HMS Kingfisher 1770 by Remcohe - 1/48 - English 14-Gun Sloop - POF

[rafine]

Welcome back, Remco. It's been too long.

 

Bob

[Paddy]

Hi Remco,

 

I'm new to your log and wish to add my own "Outstanding". Beautiful work through and through.

 

P.S. Love those mini woodworking clamps you've shared with us.

Edited September 28, 2013 by Paddy

[rwiederrich]

OH my.....some of the best buiding I have ever seen......

 

Rob

[Rustyj]

Hi Remco, I'm glad to be able to sit back and watch you work again. Very inspiring.

[druxey]

Good to see you back in the saddle, Remco!

[Jim Lad]

It's great to see some more progress, Remco.

 

John

[WackoWolf]

I am glad that your back working on the KF again. Keep the pictures coming.

[mtaylor]

Beautiful work, Remco.  I glad that working with plastic didn't hurt your wood skills. 

[Piet]

Hoi Remco,

 

Good to see you back at the KF again!  Hey, a little diversion is always good but the calling of the wood was greater that the plastic 

 

Cheers,

[Remcohe]

Thanks for the warm welcome back guys! Really appreciated.

 

I made the carlings and ledges around the mast partner. As two of the carlings are half lapped under the beams and the mast partner itself is let down 1" on the beam this makes for some interesting cutting and fitting....

 

 

 

 

 

The mast wedges will be simulated by scoring the ring with a graphite dipped scalpel blade (actually it's already done but this other ring is fitted to the mast)

 

 

 

Remco

[druxey]

Beautiful as usual, Remco!

[gjdale]

Lovely work as usual Remco. Always a joy to read your updates!

[tlevine]

Great to see you back with KF.  Your joinery is lovely, as always.

[Remcohe]

Thanks.

 

I temporary turned my attention to make the aft hatch and grating. Making gratings was one of the things I've been looking forward to making. I finally got around to set up my table saw to make the notched battens, it was actually less difficult than I had imagined. In the end I didn't use the special sled I had made, but just a regular cross sled with a small batten off set from the blade to make repeated cuts. I had to adapt the coamings to let the bitt pins pass. 

 

A big batch of notched battens were made so I only need to do this once and have good supply to make all the gratings.

 

 

 

 

The nails are simulated with a graphite tipped needle, just like I did on the mast tops.

 

 

Remco

[Piet]

Hoi Remco,

 

Now THAT's a very lovely model of a hatch!!  Looks like your mom didn't raise a dummy, making all the hatch parts at once 

 

Cheers,

[dvm27]

Grate gratings, Remco!

[Trussben]

Great to see you back at work Remco, fantastic micro joinery.

 

Ben

[bigtree1993]

hi ！thank for your log.

I want to buy this kit.Can u tell me where i can buy.

[WackoWolf]

bigtree1993,

 

     Have you read the log from the beginning like when he first started it on MSW1. You might think different about trying to buy one if you can, not too sure you can buy one of the same kits anymore unless someone wants to sell there's. There is another company that has them just can't remember who it is. Someone here will know. But Remco has put a heck of a lot of work into this, had to make things that didn't work or fit. He will tell you.

[Martin W]

The "other" company is The Royal Shipyard of Plymouth, and here's the link:

 

http://www.royalshipyard.com/Home.aspx

 

They bought the equipment from Bob Hunt when he decided to throw in the towel.  But as you'll see if you go to the website, they don't seem to be ready to do any business yet.

 

You're right, though, it is a great kit -- especially in the skilled hands of someone like Remco.  Bob Hunt used to put these up for sale at deep discounts, and back then I thought they were still too expensive.  Now I kick myself.

 

-- And Remco, let me say that I do, do, do admire your skills.  I have read you log several times just to admire it.

 

Cheers,

 

Martin

[amateur]

Their latest news dates back from 2011.

Don't think anything will come from there....

 

Jan

[realworkingsailor]

Not to hijack Remco's thread, but if Royal Shipyard has no plans to produce those kits, it would be nice if someone with the resources could buy up the CAD drawings and re-jig for laser cutting and start making the kit again.

 

Andy

[Remcohe]

My two cents in the "should I buy the kit" discusion

 

With the knowledge I have now of the 'kit' I would not buy it again. Apart from the hefty price tag it's more of a scratch build starter package than a kit. And although all the parts are precut, Mr Hunt had no good control of his CNC router leaving ugly dents in every part. Cleaning up is tedious and will harm the overall shape of the parts. I stopped using them a long time ago....

Building the kit is just as complex as making it from scratch, so if I could go back in time I would:

 

Get the Swan plans from admiraltymodels.com 

Get the Swan framing package from hobbymillusa.com 

Get TFFM Vol I, II and III from seawatchbooks.com, well I got them as you need the books even if you have the 'kit' as the practicum won't take you all the way.

 

(ps just a happy customer from the above company's nothing more) 

 

Buy yourself a good scroll saw and table saw, you can easily squeeze this into the budget of the kit price you've just saved from spending. And it's a good investment for future projects. 

Take a plunge into the wonderful world of scratch building, it's not as difficult as I had imagined especially with all the help and knowledge here on MSW you can tap in to. And one other thing, if you mess up a kit part like the hawse timbers ( it took me more than one attempt  ) you're in trouble. But if you make your own parts you just cut a new set and try again.....

 

Now lets get back on topic Thank you Martin for your kind words.

 

Current state of the lower deck. Progress is slow bud steady.

 

 

 

Remco

 

 

 

 

 

[Rustyj]

Well said Remco and your work is still an inspiration.  

[mtaylor]

Remco,

 

I can't say it any better than Rusty.  Oh... I can say "wow!!!".

[harvey1847]

One of the best speeches about scratch I have seen in a while...

 

If I have learned something from 2011 till now is that there is no shortpaths in the scratch building. The best tools I ever bought are the the scroll saw and the band disc sander. Now I am looking for the vertical mill but It will have to wait. Of course lots of books no specially expensive and many many hours looking arround in MSW.

 

Best wishes!

 

 

Daniel.

[Mirabell61]

Hi Remco

thanks for your remarks in your post #265 and for sharing all your build-log from begin to date, it`s real eyecandy to study in all Details

 

Nils

[gjdale]

Very nicely said Remco. And to echo others comments, your build log continues to be an inspiration to many of us here.

[dvm27]

Excellent summary, Remco. There are no short cuts to building a fully framed ship model. Your review is the best recipe for success that I've seen. In addition, as a sort of primer on framing a model one might consider one of the cross sections such as Echo, Triton or the bomb ketch.

[Remcohe]

Thanks for the appreciation. Greg's right, starting with a cross section  (and a cross section is already a big project!) is good advise.

 

Today something different. For some time I've been using a small board as a movable workstation, so I can move is out of the way if I need to install something in the hull. As you can see I don't use a building board to hold the hull as I work mostly seated. The board is also used for my sanding block and today I added a small edge to is so it works as a shooting bord now. I had to adapt the sanding block so it will ride along the edge. A good sanding station helps to make perfect joints ( and sharp chisels....).

 

 

 

 

 

Remco