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Very nice job!

-Elijah

 

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Continental Gunboat Philadelphia by Model Shipways

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Model Shipways Phantom

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I think I'm going to leave the bowsprit as is; I have seen pilot cutters like this with a similar arrangement, plus I don't feel I'm at a stage in my skill to do much modifying.  I am unsure of what to do with the stern.  Many variations of this kit have the top of the upper transom squared off and flush with top edge of the bulwarks.  My vintage has a curved arc going above the bulwarks. I like the curve, but I'm not sure how I would cap off the plywood as of yet.  If I can't figure out something I like, I will probably end up cutting it flush down to the bulwarks.

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  • 3 weeks later...

A few more weeks time. 

 

I decided to square off the upper transom.

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Then I gave the exterior a coat of poly to look for and fix any dried glue seepage, and just because I wanted to see it with some finish on it.

 

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Then I started cutting in the scuppers.  Made a couple little mistakes on them.  Mainly side to side disparities.  Live and learn.

 

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After the scuppers were cut out, I started working on the timberheads on one side.

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Sergal President 1760

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Looking real good, amazing what a coat of poly will do for a ship

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Work on the timberheads continues.  I didn't like my seam between the deck and curved part by the tiller, so I continued the deck border around the stern.

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Like many, my stern knees weren't even close to the right shape/size.  Combine that with the trim piece I added across the stern, I had to make new ones.  I have some sapelle veneer I have been saving for a future project.  I glue laminated four layers of this to make a sapelle slab from which I could make new pieces.  The new pieces fit perfectly, and I like them a little more stout than the original shapes.  The glue lamination also had the effect of making very strong little pieces with no fear of snapping them in half as I worked.  It made the pieces tougher so I didn't have to worry about removing too much material in one pass as I carved them to shape.  I will need to remember that trick.

 

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continued with the timberheads, and got my homemade knees in place.  Rudder hole bored, and rudder all lined up.

 

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Tenon carved into the end of the rutter.

 

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dry fit with tiller handle

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More dry fitting

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beautiful build Stripehunter,

 

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

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work and life have kept me from working on the swift for some time.  I finally spared  a couple of hours to do some work.  I finished off my timberheads, and cut out new gunnels from the big piece of sapele plywood I made before.  Now that they are glued, i'll need to do some more sanding/trimming, etc. of course.  Hopefully that won't be very long.

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weather kept me indoors this weekend, so i got my gunwails finished, as well as the stern. i also started assembling the cabins.  I'm very pleased with how the cap on the stern came out after i decided to make it flush across.

 

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Nice clean work. Love this ship - great opportunity to pick up some valuable tidbits and shorten learning curves.

 

-Bug

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got some more work done.  Put a coat of poly on the topside surfaces.  Also did a lot of finish work on the hatches.  Those things are small little models in their own right.  I have the larger of the two almost done.  I kept the rounded corners of the roof, which made it a bit of a task to curve a strip of wood around them to cover the plywood.  I got it figured out though finally.

 

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My front hatch is now completely done.  I went with hinged doors.   I don't have a full range of motion with them, but not much I can do about it now.  It's not like they'll ever be opened up anyway once finished.  These little hinges was I say about the most frustrating piece of work so far.

 

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I've decided that i spent too much time hinging the doors for them to not open  fully.  I'm gong to try and shave off some material on the corners that is hitting the open doors. hopefully i wont regret it.

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I was successful in my attempt to widen the door opening without destroying anything.  Full operation now. also widened the other hatch too in anticipation or the doors it doesnt have yet.

 

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Got my second set of hatch doors done.  Was much easier than the first one.  Next step will be fitting the rudder.  After many months I'm starting to see light at the end of the tunnel.

 

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Artesania Latina Swift 1805

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Sergal President 1760

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nice work Stripehunter,

 

slide hatch and doors look great, also choise of wood tones and deck...

 

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

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Nice job! I love it when things work on the ship! :)

-Elijah

 

Current build(s):

Continental Gunboat Philadelphia by Model Shipways

https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/15753-continental-gunboat-philadelphia-by-elijah-model-shipways-124-scale/

 

Completed build(s):

Model Shipways Phantom

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?showtopic=12376

 

Member of:

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I had to carve out the openings in the rudder a bit deeper to accommodate the hinges, which required refinishing the rudder afterwards.  So, with no more work I could do on that while poly dried, I turned my attention to the front of the boat, and got my bowsprit formed, and the holes for it and the anchor lines drilled, etc.  The rudder will need to wait for another day.post-22182-0-49829200-1472781935.jpg

 

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Sergal President 1760

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Had a very productive couple of days.  I got the hinges on the rudder.  I soldered the hinge pin to the rudder side of the hinges before mounting to the rudder.

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I then got the whole deal fixed to the stern post finally.  Took me a while to figure out how to trim the top hinge, whether to wrap it around the hull or just go short.  I kept it short.

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I glued on the tiller handle which I had previously fit and shaped.  I also finished the mounting cross timbers for the bowsprit and got them all poly'd.

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Then I figured it was time to drill two more holes I had been dreading; the fore and main mast sockets.  It ended up not being bad at all, just had to go slowly and carefully.  Using a nice sharp brad point bit, got my drill press table set to the correct rake angle, then rested my keel right on it.  Then I used a level across the rail to make sure I was perpendicular.  Worked quite well.

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Test fitting the masts shows I did a pretty good job at drilling those holes.

 

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Sergal President 1760

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Nice job with those masts!

-Elijah

 

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Continental Gunboat Philadelphia by Model Shipways

https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/15753-continental-gunboat-philadelphia-by-elijah-model-shipways-124-scale/

 

Completed build(s):

Model Shipways Phantom

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?showtopic=12376

 

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spent a few more hours working on things today.  Worked on more eyebolts and cleats.  wired up a few blocks as well.  I also got the ladders assembled and mounted, and the pump put together and working.

 

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She is really taking shape, you are doing a real fine job on her

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