HMS Vulture 1776 by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - cross-section - from TFFM books

[Dan Vadas]

Hi all,

 

Having completed HMS Vulture and donating her to the Port Macquarie Maritime Museum I decided to build a Cross-section of the ship to display alongside her.

 

I will be building the section in exactly the same way I built the original model, using the same timbers etc. This will allow viewers to see some of the internal details which are now virtually invisible.

 

Below is my now customary Index to Points of Interest. Clicking on a Link will take you to the relevant post where the construction of that area begins. The Index will be added to as work progresses.

 

Index to Points of Interest

 

Preparations

 

Keel

Floors

Frames

Fitting Frames

Fairing

Pump Recesses and Pump Inlets

 

Internal Planking

Treenailing and Mainmast Step

Lower Deck Beams

Stanchions for the Well

Lower Well and Shot Locker

Limber Boards and Lower Deck Knees

Iron Knees

 

Chain Pump Sprocket and Chain

Pump Tubes

Hatch Coamings

Mast

Lower Deck Planking

Upper Well

Mast Partner Carlings and Main Topsail Sheet Bitt Pins

Hammock Battens

Gratings

Mast Partners and Pump Tubes Fitted

 

Wales

External Planking and Treenailing and Port Liners

Bitts Fitted, Cisterns and Chain Pump Cranks

Elm Tree Pumps

Guns

Quarterdeck Section, Entry Steps and External Moldings

Guns Finished, Gangways and Ladder

Gangway Railing and Newel Post, Channel, Chains and Deadeyes

 

FINISHED MODEL

 

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[Beef Wellington]

Great stuff, looking forward to seeing how you will surpass yourself once again Danny, if that's even possible.

[mtaylor]

I'm grabbing a chair also.... 

[CaptainSteve]

I'll jus' be draggin' a barrel up to sit on.

[Landrotten Highlander]

Have already commandeered a corner

[dgbot]

This should prove interesting .  I will be watching  and learning if you don't mind.

David B

[AntonyUK]

Hi Dan.

Yea another cross section for me to follow

A different ship no less. Nice.

Got my sun lounger booked and ready to receive...

 

Regards Antony.

[gjdale]

Watch your backs, comin' through! Ah, that's better - just managed to get one of the last places in the front row. Pass me a beer will please you Mark? And someone send for Sjors and the popcorn machine - this is bound to be entertaining, as well as educational.

[src]

Wow, crowded already. I'll just peek over shoulders, thankfully I am tall.

Sam

[Jack12477]

Me too !

[CaptainSteve]

Seriously, Danny, you really need to start booking larger rooms !!

[Canute]

Coming in hot. I'll settle for a seat in the next row back! Paging Sjors for the popcorn machine. An adult libation, anyone? I've got some Oktoberfest.

[rth385]

Hi Danny,

I am really looking forward to detailed building techniques which were sadly lost after the "crash". Now that I have started the Euryalus, I am finding the progress a little frustrating without being able to follow detailed instructions from those who have gone before.Although the books are good and the MSW pictures are fantastic, I find myself asking "how did they do that?". Now I'll know. Now back to my "daily fix". And thanks for choosing a "Period build".

Regards,

Russell

[Dan Vadas]

Thank you all for your interest in this build. Any comments are always welcome. And Russell, we're all still waiting for your Build Log of Euryalus .

 

Preparations begin by first deciding how much of the section to build. I decided on roughly this area, which shows the Well and Shot Locker, as well as the lower part of the Main Mast and the Pumps. There will also be two fully-rigged Guns on the Upper Deck :

 

 

Next I worked out which Frames will be needed from the Framing Plan :

 

 

Then I printed out the frames from the CD supplied by Admiralty Models for the Swan Class Ships. I printed these on sticky-backed A4 size Label Paper (2 frames per sheet) :

 

 

When I checked on how much timber I have left from building Vulture, there was a bit less Swiss Pear than I thought. I have enough to make a decent start, but I'll have to order a few more pieces from Crown Timberyard. These will probably take around 6 weeks to arrive (at least 4 of those clearing Customs) so there may be a short delay in sequential construction later on. I can pass the time by building other details .

