captainbob

Glad you have power back on.  Hope you can stay home through this next round of storms. 
 
I'm curious to know how all the boats in the bay made it through the storm.  Hope not too many were lost.
 
Bob

Glad you have power back on.  Hope you can stay home through this next round of storms. 
 
I'm curious to know how all the boats in the bay made it through the storm.  Hope not too many were lost.
 
Bob

Now that I know so many of my audience are what I consider master builders, I'll need to up my game.
 
Thank you all for the likes and praise. 
 
Bob

You make it look so easy.  But if it were we would all build in a bottle.
 
Bob

Now that I know so many of my audience are what I consider master builders, I'll need to up my game.
 
Thank you all for the likes and praise. 
 
Bob

Glad you have power back on.  Hope you can stay home through this next round of storms. 
 
I'm curious to know how all the boats in the bay made it through the storm.  Hope not too many were lost.
 
Bob

You make it look so easy.  But if it were we would all build in a bottle.
 
Bob

Now that I know so many of my audience are what I consider master builders, I'll need to up my game.
 
Thank you all for the likes and praise. 
 
Bob

Nice tight fit.
 
Bob

So here we are finished.  It was fun building these two boats.  But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again.  One is enough.  Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
 
So what next?  I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred.  I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them.  I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay.  She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII.  Then there is the Thealka.  A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space.  And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing.  And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
 
Bob
 
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
 

 

 

 

The belt sander strikes again!  Gluing the upper deck to the lower cabin structure. Needed a small fillet on the inside. The catch? Too much epoxy at the joint will keep the cabin from sliding down completely over the coaming.
 
As usual I ended up with too much residual on my surfaces.
 

 
The sander made short work of it - probably would have taken 30 minutes by hand.
 

 
Cabin and coaming
 

 
Cabin over coaming
 

At the start of the building I have to make an exact construction of frames.
The scale HO is very small so it is better to make a closed hull, so I do not show the frames when the model is ready.
I do this with my latest models always in the same way. I use the method of half-frames. For skratch models it is always difficult to saw an exact symmetric frame, especially when the model is very small. Little deviations are easily made, and polishing is not always the right solution. When you make half-frames you do not have these problems. Yust make one half of the model exact in the right proportions.
When everything is polished, and ready to attach the first planks, it is time to copy every frame for the opposite side. When you do this very precisely and attach them on the other side you will obtain a perfect symmetrical frame.
For the frames I use 3 mm plywood.
Within 4 metrs (= 4,5 cm on scale) from the bow, I use plywood of 2 mm. Within this range there are in reality hardly shorter planks than 4 metrs. So in this area you do not have to make joints between two planks. All the other joints I make exactly on the frames of plywood 3 mm. Plywood 2 mm. is easier to scrub in the right shape to fit the planks properly.
In the bow and the stern I sometimes make pieces of balsa-wood. This because the curves of the planks will be more intense and difficult to form on the frames.
 
Before I attach the frames I glue on the mid-frame the visible sections of the keel, stern and bow. I make these from pear-wood, less than 1 mm thick.
The mid-fame should not be made of too thick plywood, especially the bow would be unreal thick.
 
Next pictures show how I constructed the hull of the tartane.
 
Constant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Constant

Wow so many responses.  I did not know there were so many following my build.  I'll have to be more carful in the future.  Any way, thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. 
 
Bob

Wow so many responses.  I did not know there were so many following my build.  I'll have to be more carful in the future.  Any way, thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. 
 
Bob

Wow so many responses.  I did not know there were so many following my build.  I'll have to be more carful in the future.  Any way, thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. 
 
Bob

Jond, I agree, she is such a fine boat, I don't known if I would put her in the water.
 
Bob

Wow so many responses.  I did not know there were so many following my build.  I'll have to be more carful in the future.  Any way, thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. 
 
Bob

Wow so many responses.  I did not know there were so many following my build.  I'll have to be more carful in the future.  Any way, thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. 
 
Bob

Wow so many responses.  I did not know there were so many following my build.  I'll have to be more carful in the future.  Any way, thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. 
 
Bob

So here we are finished.  It was fun building these two boats.  But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again.  One is enough.  Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
 
So what next?  I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred.  I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them.  I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay.  She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII.  Then there is the Thealka.  A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space.  And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing.  And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
 
Bob
 
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
 

 

 

 

Ah yes,  that's where the fun comes in and joy of accomplishment.
 
Bob

So here we are finished.  It was fun building these two boats.  But I don’t think I will build two at the same time again.  One is enough.  Thank everyone for looking in and commenting and thanks to the likers also.
 
So what next?  I’ve wanted to build the SS Mariefred.  I down loaded lines from the museum but they are so far out that I don’t know if I can correct them.  I also want to build the Alma tug from Morro Bay.  She was instrumental in saving the lives of the seamen whose tanker was sunk by a Japanese sub of the coast of California during WWII.  Then there is the Thealka.  A little side wheel steamer whose name should have been The Alka but the painter forgot to put in the space.  And again I want to build the Lagunitas RR ferry in HO scale for my nephew who’s into that sort of thing.  And that’s just a few of the boats on my list.
 
Bob
 
Meanwhile here are the pictures.
 

 

 

 

Jond, I agree, she is such a fine boat, I don't known if I would put her in the water.
 
Bob

I always interested in new technics.  Where are the drawings of admiral Paris available?  This looks like a fine boat to model.  How long was she?
 
Bob

Fine job, Ken.  The museum should be happy.
 
Bob