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Hello again! I've started to open up the smaller gunports between the quarter and main decks but was unsure about my marking out. I used a cardboard copy of the drawing originally and pinned it to the side of the hull. This worked out OK for the most part but since the gun carriages will be visible on this deck I wanted to get the heights right.

After some head scratching I decided to assemble a carriage and modified an existing port size jig to match it's center to the cannon bore. Once I broached through and set the tool on the deck I could then see which way I needed to take out more material. Placing the carriage in-between times to see what it looked like. Pleased to say it seemed to work OK and the general alignment of the top ports looks acceptable. 

I put a little handle on the jig so I could reach under the deck above. I hope the pictures clarify what I did.

There is one little problemette though... The instructions tell me that some cannon arrive at certain bulwarks and the false cannons attach to them.

What I didn't account for is frame 7 on this deck requires a complete cannon carriage assembly and is now in the way somewhat.

Anyhow, I've decided to cut this port through and shave away at it so that it becomes a hanging knee. Not much of it is visible from above. Beat to quarters!

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Some small progress filling in between wales and marking out for uppermost wale. Things start to compress the higher one goes but the use of a spacing jig (4mm plank) seems to work. Had a few hours studying all the drawings and this site to establish the run of the planksheers and everything in between. I was confused by the fact that the forecastle has a thickness piece under the planksheers and yet other sourced drawings show a more open latticed arrangement.

I decided to stick to plan!

I've also started to line the aftermost bulwarks with deck planking to improve the appearance and stiffen the walls a bit. It's not difficult to feel overwhelmed when cross referencing the drawings so stepping back at times has been useful. Some pics. 🙂

 

 

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Hi Robert!

Follow by all means. The more the merrier. I can't claim to get it right all the time but I am giving it my best shot. I've done quite a bit during the lockdown period otherwise it would still be less advanced than it is.

Good luck with your build, we'll soon have a fleet!😁

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Small update. Continuing to build up the sides and recutting ports as I go. Started to plank the quarter deck having stripped off the one plank I put on there 25 years ago as a reference. It was so scuffed up after that amount of time! Looking at the quarter deck sheerplank angle but won't cut it until I've got item No. 47 offered up and eyeballed. In-between times I need to start cutting the recesses to accept the gun port frames, something that will need sharp blades and a bit of care. I've found it's very easy to precipitate a crack in the walnut if it's not prevented by a 90 degree cut cross grain to start with. 

Just a few pics.😁

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The rudder. Pieces made and stuck onto photocopy of dwng section for sizing. Walnut 2x5 carefully positioned for the accurate placing of pintles.

Finished lining the inside of bulwarks with deck planks to pretty it up a bit. They're only 0,5mm thick so shouldn't affect anything. Taking a long hard look at the stern arrangement now and parts 22, 23 and 24 which don't look quite right as things stand. Were I to build this model again I would take a great deal more care with all the slots as provided and the general alignment. For instance, by my reckoning there is slightly too much upsweep on the decks and the pieces mentioned above aren't quite in line. Still, the combination of filing and packing should sort it out! Might have to fettle the transom piece that I made off plan too but it's all part of the fun I guess.😁 Aut facium aut venium!

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Hello again! Well, what can I say, the counter piece I made off plan must have been for a different ship.😆 It was fine except it was too rounded in plan view for the curvature of the Corel stern gallery assembly. Had I just carried on the quarter galleries would have been way out too.

I'm in the process of marking out for kit bashing a new double curvature arrangement that will fit much better. This time it will be wider too do I can cut in the upper counter wings. Learning as I go and realising that nothing can be taken for granted. Don't want to use those four little blocks of wood supplied really...

I've found a piece of box wood just enough for two attempts!🤣

I dare not look at the bows yet...🤔

 

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I marked the counter angles from a scaled up drawing section of a well known book which seemed to agree nicely.😃

Using my very basic school compass I scribed the curve lines deep enough to follow with a biro as my sight is not what it was!

Some time was spent trying to get an edge on a chisel using an oilstone  but it was like me - quite old! I've invested in a diamond stone and a whetstone and the results were much better and a lot cleaner to use.

