Schrader Posted March 31, 2020 #1 Posted March 31, 2020 My New project is the St Caterina. It is a Mediterranean fishing vessel. Plans from Ancre. I started it since October and is well advance so far. I decided this time to go after a old fashion diorama New tech to aging wood (At least for me) New tech for nails (Also at least for me) Please don't hesitate to make comments druxey, GrandpaPhil and ccoyle 3 Quote
Schrader Posted March 31, 2020 Author #2 Posted March 31, 2020 Our Dry Dock GrandpaPhil, paulsutcliffe, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote
Schrader Posted March 31, 2020 Author #3 Posted March 31, 2020 The frames mtaylor, KARAVOKIRIS, yvesvidal and 5 others 8 Quote
Schrader Posted March 31, 2020 Author #4 Posted March 31, 2020 Vladimir_Wairoa, GrandpaPhil, ccoyle and 8 others 11 Quote
Schrader Posted April 4, 2020 Author #5 Posted April 4, 2020 Reinforcements and planking GrandpaPhil, BobG, tkay11 and 10 others 13 Quote
Schrader Posted April 6, 2020 Author #7 Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Planking For planking process I use cieno. Notice the finish of the wale. It was done intentionally and is part of the aging process Edited April 6, 2020 by Hellmuht Schrader cog, hexnut, wefalck and 3 others 6 Quote
Schrader Posted April 6, 2020 Author #8 Posted April 6, 2020 Aging Once the planking is done I proceeded applying danish oil...... Then with a drill wire brush I went to mark the wood as it was a real weathering or attrition..... Then..... with cement grout (not that liquid) I proceeded to “paint” the hull. Wait until it is almost dry. Make sure that the grout is going to all the scratches you made with the wire brush The with a cloth or kitchen towel take the grout surplus.... The result should be lake this... Vladimir_Wairoa, hexnut, serkankepce and 10 others 13 Quote
Schrader Posted April 7, 2020 Author #9 Posted April 7, 2020 The nailing has been done with sewing pins. To the main hull, I cut them. Flat them with a sander belt and blue them. Also I decided to tape the hull in order to protect it. As a drill bit I used one of those pins, it worked really well, and the hole was perfect to ensure the pins. MORE THAN 1000 PINS WERE NEEDED!! mtaylor, wefalck, GrandpaPhil and 4 others 7 Quote
Schrader Posted April 7, 2020 Author #10 Posted April 7, 2020 For the wale, I decided to use “square head nail”. This was done with the same pins but instead to cut them I flatten the head and form the square head, both with the belt sander wefalck, hexnut, archjofo and 3 others 6 Quote
Schrader Posted April 7, 2020 Author #11 Posted April 7, 2020 So far, the wood used has been “Tolúa”. Which is Ceiba, a tropical wood. For the floors I’ll use Cedar with the same process of weathering - aging Nailing was done in the same way cog, Siggi52, mtaylor and 9 others 12 Quote
Niklas Posted April 7, 2020 #12 Posted April 7, 2020 Hi! Following your build with great interest, and I like your choice of woods. Did you use glue for the reinforcements? Niklas mtaylor 1 Quote
Schrader Posted April 8, 2020 Author #13 Posted April 8, 2020 Niklas Yes. I Glued them all with ciano. After all, you’ll will cut them. I needed to have a very solid “hull” for planking regards mtaylor and wefalck 2 Quote
Schrader Posted April 8, 2020 Author #14 Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Today I’ll show you the process I used to build the benches. First, I cut the templates With the belt sander and router, I finished all of them but the middle one, which has this middle circle, where the mast will located Edited April 8, 2020 by Hellmuht Schrader wefalck, cog, BobG and 4 others 7 Quote
Schrader Posted April 8, 2020 Author #15 Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) For this particular bench, in order to make sure the half circle will be perfect, I used doble side tape, I taped a piece of wood (with the same thickness) beside it..... I drilled the hole..... Edited April 8, 2020 by Hellmuht Schrader hexnut, wefalck, paulsutcliffe and 4 others 7 Quote
Schrader Posted April 9, 2020 Author #16 Posted April 9, 2020 Let’s continue with benches.......I needed to fabricate the little poles, some little supports I aged them and.......install GrandpaPhil, wefalck, archjofo and 3 others 6 Quote
