Gorch Fock by Adrieke - OcCre - 1:95

[Adrieke]

thanks Popeye and Sjors

 

yes lots of sanding and filler needed but no painting yet . there will be a second layer of planking with 7x0.6 strips

once I got the hull nice and smooth like it should be I intend to do the second planking without the need of filler and sanding should be limited to getting it nice and smooth for the paint

 

I have now finished the first layer of planks . hare a few pictures :

 

unfortunately I will be away the rest off the year so I will be putting away all tools and covering up the hull till I am back

 

not sure if I will have the opportunity to go online , so if not I wish you all happy holidays and see you in the new year

 

 

[dragzz]

to me it still looks great the planking is nice 

[robert1965]

Looks very good so far Adrieke,

 

Have a nice holiday and we will see you next year.  

Edited December 15, 2013 by robert1965

[Don Jane]

Enjoying your build, as I have the same ship on my workbench. Have a great Christmas and New Year and we will look for you next year.

Thanks

[augie]

We'll keep a light burning in the stern gallery awaiting your return.  Best of the Holidays to you and yours.

[Shazmira]

Adriaan, what a wicked looking curve to that hull, I think you did a great job, a bit of filler and she will be perfect! Enjoy your holidays and your vacation, she will be waiting patiently for your return!

[Micklen32]

As they all say Adriaan it looks a great job

 

I hope you have a good time away and I wish you a Happy Christmas ❄

[mtaylor]

Adriaan,

 

Have a great time off and see you when you get back.  The hull looks great!!!

[Piet]

Have a great vacation and holidays, we'll be here waiting.

 

Cheers,

[Sailor1234567890]

Looking good.

[trippwj]

That hull is SWEET!  Nice job!  Happy Holidays to you as well.  See you when you get back.

[Adrieke]

hi all

 

thanks for all the holiday wishes

 

I am back home now and shall continue the build soon

[Sjors]

Welcome home Adriaan and also the best wishes for you !

 

And now back to ship wharf and let us see some upgrades....

 

 

[Don Jane]

Happy New Year Adrieke !!!

[Moonbug]

Nice work on the planking Adrieke! Can't wait to see the second layer.

 

- Bug

Edited January 3, 2014 by Moonbug

[dragzz]

welcome back glad all went well for u

[Adrieke]

thanks Sjors update follows as requested

 

thank you Don

 

thanks Bug . you don't have to wait long its already underway

 

thanks dragzz

 

after lots of sanding on the first layer to get most of the unevenness out I added some filler

 

 

after a bit more sanding I felt I had a smooth enough base for the second layer

I also made sure the bow and stern edge was the required width of 4 mm , this to ensure that the back and front bit of the keel will fit nicely

 

I have started the second layer and added the first few planks

I decided to use some cheap masking tape (useless for fine paint jobs) to hold the planks in place till they dry as I did not want to experiment with CA

so far this is going well

 

 

Edited January 4, 2014 by Adrieke

[augie]

Looking pretty smooth !!!!  NICE!

[Moonbug]

Well done smoothing her out.

 

-Bug

[Adrieke]

thanks Augie and bug

 

second layer is progressing well

 

I have used some P180 sandpaper on the first few planks and I am amazed how smooth it feels quickly and so far I can see that only a minimal amount of filler will be needed to have a good surface for painting

 

tomorrow is the first work day this year an dhow I am looking forward to it .... not

the next 2 weeks I will slowly work on the planking . then I will have 2 weeks of real holidays in which I am hoping I will have plenty of time to start on painting the hull which I think after the planking will be the most difficult to get right

 

 

 

[S.Coleman]

Looking real smooth indeed! Did that masking tape trick workout all right?

[Micklen32]

Looking real good Adriaan

Real smooth

Doing the Will I know that if you are painting you need smooth

You are getting it

Gratz

[Sjors]

Adriaan,

 

Nice job you have done so far !

The next planking is very thin ?

It seems looks like if thats the wood I used for the deck planking on the Corsair.

 

[Moonbug]

Sjors,

 

    I had to be quite careful on the second planking for my AL version of the Swift, as the second layer was at most a half mm thick and very coarse and brittle. I don't think I used anything more coarse than 400 grit paper the entire second layer so it wouldn't wear thin.

 

- Bug

[Adrieke]

thanks S.Coleman, yes the masking tape is workign well, just need to be carefull when removing it as the edges of this wood are bad and littl ebits tend to break off.

 

thanks Mick

 

thanks Sjors, yes its 0.6 mm , not sure what kind it is but its different from the ones from AL. as i mentioned this wood is easy to sand really smooth. i ll be using the 180 sandpaper to smooth out any bumps /edges and then sand it with the 320 i have lying around

 

 

[dragzz]

so far looks like it came out well for u keep up the great work 

[Shazmira]

Looks very nice Adriaan, hope your time line for planking and painting goes according to plan...mine never does .

[Adrieke]

thanks dragzz

 

thanks Robbyn, unfortunately I wont be able to keep my time line either

 

progress so far . the planks have been lightly sanded

 

 

[Moonbug]

Hehe... You guys said "time line".... ;-)

 

Don't think I've ever had a time line pan out as planned! Good thing it's all about the process and not the finish line.

 

Nice smooth work Adrieke!

 

-Bug

[Adrieke]

thanks Bug

 

I l be away again for a week or so