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jim_smits got a reaction from Jonny 007 in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Bit more progress last night. I have airbrushed black any areas that are likely to be visible through the deck. I need to have another look at the Haddock plans though to confirm as they are different to Caldercrafts Ballahoo layout.
Added mast supports from a little scrap wood and used balsa to make fillers at the bow and stern to aid planking.
Finally, the stern has been built adding the supports and pieces of the transom.
Next step is to soak and shape the bulwarks to shape and add the false deck.
Coming together nice and easily so far......
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jim_smits got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Bulkheads attached. Glued with a spot of cyano and set to the correct position using the false deck. I have then added PVA and smeared into the joints using cotton buds. I will let these cure while I treat myself to a carvery...!!
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
I've done some more digging and I found a very nice model made by Kerry Jang that has been painted in Nelson chequer - Black hull with a yellow ochre band along the gunports and red ochre on the inside of the bulwarks and the deck fittings. IT will compliment the Snake build nicely as well....!
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Hi Eamonn,
My folks bought the paint set with the kit as it was 'recommended' by the website. I am actually trying to work out if there any areas that should be painted or not. Even to the extent of whether the hull was treated with 'white stuff' or not.
Certainly the front of the box shows a largely natural finish.
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jim_smits got a reaction from Jonny 007 in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Bulkheads attached. Glued with a spot of cyano and set to the correct position using the false deck. I have then added PVA and smeared into the joints using cotton buds. I will let these cure while I treat myself to a carvery...!!
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Last nights progress:
All bulkheads are roughly beveled. I will do any fine tuning once they are glued in place, but I will also be adding some balsa blocks at the bow and stern to aid planking.
I have also added my bearding and cut a rabbet up to the top of the stem. Lesson learned from the Snake, this is so much easier before glueing the bulkheads in place.
Finally, dry fitted and pinned the stem and keel to the false keel. I will glue these in place today but leave the stern post until after second planking.
Nothing really to see yet as it's all prep work mainly. Will update once the bulkheads are in.
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jim_smits reacted to Beef Wellington in HMS Snake by Beef Wellington - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 64 - First wooden ship build
Doug, John, BE, Jim, Robert, Sjors - Thanks a bunch for kind words. Getting a lot of loose ends done and seems randomly capturing in my log. I've suddenly started having issues imbedding pictures in my posts, not sure if its some site incompatibility itself or my PC.
Robert - your pictures are below. As I've said before I don't want to bore people but please let me know if you want to see more! The base is home made any still not finished but this was a good opportunity to see how it looks with the ship.
Completed the blocks on the tops, as I've mentioned previously the instructions only call for single blocks on the fore top. However, even though I probably will not rig any buntlines, I did want this to be as authentic as possible. Research didn't seem to provide anything specific but in general it seems that a couple of double blocks on each 'corner' was somewhat typical so this is what I went with. Followed same method outlined earlier, these seemed to take forever to make, there were certainly rejects and structural failures during installation, as well as having to fill holes that I'd previously drilled. Luckily these proved to be not too noticeable.
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jim_smits got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Jason - The Ballahoo/Haddock build will provide a change to the rigging on the snake and keep me fresh, although once my repairs on the Snake are complete, I will not have too many ratlines to complete.
The instructions are around the same level as the Snake instructions although obviously more simplistic due to the nature of the ship being built. Couple of minor improvements; the eyelets on the deck have been specifically labelled as such. They were very simple to overlook on the Snake. Also, the mast plans also show the cleats to be attached. These were only shown on the belaying plan for the Snake.
Eamonn - The build area has now been fully 'upgraded', there will be no more feline / heavy object relating incidents....!
Patrick / Sam - Good to see you both on board. Hope we can all learn from each other.
Today's progress has been to make a build board for the keel. The keel is not warped at all and is one less thing to worry about, Waiting for my Dremel to recharge and will make a start on bevelling bulkheads.
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
The baseboard is just a piece of thick plyboard with a couple of pieces of wood screwed into it.
I sandwiched the keel between the two pieces and then screwed them down.
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jim_smits got a reaction from Beef Wellington in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Couple more repairs today.
All of the carronades on the port side of the ship needed to be glued back to the deck. Fortunately because the carronades were all rigged in, they were still held pretty much in place, albeit a bit loose.
Also, one of the fenders had been knocked of the hull. This was re-pinned and glued back in place.
Finally, the main channel isn't badly damaged, so I have replaced the eyelets and sanded the channel down. It now needs painting again and pinning back on the hull.
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Couple more repairs today.
All of the carronades on the port side of the ship needed to be glued back to the deck. Fortunately because the carronades were all rigged in, they were still held pretty much in place, albeit a bit loose.
Also, one of the fenders had been knocked of the hull. This was re-pinned and glued back in place.
