Boerscht

And here we go with another week of work on the Beagle:

Started with the deck fittings and did the deadeyes

the Beagle found it’s place

A lot of work went down last weeks.

Painted the hull.

Installed the rudder and rear decorations.

Steering wheel is in place and a lot more small details on the hull. 
 

5 hours ago, DomFischli said:

Danke für deine Antwort. Ich denk du verstehst mich auch so oder...? 😄 Wollte dich auch noch kurz fragen wie du den Faden so aufgerollt hasst? Mit meinen dicken fingern bring ich das irgendwie nicht so hin... gibt es da einen trick?

haha ja ich verstehe dich auch so  

die seilrollen auf dem Deck habe ich mit einem kürzeren fadenstück in Bienenwachs gewachst dann mit etwas Leim versehen die Schnur und per Finger aufgerollt auf einer ebenen Fläche. Das Ende der Takelage aufs Deck geklebt und dann die gefertigte Rolle da drauf. 
falls du die Wicklungen an den wandten meinst um die Seile herum die habe ich auch gut eingewachst und dann geleimt und mit Pinzette drum herum gerollt dann hebt das ganz gut. 
Hoffe konnte dir weiterhelfen

Yeah i am now finally done with the second planking. Was pretty straight forward, just the rear and bow were a bit tricky.

Added the kiel parts also

Did some work on the inner side of the bulwarks with the decorstion strips and shapes

and prepared the canon hole parts and some deckings 

next up is finishing the hull with decorstion strips and paint it 

More dinghy work is done. 
Now all the 4 are ready, took me quite some time…

On 2/22/2024 at 8:53 AM, DomFischli said:

Hi

Really nice job you did there!

Thanks for this building log. I'm following it from the beginning and now i have a question... 
Did you glue all the deck fittings? And did you also glue the mast down into the hole?

Dominik

 

thanks Dominik! 
 

yes i glued the fittings and mast to the deck. 

Finished one more of the dinghys 

and did the three cabins 

12 hours ago, Patrick B said:

Hi, I missed your start a little, but I will join from now on your build. 

 

I noticed that occre did some changes lately. It seems that your keel is made of presswood instead of the plywood I received in the kit I purchased a year ago. Quick question:

Are your blocks made of boxwood or are they plastic? Also, do you still have a sheet of walnut pieces?

 

Good luck with the rest,

Patrick B

blocks are made of Wood and yes I have a sheet of walnut pieces 

3 hours ago, JFMJr said:

Started my Beagle a couple weeks ago. Just starting the second planking level. Gonna follow your build.. can use all the help I can get!

Looking good! 

Finished the first and biggest one of the four dinghys:

not a lot of progress lately 

On 12/16/2023 at 11:03 AM, NoelSmith said:

Looks like you are making good progress on the Occre Beagle.

 

I see you have built the Occre Polaris and the Bounty's boat. What is your impression of Occre's kits you have built?

quality is good but the Models are not perfectly historical correct. Instrucions are clear and material is good. Good beginner models.

Long time no see, but had a little bit progress on the Beagle the last weeks:

Started with the lifeboats besides planking the deck:

planked the deck with 6 cm long pieces, not single stripes:

added the brass doors and windows:

and already started with planking the first layer of the hull:

On 12/3/2023 at 3:37 PM, NoelSmith said:

Nice start. Those clips look good for keeping the main hull form parts square.

Yes works perfect with them 

After finishing my OcCre Polaris I wanted to go more advanced and chose the Beagle for my next model. I really like the look and also the historical background of Charles Darwin.

There she is:

Kiel is perfectly straight:

doing the skelleton

applied the deck before planking. I can fix it with some nails this way.

cabin walls added, thats it for the start:

Lately no updates but I just finished my weathered Polaris. Rigging was easy and fast done. little bit too fast, thought it will be more…

I broke one mast while sanding it but could fix it with a nail inside and some glue. The sails went into some black tea to get the look right.

All in all it was a relly fun, but short and easy build. I could need some reccomendtions for my next model!  should be something more challenging. elegant like my Endeavour but more rigging (I like rigging), good quality and can be time consuming. Definetly a sailing vessel. Any recommendation is welcome!
 

pictures of the finished Polaris 1:50 by OcCre:

24 minutes ago, Sgmartz said:

What’s your weathering technique? I’m new to wood ship building (not plastic). 

I am painting the wood completely black, then sand it down a lot so that there is more wood to see than black. Then dye it in the wood colour you like and apply clear coat. I am also a newbie so maybe there are better or easier ways to do so…

Worked a lot on the deck. Some parts I had to fix with additional nails:

rudder in the making:

Bow:

rear:

deck:

Weathered every small wooden part so far to get this look. Was quite some work.

A lot of progress today. Finished planking the second layer:

sanded it down a first time and then painted everything black 

now sanding it down again until it looks good 

clear coat now on top 

also working on the inner bulwarks 

whalers are added, decided to add some golden nails to them

thats it for now

First side is planked with the second layer and sanded down:

Weathering every part takes a lot of time:

7 hours ago, Sgmartz said:

That weathering looks phenomenal!

Thanks a lot! 

Started with the second planking:

also I decided to plank the inner sides of the rear and bulwarks and weather them with white look. Normally in the instrucions the inner sides are not planked…

the Final Look:

Dry fitted the kiel and broke it…damn. But nothing a little bit of glue cant fix.

used my dremel to flex the kiel zone which worked well. 

also the rear is planked now

Planking the first layer is finished now without any problems:

Did some sanding on it but will need some more with 80 and 120…

think I will not need any filler at all.

Bulwalks are added with the help of some nails

started planking with the pattern which is shown in the instructions

And this weathered decking part is finished:

Sanded down the kiel and frames:

and parallel did some work on the main cabin and more decking stuff: