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During my downtime I did some research into the ship's wheel.  Seems it was very much like the Victory's.  A double wheel with a tall fore pedestal and a short aft pedestal.
 

HMS Elephant plans (above)  and HMS Victory wheel (below)

 
So I drew it up to fit between my decks and forward of my mizzen mast.
 

Assembly between decks (above) and details (below)

Then I drew up some details so when I need a change I can chose to work on my fore or mizzen lower mast and trees, painting/asembling my 74 guns, or the ship's wheel.  It is nice to have options.

I've got the outboard side of the frames 90% done.  Just need to finish them with a few finer grades of sand paper.
I will start on the inboard side Wednesday.
 

The last two years I needed my workshop as homeoffice. I started building Cheerful at the dining table, but this was also not a good idea. Now I am back in my office which gives me the possibility to use my workshop as shipyard again.
 
To practice I build a test frame from an old piece of wood.
Instead of a paper base, I milled a template from plywood, which already takes into account the different thicknesses of the futtocks.

 
On this template, the futtocks were first glued together and then the chocks were added.

 
Finally a photo of the finished test-frame.

 
Now I can start with the serial production.

This week I got  a "little" parcel with really nice milled boxwood from hobymill.eu. Vahur put also some extra sheets and wood samples to my order.
The timber has real nice color and was excellent packed. Also the contact and information of Vahur was great.
 
Hobbymill gets from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of five possible. Highly recommended

This week I got  a "little" parcel with really nice milled boxwood from hobymill.eu. Vahur put also some extra sheets and wood samples to my order.
The timber has real nice color and was excellent packed. Also the contact and information of Vahur was great.
 
Hobbymill gets from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of five possible. Highly recommended

This week I got  a "little" parcel with really nice milled boxwood from hobymill.eu. Vahur put also some extra sheets and wood samples to my order.
The timber has real nice color and was excellent packed. Also the contact and information of Vahur was great.
 
Hobbymill gets from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of five possible. Highly recommended

This week I got  a "little" parcel with really nice milled boxwood from hobymill.eu. Vahur put also some extra sheets and wood samples to my order.
The timber has real nice color and was excellent packed. Also the contact and information of Vahur was great.
 
Hobbymill gets from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of five possible. Highly recommended

This week I got  a "little" parcel with really nice milled boxwood from hobymill.eu. Vahur put also some extra sheets and wood samples to my order.
The timber has real nice color and was excellent packed. Also the contact and information of Vahur was great.
 
Hobbymill gets from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of five possible. Highly recommended

This week I got  a "little" parcel with really nice milled boxwood from hobymill.eu. Vahur put also some extra sheets and wood samples to my order.
The timber has real nice color and was excellent packed. Also the contact and information of Vahur was great.
 
Hobbymill gets from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of five possible. Highly recommended

This week I got  a "little" parcel with really nice milled boxwood from hobymill.eu. Vahur put also some extra sheets and wood samples to my order.
The timber has real nice color and was excellent packed. Also the contact and information of Vahur was great.
 
Hobbymill gets from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of five possible. Highly recommended

This week I got  a "little" parcel with really nice milled boxwood from hobymill.eu. Vahur put also some extra sheets and wood samples to my order.
The timber has real nice color and was excellent packed. Also the contact and information of Vahur was great.
 
Hobbymill gets from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of five possible. Highly recommended

This week I got  a "little" parcel with really nice milled boxwood from hobymill.eu. Vahur put also some extra sheets and wood samples to my order.
The timber has real nice color and was excellent packed. Also the contact and information of Vahur was great.
 
Hobbymill gets from me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ of five possible. Highly recommended

Hi Everyone -
 
I have some exciting news: this week I acquired SeaWatch Books from @BobF! I've been a long-time customer of SeaWatch and was sorry to hear that Bob was retiring. I reached out and after a long discussion decided that I'd step in and acquire the company and inventory. I want to thank Bob and Cathy both for allowing me to carry the mantle and build on what they have started. I promise to continue the tradition of and commitment to quality books that are beautiful, informative, and important to the ship modeling community.
 
The first thing I will be doing is moving the store to a true e-commerce platform. This will make for a much better shopping experience and improve on the fulfillment and ordering issues that I know some have experienced in the past. I am currently in the process of finalizing the new store and will be integrating with the fulfillment center in the days ahead. Hopefully, we'll be up and running in the next week or two. In the meantime, please feel free to register at www.seawatchbooks.com to receive a 20% off coupon for when we launch.
 
A little bit about me:
 
Besides being Sonofasonofasailor here on MSW, my name in the real world is Mike Ellison. I have been building models since my youth starting with plastic kits (my first ship model was USS Enterprise, which I built at the age of 14). But, as is often the case with modeling, life intervened and college, professional, and family obligations took center stage for many years. I returned to modeling about 10 years ago and am a member of the Ship Model Society of New Jersey.
 
I graduated from Syracuse University in upstate New York in 1994 with degrees in Finance and Marketing. It was here where I met my wife Caroline and we got married a few years after graduating. After starting a career on Wall St., I had an opportunity to join my father in launching and building a marketing research firm, which has grown to nearly 100 people in New York City. My father is largely retired from the business and I continue to build and grow that company.
 
My wife and I reside in New Jersey and are soon to be empty-nesters. My oldest son is a sophomore at Skidmore College and my daughter will be going to Connecticut College in the fall. 
 
I am truly looking forward to building SeaWatch Books and continue to serve the ship modeling community. If you have any questions or ideas on how we can improve on our service, please email us at support@seawatchbooks.com.
 
