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Thanks @druxey and I will make sure to follow the line of planking. Tim -
Thanks Mark @mtaylor, I happen to have purchased a copy from the famous Booths bookshop in Hay-on-Wye last summer. I often go there as it's only 40 mins down the road. I paid £5 which was a bargain looking at the prices online. Now I have some non fiction bedtime reading. Tim
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Another thing I was not really aware of.
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here is yet another revision of the chains mockup I have tried to incorporate the advice you have all given. Tim
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Thanks Craig @iMustBeCrazy that as you say gives a clear example, what a fantastic resource RMG is. so now I have a couple of names, channel is the block of wood, chainplate is the metal strip. Is that correct? Now I am thinking I will make mine like this, with a planted strip on the outside. Tim
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Talking about a lot to learn. The drawings in post #105 and #114 show the deadeye straps passing though the board attached to the hull, other drawings show it on the outside? OK now I think I need to do some more research on the names for the parts of what I believe are called the "channel" or "Chains" I found this webpage useful even though it seems aimed at a more general audience http://www.ageofsail.net/aostermi.asp Is there a good reference I can refer too? here comes yet another rabbit hole......................if I don't get too sidetracked I might get some ship building done. Tim
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thanks @druxey I will amend the mockup, there is so much to learn and keep track of, I have learned so much on this forum. Tim
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Thanks Craig @iMustBeCrazy, that will need to be worked out, but they should swivel on the bolt so I can adjust after they are fitted? Tim
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Thanks @Thunder that encourages me to keep going.
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Thanks for the advice @druxey, @Thunder and @iMustBeCrazy. have done a new profile view and think I will be able to make it work. This model will not represent any particular cutter but should work visually. I am not sure now if the straps ( don't know what their real name is ) should bolt into the wale? Tim
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I know the feeling. I am struggling with a scratch build of a cutter in wood, can't decide whether to rig or not. You have inspired me with your excellent build, I will have to get and build this kit. I need to watch the movies again to get in the mood. Tim
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Thanks Craig Using the side view helps to visualise how it might work. I will have another go at sorting it out in the morning. Tim
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Thanks druxey So would it be better to move the shrouds back like this? Tim
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Thanks Thunder, I can see how that could work. I have just been working up some drawings in photoshop. The rigging would take me well outside my comfort zone at this time. Lets see how I feel when I have completed the hull. Tim
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Off to test this out. I have plenty of time here as we are hemmed in by floods all round, can't get out of the village by road, I could do a 2 mile walk across the fields. People are saying I should have built a full sized ship................. Tim
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Hi Craig That is a nice idea. I did do some tests earlier using a water based stain which worked well on the cedar. But I am terrified that it will all go horribly wrong and I will end up with patchy tide marks all over the beautifully smooth hull. Someone suggested spraying the stain using a hand spray bottle, not sure if this would work I think more testing is required. Tim
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Thunder, welcome onboard, glad you like the build so far, it was your original build that inspired me to start this model. Thanks for taking a look and for some very welcome advice. You are right I will have to move everything to match the revised gun ports. I had been considering doing a sort of "admiralty" style with a stub mast and bowsprit, so no rigging, it's above my current pay grade anyway. Could I get away with just moving the things you mention. The anchor will also need moving, that was a costly ( in effort ) mistake I made .............. Tim
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Thanks for the encouragement. I seem to have difficulty even following the ones I do have 🙂 Next jobs, glue down the deck, line the bulwarks, fit the spirketting and waterway, then frame the gunports. I intend to leave it all natural wood so there will be no hiding any ( more ) mistakes.................. Tim
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Have a look on this website, they have loads of info. http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlas/ Also as others have said search YouTube someone is bound to have fixed one up already Tim
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thanks for the compliment @kgstakes. Here it is with blemish removed, a bit more work than with photoshop, but worth doing. a quick coat of WOP ( water based Tamiya matt, thinned). looks much crisper now. width of planks is 5mm which at 1:48 equates to about 9.5 inches. the gap at the stern top right, will be covered by the pantry or the W.C. can't remember which goes on which side. Tim
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Got quite a bit done yesterday, deck planked with 5mm white maple from Mantua Models. I think it looks good, there are a couple of planks I may replace. I was not taking notice, the brown blemish shows now I have sanded it down. here is a close up used the soft pencil for the caulking, it was glued to 1mm thick grey card, I have left it loose for the time so I can try other decking. what does everyone think of the colour and width? Tim
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Happy New Year to all onboard. I managed to get the wales cut and glued in place, I was really happy with the result. Then I went back to figuring out the deck. I cut out the deck plan from the original design as drawn by Bill and laid it in place. As I looked, the old saying of "measure twice and cut once" sprang to my mind. How did I managed to do that? I had measured from the transom taking measurements from the side view drawing, it looks like I had got the stern all wrong, it's too long, so that threw out the gun ports. Not a lot I can do about it now, so I will crack on and finish this model knowing that it's wrong, I think it should make a nice looking model all the same. I don't remember who said it, but apparently "we learn nothing from success." Tim
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Thanks druxey. That confirms it, I will plank with the 5mm strips that I have, its a little wide but should look okay. This whole build is really to get more experience for later projects. Tim
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Merry Christmas Craig, Hope Santa left some nice pressies ! I have to wait until tomorrow to see what I got.............. Thanks for the drawings they do help to get an idea of the difference, I may just stick with the 5mm planks I have already. They are maple not holly ( wishful thinking ) and too late for the Santa list now. Tim
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I have been giving this some thought. On the plan drawn by Shoulders the deck planks measure about 5mm wide ( the lines are thick and uneven) At 1:48 scale that equates to a 9.5 inch plank is this too wide? I can get thinner planks in stock sizes so 4 mm = 7.5 inches which would seem to be a bit more realistic Dan Vadas said about his swan class sloop 'most of the planks (apart from the Kingplank) are no wider than 8 inches ' What would be the best for this model of a cutter, I did see another discussion about deck plank widths but can't find it again Tim Hope you all have a good Christmas, see you on the other side.
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