yamsterman

hi albert
thanks for looking in.
little bit more accuracy required i think....too many mistakes.
 
cheers....mick

hi albert
thanks for looking in.
little bit more accuracy required i think....too many mistakes.
 
cheers....mick

hi christian
thanks for the kind comments......just been browsing your triton build log,along with jurgens,in the german forum......google translation can be a little "funky" at times.......but lovely work.....havnt seen jurgens updates for a while.
 
triton is on my list of projects for the near future.
 
cheers....mick

HI ALL
 
FILLING TRANSOMS FITTED AND PARTIALLY FAIRED.
 
STERN TAFFRAIL FITTED....JUST SOME FILLING TIMBERS TO GO IN.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS A FRACTION SHORT WITH THE STARBOARD STERN FASHION PIECE.....SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AS THE PLANKING WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THIS INDISCRETION.
 
BASICS OF THE HULL ARE THEREFORE NEARLY DONE.
 
I WILL CUT THE MAIN SHEERLINE TO FINAL SIZE ONCE THE WALE STRAKES ARE ON.
 
CHEERS FOR NOW........MICK

HI ALL
 
FILLING TRANSOMS FITTED AND PARTIALLY FAIRED.
 
STERN TAFFRAIL FITTED....JUST SOME FILLING TIMBERS TO GO IN.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS A FRACTION SHORT WITH THE STARBOARD STERN FASHION PIECE.....SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AS THE PLANKING WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THIS INDISCRETION.
 
BASICS OF THE HULL ARE THEREFORE NEARLY DONE.
 
I WILL CUT THE MAIN SHEERLINE TO FINAL SIZE ONCE THE WALE STRAKES ARE ON.
 
CHEERS FOR NOW........MICK

HI ALL
 
FILLING TRANSOMS FITTED AND PARTIALLY FAIRED.
 
STERN TAFFRAIL FITTED....JUST SOME FILLING TIMBERS TO GO IN.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS A FRACTION SHORT WITH THE STARBOARD STERN FASHION PIECE.....SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AS THE PLANKING WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THIS INDISCRETION.
 
BASICS OF THE HULL ARE THEREFORE NEARLY DONE.
 
I WILL CUT THE MAIN SHEERLINE TO FINAL SIZE ONCE THE WALE STRAKES ARE ON.
 
CHEERS FOR NOW........MICK

HI ALL
 
FAIRING OFF THE HULL IS NOW PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE.
 
LAST OF THE THICK STUFF IS BEING FITTED AND TREENAILED .
 
MAST STEPS AND LIMBER BOARDS HAVE ALSO BEEN PERMANENTLY FITTED.
 
JUST A QUICK OBSERVATION WITH REGARDS TO FAIRING.
 
ON THE FORWARD AND AFTERMOST FRAME DRAWINGS THERE ARE NO BOLT POSITIONS INDICATED.
BEING PERHAPS OVER KEEN I DECIDED TO FIT BOLTS TO THESE FRAMES.
DURING THE FAIRING PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH THE FRAMES HAD THERE BEVELS CUT PRIOR TO BEING INSTALLED, SOME OF THE BOLTS ON A COUPLE OF FORWARD AND AFT FRAMES ARE PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE FRAME.
 
FOR ANYBODY ELSE CONTEMPLATING BUILDING THIS MODEL I WOULD SUGGEST LEAVING THESE BOLTS OFF.
 
FORTUNATELY I THINK THE WALE STRAKE AND LOWER STRAKE OF PLANKING WILL COVER THESE UP.
BECAUSE OF THE PRECUTTING OF THE FRAME BEVELS FAIRING TURNED OUT TO BE REASONABLY STRESS FREE.
 
I DID HOWEVER MANAGE TO LOOSEN ONE GUNPORT SILL AND BREAK OF A PART OF THE UPPER STERN FRAMING......NICE CLEAN BREAK SO EASY AND CLEAN TO FIX.
 
FAIRING WAS ACHIEVED WITH SOME 80 GRIT PERMAGRIT GLUED TO A ONE INCH QUADRANT MOULDING FOR THE INITIAL ROUGH WORK AND THEN WITH PROGRESSIVLY FINER GRADES DOWN TO 240 GRIT.
 
