US Brig Syren by Hipexec - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - building as USS Argus

[lambsbk]

Nice build Rich. The veneer will have a solid base.

 

Just curious - what are the small openings between the gun ports?

 

Dave

[Heronguy]

Hi Dave,

 

I'll take a stab at answering - oar ports!

[HIPEXEC]

2 hours ago, lambsbk said:

Nice build Rich. The veneer will have a solid base.

 

Just curious - what are the small openings between the gun ports?

 

Dave

They are sweep ports (long oars)

[HIPEXEC]

The last side plank is installed. It was no bigger than a long toothpick. Now I'll tackle the stern

[Nirvana]

Beautiful planking!

[src]

Nice, tight and clean Rich.Well done! cant wait to see what the "real" planking is going to look like.

Sam

[HIPEXEC]

Working on the stern. The plans and instructions are vague on this part with one fuzzy picture showing planks before painting.

[HIPEXEC]

More work on the stern. This piece will greatly strengthen the whole thing. While I was fitting the several pieces that comprise of the upper part of the stern, the ship slipped off my holding rack and the tip of the bowsprit broke off! Thank goodness it glued back with a perfect fit even though the break was jagged.

[HIPEXEC]

Here's my supply of veneer. I'll be using some to build the transom even though I'm a long way from putting veneer on the hull.

[HIPEXEC]

Continuing to build the stern. This is rough veneer planks plus the decorative trim that will eventually be installed. You can see where I screwed up rough planking by the stern post. I'll correct all that with sanding, filler then veneer planks. First I have to finish the bottom half of the stern.

[HIPEXEC]

More stern planks

[HIPEXEC]

More stern planks. I think I'm pretty close to hiding all my mistakes when I veneer plank the hull. If I were coppering it the same would apply.

[JesseLee]

Rich, what did you paint the metal decorative trim with to give it the wood color?

 

Jesse

[Jack12477]

On 5/11/2017 at 1:43 PM, HIPEXEC said:

While I was fitting the several pieces that comprise of the upper part of the stern, the ship slipped off my holding rack and the tip of the bowsprit broke off!

Rich,  I use those green fabric Velcro plant ties you get in garden shops to hold my model to the build rack. See the tail end of my Willie Bennett build log for photos of them in use.  You could run them under the rack and thru 1 or 2 gun ports - since they're Velcro they go on and off really easy and don't impart a lot of downward pressure on the model.

[HIPEXEC]

2 hours ago, JesseLee said:

Rich, what did you paint the metal decorative trim with to give it the wood color?

 

Jesse

Jesse,

It's gold paint to give it a gilded look

[HIPEXEC]

I put in the hole for the rudder. I'm holding off for now installing the stern post until I finish planking

[HIPEXEC]

Preparing inside the gunwales. Thinning them and making them even to receive planks

[HIPEXEC]

I'm pre-bending the stern trim to be installed later. I'm still preparing the inner gunwales to be planked.

[HIPEXEC]

Inside stern planks progressing. The white slash is the rudder port hole and will be stained

[HIPEXEC]

Another inside stern plank. This one partially covers gunports which I will trim when glue dries. Rudder hole has been stained

[HIPEXEC]

Finished rough planking the inside of the stern. Now I have to clean it up with trimming, etc

[HIPEXEC]

Inner transom cleaned up a bit. Now I'm cleaning up the inside gunwals so I can plank them. They are composed of dozens of small pieces and parts, so getting them smooth is a chore. 

[HIPEXEC]

After a tremendous amount of making filler strips and blocks.... and sanding and sanding and sanding to get the gunwals narrowed and smooth....I finally glued on the first piece of inside planking. Now I have a very long road ahead of inside planking, outside veneer planking and deck planking. But this is the stuff of making the model look great when finished.

[HIPEXEC]

First inside course, both sides. Wow...all that patchwork sub-structure ( as per the plans), sure is ugly. I can't wait to cover it all up. Cutting out the tiny sweep ports was tricky since they and the gunports get partially covered during planking.

[src]

Looking good Rich, That was quite a bit of filling and sanding you had to do. Patience testing.

Sam

[HIPEXEC]

Second course on both sides finished

[HIPEXEC]

Third course is up both sides

[kscadman]

Great work Rich, I'll being following with great interest.

[HIPEXEC]

Both inner gunwals rough finished all the way up. Now I have to carefully trim the whole thing to prepare for the cap rail and outside planks.

[Heronguy]

Quick work on that Rich.  Well done!