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DocBlake
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I spent the weekend planking the inboard bulwarks with redheart. The planks required a little tweaking at the stern to flow smoothly into the counter framing, but nothing too drastic. At the bow, I did have to taper a few planks to get them all to fit. Next is to add the treenails, clean up the gun ports and sand the bulwark smooth. All the carbon soot from the simulated caulking and the glue stains will be sanded away!
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DocBlake got a reaction from CiscoH in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Yup, Don. Swiss pear and rosewood. I'm really becoming a fan of swiss pear because of it's ease of working and I also love the color. Unlike cherry there is virtually no grain. I was fortunate enough to score a big slab of pear wood about a year ago. It was 8 feet long so it had to be cut in half to ship. The resulting slabs are each about 20" wide, 4 feet long and 3-1/2" thick. A lifetime supply!
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
The finished companionway.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I just finished the top with the hinged portion folded back. Next: the doors.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I'm trying to decide what to do about the main hatch. The plans call for a plain coaming and there are stairs leading below. Lots of water in the bilge if it rains! I made up a second coaming for the hatch and started construction of a companionway. The top will be planks with a hinged portion shown folded back as is typical for this style of deck furniture. It is a close fit, though because the hatch is right behind the main mast and I have to ensure clearance so that the hinged top can fold back without hitting the mast or the boom support. I plan to have the front doors mostly open so the ladder and cargo in the hold are visible, but I haven't figured out exactly how I'll handle that task.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Another milestone! The main deck and quarterdeck are framed in. I'll need to give the deck framing a good sanding and then begin planking the inboard bulwarks. I milled my own redheart for the planking. I think the color contrast will look good.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I completed the last bulkhead below deck and finished framing the main deck...a milestone! Next is framing the quarterdeck. The deck furniture is just set in place for the photos. I'm also considering a companionway with open doors for the main hatch so the ladder leading below remains visible.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
The shot locker/well took longer than I thought. Here is the completed structure and the final appearance of the magazine. You can see the work table and the powder kegs. I was going to leave one of the lids on the shot locker open to show the shot inside but took the easy way out! The well/shot locker design is from the Swan class of British sloops based on David Antscherl's drawings in his book.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I've completed bulkhead #2 which separates the hold from the magazine. Before gluing it in place I'll add some clear plastic to simulate the glass in the light sash. There are two gunpowder kegs that will be glued in the magazine.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Having a little fun last night with details. I decided that the stove needed a source of fuel, so I built a little coal scuttle. I sawed one of my powder kegs in half, found the center point of the cut surface, and holding the barrel in the jaws of a pair of pliers to steady it, I used a Forstner bit to hollow out a shallow hole in the barrel's top. I spread some WeldBond glue in there and sprinkled in some coarse black model railroad ballast. The handles are 28 gauge annealed black steel wire. A couple of coats of poly and the coal scuttle was done. Elapsed time: about an hour.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I spent a lot of time on the riding bitt. My first question was whether to leave it cherry, stock with the kit, or make a new one out of rosewood to match the hatch coamings. Believe it or not, the bitt is made up of 11 individual parts (in order to accommodate the sheaves), with some very thin portions that would be a real challenge to cut with a scroll saw. In the end I opted to use the cherry parts and built the bit and fit it to the model. Then I cheated. General Finishes actually makes a rosewood stain! I bought a can and stained and polyed the bitt. I made the mast stub out of cherry and added a boom support made of boxwood to add a little interest.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Bulkhead #1 and beam 6 glued in place.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Thanks for the "likes" everyone. Just finishing up bulkhead #1 which separates the galley from the hold. The wood is pear, holly and rosewood. The hinges are Syren's flat end gun port hinges dyed black.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
The stove has been permanently glued into place. The hatches are positioned in place, and beam #5 is ready to be glued in. I really like the contrast between the rosewood hatch coamings and the grating and beams.