ONCE THE FINAL PIECES OF THICKSTUFF HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND TREENAILED I AM GOING TO MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HULL AND FIT THE WALES AND UPPER PLANKING BEFORE CARRYING ON WITH ANY MORE INTERNAL WORK.
 
THATS ABOUT ALL FOR NOW.
 
PHOTOS ATTACHED...WARTS AN ALL....FOR YOUR DELICTATION.
 
CHEERS....MICK
 
P.S. THE LAST PHOTO IS OF THE HULL SITTING ON ITS KEEL.......ITS STABLE AND DOSNT FALL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.........SYMETRY ACHIEVED?????????.......ISH???????

HI ALL
 
FILLING TRANSOMS FITTED AND PARTIALLY FAIRED.
 
STERN TAFFRAIL FITTED....JUST SOME FILLING TIMBERS TO GO IN.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS A FRACTION SHORT WITH THE STARBOARD STERN FASHION PIECE.....SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AS THE PLANKING WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THIS INDISCRETION.
 
BASICS OF THE HULL ARE THEREFORE NEARLY DONE.
 
I WILL CUT THE MAIN SHEERLINE TO FINAL SIZE ONCE THE WALE STRAKES ARE ON.
 
CHEERS FOR NOW........MICK

HI ALL
 
FILLING TRANSOMS FITTED AND PARTIALLY FAIRED.
 
STERN TAFFRAIL FITTED....JUST SOME FILLING TIMBERS TO GO IN.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS A FRACTION SHORT WITH THE STARBOARD STERN FASHION PIECE.....SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AS THE PLANKING WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THIS INDISCRETION.
 
BASICS OF THE HULL ARE THEREFORE NEARLY DONE.
 
I WILL CUT THE MAIN SHEERLINE TO FINAL SIZE ONCE THE WALE STRAKES ARE ON.
 
CHEERS FOR NOW........MICK

HI ALL
 
FILLING TRANSOMS FITTED AND PARTIALLY FAIRED.
 
STERN TAFFRAIL FITTED....JUST SOME FILLING TIMBERS TO GO IN.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS A FRACTION SHORT WITH THE STARBOARD STERN FASHION PIECE.....SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AS THE PLANKING WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THIS INDISCRETION.
 
BASICS OF THE HULL ARE THEREFORE NEARLY DONE.
 
I WILL CUT THE MAIN SHEERLINE TO FINAL SIZE ONCE THE WALE STRAKES ARE ON.
 
CHEERS FOR NOW........MICK

HI ALL
 
FILLING TRANSOMS FITTED AND PARTIALLY FAIRED.
 
STERN TAFFRAIL FITTED....JUST SOME FILLING TIMBERS TO GO IN.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS A FRACTION SHORT WITH THE STARBOARD STERN FASHION PIECE.....SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AS THE PLANKING WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THIS INDISCRETION.
 
BASICS OF THE HULL ARE THEREFORE NEARLY DONE.
 
I WILL CUT THE MAIN SHEERLINE TO FINAL SIZE ONCE THE WALE STRAKES ARE ON.
 
CHEERS FOR NOW........MICK

HI ALL
 
FILLING TRANSOMS FITTED AND PARTIALLY FAIRED.
 
STERN TAFFRAIL FITTED....JUST SOME FILLING TIMBERS TO GO IN.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS A FRACTION SHORT WITH THE STARBOARD STERN FASHION PIECE.....SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AS THE PLANKING WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THIS INDISCRETION.
 
BASICS OF THE HULL ARE THEREFORE NEARLY DONE.
 
I WILL CUT THE MAIN SHEERLINE TO FINAL SIZE ONCE THE WALE STRAKES ARE ON.
 
CHEERS FOR NOW........MICK

HI ALL
 
FILLING TRANSOMS FITTED AND PARTIALLY FAIRED.
 
STERN TAFFRAIL FITTED....JUST SOME FILLING TIMBERS TO GO IN.
 