Thanks,
Mike
 
 

Really nice progress

Thank's very much. Let's answer your questions:
 
 
In the moment, this is my plan but I don't know if I will change this with more experience in frame building. The advantage of the method are the different levels, which make the build much easier.
 
 
By the testframe I did not have any problems, to get the frame out. I don't need much glue during the build. You can also use a colophane foil or a thin layer of clear varnish to avoid problems.
 
 
Yes, I got one last year. The idea is a first result of my learning curve. I have a lot of other ideas, but for these I have to learn 3D construction. All my drawings are in the moment in 2D and for Triton I will not change this.
 

The last two years I needed my workshop as homeoffice. I started building Cheerful at the dining table, but this was also not a good idea. Now I am back in my office which gives me the possibility to use my workshop as shipyard again.
 
To practice I build a test frame from an old piece of wood.
Instead of a paper base, I milled a template from plywood, which already takes into account the different thicknesses of the futtocks.

 
On this template, the futtocks were first glued together and then the chocks were added.

 
Finally a photo of the finished test-frame.

 
Now I can start with the serial production.

Thank's very much. Let's answer your questions:
 
 
In the moment, this is my plan but I don't know if I will change this with more experience in frame building. The advantage of the method are the different levels, which make the build much easier.
 
 
By the testframe I did not have any problems, to get the frame out. I don't need much glue during the build. You can also use a colophane foil or a thin layer of clear varnish to avoid problems.
 
 
Yes, I got one last year. The idea is a first result of my learning curve. I have a lot of other ideas, but for these I have to learn 3D construction. All my drawings are in the moment in 2D and for Triton I will not change this.
 

The last two years I needed my workshop as homeoffice. I started building Cheerful at the dining table, but this was also not a good idea. Now I am back in my office which gives me the possibility to use my workshop as shipyard again.
 
To practice I build a test frame from an old piece of wood.
Instead of a paper base, I milled a template from plywood, which already takes into account the different thicknesses of the futtocks.

 
On this template, the futtocks were first glued together and then the chocks were added.

 
Finally a photo of the finished test-frame.

 
Now I can start with the serial production.

Thank's very much. Let's answer your questions:
 
 
In the moment, this is my plan but I don't know if I will change this with more experience in frame building. The advantage of the method are the different levels, which make the build much easier.
 
 
By the testframe I did not have any problems, to get the frame out. I don't need much glue during the build. You can also use a colophane foil or a thin layer of clear varnish to avoid problems.
 
 
Yes, I got one last year. The idea is a first result of my learning curve. I have a lot of other ideas, but for these I have to learn 3D construction. All my drawings are in the moment in 2D and for Triton I will not change this.
 

The last two years I needed my workshop as homeoffice. I started building Cheerful at the dining table, but this was also not a good idea. Now I am back in my office which gives me the possibility to use my workshop as shipyard again.
 
To practice I build a test frame from an old piece of wood.
Instead of a paper base, I milled a template from plywood, which already takes into account the different thicknesses of the futtocks.

 
On this template, the futtocks were first glued together and then the chocks were added.

 
Finally a photo of the finished test-frame.

 
Now I can start with the serial production.

The last two years I needed my workshop as homeoffice. I started building Cheerful at the dining table, but this was also not a good idea. Now I am back in my office which gives me the possibility to use my workshop as shipyard again.
 
To practice I build a test frame from an old piece of wood.
Instead of a paper base, I milled a template from plywood, which already takes into account the different thicknesses of the futtocks.

 
On this template, the futtocks were first glued together and then the chocks were added.

 
Finally a photo of the finished test-frame.

 
Now I can start with the serial production.

The last two years I needed my workshop as homeoffice. I started building Cheerful at the dining table, but this was also not a good idea. Now I am back in my office which gives me the possibility to use my workshop as shipyard again.
 
To practice I build a test frame from an old piece of wood.
Instead of a paper base, I milled a template from plywood, which already takes into account the different thicknesses of the futtocks.

 
On this template, the futtocks were first glued together and then the chocks were added.

 
Finally a photo of the finished test-frame.

 
Now I can start with the serial production.

The last two years I needed my workshop as homeoffice. I started building Cheerful at the dining table, but this was also not a good idea. Now I am back in my office which gives me the possibility to use my workshop as shipyard again.
 
To practice I build a test frame from an old piece of wood.
Instead of a paper base, I milled a template from plywood, which already takes into account the different thicknesses of the futtocks.

 
On this template, the futtocks were first glued together and then the chocks were added.

 
Finally a photo of the finished test-frame.

 
Now I can start with the serial production.

Thank's very much. Let's answer your questions:
 
 
In the moment, this is my plan but I don't know if I will change this with more experience in frame building. The advantage of the method are the different levels, which make the build much easier.
 
 
By the testframe I did not have any problems, to get the frame out. I don't need much glue during the build. You can also use a colophane foil or a thin layer of clear varnish to avoid problems.
 
 
Yes, I got one last year. The idea is a first result of my learning curve. I have a lot of other ideas, but for these I have to learn 3D construction. All my drawings are in the moment in 2D and for Triton I will not change this.
 

The last two years I needed my workshop as homeoffice. I started building Cheerful at the dining table, but this was also not a good idea. Now I am back in my office which gives me the possibility to use my workshop as shipyard again.
 
To practice I build a test frame from an old piece of wood.
Instead of a paper base, I milled a template from plywood, which already takes into account the different thicknesses of the futtocks.

 
On this template, the futtocks were first glued together and then the chocks were added.

 
Finally a photo of the finished test-frame.

 
Now I can start with the serial production.