HMS Thorn by Kevin Kenny - 1:48 scale - Swan-class - David Antscherl practium

[druxey]

Henry: cumulative error means that the first thing one does is a tiny bit off. The next, measured from the first, is a little more off... and before you know it, everything has become way off. It's the rolling snowball effect. The only way to avoid this problem is by repeatedly re-measuring and checking things, be it a distance or an angle. With a scratch build like yours or Kevin's, it's imperative. One can't be even a bit careless and get away with it. Ask me how I know!

[AON]

How do you know?  

[Kevin Kenny]

Hahaha

[Kevin Kenny]

Here we go again.

 

[AON]

I get to 9:51 in the above video and it kicks me back to the beginning!

I can pick just ahead of that and it loads and plays... not sure what I missed, assuming not much

Edited Tuesday at 10:18 PM by AON

[Kevin Kenny]

Catheads installed. That was brutal. I will have a lot of repairs to do to the moulding and the paint job. Easy fix its just a pain in the ace.

 

[Kevin Kenny]

Sheaves installed 

[druxey]

Yeah, Kevin, I feel your pain. Getting the cat tails scored under the beams is very tricky.

[Kevin Kenny]

Remember the course??? I will be working my way down over the next few weekd

[dvm27]

Well done, Kevin! That's some tricky fitting.

[Kevin Kenny]

Practice , practice,  practice. 

[Kevin Kenny]

I could only do 4 stars instead of eight. Just cant see the lines  to do better.

[AON]

Sometimes I find the small restricted area fiddles with my mind to make it more difficult than it should be.

I also find carving on end grain to be difficult.

I find that if I take a slightly larger piece of thin stock and rubber glue that to a base piece of wood that is clamped, then pencil mark the shape, then start carving it is somewhat easier. Then I remove it from the base and take it to the table top disk sander and sand the edges to their margin lines.... but still the first one can take three attempts! But it gets easier.

Edited Thursday at 01:05 PM by AON

[dvm27]

While watching your video and your bowsprit problem I was going to suggest checking the stieve of your bowsprit vs. the plan. But you came up with this on your own. Your solution worked out well though. You could have worked in a set of beams on either side afore beam #1 but it will be hidden so not really an issue.

 

You mentioned the "as built home plan" vs the architect's original plan. I'm sure you're aware that many ships plans were labelled "as built" and differed from the original plans as well, likrly for the same reasons.

[Kevin Kenny]

 

[Kevin Kenny]

I had a lot of trouble  holding the piece  and made up this one from a Jewlers hand clamp . It worked  great and since I already had it, the price was right.