Atlantica by Wintergreen – Scale 1:30 - POF - sail training ketch - a smack of English heritage

[Blue Ensign]

Simply beautiful Håkan,

 

Glad to read that you are feeling better.

 

B.E.

 

[Jim Lad]

She's really looking the 'ant's pants', Håkan.

 

John

[Wintergreen]

Thank you lads!

Yes Andy, I too like the lines. Always have. And the cold is done and dusted now as you've guessed B.E. 

John I think you better keep an eye on you Marmite stock, I'm sending the Admiral down to your side of the globe next week. NZ though, but you never know 😉 

[Jim Lad]

Marmite across the North Sea in the U.K. Håkan! We have Vegemite down here! 

 

John

[Wintergreen]

9 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

Marmite across the North Sea in the U.K. Håkan! We have Vegemite down here!

What do I know?? I don't fancy either of 'em 😄 

[Jim Lad]

Barbarian! 

 

John

[Wintergreen]

9 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

Barbarian! 

And proud of it!!

After all, I'm of viking heritage 😝

[Wintergreen]

Soo, this was a funny little piece to piece together, piece by piece, so to say. All dovetails and pins handcut with jewellers saw and filed to fit. 

It is the forward hatch and stairway just aft of the main mast. I decided to give it a wash of staining to dampen the quite white appearance of it. In order to match I sanded the main hatch  coaming also and applied a wash to it too. When dry I will give it a quick touch up with 320 grit paper and apply a couple of layers of laquer.

The bottom edge is sanded to the same rise as the deck beams so I used the top edge as index when mating all the corners. 

The two small blocks in the upper right corner (one with an arrow) was used to get the right size of the openings, and also keep things fair and square.

Here it is still moist after the staining hence the quite dark colour. It is not glued in place yet either. The real deal was through bolted from top down through the deck beams. I will not bother with that. I know my limitations (I think). 😉 

Cheers guys!

[KeithAug]

Hello Hakan. Just catching up with your beautifully precise work. I see you haven't posted for a while, I hope this is due to summer fun getting in the way. 

[Wintergreen]

Just to be clear - I have not abandoned the build. It has just been summer followed by a crazy autumn with no spare time or time to spare.

The shop is slowly being organized back into being fit for model building and not window frame renovations.

It will take some time still, but have faith, I will be back on the Atlantica build before long.

 

Cheers!

[druxey]

Just checking out your work so far, Håkan. Beautifully done. Glad to know that this will be continued.

[FriedClams]

Good to hear from you Håkan, and I'm looking forward to seeing updates on Atlantica in due time.

 

Gary

[Jim Lad]

Good to hear that you're still with us, Håkan!

 

John

[FlyingFish]

Great news Hakan - looking forward to it!

[mtaylor]

No rush, no pressure, Håkan.  Family comes first including house chores, etc.

[Nirvana]

Family, house and vacation comes first at least for me, then my hobbies. Good to see you back, Håkan.

[Wintergreen]

So, just another quick update...

Shipwright season has officially started in the Wintergreen residence. Finally! Almost to the day, nine months since my last actual progress report...

A lot of other duties had higher priorities. It's been a crazy fall around here. 

I have also treated myself with the Proxxon disc sander and a new shopwac that doesn't sound like a 747 taking off (it's a Bosch 20 liter something, with a 220 outlet on it, so single switch operation now with sander attached).

 

Oh! And there is a new rule in the shop as well... Put. The. Tools. Back. Where. They. Belong. Period.

(NOT just drop them where you last used them, halfwit, because that place, no matter how obvious, is cleared from your memory as soon as you turn your back to it.)

 

Cheers!

[wefalck]

Good luck with your shop resolutions 😉

[KeithAug]

2 hours ago, Wintergreen said:

Put. The. Tools. Back. Where. They. Belong. Period.

The most difficult workshop skill and one I have not mastered. Good luck. I look forward to the progress report.

[Jim Lad]

Håkan, I am an absolute master of 'just put it down where you last used it you know where it is, spend half an hour looking for it again'.  I think I would have time to build many more models if I could only master that important workshop skill! 😀

 

John

[Dr PR]

I solved the missing tool problem long ago. I have a tool box and unused tools go into the box.

