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

[HIPEXEC]

I very carefully planed the excess planks at the cap rail. Now I have to clean up the gunports and sweep ports. I'll continue to improve their finish as time goes by. I now have to start veneer planking the outside.

[HIPEXEC]

I'm pre-bending the first exterior veneer plank. Most of the exterior planks were pre-bent, so I'll have to do the same to the veneer.

[HIPEXEC]

The top strip has been glued and the bottom strip is being bent

[MEDDO]

Looks great

 

[HIPEXEC]

The bottom pre-bent veneer strip has just been glued. I'm amazed that it needs very little clamping. The clamps you see in the background are the port side veneer strip being pre-bent

[HIPEXEC]

Another pre-bent plank just slips on. This pic shows that plank 1 minute after gluing. It's going to get harder now since clamping planks will confined to rubber bands.

[GuntherMT]

Rich,

 

I thought you were planning to use scale-length planks on the 2nd layer?

[HIPEXEC]

Brian

Not that first plank. I will also glue on one plank at the keel full size, then start counting and measuring scaling  and tapering. Scaling will actually make the planking easier.

Thanks,

 

[HIPEXEC]

Here's a picture of sample of the size of the staggered planks. The instructions call for the first plank to be one even long pre-soaked plank in order for the rest of the hull to have a good reference point

[HIPEXEC]

I'm not happy with the look of the gunwals inside. The gunports and sweep ports look okay (not great) on the outside, but "ugh" on the inside. I'll play with them for a while until they seem good to my eye. The sweep ports get lids and hinges on the outside, but are open on the inside. Maybe after a coat of varnish they'll look better. The instructions call for painting them on the inside which hides a lot of imperfections.

[HIPEXEC]

While I'm trying to figure out what to do with the inner gunwals, I built the first sweep port cover. Tiny little thing.

[kscadman]

Great work Rich

[HIPEXEC]

First veneer plank starboard side keel.

[HIPEXEC]

Glued on a few more courses of veneer planks.

[HIPEXEC]

I've just planned for tapering the veneer planks. It looks like a minimum of tapering will be needed to fit all the planks at this stage.

[HIPEXEC]

Working on the taper planking. Anybody got a tip how to easily taper the plank so that I get a smooth edge on the non-butting edge so the next plank will match up? No matter how straight I cut the taper and sand it, it still has some waviness. 

[HIPEXEC]

I'll be shutting down my shipyard in three days so me and my Admiral can fly to Amsterdam and pick up our cruise ship taking us to Ireland. We'll be gone 18 days.

 

Most of you know Sjors and Anja from our great MSW website. Well, I'm very happy to say that Sjors and Anja will drive up to Amsterdam from Rotterdam and we'll be getting together for coffee and a short walk to the Maritime Museum. I met Sjors on MSW over four years ago, so we will finally get to meet face to face. How great is that?

[Sjors]

A few more days Rich 😃

 

We see you there.

 

Sjors

[Mahuna]

Have a great trip, Rich.  Go easy on the Guiness!

[Nirvana]

Rich,

Isn't this what is so great with MSW, making friends with similar hobbies and interests. That's how I met some of the people from here and getting involved with RC sailing as an example.

Enjoy the trip, I know you will like it.

[HIPEXEC]

1 hour ago, Mahuna said:

Have a great trip, Rich.  Go easy on the Guiness!

Oh, no! Guiness is the main reason for going!

[HIPEXEC]

10 hours ago, Sjors said:

A few more days Rich 😃

 

We see you there.

 

Sjors

It will be great!

[src]

Enjoy your trip Rich!

Can you expand on your question from post 288? I am not seeing the waviness your talking about.

Sam

[Sjors]

Goede reis Rich 😀 ( safe trip Rich)

Now you can read a little Dutch!

 

Sjors

[HIPEXEC]

2 hours ago, src said:

Enjoy your trip Rich!

Can you expand on your question from post 288? I am not seeing the waviness your talking about.

Sam

I managed to straighten it out with much difficulty. The next plank went much better.

[HIPEXEC]

47 minutes ago, Sjors said:

Goede reis Rich 😀 ( safe trip Rich)

Now you can read a little Dutch!

 

Sjors

Also, I was the president and CEO of a company called "Goss & DeLeeuw" .   DeLeeuw was a famous Dutch engineer in the 1920's who partnered with MR Goss

[HIPEXEC]

3 hours ago, HIPEXEC said:

Also, I was the president and CEO of a company called "Goss & DeLeeuw" .   DeLeeuw was a famous Dutch engineer in the 1920's who partnered with MR Goss

Another Dutch connection is....I graduated from Hofstra University where I met my wife. Hoftsra was founded by a Dutchman. I belonged to a fraternity whose motto was "Recht Door Zee" .

[HIPEXEC]

I'm amazed that I just spent about 30 minutes measuring and cutting and sanding  a short stub of a plank just to get it to fit just so, and when this model is finished and rigged....no one, including me, will ever turn the ship upside down to check that planking. What a crazy lot we are.

[Sjors]

Maybe i' m that person who ever turn it upside down to take a look🤣

 

Sjors

[Tigersteve]

Indeed, but you will know and so will we. Lol 

Steve