JOUFF Posted October 8, 2022 Share #31 Posted October 8, 2022 Hi Chris! This is great progress ! Your work seems very well done and you will take a lot of pleasure in seeing your hull build up... Continue on this path, take maximum pleasure and satisfaction. Patrick mtaylor, Tobias and No Idea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trussben Posted October 11, 2022 Share #32 Posted October 11, 2022 Nice progress Chris! Tobias and mtaylor 2 Quote Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share #33 Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) Good Morning ! The construction site is now completed. It is composed of a Melamine board 48 by 16 by 3/4 thick I liquid nailed to 1/1/4 Red Oak Stair Balusters. It is dead level. The rest of the structure is 3/4 MDF and 1/4 MDF for the upper platform with the usual 1/4 threaded rods. I abandoned both the 3/4 inch birch plywood board screwed into the same oak balusters - it was not as level - and a 3/4 thick MDF board glued to 3/4 square battens. I will use the 3/4 MDF as a moveable platform for the plans. My Taig milled arrived this week as well. I chose the Taig as I was able to purchase a refurbished unit with the same warranty as new for a discount to list. It comes stock to run at 10000rpm to cut wood with the upgraded motor. I love its weight as 80lbs and the x travels a full 12 inches. Its an amazing tool built with the same craftsmanship as my Byrnes machines. Most of the Sherline accessories will fit it. While not necessary to build this ship (I do love collecting tools though!) - it will certainly make the complicated and large structures of the bow and stern at this scale hopefully easier to realize. Its first task will be to cut the rabbets into the keel parts. Edited October 28, 2022 by ChrisLBren woodrat, garyshipwright, Rustyj and 15 others 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOUFF Posted October 31, 2022 Share #34 Posted October 31, 2022 Hi Chris! Nice work, your construction site seems very well done. You are progressing well and you will achieve a very precise assembly of your frames. Keep it up, it's very promising... Patrick Tobias and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share #35 Posted October 31, 2022 Thanks Patrick ! And for all of the likes everyone. mtaylor and Tobias 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted November 8, 2022 Author Share #36 Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) Keel section is complete (and shortened a wee bit on plan sheet 4 - its one of the only errors in the Mono)- thanks to the Taig for the rabbet, and a lot of hand sanding. Next up the wing transom and tricky stern parts. Edited November 8, 2022 by ChrisLBren tadheus, G. Delacroix, Tobias and 8 others 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted November 8, 2022 Share #37 Posted November 8, 2022 Fantastic work Chris. Are you getting more time in the workshop these days? mtaylor 1 Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted November 8, 2022 Author Share #38 Posted November 8, 2022 Thanks Greg ! Yes I am - my schedule is grab some coffee and work 430am-630am while everyone else in the family is asleep (my workshop is in the basement which helps with the noise) I really treasure this time doing a little everyday and just enjoying the process to begin my day. druxey, mtaylor, dvm27 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Idea Posted November 8, 2022 Share #39 Posted November 8, 2022 That really is lovely work nice one Chris 👍 Tobias and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trussben Posted November 10, 2022 Share #40 Posted November 10, 2022 Nice to see you progress Chris. mtaylor and Tobias 2 Quote Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share #41 Posted November 13, 2022 Probably the most difficult part to produce so far - Wing Transom. I used every tool in my shop (mill, all the sanders and chisels). I left off the dove tails in the rear of the part as it may make aligning the legs of the stern trickier later. They really aren't necessary for the structure and the risk of screwing up my third attempt at this part isn't worth it ! marsalv, Trussben, druxey and 15 others 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted February 25 Author Share #42 Posted February 25 Good morning Group, After some spending some time in the doldrums, I have restarted Le Gros Ventre and spent the past month working on this assembly. I probably built each part a half dozen times... Decisions, do I begin the installation of the frames or tackle the other really tough part of the build, the hawse extensions? VTHokiEE, Chuck, Mike Y and 22 others 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Idea Posted February 25 Share #43 Posted February 25 Goodness me Chris that really is lovely joinery 👍👍👌 mtaylor and Vladimir_Wairoa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlb Posted February 25 Share #44 Posted February 25 Looking good, Chris. Glad you're back at it. Ron mtaylor 1 Quote Building: US Brig Oneida (1809) HMS Euryalus (1803) Completed: John Alden Sloop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlevine Posted February 26 Share #45 Posted February 26 Go for the toughie. Right now, your carpenter juices are flowing. Frames become monotonous very quickly. mtaylor and No Idea 2 Quote Toni Chairman Nautical Research Guild Member Nautical Research and Model Society Member Midwest Model Shipwrights Current Builds: NRG Rigging Project Completed Builds: Longboat - 1:48 scale HMS Atalanta-1775 - 1:48 scale Half Hull Planking Project Capstan Project Swallow 1779 - 1:48 scale Echo Cross Section Gallery: Hannah - 1:36 scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted February 26 Author Share #46 Posted February 26 Thanks everyone - I will attempt the hawse extensions next. Im just trying to wrap my head around the approach and understanding the plans here. I believe one must plane the blanks to the proper angle first, then cut out the pattern. The biases are then added once the pieces are in a jig that depicts the tops of the extensions and their positions on the curve. mtaylor and VTHokiEE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Idea Posted February 26 Share #47 Posted February 26 Hi Chris I did mine the other way around - I cut the profile pieces and then cut the angle onto them. I'm pretty sure that either way will work though. I would also cut the dovetails into the wing transom as I have looked back on my build and thought of some of the details that I have missed. They could have all been done and the reason they weren't was because my patience was lacking. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisLBren Posted February 26 Author Share #48 Posted February 26 No dovetails for me on the wing transom. They're not necessary and posed way too much of a risk when creating that part - and now even riskier now the assembly is complete ! Thanks for the advice on the extensions Mark. tlevine, mtaylor and No Idea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlevine Posted February 27 Share #49 Posted February 27 Sometimes we get lost between strict historical accuracy and common sense. You are showing the latter. A much smarter choice. mtaylor 1 Quote Toni Chairman Nautical Research Guild Member Nautical Research and Model Society Member Midwest Model Shipwrights Current Builds: NRG Rigging Project Completed Builds: Longboat - 1:48 scale HMS Atalanta-1775 - 1:48 scale Half Hull Planking Project Capstan Project Swallow 1779 - 1:48 scale Echo Cross Section Gallery: Hannah - 1:36 scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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