Polaris by Daniel Filipe - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:50 - first build

[Daniel Filipe]

Boa noite a todos,
Hello everyone, i'm starting the Polaris, the first model ship in this hobby. I made my presentation some months ago and todat i decided to start working on this project. Step by step.
There are many Polaris sailing in this forum and this one is going to be part of it hehe.
I already made the first progress.
In the last picture, nothing is glued. Only for the photo. 😎
 

[BobG]

Good luck on your first ship model. It's a nice looking ship.

[Daniel Filipe]

Thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[Daniel Filipe]

More progress today. 
Tomorow i will start planking the deck..

 

[Daniel Filipe]

I have placed the deck without any glue just to check if everything was ok. The fit was nice. The skeleton has a slightly curve and i was concerned about that.
I finished the day with some wood sanding. I've used 1200 sandpaper btw.

 

 

[Daniel Filipe]

Fresh news, i've started planking the deck. For the first time, using contact glue, in my opinion, i think i did a good job. It could be better of course.
At the moment they are drying. Tomorow i will continue the process.
 

[Daniel Filipe]

Deck after some work.

[Daniel Filipe]

Holes sanded and deck almost complete for now.

[BobG]

Nice job, Daniel. She's looking very good!

[Daniel Filipe]

2 hours ago, BobG said:

Nice job, Daniel. She's looking very good!

Thanks! 😅

[Daniel Filipe]

Deck in place..

[Daniel Filipe]

I have an irregularity on the last bulkhead frame, on the right side. 
I will sand and hope for the best. 
 

[Daniel Filipe]

Reinforcements 👌🏻
 

[Daniel Filipe]

Yesterday I started sanding.

Taking a lot of time 😅

 

[Daniel Filipe]

Ok, this side it’s done! 👍🏻

[ERS Rich]

Looking good Daniel....deck markings are nice!

[Daniel Filipe]

8 hours ago, ERS Rich said:

Looking good Daniel....deck markings are nice!

Thanks! 🙏🏻

[Daniel Filipe]

Good afternoon. Today’s progress - 

 

[Nirvana]

Daniel, first I like to extend a warm welcome to MSW.

And secondly saying your are doing a great job. 
Just make sure the bulkheads are faired properly, in the last picture it looks that you can remove more from bulkheads A8 aft-wards.

You can also add more material if needed between the bulkheads if needed. 
This create stability and more bonding area for the planking.

[Daniel Filipe]

3 hours ago, Nirvana said:

Daniel, first I like to extend a warm welcome to MSW.

And secondly saying your are doing a great job. 
Just make sure the bulkheads are faired properly, in the last picture it looks that you can remove more from bulkheads A8 aft-wards.

You can also add more material if needed between the bulkheads if needed. 
This create stability and more bonding area for the planking.

Thank you so much!

Oh yes, I’ve been waiting for a curved sander to finish the job on that specific area. It arrived today and tomorrow I’ll post more pictures 😄

 

[Daniel Filipe]

Good evening, the curved sander arrived, and progress has been made.

Just one step. 😅

I found out that I still have to sand the bulkhead frames before planking the hull. Glad to know, I have more sanding to make.

Tomorrow I will continue. 
Some updates today -

 

Edited March 6, 2021 by Daniel Filipe

[Daniel Filipe]

Good evening everyone 🥸
Finally I’ve started bending the bulwarks. (In this case just one)
Very happy with the result. 
Bought a soldering iron and used hot water to bend.
‘Inside’ the bulwark, the black stripes were made from positioning the bulwark more than 1 second on the soldering iron. Didn’t know. Anyways..
 

[Daniel Filipe]

More updates.

at the stern, the bulwark end a little lower than expected 

maybe I will try to bend them.

 

[BobG]

Excellent work, Daniel!

[Daniel Filipe]

Hello, some updates.

The bulwarks are not completely glued, and I need to sand a bit at the front.

 

 

Edited March 14, 2021 by Daniel Filipe

[Daniel Filipe]

[Daniel Filipe]

First wood strip, there is a gap below the bulwark and the wood strip on the stern. 
Maybe I should glue a piece of wood in that gap. Or wait for the second planks..

Anyways..

[BranPie]

I'm building polaris as well (I'm a bit further along on first planking) and ran into the same problem albeit less pronounced. 

 

The problem is the protrusion from the false deck which the bulwark fits into. If you want to fit your plank better you 'll have to remove it, file that protrusion down and then refit your plank. I was lucky to catch this issue while dry fitting. 

 

Bear in mind that you' ll be sanding and filling your first planking anyway, so fixing this isn't really necessary. 

[Anerh]

Looking forward to seeing your progress. I have a question if you guys could help me. How is this model Polaris, compared to Buccaneer from Occre suitable for a complete beginner? I am quite interested in joining in this hobby, but I am afraid that with 0 experience (and tools) I will have difficult time compleeting such a project. Any tips are welcome, thank you.

 

Good job btw! :)

[BranPie]

I'm a total beginner and I'm working on Polaris. I bought the start kit to have some tools to begin with. It's a good starting point but the tools aren't the best quality (didn't expect that) and it's not enough to complete the build (at least I don't feel it is). 

 

Difficulty, at least for me, is really on point. It's challenging but not to the point of frustrating. I think the main difference with buccaneer is some extra complexity, mainly in the rigging. If you doubt your skill (I did/do) then Polaris really is a good starting point and as an added bonus, it's pretty inexpensive. Only downside is the quality of materials. That's not great, but for that price you can't have everything.