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albert got a reaction from billocrates in HMS Naiad 1797 by GDM67 - 1:60 - using Ed Tosti Books
Very beautiful work.
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albert got a reaction from Piet in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Hi Ed fantastic work.
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albert got a reaction from Elijah in HMS Pandora by timtom1 - Scale 1:48 - after 1791 re-fit - First PoF build
Hi Tim great start.
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albert got a reaction from Canute in HMS Naiad 1797 by GDM67 - 1:60 - using Ed Tosti Books
Very beautiful work.
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albert got a reaction from Erebus and Terror in HMS Naiad 1797 by albert - FINISHED - 1/48
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albert got a reaction from GLakie in Young America 1853 by EdT - FINISHED - extreme clipper
Hi Ed fantastic work.
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albert got a reaction from giampieroricci in HMS Naiad 1797 by albert - FINISHED - 1/48
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albert reacted to GDM67 in HMS Naiad 1797 by GDM67 - 1:60 - using Ed Tosti Books
120 hours into the Naiad build. I am really enjoying this! Progress has been made on the transom and stern cant frames. Again, all final fairing is being deferred to later.
A few shots of the forward fashion piece (ffp) prior to the transom pieces being faired. There is a lot of meat on these and with good reason. Note the dados from the filler and transom pieces. Also note the camber of the wing transom (top) as well as the deck transom.
Ed shows some reallly nice camber clamps in the book, Naiad. I have yet to make these and know that I should (and will). They allow angled clamping. I made the straight clamps, which are great, but here, have settled on the plastic clamps. These are not ideal, but do work...
Frames 32 forward. Each frame has an aft and forward pair, along with a template to match. It is issential to leave the templates on the frames until the last possible moment. I have gained more confidence in this build and have started to gently fair the frames to the template once installed. Note the transom and filler pieces have been faired here. Also, the chocks have been chiseled to thier final thickness and sanded, leaving the template mostly intact. Again, without the template, you are lost...
Here are a couple of shots of my framing jig in action. This jig, as described in the Naiad book is a wonderful tool. Sure, you could get by without one, but the precision required for each frame makes this jig a worthy investment in time and energy to build.
When making frames, I alternate between stock. I number my stock 1 thru 4 and build each frame from a different piece. This is the same principle for tiling a floor. Subtle changes in the color and texture will blend in much better with this method. Also shown here are the chocks, I number those as well and will split them afterward. Each chock is matched to specific frame location.
When fitting framing pieces together, I will install the chock on one side of the frame (not shown), clamp, let dry, chisel to thickness and then paste it to the template on the jib itself. I then match up the other side of the frame, carefully beveling the frame to match the chock as well as inside and outside lines. Once done, glue in place, clamp the frame down and then clamp the chock. The next day, I fine tune the frame.
Book mathching (not shown) the cant frames is a good quality check. If they are not equal, either tweak them or chuck them... I do a gently sanding using a drum sander just to smooth out the rough frames. Most of my fairing is done with miniature cabinet scrapers and I find that a smooth frame scrapes best...
A couple of shots of the full project. My landlubber neighbor came by yesterday and said, "Its starting to look like a ship". I took that as a compliment. To me, it looked like a ship after the first piece was made...
The aft faces of the transoms and filler pieces from the stern will get rough faired this week. I will repaste the wing transom template as a guide.
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albert reacted to jose_b in Le François 1683 by jose_b - Scale 1:48
An small advance but many hours of work:
Some inner planking. The thick-stuff of the hold formed by three strakes of planking, the first Deck-clamps and the lowest breasthook by now. Uff, more than 2100 nails later...
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