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS A FRACTION SHORT WITH THE STARBOARD STERN FASHION PIECE.....SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AS THE PLANKING WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THIS INDISCRETION.
 
BASICS OF THE HULL ARE THEREFORE NEARLY DONE.
 
I WILL CUT THE MAIN SHEERLINE TO FINAL SIZE ONCE THE WALE STRAKES ARE ON.
 
CHEERS FOR NOW........MICK

HI ALL
 
FAIRING OFF THE HULL IS NOW PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE.
 
LAST OF THE THICK STUFF IS BEING FITTED AND TREENAILED .
 
MAST STEPS AND LIMBER BOARDS HAVE ALSO BEEN PERMANENTLY FITTED.
 
JUST A QUICK OBSERVATION WITH REGARDS TO FAIRING.
 
ON THE FORWARD AND AFTERMOST FRAME DRAWINGS THERE ARE NO BOLT POSITIONS INDICATED.
BEING PERHAPS OVER KEEN I DECIDED TO FIT BOLTS TO THESE FRAMES.
DURING THE FAIRING PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH THE FRAMES HAD THERE BEVELS CUT PRIOR TO BEING INSTALLED, SOME OF THE BOLTS ON A COUPLE OF FORWARD AND AFT FRAMES ARE PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE FRAME.
 
FOR ANYBODY ELSE CONTEMPLATING BUILDING THIS MODEL I WOULD SUGGEST LEAVING THESE BOLTS OFF.
 
FORTUNATELY I THINK THE WALE STRAKE AND LOWER STRAKE OF PLANKING WILL COVER THESE UP.
BECAUSE OF THE PRECUTTING OF THE FRAME BEVELS FAIRING TURNED OUT TO BE REASONABLY STRESS FREE.
 
I DID HOWEVER MANAGE TO LOOSEN ONE GUNPORT SILL AND BREAK OF A PART OF THE UPPER STERN FRAMING......NICE CLEAN BREAK SO EASY AND CLEAN TO FIX.
 
FAIRING WAS ACHIEVED WITH SOME 80 GRIT PERMAGRIT GLUED TO A ONE INCH QUADRANT MOULDING FOR THE INITIAL ROUGH WORK AND THEN WITH PROGRESSIVLY FINER GRADES DOWN TO 240 GRIT.
 
ONCE THE FINAL PIECES OF THICKSTUFF HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND TREENAILED I AM GOING TO MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HULL AND FIT THE WALES AND UPPER PLANKING BEFORE CARRYING ON WITH ANY MORE INTERNAL WORK.
 
THATS ABOUT ALL FOR NOW.
 
PHOTOS ATTACHED...WARTS AN ALL....FOR YOUR DELICTATION.
 
CHEERS....MICK
 
P.S. THE LAST PHOTO IS OF THE HULL SITTING ON ITS KEEL.......ITS STABLE AND DOSNT FALL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.........SYMETRY ACHIEVED?????????.......ISH???????

HI NILS
BEEN A WHILE SINCE I STOPPED BY.........YOUVE PROGRESSED MAGNIFICENTLY!!!
BEAUTIFUL WORK...I LIKE THE FULL HULL SHOT ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE..VERY EVOCOTIVE.
LOTS OF FIDDLEY BITS TO DO WITH ALL THOSE DECK FITTINGS.....LOVELY WORK.
 
CHEERS....MICK

hi mike
thanks! the 80 grit was only for the very basic profiling..........my nerves wouldnt stand too much use!!!!!
The bolts that are a little too close to the frame edges will be covered by the wale and top planking so should work out ok in the end.
cheers.....mick

hi carl
she is pretty small for 1/48 scale........might just make up a frame for triton or echo just to see the comparison.
the fairing was straightforward because of the precut bevels on the frames as they were installed.
may have been a bit  heavy handed in places but it should work out ok.........i hope.
lots more dust and shavings to make today!
cheers....mick

hi kurt
thanks for stopping by.
its coming together slowly......getting ready to make a mess with some ebony and make some nasty smells with l.o.s.
time to process some holly for the deck planking as well.
enjoyable build so far,despite a few mistakes.
should keep me busy for another 12 months or so!
 
cheers...mick

hi patrick
thanks for looking in......gives an idea of the overall scale i think.
smallish ship....but not by your standards!
 
cheers....mick

HI ALL
 
FAIRING OFF THE HULL IS NOW PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE.
 
