scratch

Hi John , 1200 x 1600 is the maximum size in pixels....
 
 
David

Thank you very much Pat . I had a sneak peek at your Endeavour , lovely work . I was thinking about this as a build but I want to try my hand at a scratch build next . That's if I can convince the lovely wife to a couple more power tools .
 
 
David

Hello every-one 
Nothing really to explain with the pin rail stands or the ships bell . Both done out of walnut . I left the ships bell as is and just gave it a little polish to shine it up a bit .


The fore and main mast  pin rails are all standard . Nothing to say to paint it black , but i prefer the black than to leave it just as ply . 

The Davits , again i changed from the ply parts . I think they look a lot better than the kit supplied one's .

The transom decoration was a cast part . ( i would of liked to have tried to carve one but my skill is nowhere near that type of detail yet ) a bit of scraping to get all the burs off then a good clean , under coat and then a couple of top coats of gold leaf . I used a 5 minute epoxy to attatch it to the transom .

 Now this is where i am up to now . The next step is the ships boats . These might take a while as i don't like all the ply with them . Will see what happens .
 
 
 
David

Nice work Ben , very clean . Will watch with a lot of interest as i would like to try a Swan class scratch build .
 
 
 
David

I have 2 sets of the Aft Magazine Section plans for sale. Even tho i paid a donation to the Model Ship Builder site for the PDF of the plans (Long time ago), I'm not actually selling the PDF of the plans but just recovering some of the cost of getting them printed (My modelling days are over). The 2 sets cost me $60 to get printed but only after $25 for the both. There are 6 sheets of plans in each set. If your interested in the PDF of the plans then go to Model Ship Builder and purchase them there. Moderators, i hope this is ok to put up. If not then please delete.
 
 
Cheers David

I have 2 sets of the Aft Magazine Section plans for sale. Even tho i paid a donation to the Model Ship Builder site for the PDF of the plans (Long time ago), I'm not actually selling the PDF of the plans but just recovering some of the cost of getting them printed (My modelling days are over). The 2 sets cost me $60 to get printed but only after $25 for the both. There are 6 sheets of plans in each set. If your interested in the PDF of the plans then go to Model Ship Builder and purchase them there. Moderators, i hope this is ok to put up. If not then please delete.
 
 
Cheers David

Hi Paul
I have just edited the list of books that are left. If any one is interested in the books or any of the other things i have for sale and have held off because of postage. I will be down in Lalor on Good Friday. I can bring the items you are interested with me on the day.
 
Cheers David 

Hi all
 
Have a bunch of wood for sale Roughly 150 lengths and 4 wood sheets. It includes different sizes, thicknesses and different size dowels.
 
                                                                                                       Silver ash
                                                                                                       Limewood
                                                                                                       Walnut
                                                                                                       Mahogany
                                                                                                       some cherry
                                                                                                       some basswood
                                                                                                        and some Tanganika
     $30 the lot.
 
 
 
       

I've reduce the price on the last of my books. 

Hi all
I have these books up for sale. 
 
 
 
The Fire Ship Comet  $25
The Ship of the Line  $15
The Sailing Frigate  $15
Rigging Fore & Aft  $10
Historic Ship models $10
Sailing Man of War  $30
 
 

 

Hi all
I have these books up for sale. 
 
 
 
The Fire Ship Comet  $25
The Ship of the Line  $15
The Sailing Frigate  $15
Rigging Fore & Aft  $10
Historic Ship models $10
Sailing Man of War  $30
 
 

 

Hi all
 
Again i have another part built model for sale. The HM Bark Endeavour. The hull has been planked with just the first layer. All wood, rigging and bits and pieces included. Nothing missing. I have to say this again , but this will also have to be a pick up as well as I'm sure the cost might be high after i box it up some how. I live in Maryborough, Vic. Asking $100

Hi all
 
I have a part built Cutty Sark for sale. When i say part built only the frames and some planking has been done. The kit is complete with all the wood and rigging. The only thing missing is the copper plates which i used on another project. Unfortunately this might have to be a pick up only as i could only imagine how much postage would be if i had to some how box it all up. Asking $100. I live in Maryborough Vic. 

Hi John , 1200 x 1600 is the maximum size in pixels....
 
 
David

I can't add anything that hasn't already been said , outstanding work .
 
David

Agreed . Absolutely beautiful work .
 
David

Your self criticism of your work Mobbsie is why your build is wonderful . What you see as an error , i see as perfection . If i can get mine to look half as good as yours i would be happy .
 
 
David 

Dave, the compliment is appreciated.  But I look to Remco's and Dan's builds to set the bar that I strive for.
 
