HMS Triton (1/64) by Aldo - POB

[Anja]

Hello Aldo,

 

I have missed you my friend. It is good to hear from you.

Looking forward to catching up with your build again. But give yourself the time and rest you need to feel better.

 

From both of us our heartfelt wishes for a complete recovery.

 

Anja & Sjors

[mtaylor]

Aldo,

 

I too have missed you.  Good to know that you're still around and I'm hoping you can get back to the shipyard.

[rdsaplala]

Hi Mobbsie, Mark, Anja (and Sjors), thank you so much for the well wishes my friends, they mean a lot to me

 

Unfortunately, chronic kidney disease is characterized by progressive deterioration in kidney function until renal failure sets in requiring dialysis or transplant, and causes a several-fold increase in risk of death from heart attack or stroke. Rate of deterioration ranges from a couple of months or years depending on a multitude of factors (sigh, it sucks being in the medical profession and knowing the prognosis of your illness  )

 

Anyway, my health condition is currently stable so I'm regularly sneaking into the shipyard to do a bit of work, will post my next progress once I've finished the framing of the gunports and first planking

Edited November 9, 2014 by rdsaplala

[harvey1847]

Hello Aldo!

 

What a surprise to see you back! I had no idea at all about the illness. Anja on her post of july 25th said something about health issue. I am really happy that you are stable now and glad that you can spend some of your time with the Triton...

 

My mom has the same illness. She is 67 and believe me, she makes a perfect "normal life". On the first days she was in the hospital with the dialysis every single day but right now and since four months she is at home with her treatment and meanwhile she paints and in the afternoons makes some pottery. She is ceramist and an artist.

 

Well, don´t want to bother you, just to let you now that is an illness (chronic, I now) but you can deal with it and damn I know you will!

 

Best of my wishes Aldo and hope to see those planks really soon!!

 

 

Daniel.

[popeye the sailor]

sorry to hear that you've been ill.....I wish you the best and hope to see you beat this

[rdsaplala]

Thank you very much for the encouraging words, Daniel and Popeye, they are much appreciated

I'll be hanging on and continuing my battle with this affliction

 

I do plan to finish at least one scratchbuild before I croak

[gjdale]

Hang in there my friend - we're all pulling for you!

[rdsaplala]

Hi guys,

 

Well, after going through nearly all the stages of depression due to my illness, I am slowly getting back on my feet. Thanks first and foremost to the Lord Jesus Christ, in Whom I find my strength and salvation, and of course, thanks to all you guys who have given me support in one way or another

 

This ship is included in my bucket list so I figure it's time to devote a bit of time to the shipyard, which as can be seen, needs a bit of tidying up 

 

 

Anyway, I thought I'd share what little I have accomplished these past several months:

 

 

 

First off, I encountered a slight problem brought about by my haste to get the hull done quickly

 

As previously mentioned, my hull is a combination of bulkheads that I made from the NMM draughts as well as from MSW plans.

Below is a printout of my CAD work showing the NMM plan juxtaposed to the MSW centerboard plan to illustrate the problem:

 

 

As can be seen in the close up, MSW bulkheads number 6 and 18 fall directly on gunports:

 

 

I had several options to solve this, but being the lazy guy that I am, I decided on the simplest one and that was to cut off the affected bulkhead extensions and just reposition  new extensions away from the area of the gunports:

 

 

 

I also managed do a bit of planking and used cherry strip to mark the sheer so as to make it easier to position the second planking later on. Cherry was also used to set the upper and lower borders of the gunports since I plan to use this wood for my second planking:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've also been doing some CAD work for my stern lights and stern fascia:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once I'm done test fitting/tweaking cardboard printouts of these, I plan to send the files to Chuck for laser cutting. He makes some beautiful laser cut parts as seen in the discussion below  :

 

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/8923-laser-cut-deck-beams-from-syren-ship-model-company/?hl=%2Blaser+%2Bcut+%2Bdeck+%2Bbeams

 

 

Last but not least is the long and excruciating work that I've done during the Christmas holiday, and that was..... drum roll please........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....to frame a pair of gun ports

 

 

 

Now I just have to complete 24 gunports on the gundeck and 6 gunports on the quarterdeck, which should be finished in another year or so

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's it for now, thanks again guys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 28, 2014 by rdsaplala

[augie]

Let me take the opportunity to welcome you back on your log.  It's great to have you 'home'.  Hope that you are improving and that things are returning to normal.