Finally, the main channel isn't badly damaged, so I have replaced the eyelets and sanded the channel down. It now needs painting again and pinning back on the hull.
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jim_smits got a reaction from Jonny 007 in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Jason - The Ballahoo/Haddock build will provide a change to the rigging on the snake and keep me fresh, although once my repairs on the Snake are complete, I will not have too many ratlines to complete.
The instructions are around the same level as the Snake instructions although obviously more simplistic due to the nature of the ship being built. Couple of minor improvements; the eyelets on the deck have been specifically labelled as such. They were very simple to overlook on the Snake. Also, the mast plans also show the cleats to be attached. These were only shown on the belaying plan for the Snake.
Eamonn - The build area has now been fully 'upgraded', there will be no more feline / heavy object relating incidents....!
Patrick / Sam - Good to see you both on board. Hope we can all learn from each other.
Today's progress has been to make a build board for the keel. The keel is not warped at all and is one less thing to worry about, Waiting for my Dremel to recharge and will make a start on bevelling bulkheads.
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jim_smits got a reaction from texxn5 in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Couple more repairs today.
All of the carronades on the port side of the ship needed to be glued back to the deck. Fortunately because the carronades were all rigged in, they were still held pretty much in place, albeit a bit loose.
Also, one of the fenders had been knocked of the hull. This was re-pinned and glued back in place.
Finally, the main channel isn't badly damaged, so I have replaced the eyelets and sanded the channel down. It now needs painting again and pinning back on the hull.
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Ballahoo log up and running..... See sig for link.....
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jim_smits got a reaction from jonny.amy in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Made it back from my folks today and got to checking through the Ballahoo contents. Unfortunately the 2mm walnut sprue is missing from the box. Tried to call Caldercraft today but haven't got any answer. I will try again on Monday and see if I can get an answer.
As for the contents, the quality is reasonable but not amazing, but then the kit is only £60 so I won't complain. Lime first planking and walnut second planking. The contents list shows 0.5mm Lime for the decking but the manual states that it is 0.5mm maple. The two sets of wood look very similar (other than being 0.5mm and 1mm) and I am no expert on differences between Lime and Maple. Are they of similar appearance?
First steps so far have been to cut the keel, frames and cradle from the 5mm ply sheet. All pieces have been sanded and a basic check of the fit has been made. Over the weekend I will make a start on bevelling the frames.
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jim_smits got a reaction from Jonny 007 in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Hi all,
Today received my Christmas gift of the HMS Ballahoo kit by Caldercraft. In the Ballahoo class I have only found National Maritime plans for the HMS Haddock, so I will try to base my build around these plans.
Still at my folks so will not start the build until tomorrow. In the meantime I will post the kit pictures.
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Hi all,
Today received my Christmas gift of the HMS Ballahoo kit by Caldercraft. In the Ballahoo class I have only found National Maritime plans for the HMS Haddock, so I will try to base my build around these plans.
Still at my folks so will not start the build until tomorrow. In the meantime I will post the kit pictures.
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Chrimbo present from partner - 'HMS Victory - Building, restoration and repair' by A R Bugler. Looks really helpful for my eventual attempt at Caldercrafts Victory....!
Hope you're all having a good one!
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jim_smits got a reaction from garyshipwright in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
The keel is now back on, glued and pinned in several places. A very small amount of filler to smooth the edges and then onto re-applying the copper tiles.
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jim_smits got a reaction from mort stoll in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
The keel is now back on, glued and pinned in several places. A very small amount of filler to smooth the edges and then onto re-applying the copper tiles.
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jim_smits got a reaction from drtrap in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
The keel is now back on, glued and pinned in several places. A very small amount of filler to smooth the edges and then onto re-applying the copper tiles.
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
The keel is now back on, glued and pinned in several places. A very small amount of filler to smooth the edges and then onto re-applying the copper tiles.
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jim_smits got a reaction from Beef Wellington in HMS Snake by Beef Wellington - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 64 - First wooden ship build
I snapped and bought the serving machine. Wasn't as expensive as I thought in the end.
I have some very thin polyester thread - Gutermann Sew All. That should be equivalent to what you're using.
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jim_smits reacted to egkb in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Have a Great Christmas Jim, and I look forward to seeing your repairs to that fine build, and a Ballahoo in the New Year..
Eamonn
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jim_smits got a reaction from Beef Wellington in HMS Snake by Beef Wellington - FINISHED - Caldercraft - Scale 1: 64 - First wooden ship build
Jason,
Received Lever. So far has ben very informative, so thanks for that.
Can I ask how you are serving all of your rigging at the moment? I've given it a go (no serving machine) and I have major problems with the lines twisting and then uncoiling if I release the tension slightly.... Puzzled...!
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