 

Cheers, Danny

[Landlocked123]

Danny,

 

The post isn't even up for 24 hours and already I'm in the "Standing Room" section!!!!! It's ok though, I'll wait until one of the other miscreants, has to visit the loo from all the beer they've been swilling and steal their seat.

Edited October 26, 2015 by Landlocked123

[GLakie]

Good luck with that John.    

[Dan Vadas]

What will be the scale?

 

 

Janos ...... errr - it's in the Title . 1:48 scale, same as Vulture.

 

Thank you John.

 

  Danny

[Landlocked123]

See last post. The beer is kicking in already!!!!!......and George is thinking I might have a hard time snatching a seat.....HAH. J.

Edited October 26, 2015 by Landlocked123

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Count me in, Dan. I'll follow your log with great interest

[src]

Dan, really? 4 weeks for a little package of wood to clear customs?? Sad.

Sam

[Canute]

I bought some items from a Canadian firm a while back. They sat in Chicago for 2 weeks. The actual transit time was 1 day in Ontario and 2 days from Chicago to western NC.

[BANYAN]

Great idea Danny, you see some exquisite models in museums and often ponder about the internals; a neat way to show this.  I know you have just started but any ideas of a full made up mast (no rigging)  as a separate item also?

 

cheers

 

Pat

[usedtosail]

Count me in. I love a good cross section!

[amateur]

better than a shoddy Billings-kit!

 

Jan

[Dan Vadas]

And another thank you to my new followers for looking in .

 

any ideas of a full made up mast (no rigging)  as a separate item also?

 

 

No Pat. The ones on the full model are clear enough to see all those details. The cross-section will only get a stub mast to about half the height of the lower mast. I'll detail the section that I fit of course.

 

Keel

 

Work has started by making up the Keel.

 

First I glued on the False Keel. Then I fitted two stainless steel mounting nuts into the keel itself - on the full model these went into the Rising Wood, but that created a few problems with exact placement under two frames to hide them.

 

 

The rising wood needed a little bit of scalloping out to clear the tops of the nuts :

 

 

I've also cut in the Rabbet. I used a 45° cutter in my Mill, as this section has a straight rabbet :

 

 

I managed to JUST cut through to the mounting nut on the port side - lucky that it's the side that will be planked :

 

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

Last job for today, I cut the mortices into the keel for the frames. This wasn't totally necessary as they won't be seen later, but I figure it makes it easier to line up the frames at the correct spacing.

 

 

Speaking of spacing, I've followed The Framing Disposition plan I got from the NMM. The spacings aren't even on the plan, some are 2 1/4" scale inches different to others, making them LOOK wrong even though they are correct.

 

  Danny

[dvm27]

enjoying your Swan cross-section. I think you'll enjoy the relatively simpler construction of the mid-ships area, starting with the V-shaped rabbet. And no spiling required later on during planking.

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks Greg.

 

The first pieces of the frames have been cut. I've made all the Floors first, as they are the thickest at 10 (scale) inches thick. If I run out of Pear before the new stock arrives I'll be able to run the remainder of my thicker stuff, including the leftover from the 10", through my Thickness Sander to get the thinner Futtocks and Toptimbers.

 

The Port side of this Cross-section will be fully planked inside and out as was the full model. I'm using simple scarph joints on the planked side - the open side will have Chocks between all the futtocks.

 

Note that these pieces are virtually straight off the scroll saw - there's a bit of finessing to be done yet. Every 2nd frame has a Floor, so only half of them are in these pics. Nothing has been glued in yet :

 

 

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

Thanks Crackers, but I didn't see anything out of the ordinary in that commercial - that's the various ways we have of opening beer "Down Under". Can't imagine why it would be banned, probably the guy who opened it with his forehead :D .

 

  Danny

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

G'day Danny

Can't wait to see this venture of yours.

Havagooday mate

Greg