Hannah by jct - FINISHED - somewhere between 1/72 ish and 1/60 ish scale

[jct]

THX for the likes...still fiddling with lil bits...made the ships bell, chucked a piece of styrene sprue in the drill and shaped with files

 

drill and attached to a pin, ready for the belfry, course it needs painted but that will have to wait...got none of my enamels with me, roughing it  

Edited May 25, 2019 by jct
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[jct]

Still working on the little things

the belfry

set of steps

wow fuzzy...

guns

new front placement

question...anyone know where the anchor lines would run coming off the windless...wondering if that's what the forward hatches are for??

[jct]

Thanks for the likes

last post of the week...finished most of the major deck furniture and got it all placed and pined down

made pumps and the CN

and placed all but the guns...they are just set in place for now

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Looking good!  Keep at it!

[jct]

THX Phil

[lmagna]

Really starting to fill out jc.

Looking forward to next week.

[jct]

THX Lou...gonna start on the masts and booms

[jct]

Got all the mast and booms tapered, mast tops squared, chain plates are made and mounted... sorry can’t post pics... no internet at all this week.  Hopefully latter, and as always thx for the likes

[jct]

Finally got a connection...promised pics

Chain plates

 

mast cheeks

mast tops

and booms

[jct]

THX for the likes...

worked on the swivel guns

started with some rolled paper...added some pva to hold the tube together and added bent wire to represent the stock

tied on some light line to represent the strengthening rings and added them to the prepared stanchions 

and added paint

stanchions need painted...not yet sure what color though

[GrandpaPhil]

Nice!  I like how you made the swivel guns!

[jct]

Thanks gentlemen 

[jct]

today's update...

mounted the swivel guns

 

the bits of tape you see in the photos are holding the outside edge of each respective chain plate in position so they don]t get mixed up until I can get them mounted...probably next week

 

I decided to mount the main guns...I originally rigged them with blocks but the smallest I had was 2 mm which looked way out of scale, so I stripped then off and just went with the run out tackle and holding lines, may add a few dark spots to simulate blocks...not sure yet

 

rope coils for gun tackle

rigged guns. you can start to see some of the light weathering I'm applying as I go in the second shot

overall shot of all the deck furniture to this point

the for all the likes later

 

 

[jct]

An update of sorts...I'll be away from the table for a week or so, home for fathers day an our anniversary.

 

   It wasn't till I posted the pic below in the last update that I noticed the sacrificial anchor rub boards (not sure of the exact nomenclature) were facing the wrong direction...the sweep should face fore not aft...so they have been removed and will be reinstalled going the right direction.  I may take the opportunity to weather them a bit prior to the reinstall too.

 

That's it for now...

[DocBlake]

Sorry you had to go through a re-do.  I hate when that happens!

Those parts are called billboards - where the "bill" of the anchor rests when the anchor is lashed to the side.

[jct]

Thanks a bunch Doc

[lmagna]

5 hours ago, jct said:

I may take the opportunity to weather them a bit prior to the reinstall too

I think they are also painted black sometimes like the wales often are.

[jct]

2 hours ago, lmagna said:

I think they are also painted black sometimes like the wales often are.

Black it is, but they will be slightly abused😁

[lmagna]

2 hours ago, jct said:

but they will be slightly abused

Kind of like me?

 

No, in reality I think by their very nature and purpose in life "abused" would be a bit of an understatement. I don't think I would want a one or two ton anchor bumping up against me even once! 

[jct]

I could not agree more 😁

[jct]

Thanks for the likes...

This weeks update, still working on little odds and ends

 

First I reattached the billboards

 

the ships boat was cut down and a new stern fashioned...it was way too long, a rudder was constructed and a cradle fashioned for mounting on the deck

all painted out and test fit

lines will be added to secure it to the deck later

 

Started scratching out the anchors

for the arms I first cut small pieces from some curved stock I had in the spares box...not sure of the species

and added pins for the shank and shaped them a bit

the shanks were made by chucking square walnut in a dremel and turning against sandpaper, I left the top square to mount the stock

the stocks are shaped pieces of basswood 

and the flukes were cut from heavy watercolor paper

still have a bit of shaping and sanding to do...

