Blighty Posted April 24, 2017 #91 Posted April 24, 2017 14 hours ago, GuntherMT said: Good question Roger, but I have no idea what the answer is. Even contemporary drawings of the actual event show a square stern, not just drawings of this type of craft. I'm not personally ready to try to design and scratch build a square stern onto the model, so mine will be built as the kit depicts it, even though that's apparently a fairly large inaccuracy. 15 hours ago, GuntherMT said: Good question Roger, but I have no idea what the answer is. Even contemporary drawings of the actual event show a square stern, not just drawings of this type of craft. I'm not personally ready to try to design and scratch build a square stern onto the model, so mine will be built as the kit depicts it, even though that's apparently a fairly large inaccuracy. Roger, Brian, I still have the opportunity to square off the stern as I haven't glued the 3 layered add-on piece yet. I'll have to make another, or modify the stern upper deck portion I have already completed to give a finished appearance to the deck planking but a great question asked, Brian. Not sure how accurate it will end up but I'll post pics asap. I'll show updates and outcome on my build log. Len mrshanks, Landlocked123, JesseLee and 4 others 7 Quote
Elijah Posted April 24, 2017 #92 Posted April 24, 2017 Good job with the planking! The edges look nice and tight! mrshanks, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote -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: The Nautical Research Guild N.R.M.S.S. (Nautical Research and Model Ship Society)
GuntherMT Posted April 27, 2017 Author #93 Posted April 27, 2017 So I know this will be shocking, but I actually did more stuff on the boat! Finally finished planking bulkhead #4 that I already had glued to the keel. Probably would have been easier to unglue it from the keel and then put it back on after planking, but oh well, got it done. Once that was done it was time to begin setting the bulkheads for the center/main cockpit area. A good & meticulous boat builder would have a fancy building board with a frame designed to keep the tops of the bulkheads even side to side. I do it ghetto style with a loose plank across the top of the bulkheads, my eyeballs, and some clamps. Of course I'm a big clumsy oaf so I managed to break a bulkhead while using it to size the bulkhead slots in the planked floor pieces. This is the 2nd bulkhead I've broken, they are extremely fragile at this point. I decided to reinforce this one when I fixed it by drilling a hole in both pieces (1.15mm drill) and inserting a small wooden dowel cut from boxwood with a drawplate. After all the middle bulkheads (but not the main aft bulkhead for the section) are mounted, I dry fit the main cockpit deck, and it required a slight bit of adjustment with an emory board, after which it fits quite nicely. There is not enough room for the main aft bulkhead due to the extra thickness added for the planking on it, so I have to sand about 1/32" off the aft end of the deck pieces before it will fit with the aft bulkhead in place. I reduced the bow end prior to this. Both main floor pieces have developed a slight warp, a curve from side to side, they are straight in the long direction, so I dampened the back basswood and they are currently both sitting under a significant amount of weight on a flat surface to hopefully remove most of the warp. Will take a while to dry in between the surface and the heavy pieces of wood on top. Tigersteve, DocBlake, egkb and 14 others 17 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build)
Tigersteve Posted April 27, 2017 #94 Posted April 27, 2017 Nicely done and nice repair. Steve Blighty, mrshanks, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Current: Mayflower- Model Shipways Completed: Lowell Grand Banks Dory- Model Shipways English Pinnace- Model Shipways 18th Century Longboat- Model Shipways
HIPEXEC Posted April 27, 2017 #95 Posted April 27, 2017 Clever repair Blighty, mrshanks and Canute 3 Quote Rich Rich USS Constitution by hipexec (Finished build) Virginia Pilot Boat 1805 (gallery - first build) USS Syren (USS Argus) by Hipexec Joshua Slocum's Spray by HIPEXEC
DocBlake Posted April 28, 2017 #96 Posted April 28, 2017 Looks good, Brian! mrshanks and Canute 2 Quote Dave Click on images in posts to view them in full resolution! Click on the builds below and link to the log. Current Builds: -Gaff-Rigged Sloop, 1/4 Scale (3" = 1') -Chapman Water Hoy 1768 by DocBlake - Scratch Build - 1:48 scale -Hannah - 1:32 scale, Scratch-Built Plank-on-Frame Admiralty style -Generic Sharpie by DocBlake. 3/4" = 1' scale. NRG plans. -Fair American 1780 by DocBlake - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/48 scale - POF -Independence 1775 by DocBlake - Artesania Latina - 5/16" scale -HMS Triton Cross Section by DocBlake - 1/24 scale Completed Builds: -Bomb Vessel Granado 1742 Cross Section - 1:32 Scale Scratch Build -British Capstan circa 1777 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:16 Scale -HMS Blandford - Cross Section - Scratch Build -1/32 Scale -17th Century Battle Station by DocBlake - HMS Mordaunt - 1:32 -17th Century Naval Cannon - 1:12 Scale -Royal Navy Ship of the Line Cross Section by DocBlake - (Mamoli's "Constitution") - 1:93 scale -Armed Virginia Sloop 1768, 1/48 scale. -Virginia Pilot Boat "Swift", 1805, 1/50 scale -18th Century Naval Battle Station, 1/24 scale -Armed Virginia Sloop 1768 "Patrick Henry", 1/32 scale, Lauck Street Shipyard, POF, Admiralty Style.
