Eagle of Algier 1753 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - 1:48 - Chebec - Nils Langemann

[KeithAug]

Hi Nils. Interesting model and a good start. Some of the frames are quite thinly cut, what did you use to cut them?

 

[Mirabell61]

Hi Keith,

 

thanks for looking in and for your kind comment. The frames were all cut out manually with with a good old jig saw and fine thin blades...

 

Nils

[KeithAug]

Nils, very neat jig saw work.

[cog]

Nice touch the arab overseer and  his "staff". Looking promising!

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Keith and Carl,

 

Keith,

Thanks, I use the hand jig saw since I started building models and would`nt want to mis it...

 

Carl,

The agent of Algier Harbor Carpenter Services has just delivered a bunch of 1/2 dozen oars for the ships boat. He is still a bit pale and tired from working on them all week, but for sun protection he is wearing his new tricorn hat made from 0,3 mm brass sheet

 

Nils

 

 

 

[cog]

"his new tricorn hat made from 0,3 mm brass sheet "

looks more like a folded 20 euro cent piece ... he must have a heavy head ...

Edited September 16, 2017 by cog

[KeithAug]

Nils, in the past I always used a hand held jig saw but I recently bought a scroll saw. I'm sort of hoping it makes cutting out frames easier. 

[Mirabell61]

Keith,

yes you`re right, agree,  the scroll saw makes life easier indeed, which would be worth the investment...

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

update...

 

checking out the hights for stringers / rails, and stand hight for the crew beneath deck...

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kees de mol]

Very nice work on those frames Nils. 

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Kees,

 

on this model I`ll be doing things I dd`nt try before...., so for the planking I odered size 1,5 x 6 mm planks in "red cedar" wood, trust that will provide a nice warm mediteranian tone, hoping it will not be too brittle when shaping...

 

Nils

Edited September 20, 2017 by Mirabell61

[AntonyUK]

Hi Nils.

Wow that a large model. Looking good with the frames in position.

Also good planning on the gunport. 

 

Regards Antony.

[Mirabell61]

Hi Antony,

 

by now non of the frames are glued to the keel yet. Its only stuck in place and positioned by the fixture. Will have to cut out all the notches for rails and stringers first (frame by frame) before glueing them down to the keel permanently, and make card templates for the decks, so these decks can be cut out of 0,8 mm thick ply. Those decks will then be planked with 3 mm wide pine strips, caulking, etc.... I`m wandering if it will be possible to slip the floor into the cargo hold in (in parts), without removing some of the deckbeams of the main deck. I did this on my Pegasus build, so it should work generally. Besides that the model will be 25% larger, this early framework is not dealed with in the original Amati plan. Thats why the preperation and planing will take a bit longer for the involved sequences...

 

Nils

[Omega1234]

Hi Nils. 

 

Amazingly fast prigress on the frames and keel. She's looking good. 

 

Quick question - When do you find time to sleep?

 

Cheers. 

 

Patrick

Edited September 20, 2017 by Omega1234

[Mirabell61]

Hi Patrick,

 

thanks for your words, the working on... is only a few hours per day, if no other things have priority...., so nice and steady modeling..

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Update...

 

today framework removed from positioning jig, started fastening some of the stringers, quite fragile construction in the moment no fractures so far...

Am thinking of leaving a part of the port side hull open for a look beneath the deck...., beneath the wales

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The frames are straking very nice...

Edited March 31, 2018 by Mirabell61

[popeye the sailor]

looks awesome Nils!  

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Denis,

for your appreciation...

 

Nils

[rafine]

Nils, you're off to a flying -- and really good looking -- start. I have no doubt that she will be a beauty.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Bob,

 

I`m quite pleased with the way the holding and positioning fixture worked out, and the meanwhile arrived red-cedar planks look great for color and grain.....

 

Im the moment I`m involved in repairing our wooden equipment shed in the garden. It needs new roof parts and all gutters and rain drainpipes. As always, the more old wood I remove for replacement, the more rotten surprizes become visable. But I think I have the right concept now. I`ve been at it 3 days now and guess it will take the weekend as well to get things managed and the repair done.

 

Nils

Edited September 23, 2017 by Mirabell61

[Mirabell61]

Update...

 

put some more stringers on, mounted the fancy support brackets for the high poop-deck grating, and am shaping the card template halves for making the cargo hold floor. I think I need`nt remove the deck beams for doing so, the card templates and later the thin planked ply floor halves can easily be slipped in through the frames from above....

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Omega1234]

Hi Nils.  

 

Wow!  All of a sudden, the unmistakable beauty of these types of hulls is starting to shine through.  

 

Nice, very nice!

 

Cheers. 

 

Patrick

Edited September 27, 2017 by Omega1234

[Mirabell61]

thank you very much Patrick,

 

I also liked the shape and lines of these chebec hulls very much, and I find the enlarged Amati hull was a nice one to base and modify the design on...

 

Nils

 

 

[AntonyUK]

Hi Nils.

WOW that so impressive and no breakages is outstanding. As some of them deck beams are so thin.

I do love the lines of this type of ship. 

 Keep making my day by posting them wonderful pictures.

 

Regards Antony.

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks Antony,

 

the rather thin deckbeams will be supported (strength) from below with turned wooden pillars. This way I have the option to place 35 mm high figures standing upright, crates, barrels, etc., below the deck. Now I will have to deal with the positioning and anchoring of the two M4 stand spindles below the cargo hold floor, and cut the two half hold floor parts from 0,8 mm ply and plank them. The port side of the outer hull shall remain partially open, in order to give view into the ship...

 

Nils

[John Allen]

Nils,

 

Always enjoy tagging along watching the progression of your builds. You always seem to add side notes that tell a story with all your little visitors. As always excellent work.

[Mirabell61]

Hi John,

 

I`m pleased you like the build so far, and thanks for your words, much appreciated...

 

NIls

[Mirabell61]

update...

 

cutting out the floor halves from 0,8 mm ply for the cargo hold bottom (still to be planked...), and attatching the brass M4 thread-plates under the floor for the stand`s two spindles..., also checking out the deck-supporting pillars midships...

 

Nils

 

card template halves... will do...

 

 

 

the threaded brass fastening plates are enbedded safely between supporting lugs...

 

dry fit of pillars, the floor halves can be slipped in through the frame deck-beams...

 

 

 

 

 

here one wooden floor half (with overlapping) braces in dry fit

Edited September 29, 2017 by Mirabell61

[KeithAug]

Nice progress Nils - I like the spindles.

[Mirabell61]

Thanks very much Keith,

 

am pleased you like the spindle fastening points....

 

the stb. floor half is now permanently planked and mounted. The pine-planks are 3 x 100 mm long and 0,7 mm thick. The three square  outcuts take up the gratings to the bilge. The overstanding outside edges of the floor will be trimmed off when the hull gets faired for planking...

 

Nils

 

the three gratings, per side, for access to the bilge

 

 

 

 

 

 

the glue is applied from underneath, once the floor half is correctly positioned

 

Edited September 30, 2017 by Mirabell61