puckotred

I couldn't leave the hull in its easy-to-break state so I glued on some of the reinforcements at the aft:


 
 
And at the bow:


 
 
Some more glue just in case...

 
 
Had to fit the lower deck in front:

 
 
The lower deck in the rear had a little curve so I glued a little to see how it fit:

 
 
I actually glued the front deck in place after all:


 
 
 
This is Where I am so far:
 

Well, I wanted to finish the rigging of my other model but I just wanted to dry fit some parts of the hull.
 
 
All of a sudden the parts just seemed to glue themselves together....

 
 
The keel was made up of three parts and it was impossible to fit the other parts without gluing these together with some reinforcements of scrap plywood:

 
 
On the middle bulkhead an extra part was to be glued on.
The end of the planks shall meet here. Long planks forward,
And shorter planks aft wards...


 
 
Midship reinforcements:



 
The laser cutting has quite good accuracy so far. After filing away the burnt wood everything fit nicely.
 
The three-part keel is quite flimsy so I think I have to glue on some more hull reinforcements tomorrow... 

The last batch:
 
 
A bag of mahogany:

 
 
Doors, panels and steps:


 
 
Tables and chairs:

 
 
Closeup of the doorpanels:

 
Colour scheme?:

 
 
This is the full written instructions on the left: On the right parts list.

 
 
Building plans: Quite good actually. But it feels like building a plastic kit...


 
 
Example of the wiring plan:

 
 
And that's it from the box! 
 
I'm quite satisfied with the quality of the kit. I don't like the plastic parts though.. The winch is made of partly white metal and partly plastic. Strange...
 
I don't understand why they have instructions in bad English since the kit is manufactured for Sweden. How hard can it be to translate one page of instructions (that mostly explains how to soak planks) and a few sentences scattered around in the plans...
 
Not that it is a problem for me personally but I know some old farts that don't understand a word English and shy away just because of that...
 
The LED kit is a fun extra. It usually cost SEK 180 but I got it for free. The kit cost me about €280 and that makes it a lot of ship for the money.
 
I have some rigging to do on another model before I start building Bohuslän. A couple of days...

More:
 
Various decks: with grooves for wiring.


 
 
Lifeboats:

 
 
various:


 
 
Benches:

 
 
various:

 
 
Hull parts:

 
 
 
To be continued...

More of the stuff in the box:
 
Bag with plans:

 
 
Planks:

 
 
Quality kind of OK: Called Ayous, like harder balsa and easy to bend. will be difficult to get a smooth finish.

 
 
A small box...

 
 
...with lighting LED's!!! 

 
 
Plastic sheet for windows:

 
 
Bag of plywood:

 
 
Stand:

 
 
Hull parts:

 
Lower decks:

 
 
To be continued...

Hello Ship model builders...
I am Puckotred from Göteborg and this is my third model and the first without sails.
 
A picture of the real thing:

 
From Atlastmodels: (With some minor corrections from me)
 
"The steamship S/S Bohuslän was built at Eriksbergs shipyard in Gothenburg 1913. For more than 40 years the traffic route of Bohuslän was between Göteborg- Lysekil-Smögen-Gravarne (Kungshamn) on the Swedish west coast. Later it was used as a ferry between Sweden and Denmark and between Sweden and Norway until it was taken off to be scrapped in 1963. A number of enthusiasts decided to rescue it and restored Bohuslän to its original condition and is still running it in the west coast archipelago in the summertime. "
 
Build size: 95 x 16 x 40 cm.
 
Made by Türkmodel on behalf of NCB – Nordic Class Boats
 
So let's start with the unboxing:
 
 
Presentation:

 
 
Box:

 
 
Lid off:

 
 
Closeup of metal cast fittings etc:

 
 
The other half. on the right are the davits (or "lifeboat hangers" as the instructions state them)
made of "plexiglass".

 
 
The stuff underneath:

 
 
Curtains!!!!:

 
 
Wire and aluminium foil(?!) for the funnel:

 
 
"plexiglass" OK for the windows but the small sheet on top is for the winch and sunroofs.

 
 
 
 
To be continued...

My Seventh filler session:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

My Seventh filler session:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

My Seventh filler session:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Hello Mike,
A late Happy Midsummer's Eve to you as well.
The build is on hold for the time being. Having problems with the planking showing through on the hull. Sanded and used filler 6 times now on entire hull. Still looks like a planked ship... 
 
Thinking of using fiber glass cloth and resin, but if the planking still shows I'll scrap the model.
 
Also some of the thin plywood is horribly bristle.... breaks if you stare at it too hard....

My Seventh filler session:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Hello again
Small update. The build is slow as I'm doing a couple of others as well.
 
