HMS Triton cross section - FINISHED - by G.L. Scale 1:24

[Pete38]

Glad I could be of some little help, your build log is coming along great, looking forward to more.

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Not only the build log, also the model is coming along great. Nice progress

[G.L.]

Pete and Christian,

 

Thanks for the comments.

[G.L.]

Now I lay the planks of the lower deck. For this I use the deck pattern as described in the book 'Historic ship models' by zu Montfeld.

[G.L.]

I use pine planks for the decks. I searched for the planks with the finest grains that I dispose of. To imitate the caulking between the planks, I glue strips of 220 gram black paper on the edge of each plank.

[G.L.]

The after end of the cross section is not bound by a deck beam. To assure that the deck planks will have the correct length, I clamp a wooden lath on the after frame.

[G.L.]

To make it easier to determine where I will have to drill for the tree nails afterwards, I mark the locations of the deck beams with a pencil after laying each plank.

[G.L.]

The midship plank will not be pine, but oak because she will have to bear the gun deck stanchions.

[G.L.]

The lower deck after being tree nailed. In the front there is a small widening of the planking where the ladder to the gun deck has to come.

[Eddie]

Hey howya goin G.L. Thats 1:24 scale damn thats big, great jobs mate can't wait to see more.

[DocBlake]

Great progress! Keep going.

[Charlie1805]

So Great!

wow...wow..wow

[G.L.]

It has been since March that I made any progress in the Triton cross section project because I gave priority at my Ostend shrimper project for some months. Time to take up the thread now.

The deck beams and gun deck stanchions were already made in March.

[G.L.]

In March my lathe was still a 30 years old mounting of my Bosh drill, not quite high technology. In the next series of photos you see the making of the gun deck stanchions.

[G.L.]

I see that the pictures are coming up in reverse order. My apologies for that.

[G.L.]

Here the stanchions are placed in the model almost on their positions. They are placed just behind each deck beam because I do not want to saw them to height before I place definitively the deck beams.

[G.L.]

So this is the state in which I continue my work on the cross section.

[Derek C]

Looks great G.L., I am glad to see another active log in the cross section , I am currently only at the gluing the frames stage of my build so I will follow along with your masterpiece

Derek

[G.L.]

On ‎22‎-‎11‎-‎2017 at 1:37 AM, Derek C said:

Looks great G.L., I am glad to see another active log in the cross section , I am currently only at the gluing the frames stage of my build so I will follow along with your masterpiece

Derek

Derek,

Glad that we'll be at least two to work at the cross section. I just visited your log, your guns are looking great. I signed me in as follower.

 

G.L.

[G.L.]

The production process of the knees is the same as in my post of February 19, 2017.

[G.L.]

Next step is the making of the carlings.

[G.L.]

I remember from the lower deck that the making of the notches for the ledges in the carlings a monotonous job, so I decide to make them in parts and fill them immediately with ledges. In-between the first two deck beams.

[G.L.]

Dragged by my enthusiasm in carving notches, I fill also the gun deck stairwell.

[G.L.]

After making two new amidships carlings:

[G.L.]

Between deck beam two and three:

[G.L.]

And finally all ledges are made.

[G.L.]

I intend to paint the lower deck in white. I guess that it would be very difficult to do so when the gun deck is already in place, so beams, knees, carlings and ledges are not glued already. I remove them again and will paint them before gluing on position.

[G.L.]

Starting to paint the lower deck. The inner hull is quickly painted. It takes a lot more time to do all the other pieces part after part.

[G.L.]

All painted areas had three layers of white paint and were sanded in between the layers.

[G.L.]

The surfaces which keep the natural wood color  are coated with a blend of 2/3 linseed oil and 1/3 turpentine and then finished with a layer of matt varnish.