 

also worked on the lower deadeyes for the shrouds

this "fixture" allows the deadeye to be held in place with a couple pins while blacked wire is wrapped around it and the pins

 

the pins leave spaces so they can be tacked to the hull when installed

 

Well that's all for now, thanks for looking in

 

[jct]

Hi all, thanks for the likes...another installment

 

Spent the last couple days focusing on the chainplates and the anchors

 

also finished mounting the ship's boat

added some strips to the anchor stocks to simulate banding

then painted them out and added rings

the ring alone was too thin so some puddening was called for 

just wrapping in black cotton thread and reinstalled

still need to touch-up the paint

thanks for looking in that's all for today

 

[jct]

thx for the many likes...last update of the week

started workings on the anchor buoys...

chucked some basswood in the drill and spun against sandpaper and files

once the desired shape was achieved they were parted off, drilled and had eye-hooks attached with ca

still have to rig the harnesses for them.

 

Turned my attention to the anchor rigging and getting the cat heads set up

still needs a little fine tuning to get the droop right

and started working on the stock that will yield the mast cleats

that's all for now...see you next week

[src]

J,

Lots of progress since I looked in last, looking good. Looking forward to your cleats, you tackled them differently that I did, I might like your way better.

Sam

[jct]

Hey Sam, good to hear from you again,  the cleat technique is one I used back on my a Half Moon build, worked ok, I’m gonna look into your log, who knows yours may be better.   Definitely let u know 

Edited July 17, 2019 by jct
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[jct]

Had to make more small cleats and some shroud cleats,

To make the regular style cleat I start by taking half circle cuts out of a piece of stock the correct height and width as the finished cleat.  In this pic I'm using a screw punch to remove the unwanted material but a Dremel will work just as well

these cuts establish the "wings" of the cleat

once this is complete, drill the base of the to be cleats to accept a pin

I'm working in basswood here, so it has been hardened with ca. but there is still some breakage as you can see

 

next the pins are set in ca

and trimmed when dry

the cleats can then be separated and sanded to shape, I use small diamond files for this step

I've used this technique successfully for different size deck/mast/boom cleats.

 

This is the first build I've done that required shroud cleats...so this technique wasn't proven, but it turned out pretty well

walnut from the spares box, the correct height, was marked up with the lengths and thirds of each cleat 

 

holes were drilled at the intersections and the cleats cut to length

 

next to remove the shaded sections, accomplished with new #11 scalpels 

at this point every one of these split in two right along the shroud line...so the centers were drilled and pinned using ca.  once the wedges were remove you should have something like this

all ready for sanding and finish shaping

 

 

Edited July 3, 2019 by jct
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[lmagna]

Seems like you are working with PE made from wood J. 

 

Great job.

[jct]

Thanks Lou

Edited July 4, 2019 by jct

[jct]

Thanks for the comments and hitting the like button...another update

Spent more time on the little details, harnessed and rigged the anchor buoys 

and lashed them to the anchors

line still needs attached to the free ends, all the excess line will be coiled when the anchors are fixed.

 

Made a couple mast tables for the mast booms

and sail rings

the boom rests are basswood and the rings are paper stock shaped around the knife handle and glued with pva...these were dipped in poly to stiffen them once they dried.

 

Mounted the boom tables and fitted the cleats, made last week, to the masts

and that's it for today...think I'll start detailing the booms and yards next...I've got to decide how I want to rig this build...as a pure schooner or as a top sail schooner, seems either could be correct, leaning toward the former, we'll see...

[jct]

Thanks for the likes...last update of the week...prepped the booms an gaffs for paint 

scratched a block for the bow sprite and jib boom

tried my hand at making hearts...open and closed

may have to work up more these are a little rough

and finally reworked the masts...I was gonna build this with top sails but decided to go with gaff rigging