Charter33

**Chapter ? - Throw away the manual**
 
Hi guys!
 
Today a big update with a lot of pictures, 50 to be exact. So take a seat, relax and step aboard!
The last few days I really cracked my head on some issues with the kitmaker. For instance, the railings on the sterncastle. These were, how to say, not to my taste at all. So here is an impression how AL designed the railings.
 

 
As you can see, there is no toprailing, just three pieces of wood running horizontal on a few vertical placed pieces of wood. I needed to redesign this part...but first some other things that has been done on the ship.... #Cliffhanger  
I have placed the capstan!
 

 
After the capstan, I decided to change the base of the main mast as well. The kit provides some cast metal parts and I made some new ones from wood.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
So, after this I looked at the Mizzen mast and saw that the angle was wrong. Further more, the mast hits the upper part of the captains cabin so I needed to change that as well. I made the holes for the mast a bit bigger on both decks and made two news bases for the mast to cover up the holes.
I can now place the mizzen mast in the proper angle and it doesn't hit the cabin anymore. See it as an easy fix...
 

 

 

 

 
I still need the place the second base, but that's for a later moment. Time to start on the upper railings on the sterncastle.
I made some sketches of a new design and made a decision. I had some extra wooden walnut strips, but needed to order some more to get the job done. Having the design ready, now I needed to figure it out how to construct it. The first "challenge" was to construct a solid base and to do this I needed to place the vertical parts first. These parts are lined up in two different angles compare to the deck surface. It's like building a trapezium shaped box. To glue the pieces onto the deck itself, it didn't had the best effect. The angle the parts have and the small glue surface wasn't going to work. I decided to cut away a small part of the deck so I could stick the parts into the deck instead of on the deck. This worked perfectly!
 

 
See? I just cut away a small part for the part to fill in and it created a much stronger bond!
 

 

 

 

 

 
I bought a few new clamps which came in handy...
 

 

 
The first part done, the lower part is next...
 

 

 

 
Now the construction is solid and I can place more vertical parts to make it even stronger. 
 

 
all placed, and as you can see, I kept the vertical parts a bit to long so I can cut them to length later....
 

 

 

 

 
The last part of the desing was construction the upper board of the railings. I've bought some 7x1,5mm walnut strips and cut them to width of 6mm. Since I have no power tools at my disposal, I simple used a knife, ruler and sanding block to get the job done.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


I hope you guys like the improvement. I copy this design to create the front castle as well.
Next is to change the Anchors. The kit provides more cast metal parts which I don't use. I made some new ones from scrapwood.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Next are some small parts placed on the ship as well as my first ladder...
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
That's it for today, I would like to take the opportunity to wish you a very Merry christmas time with your family and dear ones and see you hopefully soon.  comments are welcome ofcourse!
 
ciao!
Pter

It's been a long time between drinks for this log! The usual "life got in the way" excuse applies - mainly work-related - but I have managed to re-commence work on this project in the last couple of weeks - spurred on by receipt of my Medway Longboat kit from Chuck!😉
 
The somewhat tedious process of shaping all of the spars was the next step. 
 
The two spars of shape ‘B’ were sanded square and set aside. Of the 30 spars of shape ‘A’, eight were sanded square and set aside. The remaining 22 were tapered square from two thirds of the way back to the end of each rib. After tapering square, these 22 along with two that were not tapered, were all shaped octagonal. I found the easiest way to do this was using a very small hand plane. All the spars were then given a finish coating of Shellac followed by furniture wax. Here are the resulting spars, although the photo does not really show the shaping terribly well.
 

 
It was then on to the main wing spar shafts. Although the kit provided some 3/16” dowel for these, I used some 1/4" square boxwood stock to make these. After cutting to length, I started by drilling the holes as indicated in the plans while the stock was still square. I then used an approximation of the 7/10/7 rule to draw some layout lines for shaping to octagonal, for which I again used a small hand plane. The spars were then chucked in a hand drill and sanded round to the final thickness of 3/16”. It sounds like a lot of work, but this progressed quite quickly in the end. One end of each main spar was then shaped with a ‘step’ to receive two parts similar to a gaff neck (the part is unnamed in the instructions). These parts, together with the shaped end of the spar shaft, form a housing for the next part called a ‘spring clamp’, into which a wing-tip spar (cut from the spar shape 'B') was inserted. Once all the shaping was complete, the spar shafts received the usual treatment of shellac/furniture wax. I forgot to take any progress photos of this stage. 
 
