HMS Alfred 1778 by Pirate Adam - Scale 1:96 - Lumberyard timbering set

[russ]

That looks pretty good. One question. This may be a trick of the camera, but are you sure you have the planks long enough at each edge? It looks like there could be some hull frame showing at each edge of the lowest plank. If I am seeing it right, that could cause you some problems getting the side planking to lay flush against the edges of the counter planking. Of course, if I am wrong, then you are good to go.

 

Russ

[Pirate adam]

Russ,

 

Thank you for the warning.  Happily it's a trick of the camera. The photo isn't quite straight on, and the frame showing is the cant frame behind the stern timber.  I've been test fitting the wales as I work on the counter to make sure they sit flat.

 

Adam

[Pirate adam]

Working on installing the wales.  I have the upper two of the four strakes in place.  There are 3 gunports that intersect the wales at the aft end of the ship.  I will cut those in soon as I've come to realize doing things in this order will make it tricky to install the top and bottom sills of the ports (duh).

 

There is some trimming to do on the sternports as well as the bottom of the port will intersect partway into the moulding.

 

I need to figure out the camera/lighting so the colors will show better in the pictures.  I was a bit skeptical that Dave included apple for the planking with the timbering set, but it looks awesome with the pear and boxwood.  The wales are rosewood.

 

[russ]

The wales look very good. They finish off beautifully at the stern. Very nidce work.

 

Russ

[jaerschen]

Your Wales are looking very good Adam. Is this the natural color of rosewood?

Edited May 13, 2013 by jaerschen

[Pirate adam]

Juergen,

 

That is the natural color of the rosewood. The color in the second picture above is pretty true to the color of the wood. There is distinct grain pattern, but I think it is a cool look. I haven't applied any finishes to any of the wood at this point. I sanded the pear sections with 600 grit sandpaper and it is about the smoothness of plastic and very pretty in real life.

 

Adam

[Pirate adam]

Construction continues.  It's a wonder what a visit to the Musee de Marine in Paris can do and a copy of Bernard Frolich's book.  Cutting the gunport and adding the sills.  Very nerve wracking cutting into the frames after the amount of work that went into them.

 

[gjdale]

Hey Adam,

 

Nice to see you back in the shipyard and posting again. Looking forward to the continuation of this lovely build.

[Pirate adam]

Slowly but surely work continues.  Sawing through perfectly good frames isn't my cup of tea, but so far so good.

 

[Pirate adam]

One of the nice benefits of this build taking so long is the swiss pear is picking up a very nice color that is a lot darker than when I bought the wood from Dave.

[mtaylor]

Nice work on the Alfred, Adam.  I've noticed that about Swiss Pear, it loses the pink and goes to a golden color.  It's a little softer than cherry or boxwood and though it holds a edge and carves nicely, it doesn't take much to put a ding in it.