Dave_E

Nice work! Just joined the show. 😁

Hi Andrew, welcome to the forum! 😀

Thanks Jason. I did shim 2 bulkheads and feel way better than I did about what I discovered. I am going to attempt a single hull plank… we’ll see. I’m  sure following so many of our fellow craftsmen here and learning from each other’s woes is what keeps many a new modeler going during their nymph years in the hobby. 👍😀

Welcome aboard Rich! 😀

Those are some serious shipyard hours man! What do you do for relaxation and recreation? 😆

Didn’t measure keel thickness in my first side to side measurements. Unglued the blocks, removed bulkheads G and H, cutout templates and sanded them down to the line and all back together. My biggest mistake was assuming the laser cut parts matched the drawings, and again I am sorry I bashed the Amati kit as all the laser cut parts were drawing correct. I’m pretty sure fairing of the bulkheads will make everything ok. Lesson learned… do not assume any laser cut part is correct… ever!

Hi Steve, welcome aboard. Lots of good folks here to help you with your first wooden venture! Don’t be shy asking questions. 👍😀

1 hour ago, Keith Black said:

Dave, I added up your measurements for each bulkhead and the only way the totals make sense (to me at least)  is for G and H to be swapped. Or am I completely off my rocker? 

 

 What does G measure on the plans?

Nope, Keith, your rocker is OK. On paper G is 114mm wide and H is 110mm, going into I which is 98mm wide. That would be great. Except H is 115mm in real wood. Long afternoon seeing something wasn’t right and digging into it. Before I proceed any further, I’ll fix these 2 bulkheads and then do the stern counter block and finish the bow and stern fillers.

Just measured the bulkhead widths on the plan… bulkhead (H), (the wide one) measured 4” on the nose on paper. the laser cut part is 4 1/8”. How does that happen? 😳 Well I know now I have to reduce (H) and fix (G). Thanks everyone. 😁

REALLY nice Paul, outstanding! 👍

Boy, I do not have a good feeling about this. I measured from the false keel to the edge of each bulkhead, port and starboard sides, here’s what they measured.

And since this is how they were laid out on the plans… that’s the way I installed them, letters all face forward.

It looks like bulkhead (G) is the only bad one to remedy. Hopefully the rest are fixable with tapering. Will study for awhile. 🤓

Thanks, I suspected those answers and I don’t know how these things happen. 🧐 Another shot straight down…the issue is symmetrical.

Good start plan! 👍😀

Hi Everyone,

Today I cut out the fillers for the bow… that went OK, but I noticed something while in the garage using the band saw. The bulkheads look like something is wrong between bulkheads (H) and (I). The first photo shows a plank down low near the garboard… looks good, things work and I haven’t tapered any bulkheads yet.

One more even higher up.

Now this second photo shows the same plank up higher in the “A” band area.

See that crazy bend upward? Almost looks like the bulkhead in between the clamps is too big, or the one with the aft clamp isn’t big enough. Of course all bulkheads were checked against the plans and bulkheads (H) and (I) have very little to NO tapering. 😳 You who have built or are building chime in please. I’m afraid if I ignore it and plank up the gun ports and the wales, I’ll have an “oh s***” moment when I start to do the hull planking.

Good recovery Mav! 👍👌😀

Buenos Dias Alvaro, welcome. 😀

FIVE. 

Fascinating reading gents. History. 👌

Outstanding build! 👍😀

Hi Allen, welcome aboard! 👍😀

Hi Alexandre, welcome aboard! 😀

Can’t do better than that brother! 👍😀

That cockpit is really nice! I don’t know about the fighters but the Russian heavy jets have aqua blue painted panels. 

Hi All,

I think I can call the skeleton complete. I have to agree with the other comments about the bulkheads being flimsy (bass wood), so I did what others have done and stiffened them up making sure the keel was straight. I’m also glad I did not precut or shape any of the bulkheads for planking. You can really tell the difference just handling it. 
 

Looking REAL NICE Paul! 👍😀