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

[G.L.]

I saw the outline of the paper out of the grating.

[G.L.]

The hatches into their position on the cross section.

[Derek C]

G.L. You do fine work ,thanks for the detailed log and thanks for getting me straight on my beams and carlings  

Derek

[G.L.]

While continuing the inboard planking upward from the gun deck, it becomes clear what I realized already since a while. I made the gun port openings already at the start in the frame production stage. Now it seems that the gun port sills are sitting too low.

[G.L.]

they are even lower on the starboard side

[G.L.]

My mistake can be resolved and will fortunately been hidden by the inner and outer hull planking. I start to place new gun port sills. Now I have the exact height indicated by the inboard planking.

[G.L.]

Of course the gun port lintels are also too low, therefore I saw them out.

[G.L.]

The notches for those lintels have to be filled.

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[G.L.]

My frames are also a little too short. It is not really a problem for the most of them because their top ends will be hidden by the inner and outer planking, but the fourth futtock of frame sticks out of the sheer rail and must be lengthened at both sides. To have a larger glue surface, I saw them off under an angle of approximate 45° and glue a comfortable long piece on top of it. I do the same with the fourth futtock of frame C because this one remains also visible.

[G.L.]

Maybe an advice to future Triton cross section builders is at its place here: Wait until you are arrive at the planking at the level of the  gun ports before placing the gun port sills and lintels and make the frames (fourth futtock and top timber) some centimeters higher than indicated on the plan.

[G.L.]

While applying the inner planking and rectifying my mistakes with the port holes and the frame lengths, I continue laying the gun deck. Like on the lower deck only the portside will be fully planked. At the starboard side planking will be omitted from the starboard topsail sheet bit on. I lay the first two planks on each side of the forward hatch.

[G.L.]

The lower deck is painted in white, so the ceiling also has to be painted. I paint it plank by plank when gluing them on the deck beams.

[G.L.]

To imitate the caulking, I glue black 220 grams paper strips at one side of each plank.

[G.L.]

The deck is spreading out plank by plank. Sometimes it is necessary to put some pressure with lead weights.

[G.L.]

All the planks are laid.

[G.L.]

Next thing to do is putting tree nails.

[G.L.]

After that coarse sanding, scraping the deck with a cutter knife blade and fine sanding.

[G.L.]

The deck

[G.L.]

I start the outside planking with placing the wales.

Inspired by a lot of Triton cross section builders, I decide to make the wales in an anker stock pattern. Accordingly to 'Historic ship models' of Zu Montfeld the planks were 384 cm long and 12 cm wide at the ends and 24 cm in the middle. It is not possible to keep those exact sizes due to the frame intervals and the wales with on the cross section drawings. I draw a pattern with wales of which the dimensions are as close as possible.

[G.L.]

I saw the different planks of the wales with the help of paper templates with the table circular saw...

[G.L.]

... and glue in strips of two layers on top of a copy of the drawn pattern.

[G.L.]

When the glue is dry, I sand them an glue them into their position on the model.

[G.L.]

The wales form the base for further planking upwards.

[G.L.]

To make the outboard trims, I make a scraper with a piece of a cutter knife.

[G.L.]

I saw the back side of them to the correct angle with the help of the adjustable table saw.

[G.L.]

Some small nails in pre drilled holes keep the trims on their place when the glue is drying. As You can also see I glued little pieces of wood to lengthen the frames which were a bit too short.

[G.L.]

Then it is again further planking upwards, tree nailing and sanding.

[G.L.]

For the upper layer of outboard trims I use the same profile, but this time upside down. This time the trims are glued directly on the outboard planking.

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Really nice progress. My section in quarterscale is big but your model must be really huge

[G.L.]

Thank you Christian. To give you an impression of the size: below a of one of my modelling friends examining my cross section during our monthly meeting yesterday afternoon.

 

G.L.