HMS Triton Cross Section by Rusty - FINISHED - 1:48

[42rocker]

Rusty

Just looked at your planking and page 99 of Mondfeld's Historic Ship Models and your planking looks like the 2nd one down which is the Continental variation of the three plank shift. Nice Job. Love your use of colored woods. I'm thinking Bloodwood for several spots.

Also Love Mondfeld's book. Well need to go thickness plan some wood for my build.

Looking forward to seeing what great things that you do next.

 

Later 42rocker

[Rustyj]

Hi all,

 

Well I’ve been on a bit of a forced break. Our daughter went on a second honeymoon

and we had the pleasure of watching three of our sweet but high maintenance grandkids.

So needless to say I was lucky if I got to look longingly into the workshop yet not be able

to step in and partake!

 

It took one day to figure out where I left off and what to do next. Here are some things I

had done prior to their arrival and since the departure.

 

Seeing that I had planked the deck to the point that I needed to install the main topsail

sheet bitts before I could continue I figured it was time to make them.

 

I started at the tops, figured the depth I needed to cut them to and the cut away the extra

with the table saw.

 

 

After they were cut square I used a file to sand them down to a round shape.

 

 

After that I used the table saw to cut the cross piece and deck beam notches. I then

drilled the holes for the sheaves and shaped them with a file and xacto.

 

Here they are set temporarily in place.

 

 

 

[russ]

Rusty:

They look very good. My only advice here is to make sure they are set perpendicular to the baseline when you finally install them. Right now, they look like they are leaning outboard a bit.

 

Russ

[Rustyj]

Thanks Russ.

 

Yes they are a bit off plus the angle of the camera makes it worse.

Once I glue them in place hopefully they will sit straight.

 

[Rustyj]

Next I focused on the Gallows. The plans called for them to look like this.

 

 

I saw some other builds where people got a little creative with the gallows

and I liked the look and figured I’d give it a try.

 

First I cut the gallows as per the plans.

 

 

After cutting the gallows from the plans I decided on a style I like, traced it on the wood.

 

 

I then using a ¼” dremel sanding drum, files and sand paper I created the shape.

 

 

Here it is semi sanded to the desired shape.

 

 

I don’t know if it is historically accurate but I’ve heard the captain can us his

prerogative while building his ship.  

[42rocker]

Nice Job. Of course everything looks nice.

 

Later 42rocker

[Pete38]

Very nice....Really like the  "personal touch" on the gallows....makes this cross section "yours"    

[Boccherini]

Rusty,

nice work with the bitts and gallows. Your technique for the top of the bitts is a good one, I'm banging my head against the wall at present whilst repeating "Why didn't I think of that!". The tops of my bitts were made as separate pieces, creating some extra, fiddly work to assemble it all. Keep up the good work.

Btw, your use of the word "sweet" to describe the grandkids, are they all girls?

Regards,

Grant.

[Mcdood]

Nice work Rusty, it is good to make your own mark on the build and of course you are not only the builder of, but also the captain of your ship.

Regards,

Martin. 

[rafine]

Very good looking work on the bitts and gallows, Rusty. I'm glad to have you in front of me to show the way.

 

Bob

[Kevin]

Rusty lovely work

 

i am following more and more scratch builds, as i countdown to my next project which will be a 1/24 section build, My Victory comes first though

 

all the best

[gjdale]

Very nicely done Rusty, as always. Love the personalised touch with the gallows.

[Paddy]

More splendid craftsmanship. Love it.

 

[AntonyUK]

Hi.

Very nice work it's turning into something to be proud off.

Love the photos.

And I like the way you have added own ideas into the build. Makes it personal.

 

Regards Antony.

[Trussben]

Nicely done bit of customization to the gallows there Rusty.

 

Ben

[Rustyj]

Hi all,

 

Thank you for all the kind words. It is very much appreciated.

 

Well after making the bits and gallows I installed just the bits and cross piece.

I left the gallows off for now as I still had to add a few pieces of planking and

treenail. I didn’t want to damage the gallows with my ham fist hands.

 

 

 

For the deck treenails I used boxwood. They stand out a little more than some

will like but I kind of liked the contrast.

 

 

Next I will start framing in the gun ports and continue planking the exterior of

the hull. That is if the summer activates will allow me sometime to do so.  

[42rocker]

"""Ham fist hands""" I like that phrase.

Your planning and your work is great as per normally. I keep looking at the great different color woods that you used, well done Sir, well done.

 

Later 42rocker

[Boccherini]

Rusty,

the bitts have worked out well, looks good with the planking finished.

 

Regards,

Grant.

[Kevin]

looks very nice, well done

[Rustyj]

Hi all and thanks for the kinds words.

 

I’ve been trying to find a bit of time here and there between summer stuff,

grandkids and ugh….work.

 

I started to work on the gun ports. I wanted to keep working with wood instead

of paint but I also wanted the bulwarks and ports to be red. So with that in mind

I framed in the gun ports with red heart and will plank the inboard with red heart

and outboard with boxwood.

 

Here you can see the start of the framing.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for following along!

[russ]

Rusty:

Nice work on the gunports and the planking. It really looks great.

 

Russ

[42rocker]

As said before -- really like the wood color contrast.

 

Later 42rocker

[mtaylor]

Beautiful work, Rusty.  Love the wood choices.

[gjdale]

Great work Rusty. Really like the "painting with wood" concept.

[Matrim]

Excellent quality, up there with John0868..

 

Joss

[rafine]

Very nice, Rusty. I'll be following your lead on the wood choice for the inner and outer upper planking.

 

Bob

[Rustyj]

Thank you, Russ, 42Rocker, Mark, Grant, Joss and Bob. I glad you like it.

 

Before I could continue planking I had to make the trim board.

 

I took an old scraper and filed the desired profile into it (the left one).

 

 

Cut the trim piece from some swiss pear and then used the scrapper to shape it.

 

 

And then added it to the hull.

 

 

Now I can finish the planking and then make some more treenails.

[Paddy]

Really looking good Rusty.

[Pete38]

Looking really nice....good work on the trim

[aykutansin]

Rusty, very good working