Cutter Cheerful 1:48 by rafine - Finished

[druxey]

Nicely done! By the way, 'ears' is the correct term for these small knees.

[Jaxboat]

Hi Bob

Love your build! You mentioned you were on your last bottle of Polyscale. I am not the craftsman that you are but I do know a little about paint. Micromark is now selling water based paints that color match the old Polyscale paints. The new range is private labeled for them by Vallejo, a Spanish company. These paints have excellent flow and leveling for water base paints. They can be brushed or sprayed with excellent results.  I doubt we ever see water based paints that perform as well as the best solvent borne paints because water is a lousy solvent with way too much surface tension. However, Vallejo and others (e.g., Tamiya) have made huge strides in WB paint performance. You might want to experiment

Best

Jaxboat

[GLakie]

Nice work Bob! She's looking great. 

[Remcohe]

The 3 holes look great Rusty, indeed no easy task.

 

Remco

[rafine]

Thanks so much Maury, druxey, Jaxboat, George and Remco for the generous comments and also to the "likes". Greatly appreciated,as always.

 

Thanks druxey for the confirmation of the term. Looking at the parts, it does seem appropriate.

 

I have some Vallejo paint Jaxboat, but I've yet to really try it. Soon, perhaps.

 

Bob

[dgbot]

I was a fan of Polyscale as well.  Then switched to Badger's Modelflex perfect for an airbrush am planning on experimenting with Vallejo since I can get it near by.  You are doing a great job amigo keep it up.

David B

[rafine]

Thanks so much David and the "likes". I brush paint only David, and the Modelflex did not work well for that.

 

Bob

[rafine]

I've taken the first step in the deck planking process. I made and installed the margin planks and waterway. I am doing the deck planking in holly, so the the margin planks were done with holly sheet and strip. The bow sections were cut from holly sheet, using card templates. The remaining sections were done by edge bending holly strip. The small pieces at the stern were shaped and beveled to fit. The waterway was made from 1/32" square strip that was rounded and painted red before installation.

 

I also painted black the areas under the gratings and skylight. Finally, before moving on to the deck planking itself, I drilled holes for the bulwark eyebolts and ringbolts. This was done now to avoid interference during drilling from the deck structures that will be installed prior to deck planking. The eyebolts were installed now. The ringbolts will be done at the time that the guns are installed and rigged.

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

 

[GLakie]

Nice looking scarf-joints Bob. A fine job! 

[rafine]

Thanks so much George and the "likes".

 

Bob

[Gahm]

This is such a clean and precise build! My compliments, Bob!

 

Thomas

[rafine]

Thanks so much Thomas and the "likes". Greatly appreciated.

 

Bob

[rafine]

Thanks so much John. Glad to have you back on board.

 

Bob

[rafine]

Work on the deck planking is now well underway. I have completed the center and port side portions. After seeing how 

Chuck did the curved and tapered planking, I knew that I had to give that a try. I had considerable fear that it would be very difficult and turn out badly. To my surprise, it turned out to be much easier than I had feared.

 

My deck planking is holly, using 3/16" and 1/4" strips from Crown. The center portion is done, as is Chuck's, with straight pieces between the deck items (hatches, companionway etc.). The procedure for the curved planks was as follows: take a long strip and edge bend it (the holly bends quite easily); after bending, taper the strip to meet the dimensions that I had measured out at various points using tick strips; when the strip was bent and tapered, cut it into planks to meet the butt joint pattern; use a pencil to imitate the causing on one side and end of each plank; glue the individual planks into position.

 

Like Chuck, I used two hooked scarfs at the bow and three at the stern. These were made using the wider strips.

 

After completing this area of the planking, I chose, for two reasons, to to do the tree nailing on it before going on to do the starboard side. I like to break up the tree nailing, and I was eager to see what finished planking would look like. I chose to use a golden oak filler, that was lighter in color than the filler that I had used on the boxwood outer hull planking. After tree nailing, I applied Wipe-on Poly as a sealer and finish. I'm generally pleased with the result.

 

Now it's on to the starboard side.

 

Bob

[_SalD_]

Bob, great job on the deck so far.  Your scarfed joints look terrific.

[GLakie]

Very nice Bob! 

[Canute]

Beautifully done, Bob.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Sal, Dirk, George, Ken and the "likes". Appreciated, as always.

 

Bob

[Rustyj]

That looks really good Bob. Well done.

[rafine]

Thanks so much John and Rusty for the nice comments and thanks also to the "likes".

 

Bob

[gjdale]

Lovely work on the deck Bob!

[Mirabell61]

Bob,

 

your deck is laid very nice and clean, Looks beautiful together with the Fitting out details !

 

Nils

[rafine]

Thanks so much Grant and Nils for the generous comments.

 

Bob

[Gahm]

Fantastic work, Bob! 

 

Thomas

[rafine]

Thanks so much Thomas.

 

Bob

[augie]

She's really sparkliing now, Bob.  Nicely done.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Augie. Hope you're feeling better.

 

Bob

[rafine]

Deck planking is now complete. I've done the starboard side, using the same procedures and materials set out in my prior post on deck planking. After sanding and finishing the planking, I touched up the red interior paint, where needed.

 

To me, this use of curved tapered deck planking was a perfect example of why we should not be afraid to try new things, or do something that may seem too difficult at first glance. Even old dogs can learn some new tricks. 

 

Next will be a variety of items on the outer hull.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

beautiful deck planking Bob,

 

 

the nailing Looks very neat and clean

 

Nils

[GLakie]

Very nice Bob!