Colonial Sloop Norfolk 1798 by Jeff E - FINISHED - Modellers Shipyard - 1:36 scale

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

My next task was to file the stem post and cap rail to take the bowsprit. After this was done I fitted the head stock, driiled the holes for the anchor rope and fitted the eye bolts to the deck.

 

All of the eyebolt rings are soldered to stop them opening up when tension is applied to them.

 

As with all the deck furniture the headstock was made some time ago. It is made from 4mm x 4mm walnut and was supposed to have a piece of brass rod inserted through it 5mm from the top to belay the jib traveller lines to. I decided to make 2 small cleats to attach to it instead of the rod, there were 4 of them laser cut on one of the 4mm plywood sheets which were not going to be used. They were a bit large so I filed them down to size and attached them to the headstock with small copper dowels.

 

I also fitted the 5 foot grips to the deck.

 

The first 2 pictures are of the headstock before ti was fitted. The second pic also shows the anchor winch which will be described later.

[bundybear1981]

Looking very nice! Shes coming along nicely. Won't be long till you're on to the rigging work.  I've had to delay mine, fish tank sprung a leak so had to spend my new model fund on fixing it   Oh well, I'll get there   Can't wait to see more pics!

[Jeff-E]

Hi Jason and Brian,

 

Thank you both for your kind comments and for looking in

 

Sorry to hear about your fish tank Jason hope you don't have to wait too long before you can order your new model  .

I am actually up to the rigging now. I've been trying to update the log reguarly to catch up to where I am at presently hopefully I can get this done over the next few days  

[Jeff-E]

Hello everyone,

 

The next step was to fit some of the deck funiture and the baulsters for the rear hand rails.

 

The first lot of photos show the construction of the companionway, elmtree pumps and the water barrel stand the hatch grating . The door hinges on the compaionway were modified from the kit supplied ones as they were just a straight hinge with no means of pivoting, I cut some brass stip and bent some brass wire to represent the 'T' of the hinge. I also planked the doors differently from how the instructions show them.

[Jeff-E]

The next set of pictures show the costruction of the hatch grating this was made as per the instructions and when completed it was brushed with diluted PVA glue and sanded so it curved shape from port to starboard viewed from the bow or stern  

[Jeff-E]

The pumps are the nextlot of pictures they were straight forward to make as they were supplied in a little kit of their own and I must add of very good quality

[Jeff-E]

This series of pic's shows the construction of the barrel stand. It is made of 4mm laser cut ply which I covered with 0.5mm walnut strips, the barrels provided are turned boxwood which I painted and varnished I also added the brass taps and wooden bungs.  

[Jeff-E]

I fitted the hatch grating to the deck next and then I drilled a hole in each of the  hand rail stanchions and rowlocks and inserted a brass pin into them for security. I then marked and drilled holes in the cap rail to accept them.

 

As you can see on the last picture I have fitted the 2 cleats and the lower boom sheet block to the transom

 

Thats all for now I will post some more pic's tomorrow  

[Jeff-E]

Hello All,

 

After fitting the hand rail stanchions I glued on the compaionway, barrels and pumps.Also you can see around amid ships I have fitted 2 belaying pins in their own little rack. These are for the throat halyard and the topping lift to be belayed to later. The instructions tell you to fit the belaying pins straight into the cap rail and the pins supplied were too small.

 

Some pictures of the fitted deck furniture

[Jeff-E]

My next job was to make and fit the mast. Unfortunately when I went to start tapering the dowel supplied for the mast I found that it was warped and had a bad knot in the middle of it  It pays to really check the contents of the kit properly when first purchased as I probably could have got a replacement. This was not the only problem as I was to find out later that I was also short a couple of dead eyes and rigging blocks , my fault for not checking the contents thoroughly when I first brought it   

Any way It was off to the local hardware store to find a new mast, the mast dowel size was 10mm which I thought would be readily available, wrong! would you believe it they make 6mm, 8mm, 9mm & 12mm dowel, no 10mm, so after searching through about 20 pieces of the 9mm dowel I came across a piece that was about 9.5mm in diameter, straight and no knots  this became the mast.

 

The rigging blocks after bieng shaped were stropped with 2 wraps of black cotton, any that needed a becket I dirlled a small hloe into the base of ther block and glued in a a small copper eye pin painted black and then stropped trough the ring for extra security.

 

The mast was tapered accoring to the instructions and then holes were drilled to take the eyepins to hold the rigging blocks, the shroud cleats were fitted as was the boom support I also made the strap that is to be fitted 85mm from the top of the mast to hold the block for the throat halyard. The mast was then stained with Baltic Pine before the blocks were attached.

 

Some pic's

Edited June 2, 2013 by Jeff-E

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

My next job was to step the mast. I fitted it with the aid of a mast stepping jig I made from instructions from  Frank Mastini's book 'Ship Modelling Simplified'. This jig helped me to line up the mast so it was perpendicular athwart ships and had the correct rake which was 3 degrees towards the stern.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 2, 2013 by Jeff-E

[Dan Vadas]

It might be the camera angle Jeff, but that mast looks closer to a 15 degree rake   .

 

  Danny

[Jeff-E]

Yes Danny you are right it does look a lot more than 3 degrees in that photo it is probably a bit to do with camera angle ,but looking at the model again closely now I do think I have set the mast at more than the specified amount  

[Jeff-E]

I  also made the bowsprit and the gaff an driver boom while making the mast, these were also stained with baltic pine and any blocks required were attached.

