Halifax by rafine - FINISHED - The Lumberyard - 1:48 - semi-scratch schooner

[Mirabell61]

Beautiful interior Bob,

cabins and cargo hold....

 

Nils

[DocBlake]

Beautiful job on the interior.  Can't wait to see more!

[Beef Wellington]

I love seeing models that really give a feel for what it would be like to be on the real article, really nice progress.  I hadn't really thought about the access to the rear cabin area, will there be a companionway from the upper deck to help access or is access only from the hold?

[Jim Lad]

Just catching up, Bob.  More delightful work.

 

John

[rafine]

Thanks so much Nils, Dave, Jason and John for the kind comments and thanks also to the "likes".

 

Jason, there is a companionway. In the last two photos, you can see the framing for the ladder opening in the upper deck.

 

Bob

[KenW]

I've always been impressed with your workmanship, or should I say craftmanship.  Your design abilities are excellent as well.

It's a pleasure watching your progress.

Cheers.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Ken for the nice words. Greatly appreciated.

 

Bob

[rafine]

Work on the aft interior hull planking and framing for that portion of the upper deck is now complete. I also added the main deck clamp, the first main deck beam, and further interior hull planking in the hold.

 

The planking all follows the same methods and materials previously used. The deck framing again uses laser cut beams and also a laser cut partner for the main mast and the pumps. I added the first main deck beam at this point because the forward most beam for the aft portion of the upper decks rests upon it. I also drilled a hole in the keelson for mounting the main mast, after test fitting a dummy main mast through the partner.

 

Work will now shift to the bow before finishing the main deck.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

Beautiful work Bob,

hope you will leave outcuts in the decks above to view the interior work...

 

Nils

[Sjors]

Wow,crisp and clean👍👍👍

 

Sjors

[DocBlake]

Looks great,Bob!  I plan to do a complete interior on my "Fair American", as Mike Lonnecker did on his.  I'm building a Lauck Street kit, but it's been on hold for a while.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Nils, Dirk, Sjors, Dave and the "likes".

 

Nils, I intend to leave as much of the deck open as I can without sacrificing or compromising the above deck detailing or the attachment points for the rigging. I've been trying to work it out in my mind, but have reached no final decisions as yet.

 

Dave, I would think that Fair American would lend itself to an enjoyable exercise in interior detailing, and I look forward to watching you do it.

 

Bob

[MEDDO]

7 hours ago, DocBlake said:

Looks great,Bob!  I plan to do a complete interior on my "Fair American", as Mike Lonnecker did on his.  I'm building a Lauck Street kit, but it's been on hold for a while.

 Bob, I've been watching this build very closely and been very impressed with the internal fitting out. I also have an LSS fair America and was thinking that it might be possible to do a little bit more with that kit than I did with my Halifax.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Michael. With regard to Fair American, as I said to Dave, "go for it". 

 

Bob

[Elijah]

 

Very nice work Bob! All of your joints look too good!

[rafine]

Thanks so much Elijah. I only wish that my aging body joints were as good as the wooden ones. 

 

Bob

[Gahm]

Magnificent job, Bob!

 

Thomas

[popeye the sailor]

nicely done Bob....makes me thing I'm missing out on a lot,  not defining lower decks {I do so much with above deck stuff}.     

[rafine]

Thanks so much Thomas , Denis and the "likes".

 

Denis, no one does more detailing than you, but imagine the inner workings of a trawler. 

 

Bob

[rafine]

The bow area is now done. This involved a variety of items:

 

Planking of the forward part of the interior hull, including deck clamps. This was done with various sizes of boxwood strips, as with the earlier similar work. I must admit that it was difficult work to fit the curves  and i'm not very happy with some of it. Fortunately, it will be barely visible.

 

Two breasthooks. There is no detail of these in the drawings and dimensions were estimated from book photos and limited info in the drawings.They were made from boxwood sheet, using card templates. I also had to drill the hawse holes in the hull to establish the position of the upper breasthook.

 

Upper deck framing was done in the same manner as previously, using laser cut beams and a couple of miscellaneous laser cut pieces.

 

The fore bitts. These extend down through the upper deck to the lower deck. They also provide the rear support point for the bowsprit, between the decks, so I had to fit a dummy bowsprit at this point, since it will be impossible to do this at any later time. The bitts are boxwood strip.The above deck cross piece will be added later.

 

The stove and a ladder. For the stove, the drawings show only a generic looking box without much detail. The book photos give no further help. Since the stove is very small, and will be virtually invisible, I decided to go with the generic box. It was made from styrene sheet and painted black. The ladder down to the hold from the lower deck was made from boxwood strip.

 

I will now complete framing of the main deck in the mid-ship area.

 

Bob

 

 

[DocBlake]

You did the right thing with the stove,Bob.  In my POF AVS at 1/32 scale the stove is barely visible...I spent a lot of time on it, which is fine, but not a lot to show for it in it's effect in the model.  Simpler is better at smaller scales.  Overall your work continues to be stunning.  Keep it up!

[Mirabell61]

Lovely work on the lower forecastle platform Bob

 

Nils

[rafine]

Thanks so much Dave, Nils and the "likes". Dave, I spent many hours detailing the stove on my Essex only to watch it disappear completely as work progressed. I just decided to use my time on other things this time. Hopefully, I won't regret it later.

 

Bob

[popeye the sailor]

looks great Bob,   the fore looks as good as the aft.......very nicely done  

[rafine]

Thanks so much Denis and the "likes".

 

Bob

[jwvolz]

Just catching up Bob. Looking terrific!

[rafine]

Thanks so much Joe and the "likes".

 

Bob

[rafine]

After spending some time away with family, I've returned and completed the deck framing. This consisted of two tasks: framing the midship portion of the deck, and filling in the spaces between all of the deck beams with inner hull planking. While I wondered if there would have been knees between the beams, neither the drawings nor the book photos show any, and I went with the planking. In any event, the perimeter of the decks will be covered by deck planking, which will conceal this detail.

 

As with the other deck segments, I used the laser cut pieces for the beams and ledges and boxwood strip for the carlings. Boxwood strip was used for the planking, which had to be cut and fitted for each individual space.

 

Next will be the planking of the inner bulwarks above the decks.

 

 

Bob

[rony]

wow  Accurate and clean work

 

 

 

 

 

 

18/5000

 

Accurate and clean work

[Barbossa]

Awesome work, Bob

You're the captain- of course -  but is all this wonderful timber to be covered ?