Work on the upper deck will proceed from outboard to midline and fore to aft.  I was not emotionally ready to drill holes in the hull for scuppers (and risk damaging the exterior hull) so I decided to build the manger.  This is a closed off area in the bow which could be used for livestock but actually helped contain and dispose of water drawn in with the hawse cables.  In order to make the manger walls, the supports had to be built first.  This means building the fore topsail sheet bitts/bowsprit step assembly.  The bitts extend from the upper deck to the forecastle deck and are angled such that the part of the bitts extending above the forecastle deck is perpendicular to the water line.  This meant building a forecastle deck beam to determine the correct height and angle.  The bitts are notched into both beams.  On my model the port side has the deck planking installed.  Rather than risk damaging the planking, I trimmed the foot of the bitt to fit the remaining space.  The bitts have a sheave above the forecastle deck and a cheek block on the lateral aspect of the bitt.  The top of the cheek block has an ogee shape as do the cheek blocks elsewhere in the build.  I have not put in the sheaves yet.There is a rabbet on the side of the bitt for the manger wall.  On Atalanta, the rabbet does not extend onto the fore end of the bitt so the manger wall extends from the outer face of the bitt rather than the corner.  Some of the ships had the upper end of the bitt shaped into a timber head.  Atalanta was one of these.    The cross piece was rabbeted into the fore side of the bitt.
 

 
The bowsprit chock is made up of two edge rabbeted planks.  You cannot see the rabbet but it makes the assembly stronger.  I lightly penciled the joint to highlight this.  I temporarily glued the chocks together to facilitate cutting rabbets in the bitts and the aft side of the chock.  Although I do not plan on masting Atalanta, I did want the step to be in a reasonably accurate location in case I change my mind later.  To find the location for the step I installed a dummy bowsprit, deriving the angle from the plans.  This was then marked on the step.   They were unglued and the step was cut in using the table saw.  I glued them back together and fine-tuned the meeting edges.  The chock was bolted to the bitt with four bolts and was bolted to both the upper and forecastle beams.  The lower bolts are dummies but the bolts for the forecastle beam will be functional.
 

 
After temporarily installing the bitt assembly I noticed that the deck planking in front of the chocks did not extend far enough back.  These will be removed and remade to the appropriate length.
 

 

 

Thanks everyone for the likes.  Not much time for the model over the last few weeks but I was finally able to finish the gudgeons.  There were made in a similar manner to the pintles, two pre-drilled brass straps connected by brass bar which was then drilled for the pin and filed to shape.  Some of the detail is obscured by the blackening.  I have not decided yet when to install the gudgeons but will not ship the rudder until much further along into the build.  
 

 

 
Since I was playing around with metal I decided to make the hook and eye assembly for the riding bitts.  The crosspiece is not bolted to the standards.  It is held in position with a hook and eye attached to the medial side of the two standards. These are made from 1" thick brass which was filed to shape.  The eyes and the bolts are made from brass wire.  Sorry for the dust in the picture.  
 

 

Your self criticism of your work Mobbsie is why your build is wonderful . What you see as an error , i see as perfection . If i can get mine to look half as good as yours i would be happy .
 
 
David 

You guys have really lifted the bar on these cross sections . Beautiful work Grant .  
 
David

Your self criticism of your work Mobbsie is why your build is wonderful . What you see as an error , i see as perfection . If i can get mine to look half as good as yours i would be happy .
 
 
David 

Hi Guys,
 
Thanks for all the comments and likes guys, much appreciated.
 
Treenails are now complete but I'm not totally happy with them. They are on the large side, but in my defence they need to be because somebody's stolen the front and back ends of me boat.
 
Seriously, the mistake I made was at stage two, ringing the holes with pencil, I drilled the holes 0.5mm which is still slightly larger than scale but when I ringed the hole with pencil the hole was stretched even more, I hadn't considered that.
 
I used filler No 4, which was Plain white All Purpose Filler, Lime sawdust, Walnut sawdust and some Nut Brown fence stain. I'm not disappointed with the colour just the size of them but their here to stay and have been given two coats of Poly.
 
Pictures
 

 

 

 
So now your right up to date, I welcome any and all comments guys, you know the score.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie
 
 

fortunately I havent had time to finish those last five strakes so I just took some pictures.
 
Here is a staight plank as if I were going to place it on the hull.  It could be at the bow or at the stern.   Most beginners would try to force this into place and the top edge of the plank would lift off the hull and not sit flush against the bulkheads.  Some fight with it using pins and clamps and it gets messy.   Holding it without bending like shown reveals the gap .  Note the widest point of that gap.
 

 
Mark this location as the center of the gradual curve you will need.
 
 
In the next picture,  after bending,    you can see how nice it fits and how it is flush against the bulkheads.  No forcing needed.  Its a perfect fit.    Note the dot I marked on the plank for the apex of the curve or the widest part of the gap..You could use the compass method or the tape method to find the exact curve,  but I prefer to eyeball it like this.   Visually its easy to see the curve after a little practice.   I always over bend slightly.
 

 
Now all I have to do is bevel it a bit and darken the seem as I did in the video and glue it on.

Me Again
 
I have a couple of pics to hopefully explain a little better what I mean.
 
The first is of the back end with the holes rimmed with a lead pencil, hopefully you can see the pencil hardness, it's the hardest I could get and so far to my experience it doesn't spread.
 
The second is the same area but it's been given a coat of Poly, this has made it quite yellow and will I think have a large bearing on the filler choice, the holes appear to be completely black but when the filler is applied hopefully all that will be left will be a darker ring around the treenail. That's the theory anyway, we'll have to see.
 
Holes drilled with pencil rim.

 
Same area with a coat of Poly

 
Hope that helps guys.
 
mobbsie