jdbondy Posted yesterday at 05:05 AM Author #181 Posted yesterday at 05:05 AM Since the last post, the deck planking has been finished. Here are some overviews of how things look. The open areas along the centerline will be covered by cabinhouses. Plus an opening for the foremast and the foc's'le hatch. The aft end of the planking will be covered by the lazarette. Details of this process included leveling of the interface between the deck planking and the margin plank. There is a little stepoff in this area. Here this has been cleaned up. Another detail includes little gaps where some of the planks terminate in a fine point. These areas were filled with wood glue. Then the excess was scraped away. Still a little gap, but at distance it looks very clean. Not detailed in these pictures is the process of first sanding the deck planking with sandpaper up to 220 grit, then scraping the deck with the edge of a scalpel. After doing so, the deck feels wonderfully smooth! The area between the fore and main cabinhouses needed planking, which includes an area of planking that extends forward in the area of the companionway for the fore cabinhouse. Here the planking has been put in place. Then the edges were pared off using this very sharp chisel. One consequence of the finshing process for the deck is scrape marks on the paint on the bulwark stanchions. Fortunately this was really only present in the bow area. Everything is masked off, ready for touch up painting. After several coats, things are looking better. Here is a preview of upcoming work, in which I am working on a form that will be used to construct the fore cabinhouse. I don't plan on making this from a solid block of wood, but rather 3/64" thickness sheets. I also need to do touch up painting of the exposed deck framing. More to come! Keith Black, druxey, FriedClams and 9 others 11 1 JD Current build: Schooner Mary Day (scratch) Previous builds: Model Shipways Pride of Baltimore 2, Amati HMS Endeavour, Midwest Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack, Bluejacket America, Midwest Sharpie Schooner
FriedClams Posted yesterday at 02:43 PM #182 Posted yesterday at 02:43 PM Excellent progress, JD - she's going to be beautiful. Gary Hubac's Historian and Keith Black 2 Current Build Pelican Eastern-Rig Dragger Completed Scratch Builds Rangeley Guide Boat New England Stonington Dragger 1940 Auto Repair Shop Mack FK Shadowbox
Jim Lad Posted 17 hours ago #183 Posted 17 hours ago She's really looking 'the goods', JD. John Keith Black 1
shipmodel Posted 13 minutes ago #184 Posted 13 minutes ago Nice work, JD - The area of open deck beams will make for a really striking look when you are done. Dan Current build -Khufu solar barge, c. 2,560 BCE, a cross-section model at 1:10 scale Prior scratch builds - Royal yacht Henrietta, USS Monitor, USS Maine, HMS Pelican, SS America, SS Rex, SS Uruguay, Viking knarr, Gokstad ship, Thames River Skiff , USS Oneida, Swan 42 racing yacht, Queen Anne's Revenge (1710), SS Andrea Doria (1952), SS Michelangelo (1962) , Queen Anne's Revenge (2nd model) USS/SS Leviathan (1914), James B Colgate (1892), POW bone model (circa 1800) restoration, SS Mayaguez (c.1975) Prior kit builds - AL Dallas, Mamoli Bounty. Bluejacket America, North River Diligence, Airfix Sovereign of the Seas "Take big bites. Moderation is for monks." Robert A. Heinlein
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