JesseLee Posted April 28, 2017 #97 Posted April 28, 2017 What are the pieces you have clamped to the bulkheads to square them up? Where does one get these? Jesse mrshanks and Canute 2 Quote Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic) On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood) Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350 (plastic), Andromede - Dikar (wood), Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood), Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic), Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'), 4 small scratch builds (wood), Vietnamese fishing boat (wood) & a Ship in a bottle
GuntherMT Posted April 28, 2017 Author #98 Posted April 28, 2017 4 minutes ago, JesseLee said: What are the pieces you have clamped to the bulkheads to square them up? Where does one get these? Jesse 3" tookmakers angle plate. I got them from Micro Mark. HIPEXEC, WackoWolf, mrshanks and 3 others 6 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build)
Blighty Posted April 28, 2017 #99 Posted April 28, 2017 Very nice rescue and a tight and tidy looking build. mrshanks and Canute 2 Quote
Blighty Posted April 29, 2017 #100 Posted April 29, 2017 Hi Brian, A heads up, I planked the lower mid deck as you have and I completely overlooked the drive shaft alignment. There is no real way to adjust the axis of the shaft this late in the build and I don't feel inclined to dig a depression in the deck to re-align the engine crank and the shaft, therefore I'm stuck with the mismatch. A bit of a blow but it was a cosmetic change adding the planks so I don't feel to distraught about it. You will be in a better position than me if you have not glued the deck in yet. src, WackoWolf, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote
GuntherMT Posted April 29, 2017 Author #101 Posted April 29, 2017 Thanks for the heads up. I will look at how best to address that! src, Canute and Blighty 3 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build)
GuntherMT Posted April 30, 2017 Author #102 Posted April 30, 2017 Next up after the middle bulkheads/frames was the aft cockpit bulkheads/frames. These all fit fairly loose so had to be aligned as I went in both directions. Wasn't too bad, and I got all of them set fairly quickly. Once the bulkheads were dried, I did the final adjustments to the floor and seat for the aft cockpit and glued them in place. This is in the instructions after the main floor, but it was spending a couple of days under a heavy stack of wood trying to get most of the warping out of it. After about 48 hours of crap stacked on the floor of the main cockpit I figured it was good enough, and I did the final adjustments and glued it in place. Once the deck is in place, the next step is to assemble the coal bunkers. These are the final step to align the frames and make them rigid enough for planking, so next up is to begin the hull planking once all the glue is well dried. Tigersteve, Mahuna, HIPEXEC and 11 others 14 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build)
Mahuna Posted April 30, 2017 #103 Posted April 30, 2017 It's great to see you making progress again, Brian! Canute, GuntherMT, Blighty and 1 other 4 Quote Frank Completed: Skipjack Kathryn; Dunbrody Sectional Model; Paragon (modified Mayflower) Scratch Build; Planning a Sectional Model of Dunbrody NRG Member
DocBlake Posted April 30, 2017 #104 Posted April 30, 2017 Looks great, Brian! I really like the job your doing. Are you planning to modify the stern so it's flat/square rather than rounded? Canute 1 Quote Dave Click on images in posts to view them in full resolution! Click on the builds below and link to the log. Current Builds: -Gaff-Rigged Sloop, 1/4 Scale (3" = 1') -Chapman Water Hoy 1768 by DocBlake - Scratch Build - 1:48 scale -Hannah - 1:32 scale, Scratch-Built Plank-on-Frame Admiralty style -Generic Sharpie by DocBlake. 3/4" = 1' scale. NRG plans. -Fair American 1780 by DocBlake - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/48 scale - POF -Independence 1775 by DocBlake - Artesania Latina - 5/16" scale -HMS Triton Cross Section by DocBlake - 1/24 scale Completed Builds: -Bomb Vessel Granado 1742 Cross Section - 1:32 Scale Scratch Build -British Capstan circa 1777 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:16 Scale -HMS Blandford - Cross Section - Scratch Build -1/32 Scale -17th Century Battle Station by DocBlake - HMS Mordaunt - 1:32 -17th Century Naval Cannon - 1:12 Scale -Royal Navy Ship of the Line Cross Section by DocBlake - (Mamoli's "Constitution") - 1:93 scale -Armed Virginia Sloop 1768, 1/48 scale. -Virginia Pilot Boat "Swift", 1805, 1/50 scale -18th Century Naval Battle Station, 1/24 scale -Armed Virginia Sloop 1768 "Patrick Henry", 1/32 scale, Lauck Street Shipyard, POF, Admiralty Style.
