English Pinnace by MikeB4 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:24

[MikeB4]

I've got the interior planking installed and painted. I'll give it a few more coats

[Tigersteve]

Getting better and better, Mike. What type of wood are you using again?

Steve

[MikeB4]

I'm using the basswood from the kit for the most part. the tiller was carved from boxwood, that's about it.

[MikeB4]

I got the cap rail on. Now I'll sand it down to size.

[mikiek]

You did it! Looks real good.

[MikeB4]

I've sanded the cap rail to the appropriate width. I'm going to attempted to score a groove around the outer edge like Chuck does in the instructions. Of course I'll need to paint and repaint some of the areas that the sanding took the paint off of.

[MikeB4]

I've painted the cap rail. I did discover an issue. The distance between the top of the cockpit bench and the bottom of the cap rail is much narrower than it should be. This is going to be a problem with the panels. I guess I'll have to use 1/32 x 1/32 wood strips instead of the 1/16 x 1/32 supplied in the kit. I'm surely not going to rip the model apart at this point. No matter how hard I try, something always ends up off. It's a learning experience.

[Tigersteve]

Maybe leave the panels off in that area. Guess you'll have to redesign a bit. Looks good. 

Steve

[MikeB4]

Thanks Steve,

I'll have to get a bit creative. Fortunately this isn't a model of a specific boat from history but rather a kind of representation from that period. Looking at the original museum piece that inspired Chuck for this kit, it is very different. So with that said this build is more art than history.

[MikeB4]

I had built some panels using .031 x .031 strips of wood which looked OK, but I needed to see how the 031 x .062 strips that are recommended in the instructions will look before committing to the former. I'm glad I did because I'm going with the later. My technique for scribing the strips was to build a jig that would guide my scriber evenly down the length of the wood strips as you can see in the picture below. I also deviating from the instructions concerning the actual building of the panels. I'm going to build them before I put them on the boat rather than build them on the boat as the instructions recommend. I've started with the cockpit panels first by creating a drawing to loft the panels off of.

[MikeB4]

I think that the .031 x .062 strip for the panels will look OK. Does anyone think these panels would look good panted in gold leaf?

[Tigersteve]

That worked really well. Looks real clean. Good leaf might work. Test it out for us. Just don't paint them white. I may have to "borrow" your idea of assembling off the boat before install. 

Steve

[mikiek]

Mike - if it was one panel I think the gold would look nice. If it's panels all the way to the bow, it might be too much. But that's just my taste (or lack of it) Of course that begs the question, if not gold then what? I agree with Steve, white would be kinda ordinary.

 

You might try painting some card stock gold and position them. At least you wouldn't have to redo the wood panels. I would only want to have to make them once.

[MikeB4]

Mike,

I agree It would be way to much work to have to build each panel over again if they didn't look good in gold. I decided just to leave them unpainted in their natural wood color.

[MikeB4]

I've finally finished the panels. At this stage you start to find all your little mistakes. Fortunately nothing is a deal breaker. I realize all those highly accomplished builders out there made a million mistakes to get to where they are. Anyone who says they didn't isn't being honest. Over all I'm pleased with this build, it's not an easy one.

[mikiek]

Looking good Mike. I think you made the right choice on the panels.

[MikeB4]

I've completed most of the inboard details. I've gotten to the freizes also. I sprayed fixative onto the model at this time.

[MikeB4]

I installed the decorative stem bumper. I wasn't sure how I was going to do this at first. I have these really tiny nails that where just right for this and I had some black card stock lying around. I think I'm going to leave the nails their natural brass color, I think it looks good that way. 

[Tigersteve]

That looks good. Maybe I should start building mine. ;-) 

Steve

[JesseLee]

Looks very good Mike!

 

Jesse

[mikiek]

Nice work with the paper parts Mike. I always find them troublesome. Yours appear to have come out very smooth.

[MikeB4]

I brushed a coat of clear acrylic over it first. After that dried I sprayed a layer of fixative.  

[MikeB4]

After nine months or so this project is almost complete. I just finished up installing the rudder.

[Tigersteve]

Rudder is looking very nice. 

Steve

[DocBlake]

Very nicely done!

[MikeB4]

Finally finished after about 10 months. I feel good about this build I get a little bit better with each project. For those who have followed this log, thank you.

[Mirabell61]

On 20.3.2017 at 0:42 AM, MikeB4 said:

I've installed the cockpit seats and got them painted

She is a lightweight Mike,

very nicely built, looks quite fragile with those thin frames, well done !!

 

Nils

[MikeB4]

Thank you, once it was planked in was pretty stable. There was a point in this build where I thought I wasn't going complete this project. My first attempt at planking this boat was a disaster. 

[Nirvana]

Mike, very nice.

And you have the display too.

Putting the pinnacle on thin rods did really make her stand out.

[JesseLee]

Looks great Mike!

 

Jesse