puckotred

just a dry fit...

Hello Slog,
 
Thanks for visiting. The six poles on each side are actually fenders.
I have no idea what they are made of on the real thing but in the kit they're made up of wooden dowels.

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...

Here's a pic of when they made the bowsprit on "Gothenburg"

Here's a pic of when they made the bowsprit on "Gothenburg"

Thanks to Bender (and with his permission) I have put together as brief video about how to rig a block to a spar, mast or gaff.
I hope this may be of some use to you.
 

I did .. MDF frames began to build three years ago ... the spacing of tree filled ... there is nothing dangerous in this material do not see if it is used partially.

Frame

A few more pieces done:
 
Mast bottom flange:
 

 
Small porthole window to mold and cast:
 
 
 
And the bell for the mast. Bell made out of rigid foam as the other items above, arm made from styrene:
 

 

 

Been away for a couple of days - you've certainly made excellent progress!
 
John

Thank you all for stopping in and the likes.
 
Thanks Bob, you never know what kind of oops or such that could pop
up and ruin the day.
 
I have competed the framing of the gun deck. Pretty straight forward and
at this size it turned out to be a lot easier to do.
 

 

 
 
Next in the mortar pit the walls need to be built. There are angles involved
and I didn’t trust myself to build it off the model and keep the correct
dimensions. Also there are four cross braces between the beams that
need to be put in.
 

 
So to help me keep it square and position the cross bracing correctly I clamped
the side walls in place and then started fitting the angles. This way once
completed I can mark the cross bracing, remove the walls, install the bracing
and then return the wall to it's correct location.
 

 
Here is just the top piece of the wall confirming the angle and length are correct.
 

 

 
 
Time will tell if this will work or not.  

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:
 

Tjenare Alfons, I got the kit from here: MJ-Specialisten it cost me SEK 2530,- and then the light-kit and shipment was included.
In my opinion it's worth the money. (My username should be "PuckoTed" but my fingers slipped.)
I've had a hard time finding pictures and documentation actually. Most of the pics I came across where people drinking beer on board... and travelling through Göteborg city yesterday only made it clear to me that I have no idea where she is...  I'll try next Saturday to locate her again. After work it's already too dark.
 
Thank you John...
 
 
 
I had to have another go at the hull again.

 
 
And I learnt that no matter how much the plywood criss-crosses it doesn't guarantee a straight bulkhead. 

 
 
It doesn't show but the slots did not line up so I had to break up the bulkheads again and re-glue them.
Glue never bonds as good as when it's in the wrong place...
But everything is lined up again.

It will be fun making this notch invisible when I paint the hull....

Hello Shipmates.
Another update on the Lower gundeck.
Basic assembly done just the Deck carlings to machine and fit into place.
No Gluing done at this stage.. Just good old tight joints.
 
Sides being treenailed.

 
 
And the other side.

 
View from the underside of the deck.

 
View from the Top side.

 
Close up of a joint.

 
No Glue or pins in this yet .

 
Thanks for looking in.
 
Regards Antony.
 

Kester, Well, just checking if the parts fit and all of a sudden you sit there with a bottle of glue.... 
 
Sanding away the burnt parts at the attaching points seems to make them fit like a glove. Some Turk has either done some good thinking or has tremendous luck... 
 
Thanks Nils, it will be a static model.

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... 

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... 

Kester, too bad I'm a lousy scratcher... (though I'm damn good at scratching my wife's back)
 
Here are the Swedish kits:
http://atlastmodels.se/
 
http://turk-model.com/eng/ (they have not yet put up Bohuslän on their webpage. But they made the kit, says so on the box  )
 
Jim: Hope I won't disappoint you all now...
 
 
 
 

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...

Hello Nils,
You did a great model of the old Billings kit. A lot of added detail.
The Billings was of Bohuslän as she was delivered from the shipyard in 1914 and this kit is as she is today. (more or less.) 
There are a lot of details lacking in this one. For example the lower wale is missing and the bottlescrews are badly done. 
 
I'll try and do my best but it will not come near your quality I'm sure...

The final update!
 
This is the end of the build of the 'Le Mirage' by Corel.
I know that there are a few mistakes here and there, but that is ok and I have learned from it. 
 
She gave me a lot of problems and at some point I wanted to quit.
But thanks to the individual support of Anja, Mobbsie, Augie and all of you who followed me on this journey, she is now finished and ready for her maiden voyage.
 
Again I want to thank you all for your invaluable support, friendship, feedback, good words and likes you give me along the way.
 
I will now continue my build of the ' San Ildefonso' and I hope to see you there to accompany me.