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Jim Lad
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Where Do You Keep Your Working Plans
Jim Lad replied to BubbleHead's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Excellent idea, TJ. John -
Looks like you're off to a good start on an interesting project. If this model is going to be radio controlled, how will you access the radio and batteries? John
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Ed, Found something of interest in Eric Lawson's 'The Egeria - an example of mid-nineteenth century New Brunswick ship construction'. Lawson carried out an extensive and detailed examination of the hull of the 'Egeria' which now lies in the Falkland Islands and is still used as a storage facility. 'Egeria' was built at Kennebecasis in 1859. Lawson states that 'Egeria' has iron strapping outside the frames; the plates each being 26 1/2 feet long, 1 1/8 inches thick and either 4 or 6 inches wide. Perhaps more interestingly, he quotes from Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping (1858 edition, Section 62, Para 3) that ships built in the British North American Colonies must have diagonal iron plates closely inserted either inside or outside the frame. While Canadian shipbuilding and Lloyds rules might seem a little removed from McKay's yard, the evidence of the surviving ship and the quotation from the 1858 Lloyds rules is firm evidence of iron strapping and of strapping internally. John
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Almost there, Kester! John
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Michael, Are you sure that this isn't really full size and you're just telling us it's a model? John
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One door open. Bulkheads each side with the lightening holes painted black so it looks like there's space beyond. Just one teensy weensy mine? Are we tempting you yet, Piet? John
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Sorry to hear that your landlord has been mucking you about like that, mate! John.
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Oh, dear! Good to hear that you've managed to fix the 'oops' without kicking the dog! John
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Truly delightful work! John
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Truly beautiful work, Dan. Glad I was able to see her completed. John
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Karl, The only problem with your log is that I run out of superlatives to describe your work. John
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Delightful rigging, Michael! A brass sleeve would seem appropriate! John
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Ed, She's really racing along! I too am interested in the internal strapping of the hull. The only references that I've found show external strapping, but none of those so far are contemporary, so it may be the old case of one author making a mistake and everyone else just following along. John
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Very nice, Danny, very nice! John
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Why not just put some nondescript looking boxes in there, Ollie - then they could be anything. Oh, and put some lips along the edges of the shelves to stop things from sliding out! John
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Popeye, Aren't there still one or two other projects still in the shipyard? Good luck with the move, mate - and I hope things improve for you real quick! John
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Jerry, I somehow lost track of this log. Sorry to hear about your flood, but happy that most of your gear was saved. John
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Andy, please accept my sincere condolences for your loss. John
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Ollie, The interior would have been very plain - even Spartan - this wasn't a cruise ship! Planked bulkheads possibly painted with a white wash to try and give a bit more reflected light, but certainly nothing fancy. Charts would probably have been in a chest in the captain's cabin - they were very private. John
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What do your kit buckets look like? It might be worth making some of your own from shim copper or brass, or even from stiff paper, if they're to be painted. John
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Collecting lots of nice hardware there, Steve. I think I'd swap the anchors, though - they're 18th century. John
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Man, I have to get to Canada somehow to see this thing in the flesh!!! John
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Ollie, The easiest way to build small wooden open boats (in my opinion) is to make a 'plug' to the correct shape and then to bend the frames over the plug and plank. The pictures below might help with the basic idea. These are the boats for my model of the 'Nareau' under construction - they're roughly 40mm long. John
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