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I’m working on the modelers central Matthew turner. In the instructions it calls out installing the transom before planking. This would require fitting both ends while planking. I’m thinking I could let them run wild at the rear, trim flush with the transom support, then add the transom at the end. Am I missing something that the transom adds at this stage?
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I’ve finished off the planking (except the second layer at the wales). I’ve filled and sanded a bit and it’s cleaning up. Needs a bit more filler and sanding before I move on to the wales and the stern. I was very relieved to put the stern piece on and cut the keel to length, that was just waiting to catch a shirt sleeve and wreck something. Last ship I did, I was really focused on getting to the rigging (it was a solid hull model), but I feel like building the ship with bulkheads and planks has been a lot more rewarding.
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Well, port side planking is basically wrapped up. Definitely a tricky process, I ended up needing to taper a few planks quite differently than their surroundings to get the final plank to fit, and I’m going to need some filler at the stern, but overall pretty happy how it came out for a first time. I’m going to fill and sand both sides once the starboard side is complete.
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Patent pending, the Coleman Octopus is a success. Instead of clamps and rubber bands, I took a strip of wood and screwed it down over about 10 pieces of surgical tubing, now I can strap down a plank over pretty much every bulkhead at once. Probably a little overkill, but I think it’s going to work pretty nice.
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A bit more progress, starting to plank the tricky stuff. Got the garboard planks in, plus the rest of the non-tapered pieces. The I used strips of paper cut to fit the empty bulkhead areas and a planking fan to line out the bulkheads. 22 planks one side 22.5 the other, planning on 22 for both, I'm sure there'll enough gaps to take up a 1/2 plank. I'm using a lot of clamped down rubber band pieces to hold the planks in place while the glue dries, and I've been pretty happy with how that's working, kind of like a band clamp, but small and cheap. Noodling on some ideas on how to make a better fixture that executes the same idea. So, got the first batch of planks on the starboard side, basically to the centerline. I'll move back over to the port side and get the same amount of planks. After that my plan is start down at the keel and work my way up wards so I have a better idea how much room I've got for that tricky remaining corner. Going to have to do some filing and sanding, but so far so good. Definitely spots I should have beveled a bit heavier to tighten the gaps, but as this section will be copper covered, I think I can fair it out. In other news, I picked up a Lie Neilson violin makers plane, I was just not having a lot of success with a standard size block plane for the small work. This thing is tiny and perfect (well, low angle might have been nice, but I'm not doing a lot of end grain). I'm using it to taper the planks now, rather than cutting. Much like some others, I found the kit wood a bit fussy. Just start close to the end, take a few passes and keep slowly moving further back until it matches up with the lines on the bulkhead. Anyway, more to follow, thanks for watching.
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Welcome aboard, no apologies necessary, seems every time I turn around I find another Syren that I've got to take a look at. This whole covid thing got me started on a ship that had sat idle for more than a decade, and finishing that got me going on this one. For the jig, the camera angle makes it look like a compound curve, but in reality the nails are straight up and down, so just a single curve. It gave the wood enough bend to fit well at least above the wales without needing to fuss too much.
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She truly is gorgeous, to echo a lot of others, everything is crisp and neat, love it.
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I made a jig to pre-shape the planking, and it'll hold about 8 planks at once, so I can soak and let them dry overnight. It ended up working very well, but as these were just plain steel nails, it did end up leaving a bit of a rust streak I'll have to sand out later. I painted the ports and then laid down the first plank after laying it out with some battens and pins. Continued to plank from the wales up. Clothes pins were the clamp of choice here, but I did end up using rubber bands for the final bow planks, as the were high enough the rabbet wasn't holding it inboard.
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I've been doing quite a bit of work without getting a chance to post updates, the kids have been monopolizing the computer for school (and world of warcraft :-) Anyway, I've done quite a bit, starting with some pictures of the stern framing and the framing for the deck accessway (opted to work on this while the stern was drying, just to keep making progress). Framed the port openings and installed and faired the stern filler pieces next. And I installed the bow filler pieces as well, I'd put off doing this so I could get them faired a bit more true to the final shape of the exterior after I'd finished framing all the gun ports and truing them up. You can see my interior side of the framing was left large, I'll clean all that up once the exterior is framed and gives it all a bit more structure.
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I cheated and bought one. https://www.hobbyzone.pl/en/boat-building-tools/105-small-building-slip.html I got it through hobbyworld. Stock situation wasn’t very good due to covid, and they were pretty poor at responding to emails, but in the end, one showed up, and it’s working pretty well. So much sanding... I've got to admit, I’ve been following along on your build and the sandpaper on a paint stir sized piece of wood has been the best tool for so much of the work.
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A bit more done, framed out the cannon and sweep ports, still need to do a bit more work fairing them back to the bulkheads. I used a piece of 1/2” plywood (which is really 15/32”) as a spacer to maker sure the cannon ports were sized right, worked out well to keep things parallel too. Also planked the lower level. I found if I used stain, but wiped it off immediately I got a nice color. Ran a pencil line on one side of each joint, overall I think it’s a good look. Not sure if it’ll matter in the end, but I also painted the below deck area black. A bit more (lot more) sanding in my future, but moving onto the rear framing after.
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Well, it’s been a bit of a hiatus, my dishwasher sprung an undetected leak, and we’ve been dealing with reflooring the kitchen, and works picked up a bit as well. But, I have finally laid in the bulkheads. I did a bit of fairing just getting close to lines on the bulkheads, Fine tuning to come after it’s all blocked up and solid. I found I could just fit the base of my small double square in between and use it as a clamping jig to keep the bulkheads square to the keel. I also started to cut and fit blocking between the bulkheads.
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Absolutely gorgeous Steven. It’s not just one aspect that sets it apart, but your carvings, painting and work you put into researching the actual design. Bravo, good sir, bravo.
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Almost there! I’ve got to honest, I’m a little bit excited to see what that looks like with all the shields in place, I think it’s going to look spectacular. I like the history lessons that come along with your log as well, adds a little something special.
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I’ve been working on deck items recently, and have a lot of them finished. Hatches, steering wheel, binnacle, capstan, galley vent, and a good start on the pump. One thing I did different than the instructions, I was having a bear of a time hollowing out a dowel for the pump “buckets?”, so I used a piece of brass tubing instead, and that worked wonderfully. Need to finish the pump and hang the ship’s bell, then next up are the fife rail and other bitts. Just taking my time on deck fittings, hobbyzone is supposed to be back to work in August, so my building slip should be here soon, if not I’ll next move onto the cannons and carronades.
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