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Cap rails, chock rails, buffalo rails, windlass, and anchor chain installed yesterday.
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Here are the two ladders to the quarterdeck. The rails are .035" and the treads are .015" laserboard. The first tread is a bugger to install, the other three not so much.😎
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Hull is now in primer so I can see all the "goobers" and take care of them. At the moment, I'm fitting out the main deck level of the forecastle as I won't be able to access that area once the raised forecastle deck is fitted.
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I know most of you folks are "stick and string" enthusiasts but am curious if anyone is interested in more modern vessels. Rather than watch TV in the evenings I've been slowly working on a potential 1/48 kit of a WW2 Higgins 78' PT boat. Structurally, it will be like most of the later kits I've done for BlueJacket - laser-cut planked hull built with the Hahn method, resin and britannia parts, etc. It will be an early boat with tubes and can be built as either a Mediterranean or Pacific boat.
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I'm getting too soft in my old age... These are the chock rails and cap rails for the aft section. There are about 24 cast stanchions, each of which has a pin on both ends. Rather than make the modeler measure and drill the holes for the stanchions, I've laser cut them in. The chock rail is 1/8" bass while the cap rail is .035" laserboard, the latter being far more robust than the original 1/32" basswood ones.
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Whaleboat Davit kit now available.
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Well, we finished up the Whaleboat Davit kit today, so it is now available. It includes laser-cut parts (davit sections, deck section, cradles, and ladder rails), Britannia sheaves and blocks, strip wood for planking the bulwark, rigging material, full-size plans, and an instruction manual. Scale matches our New Bedford Whaleboat.
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Since Chris wanted to expand the scope of this thread, here's some basic info. Scale is 1/96, construction is plank on bulkhead. Construction is essentially the same as ALABAMA, KEARSARGE, NOTMAN, and WYOMING - poplar ply bulkheads on a central profile although this time the bulkheads are one-piece.
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Timberheads are now installed on both sides and the bulwarks trimmed down to their tops. Worked out fine, no breakage when sanding the bottom of the timberheads prior to installation.
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Right now, they are 1/8" basswood. I've installed both sides now and haven't experienced any splitting while sanding the bottoms of the timberheads.
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Whatever you consider appropriate.
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The kit will include a jig to support the bulwarks while they are being built. The three holes in the jig match the spacing of the mast holes in the deck and the jig is held in place with 1/4" dowels, making removal easy when bulwark construction is completed
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Chris, a skilled modeler such as yourself will be able to replicate the THAYER from this kit...😎 These are the revised timberheads on a new hull. They are clamped and drying out after soaking. I revised the planking sequence so that the top plank of the bulwarks is just a bit above the timberheads. The top plank will then be trimmed to the top of the timberheads establishing the correct sheer.
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Well, for now we'll just describe it as a "West Coast lumber schooner"...😎
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Looks like the lasered timberheads will work. In practice, the bulwarks will be built first. The timberhead strip will be soaked and clamped to the inside of the bulwark to preform. Once it's formed and dry, the modeler will have to CAREFULLY sand the bottom of the timberheads with a sanding block to form a slight angle along the section of the bulwark that flares a bit outboard. This photo was of the initial fitting and the timberhead bottoms were not sanded. I was primarily seeing if the strip would survive the bending and gluing. I had to make some height adjustments to the strip and am currently soaking one to fit to another test hull. Yuh, I go through a lot of laser...😱
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Some years ago, our late friend and builder Charlie Cook built one of our New Bedford Whaleboat kits for our gallery. Rather than mount it in its cradle, he built a partial bulwark with davits to display it. We've had a number of folks ask it they could get one, but we didn't make a kit for it...until now. I just finished building the display model using the production kit parts. The kit, KLW122A, will be available shortly. It has four sheets of laser-cut parts, the usual basswood strip and britannia fittings, an instruction manual, and one 24" x 36" sheet of plans. Scale is 1"=3' to match our Whaleboat kit and is 11.5" long. Price hasn't been set yet but will be soon..
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