HMS Winchelsea by rafine 1/48

[BobG]

Wonderful to see you back in your shipyard, Bob!

[rafine]

Thanks so much Bob. I. am happy and thankful to be back.

 

Bobs

[rafine]

While waiting for chapter11 parts, I looked for thing to do that did not require the parts. I decided on two. The first was the hull steps. Rather than using a scraper on a single strip of wood, as shown by Chuck, I opted to use a method I have used in the past, using two wood strips” . I used a 1/32” x 3/32” strip for the top of the step and a 1/16” x 1/16” strip for the bottom. For the frieze covered step, I could not successfully print on tissue paper, so just used printer paper with Titebond to wet the paper enough to fold and bend it over the step. The ends of that step were painted to match the frieze. Overall, I am pleased with the results.

 

The second item I did was to drill out the outer portion of the hull scuppers, a detail Chuck has chosen not to show. The holes were painted a dark gray, using an extra fine microbrush.

 

 

Bob

 

[Wacom]

Looking good Bob.  Will you be drilling the inner scuppers?

[rafine]

Thanks so much Reg and the "likes". I'm definitly not going to attempt to do the inner scuppers. At this point, only disaster would be likely to follow. They would be largely invisible in any event.

 

Bob

 

[Jim Rogers]

Looks great. Thanks for the inspiration.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Jim and thanks also to the "likes". Always appreciated.

 

Bob

[rafine]

My chapter 11 parts arrived and work is now well under way. I began by assembling and installing the channels. I found that applying the spray adhesive to both pieces created a much better bond than applying to only one piece. I also found it very helpful to slip a couple of deadeye strops into the channel slots while I was gluing and positioning the channel pieces to ensure proper alignment.

 

After the channels were in place I moved on to the channel straps. Following the suggestion to use pliers heated over a candle to make the bends in the straps worked out great.

 

Now it’s on to the deadeyes. 
 

Bob

[Wacom]

Beginning to look like a complete ship Bob.  Thanks for the info re the positionable spray.

[glbarlow]

Those channels look great, appreciate the build suggestions. 

[rafine]

Thanks so much Reg and Glenn. i'm happy to provide anything that might be useful. Thanks also to the "likes".

 

Bob

[rafine]

JThe deadeyes and chains were next up. At least for me, this was one of the more tedious tasks in the build . Due to stupidity on my part, things started of badly. I bought and assembled  Chuck’s deadeye kits and also bought and assembled the Model Shipways block tumbler suggested in the deadeye instructions. I couldn’t get the thing to work at all. Rather than asking here what I was doing wrong, I chose to use commercial deadeyes that I had on hand. They were virtually identical in size to the kit deadeyes, but required some adjustment in the strops to fit. I then found that the chain   links had to be fitted to each individual chain, using the various sizes provided. I lessened the pain by realizing that the  links  links (the lowest links) were the one constant and used them to mark where the other two links had to reach.

 

I then added the eyebolts between the chains.
 

I’m satisfied with the final result,  but happy to move on to other things.  
 

Bob 

 

 

 

[glbarlow]

You’re close to the finish line, it looks great!

 

So you’re allowed to work in such a nice part of your house😂

[dvm27]

The only thing more tedious than setting up the deadeyes and chains is ratting down but perhaps you're not rigging her.

[giampieroricci]

Wonderful model!!!

[Gahm]

Beautiful work, Bob! A pleasure to watch!

 

Thomas

[rafine]

Thanks so much for the generous comments and the "likes".

 

Glenn: my "man cave". Part office, library and workshop .The good news is that it's a comfortable place right in the house; the bad news is no power tools, other than a Dremel.

 

Greg: no rigging. I can't even imagine what I would do with a finished rigged model of this size.

 

Giampiero: A great compliment from a builder as skilled as you.

 

Thomas: I feel the same about yours.

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[BobG]

Wow, Bob, what a beautiful model!

[rafine]

Thanks so much Bob. Greatly appreciated.

 

Bob

[Jim Rogers]

Bob your Winnie looks great. Question? When I look at Chapter 11 I can’t tell if Chuck cut out the profile and attached the channel directly to the hull or attached it to the profile like you did. Yours looks great I am just confused and don’t want to be performing wood surgery if not required. What spray adhesive did you use? The Scotch Spray Mount was $41 on Amazon.

[Nunnehi (Don)]

Bob, that looks nice! She’s really coming along. 
 

Don

[Kevin]

another masterpiece from the Jedi

[rafine]

thanks so much Jim. Don and Kevin.

 

Jim, I saw no reference in the chapter eleven monograph about cutting out the molding, and to my eye the photos show the channels attached to them, which was what I did. I had some Scotch adhesive on hand. That price sounds crazy.

 

Bob

[Rustyj]

Wonderful work Bob. I love it when I get to catch up on your progress!

[Jim Rogers]

On 7/25/2022 at 8:44 AM, rafine said:

thanks so much Jim. Don and Kevin.

 

Jim, I saw no reference in the chapter eleven monograph about cutting out the molding, and to my eye the photos show the channels attached to them, which was what I did. I had some Scotch adhesive on hand. That price sounds crazy.

 

Bob

I contacted Chuck and the molding is suppose to be cut out.

[rafine]

Thanks so much Rusty.

 

I guess that  I  was wrong Jim.

 

Bob

[rafine]

I have now completed the remaining external hull detailing in chapter 11. This included making up and installing the billboards, the fenders and chess trees and the swivel guns and their stanchions. When that work was completed, I mounted the gun port port lids which I had previously  left off out of caution. Speaking of caution, the mounted swivel guns are extremely fragile, as I learned when I snapped off the two at the bow with an inadvertent hand movement . Replacing them required drilling through the broken off  pieces glued in the knightheads, a tricky task. The last thing I did was to add the rigging eyebolts shown on the plans.

All in all, it was enjoyable work and fun to see the outcome. I will now finish up chapter 11 with the gangboards et al.

 

Bob

 

 

[Jim Rogers]

Beautiful!

[BobG]

What a beauty, Bob!

[rafine]

Thanks so much Jim and Bob  and the "likes".

 

Bob