HIPEXEC Posted April 30, 2017 #105 Posted April 30, 2017 Very nice work! Blighty and Canute 2 Quote Rich Rich USS Constitution by hipexec (Finished build) Virginia Pilot Boat 1805 (gallery - first build) USS Syren (USS Argus) by Hipexec Joshua Slocum's Spray by HIPEXEC
GuntherMT Posted April 30, 2017 Author #106 Posted April 30, 2017 Thanks for all the likes and comments. 1 hour ago, DocBlake said: Looks great, Brian! I really like the job your doing. Are you planning to modify the stern so it's flat/square rather than rounded? Nope, building it per the plans. Blighty, Tigersteve, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build)
HIPEXEC Posted June 23, 2017 #107 Posted June 23, 2017 Get well quick! Strep is bad stuff. GuntherMT and Canute 2 Quote Rich Rich USS Constitution by hipexec (Finished build) Virginia Pilot Boat 1805 (gallery - first build) USS Syren (USS Argus) by Hipexec Joshua Slocum's Spray by HIPEXEC
Guest Tim I. Posted June 25, 2018 #108 Posted June 25, 2018 A little late to the party, but following along! - Tim I. Quote
GuntherMT Posted June 27, 2018 Author #109 Posted June 27, 2018 Nothing happening currently Tim, as life has sort of taken me out of the workshop for quite a long time now. Still want to get back to it eventually, but no idea when that will be. This is the first time I've even visited this site in almost a month. Canute 1 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build)
DocBlake Posted June 27, 2018 #110 Posted June 27, 2018 Man doesn't live by everyday life alone, Brian! Canute 1 Quote Dave Click on images in posts to view them in full resolution! Click on the builds below and link to the log. Current Builds: -Gaff-Rigged Sloop, 1/4 Scale (3" = 1') -Chapman Water Hoy 1768 by DocBlake - Scratch Build - 1:48 scale -Hannah - 1:32 scale, Scratch-Built Plank-on-Frame Admiralty style -Generic Sharpie by DocBlake. 3/4" = 1' scale. NRG plans. -Fair American 1780 by DocBlake - Lauck Street Shipyard - 1/48 scale - POF -Independence 1775 by DocBlake - Artesania Latina - 5/16" scale -HMS Triton Cross Section by DocBlake - 1/24 scale Completed Builds: -Bomb Vessel Granado 1742 Cross Section - 1:32 Scale Scratch Build -British Capstan circa 1777 by DocBlake - FINISHED - 1:16 Scale -HMS Blandford - Cross Section - Scratch Build -1/32 Scale -17th Century Battle Station by DocBlake - HMS Mordaunt - 1:32 -17th Century Naval Cannon - 1:12 Scale -Royal Navy Ship of the Line Cross Section by DocBlake - (Mamoli's "Constitution") - 1:93 scale -Armed Virginia Sloop 1768, 1/48 scale. -Virginia Pilot Boat "Swift", 1805, 1/50 scale -18th Century Naval Battle Station, 1/24 scale -Armed Virginia Sloop 1768 "Patrick Henry", 1/32 scale, Lauck Street Shipyard, POF, Admiralty Style.
GuntherMT Posted June 27, 2018 Author #111 Posted June 27, 2018 4 hours ago, DocBlake said: Man doesn't live by everyday life alone, Brian! True, but I never said that it was 'everyday life' keeping me from doing stuff with boats. Combination of work, other hobbies that currently have my attention, and a GF who lives in another country so I'm spending a fairly significant amount of time traveling and not being here! I do want and intend to get back to the ship-building, but don't have a timeline for it. Canute 1 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build)
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