Schooner Germania (Nova) by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:36 - 1908 / 2011

[KeithAug]

Druxey, thank you.

[BANYAN]

Now you have done it Keith; I can see all my bald spots in that finish

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Omega1234]

Hi Keith

 

I’m just catching up. Oh..my..Lord...!  Totally gobsmacked.

 

Your skills are just amazing.

 

Cheers. 

 

Patrick

Edited April 21, 2019 by Omega1234

[Bedford]

Keith when I build my next full size wooden boat can you do the finish for me?

[John Allen]

Slick as glass

[FriedClams]

So very nice Keith!

 

Gary

[KeithAug]

Pat, Patrick, Bedford, John, Gary - thank you for your comments. the finish isn't quite there yet but with a few more coats I should be happy.

Also thanks to everyone who has visited / liked.

 

Anyway here is the result of the next two coats - it feel like I am on diminishing returns.

 

I started on the rudder. It is made out of 0.250" wide mahogany. I cut a number of planks and slotted one on the mill. I cut a template out of 1/8" ply and shaped this to the plan before offering it up to the hull and then making final adjustments to fit.

The slot is to take the brass tubes down with the pintle will slide. These tubes were glued with CA.

I want the grain on the rudder to run in the same direction of the hull planks which means gluing the planks from which the rudder blade is made at an angle to the slotted plank. Not easy to hold this while glueing with PVA. It may have been better to use CA glue.

Anyway one at a time the "blade" planks were attached. The template was then used to transfer the rudder shape to the assembly.

The scroll saw was then used to cut the rudder to shape before the edges were brought to size on the disc sander.

The rudder needs to be shaped and I wanted to crate guide lines to ensure both sides would be the same. I drew and printed guide lines on the computer.

And then used PVA to glue these to the front and back edges of the rudder.

 

Edited April 22, 2019 by KeithAug

[Keith Black]

19 minutes ago, KeithAug said:

result of the next two coats

Dang it, I should have bought Sherwin-Williams stock when I had the chance! 

[KeithAug]

On 4/22/2019 at 4:54 PM, Keith Black said:

I should have bought Sherwin-Williams stock

Sorry Keith - they are not the correct brand and I can't reveal what is in case you are accused of insider trading.

 

I finished the rudder - which involved a lot of heavy hand sanding.

The trailing edge needed to be sanded down to just under 1/3 of the original thickness at mid height - thickening slightly towards the upper and lower edges.

The notches for the gudgeons were slotted out using my jewellers saw and a diamond file.

The position of the cut outs was then transferred to the keel and holes were drilled to take the gudgeon pins.

The whole lot was then test assembled and the free swing of the rudder was checked.

I won't actually mount the rudder until towards the end of the build. This will give me ample time to misplace it.

 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2019 by KeithAug

[Keith Black]

2 hours ago, KeithAug said:

This will give me ample time to misplace it

Golly geez that's funny............pre lost is beautiful! Maybe you could repurpose one of those empty off brand poly cans and label it "rudder" 

 

[KeithAug]

10 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

pre lost is beautiful!

Keith - that was a reference to my last build where I actually lost the rudder. I was recently reminded in an earlier post of this event. As advised, I plan to take a photo of its location and post it here as a reminder, i'll do this as soon as I find my camera.

Edited April 24, 2019 by KeithAug

[KORTES]

Very nice work.

My best regards.

[BANYAN]

Nice work on the rudder; I like the reducing technique.

 

Mate the trick to finding things is to keep it in the most unlikely place - the last place you would think to look for it   

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Jim Lad]

Beautifully done, Keith.

 

John

[michael mott]

Keith, superb work on both the binnacle and the rudder. I always enjoy seeing how you tackle and solve the little details that mark your background knowledge and skills. Also I am thinking that the hull would look absolutely stunning with the right white above the waterline with the varnished mahogany below. But that is only my opinion.

 

Michael 

[KeithAug]

Kortes, Pat, John,  Michael - thank you.

 

On 4/25/2019 at 12:15 AM, BANYAN said:

the trick to finding things is to keep it in the most unlikely place

Not sure that this would work as well as you might think Pat. The unlikely places are all full of junk previously saved for a rainy day.

17 hours ago, michael mott said:

the hull would look absolutely stunning with the right white above the waterline

I hear what you say Michael, however I think my current wife is working herself up to providing some ground rules. She has been my current wife for 43 years and so expects to be listened to.

 

I spent a few hours today hacking at a few small bits of brass.

 

The eyebolt and mounting plate for the top of the dolphin striker needed to be made.

As well as the bracket that fastens the jib boom stay to the hull.

Both were scaled from the plans.

