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Work on this historic vessel still progressing. I am having a little trouble hanging the rudder. It seems the opening in the hull has to be bigger in order to slide the rudder post past enough in order for the pintles to engage the gudgeons.
 
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These little windows were tedious for me. Each one is different and all five come out for trimming and painting. I'm thinking of applying the tallow paint to the bottom just one or two thin coats for now. The rudder needs pintles and gudgeons for the hull. I might try to fabricate them my self. The plan for the rudder is kind of washed out, so I'm not sure just how the top portion looks. The gratings at this scale will have to have 1/32" holes , that's achievable but will have to figure a way to make them.
 
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Got the wales on and did the deck beams. i also gave the hull a coat of sanding sealer "concocked" from thinned out Min wax polyurethane and West system 410 Microlight fairing filler. The last item was formulated for fairing stitch & glue boats. It seemed to work for models but needed a lot of stirring before applied to models. It was a guess & by god mix , much like Julia Child's recipes. Next will laying the main deck planking. 
 
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PS,notice the foam holder I got from Micro mark. I still "fondle' the model though.
 
All water craft must be "loved "   even models!
 
 
 
 

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The Providence plan calls for a wale P&S showing 2' wide the full length of the hull. To determine it's shape I pinned on a "fairing batten' "1/16" X 1/16" " in the designated area. A tweek here and there was needed to get it to look "fair". As much as a 32 of an inch made a difference in achieving a "fair" look . Once satisfied I traced this curve on to the hull using a lead pencil. Now using tracing paper on the penciled  line I captured this S curve on a piece of tracing paper which was used to transfer once more on to artists WC paper. This is in the fore ground of the image. I made it ½" wide as shown and placed it on the hull to get the stern and bow cuts.
 
I figured if I cut this shape on a suitable piece of bass wood it would be near impossible (for me)to connect it to the hull using clamps, pins whatever. So , why not in several narrow strakes reasoning that in full size it would also impossible etc. So I borrowed stock intended for the deck which came prescribed to simulate the calking. This worked out OK for me and in the image are three of the 4 strakes to obtain the wale shape on the hull. I'm still figuring if I should apply a filler or just let the black paint do it's thing.
 
I still haven't applied any sanding sealer to the hull.
 
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I've gotten to the stage I'd like to apply a coat of sanding sealer to the model. But I'll be darned if I want to pluck down 17 bucks for a 1qt can of commercial grade of "Sanding Sealer and use only an oz.. I hear tell one can make your own using talcum powder . I'd like to try that but use some of the cans show above. Can anyone here tell me the right proportions ?  And just how good is this home made solution ?
 
 Thanks.
 
Shown in the images s my lay out for cutting the gun ports. I established their location from the plans and the station marks on the model. I drilled through from the inside of the hull at the center of the proposed cut. I used a thin metal template with a hole drilled through then mounted on the hull in the exact location secured with the pin as shown. Now I can mark with an Xacto knife for the start of the cut. After the initial cut I'm thinking of plunging right into the center with a carbide burr then trim out to the xacto knofe of a small saw made from an old Xacto fine saw blade.
 
Thanks to those who peek in here.
 
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Still making progress. The transom has been carved to the curve shown on the plan ( or there abouts) I carved it using a cardboard template as a guide. (see image.)
 
Notice in the image I first cut out for the window, before any shaping was done. The transom is carved from a scrap and provided a "handle". ( It could have been longer) This for me makes the process easier. I used gouges , rasps chisels  and lots of  sanding. Trial fits were  frequent as well as working towards the desired thickness. The  template allows me to re-establish the transom outline after sanding or whitling. After getting reasonably close to the desired shape I pinned it on the stern to get an idea how it all looked.
 
Glueing it on the stern resulted some "rubber band clamping anchored by my "vise block", as well as a conventional clamp. 
 
After the glue sets up, I'll do some more shaping, filling and trimming as I deliberately made the whole thing a bit bigger.
Next comes the windows and inside "glass."
 
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Still making progress with my lift method of the Sloop Providence.
 
My idea of shaping the hull using a vise block worked out OK. It's removable and capable of adding to as needed when sanding the bottom. So far only 60 grit paper has been used. I intend to use successive finer grits before applying a sealer.
 
Shown in the image is three cans of what I have laying around. I'm kind of favoring the Helmsman varnish diluted but maybe the shellac would be better. 
 
I got a lot more to do and am starting to order from a  supplier made items like the decking. On the way is scribbed decking but it has no simulated caulking.
 
Shown in one image is a template for the stern transom. ( pardon the cereal  cardboard )
 
A couple of questions if I may:
 
1.. Will a coat of sealer and then a wash simulate a caulking, or seal out the wash ?
2    Should I apply the sealer to the hull before glueing in sheer mouldings channels etc. and the items like rail frames ?
3. Should I thin out the shellac before using it to seal the wood
 
Thanks for any replies and interest.
 
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BTW the varnish shown in the background is a marine grade. I use it on one pirogue I paddle around.
 
