Beef Wellington

The Garboard planks are now fitted.

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For these I used straight strip shaped by reference to how Chuck's  build appeared to look in his photo's with the end just extending beyond the scarf joint in the keel.
This has to be done in conjunction with the one above it, before it can be glued into place.

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Working the strake above the Garboard.
 
A fair bit of fiddling about here.

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There is a severe curve at the bow end to go around the Garboard and fit into the rabbet at the stem.
This was formed from around the centre of a much longer piece of strip, to get the necessary curve.

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Once I was happy the two planks would match, the Garboard was glued into place.

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Port side  bottom strakes fitted. The second strake is also full size without any tapering.
I think I've achieved the objective of keeping the second plank from creeping upwards at the stem.

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Only wet and dry heat was used to  form the shapes.

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The stern section of the strakes also untapered was problem free in fitting.

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 I now need to work out the required tapers for the intervening planks. I will then work from both top and bottom.
 
B.E.

Nils, missed a lot of your recent progress but it is so great to see everything come together.  Your KWdG really has a presence would look fantastic in any setting.  I hope your admiral could be persuaded to let it in the house 

Treenails of course come down to personal opinion, but my opinion is I like your opinion 🙂  I hope one day to be able to admire your completed Terror in person!

Hi BE, sorry to have missed the start of your new build but nice to see so much progress in one sitting.  Looking very sharp and neat as to be expected, lovely work.

Marsalv,
If your next post shows smoke coming out of the chimney I quit!    I am no expert (very far from it) but it doesn't really take one to see that this is a very exceptional build.
Tom

Much detail and fiddliness Carl, I don't know how you do it so neatly, nicely done.

Hi BE, sorry to have missed the start of your new build but nice to see so much progress in one sitting.  Looking very sharp and neat as to be expected, lovely work.

It's good to see a few other plastic modellers here now! 
 
Moving on, I have finally stripped the decks, the top deck comes in three sections which will have substantial gaps between them which will need a fair bit of work. The quad torpedo launchers are supposed to be put in beforehand but it will make painting a continuous deck problematic so I cut the bottom off the so they can be slid in later as the interior will not be visible. 
 
I have also also added the ringols to the portholes and added the manual aiming Port (right hand side near the large opening), which is  visible on the photo and in other references for the IJN but not made up in the kit. 
 
My quandry now is, do I add the deck? The hull is going to need plating added and numerous other details and the deck will be linoleum (brownish), requiring a lot of masking to separate the two colours. 

Update
 
all  24 boats mounted and with attatched falls. The collapsible boats (3 story) are a bit higher above deck, so those davits had to be made new
 
Nils
 

The first and the second boat get spacer lugs for mounting the boat on top
 
 
 

The supports for the oars, the seatings and the floor planks are mounted already (only for upper boat)
 
 
 

in total there are 4 boat types ( four large, open ones, two smaller open ones, twelve large closed ones, and six collapsible ones)

 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nils, missed a lot of your recent progress but it is so great to see everything come together.  Your KWdG really has a presence would look fantastic in any setting.  I hope your admiral could be persuaded to let it in the house 

Treenails of course come down to personal opinion, but my opinion is I like your opinion 🙂  I hope one day to be able to admire your completed Terror in person!

Treenails of course come down to personal opinion, but my opinion is I like your opinion 🙂  I hope one day to be able to admire your completed Terror in person!

Very nice work Dave,the efforts paid off as they look very good.  Did you try putting bits of white card behind the shrouds?  i found that help me focus on the area of work a little better as the black on black against shadows certainly does do your eyes (and the brain) in.
 
cheers
 
Pat

Treenails of course come down to personal opinion, but my opinion is I like your opinion 🙂  I hope one day to be able to admire your completed Terror in person!

HMS TERROR TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC ONCE AGAIN
 
My build log has been silent for nearly five months, but I have an excellent excuse. Since December, I’ve been working night and day on HMS Terror. Why the rush?
 
This week, my model is carefully being packaged for transport to Greenwich. In one month, it will be displayed in a new exhibition on the Franklin tragedy at the National Maritime Museum.
 

Mini-Crozier stands at his taffrail. 
 
 
Created by the Canadian Museum of History, Parks Canada, and the National Maritime Museum, the exhibition will open in Greenwich on July 14th.  In January, the model will travel back across the Atlantic with the exhibition, where it will be displayed at Canada’s national museum beginning on March 1st, 2018.  
 

A view from the bow. 
 

Port side planking. It took nearly six months of work to double
(and in some cases tipple) plank this hull with scale timber. 
Some strakes are 8 scale inches thick. 
 
 
What does this mean for my project?
 
