Eddie

Build Day: 8
Continuing with filling and sanding of the hull. The entire hull will be painted on the outside therefore you don't need to care too much about the filling material showing.
I used the same white wood filler as in my previous project (i.e. Riva Aquarama. Except in that one I had used it only on first planking)

 
Waiting for a couple of hours and then sanding:

Build Day: 6-7
4 hours in two days, 16 hours in total.
 
I have managed to finish hull planking in these two days.
Tomorrow I hope to spend some time for rough scraping and first sanding of the planking.
After sanding it will be filling the gaps with wood filler and fine sanding.
 
Maybe so far there was nothing too special to show, but after the hull has been completed I hope to show you fellow forum members more exciting (or at least interesting) stuff on this beautiful Turkish boat so keep following.
 
Here are some photos of progress. Thanks for watching.
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

2 more strips on each side. There is about 4-5 lines of planking left on each side.
 
This is the status after day 5. Thank you for watching.
 

First planks to be glued on the bottom. They will rest on the keel from the sides with an angle therefore it is essential to chamfer these strips along the edge with an angle:
 

 

 
Following this rule, they sit quite nicely on their positions, after a little bending and warping with the plank bender:
 

Instructions suggest that you stop after 7-8 lines of plank and continue from bottom (i.e. from the keel upwards). This is the status after 7 lines:
 

 

 

Build Day: 4-5
5 hours in two days, 12 hours in total.
 
Looking at my latest post, it has been a while. It has just been work, some trips and other stuff, so luckily nothing bad to prevent from building. 
 
Anyway, here is the progress.
 
The strips need to be both tapered in order to sit flush with the strip above it (as usual method) as well as made thinner, in order to sit in the rebate, at the ends:
 

 

 
This way they ft quite nicely in their positions:
 

Build Day: 3
1:30 hours today, 7 hours in total.
 
After a break of trips, holidays and Christmas, I continued today with planking.
 
Glued 3rd row of planking strips in both sides. These are a bit critical ones since they are actually almost the first ones to get the support from the bulkheads. The 2 rows of strips above are mostly glued only to the keel and are barely touching the bulkheads, which will be removed later. That's why these 3rd row planks have also the task to support the two strips above them as well. For that reason, after gluing them I stopped to ensure I wait until they are fully dried and settled.
 

 
Thanks for watching.

Time to pull up a chair and getting a front row position. Always fun with a different build. Now I am waiting for that special smell..... of popcorn

Looks like a nice little kit, and you are off to a good start

Planking starts.
 
According to the instructions, the most realistic way of proceeding is to use two strips per row, starting at both ends and meeting in the middle. This is apparently how the boats are build in real. The "middle" will vary at each row between bulkheads 6 and 7. So, if the 2 strips of the first row meet at bulkhead 6, the strips in the row below it will meet in bulkhead 7, the next ones at bulkhead 6 .. and so on.
 
The first planking has been the trickiest, even though it didn't need any tapering. The thing is that they can be glued only in both ends (since I cannot glue it on the bulkheads and I want to avoid using nails as much as I can). Starting from the 2nd row, it gets easier since now you can glue the strip to the one above it. 
 

 

 

 

 

 
This is the end of Build Day 2.
5:30 hours in total so far.
Thanks for watching.

One quick observation with the laser cut plywood sheets: Laser cuts do not always go all the way through the other side of the plywood. In such cases you'll have to use your knife to be able to remove them smoothly:
 

 
Bulkheads removed and cleaned:
 

 
Bulkheads placed on the building slip, as addressed in the instructions. No glues used here:
 

 
Keel inserted into bulkheads, fixed using super glue:
 

 
Bulkheads tapered where needed:
 

 
Some sections of the bulkheads will be removed later, once planking has been complete. These sections are indicated with pre-cut dotted lines on them. Those sections have been covered with masking tape to make it easier to detach from the plank strip. Instructions also say you alternatively use wax on those sections:
 

First work on the keel is to glue walnut strips along its edges in order to cover the laser cut marks.
 
