HMS Winchelsea 1764 by glbarlow - FINISHED - 1:48

[Gregory]

The counter looks like an excellent preview of your usual planking prowess..

 

It's almost a pity the that the fancy stuff will hide your fine work in that area..

[glbarlow]

Wales, First Layer

 

I completed the first layer of the wales. I usually try to make my logs either entertaining or informative, this time here’s a few photos for reporting purposes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve only done rough sanding, I’ll wait until I complete more planking above and below to do more, I’ll also even up the sides as visible from the stern then. I did not follow a butt shift plan for this under-layer except to not to  place them at the same place for the plan’s pattern I’ll use on the top layer. Obviously no reason to pencil between planks either.

[Nunnehi (Don)]

That looks great, Glenn, looking forward to more!

 

Don

[glbarlow]

Thank you Don.

[WalrusGuy]

The run of planking looks very smooth!

[glbarlow]

2 hours ago, WalrusGuy said:

run of planking

Thank you, the time spent on fairing paid off. 

[BobG]

Really, really good, Glenn!

[DelF]

Beautiful planking Gene Glenn.

[scrubbyj427]

Looking really nice Glenn.

 

[Rustyj]

Excellent!

[glbarlow]

Thank you all for the likes and comments!

[hollowneck]

I Like it! Very nice work. Can't wait to see what you'll do with the Sphinx.

...don't forget to place a period after "Bob." - when you add his (?) name to the transom.

Ron

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

very nice indedd  . like like like 

[FrankWouts]

Very neat planking Glenn, your're catching up with me!

[glbarlow]

Planking above the wales

 

It’s been a minute since my last post, it took me this long to complete the planking above the wales on just one side.

 

 

The first step was deciding on what my primary color would be since the ports need to be painted before planking begins. My first thought was to go darker, perhaps more on the maroon scale, than I had done with my Cheerful. The more I looked at my paint board the easier the decision became. I liked Cheerful RED so Winchelsea would also be RED, maybe REDDER with Winsor & Newton Crimson as my choice.

 

While I was at it I also prepared a blue paint board to compliment the friezes, I’ll defer that choice until I get to that point. I also looked at a couple of black choices. Despite some nice other options I always come back to Admiralty Paints Ironworks Black - a paint that looks as good as matte black on wood as it does to imitate metal in my opinion. I may go with Grumbacher Mars Black, we’ll see when I get to painting the wales.

 

 

 

 

It would be challenging enough to cut planks around 28 ports, it is more fun, to do so while providing for a 1/32 rabbet around three sides of each port. It took me the better part of a day to cut the one shown in the photo that runs along the bottom of five ports midships. Each is a bit different as the ports follow the sheer of the eventual deck with the sides parallel to the waterline, in other words not square. The little port jigs came in handy to determine the 1/32 rabbet. The tops are equally challenging, and still with all that I still had more adjustments with sanding sticks to do later.

 

 

Once again I am amazed at what can be achieved with nothing more than the heat from a travel iron when it comes to shaping planks. Not easy see in the photo but this one plank follows a gentle S curve front to back and is curved to conform to the bow. Without soaking, clamping or nailing I can shape a plank to lay right onto the bulkheads with very little finger pressure. Like all my planks the inside bottom edge is softened for a tight seal to it's mate below. I do as little as needed, I don’t want to later sand right through the bottom edge. Every plank also has #2 pencil added to the top to imitate tar seams.

 

 

I recently added a Byrnes Thickness Sander to my shop, it has proven helpful. Even a nicely milled plank can vary in thickness enough to make for a bumpy planking. I ran all my planks though the thickness sander and it paid dividends. This is the un-sanded planking, I didn’t have to do a lot more to smooth it out.

 

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After completing all the planking then sanding above the wales I didn’t like this one section, so I popped it out and replaced it. I plank happily with CA, I try to keep it in the middle of the plank and not too close to ports (the CA not the plank). So it didn’t take a lot to remove the planks without collateral damage. I planked a good part of one side of Cheerful three times, I’m not reluctant to remove a plank and do it again - though I’d like to determine that as I go and not after I’m done as happened here. (I rejected and replaced the lower piece for color match after the photo.)

