Fishing Smack c. 1920 by G.L. - FINISHED - Scale 1/20 - POF - cross-section

[G.L.]

John and Michael, thanks for your encouraging words.

Here some more progress:

 

Part 8: Thick stuff outer planking

Placing the garboard strake

The thick stuff over floor heads

The wales consist of four oak planks.

[G.L.]

Part 9: Thick stuff inner planking and inner planking

 

To determine the height of the deck beam clamps, I lay a lath on top of the wales from one side to the other. Below the lath I hold a 6,7 mm thick spacer and glue the clamp under it.

Under the deck beam clamp come two inner wales. There is a narrow space between the two for ventilation.

The inner thick stuff consists of three oak planks.

The whole of the structural inner planking.

I will leave out some of the hull planking at port side of the model to keep the frames visual, therefore it is now time to stain those frames dark.

 

 

G.L.

Completed projects:

HMS Triton cross section - FINISHED - Scale 1:24

Current projects:

Oostends schipje (Ostend shrimper) - scale 1:20

Cross section Fishing Smack - Scale 1/20, POF, approx. 1920

 

[Mark Pearse]

Hi GL

 

this is going to look fantastic, the staining & timberwork look really authentic, you can almost smell the bilge already.

 

Mark

[Baker]

Hello,

As always beautiful and precise work. 

[G.L.]

On ‎11‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 1:31 AM, Mark Pearse said:

Hi GL

 

this is going to look fantastic, the staining & timberwork look really authentic, you can almost smell the bilge already.

 

Mark

That reminds me of the time when I was sailing on an old Agressive class wooden ocean minesweeper as a young officer. In rough sea when the bilges water was in motion, the smell of the bilge filled the entire ship.

 

G.L.

On ‎11‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 9:10 AM, Backer said:

Hello,

As always beautiful and precise work. 

It is my aim to match your craftsmanship of the Golden Hind.

[G.L.]

The remaining of the inner planking was done with pitch pine planks. As the hull narrows towards the bow, all planks have to be made individual. Each plank is a bit narrower at one side. 

The inner planking is completed

 

G.L.

Completed projects:

HMS Triton cross section - FINISHED - Scale 1:24

 

Current projects:

Oostends schipje (Ostend shrimper) - scale 1:20

Cross section Fishing Smack - Scale 1/20, POF, approx. 1920

[G.L.]

Part 10: Deck beams

The cross section contains five deck beams of three different widths. The sizes on the image in black are the real dimensions in cm, those in red between brackets are the conversions to scale 1/20.

I draw the round of the beam with the help of a small wooden bar, nailed in a bow on the plank of which I will saw the beam (as described in the practicum).

The beams are sawed with the fretsaw and sanded in shape.

I make the five deck beams one after the other. They are not yet fastened on the model because they have to be removed while making the interior. Meanwhile the excesses of the frames are removed.

 

 

 

 

G.L.

Completed projects:

HMS Triton cross section - FINISHED - Scale 1:24

 

Current projects:

Oostends schipje (Ostend shrimper) - scale 1:20

Cross section Fishing Smack - Scale 1/20, POF, approx. 1920

[Moab]

G.L; I just caught up with your build and also reviewed the Triton build. Both are very inspiring. Thank you for posting. I look forward to your progress...Moab

[G.L.]

Welcome on board Moab!

Here is the progress of last week:

 

 

Part 11: Forward Bulkhead

The cross section includes 2 bulkheads. The forward bulkhead stretches from the upper deck to the keelson. The aft bulkhead from the upper deck to the lower deck. Between the two bulkheads are equipment stores and the anchor chain box. Behind the aft bulkhead is the fish hold and an icebox. The bulkheads were built of pitch pine planks.

I start with the forward bulkhead. In this bulkhead there are three openings. They are approx one meter high and give access to the forecastle. It does require a certain amount of agility to crawl through, so I believe they are more intended to pass material through it than as passageway for the crew. In rough weather when the for hatch is difficult to reach, they are a good alternative to reach the forecastle below deck.

I start to lay the oak profile slats which will support the bulkhead. Laying the deck beam 'E' right above the bulkhead position enables me to determine the bulkheads top. The profile slats have to follow the hull curve. I plunge them during 5 to 10 minutes in boiling water; like this it is much easier to bend them without cracking them.

