Rock_From_Korea
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False keel planking pictures.
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1st planking finished and sanded. Finishing touches on stern planks done as well.
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Hi All, Work speed in the shipyard has picked up a bit. I managed to finish 1st planking, keel planking and started on 2nd planking. Just generic planking work, so I will just upload recent pictures without much comment. Below are pictures of final works on 1st planking.
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1st planking below the waterline wale begins.
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As I do not plan to do 2nd planking above the waterline wale, I tried out the dyeing of these planks. I think I will need to do more trial and error until I get the color that I like. But, for the time being, I will leave it as is and see later on how the color looks with the overall color of the hull.
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Hi All, It's been a while since my last posting. The work at the shipyard is progressing much slower than during my previous build, HMS Endeavor. I suppose since this build is a prototype and unlike my last build, which was earmarked as present to my sister, I do not have much pressure(?) in terms of time or duration of the build. Anyway, the below are some of the pictures on the latest progress. I originally attached the waterline wale on the 5th plank. However, I realized that the wale was somewhat high up. Therefore, I took it off and reattached the wale on the 6th plank.
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Hi Patrick, Yes, of course~! Tapering will begin from the plank below the waterline wale. Rock
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4th planks laid and the one below this plank will have a wale put on top of the base plank (cypress). As I do not have a proper thick hard wood, I will have to apply a hardwood that is in similar thickness to the base planks on top in order to show protrusion. I am trying to get hold of more hard wood materials. Hopefully, GH2 and beyond will have proper wales. The planking below the waterline wale will have a cypress base planking and a 2nd layer of thin, dark hardwood 2nd planking.
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2nd and 3rd planks fixed into place.
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First plank laid. The tree nail assisted planking does help fix the planks in place. At the end of the day, these tree nails were used to fix the planks in real ships anyway.
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Hi All, After the basic skeletal work, the planking work begins. I decided to use filler mainly in the bow and stern areas and not fill in the middle section. This time I am trying something a little different. I tried to fasten some of the plank sections with tree nails as an assisting medium during planking and it seemed to be quite helpful. The tree nail has a size (1mm) that does not fit the scale (30-40% larger than the scale ), but it is the thinnest material I can come up with at the moment. So, I will just go ahead and see how it looks like for the prototype. The upper part of the waterline boundary wale is only going to be planked only with 1st planking, so I started from this area and tried the tree nail assisted planking. Preliminary testing of the tree nails show that they definitely look bigger than they should. But, I will need to try this on my prototype as it is my only option at the moment. I will continue looking for a smaller diameter solution. I used end of the tooth picks (dyed) as tree nails.
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Various hidden deck bases are finished and the overall shape so far looks as below.
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Bowsprit installment test, and the testing of overall mast instalments.
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Foremast laying platform and test of installing foremast.
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Hi All, Work in the shipyard is progressing slowly as this is my first scratch build project and also I am effectively building 2 ships at the same time. There are just a lot of things to consider and think about on this scratch build project. I thought I had planned much in advance, but as I progress it seems that there were just a lot more aspects that I did not consider before beginning my first scratch project. Nonetheless, this project is making me consider a lot more areas compared to when building a kit model and I think I am learning a lot along the way. Also, the start of GH2 is helping much in terms of trying different methods from GH1, modifying and maybe enhancing some designs here and there and applying to GH2 right away to see the effects and etc. The GH1 progress pictures including more structure strengthening, various deck base laying, building the masts slots and platforms are included below. Aftcastle structure strengthening, mizzen mast platform.
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Made some room and preparations for the whipstaff installations in the stern area.
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Back to Golden Hind prototype - worked on strengthening the structure of main deck and forecastle area. Also, tested fitting the decks into the frames. The 3.5 mm wood panels saved from the wood working shop are utilized for decks.
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Hi All, It's been a while since my last update. I managed to find a wood working shop near Seoul and had the cypress cut cleanly into different sizes and shapes. Unfortunately, this shop was also unable to cut wider (more than 15 cm) panels and I had to be satisfied with 8 cm wide panels which were cut into 6mm thick panels as well as 2mm strips, 1cm x 1cm (for mast) and etc. In the wood work shop I found 3.5mm small wood panels (waiting to be burnt for fuel) that could potentially be used as bulkheads when laminated. I could not resist the temptation of testing these new materials for my 2nd Golden Hind (earmarked as present for one of my dear friends) and immediately started the building of basic frames for GH2. I am quite satisfied with the results and decided to use these materials for my subsequent Golden Hinds. I also decided to work on GH2 in tandem with my Golden Hind prototype as there are quite a few different methods, styles and applications that I would like to try. Mozart and Beethoven helping out on keeping the laminated panels straight.
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The filling of the lower part of the hull is almost complete. The cypress wood fillings at the bottom of the hull make the ship quite heavy and balanced.
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For the filling of the front section of the bow, I am using a much softer wood (which was salvaged from the sides and rear of my daughter's decommissioned cabinet drawers), and this softwood will also be used to fill the upper part of the hull.
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The space between the bulkheads at the bottom of the hull will be filled with left-over cypress woods as ballast and planking aid.
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Hi everyone~ Basic hull frame work continues. I was thinking about replacing the keel, bow and stern section with hardwood, but realized that I lacked suitable material. So, I decided to just work with cypress wood for these sections. Once I get hold of a mini table saw, I plan to use hard woods processed from the mini table saw for my next projects. For the time being, I will need to make do with a false keel.
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Thanks very much, Robert!
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Thank you, Patrick! I think I will really need to get a mini table saw that has low noise levels to be operated in an apartment! Also, I will definitely try to locate a woodworking shop for the panel sawing next time. Rock
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Initial frame and bulkhead works more or less finished after extensive sawing and sanding!! Anyway, the nice smell of cypress wood during these works definitely provided enough consolation.
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