Strelok
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Hey some good progress has been made again. Mast, bowsprit, gaff and gaff sail boom are done. When I made the gaff sail boom, I made a small oopsie and had a little heart attack: I broke the "fork" that goes to the mast (Klaue in german), but I was able to repair it. The only hint that this happened is that the fork connects to the gaff sail boom in a slight angle. I'm fine with that, though. Here you can see the gaff, gaff sail boom and bowsprit painted and with all clamps, blocks and dead eyes attached I close my update with a picture of the current status of the hull. The mast is not yet glued in place.
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I just realized that I will need to tear out the main deck again. Its planks are 1mm thick and as you can see, the windowsills of the passenger's cabin sit visibly less than one 1mm above the main deck. Fortunately, I have another template already printed out.
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The first planking is done. The next planking will be the main deck and then the passengers cabin.
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The Proxxon is smaller, indeed, but not by THAT much. The B&D's measurements are 19,6 x 45,4 x 14,4 cm; 1,2 Kilogramm, compared to 19,3 x 33 x 11,2 cm; 0,9 Kilogramm (both according to amazon). Yes, it's a thrid shorter shorter overall, but it's only 300 gramm lighter. Now for something completely different: Another bit of progress was made today
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Proxxon would have been nice, but the Black&Decker did only cost less than a third (rather a quarter) as much as the Proxxon-equivalent. I was limited by the budget of the person, who wanted to give me this present after all.
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This one: It's relatively small, handy and has a small dustbin to the rear. The only downside is its noise, but you can counter it with even basic ear protection.
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Good progress was made. I've sanded the hull and used a new tool that I got for christmas. It's a small band sander. The left side of the hull was sanded by hand with a grater, the right side was sanded with the band sander and only small adjustments were made with the grater and sanding paper. The left side took me 2,5 hours to finish, the right side only 45 minutes! I know, which method I will use from now on.
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Fillers are all done. Wow, now that I see this picture on a large screen, I am amazed about how sharply focused those clamps in the background are and how blurry the hull is as if my camera wants to say "Yeah, don't look to closely. It looks weird." I also testfitted the decks. I need to rework the cutouts for the bullwarks on the sides of the decks. For now it's a pretty tight fit, but I like the general look of it.
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Hey The packet sloop project is not dead. As one of my new year resolutions I decided to carry on working on her. For once I have to thank all those people who burnt their money during new year's eve pyro show, because I collected a lot of sticks from rockets. I cut them to length and used them as filler between the bulkheads. This picture was taken yesterday. Today I've completed the next four sections, so only two to go and then there will be a lot of sanding. I'm pretty hyped now and as I'm currently unemployed, I have a good amount of time to work on her. See you next time!
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What a beauty!
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Hi guys, it's been a very busy time for me. Life has been kicking a bit. I had not much time on the workbench and won't have for a bit, I think. Also, comparing myself with you guys and the pressure, I put myself under, to get some good pictures to post another update, killed my mojo almost completely. Nevertheless, there is some progress. I changed the rig of the Packet almost completely. She looses the outer jib and both square topsails and gains a topgaffsail. This almost halves the number of ropes (From over 30 to 18!), therefore can be handled with less crew - more profit per voyage from Stralsund to Göteborg 😉 I plan to build another sloop at some point, which will be an armed one and will get the square sails. Also I reduced the length of the mast by around 2m. Don't expect any further updates in the near future or updates everytime I had benchtime, but I will share the big milestones with you (hull done, rig done, finishing line).
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I had some time in my workshop recently and did some cleaning up. Ast time, I told you, Bulkhead E had gone missing, but also that it could not have gone far. Look, where I found it: That was a real facepalm moment, let me tell you this. I also discovered that the deck line on bulkhead D was too high - about 3 or 4 mm. So there is some work left to do. I received a shipment of basswood for the filler blocks.
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Hi Meriadoc Brandybuck, thank you for your kind words and input. As long as no cut on any part of the rigging is made, it's not too late to talk about it and alter it. So don't be afraid to mention anything that you find worth mentioning. We can talk about it and I can explain my thought process, but in the end, it's my task to think about your points and mine and alter stuff - or not. But input is always appreciated as this is my very first modell developed from a plan drawn in a time long gone. 😁 Concerning your points: Not only did I crosscheck with other sloops, but also consulted literature like Chapman, zu Mondfeld or Marquardt. The common theme was, like Chapman said, "the whole of the main-mast ought to be thrice (three times) their breadth". Chapman gives the breadth of this sloop with 13 1/4 feet, which brings the main-mast's length to 29 3/4 feet. I used a foot length of 33,192 cm (I can't recall why why... Stockholm foot measures 29,69 cm), so the breadth measures 4,398 m and the length of the main mast 13,19 m. BUT I didn't just used Chapman as reference, but, as mentioned, also the other sloops. This raised the factor from 3 to 3,3345 and the mast length to 14,665 m. The length of a foot chosen doesn't matter, though, as it is only a number, a factor that affects each length, width, breadth,... The ratio between the several individual parts stays the same. This leaves the question "What is 'the whole of the main mast'?" I looked into the literature and asked fellow modellers and came to the conclusion, that in the majority of cases, this meant the length from the deck to the mast topp. And this answer I went with and built my further measurements around as all other diameters and lengths take the length and/or diameter of the main mast (which are connected.. the latter is around 2,5% of the former) as a point of reference.