 
 
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Making slow progress on my Sloop Providence as the lines are hard to see and some guess work is involved. However here are some images showing some headway.

 
shows the lifts cut out for the vessel from the deck to the lowest lift There are 5 in all.( from the deck down ) I used tracing to copy the lines from the plan. The top lift 4a will have to be re cut for the main deck sheer. At this time none of the lifts been glued together.  My idea of keeping the whole thing in register is working as the finish nails shown are inserted into pre drilled 1/8" holes.

 
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( At  this point the counter curve was not cut yet. and the center nail is the pilot for the mast.)
 
 I'm thinking not to glue anything yet and to attach a "Vise block " which will be screwed into each lift . This will allow some pre cutting when the Vise block is clamped into a vise allowing each lift to be worked being carefully not to cut into the outlined lines on both side of each lift.  
 
The top lift will have the this "Vise block" screwed to the under side of the lift so that the sheer can be cut to shape.  I made a template for this taken from the plan. as well as a template for each lift as well.
 
I'm also thinking of glueijng one lift at a time with the "vise block" and work the concave hollows with a gouge but not all the way. This will be done when the whole thing is glued together using  80 grit sand paper working up to 220 in stages, all wrapped in  a suitable curved pre curved wood blank.
 
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OK it's finished a bit different than the plans. Now she is a yacht waiting to be launched as her skipper look on as the ships cat is on the hunt.

OK it's finished a bit different than the plans. Now she is a yacht waiting to be launched as her skipper look on as the ships cat is on the hunt.

OK it's finished a bit different than the plans. Now she is a yacht waiting to be launched as her skipper look on as the ships cat is on the hunt.

OK it's finished a bit different than the plans. Now she is a yacht waiting to be launched as her skipper look on as the ships cat is on the hunt.

OK it's finished a bit different than the plans. Now she is a yacht waiting to be launched as her skipper look on as the ships cat is on the hunt.

First a little about this craft
 

 
 
This is a working schooner but my interpretation is a vessel coming fresh from a refit and things looking a bit new and not
showing the "toil" of the fishermen.
 
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Way back in 2014 I picked up this kit at the local flea market for a few bucks. The contents were all warped and the plans missing, gone in some flood. So I said to myself why not try to put it together all the parts seemed to be there and pre cut , what can go wrong ? The sides the bulkheads the bottom the cabin etc all pre cut and obvious where which part mates to which part. So I put it together and it went OK just a few parts left over. I mentioned this on back in Oct 2014 here on the Forum about no sail plan and later got a package in the mail from J. F. from LA USA ( thanks again J. F) with the instruction booklet, complete plans and with the sail and rigging diagrams. I contacted Chuck to get the users name of the person who kindly sent me all I need to build the model, but no luck with that.
 
Then along came the request to build the Sloop Providence  Completed and posted on the "Scratch built  Forum" for my son in law so this little schooner model had to be shelved for for a while.
Presently I am working on the model and posting a bit late with the progress but BETTER  LATE THEN NEVER SHARPIE.
 
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I've making slow progress but the finish is near. I obtained the weathered mounting board ( cherry) a imitation sperm whales tooth.
 
The images shown below are missing the various line tubs, buckets and piggins that go with this model. The tubs have their lines faked down but I still have to "weather" the hoops. Also to soot up the sail some to kind of get some of the grimy whale blubber being processed aboard the whale ship.
 

 

 

 

 
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Lou, there are sure a lot of bumps in building the "Providence". Just continue overcoming them as they as they rear up.
 
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Lou, there are sure a lot of bumps in building the "Providence". Just continue overcoming them as they as they rear up.
 
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Lou, there are sure a lot of bumps in building the "Providence". Just continue overcoming them as they as they rear up.
 
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Lou, there are sure a lot of bumps in building the "Providence". Just continue overcoming them as they as they rear up.
 
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Lou congratulations on starting your Providence build log
I put one US enlisted Marine aboard. He's preparing the swivel gun to fire off a salute. There are more pix of my build in the scratch completed section. If you look close there is one dog aboard . Part of the prize crew the Providence took on one cruise.
 Here is one image with the US Marine, in the green uniform of that period.
 
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Lou congratulations on starting your Providence build log
I put one US enlisted Marine aboard. He's preparing the swivel gun to fire off a salute. There are more pix of my build in the scratch completed section. If you look close there is one dog aboard . Part of the prize crew the Providence took on one cruise.
 Here is one image with the US Marine, in the green uniform of that period.
 
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Lou congratulations on starting your Providence build log
I put one US enlisted Marine aboard. He's preparing the swivel gun to fire off a salute. There are more pix of my build in the scratch completed section. If you look close there is one dog aboard . Part of the prize crew the Providence took on one cruise.
 Here is one image with the US Marine, in the green uniform of that period.
 
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Lou congratulations on starting your Providence build log
I put one US enlisted Marine aboard. He's preparing the swivel gun to fire off a salute. There are more pix of my build in the scratch completed section. If you look close there is one dog aboard . Part of the prize crew the Providence took on one cruise.
 Here is one image with the US Marine, in the green uniform of that period.
 
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Lou congratulations on starting your Providence build log
I put one US enlisted Marine aboard. He's preparing the swivel gun to fire off a salute. There are more pix of my build in the scratch completed section. If you look close there is one dog aboard . Part of the prize crew the Providence took on one cruise.
 Here is one image with the US Marine, in the green uniform of that period.
 
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