LAST OF THE THICK STUFF IS BEING FITTED AND TREENAILED .
 
MAST STEPS AND LIMBER BOARDS HAVE ALSO BEEN PERMANENTLY FITTED.
 
JUST A QUICK OBSERVATION WITH REGARDS TO FAIRING.
 
ON THE FORWARD AND AFTERMOST FRAME DRAWINGS THERE ARE NO BOLT POSITIONS INDICATED.
BEING PERHAPS OVER KEEN I DECIDED TO FIT BOLTS TO THESE FRAMES.
DURING THE FAIRING PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH THE FRAMES HAD THERE BEVELS CUT PRIOR TO BEING INSTALLED, SOME OF THE BOLTS ON A COUPLE OF FORWARD AND AFT FRAMES ARE PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE FRAME.
 
FOR ANYBODY ELSE CONTEMPLATING BUILDING THIS MODEL I WOULD SUGGEST LEAVING THESE BOLTS OFF.
 
FORTUNATELY I THINK THE WALE STRAKE AND LOWER STRAKE OF PLANKING WILL COVER THESE UP.
BECAUSE OF THE PRECUTTING OF THE FRAME BEVELS FAIRING TURNED OUT TO BE REASONABLY STRESS FREE.
 
I DID HOWEVER MANAGE TO LOOSEN ONE GUNPORT SILL AND BREAK OF A PART OF THE UPPER STERN FRAMING......NICE CLEAN BREAK SO EASY AND CLEAN TO FIX.
 
FAIRING WAS ACHIEVED WITH SOME 80 GRIT PERMAGRIT GLUED TO A ONE INCH QUADRANT MOULDING FOR THE INITIAL ROUGH WORK AND THEN WITH PROGRESSIVLY FINER GRADES DOWN TO 240 GRIT.
 
ONCE THE FINAL PIECES OF THICKSTUFF HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND TREENAILED I AM GOING TO MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HULL AND FIT THE WALES AND UPPER PLANKING BEFORE CARRYING ON WITH ANY MORE INTERNAL WORK.
 
THATS ABOUT ALL FOR NOW.
 
PHOTOS ATTACHED...WARTS AN ALL....FOR YOUR DELICTATION.
 
CHEERS....MICK
 
P.S. THE LAST PHOTO IS OF THE HULL SITTING ON ITS KEEL.......ITS STABLE AND DOSNT FALL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.........SYMETRY ACHIEVED?????????.......ISH???????

hi patrick
thanks for the kind words....fairing has proceeded quite fairly!
 
getting ready for varnish and liver of sulphur before i start on the wale strakes in ebony
 
will be catching up on your build log,and a few others later in the week.
 
cheers....mick

hi carl
fairing is now more or less done......just some final sanding with some 320 grit or finer......then its time to start putting some varnish on and pick out all those bolt heads with some liver of sulphur.
 
congrats on finishing your latest project.....i will be studying it in greater detail later this week!!!
 
more photos to follow later.
 
cheers....mick

hi david
heath robinson solution to a clamping problem!!!
they also work quite well so i think i will keep them for susequent models.........and make some more.
cheers....mick

HI NILS
BEEN A WHILE SINCE I STOPPED BY.........YOUVE PROGRESSED MAGNIFICENTLY!!!
BEAUTIFUL WORK...I LIKE THE FULL HULL SHOT ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE..VERY EVOCOTIVE.
LOTS OF FIDDLEY BITS TO DO WITH ALL THOSE DECK FITTINGS.....LOVELY WORK.
 
CHEERS....MICK

hi mike
thanks! the 80 grit was only for the very basic profiling..........my nerves wouldnt stand too much use!!!!!
The bolts that are a little too close to the frame edges will be covered by the wale and top planking so should work out ok in the end.
cheers.....mick