Emma C Berry 1866 by Sea Hoss - FINISHED - Model Shipways

[Sea Hoss]

Had to shelf my USS Essex, too many missing parts and directions! Frustrating! Picked The Emma C. Berry for a good price and thought it is a good scale and very sexy ship. She was built and launched down the way in Noank, Conn. in 1866. Known as a "Noank Smack" fishing vessel. Got to it building the keel/skeg section, then putting together the build board and keel support unit with the frame clamp fixture. Ready to start the frames! 

[gjdale]

This is a nice little vessel and an interesting kit - I have one in my stash....somewhere....

 

I’ll pull up a chair and follow along for this build.

[Sea Hoss]

Haven't posted for a little while but I have been working on her here and there. For my first real POF attempt, this kit is not for beginners! The manual is not very easy to follow... I realized soon that most of the build will require constant referral to the plans. But that's cool, the plans have lots of info. Many detail shots of the trickier areas. So, bust out the measuring tools and get in that mode of thinking. So, the frames are beveled and installed.

[Sea Hoss]

All frames have been beveled and installed. Transom shaped and beveled then attached to horn timber-knee-box block unit.

[Sea Hoss]

Getting the clamps ready to install. Having measured and marked the frames for their placement, went ahead and glued and clamped the starboard one in place.

[Sea Hoss]

Waiting now for the glue to grab, began thinking of the next step: the interior details, cabin floor and bunks, wet well (this should be troublesome), but fun to figure out, forward floor and whatever else I can accomplish while the hull is open. Used an array of clamps, somewhat tricky!

[gjdale]

Nice job on the frames Sea Hoss. Looks like you’re tackling the challenges in your stride.

[turangi]

Looking very nice! I will be following your progress as I am working on the same model now.

[Sea Hoss]

Thanks all for the comments and likes...turangi, I am also following your work on ECB.

[Sea Hoss]

More done on ECB, wet well installed, left the starboard side open where the look through will be located. The forecastle sole is in with a cut out for the mast. Cabin sole and bunks are in also. Next up, ceiling planks then paint the interior before framing the deck. This is a fun little model, lots of detail crammed in.

[yvesvidal]

Wonderful progress on the Emma. That is a lovely kit and I hope your Build Log will give me the urge to resurrect mine, which has been idle for way too long.

 

Yves

[turangi]

Looking great! Mine is on a bit of a hold now as I have a couple of non-hobby related issues to deal with at present🤥

[Sea Hoss]

Thank Yves and Mr. T, also for the likes all! Yes Yves, sometimes hard to get the ball rolling again...But I find once I get started on a build again, the hours blaze by and I find that it's 2AM! Looking forward to see both of your build logs to resume. Also I must add; pardon most of my picture's quality, my phone is junk and therefore, the camera is too. I should buy a decent digital camera in the future.

[KurtH]

Beautiful clean work!

[gjdale]

Very nice progress Sea Hoss.

[Keithbrad80]

Very nice! This is an interesting ship, ill be following your build!

 

Bradley 

[Sea Hoss]

Been working on The Emma C. slowly but surely. Stained interior areas that will remain that way, started on the ceiling planking as described in the manual. 

[Sea Hoss]

Port side ceiling completed, beginning starboard side.

[Sea Hoss]

Finishing up starboard side ceiling, omitting some planks to allow "look through" into the inner hull. While waiting for the last of the planks to set, started on the three ladders that are required.

[trippwj]

Looking sharp!  Nice job so far.

[Sea Hoss]

Ceiling planking complete, now to paint some of the interior granite grey as called for in the instructions.

[gjdale]

Nice progress Sea Hoss - looking good.

[Sea Hoss]

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, much appreciated. I need to figure out how to put the text in more rationally! 

[Dr PS - Paul Schulze]

I like your new build progress.  She's going to make a good looking boat. 

[Sea Hoss]

Thanks Paul, good to hear from you... Your Whale Boat came out fantastic by the way! Hope to see more of your work.

[Sea Hoss]

Got an update; banged some more out... Painted the interior areas called for, installed access ladders for the wet well hatches. Finished deck framing, installed some lodging knees, sanded flush the deck beams and carlings. Then began the covering boards. Next, the instructions call for the planking of the deck, nice!  I went through some other members build logs, very helpful. It was funny though that many have observed the same shortfalls in this kits instructions and plans. Should you pick up this one, be prepared to navigate by the plans. The instructions are sparse! I guess I'm used to more modern "Chuck P" type instructions. The plans also ca n be ambiguous in some aspects, well, you'll see!

[Sea Hoss]

In the above post, I wrote that the next step was deck planking. Actually, it calls for hull planking.

[gjdale]

Some very nice progress there Sea Hoss. 

[Sea Hoss]

Progressing along on the ECB... Deck framing is done. The plans called for lodging knees all around, I cheated a bit. I wrestled with making all of them when most would be covered with planking. I intend to leave off some deck planking to expose the framing and to let light into the wet well area. I don't have the proper tools to create all those knees. So then began with the garboard strakes and the hull planking. i included some pics of the edge bending process, I use my jig and a hair dryer, works well with bass wood. for all the negatives of bass wood, it is easy to sha pe and bend.

[Sea Hoss]

Still planking the hull. Working on the central band on the port side, almost finished. Then I will probably go back and forth from sanding  and filling the hull and working on the deck. The clamping jig and hair dryer method works well for edge bending. Had to do some imaginative planking on the starboard side. It's ok since all will be sanded and filled before painting. Maybe adding a couple LED lights inside for effect. All in all, I am really enjoying building the ECB. I think she shall be a beautiful model. I would like to try carving the decorative parts on the trail  boards but they are so small, I don't know? we'll see. Getting close to the fun stuff!