am sure you have something in mind for the Red Dragon.
What ever you do you will do a fantastic job with this build.

Denis.
DenPink got a reaction from mtaylor in Sovereign of the Seas by Denis R - FINISHED - Mantua - 1:78 scale July 8, 2016

Hi Frank

I am lost for words, thank you for your comment.
Can I also add and for your help over the last day, you know what I am talking about.
I owe you my friend big time.

Denis.
DenPink got a reaction from riverboat in Sovereign of the Seas by Denis R - FINISHED - Mantua - 1:78 scale July 8, 2016

Hi Frank

I am lost for words, thank you for your comment.
Can I also add and for your help over the last day, you know what I am talking about.
I owe you my friend big time.

Denis.
DenPink reacted to riverboat in Sovereign of the Seas by Denis R - FINISHED - Mantua - 1:78 scale July 8, 2016

Hi Denis..... you're absolutely right .... she doesn't belong in the gallery............ She belongs in a MUSEUM !!!!... man that is one beautiful
ship ... Great!! work Denis

Frank
DenPink reacted to CDW in Red Dragon by riverboat - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Chinese Junk July 8, 2016

I like this little ship and am thrilled to see you're building it.
DenPink reacted to AntonyUK in Red Dragon by riverboat - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Chinese Junk July 8, 2016

Hi Frank.
Off to a good start. Keel looks straight to me.
Ime with you on the double planking. There is no horrible buff.

Regards Antony.
DenPink reacted to mattsayers148 in Red Dragon by riverboat - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Chinese Junk July 8, 2016

Hey Frank, mind if I join the rabble? I love junk boats, especially the sails.
DenPink got a reaction from EJ_L in Red Dragon by riverboat - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Chinese Junk July 8, 2016

Hi Frank

Can I take the seat next to Mark please as I also wish to follow your build.
You did a wonderful job on your last build, you showed other model builder what can be done with a little bit of an imagination and 10 out of 10 for that.
I am sure you have something in mind for the Red Dragon.
What ever you do you will do a fantastic job with this build.

Denis.
DenPink got a reaction from riverboat in Sovereign of the Seas by Denis R - FINISHED - Mantua - 1:78 scale July 6, 2016

Hi all

Just one more photo from the stern area.

Denis.
DenPink got a reaction from mattsayers148 in Red Dragon by riverboat - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Chinese Junk July 7, 2016

Hi Frank

Can I take the seat next to Mark please as I also wish to follow your build.
You did a wonderful job on your last build, you showed other model builder what can be done with a little bit of an imagination and 10 out of 10 for that.
I am sure you have something in mind for the Red Dragon.
What ever you do you will do a fantastic job with this build.

Denis.
DenPink got a reaction from mtaylor in Red Dragon by riverboat - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Chinese Junk July 5, 2016

Hi Frank

Can I take the seat next to Mark please as I also wish to follow your build.
You did a wonderful job on your last build, you showed other model builder what can be done with a little bit of an imagination and 10 out of 10 for that.
I am sure you have something in mind for the Red Dragon.
What ever you do you will do a fantastic job with this build.

Denis.
DenPink reacted to Landlubber Mike in Barque Stefano by donrobinson - MarisStella - 1:63 July 5, 2016

That dowel system is very clever. Probably a foolproof way to make sure the bulkheads are aligned and vertically and square to the keel. Very interesting!

Great to see manufacturers thinking outside the box so to speak and coming up with better ways of doing things. A lot of thought seems to be going into the MarisStella kits to make them better for builders - novice and pro alike. It's a pain in the *posterior* to get everything square on some kits, when in today's world with laser cutting precision, you wouldn't think this would be an issue.
DenPink reacted to cobra1951 in Barque Stefano by donrobinson - MarisStella - 1:63 July 5, 2016

Yes you are correct it is an Austro-Hungarian flag. Some info about the Stefano in the link
http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/stefano

Looks great Don. Like you say unusual way with the bulkheads but looks very sturdy
DenPink reacted to Landlubber Mike in Barque Stefano by donrobinson - MarisStella - 1:63 July 5, 2016

Great start Don. The fit on the parts seems impeccable. Are the pieces plywood or MDF?
DenPink reacted to donrobinson in Barque Stefano by donrobinson - MarisStella - 1:63 July 5, 2016

Here is the start of the build:

Pieces for the keel have been removed from billet and laying on plans. Notice how exact the plans are

Squaring of bulkheads, some very minor adjustments were required. Unlike other kits MarrisSella's bulkheads are not glued in place at this time. They are a tight fit, so are tapped into place and left at this point.

Installation of mast steps

Here all bulkheads have been fitted and installed, no glue yet. The support dowels have been slid into place, there is a total of eight 14 mm walnut dowels. As far as I know this system is unique to MarrisStella, it adds considerable strentgth to the frame and also helps to properly align the bulkheads.
Another check on the alignment of the bulkheads and glue will be brushed on to all joints.

You may have noticed in the pictures the cloudy skies , well they since have parted and the sun is starting to shine so that means the shipyard will have to close down .

See You All Later
DenPink reacted to donrobinson in Barque Stefano by donrobinson - MarisStella - 1:63 July 5, 2016

John: that sauce sounds awesome, will defiantly try that out. I love horseradish so this will be right up my alley. What kind of mustard?

Rick: good to hear from you it's been a long time, how is that Pickle doing? These guys and their kits are great only problems so far are self imposed ones
DenPink reacted to mtaylor in Red Dragon by riverboat - Artesania Latina - 1:60 - Chinese Junk July 5, 2016

I'm going to follow along, Frank... looks like there's open seat over there....

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