 

Sorry about the gunport dilemma and your solution is right up my alley  .  Hard to believe you're going to add a second layer over that wonderful planking job....but I AM looking forward to seeing the Cherry.

 

I'm smiling at your return.

[Anja]

Welcome back Aldo,

 

It is good to see you back in the workshop again. Take care.

 

Anja

[Mirabell61]

Nice to see you back Aldo,

 

"Triton" hull Looks real great so far....

BTW what hapened to your "Pegasus" build ? are there any updates to come ?

 

Happy new year

 

Nils

[Sjors]

From me also welcome home Aldo !!!!!!

I'm happy that I see you building and posting again !

I've missed you.......

One question.

At 5 page ,post number 74 and 80 there are some pictures missing.

Is there any change that you can put them back ??????

When I go to the dark side ( when ever ) I need all the information that I can get my hands on         

Take care my friend and take your time with every thing !!!!!!!!!

 

Sjors

Edited December 28, 2014 by Sjors

[mtaylor]

Hi Aldo,

 

It's great to hear that you're doing better.  Depression with any major health issue is a tough well to climb out of and from what I just read, you're climbing. 

 

Nice work on the Triton.  Did you get that "bump" sorted out?  Ok.. obviously, as you've planked.   She's looking good... better than good, actually.

[gjdale]

Hi Aldo,

 

Wonderful to see you back in the shipyard again! I do hope this signals a resumption of play and that we'll be seeing a lot more of you once again.

 

Your progress looks great so far. Great idea to have Chuck laser cut some tricky parts for you.

[j21896]

Aldo!

 

What a fantastic holiday gift to see you back in the shipyard and posting on MSW!  You have been missed my friend.

 

I want to wish you and your family a Happy and HEALTHY new year!  And let's not forget your Badger -- she deserves the company of your Triton and Pegasus along side her.  So here's to a very busy shipyard as well -- for many years to come!

 

Cheers,

Robert

[Landlubber Mike]

Aldo, like everyone else, I'm so happy to see you back posting here.  It was a lot of fun posting with you as a fellow Badger brother.  Glad to hear that you are doing better.

 

Your Triton is looking very nice my friend.  Very nice clean work as usual.  Hope you decide to stay here and post more regularly, we all enjoy your work and company!

 

Best wishes for a happy holiday and 2015 to you and your family.

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Aldo,

it's good to hear from you. I am happy that you are doing better and find time to continue your log.

[mobbsie]

Welcome home mate.

 

Excellent planking mate, and that is a good fix with the gun ports.

 

Good to have you back

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[rdsaplala]

Thank you very much Augie, Anja, Nils, Sjors, Mark, Grant, Robert, Mike, Christian, and Mobbsie for the kind words and well wishes, I really appreciate it, and many thanks also to all who pressed the like button

 

To answer some querries:

 

Nils, my Pegasus is unfortunately on hold as my health condition limits my building time so I prioritized Triton.

 

Mark, the bump has indeed been sorted out and the modification produced a relatively fair hull, it appears that the NMM draught has negligible distortion and can be directly traced to create replacements for the offending aft-most bulkheads

 

 

Sjors, I'm afraid that I don't have anymore copies of those previous pics  however, to summarize, those posts just show one method on how you can detect the degree of horizontal distortion on draughts by comparing 10 feet sections at various areas such as the foremost, middle, and aftmost portions of the "ruler-like" diagram as seen in the picture below:

 

 

 

The closer these measurements are to each other, the less the horizontal distortion and vice versa. That is however only a minute aspect so for further reading, I highly recommend David Antscherl's two articles: "Understanding Eighteenth-Century Admiralty Drafts" and "Drawing Techniques for the Modeleller". These two excellent works give a lot of useful info on interpreting and drafting ship plans  

 

Thanks again you guys, have a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all!  

[jaerschen]

Hi Aldo

 

I wish you also a happy new year and very much time for model building. So we can see much progress of your nice model

[rdsaplala]

Thanks for the good word Juergen, have a happy new year

[Trussben]

Great to hear that you are back Aldo! Keep your chin up and carry on the excellent work on Triton.

 

Ben

[rdsaplala]

Thanks Ben, will do, as long as my kidneys behave

[harvey1847]

Aldo!