The forward profile slats.

I continue laying a second layer of slats to support the other side of the bulkhead with an interval equal to the thickness of the bulkhead planks.

Starting to place the bulkhead planks. On the real vessels the planks fit in each other with tooth and groove. My planks are only 1.5 mm thick; I don't have sufficient joinery skills to make teeth and grooves in it so I will glue them against each other. I lay a lath over the wales and attach a triangle to it to make sure that my first plank is standing vertical.

After that it is just a matter of sawing and gluing plank after plank

The port side of the bulkhead is raised. The port passage is left open. The topside of the passage is placed. The horizontal plank is only temporally, it indicates the upper side of the opening. The small wooden bar at the bottom of the opening  is a spacer.

Continuing the planking to the starboard side.

To fill up the open spaces below the passages, I attach again a temporal horizontal guide.

When the glue is dry the planks which stick out above the deck beam are sanded equal.

The bulkhead seen from forward

Seen from aft.

The bulkhead is finished on both sides with an oak profile slat on the top. As the slope of the bow is weak here, the slats do not need to be plunged in boiling water.

[Moab]

GL; the progress really looks great. I've tried many methods of prepping wood for planking. I haven't tried the ten minute in boiling approach. Is this your "go to method" when you do planking? Does it work for those tough bends?...Moab

[michael mott]

Looking really sharp GL. I smiled at the portable belt sander set up as machine. A good Idea I shall try at some future date. Nice work on the bulkhead.

 

Michael

[G.L.]

15 hours ago, Moab said:

GL; the progress really looks great. I've tried many methods of prepping wood for planking. I haven't tried the ten minute in boiling approach. Is this your "go to method" when you do planking? Does it work for those tough bends?...Moab

I used the boiling method only for small rods which fit in the cooking pot. When I have to bend larger planks to plank a hull, I use a paint stripper heat gun. On the picture below I have to plank a hull with 75 cm long and 3mm thick planks. I bend them dry above the heat of the paint stripper. If you are bending them carefully it takes only some moments before they keep the bended shape.

 

G.L.

[G.L.]

14 hours ago, michael mott said:

Looking really sharp GL. I smiled at the portable belt sander set up as machine. A good Idea I shall try at some future date. Nice work on the bulkhead.

 

Michael

Thank you for the complements, Michael. 

Normally I am caching the good ideas by following your logs. The belt sander is a very useful tool, I use it very often. As you see so often that the sanding paper should be urgently replaced once again. The only disadvantage is that the sander makes a lot of noise.

G.L.

[Moab]

Thanx for the bending info GL...Moab

[G.L.]

Part 12: The anchor chain box

On the after side against the bulkhead stands a deep wooden box. The box is divided in two parts. The forward part is the anchor chain box the aft houses the mast step.

I assemble the box outside the model.

Now and then I place it in the model to check if everything fits.

There is a partition in the middle of the box to separate the chain box from the mast step.

The anchor chain box in place.

 

G.L.

Completed projects:

HMS Triton cross section - FINISHED - Scale 1:24

 

Current projects:

Oostends schipje (Ostend shrimper) - scale 1:20

Cross section Fishing Smack - Scale 1/20, POF, approx. 1920

[cog]

lovely work, I like the stepped join of the sides and the front of the box

[G.L.]

Part 13: The lower deck.

The height of the equipment stores was 1.85 m. To determine the level of the lower deck, I lay a lath from wale to wale with a small perpendicular metal lath which stretches down to the right distance. With this simple tool I can mark the deck level where ever I want in the hull.

With the lower deck laid, the space below will be hard to reach so before placing the lower deck beams I brush the interior with oil (2/3 linseed oil + 1/3 turpentine).

Starting to lay the deck beams.

                   

Behind the chain box the beams extend over the width of the vessel.

To avoid point load on the inner hull planks, the beams lay on a deck clamp at both sides.

On the real smack the lower deck beams behind the chain box extend over about 4 meter so they need to be supported in the middle. This is done by two vertical buttresses each beam which stand also on a clamp at each side of the keelson.

The deck beams with their buttresses are sawn to size and presented on the model. Some weights hold the beams in place.

Everything is appropriate, the beams can be assembled and finished by drilling nail holes and nailing small brass nails in them.

The deck beams in place.

