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Continue planking the hull inner space.

The keel and stem fell into place, and I began to sheathe the side air boxes.

I broke down the technological parts of the frame. The boat hull has become very light!

I finished the horizontal planks.

18 hours ago, BobG said:

Beautiful planking job! What are the dimensions of this model?

Cutter dimension: length - 359 mm, width - 92 mm,  нeight - 141 mm (with flagstaff)

Hello everyone!

I began to lay the horizontal planks of the hull.

The holidays are over! Finished the diagonal planks.

Friends, I wish you all a Happy New Year!!!😉

Almost finished diagonal planks.

On 12/25/2020 at 10:26 PM, Keithbrad80 said:

Do you know the reason behind diagonal planking? Was it stronger somehow? Horizontal planks give the ship strength and rigidity, I’ll assume diagonal planks do the same, but what was the specific reasoning behind diagonal planks? 

It is designed for covering the hulls of boats, which should have the greatest transverse and longitudinal strength.

55 minutes ago, BobG said:

The planking is very beautiful and very unusual. Was this method of planking actually used on the original boats?

Yes! Laying the planks on the model completely repeats the real prototype - two layers, the first diagonal, the second longitudinal.

Below is a drawing from a similar steam cutter.

A little more progress.

Finished the bow.

I continue to lay the diagonal planks. Moving from the center to the bow and stern.

I started laying the diagonal planks - anegri wood

I glued the branches of the frames in two layers of 0.6 mm veneer and glued them to the power parts.

Completed the frames of the hull and tied it with a keel bar

Still assembling the frame of steam cutter

I continue to assemble the frame of cutter hull

On 12/9/2020 at 4:20 PM, shipman said:

Then there's these.

'LS MODELS'

'MASTER KIROBEL'

All three do a good range of small boats.

1: 72 and 1: 100 scales are very small for such boats.

On 12/7/2020 at 5:35 PM, shipman said:

Welcome from Yorkshire, Vladislav.

Your cutter looks like an interesting and unusual subject.

I'm fond of the small boats, from any era,

I really like steam and rowing cutter and longboats, and it is a pity that there are not enough wooden kit models in this direction.

15 minutes ago, Roger Pellett said:

I assume that the “James White System” refers to the diagonal planking.  It will be interesting to see how how this works out at scale.  On the real thing, diagonal planking was used to allow wooden boats normally kept out of the water to be launched as necessary without first having to have the planking swelled up.  To help this, white lead or a waterproofed fabric membrane could be applied between the two layers.

Yes, this steam cutter has 2 layers of planks: diagonal and longitudinal. Both layers will be present in the model.

Assembly Instruction

The beginning of the steam cutter model assembly - hull frames, bow part.

Welcome to the build topic

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/26869-28-foot-steam-cutter-on-the-james-white-system-1876-piroscafco-scale-models-124-by-vladislav-lemm/