Instructions tell not to remove the rudder cutout at this moment, therefore no glue should be on that part, in order to make it easy to remove later:
 

 

 

 

Build day 2 - Construction of bulkheads and keel
 
The boat has its own building slip to help work accurately and easily. 
 

 

 

 
Two pieces in the middle are there temporarily to ensure vertical alignment. These pieces will be glued to either ends of the slip later on:

 

 

BUILD DAY 1 - Preperation
 
This was a short day. The plywood sheets had been warped quite visibly. I used weights (boxes of DVD and books) to get them flat overnight.
 

Hello Dear fellow forum members,
 
Having finished my Riva Aquarama and waiting for the days with better weather (read: summer) in Finland to take it to her maiden voyage in water, I have now switched my attention to building a model of a classical yet beautiful boat from my homeland, Turkey. 
 
Here are some bullet points about the kit:
 
I am actually glad to notice that this model is not new to this forum. Here is a nice blog from an earlier build, by kutaykara: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/5571-bosphorus-sandal-by-kutaykara-finished-tershane-model-scale-116-1950-classic-turkish-boat/?hl=bosphorus I don't think that the kit is widely available worldwide. I ordered it from a Turkish model boat website www.maketistan.com. The price is a little bit less than USD.100. I actually built this kit about 10 years ago (see my signature) but this time I wanted to make it better and also have a blog of it. I had met the designer of the kit, Mr. Kudret Altinkeser, who is a pioneer dedicated his life to model boats, in his atelier in Istanbul. He has designed several other great kits from Turkey commercially available. The kit is 1:16 scale, 44,3cm x 11,8cm x 9cm in dimensions. Throughout the build I will try to give more facts about this nice boat as much as I can. 
 
Now some photos and start of the build, but first of all unboxing:
 
This is outside the box
 

 
Accessories, in their own set plastic bag:
 

 
Wooden strips:

 
Laser cut parts in plywood sheets:

 

 

 

 
 
Instruction manual consists of 2 piles of stapled A4 sheets (Credits Kudret Altinkeser): One of them contains step by step instructions and the other one includes photos. Even though the instructions are only in Turkish, I believe the photos give enough guidance for any modeller with a moderate level of experience. 
 

 

 

 
That's all. Build starts with the next post.

Hello MSW members,
 
Been lurking around viewing for more than a year now and as I've started posting recently, I had better introduce myself. My name is Bob, I'm a retired "ship" builder who started modeling in plastic as a boy and graduated to Billings Toulonnaise by the time I was a young man. Had completed and painted the hull but then life and family happened so it got stuck in the closet. It was eventually badly damaged during a move so sadly was never completed. My son gave me Artesania's Virginia as a gift which was returned to him as a housewarming gift once completed. Currently building the Hermoine, which I hope to start a log for shortly.  
 
The "ships" I built during my working career were of the flying variety, specifically the interior portion for corporate jets. Started working with my hands as a sheet metal mechanic and ended it as an engineer. Have seen some amazing craftsmanship over the years and see it here again in all of your build logs.  
 

Hiya Dilbert.  I'd have loved to have had a ride in one of your corporate jets - did you keep one for yourself??
 
Welcome to MSW - I'll keep an eye out for your build log.
 
 

Welcome to MSW. Your craftsmanship is exceptional. Can't wait to see more of your work. 
 
MSW is 11yrs old now, and I still find is amazing that modellers are still only just finding out about us and deciding to join us and share their skills. It makes everything more than worthwhile. 

Welcome aboard Bob,
 
Good luck with your Hermione, but  most of all, have fun and enjoy the journey.
 
I wish you smooth sailing with our gallant crew.
 
Regards,
Anja
 
 

Hello Bob, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'.
 
I certainly hope the corporation you worked for was a little more functional that Dilbert's!
 
John

Hi Bob,
 

 

Welcome to MSW Bob 

Howdy camper! Welcome to this site. 

Welcome on board Bob,
Good luck with your model. In my experience the AL's kits that are made in Hong Kong are a disaster the so called Elite Series. The kits made in Spain are of much better quality.
Renato
 

Welcome to MSW! Good to have you with us and I wish you the best of luck on your Hermoine build.