 

[ShipWrong]

not your ordinary cross section, Im looking forward to more

[Baker]

4 hours ago, G.L. said:

With this simple tool I can mark the deck level where ever I want in the hull.

Well done

A simple tool usually works the easiest
 

[Moab]

Great progress and looks great...Moab 

[Mark Pearse]

that's very nice

 

Is the turpentine gum turpentine or mineral .... & do you think it would make a difference?

 

Mark

[G.L.]

On ‎12‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 9:34 AM, Mark Pearse said:

that's very nice

 

Is the turpentine gum turpentine or mineral .... & do you think it would make a difference?

 

Mark

Mark,

 

 It is distilled resin from pine trees. My wife uses the blend 2/3 linseed oil + 1/3 turpentine also in her oil paintings as a medium to make her colors transparant.

[Mark Pearse]

thanks GL, that's what we call gum turpentine.

 

Is the linseed oil you use plain or boiled?

[G.L.]

On ‎12‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 10:04 PM, Mark Pearse said:

thanks GL, that's what we call gum turpentine.

 

Is the linseed oil you use plain or boiled?

I don't see any indication on the bottle that the linseed oil is boiled and I didn't boil it neither, so I guess it is plain.

[G.L.]

Now I start planking the lower deck.

At port side I will leave a part of the lower deck uncovered to give inside view into the hold. I make a paper template of the planned opening. Afterward I reconverted the opening a bit with the closest side parallel with the deck beams. Like it is shown now, the opening would continue below the aft bulkhead.

The lower deck with the original opening.

The deck planks were nailed with iron nails. To imitate those I will use brass tree nails. Drilling the nail holes with a hand drill.

In each hole I impact a brass rod with a drip of super glue and pinch it off just above the deck.

Then I file the surface flat.

Where I couldn't reach with the file, I used the Dremel. Bad idea: right of the chain box you see the marks of it. I hope to remove them as much as possible by sanding.

The equipment store is divided in storages for the trawl warp and the rope fenders by removable baffles. To hold the baffles I place profile slats.

With the baffles in place:

 

Merry Christmas to you all!

 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2018 by G.L.

[cog]

well done on the brass nails, must have been hard not to groove the deck planks

 

and much of the same to you G.L.

[Baker]

Well done and merry christmas

[G.L.]

Thanks Carl and Patrick and all those who pushed the 'like button'.

Here is the progress of last week:

 

When I showed the progress on my cross section to my modelers friends, one of them asked me if there would be gratings in the rope- and fender stores. I said him that it was not provided in the practicum. Afterwards I thought about it and I realized that  it would make sense if the ropes and rope fenders were laying on gratings to protect them against mold. And also very important: a grating would hide the mess I made of my deck.

 

I saw 3mm strips out of a 3mm thick mahogany plank.

I glue them together as one surface with a droplet of glue at each side.

In the whole of strips, I saw at 3mm intervals 1.5mm deep and 3 mm wide slits

I disassemble the strip again, using a cutter knife.

I start gluing 3mm x 1.5mm strips in the slits.

The grating, ready to be sawn in different parts and to be sanded.

I suppose that the grating could be brought outside therefore I make the grating for the trawl warp storage in three parts which can pass each through the hatch.

One part in place

Two parts in place.

All three parts in place.

The grating of the rope fender storage, partly cut away.

[G.L.]

Part 14: The after bulkhead

Some carlings have to be placed on the deck beams, therefore I have to make some notches in the beams. I make them using wood chisels.

All the notches are made. The beams are just laying on the model without glue.

Before starting to build the bulkhead that separates the equipment store from the fish hold, I stain the deck beams and place the one which will support the bulkhead definitively.

Left of the middle of the bulkhead is a passageway. I place a provisory shelf with the same dimensions as the passageway.

Building the bulkhead to the left and to the right of the passageway.

Below the hatch of the equipment store there are two steps on the bulwark to descend in the store. I forgot to make pictures of the making of them.

Because I find difficult to use the steps without a handrail I will place handrails although it is not described in the practicum.              
I mill some 3 cm long slots in a piece of 3 mm thick oak.

I saw the plank in the middle, and then to the right width.

I saw the shape of the handrails,

and round off the angled sides with sandpaper.

Gluing the handrails.

Like this it is much easier for my crew to use the steps.

[cog]

very nice details GL