 

 

One more step before adding WOP, touching up the ports. I’m normally pretty handy at free-handing this work but I wanted to make sure I had nice edges between the port and the plank. I choose not to paint the out to the edge of the planking. It would be difficult to do for one thing but more importantly the recessed painted port highlights the rabbet and is a better look in my opinion.

 

Excuse my impromptu photo studio, I just hung a bit of cloth over my workspace and used my iPhone. It offends the photographer in me but it’s fast and at least a little neater than my usual workshop photos.

 

 

After one last sanding with 400 grit I added a coat of wipe-on-poly to seal it up. This first coat is almost absorbed into the yellow cedar as fast as I put it on (and is still slightly wet in these photos). By the time I’m done the ship will have at least three coats, maybe more, of WOP. It is my opinion nothing brings out the rich gold tone of the Alaskan Yellow Cedar better than WOP, they are the perfect companions.

 

 

I tried to color match the planking rows above the wales and below where the friezes will eventually be, that made for and interesting ribbon of color it seems.

 

 

As a follow up from a prior post here is the bollard timbers tapered flush with the planking. I’ll shape them more when the other side is complete

 

 

Using the plans I’ve marked the butt shift pattern to follow for the second layer of the wales.

 

 

 

I love the sweeping lines and tumblehome of Winchelsea, so cool.

 

 

So after two weeks I have the starboard side done above the wale - off I go for another two weeks to complete the port side.

 

Thank you the follows, likes, and comments. I’m just one of many working on this magnificent, and very large, model, I appreciate your stopping by to see mine.

[BobG]

Perfection, Grant, such a pleasure to follow your work!

[Chuck]

Nicely done!!!

[rafine]

Beautifully done Glenn.

 

Bob

[niwotwill]

beautifully done as you have shown in all your work. Glad to hear you got the thickness sander as you said it makes less sanding necessary.

 

Best Regards

Will

[scrubbyj427]

That looks great! Nicely done Glenn!

[glbarlow]

Thank you for the kind comments and likes, much appreciated. I’m really enjoying this build. 

Edited February 2, 2022 by glbarlow

[scrubbyj427]

37 minutes ago, glbarlow said:

Thank you for the kind comments, much appreciated. I’m really enjoying this build. 

This is such a great project! It’s been so rewarding every step of the way, it just gets better as you go.

[Rustyj]

That is some great planking Glenn! Well done.

[glbarlow]

17 hours ago, BobG said:

Perfection, Grant, such a pleasure to follow your work!

Thanks Bob, but who’s Grant?😂

[glbarlow]

17 hours ago, Chuck said:

Nicely done!!!

Thanks Chuck, for the model and even more for your help and guidance. 

[glbarlow]

15 hours ago, scrubbyj427 said:

That looks great! Nicely done Glenn!

Thanks, I’ve enjoyed your build as well.

15 hours ago, niwotwill said:

got the thickness sander

Thank you. I am amazed by the difference it makes, and by the thickness variance of a plank cut by the same saw with the same settings. 
 

 

16 hours ago, rafine said:

Beautifully done Glenn.

Thanks Bob. Your excellent Winnie log is a regular reference for me. 

 

14 hours ago, Rustyj said:

some great planking

Thanks Rusty, my planking improved exponentially once I adopted Chuck’s method, and with all the practice Cheerful afforded me. I’m enjoying following your pear version of Winnie. 

[Dave_E]

Glen, Your work gives me a level of perfection to strive for. Thank you. 👍😀 Most excellent!

[BobG]

3 hours ago, glbarlow said:

Thanks Bob, but who’s Grant?😂

 

Sorry, just a brain fart! 🤣 

 

Grant is gjdale here on the forum and he does spectacular work on all kinds of modeling subjects. I enjoy following all of his projects and, like you, he does outstanding work and creates wonderful build logs as well. Check him out if you haven't already. 

[glbarlow]

12 hours ago, Dave_E said:

gives me a level of perfection to strive for.

Thanks, though It’s far from perfect, I continue to learn every day. 

[DelF]

Just catching up Grant Gene Glenn. The name may change, but your work stays the same - top drawer as ever, complemented by superb photography. I particularly loved the quarter shots from the bow and stern. 

 

Derrick Derek