The spring clamps were shaped from 1/4” x 3/32” Cherry stock and fitted to the spar shaft housings using a dab of glue and three ‘seizings’. Here is a photo of the completed main spar shafts, with wing-tip spars inserted.
 

 
and a close-up of the spring-clamp arrangement... 
 

 
All of the shaped spars, together with the main spar shafts, will now be used to construct the wings.

Graham, thank you for your comments, always appreciated and encourage me to do my best.
 
Heinz, welcome back and thank you for your comments.  Been through your updates and your work is stunning.  
 
Dropped  one of the forecastle snatch blocks on the floor and my son's French bulldog was faster then me to pick it up and this is what I managed to retrieve back. Part of it went into his stomach. 


 
Worked another one (the dark one)from the 5mm walnut sheet.

 
 
Lining the gunports.


 
Bulwarks planked inside and outside. Snatch blocks and vertical edges glued  to bulwarks.

 
Capping rails glued in place. Complete bulwarks sanded and ready for painting.  Deck is still not varnished.  Wanted to finish the bulwarks before I finished the deck.  The two wires coming out from the mast hole are in preparation for the supply for the lantern on the mast with a big IFF I manage to take the wires up the mast without showing!!



 
Robert
 

Hello after pausing the construction of the HMS ANSON 64-gun vessel, I open the shipyard for the construction of the first-class vessel HMS VICTORY 1765 following the drawings of the Greenwich NMM in 1/48 scale. A greeting

Hi everyone 😊 
 
Yust started to get all of the drawings and I have now printed all the A4 , A1 and A0 
I do need to get the wood for the hull ,
there is some local hero's not far from me 😁 they have some cherry 1,5"×4"  some oak, walnut, purpleheart....
And I have at home some blackthorn wood .
the model wil have a mix of boxvood and yellow cedar for innboard planks and detaling and hull planking from the wales up.
This is my first POF😲🙈so maby this is a bad ide'!!!!
Photo 3 is the blackthorn wood 
 
Svein.erik 



 
 
 

I do not know if it was a mistake to start directly with the rigging. But I thought that right now I could get along well everywhere. And maybe there is more stability for the masts.
At the moment I stopped the rigging and finished the jib boom. Could you give me a hint here, how I'm doing the best?
In general, I have to say that I am really scared of rigging. Not because of the work itself. I dare to do that. And I have the patience, too. But the plans are so difficult to read. The German translation is a gibberish and riddled with pseudo-technical terms. Although I have hardly started with the rigging, I realize that I lack a lot of experience here. I very much hope that my model will not be totally devalued or fail.
I wish you all a nice evening and look forward to your response!
Your
-Heinz-

And now the new photos.
First of all, I had to rebuild some smaller parts and the front nets. However, I was not satisfied with the old ones either. Kimba did me a favor 🙂

Superb work, Robert. Your accuracy and attention to detail is an inspiration - as ever!
 
Cheers,
 
Graham

A small update,
 
Fitted the quarterdeck.  I did not fit the skid beam assembly as per instruction manual, that is first glue in place the back of the quarter deck, then glue the skid beam assembly in place from underneath, then continue gluing the front part of the deck. I realised that if you trim a bit from certain edges of the false deck you can fit the skid beam assembly beforehand and still be able to fit the deck in place. 


 
 
This was something I was dreading to do, the removal of the bulkhead uprights, but it went well until after everything was finished and was working on the deck planking I nocked down one of them.  When you remove the uprights, the forecastle gunport pattern (276) is only holding in place by the glued lower edge with no side support.  I will glue it back after I finish the decking and be ready to reinforce it with the inside pattern and the planking on both sides.  



 
Decking in progress.

 
 
 
With the face of bulkhead 18 I have wires going up to supply the lights for the gallery and the screen assembly.  To cover these I have glued a piece of plywood on to bring the surface flash with the wires which will be hidden after I plank the surface.
 
 
 
The inner bulwark gunport patterns glued in. The deck is sanded but not yet varnished, that was why it looks so white and the chalking is not showing.


 
The quarterdeck screen assembly also ready to be fitted in later on.  I have added the handles for the doors.

 
 
Robert

Completed!

Completes stairs, Deck Beams and sheer rails ready to be added.