 

 

 

[Jeff-E]

The next photo shows the mast heel fitted after the jig has been removed and also the binnacle fitted near the companionway.

 

 

Some more photos of the mast, the first one shows that the mast has a severe rake, but I think  it has a bit to do with camera angle and maybe the way it is sitting inthe cradle, it does not look that bad in real life.

 

 

 

[bundybear1981]

Absolutely beautiful work!  She is looking amazing   

[Jeff-E]

Hi Brian and Jason ,

 

Thank you both for your kind comments.

 

I fitted the bowsprit next and wrapped the gammoning around the stem post and headstock.

 

 

 

I then fitted the handrails these were also made from the supplied flexible beech

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jeff-E]

I also attached the deadeye channels and a pedestal for the backstay lower block. These are a variation from the instructions and are not shown in them. I made them from 1.5mm x 5mm walnut strip, once the lower deadeyes were fitted I fitted a piece of 2mm x 1 mm walnut strip over them and sanded it to shape.

I left fitting the lower deadeyes until after the mast was fitted so I made sure they lined up correctly with the mast and so I could get the angle of the chains in relation to the shrouds.

Unfortunately I cant seem to find any photos of the lower deadeyes fitted before they were rigged, I either did not take any or they were accidently deleted from the camera

 

 

 

 

 

The pedestals were shaped and an eye pin inserted into them and then bent into a hook to take the dogbone plate that will be nailed to the gunwale later.

 

[Jeff-E]

Hi Brian,

 

Yes I have found a little time to make some progress on the build over the weekend. Hope to get some more done tomorrow.

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

Well thats about it for the actual hull constrution and fittings; I still have to fit the winch, catheads, anchors and the tiller but I will leave them until the the rigging is completed as they will probably get in the way and may be broken.

 

So on with the rigging  . The first lines to be rigged are the shrouds; there are only three each side on Norfolk so it was one pair and one single for each side. I made a wire gauge to keep the deadeye spacing even and then reeved the deadeyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would like to warn anyone building this model to measure out all your rigging lines very carefully as the kit only supplies just enough rigging cord for the process; in one case not enough when it came to the standing rigging there is approximately 3.2metres of riggnig using 1mm black cord and they supplied 3metres  .  I ran out of all sizes before all the lines were rigged. Fortunately I had spare cord from other kits to finnish the job altough they were not the exact same diameter or colour but were close enough to finnish the job. 

Edited June 10, 2013 by Jeff-E

[Jeff-E]

The next lines to be rigged are the forestay, fore preventer stay and fore topmast stay. these were all to be attached to the mast by looping the cord around the mast and siezing it. I used this method for the fore topmast stay but decided to use a mouse and eye for the other 2 stays.

 

To make the mouse I simply tied an overhand knot in the rigging cord about 90mm from one end and then siezed a small eye in the end of the cord. I got this idea out of Keith Juliers book 'Period Ship Kit Builders Manual'

 

 

 

 

I have since come across what I think will be a neater knot for the mouse; a simple stopper knot which I will try on my next model

[Jeff-E]

The stays were then rigged to the model  

 

 

Also rigged in the first picture are the bowsprit guys

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see in the pictures the gaff has also been attached to the mast this will be rigged later  

The two lines hanging down at the rear of the mast are the backstays which will be rigged after the running rigging is completed.

Edited June 11, 2013 by Jeff-E

[Jeff-E]

Thank you very much Brian

[hopeful]

Hi Jeff,

 

Very nice clean work!!! Enjoying your build.

 

Cheers,

Hopeful aka David

 

"Standards set are standards met".

[Jeff-E]

Hi David,

 

Thankyou for looking in at my log and for your kind comments  

[Jeff-E]

Hi All,

 

That takes care of the standing rigging for now as I will rig the ratlines after te running rigging is complete.

 

The first picture is a clearer shot of the bowsprit guys or stays  I'm not sure of the right term

 

 

The next set of photos are of the jib traveller. The first one is of the traveller before it was fitted to the bowsprit It differs from the instructions as it has a 'D' shackle for the outhaul line and a hook which would attach to the bolt rope of the sail a single hole wooden block was added after it was painted and then fitted to the bowsprit before attaching it to the hull.

 

 

The next three photos show the jib traveller rigged. The outn haul line belays on the othehaul line is rigged through a hole in the end of the bowsprit and is belayed on a cleat on the headstock not as the instuctions tell which is to terminate at an eye pin halfway down the stempost , the inhaul line belays on the other cleat on the headstock and the jib halyard is rigged through the single block on the traveller and up through 2  single blocks attached to the mast and then down to the belaying points on the deck

 

 

 

 

[Dan Vadas]

Hi Jeff,

 

Great work so far - if it wasn't for the different (kit supplied) timber you have used I would have sworn I was looking at my old Build Log of "Norfolk". Saves me the trouble of trying to resurrect it .

 

  Danny

[riverboat]

Hi Jeff..... just went thru your build log.....superb !!.... You'er doing a great job.......beautiful work on the planking, it's not that easy to get a good looking planking job on a buff bow. you nailed it good!!!!  I'll be keeping an eye out on your progress, that seems to be a real nice kit, I remember Danny doing this on the old MSW1. You'er following right in his footsteps  

Frank

[ZyXuz]

neat riggings work u have there! 

[Jeff-E]

Hi Danny,

 

Thank you for your kind comments , it was your log on the old site that gave me the ideas to build her this way