Anyway, some photos to show the various stages follow.

It's not quite finished as I'd like to groove/dish out the upper counter a little bit to get some curvature. This time round I've left enough material to chamfer the bits of counter that sit under the quarter galleries which will be cut later on. 😃IMG_20210306_135204.thumb.jpg.d633458cb7d1f32ed22faba82ca97175.jpg

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After a lot of fiddling managed to get the quarter galleries glued and pinned in place. I found I had to use a fair bit of heat from the iron after soaking the ply. 

The forward edges of these pieces are not the easiest things to fair in given the shape of the hull - tumblehome? I had to chamfer the mating face to get a flusher fit on these.

After the eventual fitting of the compressed wood galleries I think I will still need to make and fit some wedge shaped small pieces to fair in the leading edges and make it look tidier.

Most of the window appetures have rounded corners from the tooling so I've been squaring these off slowly and carefully.

In the end I found a sharp scalpel point more effective than needle files. The yellow coloured window impressions have all disintegrated after long storage so will be using clear thin plastic instead. Trying to think of a suitable backing to this rather than just looking at the plywood.

Thinking of cutting up matchsticks for the window framing possibly?  😃

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Update on the galleries. I decided to glaze these with some flexible, thin plastic from a carton I found in the kitchen! I photocopied the yellow coloured window film provided. Had to cellotape it together first. So now I've got grey lattice windows protected by the plastic which doesn't look too bad. Yellow seemed a bit OTT.

Got the bits glued on now which was a bit fiddly but pleased with the result. I noticed just in time I needed to shift the quarter galleries fwd 4mm to accommodate the items 55 edging strips which helped the fitting and gives the correct pitch up to the decorative pillars.

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More work on the revised counter block before pinning and gluing in place. Started some work on the bow section while glue was setting. I've now started to over plank the counter under the quarter galleries, not with the deck planks but walnut planks.

I'm trying to maintain the same wood colour throughout as I still just want to varnish rather than paint the hull. My plank nipper came in really handy for obtaining the curved profile for these short planks. Lots of pics to show progress so far. 😃

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Wetting and shaping of curvy counter planks. Haven't quite fathomed out how the 'fashion piece' on the lower counter will work yet. Might need a bit of reshaping. Sources vary; some show it hanging more or less straight down, others show a small wrap around at the stern.

It's certainly too curvy to sit nicely under the quarter gallery so I'm trying paper templates to find the best fit.😃

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Well, I've more or less finished the main part of the stern work. Curving the planks for the counters went well enough but under the quarter galleries was a little fiddly. I found that the pressed wood lower finishings under the counter a complete nightmare tbh. I don't know if it's because I've gone off piste but they seemed too large and overly curvy. Anyway, I've hacked them around a bit and got a reasonable fit. No way could I create them from scratch! 

Need a break, so will move on to another part of the build for now.

All the ' lining out' with decorative strips I can do later. Over all I'm pleased with the results so far and the key thing I've learned is to slow down when necessary!

Pics so far..😃

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On 3/18/2021 at 12:59 PM, Sheerline said:

Update on the galleries. I decided to glaze these with some flexible, thin plastic from a carton I found in the kitchen! I photocopied the yellow coloured window film provided. Had to cellotape it together first. So now I've got grey lattice windows protected by the plastic which doesn't look too bad. Yellow seemed a bit OTT.

Got the bits glued on now which was a bit fiddly but pleased with the result. I noticed just in time I needed to shift the quarter galleries fwd 4mm to accommodate the items 55 edging strips which helped the fitting and gives the correct pitch up to the decorative pillars.

Sheerline:

 

Your solution for the galleries’ windows is fantastic. I liked it very much!

 

Keep up the great work!

 

Best regards.

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Decided to get some of the gun port frames cut out and dry fitted. Nearly finished one side already. It was an opportunity to square a few up and raise (or lower) a fraction to get a better overall appearance. I did think that there's a lot to be said for lining out ports during early stages of a build! 😁

Things might slow a bit now as there's loads outside to do now the weather is improving.

Stay safe. TTFN.👍

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