The stay bracket was marked out on .040 thick brass sheet. it included pegs for inserting into the hull to provide strength and remove reliance on glue. The bracket was drilled to take the reinforcing boss before being cut out with a combination of the mill mounted slitting saw and a freehand jewellers saw.

A tube was used to form the boss and this was soldered in. 

The eyebolt for the dolphin striker boss was turned from 3/16 inch rod. A ball was first turned with a profile tool before being flattened on both sides on the mill and then drilled to form the eye. Then it was back to the lathe to form the neck. In the following photo the eyebolt remains attached to the rod from which it was formed. Finally the eyebolt mounting plate was made fro a bit of 1/64 inch brass sheet.

Not much to show for the effort!

 

[BANYAN]

Nice metal work as usual Keith, seems like a nice quality brass you use as it cleans up and 'works' very nicely?

 

If my first trick is unworkable you could always try my fallback option    Try flicking it so that it flies off the workbench into some place you cannot immediately find it - it will turn up a few weeks later  

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Omega1234]

Very nice work, Keith!

 

Are you sure you don’t have ‘master craftsman’s genes In your DNA😊😊?

 

Cheers. 

 

Patrick

[KeithAug]

4 hours ago, Omega1234 said:

Are you sure you don’t have ‘master craftsman’s genes

No, but I think my grandfather was a member of the worshipful company of bodgers.

[Bedford]

My father once asked me where I got my skills from because they didn't come from him, I think I said something like life

[Omega1234]

14 hours ago, KeithAug said:

No, but I think my grandfather was a member of the worshipful company of bodgers.

Ok...now I have to figure out what a ‘bodger’ is...!

[KeithAug]

8 hours ago, Omega1234 said:

Ok...now I have to figure out what a ‘bodger’ is

Patrick - this is the traditional definition:-

 

Bodging (full name Chair-Bodgering) is a traditional woodturning craft, using green (unseasoned) wood to make chair legs and other cylindrical parts of chairs. The work was done close to where a tree was felled. The itinerant craftsman who made the chair legs was known as a bodger or chair-bodger.

 

However its more modern meaning is as follows:-

 

A person who makes or repairs something badly or clumsily.

 

 

[Omega1234]

6 minutes ago, KeithAug said:

Patrick - this is the traditional definition:-

 

Bodging (full name Chair-Bodgering) is a traditional woodturning craft, using green (unseasoned) wood to make chair legs and other cylindrical parts of chairs. The work was done close to where a tree was felled. The itinerant craftsman who made the chair legs was known as a bodger or chair-bodger.

 

However its more modern meaning is as follows:-

 

A person who makes or repairs something badly or clumsily.

 

 

Ahah! Thanks Keith. 

 

Isn’t it interesting to see how a definition can change markedly over time? Having said thatt...Far from being described by the modern interpretation, I am totally confident thatt you’d fall directly within the realm of a fine craftsman!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick. 

 

 

 

[KeithAug]

For now I have finished with the poly coats. The law of diminishing returns finally won the day. I think in the end it was somewhere between 12 and 15 coats.

 

 

Under the stern are three outlets - one is clearly the exhaust and the purpose of the other two is unclear - at least to me?

I placed masking tape in the position of the nearest frame and then transferred the position of the holes on to the hull. The diameters were scaled from the plan. I forgot that the positions were reversed on the upturned hull and marked the holes as a mirror image of what they should have been. Fortunately I caught the error before I drilled the holes.

I also drilled the holes for the dolphin striker eye bolt and the stay bracket.

Blind ended brass inserts were turned for the holes under the stern and a drop of black paint was placed at the bottom of the hole to hide the end.

The various brass hull attachments were safely collected in jar lid for future use.

 

The next step was to finally decide on the hull paint scheme. Over the course of 2 hours I made four separate decisions all of which were different. Rather than make a decision I started sorting trough my stock of paint pots. At this point my current wife walked into the workshop,  observed what I was doing and commented:-

"You aren't going to paint it, ARE YOU!"

I think I could interpret this as a question - what do you all think?

 

 

 

Edited April 28, 2019 by KeithAug

[paulsutcliffe]

She who must be obeyed  has spoken ha!!

[druxey]

Nor drilling that hole was a very close call, Keith! Whew!

 

Current wife? Are you thinking of changing the model and year??

[KeithAug]

41 minutes ago, druxey said:

Current wife?

I am just being precise with my description and not being presumptious about what the future might hold.

[BANYAN]

Hi Keith, that finish looks stunning!  WRT the 'holes', one could be the cooling water/ engine water intake, while another may be discharge for that water?

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Bedford]

I was thinking perhaps exhaust, cooling water outlet and bilge pump outlet

[mtaylor]

I was thinking the same as Pat on those "holes".

 

Hmm... the Admiral spoke... the translation I always used this: "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here .".