Bomb Vessel Granado by Rustyj - FINISHED - 1:24 - cross-section

[jeff1395]

She looks great Rusty, and the detail work looks incredible.

 

I thought she was big when I drew her up at 1:32 scale...at 1:24 scale she's truely huge

 

Keep up the great work!

 

Jeff

Edited November 13, 2013 by jeff1395

[Rustyj]

Well I’m back safe and sound and hope to relax a little doing some modeling this weekend.

 

Thanks Paddy.

Ben, Not as much as I missed MSW!

Hi Grant and thanks.

Thank you Craig,

Hi Chuck. Thanks and it’s good to hear from you.

Jeff, yes she is huge but I’m getting used to it now.

 

There has been so much going on here at MSW over the last 8 days! I need to take a week

off just to read all the posts. I’ll do my best the work shop is calling right now.

 

Thanks again you all and it’s great to be back!!!!!!!!  

[Rustyj]

I’ve completed the second layer of decking for the mortar pit. I assembled it off the model again

gluing black construction paper between the planks to simulate the caulking. The planks are a

different width and did end up over lapping the lower decking most of the time. One seam lined

up on each side so there shouldn’t be a concern with strength is it was that way in full scale.

 

 

After I did the initial assembly I then marked the circle for the mortar and cut close to the

line with the scroll saw.

 

 

I then used the dremel with a sanding drum to finish it.

 

 

I then glued the second decking to the first. I also have drilled it for the treenails

 

 

 

After looking at the plans I noticed that between the top beams for the shot room, the

deck beam, and the two layers of decking it would have been 3’ 4” thick on the actual ship!

That’s a lot of support for what I assume to be a very heavy gun. 

[realworkingsailor]

I don't think is was as much the weight of the gun, but rather the recoil, straight down. I can't imagine how those small ships would shudder every time one of those things fired.

 

A very interesting build.

 

Andy

[Rustyj]

Hi Andy. That's a duh moment for me. I didn't give recoil a thought. Thanks.

[WackoWolf]

Dam Rusty, Andy came up with a good question about the recoil. I can only think of how it must of felt like with they fire the gun. It must have move in the water big time, glad I wasn't on board LOL.

[Rustyj]

I’ve installed the gun deck clamps now and have started on the beams.

 

 

Here you see the plans of what the gun deck will hopefully look like once completed.

 

 

Here you see the beams set temporarily in place and marked out for the placement

of various carlings, beams and half beams.

 

 

Here is a beam the goes between two deck beam, # 3 & 5 as well as the half beam.

 

 

And here it is set in place.

 

 

 

 

I will just work my way from one end to the other filling in the carlings, ledges and knees as I go.  

[Trussben]

Hey Rusty, I think you have totally mastered the art of cutting the mortises for beams and carlings! Really need to come and have some training from you on doing these before starting Pegasus!

 

Ben

[Pete38]

Between your  triton cross section and this bomb vessel section you may get tired of cutting all the mortises for the deck beams...as alway very nice jointery and a great build to follow.

 

ps. if you are not tired of cutting them i have a cross section you can work on 

[gjdale]

Yes, very sweet joinery work there Rusty.

[Rustyj]

Thanks Ben but I can tell you cutting them into cherry is much easier than boxwood.

I don't envy you all of the ones you're going to have to do.

 

Hi Pete I wouldn't want to deprive you of all that fun.

 

Thanks Grant.

[AntonyUK]

Hello Rusty.

 

Like the other guys have said great detail to the joinery and fine work.

I like the cross section as its some thing you can build a lot of detail into.

And you are doing just that

 

Regards Antony.

[Rustyj]

Thank you Antony. Your continued support is very appreciated.

 

As I work my way around installing the ledges and carlings there are also

assorted knees, hanging knees and double knees.

 

All of the deck framing  pieces are being cut from Cherry.

 

Here you see one set of double knees rough cut out.

 

 

Here is a hanging knee rough cut and then set in place to test the fit prior to the finish sanding.

 

 

 

Everything seems to be going well, so far, now hopefully I just didn't jinx myself!  

[Trussben]

Nice work on the knee fitting Rusty.

 

Ben

[mrjimmy]

 

Looking good, like I knew it would.  Nice work, Rusty.

 

jim

[jthemanjack]

Very nice work Rusty........looking at the how structurally sound these vessels had to be to withstand the punishment from the mortars you can understand why they were so popular with the Arctic explorers.......i am pretty sure both the Erebus and the Terror were ex mortar vessels,both of which withstood years of being icebound until they finally succumbed to pressure of the ice.

