Jerry Posted April 30, 2015 Share #1 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Hello Everyone, My name is Jerry and I have decided to try and build the Amati kit of The Viking Ship Drakkar. I chose this model because of it's appeal as a different way to go from the usual tall ship models I have recently constructed. (See below) I sincerely like the idea of an open, long boat type which I hope will enhance our growing fleet of ship models. Besides the Victory and Half Moon I have previously constructed the Cutty Sark about 16 years ago. I said OUR growing fleet because my Admiral caught the building bug, so simultaneously I am coaching her as she endeavors to build Amati's HMS Bounty. I felt my work on the Drakkar would allow me some time to instruct her whereas another complicated build, such as the HMS Victory, would occupy all my time. Of course, I may be wrong and find the Viking Ship complicated enough to load my mind and give me little time to assist the Admiral. I hope not or I'll probably never hear the end of it. I also wish to thank KeithW for having posted his build of the same boat as I'm sure I'll find it very useful during my period of construction. At this time all I have done is to remove the keel and frames from their laser cut sheets and as soon as there is something, hopefully useful, I will be happy to provide photos. It is my intention to photograph every stage of the buils which I hope will be useful to others and will also provide material for anyone who I hope will use it to offer any criticsm, positive or negative, Realizing it's customary to provide pictures of the kit box, the parts and plans, I have decided to forgo this with th eknowledge that the kit arrived complete and in fine shape. I wish everyone a great day and hope to post my initial progress soon. Best, Jerry Edited April 30, 2015 by Jerry popeye the sailor, Dimitris71, catopower and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_W Posted April 30, 2015 Share #2 Posted April 30, 2015 Hello Everyone, My name is Jerry and I hav ... and you have clicked "submit" before you finished writing your post Looking forward to following your build. Dimitris71 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris71 Posted April 30, 2015 Share #3 Posted April 30, 2015 Ok man, you're fast!!! :) Hello phile, nice to see you again with a new build. I wish you good luck with your new ship. I find it very ineresting.So.. I'm pulling up a chair if you don't mind and looking forward to see your progress. :) All the best Dimitris canoe21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted April 30, 2015 Share #4 Posted April 30, 2015 The recent TV series has me thinking "longboat". I'd like to follow along, also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted April 30, 2015 Hello Keith... Please look again and you'll see that I have posted the complete information which is just introductory. I'm sorry if I caused you any problem and again many thanks for your previous log. Best, Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted April 30, 2015 Dimitrius...Hello phile....real nice to hear from you again. It seems that there's never a dull moment. I hope I haven't decided to go from the frying pan into the fire. Keep in touch. Best,jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted April 30, 2015 Good morning, Ken... Thanks for the visit. I'm not sure if the Drakkar can be considered a long boat but I called it that just because of its shape. In any event please keep your visits coming and offer any help you can. Best, Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn-UK Posted April 30, 2015 Share #8 Posted April 30, 2015 Look forward to watching your progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Hello Glenn. I see you found me. LOL....Thanks for your continued interest my friend. I'll be posting the very beginning of this build a little later from now. Have a great evening.. Best, Jerry Edited April 30, 2015 by Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Hello again everyone... The very first step in this build called for by the instructions is to sketch a guide line at the bow and stern on both sides of the keel. This line will be used later in the construction for the correct positioning of the planking. Here are some initial pictures of the process I used to accomplish this. The first thing I did was to use some tissue paper (because of its transparency) to trace the guide line from the large plan sheet. I then transferred this line from the tissue paper to both sides of the keel. here are the pics of that process. One can read the caption of each picture by placing the computer's mouse over the photo. Hope everyone has a great evening. Best, Jerry Edited April 30, 2015 by Jerry canoe21, Dimitris71, gjdale and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted April 30, 2015 Share #11 Posted April 30, 2015 Looks like this will be an interesting build Jerry, and as you say, something a little different from the usual. I'll pull up chair and follow along too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted April 30, 2015 Nice to hear from you, Grant...Please do follow the build; I need all the help I can get. Best, Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) Good morning everyone... Here are three more pictures which show progress to date. There was no problem in gluing the frames to the keel but I would like to offer one word of caution. With all my other builds I found the slots in the frames and keel to be tight enough so that it required a little filing to get the frames to fit easily. With this build the frames were actually loose for the most part anf therefore necessary to support the frames in their correct position for a few minutes until the glue began to set. Here are some pictures of the keel with all the frames in proper posiiton waiting to be sanded for proper fit of the the strakes. Incidentally, I finally, after more than 60 years of boating, now know why certain hulls were called