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Quick update: most of the bulkheads are sanded in shape but not yet tapered. I lost bulkhead E somehow... I mean, it has to be somewhere near my workbench as I hadn't left my workshop 🙃
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L'Amarante? 🤩 Awesome! I'm really looking forward to this.
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As this build is moving to the finishing line: what will be your next project?
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It has begun! The first cut is cut and the first glue is shed. Here are some pictures of my progress the parts for decks and cabins that are finished Some things, that still need some fine-tuning Bulkhead B is already in place In two weeks, I'll have plenty of time to finish the bulkheads and to start working on the deck-planking. A learning, that I'll take with me to the next project - Her Majesties Yacht Mary II - will be, that the width tolerances of the bulkhead's slits may be greater than 0mm 😅 maybe 0.5mm or something in between.
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Were the canon periers some kind of Proto-carronade? Where were they installed?
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Mini-Winnie used to be a brand of small sauages - Wieners - in Germany. 😅 So you basically provide a kit in 1:36th scale and the smaller one in 1:128. Too bad 😥 But I will follow your progress nevertheless
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As Dr. Google couldn't help me in this regard: can somebody point me to a chart or list (or tell it plainly), for how to change this imperial scale (3/32") into a metric scale (1/x th)?
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Hi Chuck, I guess, you might have answered the following already, but I couldn't find it. (And if I already have asked it, please forgive me, my memory is sometimes a bit like Swiss cheese) At what scale is you Speedwell being built and how difficult is it to implement a new scale? I really like the look of it, but I want to build in 1/60th scale exclusively. In my mind, it's just needed to rescale the files and go ahead, bit I am neither an expert nor even a beginner in the art of laser-cutting and 3D-modelling. But what I want to say, if there was the possibility to buy your Speedwell kit in 1/60th scale, I'd be all in.
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A small update from me: One of the two modelling projects, I was working on in the last months has reached its conclusion for now. I've built two wargaming armies for the rule set Crossfire. It's a German motorised Grenadier company from late 1943 - so the generic German infantry, that fought in Normandy - and a British rifle company. The Germans have additionally a Pak 40 and two light field howitzers. Both sides have also five tanks (WH: a panzer 3, 3 panzer iv and a Panther | UK: two Shermans, a Cromwell, a Churchill with the 95mm mortar and the captured Panther "Cuckoo" from the Coldstream Guards). That's the Tommies That's the Krauts The are not painted yet, but that's a matter of secondary importance. For my other project (the diorama from post #1): the tracks are assembled and ready to paint - so that's also almost done. Therefore I've ordered the wood and parts for the Packet sloop. I'm very excited! I aquired a piece of staghorn sumac from my parents. It has a soft and brittle wood according to Wikipedia, but a nice orange core with green coloured lines through it. It also glows yellow under UV-light. That sounds interesting and I will take a look at it. I'm tempted to carve the figurehead from it. That could be a nice eye-catcher if it works. I'll keep you posted
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The final rigging plan is done! I basically redrew my sketches in the CAD-programme and altered them in a few places. The main difference lies in the runs of the toppsail and topgallantsail braces. Edit on the last day of February: I've finished all drawings for the bigger and smaller parts, that were still missing. The last thing remaining to be done is the calculation of the size and diameters of the parts of the standing and the running rig. I will do this manually. After that, I can make a list with all materials, that I need to buy before I can start building and before the building, I will finish my two other modelling projects. This thread will therefore fall silent for a while, but I will resume posting updates as soon as there are any. Thank you all for your support and feedback!
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Another milestone is reached! The planning of the rigging is done. 47 ropes of different names are drawn and their beginning, their end and purpose defined. I'll keep the gaff boom with its original length The next step is drawing all remaining small parts like anchor crane, pumps and so on. PS: I just realised, that I maybe don't need Nr. 24 and 25 as the gaff will be raised to set the main sail and the lower edge of said sail is tied to the gaffboom and not to the mast
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I have to say, I really do like, that the wood for this model has visible grain, which on top has a nice colour and pattern.
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