  Great build and very nicely done.

 

   Cheers

    Jack

Edited November 27, 2013 by jthemanjack

[Kevin]

lovely work, it is this project that inspired me to try a scratch build, oh how times change, when you realize that your skills are not what they should be,but it is still on my agenda to start one day, i will carry on watching your work and wishing it was me

[gjdale]

That seems to be a pretty good fit straight up there Rusty. Nice work!

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Rusty,

 

that's a very nice progress. Your section will be very impressive, especially in that big scale

[augie]

A a pleasure to look at your joinery.  Just made my day.

[Rustyj]

Thank you all for all the likes, visits and comments. They are very much appreciated.   

 

Thanks Ben, I’ve been asked a couple of times if working at the larger scale is a good thing or bad.

Well when it comes to ledges, carlings and knees it seems to be easier. Although there is a lot more

wood that needs to be removed I find my errors are smaller and less frequent at this larger scale.

Time will tell if this still holds true.

 

Hi Jim, Thank you and it’s good to hear from you.

 

Thanks Jack, from what I’ve seen so far on they are very solid and I don’t know about the Erebus

and Terror but it makes sense to me.

 

Hi Kevin, thanks and I’m sure you can handle this cross section once you are ready. All you need is

a LOT of patience and a willingness to throw away parts that didn’t work and do them over.

Plus it’s a good excuse for more tools!

 

Thanks Grant. That one fit right off the scroll saw. Not all of them were that close. A little

adjustment here and there and in they go.

 

Thank you very much Christian. Your work has always inspired me.

 

Hi Augie. Thank you. Yours and everyone else’s support and interest makes my day!

 

Well I’m off work until next Monday. Thanksgiving day is shot but the rest of the time

has a whole lot of shop time scheduled in. By Sunday night the Admiral may have

forgotten who that troll is in the basement.  

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving to all here stateside and best wishes to the rest of you. Be safe!   

 

 

[Michiel]

It's a cool project, I think one of the most interesting ship for a cross section and very cleanly build...

 

capeau

 

Michiel

[Rustyj]

Thank you Michiel.

 

I've been making good progress on the deck framing. It sure helps having cut the parts ahead of time!

 

 

 

 

 

It still will need a good sanding to fair it all up but so far so good!  

[rafine]

That's a whole lot better than "so far so good", Rusty. It looks great.

 

Bob

[Rustyj]

Thank you all for stopping in and the likes.

 

Thanks Bob, you never know what kind of oops or such that could pop

up and ruin the day.

 

I have competed the framing of the gun deck. Pretty straight forward and

at this size it turned out to be a lot easier to do.

 

 

 

 

Next in the mortar pit the walls need to be built. There are angles involved

and I didn’t trust myself to build it off the model and keep the correct

dimensions. Also there are four cross braces between the beams that

need to be put in.

 

 

So to help me keep it square and position the cross bracing correctly I clamped

the side walls in place and then started fitting the angles. This way once

completed I can mark the cross bracing, remove the walls, install the bracing

and then return the wall to it's correct location.

 

 

Here is just the top piece of the wall confirming the angle and length are correct.

 

 

 

 

Time will tell if this will work or not.  

Edited April 8, 2015 by Rustyj

[gjdale]

Neat idea Rusty - I'll be interested to see how it turns out. Though with your track record, I'm sure it will turn out superbly!

[amateur]

How did I miss this log?

Nice work!

 

Jan

[Trussben]

Looks like it will work from here Rusty!

 

Ben

[Rustyj]

Thank you all for stopping by.

 

Hi Grant, I had a good night in the shop and it’s looking good so far.

Hopefully tomorrow I’ll have more pictures.

 

Jan, Welcome aboard.

How did I miss this log?

 

 I understand what you are saying. With so many builds it’s hard to catch them all.

I constantly find new ones too!

 

Hi Ben,

 Looks like it will work from here

That’s similar to a saying we had while building my brother in laws house. We’d put something up and he’d ask

“how’s it look? And invariably someone would shout out “Looks good from here” or “Can’t see it from my house”.

Drove him nuts the entire time. If it wasn’t for the free labor he’d have booted us on day one!  

 

 

 

 

 

[AntonyUK]

Hello Rusty.

As always excellent work.

Nice idea with the corners. Looks fine to me.

Looking forward to your next build update

 

Regards Antony.