 

However, it is last in first out (LIFO) stack. So the last tool I used is on top of the stack (pile) of tools in the box. If I haven't used a tool in some time it is on the bottom of the pile. But I know where it is - I just have to dig it out from under all the other tools.

[Wintergreen]

Keith, John, I'm glad to find a borthers in arms with the same kind of malfunction 😄 
But I guess there are even more of us. Maybe we should schedule a group session with Dr Per... hmm... food for thought.

My anticipation is that by the time we hit the festive season in a couple of weeks, my time in the shop as well as my inspiration will level up.

As for the moment, I am slowly picking up the tools to trigger that nerve. Quite tired and worn at the moment.

 

Cheers!

[Nirvana]

I am listening......🙂

[Wintergreen]

Finally, the shipwright has returned. Man, that was a long hiatus.

Anyhow, the board shown in the last post's picture has ben transformed to the third and fourth coamings for deck hatches/openings.

While contemplating the next step I had some fun and by coincidence that fun also ansered my next question.

It is the question about mast partners. As can be seen from the book, there is blocking to support the mast below deck planks.

So, the next step will be to do some dummy masts and have them standing as they should according to plans. After that it is on the covering boards and decking.

 

 

I did forget the banana for size, or the match, or the coin. Ah well, the coamings are 12mm or a ½" high, corresponding to a real world measurement of 300mm above decking. Deck planks are 60mm thick by 120 mm wide.

On another note, during the build this far I have been thinking about size and scale. This build is in 1:30 (which is close to 3/8 scale). The hull is about 800 mm long.

And I have pondered over my abilities for joining pieces of wood and what that would be for the coming of the 18th century ships I have in mind. After some thought I found out that the size of a manowar in 1:64 or a smaller ship in 1:48 will have the same dimensions as what I am building now...

That is because these ships timbers were larger overall on these ships. Of course this is not entirely true, more of an approximation. Huge relief though.

So, the challenges I face now, will be the same later down the line. Interesting.

 

Til next time - ta! 

 

 

[FlyingFish]

Lovely joints - such tight work. Love the idea of the banana - looking forward to seeing it in the next post!!

[Jim Lad]

Beautiful joinery, mate!

 

John

[Wintergreen]

Thanks Andy and John. 🙂

About joinery, I have found out there is no shortcut to a perfect joint. It's down to time, patience and perseverance...

 

So, another wee update before other shores and priorities takes precedence over scale model boat building. (they say it's Xmas time. Really? Already?)

Mast partner, or in layman terms, the hole where the mast pokes through the deck. A delicate little piece whit not much "meat" on it. 

I short - found a blank, drilled an appropriate sized hole (13,5mm) and trimmed it to fit. Whacked it in place with some diluted glue and chiseled/sanded flush to the deck beam.

Mast making then. Actually I did the mast first to se if the hole should be centered in the opening, which it should be.

The usual way, square stock planed to an octagon, planed even further and finally sanded. Care taken so to not sand too much.

Sounds easy enough. Of course mast making got me thinking. This was not my last mast or spar to build so better do some planning ahead.

Found and old shooting board that I don't use. Planed the underside flat and beautified it with some tung oil.

Next guides for the stock. Made these removable if I ever need it as a shooting board again and also to fit shorter guides if necessare. With the stock raised slightly over the board it is easy to grab and turn the stock while planing.

Next question - how to do the square or octagon shape if the mast has one. The main mast on Atlantica is octagon shaped at its lower section.

A small giuding block solved that and a long file which makes it easier to aim a somewhat horizontal face while filing.

 

Someday I will get rid of all the clutter in my shop. Some day...

 

Happy Holidays and Very Merry Christmas to you all!

Edited 8 hours ago by Wintergreen

[Wintergreen]

Just one more note, I will repurpose this made main mast to mizzen or some other spar due to it being a object of practise and also since I omitted the square section at the cheeks.

I haven't decided if I will use pine, birch or apple yet for the mast and spars. TBD.

Edited 5 hours ago by Wintergreen

[FlyingFish]

Great job Håkan; your workshop looks pretty tidy to me.