Planking continues:

 
Some of the frames are spaced extremely far from each other. having problems getting the planks to lay in line between them.
Good thing I've ordered extra filler.

 
 
The stand is not wide enough for the finished hull.
 

 

 

 
I lay a couple of planks every odd day. No hurry since I can't start sanding until spring closes in. -5 degrees C now...
way too cold for outdoor sanding.
 

 

 

 

 
Until next time...
 

Hello boys and girls, time for a little update.
 
Dreading the planking I thought I'd try doing some small fiddly bits.
The capstan.
 
What the manual calls Plexi and what I called plastic turned out to be Plexi actually.. 
I don't know if it's laser-cut or punched out but there's no spruces or moulding traces or anything. Just a small push and the parts pop out.
NICE!
 

 
 
  Lots of small discs to assemble.  

 
 
A mix of Plexi and metal.
 

 
 
They might as well had made this part in Plexi since all the teeth had to be filed clean. It also was too thick. The Plexi has more detail.
 

 
Looked a little better after painting. I use red ochre.
 

 

 

 
Shaft way too long.
 

 

    Each square on the cutting mat is 5 cm.   
 

 

 
I have painted the rest of the capstan but forgot to take a picture of it 
 
The top shaft is also protruding in the wrong direction. Will fix this. :mellow:
Here you see the original. Some detail is lacking on the model but nothing that bothers me too much. The lack of detail is worst further on in the build.
 

Right, these have just taken ages to type in, as I can't cut and paste.... Latest pics of progress, all the deck stuff is dry fitted and needs more work before gluing in place....
 
 

 

 

 

Beautiful!!!

I'll repeat what I wrote in a different thread.
My experience is : I bought a partly built kit by Corel. Previous owner/builder left a note in the box saying that some strips of "flexible" planks where missing at purchase. I sent a e-mail to Corel, explaining this was a "second hand" kit and what the previous owner said. The next day They awnsered my e-mail and the parts arrived in my mailbox after a week or so. Excellent service

I'll repeat what I wrote in a different thread.
My experience is : I bought a partly built kit by Corel. Previous owner/builder left a note in the box saying that some strips of "flexible" planks where missing at purchase. I sent a e-mail to Corel, explaining this was a "second hand" kit and what the previous owner said. The next day They awnsered my e-mail and the parts arrived in my mailbox after a week or so. Excellent service

...

Hello all again,
 
Here is another update mainly on the tiler installation. I was quite surprised how well it actually works! Pulling the two strings will actually make the rudder turn and wit only minimal resistance.
 
Alexandru

Sorry, I was trying to give a link to a threader like in the first post. Seems like the site only jumps to front page. Please ignore.
 
(It's under "Fly Tying Tools", page 7, Stonefly Bobbin threader)

Carved the figurehead.It was supposed to be an eagle but looks more like a parrot.so be it!       

Hello boys and girls, time for a little update.
 
Dreading the planking I thought I'd try doing some small fiddly bits.
The capstan.
 
What the manual calls Plexi and what I called plastic turned out to be Plexi actually.. 
I don't know if it's laser-cut or punched out but there's no spruces or moulding traces or anything. Just a small push and the parts pop out.
NICE!
 

 
 
  Lots of small discs to assemble.  

 
 
A mix of Plexi and metal.
 

 
 
They might as well had made this part in Plexi since all the teeth had to be filed clean. It also was too thick. The Plexi has more detail.
 

 
Looked a little better after painting. I use red ochre.
 

 

 

 
Shaft way too long.
 

 

    Each square on the cutting mat is 5 cm.   
 

 

 
I have painted the rest of the capstan but forgot to take a picture of it 
 
The top shaft is also protruding in the wrong direction. Will fix this. :mellow:
Here you see the original. Some detail is lacking on the model but nothing that bothers me too much. The lack of detail is worst further on in the build.
 

Hello again
Small update. The build is slow as I'm doing a couple of others as well.
 
Planking continues:

 
Some of the frames are spaced extremely far from each other. having problems getting the planks to lay in line between them.
Good thing I've ordered extra filler.

 
 
The stand is not wide enough for the finished hull.
 

 

 

 
I lay a couple of planks every odd day. No hurry since I can't start sanding until spring closes in. -5 degrees C now...
way too cold for outdoor sanding.
 

 

 

 

 
Until next time...
 

Lol I mean to post this in the kits section 

here are some pics of the led's lit up 


i got the wiring diagram from the Led wizard on line its a free site (sorry dont know how to setup a link to the site) but if you type in led wizard in google it will come up, i have used it for loads of projects and it always comes up with the goods.