 

HMS Pegasus   mothballed? And giving priority to the HMS Triton?!  Way to go!

 

Sometimes when I see my Triton covered with a blanket (mothballed?) to avoid all the dust and everything from the environment... I realized the amount of work done so far and I ask myself when something is done, finished, concluded... or it´s not.  I feel really happy just looking the Triton on its stage right now.

It´s just a thought.

 

Here´s an interesting pic to explore, let´s see how many mothballed guns are on the ships and subs.... I have counted 56...

 

 

 

Best wishes Aldo and keep going!

 

 

Daniel.

Edited January 15, 2015 by harvey1847

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Aldo,

 

I've a question to the position of your bulkheads. Why don't you use the station lines of the original drawing? You get the hull form from the body plan and can direct start with your build?

[rdsaplala]

Thanks for dropping by and the good word guys

 

Daniel, I think I'll also cover my ships the with blanket next time I mothball them, it's amazing how much dust can accumulate in these models when left alone for months  Thanks for the picture, wow! that's a lot of mothballed ships

 

Christian, thanks for the tip  If I understand correctly, do you mean I should cut new bulkhead extensions based on the NMM plan and position them to their corresponding station lines on the NMM profile plan? If yes, then I think that was what I did:

 

 

 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Yepp, that's what I mean.

[rdsaplala]

Thanks for the confirmation Christian, I guess great minds think alike

[rdsaplala]

Hi guys, I just came from a long break from ship building

 

My old computer, containing all my Triton CAD drawings crashed two years ago, plus I've been very busy with my health work ups, my job, as well as new hobbies that captured my interest, hence, shipbuilding took a backseat.

 

Last night however, I chanced upon a documentary on HMAV Bounty so I was inspired to take a peek here and see how things are doing in the model-shipbuilding world. I thought I'd also post photos on the small bits of progress I've accomplished.

 

Time sure flies, just a few years ago I was building Triton's hull, and now.......    well, I'm still building Triton's hull

 

I was finally able to finish the 1st planking and gun-ports today, thanks in no small part to that Bounty documentary 

Here she is awaiting her last plank:

Whether scratch-building or building a kit, one of the most satisfying steps for me is sticking in that last plank...   OK, it's a sharp, pointy plank that is a glaring violation of planking rules, but this is just the first planking so cut me some slack 

Once I start second planking, I'll decide whether I will properly pre-spile my planks like I did in my Pegasus or be a lazy violator of planking rules... if by chance I go with the lazy-violator route, please feel free to give me 40 lashes

 

The Admiral is using my workshop so I'm left to take pictures on the TV stand

I'm happy to report that the bulge on the aft portion has disappeared with the revised aft bulkheads I've taken from the NMM draught of Triton:

The fore bulkheads were also taken directly from the NMM draught and I think the resulting shape seems acceptable enough based on this shot taken at an angle from the bow:

 

 

NEWEST CHALLENGE TO HURDLE 

 

Like I said before, my computer crashed, taking with it all my Triton CAD drawings, including the expansion drawings that I made for the stern and its windows... I worked so hard on that and it took me such a long time just to get it done since I'm just a newbie at CAD. I was planning to have that stern and all those stern windows laser-cut to make my build easier, and to have window sills that look "to scale"... but now all those have gone pffft 

Up to now, all the computer shops here suggest reformatting the computer but that will delete all my saved files

All I have left is this NMM Triton draught, which is too large to be scanned for uploading to my CAD program:

I am left with 2 options:

 

1. Cut my NMM draught into smaller pieces that can fit my scanner so I can load it again on CAD. Then redo all the drawings that I previously made (I'm hesitant to do this since I was planning to frame my NMM Triton draught and hang it beside the model when I finish her, and more importantly, I feel too lazy to redo everything that I drew all over again).

 

2. Continue my search for a computer shop that can somehow retrieve my files from my computer so as to save myself from a redoing a lot of work.

 

I've been going with the second option for the past 2 years, I'm just too lazy I guess

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Hi Aldo,

 

if the hard discof your old computer is ok, you can take it out of the computer, put it in an external drive station and put it with the USB port on an other computer. if you're lucky, you get access to all drawings, you have done. 2011 my old notebook crashed and I could restore a lot of my work on this way. In the meantime I store my data in an cloud, to avoid these problems

I wish you a lot of luck with your data.

 

You're hull is looking really well.