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Posted

HI ALL

SOME MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

 

DECK CLAMPS HAVE BEEN FITTED..I FIRST HEAT BENT A SHEET OF 3/32 BOX ABOUT 1" WIDE AROUND A FORM AND ONCE THAT HAD COOLED DOWN A CARDSTOCK PATTERN FOR THE FORWARD SECTION OF THE DECK CLAMP WASGLUED ON WITH SOME PRITT AND THE PLANK CUT OUT.

 

 PROCESS FOR THE THICK STUFF .....SPILE THE BASIC SHAPE AND THEN HEAT BEND AND TWIST TOO THE REQUIRED SHAPE.

 

THE JIG IN THE PHOTOS WAS USED TO BEND THE DECK CLAMPS TO SHAPE

 

FIRST ROW OF THICKSTUFF IN PLACE AND TREENAILED.

JUST STARTING THE NEXT THREE ROWS OF THINNER PLANKING.

 

SWEEP PORTS HAVE FINALLY BEEN LINED OUT ASWELL

 

THATS ABOUT IT FOR NOW...THE INEVITABLE "BACK TO WORK" LOOMS LARGE!

 

CHEERS FOR NOW....MICK

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Posted

Fine contours.....very nice work.

 

Rob

Current build:

Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196

 

 

Finished build:

Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/#

 

Current build(On hold):

Build log: 1/96  Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/

 

Completed build:  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/

The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts."

Posted

Mick:

Outstanding work.  Thanks for sharing this with us.  Every time somebody asks us about the plans I tell them to check out your build.

Thanks,

Kurt

Kurt Van Dahm

Director

NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD

www.thenrg.org

SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS

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Posted

Sweet work, Mick.  

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

Fabulous, Mick ... The further I scrolled down the better it got ... I like the bending jig ... pitty "work" gets in the way though ...

 

Cheers

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
Search and you might find a log ...

 

Posted

hi kurt

thanks! took a couple of attempts to get the forward deck clamps to the right profile......the rear section of the lower thickstuff is also awkward.

 

i can highly recommend chucks heat bending method.....no water required....even works on 3/32" thick stock.

 

once the thickstuff and associated planking is laid it will be time to fair the outside.....already had a little play hence the " dust" in acouple of the photos.

 

cheers....mick

Posted (edited)

 

work always gets in the way!

it does for those who do ...

 

happy fairing mate ;)

 

Cheers

Edited by cog

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
Search and you might find a log ...

 

Posted

Hi Mick.

 

lovely work on the hull`s framing...

 

Nils

Current builds

-Lightship Elbe 1

Completed

- Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild

"Zeesboot"  heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB  clinker scratch build scale 1:24

Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE  ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild

Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build

Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) 

"SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild)
"HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan 

-"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96  (scratchbuild)

-"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) 

"Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild)  original was my grandfathers ship

-"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 

"Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32

under restoration / restoration finished 

"Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50

Posted
  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Mick,

 

That will be not much fairing, what I see from this side. Maybe a bit of "touching up" in your case touching down ;)

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
Search and you might find a log ...

 

Posted

hi carl

fairing is now more or less done......just some final sanding with some 320 grit or finer......then its time to start putting some varnish on and pick out all those bolt heads with some liver of sulphur.

 

congrats on finishing your latest project.....i will be studying it in greater detail later this week!!!

 

more photos to follow later.

 

cheers....mick

Posted

HI ALL

 

FAIRING OFF THE HULL IS NOW PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE.

 

LAST OF THE THICK STUFF IS BEING FITTED AND TREENAILED .

 

MAST STEPS AND LIMBER BOARDS HAVE ALSO BEEN PERMANENTLY FITTED.

 

JUST A QUICK OBSERVATION WITH REGARDS TO FAIRING.

 

ON THE FORWARD AND AFTERMOST FRAME DRAWINGS THERE ARE NO BOLT POSITIONS INDICATED.

BEING PERHAPS OVER KEEN I DECIDED TO FIT BOLTS TO THESE FRAMES.

DURING THE FAIRING PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH THE FRAMES HAD THERE BEVELS CUT PRIOR TO BEING INSTALLED, SOME OF THE BOLTS ON A COUPLE OF FORWARD AND AFT FRAMES ARE PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE FRAME.

 

FOR ANYBODY ELSE CONTEMPLATING BUILDING THIS MODEL I WOULD SUGGEST LEAVING THESE BOLTS OFF.

 

FORTUNATELY I THINK THE WALE STRAKE AND LOWER STRAKE OF PLANKING WILL COVER THESE UP.

BECAUSE OF THE PRECUTTING OF THE FRAME BEVELS FAIRING TURNED OUT TO BE REASONABLY STRESS FREE.

 

I DID HOWEVER MANAGE TO LOOSEN ONE GUNPORT SILL AND BREAK OF A PART OF THE UPPER STERN FRAMING......NICE CLEAN BREAK SO EASY AND CLEAN TO FIX.

 

FAIRING WAS ACHIEVED WITH SOME 80 GRIT PERMAGRIT GLUED TO A ONE INCH QUADRANT MOULDING FOR THE INITIAL ROUGH WORK AND THEN WITH PROGRESSIVLY FINER GRADES DOWN TO 240 GRIT.

 

ONCE THE FINAL PIECES OF THICKSTUFF HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND TREENAILED I AM GOING TO MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HULL AND FIT THE WALES AND UPPER PLANKING BEFORE CARRYING ON WITH ANY MORE INTERNAL WORK.

 

THATS ABOUT ALL FOR NOW.

 

PHOTOS ATTACHED...WARTS AN ALL....FOR YOUR DELICTATION.

 

CHEERS....MICK

 

P.S. THE LAST PHOTO IS OF THE HULL SITTING ON ITS KEEL.......ITS STABLE AND DOSNT FALL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.........SYMETRY ACHIEVED?????????.......ISH???????

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Posted

Mick:

Very nice work and I just love the way it's turning out.

Kurt

Kurt Van Dahm

Director

NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD

www.thenrg.org

SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS

CLUBS

Nautical Research & Model Ship Society of Chicago

Midwest Model Shipwrights

North Shore Deadeyes

The Society of Model Shipwrights

Butch O'Hare - IPMS

Posted

You faired well, Mick. She looks real smooth ... when you hold her, you can see her size. I thought she would be bigger ... the more reason for praise

 

Cheers

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
Search and you might find a log ...

 

Posted

hi kurt

thanks for stopping by.

its coming together slowly......getting ready to make a mess with some ebony and make some nasty smells with l.o.s.

time to process some holly for the deck planking as well.

enjoyable build so far,despite a few mistakes.

should keep me busy for another 12 months or so!

 

cheers...mick

Posted

hi carl

she is pretty small for 1/48 scale........might just make up a frame for triton or echo just to see the comparison.

the fairing was straightforward because of the precut bevels on the frames as they were installed.

may have been a bit  heavy handed in places but it should work out ok.........i hope.

lots more dust and shavings to make today!

cheers....mick

Posted

hi mike

thanks! the 80 grit was only for the very basic profiling..........my nerves wouldnt stand too much use!!!!!

The bolts that are a little too close to the frame edges will be covered by the wale and top planking so should work out ok in the end.

cheers.....mick

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