Schrader Posted April 9, 2020 Author #17 Posted April 9, 2020 Now is time for the top of the gunwale.......at this time you have to realize that the plans are a “little different” to reality...... then make your hull been your reference, You will realize also that the two sides are not completely identical so..... try your best for make those differences “unnoticeable” Of course... we have to aged them.....For this I took a note about where the oars should work, the ropes will work and I put a little more attention to those sites..... Also I needed to fabricate some cleats..... Then..... hexnut, wefalck, Siggi52 and 5 others 8 Quote
Schrader Posted April 10, 2020 Author #18 Posted April 10, 2020 Belaying pins an other fits..... archjofo, wefalck, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote
Schrader Posted April 10, 2020 Author #19 Posted April 10, 2020 Rudder First the hinges Rudder NOW... all together BobG, wefalck, GrandpaPhil and 4 others 7 Quote
Schrader Posted April 22, 2020 Author #20 Posted April 22, 2020 In the meantime I have been working in some fitting for my diorama...... Buckets I take 20 wedges with 15 degrees angle To the lathe.... The scale and form.... Internal hole also with the lathe.... Brass reinforcements.... And this is the scale... oneslim, BobG, GrandpaPhil and 7 others 10 Quote
Schrader Posted April 30, 2020 Author #21 Posted April 30, 2020 Today I would like to share the mast and mast cap....... Mast Cap...... And in its place..... mtaylor, GrandpaPhil, michael mott and 3 others 6 Quote
Schrader Posted April 30, 2020 Author #22 Posted April 30, 2020 Large blocks....... wefalck, Vladimir_Wairoa, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote
Schrader Posted April 30, 2020 Author #23 Posted April 30, 2020 Parrel truss...... tkay11, BobG, GrandpaPhil and 6 others 9 Quote
Schrader Posted April 30, 2020 Author #24 Posted April 30, 2020 And it works..... tkay11, archjofo, michael mott and 10 others 12 1 Quote
wefalck Posted April 30, 2020 #25 Posted April 30, 2020 That is really fast progress ! mtaylor 1 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux
archjofo Posted April 30, 2020 #26 Posted April 30, 2020 It look´s great ! mtaylor 1 Quote Best regards Johann Video: La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette of 1827 - naval artillery La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - Construction of long boat La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - Construction of the masts La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - 2019 La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - standing rigging - part 1 La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - standing rigging - part 2 La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - standing rigging - part 3 See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com
Schrader Posted April 30, 2020 Author #27 Posted April 30, 2020 Is not that fast😳😳😳😳 the job started since September last year. It is pretty much finished now. I’m just trying to post something every day. thanks to all for all those kind words BobG, mtaylor and Vladimir_Wairoa 3 Quote
BobG Posted May 4, 2020 #28 Posted May 4, 2020 You're doing a fantastic job on this beautiful model! I'm hope to be able to eventually begin to build a model from scratch and this model is one that I have been thinking about. Do you think this would be a good model for a first time scratch build? mtaylor 1 Quote Bob Garcia "Measure once, cuss twice!" Current Builds: Hms Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 - Vanguard Models Pen Duick - Artesania Latina 1:28 Completed: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Co. Member of the Nautical Research Guild
Schrader Posted May 11, 2020 Author #29 Posted May 11, 2020 Hi bob I don’t know if you got my message. Yes I would say that the armed longboat and the St Caterina are the “right” way to start. The armed longboat has a lot of videos, tutorials in YouTube. Most in Spanish but graphically well explained regards mtaylor and BobG 2 Quote
Schrader Posted May 11, 2020 Author #30 Posted May 11, 2020 The bowsprit lock system........ Siggi52, Tim Curtis, GrandpaPhil and 5 others 8 Quote
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