First and foremost, it is a sincere honour to have been asked to display my model alongside iconic artifacts related to the Franklin Expedition. I jumped at the chance to loan it when it was presented to me, despite the short time frame involved. Due to time constraints, progress on my model has now far outpaced my build log. I’ll be playing catch up for the next several months. My model is not finished. Currently, it most closely resembles a shipwright’s “builder’s model” which typically only show the design and major fittings of a ship. The reason for this will become clear when you see the model in its position in the exhibition. I admit that I couldn’t help but add a few extra details, but it’s essentially just a builder’s model right now.  When the model is returned to me, I’ll complete all the finer details; I estimate it’s about ¾ complete.
Missing details can be seen in this view; the tiller, deck houses
and conning (ice) plank are all absent.
 

 
Mini-Crozier keeps watch on the voyage. 
 

Mini-Crozier keeps watch on the voyage. 
 
I won’t show all the details of the model in this post; I intend to catch up over time while it is away from my workbench. I hope to have much more time to be an active member of the forums again in the coming months. 
 

The bow plating is made from 100 chemically blackend brass plates. 
 
Post Script: It is very apparent I didn’t add treenails to the planking of my model. For some ship modelers, I know this is sacrilege. My rationale is simple; on real ships treenails and plugs are nearly invisible, and consequently I often find they don’t look realistic on a scale model. Also, I don’t like marring beautiful wood with hundreds of tiny holes. It’s a personal opinion and choice, and I’ve certainly seen many superb models with beautifully rendered treenails.  I’ve never been satisfied with it on my models, so I chose not to do it here.

line Making-off and coiling lines is proceeding slowly.  I have belatedly come across another small, unpleasant surprise. For line 72, a block is required at the foot of the foremast.  Access is difficult at this stage and for those who may also be caught out, here is a method of solving the problem.
 
Long lines are secured around the block with two overhand knots leaving one that may be gradually pulled shorter.  The alligator clips are very useful.  Shown is the smallest size I could find.

Tied off.....
 

.. lines pulled tight ...

...and excess trimmed. It worked quite well, though trimming the threads proved difficult and could have been better.  Fortunately the small bits of thread remaining will be on the bottom of the block when the line is finally secured.

 

Nils, missed a lot of your recent progress but it is so great to see everything come together.  Your KWdG really has a presence would look fantastic in any setting.  I hope your admiral could be persuaded to let it in the house 

A couple of more

Much detail and fiddliness Carl, I don't know how you do it so neatly, nicely done.

Another small update - catharpins done. They were made by simply weaving a rope between the futtock staves & then they were tied together in small bundles. They will be tighter after the futtock shrouds are on & tensioned.
 

 

 
Mark

Well folks, "enough is enough" - I still have two boats to make (in very slow time) but they will be added to the display case as separate items and not onboard the model.  So, although there are a few more items I would like to add, and a few fixes i would still like to make, I think I will call it quits and declare this one finished
 
The following photos show her in her final fit; but, I must apologise for the quality of the one in her case.  I will take better shots of her in her home when I can control the reflections a little better
 
The photos will be in three posts.
 
cheers
 
Pat
 
    
 
 

Rain, rain, and then more rain. That was the weather in sunny Florida for a week. Bad for golf, but good for modeling.
 
With all that indoor time, I was able to get by a couple of tedious tasks. First, was cutting the hull loose from the framing jig. This proved more time consuming and difficult than I had imagined it would be. I first tried to do it with keyhole saw blades in an X-acto handle, but this seemed like it would be an endless job, and I have no patience for those. I rummaged through my tool box and found a Stanley handle with a hacksaw like blade and this ended up doing the trick, although still slowly and carefully. It is pictured below.
 
After freeing the hull, I then turned to the task of fairing the interior. This turned out to be quite a chore, because the frames needed to be thinned considerably to reach their proper final proportions. Beginning with a Dremel with a sanding drum, and then using various grades of sandpaper with different sticks and blocks, and some freehand sanding as well, I worked my way through it. This took me days of tedious work. It's likely that I may still need some more work at the bow and stern as I proceed with interior work.
 
My next job was to add the keelson. Although this is a laser cut part , it still required considerable fiddling and adjustment to get it to fit tightly and properly. Lastly, I added the first strakes of interior planking along the keelson in the hold area, just to get a feel for that process. I'm now deciding just what interior work to do and how to go about it. I would like to show as much of it as I can, but we'll have to see how that works out.
 
Bob
 
 

Nils, missed a lot of your recent progress but it is so great to see everything come together.  Your KWdG really has a presence would look fantastic in any setting.  I hope your admiral could be persuaded to let it in the house 

Nils, missed a lot of your recent progress but it is so great to see everything come together.  Your KWdG really has a presence would look fantastic in any setting.  I hope your admiral could be persuaded to let it in the house 

Hi Mike, really nice progress on the bulwarks, you've captured the shape very nicely.  Looking forward to seeing the rest of the yellowheart and ebony go on.