Pequot 1908 by svein erik - FINISHED - 1/48 scale - Coast Guard Cutter

[Roger Pellett]

Stein,

 

Nice work!

 

What are you using to attach the copper to the hull ?

 

Roger

[svein erik]

16 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

Stein,

 

Nice work!

 

What are you using to attach the copper to the hull ?

 

Roger

hi Roger

 

wel... i was back and farword of wat to use so i desided to use tape..

its a tape used for snails 😊

[KeithAug]

Nice plating - well done.

[svein erik]

thanks for likes and coments!

 

the hull is nerly dunn , soon i can clean opp the copper plates and prime the hull 

befor priming i use zappon coat to stopp the prosses of patina 😊

 

svein erik

[G.L.]

Beautiful hull, Svein Erik. Will be almost pity to paint it.

[svein erik]

thanks for the coments, yes its a pity to paint..... but thats the name of the game,

since this ship dont have copper hull ,i have to paint it 

and i think its going to be nice with the paint also, thinn layers wil do the trick😊

 

svein erik

[Mirabell61]

A very good looking plating job Svein Erik      

 

just a question, how thick is the carrier copper tape you have chosen ?  (without paperback, without glue film)

 

Nils

Edited December 2, 2019 by Mirabell61

[svein erik]

1 hour ago, Mirabell61 said:

A very good looking plating job Svein Erik      

 

just a quetion, how thick is the carrier copper tape you have chosen ?  (without paberback, without glue film)

 

Nils

hi Nils, thanks for coments,

the copper tape is wery thin, i cant get exackt mesure . 

i took some photo  hope that helps!

 

svein erik

[KeithAug]

I have to agree that the copper hull is almost too nice to paint.

[svein erik]

thanks for likes and coments

 

its no returns regarding painting the hull... its dunn😉 but not finish, 

there are 2 cote of primer then i used 2 cote of nato black matt, as an under cote for the finish cote.

its going to be a little blacker and more glossy then it is now, am saving that for later,

i also pre drilled the hole for the portholes , it wil be larger then it is now (6mm when install)

 

 

svein erik

[G.L.]

The plates are showing nice through the paint.

[svein erik]

yes it do..

am using only thinn layers of paint , but 2- 3 layes needed for top coats later,

for that i need more paint .

so am working now with the dekk cabin and trying to deside if am going to 

make some inventory at the aft cabin and also the steering house on top dekk.

 

[hedley]

The hull certainly looks great-well done so far.

 

[svein erik]

thanks for coments and likes

 

the construction of the main dekk cabin is on its way , for this i use evegreen styro yust the main dekk cabin, 

wood vil be used for the topp dekk construction.

at the rear you can se the 2 sleeping quaters and a sallon and the doors opening .

later i wil glue some wood panels etc on the wall, beds ,table etc....

at the aft i wil do the same.

the hole construction is loos and not glued on the ship.

i markt the windows , doors etc so i need to take this out to.

the main dekk construction wil get simulated rivvits using the same metod i did with the hull (thats because this part was made of steel plates.

the topp dekk was wood.

 

svein erik

[svein erik]

Happy new year! 

i have bin working on the upper dekk cabin ,

am using cedar for this, only the beems are basswood.

am doing the roof construktion at this time and moving on to the windows / outdoor panels etc.

 

svein erik

[svein erik]

thanks for the likes,

now the fun starts....😉   the roof is on and am now moving on to do the windows frames befor i do the many other details..

 

svein erik

 

[svein erik]

hi again..

its now time to get some photo out again,

i have get the portholes on ,the first layer of the top coat on the hull is on ,

i also painted the main dekk cabin( yust the first layer) and also the rivitts bands ,

the windowns frames is install .

am working also with upper rear dekk cabin and when this is finish i wil get to work on the front cabin.

 

svein erik

[michael mott]

Definitely looks like a metal hull, and its coming together nicely.

 

Michael

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

On 1/25/2020 at 3:57 PM, svein erik said:

hi again..

its now time to get some photo out again,

i have get the portholes on ,the first layer of the top coat on the hull is on ,

i also painted the main dekk cabin( yust the first layer) and also the rivitts bands ,

the windowns frames is install .

am working also with upper rear dekk cabin and when this is finish i wil get to work on the front cabin.

 

svein erik

Hi Erik im so happy someone is building this beautiful boat. splendid work and wishing you sucess , following and looking forward ahead . Vlad 

[Brian Campbell]

You are doing a fantastic job on this boat.

I would like to know the type of wood used to block fill the hull and what kind of filler.

regards

Brian

[svein erik]

hi, thanks for the comments Vlad and Brian☺

Vlad :  am doing some work on it now and i yust get the propell for this so i wil soon get this onboard with some new update!

 

Brian : the wood filler i used is yust basswood but it is harder and  then the light type, 

i think its because it has been havest in a different way...

the light ome is very soft .

 

 

svein-erik

[svein erik]

its a slow going job....

but the outlets are made, just need to get the anker howser on. The splash guard is also glued on.

the reilings are made and glued on and painted one time and need to be sanded and painted many more times,

i also painted the lower cabin black and white  but i need to get som work dunn her due to some over spray 😲,wel there is so many crinkle here so i espect it to happens!

my next task will be the propell etc so i can turn it paint it and last paint the lower hull then maby i can turn it again for the last time😉

 

best regards

 

svein erik

[KeithAug]

Continues to look very good, i look forward to the next instalment.

 

[svein erik]

started making the rudder, the size i do have on drawings but thats it ,

so the rest i have to make using photo and my eys so it can get as cloes as the orginal .

its made og wood ( boxwood) whit some rod and it wil have some protected plates etc , this is yust the start!

 

svein erik

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

very nice Erik.

[svein erik]

thanks for the likes....

here is my versjon of the rudder, made using photo so it may not look like the orginal , but close as i can get it😊

the rudder is not paintet yet.

 

svein erik

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

Very nice !  

 

[KeithAug]

10 hours ago, svein erik said:

but close as i can get it

Looks pretty smart to me Erik.

[G.L.]

Very nice rudder, Erik. What is the function of the wooden beams at both sides of the rudder?

[svein erik]

On 7/7/2020 at 8:06 AM, G.L. said:

Very nice rudder, Erik. What is the function of the wooden beams at both sides of the rudder?

hi... wel... i mad  the rudder from photo because there is not a plan for this , 

after i finish it i was in contakt with chip calamoaro from Arizona 

the wood on the rudder is a little to short , i can see in the bad poto that this is fastend to the stem and used to secure the rudder when the ship was buidt.

so i can do it ether way yust for the detajl , i only have to make the wood longer so it can be fixt to the stem or re make it with out 

this detajl . i yust find a photo of this to .

 

 

svein erik