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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Ballahoo by jim_smits - FINISHED - Caldercraft
Finally got through to JoTiKa today and should hopefully have a new 2mm walnut sprue on it's way over to me tomorrow.
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jim_smits got a reaction from garyshipwright in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Coppering has now been fully replaced and the hull looks so much better now. The new plates don't actually stand out that much from the old plates so I will let them be and see how they look in a couple of weeks.
Now working on re-rigging the shrouds. I had two chainplates snap on the starboard main channel, and all five went on the port channel that was torn off the hull. The easiest way to replace these has been to use 0.75mm black thread in place of the deadeye strop, and tie a double knot to the deadeye to simulate the strop.The loose ends are then fed through the channel and tied to the chain plates. I have had to replace these as well as they were bent out of shape.
Used a little jig to create new chains from 0.5mm brass wire by looping several turns round two nails and then clipping down the side of one length.
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jim_smits got a reaction from cristikc in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Coppering has now been fully replaced and the hull looks so much better now. The new plates don't actually stand out that much from the old plates so I will let them be and see how they look in a couple of weeks.
Now working on re-rigging the shrouds. I had two chainplates snap on the starboard main channel, and all five went on the port channel that was torn off the hull. The easiest way to replace these has been to use 0.75mm black thread in place of the deadeye strop, and tie a double knot to the deadeye to simulate the strop.The loose ends are then fed through the channel and tied to the chain plates. I have had to replace these as well as they were bent out of shape.
Used a little jig to create new chains from 0.5mm brass wire by looping several turns round two nails and then clipping down the side of one length.
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jim_smits reacted to drtrap in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Jim, your experienced skill is more and more actually enhanced under those steps of revision of her status. Keep up the work and Happy New Year !!
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Cheers Mort! Happy new year to you.
That image above does show the crack in the stem piece. Possibly more obvious as it is full of filler.
Once the coppering is finished it will be gone....!
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jim_smits got a reaction from garyshipwright in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Channel has been re-pinned and glued back in place.
I am now replacing the copper tiles along the keel bottom and at the stem. Port side is almost complete.
Time to sign off for the new year. See you all in 2014!
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jim_smits got a reaction from bp1535 in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Ok. Question time!
I have added ratlines at every fourth line to help keep the shape of the shrouds, and I have worked my way up to the bar that the catharpins are rigged against. I have glued the bars in place with a bit of CA. Now my query is how have people gone about rigging the catharpins in place?
The plans would seem to indicate that they are wrapped around the bar and then seized in place. However, upon trying this it is damn difficult to get the tensions correct without seriously warping the shrouds and also actually getting the seizing to work without it all looking massively out of scale. The rigging book I have has shown that catharpins would actually be created by splicing a loop at each end just short of the bar and the seizing through the loop to the bar with some thinner line.
Recommendations would be most welcome!
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jim_smits got a reaction from drtrap in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Channel has been re-pinned and glued back in place.
I am now replacing the copper tiles along the keel bottom and at the stem. Port side is almost complete.
Time to sign off for the new year. See you all in 2014!
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jim_smits got a reaction from mort stoll in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Channel has been re-pinned and glued back in place.
I am now replacing the copper tiles along the keel bottom and at the stem. Port side is almost complete.
Time to sign off for the new year. See you all in 2014!
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jim_smits got a reaction from egkb in HMS Snake by jim_smits - Caldercraft - First Build
Channel has been re-pinned and glued back in place.
I am now replacing the copper tiles along the keel bottom and at the stem. Port side is almost complete.
Time to sign off for the new year. See you all in 2014!
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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
Stergios, this is where I found the base - www.historicships.com, I went with the mahogany. The wood for the cradle got from www.woodcraft.com. Shipping is pretty high from both. The cradle was made by using the contour gauge against the hull to get the shape and then cutting out with a fret saw - basic woodworking but I haven't had to do anything like this since school so was a bit trial and error
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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 aviaamator 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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