paul carruthers

Second planking ongoing, rear looks bad in the pics but in hand it's no too bad, hoping it looks much better after sanding.

1 hour ago, michael101 said:

The answer for that is :

i have called caldercraft today and send them the pictures 

i have talk with the guy how design that ship and he told me the middle gun deck mast be 145 ! 

so the problem is the bulkhead and just need to sand the slot and also the bottom of that bulkhead

and i asked hem if need to sand all the down part of that bulkhead or only the corners

the answer is : only the corners of the bottom and he told me dont worry you will need to take a lot from that bulkhead doing the fairing  

also i have ask:

when i check the plans there is something wrong with the top of all bulkheads 

take a look at this pictures 

from the middle gun deck to the second deck its like in the plans but the third deck and the fourth deck is not suitable with the plans 

 

 

and he told me:

the drawing and bulkhead are both correct. The drawing is a cross section through the centreline of the ship and therefore shows the midline of the deck; due to the deck camber this point is higher than the reference point you are using on the bulkhead shown in your picture (the middle deck has no camber which is why it appears to align correctly)

 

hope its will help someone 

Best regards ,

Michael.

Not every bulkhead will go to the bottom of the false keel, perhaps it only goes to the level of the shown beard line, try matching that and see if it corrects the height 

3 detail shots of HMS Trincomalee, note plank joint detail.

More secondary planking, rear was scribed instead of planking , still not sure why pics always look worse than the hand view.

Hi, follow by all means, but I'm a novice too. I've been trawling through all Pegasus and Fly builds too tomtry and pick up tips. Look forward to your posts.

Went a bit anal with filler, probably the aero modeller in me. Second planking commenced, gaps not as prominent in hand, I'm taking my time to do a real tidy finish above the coppering area.

Pic of Trincomalee

Query, the rabbet created along the false keel will be taken up by the first layer of planking, how do you fit the second? Answers on a postcard please, any pics appreciated

Yes just an example of the start, I'm using a flat permagrit tool

Not up to this stage as it's well documented in other posts, I'll show the chamfering , I'm probably stating the obvious, the chamfer allows the plank to butt up tight to the last plank laid

Gun strips on, wasn't as bad as I thought, commenced first planking, tedious. This time I've chamfered the top edge to avoid too much of a clinker effect

Just bought a few extra clamps, first one being glued up today after dry fitting and matching port and stbrd . Fingers crossed the good advice and prep wins the day. Pics to follow as I've my 4 year old grandson until the weekend

I saw the waves and have fitted balsa blocks between the BH's to keep them straight.

First wet lay up, considering relief cuts where marked as no matter how much you soak, the fibre lay up in ply is always going to distort rather than follow form, anybody tried this?

Oh and Poundland sells clamps, cheapest set I've seen anywhere.

Now for the bit I'm dreading, the ply gun ports.

Changed front hatch as it was just wrong

The planking was done to maintain spacing, it will be removed and full lengths replaced.

A bit of artistic license, the other wood supplied looked out of scale so I improvised with some decking.

A few small bits completed as I've been otherwise engaged, won't get much done this week.

It actually looks worse in the picture than in hand, I'll sleep on it

Lower gun deck planked, I edged in pencil, however I'm not happy with the definition in some areas, may try pencil definition between coats of varnish.

Thanks, yes the strip for both primary and secondary planking looks good..

Re the deck, I'm just doing straight planking, my next one might get more ambitious.

Will need the exchange rate to improve before branching out to replacing kit wood supplied.

The ply so far is good,

I used the rear deck ply to align the stern extensions.

The mdf is also very easy to work.

Commenced planking of the deck, still to scrape and tidy up

My first model was Cruiser by Caldercraft, a bigger model, I hope I can get my hands in to Pegasus as it gets more complex.

Is there a good source for strip wood in the UK?

I think it's the angle, I work off my knees and small table, the shots were just with my phone, I'll do better after I've planked the gun deck, thanks tho appreciate catching any errors early.

Kicked off and hope to utilise previous posts to avoid the pitfalls, will be using the kit with the exception of the cannon.

Never done a billings so I've no comparison I'm afraid, the kit for me was good quality, just poor instruction for a novice.