Last of the items to be added, steps for the side.

Thank you Wallace, 
 
Finally fixing the fittings I have been preparing for the upper gun deck
 
A quick jig to glue the ladders in place


 
Carriages glued in place with breaching rope eyelets fixed to the bulwark.

Tackles at the back of the carriages finished with a hook I made from the eyelets (480) supplied with the kit.
 
I added some detail to the cannons that will be showing through skid beam assembly.  I bought these monograms from Syren Ship Model Company.

 
 
Carriages all glued in place.

 
 
Finishing the tackles at the back of the cannons.  I found these wire holders really useful to hold the ropes in place while knotting them.

 
 
Making the side tackles



 
Squaring the ends of the pillars.  A piece of grooved scrap wood became very handy.



 
Companionway guard rails in place.

 
I finished the ends of the rails to the truncheons by seizing imitation. Thread wound round a needlepoint, covered with CA glue, pulled out of needle and cut to small pieces. Rail end passed first through one of them, through truncheon and back through seizing imitation.

 
Fittings on Upper gun deck in place.  Pillars are already trimmed to the right height and glued in place, only the Bitt Pins are dry fitted. 




 



 
 
Next step is to fit the beams and wire in the lanterns I have already prepared for the upper gun deck before I glue in the quarter deck.
 
Robert

Hi.
Finally decide update my topic with couple picture. 
I have not done much.
But that's better than nothing:)
 

good evening everyone

well the first of the spars is fitted and being held under its own weight by the truss pendant and jeer block tackles (is also pinned) to keep it that way






   

Good afternoon everyone

two spars are now finished, but as they all connect to one another, i am unable to get them in place until all 11 are completed, 

took her outside for some vitamin S and blow more dust off






   

Good evening everyone
 
i had intended to achieve more by this time (its not a race) but happy as all the yards are in place, the Mizzen ones are finished just awaiting the fittings if rigging bits, the main and fore are in different stages of completion
 

 

Yep you should have four.

good evening everyone
 
not much to show for the weekends work, still tidying up the front end lines and making sure they are going to the right place, all my points of reference differ,

the cathead was rigged and ancors made but for some reason i only have qty 2 and not 4, lol i dont think i can moan about it 7 years down the road

i dont quite know where the chain is fitted to on the hull near the flukes (when in the stowed position, so i am still experimenting 

Ahoy Mates
 
Chad's great model of his Cross Section placed 2nd yesterday at the Fall IPMS Model Show in Clackamas,Oregon  that was put on by the Oregon Modelers Society.It was a great Show. People loved your model Chad and your case which is at the same level of workmanship as your Cross Section. Sorry Chad that I placed ahead of you with my Cheerful. Looking forward to your Eagle being in a Show soon.
Just wish you were here today. I have your Red Ribbon and Model for you.
Thanks for entering your Model in the Show.
 
Go to Oregon Modelers Society's Facebook page or www.woodenshipclass.blogspot.com for photos of the Show, for Chads model photos and all others in the show yesterday.
 
Keith and Pickels

Having missed the first half of episode one of the series (and the last 15 minutes due to having to pick the admiral up from her latest 'evening class'!)
I have just watched the whole 'Victory' program on catch up and thoroughly enjoyed it. After a bit of surfing the net I have discovered that it is being repeated tomorrow (22nd Sept on channel 5S at 5.00 pm if you can access it. 
 Although one Channel 5 web page says 2 episodes in the series, another page on the same site quotes 6. Confusing, but the production company site (Windfall) lists programs on Victory, Mary Rose, the Golden Hinde, Cutty Sark, SS Great Britain and HMS Belfast.
TV now set to record the series - but I hope they have the sense to release the series on DVD.

Having missed the first half of episode one of the series (and the last 15 minutes due to having to pick the admiral up from her latest 'evening class'!)
I have just watched the whole 'Victory' program on catch up and thoroughly enjoyed it. After a bit of surfing the net I have discovered that it is being repeated tomorrow (22nd Sept on channel 5S at 5.00 pm if you can access it. 
 Although one Channel 5 web page says 2 episodes in the series, another page on the same site quotes 6. Confusing, but the production company site (Windfall) lists programs on Victory, Mary Rose, the Golden Hinde, Cutty Sark, SS Great Britain and HMS Belfast.
TV now set to record the series - but I hope they have the sense to release the series on DVD.