lapstraked. This model will have a lapstrake hull. There will be no strip planking but there will be strake planking, each strake lapped over the proceeding one. Please feel free to offer your comments; I learn much from fellow modellers. Best, Jerry Edited May 1, 2015 by Jerry gjdale, CaptainSteve, avsjerome2003 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted May 1, 2015 Share #14 Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) Hey Jerry .. Hope you don't mind if I follow along. Mostly, I just sit up the back and snack on the free popcorn ... But, I was wondering if lap-straking is the same as (or similar to), clinker planking ?? Also, would there be any merit in grooving out your bow and stern guide lines, to create a rabbet ?? Edited May 1, 2015 by CaptainSteve Dimitris71 and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted May 1, 2015 Hello Captain Steve and welcome to my log. I appreciate your visit and hope you'll drop by from time to time and offer comments and help when you wish. Yes, a clinker boat is really referring to a lapstraked hull and to prove it I checked with Wikipedia and learned that even Viking Ships were sometimes referred to as "clinkers." I agree that it's usually helpful to create a rabbet but in this case i found it unneccessary since the strakes are only 1/32" thick. Can you believe that they are 3 ply laminates and only 1/32" thick? They will be easy to feather in at the keel because they are so thin. Thanks again for the look see and stick around.. Best, Jerry Canute, Dimitris71 and CaptainSteve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jparsley Posted May 2, 2015 Share #16 Posted May 2, 2015 Looking good and straight Can't wait for her to get skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share #17 Posted May 2, 2015 Thank you Jparsley (don't know your name) for your visit to my log. I appreciate your interest and like you to know that you are welcome at any time. I look for comments (criticisms) as they are usually very helpful. My next step is to apply the strakes (skin) and I will post pictures of the process. Again. many thanks for stopping by. Best, Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jparsley Posted May 2, 2015 Share #18 Posted May 2, 2015 Thank you jerry for letting me sit in and drool over a fascinating ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share #19 Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) Hello Everybody... I am getting ready to lapstrake the frame but have decided to first add a 1.5x1.5 mm strip between the frames. The kit manufacturer would have one apply the bottom strake directly to the surface of the keel thereby ending up with a 1/32" edge glued to the keel. I decided to insert the 1.5 mm square strips to give the strake a larger gluing surface which I believe will make the shell stronger. I am providing a couple of pictures to help explain my idea. The actual lap straking will follow.. Best, Jerry Edited May 4, 2015 by Jerry CaptainSteve, Canute, canoe21 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share #20 Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) Good evening everyone... As mentioned above here are some pictures of the lapstraking process and the first 5 courses of lapstrakes. Fopr some reason I believe some of my log disappeared and I don't know why. I could swear there was a page 2 yesterday. Strange?????? Edited May 4, 2015 by Jerry gjdale, canoe21, avsjerome2003 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted May 5, 2015 Share #21 Posted May 5, 2015 Nice progress so far Jerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share #22 Posted May 5, 2015 Hello Grant.. I appreciate your comment. Hope you'll come by again as I move forward. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn-UK Posted May 5, 2015 Share #23 Posted May 5, 2015 An interesting looking build, you seem to have it all under control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jparsley Posted May 5, 2015 Share #24 Posted May 5, 2015 Looking nice glad to see some skin on her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share #25 Posted May 5, 2015 Hello Glenn..Thanks for saying hello. I see all is well in Scarborough. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share #26 Posted May 5, 2015 Hi Jparsley. I don't like skeletons... More "skin" to come. Thanks for the visit. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share #27 Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) Hello Everybody... I finished the planking of the hull but I still have a bit of a mess on my hands. There is much to clean up as I didn't do a very good job on the wood filling but thank goodness for a painted hull. The lapstraking went well and as Keith had said before me, if one pays attention to the plans (hopefully you'll have an English copy) the planking should go okay. I used white glue and as you could see above, plenty of spring clamps. I was careful to make sure that every pair of planks started and finished at the same place on each side of the hull. It's easy to place a strake too high or too low and that's the one thing one needs to watch for. I glued both sides and waited about an hour and then began the process again. Here are some pictures of the results. The dark colors are due to the middle laminate which appears to be black and its color will come out with very little sanding due to the thinness of the plywood. I hope I have been helpful. Best, Jerry Edited May 5, 2015 by Jerry canoe21, usedtosail, Griffon and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted May 5, 2015 Share #28 Posted May 5, 2015 Looking good Jerry - well done. Canute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share #29 Posted May 5, 2015 Many thanks, Grant. It's a fun build. Best, Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn-UK Posted May 5, 2015 Share #30 Posted May 5, 2015 Amazing progress once again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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