I'm thinking seriously about adding a companionway over the main hatch with the doors open to show the ladder leading below. Has anyone seen one or plans for one? I'll especially need to figure out how to secure the doors in an open position.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
In order to I create a little more contrast on deck, I remade all the hatch coamings in rosewood. I will used boxwood grating in the hatches. I made the Charley Noble (stack) out of brass, blackened it and glued the stove and grease tray to the brick pad. I set the stove in place, along with the stack to test the fit. Perfect. Next is the glue up of the stove and beam 5.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Professor in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Slow progress. I've installed all the beams, carlings, knees and ledges up to frame 5. Frame 5 is just sitting in place. Because of the bulkhead that will soon be installed, I need to install the stove on it's brick pad next. It's a close fit, and I will likely first make the hatch with the hole for the Charley Noble so that I can glue the pad to the deck and the stove to the pad with epoxy once the alignment of the stack is right. While the long cure epoxy is curing, I'll install beam #5 with it's carlings and ledges, glue the hatch in place and make any final adjustments before the epoxy sets up.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Back from vacation with the family.
I started framing the main deck forward. I also built some wooden crates for the hold as cargo. I'm painting the metal bands on the powder kegs copper colored right now. They will go in the magazine. These little details won't be easily seen once the deck s framed in and partially planked, but they are fun to build, and I know they are there!
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DocBlake got a reaction from CharlieZardoz in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
You can never have too many clamps! Gluing up the main deck clamps.
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DocBlake got a reaction from CharlieZardoz in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I've started gluing up the main deck beams. There are 12 in all, and each is comprised of three parts: a thicker center part, and two thinner parts, with notches in them that glue to the forward and aft surfaces of the center part. When glued up, the notches form the half-mortises for the carlings and ledges. All in all, a pretty cool system. The photo shows finished beams on the left, and the three components of a beam before glue up on the right.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Planking of the lower deck s and hold is completed. Next I'll start work on framing the main deck by installing the deck clamps.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
The lower deck planks are in place. I set the stove in it's approximate position on the lower deck. The space between the fore and aft lower decks is the hold. It's separated from the two decks by bulkheads, and another bulkhead divides the hold into a hold/light room and the magazine. The planking in the hold is applied directly to the frames. There are no beams.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
The deck beams for the lower decks installed. The forward lower deck is where the stove sits. The aft lower deck is really just a catwalk that leads from the hold. The hold is subdivided into a hold proper with a light room, and a magazine where I'll add the gunpowder kegs and build the well and shot locker.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
Here's the finished stove. I still have to finish the grease tray. The stove was to have a guard rail surrounding the top cooking surface, but I felt I had to draw the line somewhere. The hinges and firebox door/oven doors are far from perfect...even in this scale every little error shows. Still, I do like working in the larger scales in general because of the detail it allows one to add.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I finished up the third coat of poly on the exterior. Before I did that, I added some trim made of purple heart above and below the great cabin lights. It carries the color scheme of the topsides around to the stern of the ship.
I cut out and cleaned up the lower deck beams, I'm planning to change a few things down there, so I started scratch building the ship's stove. The kit provides a very nice 3-D printed stove, but I wanted my own. It's kind of a modified Brodie stove without the chain-driven rotisserie. The first step was to build a "core" out of 2 pieces of wood. I then added the sides out of 1/32" plywood. The grid irons are brass rod passing through holes drilled with a #75 drill. The boiler tops and lids are made of wood, the handles and the diagonal reinforcing rods are steel wire. The oven doors, firebox door and ash tray door are all 1/64" plywood...the hinges are cardstock. I made the spit racks out of brass rod, soldered them together and trimmed them to shape. I need to add the legs, build a grease pan and add some trim to the stove before priming and painting.
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DocBlake got a reaction from Cap'n Rat Fink in Armed Virginia Sloop Patrick Henry by DocBlake - FINISHED - Lauck Street Shipyard - Scale = 1/32 - POF Admiralty Style
I finished all the treenails in the outer bulwark planking. I also changed the stern. Something didn't look quite right back there, and I realized that the counter planking needed something to divide it from the framing visually. Like the black strake and wales separate the bulwark planking from the framing. So I simply had the black strake and wale "turn the corner" on each side and end at the sternpost. I think it looks better, and it's not without precedent, even though it's not in the plans!
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